2020–21 Belgian Women's Super League

Belgian Women's Super League
Season2020–21
Dates28 August 2020 – 29 May 2021
ChampionsAnderlecht
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Matches played180
Goals scored334 (1.86 per match)
Top goalscorerTessa Wullaert(28 goals)
Biggest home winAnderlecht 10–0 Genk
Biggest away winZulte-Waregem 0–11 Anderlecht
Highest scoringZulte-Waregem 0–11 Anderlecht
Longest winning run17 matches
Anderlecht
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Anderlecht
2021-22
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2022.

The 2020-21 Belgian Women's Super League season was the 6th edition since its establishment in 2015. It started on 28 August 2020 and final was played on 29 May 2021. However, the competition was cut short due to a COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
Anderlecht were the defending champions.

Changes from 2019-20

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In light of further professionalising women's football in Belgium, several changes were introduced through RBFA's "The World at our Feet" project.[2]
The six teams of the previous years (Anderlecht, Club YLA, AA Gent, KRC Genk, OH Leuven and Standard Liège) were joined by both champion and runner-up of the 1st National division: Eendracht Aalst and White Star Woluwe respectively. Zulte-Waregem and Charleroi completed the list of 10 teams, ensuring a larger geographical spread of the women's teams at the highest level.[3]
The Women's Super League also received a brand new visual identity and logo. Interactive content is provided via new Facebook [1], Instagram [2] and Twitter [3] accounts.

All 10 teams play each other twice in a regular competition, for a total of 18 matches. The final standings are than divided in 2 groups, with the top 5 teams competing in Play-off 1 and the bottom 5 in Play-off 2.
Each team in each Play-off starts with half their points from the regular competition, rounded up. The 5 teams than play a total of 8 matches to determine the final rankings.[4]

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Club Home city Home ground Capacity
RSC Anderlecht Anderlecht Belgian Football Center, Tubize 1,000
Genk Genk SportinGenk Park, Genk 2,000
AA Gent Ladies Ghent PGB-Stadion, Ghent 6,500
Club YLA Bruges Municipal Sports Center, Aalter 1,500
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leuven OHL Banqup Campus, Oud-Heverlee 3,330
Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 27,670
Zulte-Waregem Zulte Municipal Sports Stadium, Zulte 2,500
Eendracht Aalst Ladies Aalst Pierre Cornelisstadion, Aalst 4,500
RCS Charleroi Charleroi Marcinelle Complex, Marcinelle 1,000
FWS Woluwe Brussels Fallon Stadion, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 3,500

Standings

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Regular competition

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AND STL GNT OHL YLA GNK WOL AAL ZWA CHA
1 RSC Anderlecht 18 17 0 1 95 5 +90 51 Qualification for Play-off 1 2–0 5–0 4–0 5–0 10–0 0–1 9–0 5–0 8–0
2 Standard Liège 18 14 0 4 46 19 +27 42 0–5 0–2 6–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 2–0
3 AA Gent Ladies 18 11 1 6 40 20 +20 34 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–0
4 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 18 11 1 6 38 31 +7 34 1–8 0–2 0–3 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 7–0
5 Club YLA 18 8 2 8 31 34 −3 26 2–3 1–4 3–2 0–4 5–2 3–0 6–1 0–0 2–0
6 Ladies Genk 18 6 2 10 26 40 −14 20 Qualification for Play-off 2 1–4 1–3 2–3 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–1
7 FWS Woluwe 18 4 6 8 18 30 −12 18 0–4 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1
8 Eendracht Aalst Ladies 18 4 3 11 18 42 −24 15 0–4 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 6–0
9 Zulte-Waregem 18 3 4 11 15 45 −30 13 0–11 1–2 0–3 2–4 1–2 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–2
10 RCS Charleroi 18 1 3 14 7 68 −61 6 0–7 0–6 1–9 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0
Source: Voetbalexpress
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored

Play-off 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AND OHL GNT STL YLA
1 RSC Anderlecht (C) 6 4 2 0 19 4 +15 40 UEFA Champions League first round 2–0 2–0 6–1 canc.
2 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 8 6 1 1 17 7 +10 36 0–0 4–2 2–1 3–0
3 AA Gent Ladies 7 4 0 3 11 13 −2 29 canc. 1–3 2–1 2–1
4 Standard Liège 8 1 0 7 10 28 −18 24 2–7 1–4 0–1 3–1
5 Club YLA 7 1 1 5 11 16 −5 17 2–2 0–1 2–3 5–2
Source: Voetbalexpress
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored
(C) Champions

Play-off 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts AAL GNK ZWA CHA WOL
1 Eendracht Aalst Ladies 8 5 1 2 19 13 +6 24 5–3 0–3 2–0 2–0
2 Ladies Genk 8 4 2 2 17 15 +2 24 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–0
3 Zulte-Waregem 8 5 1 2 13 8 +5 23 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–0
4 RCS Charleroi 8 3 0 5 9 11 −2 12 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–1
5 FWS Woluwe 8 1 0 7 6 17 −11 12 1–3 2–3 2–0 0–2
Source: Voetbalexpress
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored

Top goalscorers

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Regular competition

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Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Belgium Tessa Wullaert Anderlecht 28
2 Belgium Tine De Caigny Anderlecht 22
3 Belgium Marie Minnaert Club YLA 11
Netherlands Sanne Schoenmakers Standard Liège
5 Belgium Gwen Duijsters Genk 10
6 Belgium Hanne Eurlings OH Leuven 9
Belgium Noémie Gelders Standard Liège
Netherlands Lobke Loonen Gent
9 Netherlands Jolet Lommen Gent 8
10 Belgium Ella Van Kerkhoven Gent 7
Belgium Davinia Vanmechelen Standard Liège

Play-off 1

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Belgium Tessa Wullaert Anderlecht 8
2 Belgium Charlotte Laridon Club YLA 4
Belgium Elke Van Gorp Anderlecht
Netherlands Lobke Loonen Gent
Belgium Marie Detruyer OH Leuven
Belgium Marie Minnaert Club YLA

Play-off 2

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Belgium Gwen Duijsters Genk 8
2 Belgium Hanne Merkelbach Genk 5
Belgium Justine Blave Aalst
4 Belgium Geena-Lisa Buyle Zulte-Waregem 4
Belgium Stephanie Van Gils Aalst

References

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  1. ^ "Super League eindigt met anticlimax: "Niet alle speelsters hebben mindset om de sport in België echt op de kaart te zetten"". sporza.be (in Dutch). 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ "Royal Belgian FA". www.rbfa.be. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  3. ^ Frith, Wilf (2020-05-02). "Belgian Women's Super League expanded". SheKicks. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. ^ "Scooore Super League - Voetbalexpress". www.voetbalexpress.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  5. ^ "Super League Women 2020/2021 results, Football Belgium - Flashscore". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
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