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.

Winners

Year Belgian Lion
Player Club
2010 Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)Anderlecht
2011 Mbark Boussoufa (MAR)Anderlecht
2012 Soufiane Bidaoui (MAR)Lierse
2013 Hamdi Harbaoui (TUN)Lokeren
2014 Hamdi Harbaoui (TUN)Lokeren
2015 Mehdi Carcela (MAR)Standard Liège
2016 Sofiane Hanni (ALG)Mechelen
2017 Ishak Belfodil (ALG)Standard Liège
2018 Mehdi Carcela (MAR)Standard Liège
2019 Mehdi Carcela (MAR)Standard Liège
2020 Selim Amallah (MAR)Standard Liège
2021 Tarik Tissoudali (MAR)Gent
2022 Tarik Tissoudali (MAR)Gent
2023 Bilal El Khannouss (MAR)Genk

Breakdown of winners

By country of origin

Country Number of wins Winning years
Morocco Morocco
10
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Tunisia Tunisia
2
2013, 2014
Algeria Algeria
2
2016, 2017

By club

Club Number of wins Winning 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

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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