| Club: | K.A.A. Gent |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Ownertitle: | Chairman |
| Owner: | Ivan De Witte |
| Chrtitle: | Managing director |
| Chairman: | Michel Louwagie |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Manager: | Jess Thorup (until 20 August) László Bölöni (from 20 August until 14 September) Wim De Decker (from 14 September until 3 December) Hein Vanhaezebrouck (from 4 December) |
| Stadium: | Ghelamco Arena |
| League: | Belgian First Division A |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | Belgian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2: | UEFA Champions League |
| Cup2 Result: | Play-off round |
| Cup3: | UEFA Europa League |
| Cup3 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | Roman Yaremchuk (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Roman Yaremchuk (23) |
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| Updated: | 22 May 2021 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 K.A.A. Gent season was the club's 118th season in existence and the 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
| scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 |  Lille | €30,000,000 | [2] | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | €500,000 | [3] |
See main article: 2020–21 Belgian First Division A.
The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[4]
See main article: 2020–21 Belgian Cup.
See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.
See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[5]
Last updated on 22 May 2021.|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club|}
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | Pro League | width=120 | Belgian Cup | width=140 | Champions League | width=140 | Europa League | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | FW |  | Roman Yaremchuk | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 35 | FW |  | Tarik Tissoudali | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 20 | FW |  | Osman Bukari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 30 | MF | Niklas Dorsch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 24 | MF |  | Sven Kums | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | FW | Tim Kleindienst | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | FW |  | Anderson Niangbo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14 | DF | | Alessio Castro-Montes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 19 | MF | | Matisse Samoise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 25 | DF | Núrio Fortuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | | Laurent Depoitre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 32 | DF | | Ihor Plastun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 9 | MF | | Roman Bezus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 18 | FW | | Dylan Mbayo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 21 | DF |  | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 57 | ||||||||||||||