2009–10 Belgian Pro League

Jupiler Pro League
Season 2009–10
Champions Anderlecht (30th title)
Relegated Mouscron
Roeselare
Champions League Anderlecht
Gent
Europa League Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge (via dom. cup)
Racing Genk
Matches played 228
Goals scored 614 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Romelu Lukaku, 15 goals
Biggest home win Anderlecht 6-0 Zulte-Waregem (28 March 2010)[1]
Biggest away win Mouscron 0–5 Lokeren (12 December 2009)[2]
Germinal Beerschot 0-5 Anderlecht (29 January 2010)[3]
Highest scoring Lokeren 5–3 Cercle (31 March 2010)[4]
AA Gent 6-2 Club Brugge (8 May 2010)[5]
Longest winning run Anderlecht (9 games) ended 27 December 2010[6]
Longest unbeaten run Anderlecht (13 games) ended 6 February 2010[7]
Longest losing run K. Sint-Truidense V.V. (7 games) ended 21 November 2009[8]

The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 31 July 2009 with the first matches of the regular season, and ended in May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

The competition underwent a significant overhaul for this season by reducing the number of teams and, for the first time in the history of the league, introducing a playoff system to determine the Belgian champions.

On April 18, 2010, Anderlecht became champions as a result of a 1-2 victory in Bruges against one of their main rivals, Club Brugge.

Contents

Changes from 2008–09

Structural changes

The league size has been reduced from eighteen to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.

The participating clubs will first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches. After the conclusion of those matches, the team ranked 16th will be directly relegated to the Belgian Second Division, while every other team will play in a playoff round according to its league table position.

The first six teams will play in the Championship playoff. Points earned during the regular season are halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winner of this round has won the Belgian championship and will participate in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up will also play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while the third-placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Finally, the fourth-placed team will have to compete in a single match (called Testmatch) against the winner of the Europa League playoff (see below) for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The teams finishing seventh through fourteenth will play in the Europa League playoff and start with zero points. The round will be played in two groups, with teams in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 comprising Group A, and the remaining teams comprising Group B. Each group will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winners of these groups will then compete in a two-legged series to earn the right to play against the fourth-placed team of the Championship playoff for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The 15th-placed team will participate in the Relegation playoff, along with the teams ranked second through fifth in the Belgian Second Division. The winners of the playoff will earn a place in the 2010–11 Belgian First Division.

Team changes

Team information

Stadia and locations

Club Location Venue Capacity
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 24,891
Club Brugge K.V. Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
K.R.C. Genk Genk Cristal Arena 24,900
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Olympisch Stadion 12,771
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne 13,123
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Stade Le Canonnier 11,300
Roeselare Roeselare Schiervelde Stadion 9,036
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Sint-Truiden Staaienveld 11,250
Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Het Kuipje 8,200
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 8,500

Personnel and sponsoring

Club Chairman Current manager Team captain Shirt sponsor
R.S.C. Anderlecht Roger Vanden Stock Ariel Jacobs Olivier Deschacht BNP Paribas Fortis
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Frans Schotte Glen De Boeck Denis Viane A D M B
R. Charleroi S.C. Abbas Bayat Position Vacant Adlène Guedioura VOO
Club Brugge K.V. Pol Jonckheere Adrie Koster Stijn Stijnen Dexia
K.R.C. Genk Harry Lemmens Franky Vercauteren João Carlos Euphony
K.A.A. Gent Ivan De Witte Michel Preud'homme Bernd Thijs VDK
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Jos Verhaegen Jos Daerden Kurt Van Dooren Quick
K.V. Kortrijk Jozef Allijns Georges Leekens Brecht Verbrugghe Digipass by VASCO
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Roger Lambrecht Emilio Ferrera Olivier Doll Edialux
KV Mechelen Johan Timmermans Peter Maes Jonas Ivens Telenet
R.E. Mouscron Philippe Dufermont Position Vacant Walter Baseggio Frinver Promotions
K.S.V. Roeselare Luc Espeel Dennis Van Wijk Stefaan Tanghe Deceuninck
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Roland Duchâtelet Guido Brepoels Peter Delorge Belisol
Standard Liège Reto Stiffler Dominique D'Onofrio Steven Defour BASE
K.V.C. Westerlo Herman Wijnants Jan Ceulemans Jef Delen Willy Naessens
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Willy Naessens Francky Dury Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze Enfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Genk Pierre Denier
Hans Visser (caretakers)
Caretakers replaced 5 March 2009 [9] Hein Vanhaezebrouck 17 May 2009 [9] Pre-Season
Club Brugge Jacky Mathijssen Mutual consent 17 May 2009 [10] Adrie Koster 17 May 2009 [11] Pre-Season
Kortrijk Hein Vanhaezebrouck Signed at Genk on March 30, 2009. 17 May 2009 [9] Georges Leekens 28 May 2009 [11] Pre-Season
Charleroi John Collins End of contract 17 May 2009 [12] Stéphane Demol 2 June 2009 [13] Pre-Season
Mouscron Enzo Scifo Resigned 6 June 2009 [14] Miroslav Đukić 10 June 2009 [15] Pre-Season

