2008–09 Belgian First Division

The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

On 19 April 2009 Mons were relegated after Dender beat Roeselare 3–1 and made it mathematically impossible for Mons to climb into 16th position or higher. Tubize were relegated on 3 May 2009, after a 1–1 draw at home to Anderlecht.

The 2008–09 champions were decided in a playoff because Standard and Anderlecht finished the regular season equal on points and number of wins. Standard won the playoff by 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained the title.

Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2008–09

Contents

Participating teams

The league consisted of 18 teams, the best 16 teams from last season and two promoted teams from the Second Division.

The number of participants was reduced to 16 teams the season after, hence relegation was increased from two to three or four teams.

Team changes from the previous season

Sint-Truidense and Brussels were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the previous season after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Second Division champions Kortrijk and promotion playoff winners Tubize.

Overview

Club Location Current manager Team captain Stadium Capacity
Standard Liège Liège László Bölöni Steven Defour Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Ariel Jacobs Olivier Deschacht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Club Brugge K.V. Bruges Jacky Mathijssen Philippe Clement Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Glen De Boeck Denis Viane Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Aimé Anthuenis Daniel Cruz Olympisch Stadion 12,148
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Michel Preud'homme Bryan Ruiz Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
S.V. Zulte Waregem Waregem Francky Dury Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze Regenboogstadion 8,500
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi John Collins Frank Defays Stade du Pays de Charleroi 25,000
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Jan Ceulemans Jef Delen Het Kuipje 8,200
K.R.C. Genk Genk Pierre Denier and Hans Visser (caretakers) Hans Cornelis Cristal Arena 24,900
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Enzo Scifo Gonzague van Dooren Stade Le Canonnier 11,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Aleksandar Janković Olivier Doll Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Peter Maes Jonas Ivens Veolia-Stadion 14,145
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Dennis Van Wijk Stefaan Tanghe Schiervelde Stadion 9,036
F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Johan Boskamp Steven de Petter Florent Beeckmanstadion 6,800
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Christophe Dessy (caretaker) Roberto Mirri Stade Charles Tondreau 9,504
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Hein Vanhaezebrouck Stéphane Demets Guldensporen Stadion 8,770
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize Albert Cartier Gregory Neels Stade Leburton 4,000

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mons Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 May 2008 [1] Philippe Saint-Jean 6 June 2008 [2] Pre-Season
Gent Trond Sollied Resigned 18 May 2008 [3][4] Michel Preud'homme 27 May 2008 [5] Pre-Season
Standard Liège Michel Preud'homme End of contract 26 May 2008 [6] László Bölöni 9 June 2008 [7] Pre-Season
Tubize Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 6 June 2008 [2] Albert Cartier 14 June 2008 [8] Pre-Season

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mons Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 21 August 2008 [9] Thierry Pister (caretaker) 21 August 2008 [9] 18th
Roeselare Dirk Geeraerd Sacked 26 October 2008 [10] Dennis van Wijk 29 October 2008 [11] 18th
Germinal Beerschot Harm van Veldhoven Resigned 13 November 2008 [12] Aimé Anthuenis 14 November 2008 [13] 16th
Mons Thierry Pister (caretaker) Sacked 4 December 2008 [14] Christophe Dessy (caretaker) 4 December 2008 [14] 15th
Charleroi Thierry Siquet Sacked 15 December 2008 [15] John Collins 15 December 2008 [15] 11th
Genk Ronny Van Geneugden Resigned 5 March 2009 [16] Pierre Denier and Hans Visser (caretakers) 5 March 2009 [16] 4th
Lokeren Georges Leekens Resigned 31 March 2009 [17] Aleksandar Janković 6 April 2009 [18] 7th

League standings

Final table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Standard (C) 34 24 5 5 66 26 +40 077PO 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Anderlecht 34 24 5 5 75 30 +45 077PO 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Club Brugge 34 18 5 11 59 50 +9 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Gent 34 17 8 9 67 42 +25 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 Zulte-Waregem 34 16 7 11 55 36 +19 55
6 Westerlo 34 15 7 12 42 38 +4 52
7 Lokeren 34 13 12 9 40 32 +8 51
8 Genk 34 15 5 14 48 51 −3 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
9 Cercle Brugge 34 14 5 15 48 53 −5 47
10 Mechelen 34 12 10 12 46 52 −6 46
11 Mouscron 34 12 8 14 42 49 −7 44
12 Charleroi 34 12 7 15 43 48 −5 43
13 Germinal Beerschot 34 11 9 14 44 42 +2 42
14 Kortrijk 34 9 11 14 37 55 −18 38
15 Dender (R) 34 9 8 17 44 58 −14 35 Relegation Playoffs
16 Roeselare (O) 34 8 6 20 33 59 −26 30
17 Tubize (R) 34 7 6 21 35 77 −42 27 Belgian Second Division
18 Mons (R) 34 3 10 21 31 57 −26 19

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
POThe championship was decided in a playoff (see below).
1Genk qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the Belgian Cup 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship playoff

Since Anderlecht and Standard were tied on both points and wins, a two-legged playoff was played in order to determine the league champions. Standard won the playoff 2–1 on aggregate and were crowned champions.

21 May 2009
20:30 CEST
 Anderlecht 1 – 1 Standard Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Brussels
Referee: Johan Verbist
Legear  52' Report
(Dutch)		 Mbokani  60'
24 May 2009
20:30 CEST
 Standard 1 – 0 Anderlecht Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Referee: Paul Allaerts
Witsel  40' (pen.) Report
(Dutch)

Positions by matchday

Note: The classification was made after the weekend of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings. These postponed matches are:

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Standard 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Anderlecht 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Club Brugge 12 15 10 10 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3
Gent 1 3 2 4 7 8 10 8 7 5 6 7 9 7 9 10 10 9 11 8 7 8 9 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
Zulte-Waregem 10 11 7 11 15 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 11 10 10 8 6 5 5 6 7 8 7 7 5 7 8 5 5
Westerlo 5 8 5 6 6 10 6 6 6 6 4 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6
Lokeren 10 5 6 8 5 7 9 7 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 6 8 7 7 7 9 9 8 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
Genk 8 13 8 5 8 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 8
Cercle Brugge 17 18 12 13 10 12 8 11 12 11 9 9 8 9 8 7 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 11 12 12 11 9 9 11 9 9
Mechelen 12 16 17 17 14 9 11 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 10
Mouscron 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 5 4 7 7 5 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 11
Charleroi 15 7 11 7 11 14 14 12 11 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12
Germinal Beerschot 8 10 15 8 12 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 17 15 13 13 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 13
Kortrijk 6 6 9 12 9 6 7 9 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 14 14 15 14
Dender 16 13 16 15 12 16 16 16 15 14 14 12 12 12 14 14 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 14 15 15 14 15
Roeselare 6 12 14 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16
Tubize 14 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 17 15 15 14 17 15 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Mons 18 9 13 14 16 13 13 14 14 13 13 14 14 15 13 16 14 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home \ Away1 AND CER CHA CLU DEN GNK GNT GBA KVK LOK KVM MON MOU ROE STA TUB WES ZWA
Anderlecht 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–3 7–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 5–1 2–0 2–0
Cercle Brugge 0–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–0
Charleroi 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–5 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0
Club Brugge 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–0 2–0
Dender 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 2–2 2–0
Genk 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–2
Gent 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Germinal Beerschot 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–2
Kortrijk 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0
Lokeren 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1
Mechelen 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–2
Mons 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2
Mouscron 1–1 0–1 2–1 5–1 0–2 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–2
Roeselare 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3
Standard 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–2
Tubize 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–4 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–5 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–6
Westerlo 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–2
Zulte-Waregem 4–0 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1

Source: soccerway.com
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Goalscorers

Sources: soccerway.com, sport.be (Dutch)

17 goals (1 player)
16 goals (2 players)
15 goals (1 player)
14 goals (3 players)
13 goals (2 players)
12 goals (5 players)
11 goals (2 players)
10 goals (1 player)
9 goals (4 players)
8 goals (7 players)
7 goals (8 players)
6 goals (9 players)
5 goals (14 players)
5 goals (cont.)
4 goals (22 players)
4 goals (cont.)
3 goals (37 players)
3 goals (cont.)
2 goals (33 players)
2 goals (cont.)
1 goal (77 players)
1 goal (cont.)
Own goals (17 players, 18 goals)

See also

References

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