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

Year	Belgian Lion
Year	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
2024	Mohamed Amoura (ALG)	Union SG

Breakdown of winners

By country of origin

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
Morocco	10	2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Algeria	3	2016, 2017, 2024
Tunisia	2	2013, 2014

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
Union SG	1	2024

References

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

v t e Belgian Lion Award
2010: Boussoufa 2011: Boussoufa 2012: Bidaoui 2013: Harbaoui 2014: Harbaoui 2015: Carcela 2016: Hanni 2017: Belfodil 2018: Carcela 2019: Carcela 2020: Amallah 2021: Tissoudali 2022: Tissoudali 2023: El Khannous

Football in Belgium

National teams

League system

Level 1	Pro League
Level 2	Challenger Pro League
Level 3	Division 1 (2 divisions: 1 VV, 1 ACFF)
Level 4	Division 2 (3 divisions: 2 VV, 1 ACFF)
Level 5	Division 3 (4 divisions: 2 VV, 2 ACFF)
Levels 6–9	Provincial Leagues (10 groups: Antwerp, Flemish teams from Brabant (unified Brussels Capital Region, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant division), Francophone teams from Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, and West Flanders)
Defunct	Belgian Second Division, Belgian Third Division, Belgian Fourth Division

Women's League system

Level 1	Super League
Level 2	First Division
Level 3	Second Division
Level 4+	Provincial Leagues (10 groups: Antwerp, Flemish teams from Brabant (unified Brussels Capital Region, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant division), Francophone teams from Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, and West Flanders)
Defunct	BeNe League, Third Division

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup defunct: Belgian League Cup
Women	Belgian Women's Cup defunct: BeNe Super Cup

Awards

v t e National Men's Footballer of the Year award
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