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Germinal Beerschot Aimé Anthuenis Sacked 31 August 2009 [16] Jos Daerden 3 September 2009 [17] 14th
Lokeren Aleksandar Janković Sacked 25 October 2009 [18] Jacky Mathijssen 25 October 2009 [18] 14th
Mouscron Miroslav Đukić Resigned 30 October 2009 [19] Hans Galjé 2 November 2009 [20] 15th
Charleroi Stéphane Demol Resigned 31 October 2009 [21] Tommy Craig 20 November 2009 [22] 13th
Genk Hein Vanhaezebrouck Sacked 29 November 2009 [23] Franky Vercauteren 6 December 2009 [24] 12th
Mouscron Hans Galjé Contract annulled by bankruptcy 28 December 2009 [25] 10th
Lokeren Jacky Mathijssen Mutual consent 25 January 2010 [26] Emilio Ferrera 28 January 2010 [27] 15th
Standard Liège László Bölöni Resigned 10 February 2010 [28] Dominique D'Onofrio 10 February 2010 [29] 6th
Charleroi Tommy Craig Sacked 14 April 2010 [30] Jacky Mathijssen 4 June 2010 [31] 13th (4th in Playoff)

Regular season

Financial troubles of Mouscron

During the season, Mouscron got into financial trouble. This caused months of debate and several law procedures, with the fate of Mouscron changing from week to week. The board of Mouscron finally accepted the bankruptcy of Mouscron on 28 December 2009 [25]. At that point, the last two matches of Mouscron had already been forfeited as many players refused to play due to wages from November and December not being paid [32][33]; three forfeits in a row would have also caused immediate elimination and relegation to the Belgian Third Division.

As a result of the bankruptcy and relegation, Mouscron's record was expunged[25].

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) (O) 28 22 3 3 62 20 +42 69 Belgian Title Playoff 2009-10
2 Club Brugge 28 17 6 5 52 33 +19 57
3 Gent 28 14 7 7 49 30 +19 49
4 Kortrijk 28 12 9 7 39 30 +9 45
5 Sint-Truiden 28 12 6 10 35 35 0 42
6 Zulte-Waregem 28 10 11 7 39 32 +7 41
7 Mechelen 28 12 3 13 36 46 −10 39 Belgian Europa League Playoff 2009-10
8 Standard 28 10 9 9 38 34 +4 39
9 Cercle Brugge 28 11 5 12 45 40 +5 38
10 Germinal Beerschot 28 9 8 11 30 43 −13 35
11 Genk (O) 28 8 10 10 33 31 +2 34
12 Westerlo 28 8 8 12 28 34 −6 32
13 Charleroi 28 5 8 15 28 45 −17 23
14 Lokeren 28 5 3 20 22 54 −32 18
15 Roeselare (R) 28 4 6 18 29 58 −29 18 Relegation Playoffs
16 Mouscron (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Belgian Third Division 1

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
1Mouscron were relegated due to the club's financial problems, which caused them to forfeit three consecutive matches. Their record was expunged.
(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.

Positions by round

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

On top of that, the results of Mouscron were annulled between matchdays 20 and 21, causing lots of shifts between those matchdays[25]. Also, for the rest of the season, there will be no point at which all teams have played the same amount of matches, until at the end.

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
Anderlecht 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Club Brugge 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gent 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 5 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Kortrijk 15 13 12 11 10 7 8 10 14 14 10 11 10 8 8 10 7 6 6 6 8 9 7 8 7 6 4 4 4 4
Sint-Truiden 6 8 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 5 6 8 8 9 9 8 9 10 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 7 5 5 5 5
Zulte-Waregem 8 6 9 11 9 12 9 11 7 8 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6
Mechelen 1 5 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 7 7 11 9 11 11 9 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 7
Standard 6 6 5 6 7 5 5 6 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 6 4 7 7 7 8
Cercle Brugge 14 16 14 10 12 9 11 12 9 10 11 12 13 11 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 11 12 11 11 11 12 11 9 9
Germinal Beerschot 8 8 11 13 14 11 10 7 8 7 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10
Genk 12 11 10 7 8 10 12 9 11 11 14 10 9 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11
Westerlo 16 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 9 9 11 12 10 9 10 11 9 9 10 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 12 12
Charleroi 12 12 8 9 6 8 7 8 10 9 12 13 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Lokeren 8 13 15 15 13 14 14 13 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 14 14 14
Roeselare 8 10 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 15
Mouscron 4 4 6 8 11 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 13 11 8 8 10 10 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Note: All Mouscron results listed below were expunged after the club had to declare bankruptcy during the season.[25]. They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Mouscron's exemption have been shaded.

