title: 2020–21 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise season
text: # 2020–21 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise season
  
  The 2020–21 season was the 124th season in the history of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and the club's sixth consecutive season in the second division of Belgian football.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      As of 3 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | DF | ENG | Alex Cochrane (on loan from Brighton) |
  | 4 | DF | DEN | Jonas Bager |
  | 5 | DF | BEL | Anas Hamzaoui |
  | 6 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen |
  | 8 | MF | GER | Marcel Mehlem |
  | 9 | FW | GER | Deniz Undav |
  | 11 | MF | BEL | Mathias Fixelles |
  | 12 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli |
  | 13 | FW | BEL | Dante Vanzeir |
  | 14 | FW | GUI | Ibrahima Bah |
  | 16 | DF | ENG | Christian Burgess |
  | 17 | MF | MLT | Teddy Teuma |
  | 19 | DF | BEL | Guillaume François |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 20 | MF | BEL | Senne Lynen |
  | 21 | GK | BEL | Lucas Pirard |
  | 23 | FW | ISL | Aron Sigurðarson |
  | 24 | DF | BUL | Edisson Jordanov |
  | 26 | GK | BEL | Adrien Saussez |
  | 33 | GK | BEL | Tibo Herbots |
  | 43 | MF | SVN | Nik Lorbek |
  | 44 | DF | BEL | Siebe Van der Heyden |
  | 49 | GK | LUX | Anthony Moris |
  | 59 | DF | MAR | Ismaël Kandouss |
  | 94 | MF | MAD | Loïc Lapoussin |
  | 96 | FW | FRA | Brighton Labeau |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Im
  
  | Date | Name | Moving from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 February 2020 | Abdelmounaim Boutouil | ASFAR | Undisclosed |
  | 7 April 2020 | Deniz Undav | Meppen | Undisclosed |
  | 23 May 2020 | Senne Lynen | Telstar | Undisclosed |
  | 9 June 2020 | Tibo Herbots | Sint-Truiden | Undisclosed |
  | 2 July 2020 | Charlie Brown | Chelsea | Loan |
  | 7 July 2020 | Christian Burgess | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
  | 30 July 2020 | Loïc Lapoussin | Virton | Undisclosed |
  | 30 July 2020 | Anthony Moris | Virton | Undisclosed |
  | 30 July 2020 | Dante Vanzeir | Genk | Undisclosed |
  | 11 August 2020 | Guillaume François | Virton | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Name | Moving to | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 May 2020 | Sigurd Hauso Haugen | Aalesund | Undisclosed |
  | 10 June 2020 | Pietro Perdichizzi | Westerlo | Undisclosed |
  | 12 June 2020 | Soufiane El Banouhi | Deinze | Free |
  | 19 June 2020 | Roman Ferber | Francs Borains | Loan |
  | 31 July 2020 | Kevin Kis | Lommel | Undisclosed |
  | 3 August 2020 | Serge Tabekou | Excel Mouscron | Free |
  
  * ↑ Brown was already on loan from Chelsea to Union SG during the second half of the 2019–20 season. All parties agreed to extend the loan deal with one more season.
  * ↑ Vanzeir was on loan from Genk to Mechelen during the 2019–20 season. The loan ended and Vanzeir was now sold to Union SG.
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | 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 % |
  | First Division B | 21 August 2020 | 25 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 078.57 |
  | Belgian Cup | 11 October 2020 | 11 February 2021 | Fifth round | Seventh round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 066.67 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 077.42 |
  
  Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Belgian First Division B
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Union SG (C, P) | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 70 | Promotion to the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A |
  | 2 | Seraing (O, P) | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
  | 3 | Lommel | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 43 | |
  | 4 | Westerlo | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 43 | |
  | 5 | Deinze | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 39 | |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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  Source:
  
  **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 |
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  | Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
  | Result | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D |
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