2020–21 K.V. Oostende season
# 2020–21 K.V. Oostende season

The 2020–21 K.V. Oostende season was the club's 117th season in existence and its eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oostende 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 24 August 2020

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry (on loan from Celtic) |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Arthur Theate |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Maxime D'Arpino |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Makhtar Gueye |
| 8 | MF | BEL | François Marquet |
| 9 | FW | ALB | Sindrit Guri |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Fashion Sakala |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Indy Boonen |
| 15 | DF | GER | Frederik Jäkel (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager |
| 18 | MF | NIR | Cameron McGeehan |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Thiam |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Théo Ndicka |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | AUT | Marko Kvasina |
| 23 | DF | ISL | Ari Freyr Skúlason |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Evangelos Patoulidis |
| 25 | MF | BEL | Jelle Bataille |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Kévin Vandendriessche |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Brecht Capon |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Guillaume Hubert |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Robbie D'Haese |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Anton Tanghe |
| 34 | MF | GER | Nick Bätzner |
| 73 | FW | BEL | Jorben Vanhulle |
| 94 | GK | BEL | Jordi Schelfhout |
| 99 | GK | BEL | Bram Castro |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian First Division A | 10 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 042.50 |
| Belgian Cup | 3 February 2021 | 9 February 2021 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 042.86 |

Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Belgian First Division A

**Regular season**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Oostende | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |

* ↑ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
* ↑ 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 Exel 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**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 18 April 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League

**Results by round**

| Round | 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

**Play-Off II**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | MEC | OOS | STA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Mechelen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 35 | | 1–2 | — | 5–3 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Oostende | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 34 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 6–2 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 28 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |

* ↑ Winner of Play-off II qualifies directly to Europa Conference League second qualifying round due to Genk winning the 2021 Belgian Cup Final resulting in all teams from the Play-Off I qualifying for European football already.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

    As of 8 March 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Makhtar Gueye | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Fashion Sakala | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Andrew Hjulsager | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Arthur Theate | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Cameron McGeehan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 26 | MF | | Kévin Vandendriessche | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Jack Hendry | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 21 | FW | | Marko Kvasina | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Maxime D'Arpino | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Brecht Capon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | MF | | Robbie D'Haese | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 33 | DF | | Anton Tanghe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 34 | MF | | Nick Bätzner | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 45 | 4 | 49 |
