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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.

Winners

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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 Khannous (MAR) Genk

Breakdown of winners

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By country of origin

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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

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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

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  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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