1957–58 in Belgian football

The 1957–1958 season was the 55th season of competitive football in Belgium. Standard Liège won their first Division I title.[1] R Antwerp FC entered the 1957–58 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder. The Belgium national football team finished their 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign in the second place of Group 2, 2 points behind France, and thus did not qualify for the World Cup finals in Sweden.[2]

Contents

Overview

At the end of the season, R Daring Club de Bruxelles and KRC Mechelen were relegated to Division II and were replaced in Division I by K Beringen FC and RRC Tournaisien from Division II.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (ASV Oostende KM and R Uccle Sport) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by (RFC Renaisien and RFC Sérésien) from Division III.
The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league K Tubantia FC, RCS Boussu-Bois, RAS Herstal and R Stade Louvain were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by KFC Waeslandia Burcht, RUS Tournaisienne, R Fléron FC and R Stade Waremmien from Promotion.

National team

Date Venue Opponents Score* Comp Belgium scorers
September 4, 1957 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik (A) Iceland WCQ F André Van Herpe, Maurice Willems, Paul Vandenberg (3)
October 27, 1957 Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) France 0-0 WCQ
November 17, 1957 Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A) The Netherlands 2-5 F Paul Vandenberg, Denis Houf
December 8, 1957 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara (A) Turkey 1-1 F Armand Jurion
March 2, 1958 Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) Germany 0-2 F
April 13, 1958 Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) The Netherlands 2-7 F Henri Coppens (2)
May 26, 1958 Hardturm, Zürich (A) Switzerland 2-0 F Jacques Stockman, Marcel Paeschen

* Belgium score given first

Key

European competitions

R Antwerp FC lost in the first round of the 1957–58 European Champion Clubs' Cup to title holder Real Madrid of Spain (defeat 1-2 at home and defeat 6-0 away).

Honours

Competition Winner
Division I Standard Liège
Division II K Beringen FC
Division III RFC Renaisien and RFC Sérésien
Promotion KFC Waeslandia Burcht, RUS Tournaisienne, R Fléron FC and R Stade Waremmien

Final league tables

Premier Division

Main article: 1957–58 Belgian First Division

References

  1. ^ http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1957-1958FR.pdf FA website
  2. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html FA website
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