2019–20_Standard_Liège_season
2019–20 Standard Liège season
Standard Liège 2019–20 football season
The 2019–20 season was Standard Liège's 116th season in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
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Quick Facts season, Chairman ...
| 2019–20 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Bruno Venanzi | |||
| Manager | Michel Preud'homme | |||
| Stadium | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | |||
| Belgian First Division A | 5th | |||
| Belgian Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Selim Amallah Renaud Emond Maxime Lestienne (7 each) All: Maxime Lestienne (10) | |||
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Current squad
- As of 8 January 2020[1]
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Out of first team
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Out on loan
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Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Overview
More information Competition, First match ...
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Belgian Division | 27 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 048.28 |
| Belgian Cup | 26 September 2019 | 18 December 2019 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 19 September 2019 | 12 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 047.37 | ||||
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Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Soccerway
Belgian Division
Main article: 2019–20 Belgian First Division A
Regular season
League table
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 3 | Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Antwerp (Y) | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |
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Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[3]
(Y) Croky Cup winner
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[3]
(Y) Croky Cup winner
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- Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[2]
Results summary
More information Overall, Home ...
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
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Results by round
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| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | C |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[5]
Cercle Brugge v Standard Liège
| 27 July 2019 1 | Cercle Brugge | 0–2 | Standard Liège | Bruges |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
Standard Liège v Zulte Waregem
| 3 August 2019 2 | Standard Liège | 4–0 | Zulte Waregem | Liège |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,778 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
Sint-Truiden v Standard Liège
| 11 August 2019 3 | Sint-Truiden | 2–1 | Standard Liège | Sint-Truiden |
| 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
Standard Liège v Mouscron
| 18 August 2019 4 | Standard Liège | 4–1 | Mouscron | Liège |
| 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,622 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
Standard Liège v Kortrijk
| 25 August 2019 5 | Standard Liège | 2–1 | Kortrijk | Liège |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,282 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
Anderlecht v Standard Liège
| 1 September 2019 6 | Anderlecht | 1–0 | Standard Liège | Anderlecht |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
Oostende v Standard Liège
| 14 September 2019 7 | Oostende | 1–4 | Standard Liège | Ostend |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 5,242 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
Standard Liège v Eupen
| 22 September 2019 8 | Standard Liège | 3–0 | Eupen | Liège |
| 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,204 Referee: Wesley Alen |
Standard Liège v Sporting Charleroi
| 29 September 2019 9 | Standard Liège | 1–1 | Sporting Charleroi | Liège |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,932 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
Antwerp v Standard Liège
| 6 October 2019 10 | Antwerp | 2–2 | Standard Liège | Antwerp |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,978 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
Standard Liège v Genk
| 19 October 2019 11 | Standard Liège | 1–0 | Genk | Liège |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,876 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
Club Brugge v Standard Liège
| 27 October 2019 12 | Club Brugge | 1–1 | Standard Liège | Bruges |
| 14:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
Standard Liège v Waasland-Beveren
| 30 October 2019 13 | Standard Liège | 2–0 | Waasland-Beveren | Liège |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,536 Referee: Nathan Verbroomen |
Gent v Standard Liège
| 3 November 2019 14 | Gent | 3–1 | Standard Liège | Ghent |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,441 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
Standard Liège v Mechelen
| 10 November 2019 15 | Standard Liège | 1–2 | Mechelen | Liège |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,987 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
Eupen v Standard Liège
| 23 November 2019 16 | Eupen | 1–2 | Standard Liège | Eupen |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Christof Dierick |
Standard Liège v Cercle Brugge
| 1 December 2019 17 | Standard Liège | 2–1 | Cercle Brugge | Liège |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,592 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
Mouscron v Standard Liège
| 8 December 2019 18 | Mouscron | 2–2 | Standard Liège | Mouscron |
| 14:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 5,346 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
Standard Liège v Anderlecht
| 15 December 2019 19 | Standard Liège | 1–1 | Anderlecht | Liège |
| 14:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,972 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
Waasland-Beveren v Standard Liège
| 21 December 2019 20 | Waasland-Beveren | 2–1 | Standard Liège | Beveren |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Christof Dierick |
Standard Liège v Gent
| 26 December 2019 21 | Standard Liège | 0–1 | Gent | Liège |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,761 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
Mechelen v Standard Liège
| 17 January 2020 22 | Mechelen | 2–3 | Standard Liège | Mechelen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Wesley Alen |
Standard Liège v Oostende
| 24 January 2020 23 | Standard Liège | 2–1 | Oostende | Liège |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,402 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
Kortrijk v Standard Liège
| 31 January 2020 24 | Kortrijk | 3–1 | Standard Liège | Kortrijk |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 7,333 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
Standard Liège v Club Brugge
