2011–12 Belgian Pro League

Jupiler Pro League
Season 2011–12
Matches played 152
Goals scored 431 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer Jérémy Perbet (15 goals)
Biggest home win Gent 6-1 OH Leuven
Club Brugge 5-0 Westerlo
Anderlecht 5-0 Standard Liège
Biggest away win Kortrijk 0-4 Gent
Highest scoring Club Brugge 4-5 Genk
Longest winning run 7 matches[1]
Anderlecht
Longest unbeaten run 11 matches[2]
Anderlecht
Longest winless run 11 matches[3]
Zulte Waregem
Longest losing run 6 matches[4]
Sint-Truiden

The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the 109th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It began on 29 July 2011 with the first match of the regular season and will end in May 2012 with the last matches of the playoff rounds. The defending champions are K.R.C. Genk.

Contents

Teams

Team changes

During the previous season, on 23 April 2011, Charleroi were relegated as a result of a 2-2 draw at home to Eupen in the relegation playoff, making it impossible to overtake them in the standings. This ended a spell of 26 consecutive seasons of being at the top level of Belgian football, with only Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège being present for more years.[5] As winner of the relegation playoff, Eupen avoided direct relegation, but was still forced to play the Second Division Final Round together with second division teams Lommel United, Waasland-Beveren and Mons for the final spot in first division. However, after losing four matches in a row, Eupen was also relegated on 19 May 2011 [6] after just one season at the top level. In the final match between Mons and Waasland-Beveren, Mons eventually came out as winner of the final round and took the place of Eupen.[7]

On 24 April 2011, just one day after the relegation of Charleroi, Oud-Heverlee Leuven was promoted after securing the title in the Second Division and as a result, the city of Leuven now has a first division team again for the first time in 61 years.[8]

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Belgian Pro League 2010-11
Club Location Venue Capacity
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Beerschot AC Antwerp Olympisch Stadion 13,132
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,945
Club Brugge K.V. Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,945
K.R.C. Genk Genk Cristal Arena 24,900
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,500
Lierse S.K. Lier Herman Vanderpoortenstadion 14,538
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne 13,123
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leuven Den Dreef 8,519
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Stade Charles Tondreau 12,000
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 7,982
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 Ariël Jacobs Lucas Biglia BNP Paribas Fortis
Beerschot AC Jos Verhaegen Jacky Mathijssen Gary Kagelmacher Quick
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Frans Schotte Bob Peeters Hans Cornelis A D M B
Club Brugge K.V. Bart Verhaeghe Christoph Daum Carl Hoefkens Dexia
K.R.C. Genk Herbert Houben Mario Been David Hubert Euphony
K.A.A. Gent Ivan De Witte Trond Sollied César Arzo VDK
K.V. Kortrijk Jozef Allijns Hein Vanhaezebrouck Nebojša Pavlović Digipass by VASCO
Lierse S.K. Maged Samy Chris Janssens Eiji Kawashima Wadi Degla
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Roger Lambrecht Peter Maes Killian Overmeire Q-Team VP Lambrecht
KV Mechelen Johan Timmermans Marc Brys Julien Gorius Telenet
R.A.E.C. Mons Dominique Leone Dennis van Wijk Tom Van Imschoot Holcim
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Jan Callewaert Ronny Van Geneugden Bjorn Ruytinx Option
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Benoit Morenne Franky Van der Elst Peter Delorge Belisol
Standard Liège Roland Duchâtelet José Riga Jelle Van Damme Nationale Loterij
K.V.C. Westerlo Herman Wijnants Jan Ceulemans Jef Delen Willy Naessens
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Willy Naessens Francky Dury Karel D'Haene Enfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Gent Francky Dury Mutual Consent 17 May 2011 [9] Trond Sollied 7 June 2011 [10]
Zulte-Waregem Hugo Broos Sacked 23 May 2011 [11] Darije Kalezić 25 May 2011 [12]
Lierse Trond Sollied Contract Ended End of 2010-11 season [13] Chris Janssens 1 June 2011 [13]
Standard Liège Dominique D'Onofrio Contract Ended 6 June 2011 [14] José Riga 28 June 2011 [15]

During regular season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Genk Franky Vercauteren Signed for Al Jazira Club 18 August 2011 [16][17] 5th Mario Been 30 August 2011 [18]
Sint-Truiden Guido Brepoels Sacked 30 August 2011 [19] 15th Franky Van der Elst 2 September 2011 [19]
Club Brugge Adrie Koster Sacked 30 October 2011 [20] 4th Christoph Daum 9 November 2011 [21]
Zulte-Waregem Darije Kalezić Sacked 27 December 2011 [22] 14th Francky Dury 30 December 2011 [23]

Regular season

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht 19 12 4 3 37 18 +19 40 Belgian Championship Playoff 2011-12
2 Gent 19 12 3 4 42 20 +22 39
3 Club Brugge 19 11 4 4 32 21 +11 37
4 Kortrijk 19 10 3 6 26 21 +5 33
5 Standard 19 8 7 4 23 23 0 31
6 Genk 19 8 6 5 36 26 +10 30
7 Cercle Brugge 19 8 6 5 24 20 +4 30 Belgian Europa League Playoff 2011-12
8 Mons 19 7 6 6 35 32 +3 27
9 Beerschot 19 6 7 6 29 26 +3 25
10 Mechelen 19 5 6 8 24 35 −11 21
11 OH Leuven 19 5 5 9 24 34 −10 20
12 Lokeren 19 4 8 7 25 28 −3 20
13 Lierse 19 3 8 8 14 25 −11 17
14 Zulte-Waregem 19 2 9 8 19 28 −9 15
15 Westerlo 19 3 4 12 17 34 −17 13 Belgian Relegation Playoff 2011-12
16 Sint-Truiden 19 2 6 11 24 40 −16 12

Updated to games played on 27 December 2011
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(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.