Home \ Away1 AND CER CHA CLU GNK GNT GBA KVK LOK KVM MOU ROE STR STA WES ZWA
Anderlecht 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1
Cercle Brugge 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 5–02 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–2
Charleroi 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0
Club Brugge 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1
Genk 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2
Gent 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–2
Germinal Beerschot 0–5 1–4 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Kortrijk 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Lokeren 0–4 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–4 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1
Mechelen 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–5 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–1
Mouscron 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–52 0–5 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Roeselare 1–2 3–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–0
Sint-Truiden 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2
Standard 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1
Westerlo 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–2
Zulte-Waregem 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0

Source: Soccerway
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 The matches were awarded to Cercle Brugge and Kortrijk, respectively, as won with a score of 5–0 after Mouscron did not field a team for these matches.[32][33]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Anderlecht started with 35 points, Club Brugge with 29, Gent with 25, Kortrijk 23 and both Sint-Truiden and Zulte-Waregem started with 21.

Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) 10 7 3 0 24 9 +15 59 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Gent 10 4 4 2 20 13 +7 41
3 Club Brugge 10 3 3 4 14 15 −1 41 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 9 10 −1 34 2009–10 Belgian Europa League Testmatch
5 Kortrijk 10 3 1 6 9 13 −4 33
6 Zulte-Waregem 10 2 1 7 7 23 −16 28

Source: [45]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(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.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Anderlecht 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gent 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2
Club Brugge 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3
Sint-Truiden 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Kortrijk 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Zulte-Waregem 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home \ Away1 AND CLU GNT KVK STR ZWA
Anderlecht 2–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 6–0
Club Brugge 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0
Gent 1–3 6–2 0–0 0–0 5–0
Kortrijk 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0
Sint-Truiden 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Zulte-Waregem 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2

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

Europa League Playoff

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Westerlo 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10
Mechelen 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
Cercle Brugge 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7
Lokeren 6 1 3 2 12 14 −2 6
  CER LOK KVM WES
Cercle Brugge 1–1 2–1 2–0
Lokeren 5–3 2–2 3–3
Mechelen 1–0 3–1 1–3
Westerlo 4–1 2–0 0–2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Genk 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16
Standard 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 8
Germinal Beerschot 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5
Charleroi 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4
  CHA GNK GBA STA
Charleroi 1–2 0–1 1–0
Genk 3–0 2–0 1–0
Germinal Beerschot 2–2 1–3 2–2
Standard 2–0 1–1 3–0

Europa League playoff final

The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match. The winners on aggregate will compete in another match (called Testmatch) against a team from the championship playoff (see below). If both teams are tied after two matches, the away goals rule will be applied. Should both teams still be tied afterwards, thirty minutes of extra time will be played and, if necessary, a penalty shootout will be conducted.

2 May 2010
20:30 CEST
Genk 2 – 2 Westerlo Cristal Arena, Genk
Attendance: 18.125
Referee: Paul Allaerts
De Bruyne  84'
Yeboah  90'
[1] Yakovenko  22'
Liliu  62'

7 May 2010
20:30 CEST
Westerlo 0 – 3 Genk Het Kuipje, Westerlo
Attendance: 8.200
Referee: Johan Verbist
[2] João Carlos  4'
Buffel  71'
Ogunjimi  81'

Genk won 5–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

The fourth-placed team from the championship playoff and the winners of the Europa League playoff will compete for one spot in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

13 May 2010
20:30 CEST
Genk 2 – 1 Sint-Truiden Cristal Arena, Genk
Attendance: 22.183
Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo
Ogunjimi  19'
Camus  59'
[3] Sidibe  40'

16 May 2010
20:30 CEST
Sint-Truiden 2 – 3 Genk Staaienveld, Sint-Truiden
Referee: Johan Verbist
Sidibe  6' (pen.)
Onana  79'
[4] Ogunjimi  21'
Barda  44'
Buffel  56'

Genk won 5–3 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

The list of goalscorers is split up: first there is the list of goalscorers during the regular competition, deciding the official title of league 'topscorer', which was won by Romelu Lukaku. After this, the goalscorers in the play-offs are listed below in a second list. Because not all teams get equal matches in the playoffs, the goals during the playoffs did not count to determine the top scorer and therefore there are two separate lists.