| 12 February 2020 25 | Standard Liège | 0–0 | Club Brugge | Liège |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 27,145 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
Genk v Standard Liège
| 16 February 2020 26 | Genk | 1–3 | Standard Liège | Genk |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 20,108 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
Standard Liège v Antwerp
| 22 February 2020 27 | Standard Liège | 1–0 | Antwerp | Liège |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 27,143 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
Sporting Charleroi v Standard Liège
| 1 March 2020 28 | Sporting Charleroi | 2–0 | Standard Liège | Charleroi |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
Standard Liège v Sint-Truiden
| 7 March 2020 29 | Standard Liège | 0–0 | Sint-Truiden | Liège |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,007 Referee: Christof Dierick |
Zulte Waregem v Standard Liège
| 15 March 2020 30 | Zulte Waregem | Cancelled | Standard Liège | Waregem |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Regenboogstadion | |||
| Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||
Belgian Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Belgian Cup
Standard Liège v Lommel
| 26 September 2019 Sixth round | Standard Liège | 2–1 | Lommel | Liège |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Kevin van Damme |
UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group F
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | FRA | STL | VSC | |
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| 1 |  Arsenal |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 |  Eintracht Frankfurt |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 3 |  Standard Liège |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 |  Vitória de Guimarães |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
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Standard Liège 
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Vitória de Guimarães
v Vitória de Guimarães
| 19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) 1 | Standard Liège | 2–0 | Vitória de Guimarães | Liège, Belgium |
| 18:55 (CEST) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 13,477 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia) |
Arsenal 
v Standard Liège
v Standard Liège
| 3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) 2 | Arsenal | 4–0 | Standard Liège | London, England |
| 21:00 (20:00 BST) |
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Report | Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,725 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
Eintracht Frankfurt 
v Standard Liège
v Standard Liège
| 24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | Standard Liège | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 21:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) |
Standard Liège v Eintracht Frankfurt
v Eintracht Frankfurt
| 7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) 4 | Standard Liège | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Liège, Belgium |
| 18:55 | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 15,952 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) |
Vitória de Guimarães v Standard Liège
v Standard Liège
| 28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 5 | Vitória de Guimarães | 1–1 | Standard Liège | Guimarães, Portugal |
| 21:00 (20:00 WET) |
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Report | Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 11,221 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine) |
Squad appearances and goals
- Last updated on 7 March 2020.
More information No., Pos ...
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa League | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
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| 1 | GK | BEL |
Jean-François Gillet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | GK | BEL |
Arnaud Bodart | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | GK |  SRB |
Vanja Milinković-Savić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 33 | GK | BEL |
Timothy Galje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| 3 | DF | BEL |
Zinho Vanheusden | 28 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | DF | BEL |
Dimitri Lavalée | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | DF |  CMR |
Collins Fai | 13 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF | BEL |
Senna Miangue | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF |  FRA |
Nicolas Gavory | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 27 | DF |  KOS |
Mërgim Vojvoda | 30 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 29 | DF | BEL |
Luis Pedro Cavanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | DF |  CYP |
Konstantinos Laifis | 35 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 36 | DF | BEL |
Noë Dussenne | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | DF |  MLI |
Hady Sangaré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| 2 | MF |  HAI |
Réginal Goreux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF |  BIH |
Gojko Cimirot | 36 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF |  MAR |
Mehdi Carcela | 34 | 3 | 17+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF |  ISR |
Eden Shamir | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF |  MNE |
Aleksandar Boljević | 27 | 6 | 7+14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
| 19 | MF | MAR |
Selim Amallah | 32 | 9 | 21+4 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | ||
| 20 | MF |  COD |
Merveille Bokadi | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | MF | BEL |
Maxime Lestienne | 34 | 10 | 24+3 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | ||
| 26 | MF | BEL |
Nicolas Raskin | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 28 | MF | BEL |
Samuel Bastien | 32 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 32 | MF | BEL |
Joachim Carcela | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW |  CRO |
Duje Čop | 17 | 2 | 5+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | FW |  ROU |
Denis Drăguș | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | FW | BEL |
Obbi Oularé | 17 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW |  URU |
Felipe Avenatti | 24 | 2 | 5+13 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | ||
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
| 40 | MF | COD |
Paul-José M'Poku | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | FW | BEL |
Anthony Limbombe | 7 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | BEL |
Renaud Emond | 20 | 7 | 10+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
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- "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
- "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- Smith, Emma (2 April 2020). "Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.