So far only one match has been postponed:

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 12 6 2 5 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gent 14 13 8 3 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
Club Brugge 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3
Kortrijk 6 10 6 9 6 10 7 8 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 5 4 5 4
Standard 6 2 10 3 7 5 8 7 5 6 5 7 5 5 4 4 6 4 5
Genk 2 3 5 10 10 9 6 5 8 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 6
Cercle Brugge 5 4 11 6 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 7
Mons 6 9 4 7 5 8 5 6 7 5 7 8 8 8 8 7 9 8 8
Beerschot 15 14 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 9 11 9 9 9 9 8 9 9
Mechelen 3 8 3 1 3 6 9 10 10 12 11 10 12 11 11 11 10 10 10
OH Leuven 3 7 12 13 9 7 10 9 9 11 12 9 11 12 12 12 12 11 11
Lokeren 10 15 14 12 13 13 13 13 13 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 11 12 12
Lierse 6 10 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13
Zulte-Waregem 10 4 7 8 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14
Westerlo 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
Sint-Truiden 12 12 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 16 16

Last updated: 27 December 2011
Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home \ Away1 AND BEE CER CLU GNK GNT KVK LIE LOK KVM MON OHL STR STA WES ZWA
Anderlecht 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 5–0
Beerschot 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
Cercle Brugge 1–0 2–1 a 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
Club Brugge 1–1 1–0 4–5 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0
Genk 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–2
Gent 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 6–2 6–1 3–1 3–1
Kortrijk 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0
Lierse 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–0
Lokeren 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Mechelen 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1
Mons 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–3 5–1 4–2 1–1 3–1
OH Leuven 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Sint-Truiden 2–4 3–3 3–4 3–4 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1
Standard 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0
Westerlo 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–4 2–1 2–0 1–1
Zulte-Waregem 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–0

Updated to games played on 27 December 2011
Source: Soccerway
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated after matches of 27 December.

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

Position Player Club Goals
1 Jérémy Perbet Mons 16
2 Reza Ghoochannejhad Sint-Truiden 10
Guillaume Gillet Anderlecht
4 Jelle Vossen Genk 9
5 Bernd Thijs Gent 8
Julien Gorius Mechelen
7 Chuka OH Leuven 7
Hernán Losada Beerschot
Rudy Cercle Brugge
Matías Suárez Anderlecht

See also

References

  1. ^ Jupiler Pro League
  2. ^ Jupiler Pro League
  3. ^ Jupiler Pro League
  4. ^ Jupiler Pro League
  5. ^ "Charleroi relegates to Second Division". sporza.be. 2011-04-23. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1006478.  (Dutch)
  6. ^ "Promotion to First Division gets closer for Mons". sporza.be. 2011-05-19. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1028110.  (Dutch)
  7. ^ "Promotion to First Division gets closer for Mons". sporza.be. 2011-05-29. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1034742.  (Dutch)
  8. ^ "Leuven has a first division team again after 61 years". sporza.be. 2011-04-24. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1009994.  (Dutch)
  9. ^ "AA Gent and Franky Dury split". sporza.be. 2011-05-14. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1024190.  (Dutch)
  10. ^ "Sollied:"I'm coming to AA Gent"". sporza.be. 2011-06-07. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1040284.  (Dutch)
  11. ^ "Coach Hugo Broos leaves Zulte-Waregem". sporza.be. 2011-05-23. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1030372.  (Dutch)
  12. ^ "New coach of Zulte Waregem is from Bosnia". sporza.be. 2011-05-14. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1031653.  (Dutch)
  13. ^ a b "Samy:"Not Sollied, but Chris Janssens"". sporza.be. 2011-06-01. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1036656.  (Dutch)
  14. ^ "D'Onofrio and Conceiçao leave Standard". sporza.be. 2011-06-06. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1039961.  (Dutch)
  15. ^ "José Riga is the new Standard coach". sporza.be. 2011-06-28. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1054353.  (Dutch)
  16. ^ "Genk confirms:Vercauteren is leaving". sporza.be. 2011-08-09. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1084404.  (Dutch)
  17. ^ "Frank vercauteren says goodbye to Genk". sporza.be. 2011-08-18. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1089771.  (Dutch)
  18. ^ "Genk to present Been tonight as new head coach". sporza.be. 2011-08-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1099167.  (Dutch)
  19. ^ a b "STVV does not continue with Brepoels". sporza.be. 2011-08-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1099762.  (Dutch)
  20. ^ "Club Brugge fires coach Koster". sporza.be. 2011-10-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1144344.  (Dutch)
  21. ^ "Daum becomes new Club Brugge coach". sporza.be. 2011-11-09. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1151295.  (Dutch)
  22. ^ "Zulte Waregem fires Kalezić". sporza.be. 2011-12-27. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1185033.  (Dutch)
  23. ^ "Zulte Waregem brings back Francky Dury". sporza.be. 2011-12-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1186422.  (Dutch)
  24. ^ "Cercle Brugge-AA Gent is afgelast door de regen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-12-16. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1174952. 
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