Regular Competition

Top Goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Romelu Lukaku Anderlecht 15
2 Dorge Kouemaha Club Brugge 13
Ibrahim Sidibe Sint-Truiden 13
4 Teddy Chevalier Zulte Waregem 12
Cyril Théréau Charleroi 12
6 Dawid Janczyk Lokeren (9) and Germinal Beerschot (2) 11
7 Milan Jovanović Standard Liège 10
8 Christian Benteke Kortrijk 9
Mbark Boussoufa Anderlecht 9
Elimane Coulibaly Gent 9
Dominic Foley Cercle Brugge 9
Faris Haroun Germinal Beerschot 9
13 6 players 8
19 5 players 7
24 11 players 6
35 11 players 5
46 17 players 4
63 19 players 3
82 38 players 2
120 60 players 1
Own goals 12
Total goals 614
Total games 228
Average per game 2.69

Other scorers

8 goals (6 players)
7 goals (5 players)
6 goals (11 players)
5 goals (11 players)
4 goals (17 players)
3 goals (19 players)
2 goals (38 players)
1 goal (60 players)
Own goals (12 players, 12 goals)

Playoff Goalscorers

Championship Playoff

30 games, 83 goals (2.77 per game)

5 goals (4 players)
4 goals (1 player)
3 goals (6 players)
2 goals (9 players)
1 goal (20 players)
Own goals (2 players, 3 goals)

Europa League Playoff

24 games, 73 goals (3.04 per game)

5 goals (1 player)
4 goals (1 player)
3 goals (3 players)
2 goals (12 players)
1 goal (31 players)

Source: sporza.be and Sport.be(Dutch)

Season statistics

Regular competition records beaten or equalized during playoff games are listed as such.

Scoring

Discipline

Source: sporza.be and Sport.be(Dutch)

See also

References

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  21. ^ "Demol quits at Charleroi". sporza.be. 2009-10-31. http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091031_Demol_ontslag.  (Dutch)
  22. ^ "Charleroi has a Scottish coach again". sporza.be. 2009-11-20. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091120_charleroi_craig_coach.  (Dutch)
  23. ^ "Genk fires Vanhaezebrouck". sporza.be. 2009-11-29. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091129_Vanhaezebrouck_ontslagen.  (Dutch)
  24. ^ "Vercauteren succeeds Vanhaezebrouck". sporza.be. 2009-12-03. http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091203_vercauteren_coacht_genk.  (Dutch)
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  26. ^ "Lokeren says goodbye to Mathijssen" (in Dutch). 2010-01-25. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.702533. 
  27. ^ "Ferrera has to keep Lokeren in the first division" (in Dutch). 2010-01-28. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.704548. 
  28. ^ "László Bölöni and Standard part ways" (in Dutch). 2010-02-10. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.714021. 
  29. ^ "Dominique D'Onofrio succeeds László Bölöni" (in Dutch). 2010-02-10. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.714108. 
  30. ^ "Charleroi fires trainer Craig". sporza.be. 2010-04-14. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.758614.  (Dutch)
  31. ^ "Charleroi gives Mathijssen a new chance". sporza.be. 2010-04-14. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.793629.  (Dutch)
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  33. ^ a b "Mouscron forfeits game" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-19. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091219_Moeskroen_forfait. 
  34. ^ "KV Mechelen-G.Beerschot postponed" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-17. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091217_afgelastingen. 
  35. ^ "Snow makes it impossible for football" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-19. http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/091219_charleroi_standard_vooraf#. 
  36. ^ "Anderlecht and Brugge meet on 3 February" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-24. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.675087. 
  37. ^ "Club Brugge - Westerlo cancelled" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-16. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.696016. 
  38. ^ a b "Club Brugge - Westerlo postponed to 30 January" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.698095. 
  39. ^ "Cup duel between Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge played over two legs after all" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-21. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.699899. 
  40. ^ "Roeselare-Genk and Charleroi-Lokeren cancelled" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.706194. 
  41. ^ "Postponed match Charleroi-Lokeren cancelled again" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-02-10. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.713825. 
  42. ^ a b c "Charleroi receives Anderlecht on March 6th" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-02-23. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.723268. 
  43. ^ "Winter weather messes up 26th matchday" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-02-13. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.715730. 
  44. ^ a b "Play-offs 1 will start one week later on 27/03" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-02-13. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.725788. 
  45. ^ Totaal Klassement (Dutch)