Belgian Lion Award

The Belgian Lion Award award (Dutch: Belgische Leeuw, French: Lion Belge[1]) is a football award in Belgium given annually to the best Arab origin player in the Belgian First Division A. 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

Breakdown of winners

By country of origin
Country Number of wins Winning years
Morocco
6
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019
Tunisia
2
2013, 2014
Algeria
2
2016, 2017

By club
Club Number of wins Winning years
Standard Liège
4
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Anderlecht
2
2010, 2011
Lokeren
2
2013, 2014
Lierse
1
2012
Mechelen
1
2016
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References
  1. "Le Lion Belge De Belgische Leeuw". Retrieved 2019-04-30.
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