2020–21 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

Sint-Truiden
2020–21 season
Owner	DMM.com
Chairman	David Meekers
Manager	Peter Maes
Stadium	Stayen
Belgian First Division A	15th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yuma Suzuki (17); All: ; Yuma Suzuki (17)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Sint-Truidense V.V. season was the club's 97th season in existence and its sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sint-Truiden 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 31 January 2021^[1]

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

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.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
13	DF	Liberato Cacace	Wellington Phoenix		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2020 Friendly	Geel	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Geel, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Leunen

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

18 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Beerschot	Geel, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Leunen

22 July 2020 Friendly	Westerlo	0–1	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Het Kuipje

25 July 2020 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	2–3	Sint-Truiden	Waregem, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Regenboogstadion

30 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	4–1	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ito 5', 47' Nazon 30' Lee 70'	Report	Milošević 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stayen

31 July 2020 Friendly	Eupen	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Eupen, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

6 August 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	4–0	Lommel	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stayen

17 August 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Lommel	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 5'	Report	Þórðarson 7'	Stadium: Stayen

4 September 2020 Friendly	Westerlo	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kuipje Terrein 3

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	9 August 2020	18 April 2021	Matchday 1	15th	34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	029.41
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021	10 February 2021	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Total					36	11	8	17	43	53	−10	030.56

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Charleroi	34	11	9	14	46	49	−3	42
14	Kortrijk	34	11	6	17	44	57	−13	39
15	Sint-Truiden	34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	38
16	Cercle Brugge	34	11	3	20	40	51	−11	36
17	Waasland-Beveren (R)	34	8	7	19	44	70	−26	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-off

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	38	6	3	8	20	20	0	4	5	8	21	32	−11

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L
Position	4	11	10	11	14	15	16	16	17	14	15	15	16	16					14	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.^[3]

9 August 2020 1	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suzuki 2' Colombatto 31' Colidio 60', 90'	Report	Bezus 30' Plastun 43' Owusu 67'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Jan Boterberg

16 August 2020 2	Anderlecht	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mykhaylichenko 41' Dimata 50', 61' Žulj 52' Tau 90+3'	Report	Sankhon 47' Balongo 88'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

24 August 2020 3	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Oostende	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 22' Teixeira 42'	Report	Hjulsager 18' Skúlason 33' D'Arpino 44' Bataille 59' 76' Gueye 77' Tanghe 83'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

29 August 2020 4	Eupen	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Eupen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Cools 10' Ngoy 13' Heris 25' Beck 45+1' Koné 82' Poulain 84'	Report	Asamoah 16' Lucas 58' Mmaee 63' Colidio 72' Suzuki 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

13 September 2020 5	Sint-Truiden	2–3	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 1', 23' Durkin 25' Konaté 70' 89'	Report	Juklerød 16', 88' Seck 33' Batubinsika 41' 72' Haroun 53' Miyoshi 75'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Wim Smet

21 September 2020 6	Cercle Brugge	3–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hotić 25' Ugbo 31' (pen.) Omolo 67' Vitinho 90+1'	Report	Matsubara 13' Colombatto 18' Durkin 35'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 September 2020 7	KV Mechelen	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 23' Vranckx 60', 64', 68' Peyre 90+1'	Report	Colidio 12' Lee 23' Suzuki 43' Durkin 45+1' Konaté 65' Sankhon 74'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

3 October 2020 8	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Kortrijk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 44' Asamoah 80' Nazon 90+4'	Report	Van der Bruggen 27' Selemani 71' Jakubech 90+2'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Bert Put

17 October 2020 9	Beerschot	6–3	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 2', 25' (pen.) Tissoudali 17', 34' Brogno 40' Coulibaly 57'	Report	Filippov 44' Suzuki 49' Nazon 74'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Jan Boterberg

25 October 2020 10	Sint-Truiden	2–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 37' De Ridder 73', 80'	Report	Amallah 67'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

