1995–96 Belgian First Division

Following is a list of the 1995–96 Belgian First Division season.

The Belgian Pro League (officially known as Jupiler Pro League [Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjy.pɪ.lər ˈpro ˈlik]]) is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division. The competition was created in 1895 by the Royal Belgian Football Association and was first won by FC Liégeois.

Club Brugge won the title of the 1995/96 season.

Relegated teams

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

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Club Brugge	34	25	6	3	83	30	81	+53	Qualified for 1996-97 UEFA Champions League. ^[1]
2	Anderlecht	34	22	5	7	83	37	71	+46	Qualified for 1996-97 UEFA Cup.
3	Beerschot	34	15	8	11	53	37	53	+16
4	Molenbeek	34	13	14	7	43	29	53	+14
5	Lierse	34	14	10	10	54	45	52	+9	Qualified for 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
6	Standard Liège	34	13	12	9	51	46	51	+5
7	Charleroi	34	13	11	10	59	53	50	+6
8	Cercle Brugge	34	13	10	11	51	47	49	+4	Qualified for 1996-97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
9	Lommel	34	14	6	14	40	45	48	-5
10	Mechelen	34	12	8	14	40	46	44	-6
11	Harelbeke	34	13	4	17	40	48	43	-8
12	Eendracht Aalst	34	11	9	14	51	58	42	-7
13	Royal Antwerp	34	11	9	14	38	46	42	-8
14	Gent	34	10	11	13	39	49	41	-10
15	Sint-Truiden	34	11	7	16	42	60	40	-18
16	Seraing	34	8	5	21	35	75	29	-40	Relegated to Division II.
17	Beveren	34	6	9	19	38	57	27	-19
18	Waregem	34	4	9	21	30	70	21	-40

^[1] Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup after losing their Champions League qualifying round tie.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mario Stanić	Club Brugge	20
2	Christophe Lauwers	Cercle Brugge	19
3	Gilles De Bilde	Anderlecht	15
3	Johnny Bosman	Anderlecht	15
5	Marc Wilmots	Standard Liège	14
	Michel Ngonge	Harelbeke	14
	Patrick Goots	Beveren	14

References

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

1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 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 '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Latvia '95 '96 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

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

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