2008–09 Belgian First Division

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The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

On 19 April 2009 Mons were relegated after Dender beat Roeselare 3–1 and made it mathematically impossible for Mons to climb into 16th position or higher. Tubize were relegated on 3 May 2009, after a 1–1 draw at home to Anderlecht.

The 2008–09 champions were decided in a playoff because Standard and Anderlecht finished the regular season equal on points and number of wins. Standard won the playoff by 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained the title.

Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2008–09

Participating teams

The league consisted of 18 teams, the best 16 teams from last season and two promoted teams from the Second Division.

The number of participants was reduced to 16 teams the season after, hence relegation was increased from two to three or four teams.

Team changes from the previous season

Sint-Truidense and Brussels were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the previous season after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Second Division champions Kortrijk and promotion playoff winners Tubize.

Overview

Club Location Current manager Team captain Stadium Capacity
Standard Liège Liège Romania László Bölöni Belgium Steven Defour Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Belgium Ariel Jacobs Belgium Olivier Deschacht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Club Brugge K.V. Bruges Belgium Jacky Mathijssen Belgium Philippe Clement Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Belgium Glen De Boeck Belgium Denis Viane Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Belgium Aimé Anthuenis Colombia Daniel Cruz Olympisch Stadion 12,148
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Belgium Michel Preud'homme Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
S.V. Zulte Waregem Waregem Belgium Francky Dury Belgium Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze Regenboogstadion 8,500
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Scotland John Collins Belgium Frank Defays Stade du Pays de Charleroi 25,000
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Belgium Jan Ceulemans Belgium Jef Delen Het Kuipje 8,200
K.R.C. Genk Genk Belgium Pierre Denier and Netherlands Hans Visser (caretakers) Belgium Hans Cornelis Cristal Arena 24,900
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Belgium Enzo Scifo Belgium Gonzague van Dooren Stade Le Canonnier 11,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Serbia Aleksandar Janković Belgium Olivier Doll Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Belgium Peter Maes Belgium Jonas Ivens Veolia-Stadion 14,145
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Netherlands Dennis Van Wijk Belgium Stefaan Tanghe Schiervelde Stadion 9,036
F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Netherlands Johan Boskamp Belgium Steven de Petter Florent Beeckmanstadion 6,800
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Belgium Christophe Dessy (caretaker) Italy Roberto Mirri Stade Charles Tondreau 9,504
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Belgium Hein Vanhaezebrouck Belgium Stéphane Demets Guldensporen Stadion 8,770
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize France Albert Cartier Belgium Gregory Neels Stade Leburton 4,000

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mons France Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 May 2008 [1] Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean 6 June 2008 [2] Pre-Season
Gent Norway Trond Sollied Resigned 18 May 2008 [3][4] Belgium Michel Preud'homme 27 May 2008 [5] Pre-Season
Standard Liège Belgium Michel Preud'homme End of contract 26 May 2008 [6] Romania László Bölöni 9 June 2008 [7] Pre-Season
Tubize Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 6 June 2008 [2] France Albert Cartier 14 June 2008 [8] Pre-Season

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Mons Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 21 August 2008 [9] Belgium Thierry Pister (caretaker) 21 August 2008 [9] 18th
Roeselare Belgium Dirk Geeraerd Sacked 26 October 2008 [10] Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 29 October 2008 [11] 18th
Germinal Beerschot Belgium Harm van Veldhoven Resigned 13 November 2008 [12] Belgium Aimé Anthuenis 14 November 2008 [13] 16th
Mons Belgium Thierry Pister (caretaker) Sacked 4 December 2008 [14] Belgium Christophe Dessy (caretaker) 4 December 2008 [14] 15th
Charleroi Belgium Thierry Siquet Sacked 15 December 2008 [15] Scotland John Collins 15 December 2008 [15] 11th
Genk Belgium Ronny Van Geneugden Resigned 5 March 2009 [16] Belgium Pierre Denier and Netherlands Hans Visser (caretakers) 5 March 2009 [16] 4th
Lokeren Belgium Georges Leekens Resigned 31 March 2009 [17] Serbia Aleksandar Janković 6 April 2009 [18] 7th

League standings

Final table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Standard Liège (C) 34 24 5 5 66 26 +40 077PO 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Anderlecht 34 24 5 5 75 30 +45 077PO 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Club Brugge 34 18 5 11 59 50 +9 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Gent 34 17 8 9 67 42 +25 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 Zulte Waregem 34 16 7 11 55 36 +19 55
6 Westerlo 34 15 7 12 42 38 +4 52
7 Lokeren 34 13 12 9 40 32 +8 51
8 Genk 34 15 5 14 48 51 −3 50 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
9 Cercle Brugge 34 14 5 15 48 53 −5 47
10 Mechelen 34 12 10 12 46 52 −6 46
11 Mouscron 34 12 8 14 42 49 −7 44
12 Charleroi 34 12 7 15 43 48 −5 43
13 Germinal Beerschot 34 11 9 14 44 42 +2 42
14 Kortrijk 34 9 11 14 37 55 −18 38
15 Dender (R) 34 9 8 17 44 58 −14 35 Relegation Playoffs
16 Roeselare (O) 34 8 6 20 33 59 −26 30
17 Tubize (R) 34 7 6 21 35 77 −42 27 Belgian Second Division
18 Mons (R) 34 3 10 21 31 57 −26 19

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
POThe championship was decided in a playoff (see below).
1Genk qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the Belgian Cup 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship playoff

Since Anderlecht and Standard were tied on both points and wins, a two-legged playoff was played in order to determine the league champions. Standard won the playoff 2–1 on aggregate and were crowned champions.

21 May 2009
20:30 CEST
Anderlecht 1 – 1 Standard
Legear Goal 52' Report
(Dutch)		 Mbokani Goal 60'

24 May 2009
20:30 CEST
Standard 1 – 0 Anderlecht
Witsel Goal 40' (pen.) Report
(Dutch)

Positions by matchday

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

  • Matchday 1: Mechelen vs. Club Brugge (played between 4th and 5th matchday)
  • Matchday 2: Club Brugge vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 8th and 9th matchday)
  • Matchday 13: Kortrijk vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 16th and 17th matchday)
  • Matchday 19: Gent vs. Anderlecht (played between 22nd and 23rd matchday)
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 31 32 33 34
Standard Liège 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Anderlecht 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Club Brugge 12 15 10 10 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3
Gent 1 3 2 4 7 8 10 8 7 5 6 7 9 7 9 10 10 9 11 8 7 8 9 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
Zulte Waregem 10 11 7 11 15 11 12 10 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 11 10 10 8 6 5 5 6 7 8 7 7 5 7 8 5 5
Westerlo 5 8 5 6 6 10 6 6 6 6 4 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6
Lokeren 10 5 6 8 5 7 9 7 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 6 8 7 7 7 9 9 8 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
Genk 8 13 8 5 8 5 5 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 8
Cercle Brugge 17 18 12 13 10 12 8 11 12 11 9 9 8 9 8 7 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 11 12 12 11 9 9 11 9 9
Mechelen 12 16 17 17 14 9 11 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 13 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 10
Mouscron 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 5 4 7 7 5 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 11
Charleroi 15 7 11 7 11 14 14 12 11 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12
Germinal Beerschot 8 10 15 8 12 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 17 15 13 13 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 13
Kortrijk 6 6 9 12 9 6 7 9 10 12 12 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 9 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 14 14 15 14
Dender 16 13 16 15 12 16 16 16 15 14 14 12 12 12 14 14 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 14 15 15 14 15
Roeselare 6 12 14 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16
Tubize 14 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 17 15 15 14 17 15 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Mons 18 9 13 14 16 13 13 14 14 13 13 14 14 15 13 16 14 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

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Anderlecht 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–3 7–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 5–1 2–0 2–0
Cercle Brugge 0–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–0
Charleroi 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–5 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0
Club Brugge 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–0 2–0
Dender 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 2–2 2–0
Genk 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–2
Gent 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Germinal Beerschot 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–2
Kortrijk 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0
Lokeren 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1
Mechelen 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–2
Mons 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2
Mouscron 1–1 0–1 2–1 5–1 0–2 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–2
Roeselare 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3
Standard Liège 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–2
Tubize 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–4 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–5 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–6
Westerlo 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–2
Zulte Waregem 4–0 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1

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

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Goalscorers

Sources: soccerway.com, sport.be (Dutch)

17 goals (1 player)
16 goals (2 players)
15 goals (1 player)
14 goals (3 players)
13 goals (2 players)
12 goals (5 players)
11 goals (2 players)
10 goals (1 player)
9 goals (4 players)
8 goals (8 players)
7 goals (7 players)
6 goals (9 players)
Own goals (17 players, 18 goals)

See also

References

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