7 November 2020 12	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Genk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sankhon 6' Suzuki 28' García 41' De Ridder 53' 90+2' Caufriez 87'	Report	Bongonda 4', 31', 81' Thorstvedt 49'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

23 November 2020 13	OH Leuven	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Malinov 42' Henry 45+2' (pen.) Eppiah 73'	Report	Nazon 27', 84', 28' Durkin 61' Cacace 90' García 90+2'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

28 November 2020 14	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Truiden
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	García 7' De Ridder 45' Colidio 72' Sankhon 88'	Report	Wuytens 29' Koita 90+2'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

1 December 2020 11	Excel Mouscron	3–2	Sint-Truiden	Mouscron
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakić 17', 18' Koffi 34' Da Costa 53' Faraj 81' Xadas 90+5'	Report	Sankhon 17' García 37' Suzuki 63' (pen.) Nakamura 90+1' Janssens 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

5 December 2020 15	Club Brugge	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Okereke 57'	Report	Konaté 59'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

12 December 2020 16	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 43'	Report	Fall 25' Nicholson 51'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

19 December 2020 18	Zulte Waregem	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Waregem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Suzuki 56' Caufriez 90+1'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 December 2020 19	Standard Liège	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amallah 39' Muleka 71' Balikwisha 75'	Report	Nazon 5' Suzuki 16' Asamoah 18' Caufriez 53' Konaté 71'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

30 December 2020 17	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Beerschot	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 41' Konaté 73' Buatu 75' Cacace 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

10 January 2021 20	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Club Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Ridder 51' Buatu 55' Nazon 86'	Report	Dost 13' Lang 35' Mechele 42' Balanta 77'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

17 January 2021 21	Sint-Truiden	3–1	OH Leuven	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 10', 53', 50' Mboyo 39' García 78'	Report	Henry 25' Ngawa 37'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

20 January 2021 22	Kortrijk	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Kortrijk
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0

23 January 2021 23	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Excel Mouscron	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0

27 January 2021 24	Gent	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castro-Montes 78' Schmidt 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Colidio 23' Teixeira 72' Sankhon 90+4'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

31 January 2021 25	Sint-Truiden	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brüls 17' Buatu 49' Teixeira 64' Cacace 83' Colidio 90+1' Durkin 90+4'	Report	Pavlović 28' Marcelin 90+3'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 February 2021 26	Oostende	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Ostend
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gueye 38', 60' (pen.) Sakala 74' (pen.)	Report	Lavalée 73' Suzuki 90'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

13 February 2021 27	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Zulte Waregem	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0

21 February 2021 28	Antwerp	0–0	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Laet 90+4'	Report	Lavalée 70'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

28 February 2021 29	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Eupen	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Teixeira 61' De Ridder 62' Lavalée 78'	Report	Baby 41' Miangué 80' Prevljak 89'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

5 March 2021 30	Charleroi	0–0	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rezaei 40'	Report	Hashioka 20' Durkin 41'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

3 April 2021 32	Sint-Truiden	2–1	KV Mechelen	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suzuki 11' Mboyo 42' (pen.)	Report	Walsh 41' Kaboré 65' De Camargo 90'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

6 April 2021 31	Waasland-Beveren	2–4	Sint-Truiden	Beveren
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frey 2' Sinani 14' Vukotić 27' Verstraete 60', 78' Wuytens 70' 73' Faucher 86'	Report	Mboyo 20', 51', 75' Suzuki 32', 84'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

11 April 2021 33	Genk	4–0	Sint-Truiden	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bongonda 21' Heynen 24' Thorstvedt 35' Onuachu 53'	Report	Brüls 20' Suzuki 41'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

18 April 2021 34	Sint-Truiden	0–1	Anderlecht	Sint-Truiden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Durkin 33'	Report	Mykhaylichenko 6' Verschaeren 80'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Lokeren-Temse	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Lokeren
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nöstlinger 36'	Report	Nazon 8' Ito 62'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 0

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Genk	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thorstvedt 24' Onuachu 87'	Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut