1997–98 Belgian First Division

The 1997/98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997 and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Beveren (second division champions)
Westerlo (playoff winner)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

RWDM
Antwerp

Brugge's title success

Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk.

Battle for Europe

Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd).

The relegation dog fight

RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lokeren by 5-1.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Club Brugge	34	26	6	2	78	29	84	+49	Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. ^[1]
2	K.R.C. Genk	34	20	6	8	65	40	66	+25	Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
3	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	34	17	7	10	60	48	58	+12	Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
4	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	16	9	9	53	37	57	+16	Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
5	K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen	34	15	10	9	50	31	55	+19	Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
6	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	16	4	14	68	68	52	0
7	Lierse S.K.	34	14	8	12	54	45	50	+9
8	K.A.A. Gent	34	11	14	9	50	44	47	+6
9	Standard Liège	34	11	10	13	53	50	43	+3
10	R.E. Mouscron	34	11	8	15	39	45	41	-6
11	K.F.C. Lommel S.K.	34	10	11	13	46	50	41	-4	Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
12	K.V.C. Westerlo	34	9	14	11	52	56	41	-4
13	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	9	12	13	46	57	39	-11
14	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	8	13	13	32	45	37	-13
15	K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst	34	9	9	16	51	66	36	-15
16	K.S.K. Beveren	34	7	11	16	30	48	32	-18
17	R.W.D. Molenbeek	34	8	7	19	39	74	31	-35	Relegated to Division II.
18	R. Antwerp F.C.	34	6	7	21	38	71	25	-33	Relegated to Division II.

^[1] Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup after losing their Champions League Second Qualifying Round tie.

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Branko Strupar	22	Racing Genk
Tomasz Radzinski	19	Germinal Ekeren
Peter Lässen	15	Eendracht Aalst
Gunther Hofmans	15	Germinal Ekeren
Souleymane Oulare	14	Racing Genk

References

(French) Sport.be website - Archive

First League/Pro League

2015–16 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Leuven Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden 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 2015–16

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

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

Women	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal First Division Second Division Third Division BeNe League (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Domestic cups

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

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Awards

1997–98 in European football (UEFA)

« 1996–97 1998–99 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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