2019–20 R. Charleroi S.C. season

The 2019–20 season was the 116th season in the existence of R. Charleroi S.C. and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, R. Charleroi S.C. participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

R. Charleroi S.C.
2019–20 season
OwnerFabien Debecq
Managing directorMehdi Bayat
Head coachKarim Belhocine
StadiumStade du Pays de Charleroi
First Division A3rd
Belgian CupQuarter-finals

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Nicolas Penneteau
4 DF Belgium BEL Maxime Busi
5 DF Senegal SEN Modou Diagne
6 DF North Macedonia MKD Gjoko Zajkov
7 MF Togo TOG David Henen
8 MF Iran IRN Ali Gholizadeh
10 FW Iran IRN Kaveh Rezaei (on loan from Club Brugge)
12 MF Belgium BEL Joris Kayembe
13 MF Senegal SEN Christophe Diandy
14 GK Sweden SWE Joachim Imbrechts
15 FW Belgium BEL Anthony Descotte
16 FW Jamaica JAM Shamar Nicholson
17 DF Greece GRE Stergos Marinos
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Italy ITA Frank Tsadjout (on loan from Milan)
22 MF Belgium BEL Gaëtan Hendrickx
23 DF France FRA Steeven Willems
24 DF Belgium BEL Dorian Dessoleil
25 DF Angola ANG Núrio Fortuna
26 MF Madagascar MAD Marco Ilaimaharitra
27 MF Senegal SEN Mamadou Fall
28 MF Belgium BEL Ken Nkuba
40 GK France FRA Rémy Descamps
44 MF Japan JPN Ryota Morioka
70 MF Iran IRN Younes Delfi
77 MF Belgium BEL Massimo Bruno

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
35 GK Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Parfait Mandanda (at Hartford Athletic until 31 December 2020)
— GK Belgium BEL Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui (at F91 Dudelange until 30 June 2020)
— MF Iran IRN Omid Noorafkan (at Sepahan FC until 30 June 2020)
— MF Belgium BEL Nathan Rodes (at Union Titus Pétange until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Cameroon CMR Arnold Garita (at US Boulogne until 30 June 2020)
— FW France FRA Jérémy Perbet (at Oud-Heverlee Leuven until 30 June 2020)
— FW Mali MLI Adama Niane (at KV Oostende until 30 June 2020)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2019 Friendly Metz France 2–1 Belgium Charleroi Homécourt, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Yvan Tepus
7 January 2020 Friendly 1. FC Köln Germany 1–2 Belgium Charleroi Benidorm, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Lemperle 67'
 Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First Division A 28 July 2019 7 March 2020 Matchday 1 3rd 29 15 9 5 49 23 +26 051.72
Belgian Cup 25 September 2019 17 December 2019 Sixth round Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 4 4 +0 066.67
Total 32 17 9 6 53 27 +26 053.13

Source: Soccerway

First Division A
Main article: 2019–20 Belgian First Division A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge (C) 29 21 7 1 58 14 +44 70 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 +25 55 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
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
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.[2]
(C) Champions; (Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:
  1. Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[1]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 12 7 7 42 33  +9 43 5 4 4 16 13  +3 7 3 3 26 20  +6

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWLDWWLDLWWWDWWWDWDWDWLWDLWWC
Position
Source: Jupiler Pro League
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.[3] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[4]

28 July 2019 1 Charleroi 1–1 Gent Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 8,760
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
3 August 2019 2 Kortrijk 1–1 Charleroi Kortrijk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
11 August 2019 3 Charleroi 2–1 Antwerp Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
19 August 2019 4 Zulte Waregem 3–1 Charleroi Waregem
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
29 January 2020 5 Charleroi 0–0 Club Brugge Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 12,090
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
31 August 2019 6 Waasland-Beveren 0–4 Charleroi Beveren
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
13 September 2019 7 Charleroi 2–1 Genk Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
21 September 2019 8 Charleroi 0–3 Sint-Truiden Charleroi
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
29 September 2019 9 Standard Liège 1–1 Charleroi Liège
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 26,932
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
4 October 2019 10 Charleroi 1–2 Anderlecht Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Wesley Alen
20 October 2019 11 Cercle Brugge 0–3 Charleroi Brugge
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
26 October 2019 12 Charleroi 1–0 Excel Mouscron Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
29 October 2019 13 Oostende 0–1 Charleroi Ostend
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Diaz Arena
3 November 2019 14 Mechelen 2–2 Charleroi Mechelen
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
9 November 2019 15 Charleroi 1–0 Eupen Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
24 November 2019 16 Sint-Truiden 1–3 Charleroi Sint-Truiden
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stayen
30 November 2019 17 Charleroi 2–0 Waasland-Beveren Charleroi
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Frederik Goldhof
8 December 2019 18 Anderlecht 0–0 Charleroi Anderlecht
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
14 December 2019 19 Charleroi 3–0 Cercle Brugge Charleroi
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
21 December 2019 20 Excel Mouscron 1–1 Charleroi Mouscron
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
27 December 2019 21 Charleroi 5–0 Oostende Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
18 January 2020 22 Eupen 1–1 Charleroi Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Wim Smet
11 February 2020 23 Charleroi 2–1 Mechelen Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
1 February 2020 24 Genk 1–0 Charleroi Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
8 February 2020 25 Charleroi 4–0 Zulte Waregem Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
16 February 2020 26 Antwerp 1–1 Charleroi Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Bosuilstadion
23 February 2020 27 Club Brugge 1–0 Charleroi Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,039
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
1 March 2020 28 Charleroi 2–0 Standard Liège Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 13,304
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
7 March 2020 29 Gent 1–4 Charleroi Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 15,661
Referee: Jan Boterberg
15 March 2020 30 Charleroi Cancelled Kortrijk Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Belgian Cup
Main article: 2019–20 Belgian Cup
25 September 2019 Sixth round Rupel Boom 2–3 Charleroi Boom
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Laureys 41', 88' Report Rezaei 31', 86'
Gholizadeh 50'		 Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion
4 December 2019 Seventh round Charleroi 1–0 Gent Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Bruno 84' Report Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
17 December 2019 Quarter-finals Zulte Waregem 2–0 Charleroi Waregem
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Berahino 48'
Larin 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Referee: Jan Boterberg

References
  1. "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
  2. "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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