1988–89 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1988/1989.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and KV Mechelen won the championship, while R.W.D. Molenbeek & K.R.C. Genk were relegated.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	KV Mechelen	34	25	7	2	64	20	57	+44	Qualified for 1989-90 European Cup.
2	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	22	9	3	83	36	53	+47	Qualified for 1989-90 European Cup Winners' Cup.
3	R.F.C. de Liège	34	17	12	5	64	22	46	+42	Qualified for 1989-90 UEFA Cup.
4	Club Brugge K.V.	34	17	9	8	67	44	43	+23
5	Royal Antwerp FC	34	16	10	8	62	39	42	+23
6	Standard Liège	34	14	8	12	46	43	36	+3
7	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	12	11	11	39	44	35	-5
8	K.V. Kortrijk	34	9	17	8	53	44	35	+9
9	K.S.V. Waregem	34	11	8	15	48	52	30	-4
10	Lierse S.K.	34	10	9	15	29	46	29	-17
11	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	6	17	11	31	49	29	-18
12	K.S.K. Beveren	34	10	8	16	40	51	28	-11
13	K.R.C. Mechelen	34	10	8	16	37	55	28	-18
14	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	9	10	15	44	57	28	-13
15	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	34	10	7	17	41	54	27	-13
16	K. Beerschot V.A.C.	34	8	10	16	41	63	26	-22
17	R.W.D. Molenbeek	34	10	5	19	36	59	25	-23	Relegated to Division II.
18	K.R.C. Genk	34	2	11	21	20	67	15	-47	Relegated to Division II.

Topscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Eddie Krnčević	23	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Zvonko Varga	22	R.F.C. de Liège
Luc Nilis	19	R.S.C. Anderlecht
John Bosman	18	KV Mechelen
Patrick Goots	17	K. Beerschot V.A.C.
Eddy Snelders	17	K.V. Kortrijk
Eric Viscaal	17	K.S.K. Beveren
Patrick Versavel	16	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
Josip Weber	15	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Marc Van Der Linden	15	Royal Antwerp F.C.
Hans Christiaens	14	K.S.V. Waregem
Ronny Rosenthal	14	Standard Liège
Marc De Buyser	14	R.W.D. Molenbeek
Daniel Veyt	14	R.F.C. de Liège

References

First League/Pro League

2014–15 teams	Anderlecht Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Lierse Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Competition	Teams (winners) Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–present)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

Men	Pro League Second division Third division (A, B) Fourth Division (A, B, C, D) Belgian Provincial leagues

Women	BeNe League (with the Netherlands) First Division Second Division Third Division

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup Belgian League Cup (defunct)

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with the Netherlands)

Awards

1988–89 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Estonia '88 '89 Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Latvia '88 '89 Lithuania '88 '89 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup