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K.R.C. Genk

2020–21 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Manager	Hannes Wolf (until 15 September) Domenico Olivieri (caretaker, from 15 September until 24 September) Jess Thorup (from 24 September until 2 November) John van den Brom (from 8 November)
Stadium	Luminus Arena
Belgian First Division A	2nd
Belgian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Onuachu (33) All: Paul Onuachu (35)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2020–21 K.R.C. Genk season was the club's 33rd season in existence and the 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genk participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Danny Vukovic (captain) 2 DF  USA Mark McKenzie 4 MF  BEL Dries Wouters 5 DF  MEX Gerardo Arteaga 7 FW  JPN Junya Ito 8 MF  BEL Bryan Heynen 9 FW  NGA Cyriel Dessers 10 FW  BEL Théo Bongonda 11 MF  SUI Bastien Toma 17 MF  SVK Patrik Hrošovský 18 FW  NGA Paul Onuachu 21 DF  FIN Jere Uronen

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  BEL Bryan Limbombe 23 DF  COL Daniel Muñoz 24 MF  BEL Luca Oyen 26 GK  BEL Maarten Vandevoordt 33 DF  COL Jhon Lucumí 38 MF  CIV Eboue Kouassi 40 GK  BEL Tobe Leysen 42 MF  NOR Kristian Thorstvedt 46 DF  COL Carlos Cuesta 77 DF  ECU Angelo Preciado 80 MF  BEL Pierre Dwomoh

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  BEL Sébastien Dewaest (at Toulouse until 30 June 2021) 14 FW  SWE Benjamin Nygren (at SC Heerenveen until 30 June 2022) 15 FW  NGA Stephen Odey (at Amiens until 30 June 2021) 20 MF  NOR Mats Møller Dæhli (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 GK  BEL Nordin Jackers (at Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2020) — DF  BRA Neto Borges (at Vasco da Gama until 30 June 2021) — DF  BEL Casper de Norre (at Leuven until 30 June 2021) — MF  GHA Joseph Paintsil (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Cyriel Dessers	Heracles Almelo	Undisclosed	1 July 2020
5	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed	5 August 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	MF	Ismael Saibari	Jong PSV	Undisclosed	1 July 2020
31	DF	Joakim Mæhle	Atalanta	€10M	4 January 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 July 2020 Friendly	Eendracht Termien	Cancelled	Genk	Termien, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Terrain 't Heke

15 July 2020 Friendly	Genk	3–1	Union SG	Genk, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paintsil 21', 43' Dæhli 33'	Report	Undav 49'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

17 July 2020 Friendly	Genk	4–1	Excelsior	Genk, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bongonda 6', 33' Borges 76' Dessers 88'	Report	Ómarsson 73'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

25 July 2020 Friendly	AZ	0–1	Genk	Alkmaar, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dessers 19' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	1–1	Lens	Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 44' (pen.)	Report	Gradit  43' Michelin  47' Ganago 60'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	2–3	Lens	Genk, Belgium
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nygren 8' Odey 83'	Report	Radovanović 10' Sotoca 22' Pereira Da Costa 24'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

10 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	3–2	RWDM	Genk, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adewoye 45+5' Odey 63' Balouk 82'	Report	Bova 38' Yagan 45+3'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

16 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	9–0	Differdange	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyen 28' Nygren 45' (pen.) Limbombe 45+2' Odey 55', 67', 87' Adewoye 63' Paintsil 82', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

24 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	2–2	Westerlo	Genk, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyen 25' Nygren 48'	Report	23' 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

4 September 2020 Friendly	Genk	Cancelled	Willem II	Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

13 January 2021 Friendly	Union SG	4–4	Genk	Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burgess 41' Lynen 45' Undav 58' Vanzeir 60' (pen.)		Németh 11', 66' Geusens 62' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien

Competitions

Overview

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

Regular season

1. Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
2. On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty. Both Excel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.

Results summary

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

Play-Off I

Results summary

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Matches

Belgian Cup

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 23 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	AUS	Danny Vukovic	24	0	24	0	0	0
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	20	0	16	0	4	0
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie	16	0	8+5	0	1+2	0
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga	28	1	21+4	1	3	0
21	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen	23	0	21+1	0	1	0
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz	44	1	37+3	0	4	1
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí	41	0	36+2	0	3	0
35	DF	BEL	Shawn Adewoye	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta	38	0	34	0	4	0
77	DF	ECU	Angelo Preciado	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	BEL	Dries Wouters	8	0	4+4	0	0	0
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen	33	2	27+2	2	4	0
11	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma	21	2	12+7	2	1+1	0
16	MF	BEL	Elias Sierra	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský	34	2	27+3	2	3+1	0
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen	21	0	4+16	0	1	0
38	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi	18	0	7+11	0	0	0
42	MF	NOR	Kristian Thorstvedt	34	9	22+8	7	4	2
80	MF	BEL	Pierre Dwomoh	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito	42	12	37+1	11	4	1
9	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers	34	7	6+26	7	1+1	0
10	FW	BEL	Theo Bongonda	39	18	34+1	16	3+1	2
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu	41	35	36+2	33	3	2
22	FW	BEL	Bryan Limbombe	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2	DF	BEL	Casper de Norre	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Neto Borges	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	DEN	Joakim Mæhle	16	1	16	1	0	0
20	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
11	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	SWE	Benjamin Nygren	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
15	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 23 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	18	FW		Paul Onuachu	33	2	35
2	27	FW		Théo Bongonda	16	2	18
3	7	FW		Junya Ito	11	1	12
4	42	MF		Kristian Thorstvedt	7	2	9
5	9	FW		Cyriel Dessers	7	0	7
6	8	MF		Bryan Heynen	2	0	2
	11	MF		Bastien Toma	2	0	2
	17	MF		Patrik Hrošovský	2	0	2
9	5	DF		Gerardo Arteaga	1	0	1
	23	DF		Daniel Muñoz	0	1	1
	31	DF		Joakim Mæhle	1	0	1
Own goal					0	1	1
Totals					82	9	91

References

1. "1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.
2. "Genk rondt komst Dessers af: "Nu ben ik waar ik wil zijn"" [Genk completes Dessers signing: "Now I am where I want to be"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 1 July 2020.
3. "Akkoord met Mexicaanse international Gerardo Arteaga" [Agreement with Mexican international Gerardo Arteaga] (in Dutch). krcgenk.be. 5 August 2020.
4. "Ismael Saibari versterkt Jong PSV" [Ismael Saibari reinforces Jong PSV] (in Dutch). psv.nl. 29 July 2020.
5. "Official: Atalanta deal for Maelhe". Football Italia. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
6. "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
7. "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
8. "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
9. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
10. "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
11. "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
12. "Ook geen bekerwedstrijden voor amateurclubs Rupel Boom en Thes" [No cup matches for amateur clubs Rupel Boom and Thes as well]. sporza.be. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

• Official website

• K.R.C. Genk seasons
• Belgian football clubs 2020–21 season