Belgian Lion Award

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The Belgian Lion Award (Dutch: Belgische Leeuw, French: Lion Belge [1] ) is a football award in Belgium given annually to the best Maghreb player of Arab / Amazigh origin in the Belgian First Division A. [2] [3] Recently, secondary awards have also been handed out to the best footballer abroad, youngster, female footballer, coach and futsal player.

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Winners

YearBelgian Lion
PlayerClub
2010Flag of Morocco.svg  Mbark Boussoufa  (MAR) Anderlecht
2011Flag of Morocco.svg  Mbark Boussoufa  (MAR) Anderlecht
2012Flag of Morocco.svg  Soufiane Bidaoui  (MAR) Lierse
2013Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hamdi Harbaoui  (TUN) Lokeren
2014Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hamdi Harbaoui  (TUN) Lokeren
2015Flag of Morocco.svg  Mehdi Carcela  (MAR) Standard Liège
2016Flag of Algeria.svg  Sofiane Hanni  (ALG) Mechelen
2017Flag of Algeria.svg  Ishak Belfodil  (ALG) Standard Liège
2018Flag of Morocco.svg  Mehdi Carcela  (MAR) Standard Liège
2019Flag of Morocco.svg  Mehdi Carcela  (MAR) Standard Liège
2020Flag of Morocco.svg  Selim Amallah  (MAR) Standard Liège
2021Flag of Morocco.svg  Tarik Tissoudali  (MAR) Gent
2022Flag of Morocco.svg  Tarik Tissoudali  (MAR) Gent
2023Flag of Morocco.svg  Bilal El Khannouss  (MAR) Genk
2024Flag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Amoura  (ALG) Union SG

Breakdown of winners

By country of origin

CountryNumber of winsWinning years
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
10
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
3
2016, 2017, 2024
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
2
2013, 2014

By club

ClubNumber of winsWinning years
Standard Liège
5
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Anderlecht
2
2010, 2011
Lokeren
2
2013, 2014
Gent
2
2021, 2022
Lierse
1
2012
Mechelen
1
2016
Genk
1
2023
Union SG
1
2024

References

  1. ↑ "Le Lion Belge De Belgische Leeuw" . Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. ↑ AKOUETE, Isidore (2020-11-17). "Belgique : Selim Amallah sacrée « Lion Belge 2020 »". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. ↑ "Tarik Tissoudali remporte le Lion Belge 2022". Walfoot.be (in French). 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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