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
10
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  Tunisia
2
2013, 2014
  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.