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2009–10 Belgian Pro League

The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 31 July 2009 with the first matches of the regular season, and ended in May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

Jupiler Pro League
Season2009–10
ChampionsAnderlecht (30th title)
RelegatedMouscron
Roeselare
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Gent
Europa LeagueClub Brugge
Racing Genk
Cercle Brugge
Matches played268
Goals scored614 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerRomelu Lukaku (15 goals)
Biggest home winAnderlecht 6-0 Zulte-Waregem (28 March 2010)[1]
Biggest away winMouscron 0–5 Lokeren (12 December 2009)[2]
Germinal Beerschot 0-5 Anderlecht (29 January 2010)[3]
Highest scoringLokeren 5–3 Cercle (31 March 2010)[4]
AA Gent 6-2 Club Brugge (8 May 2010)[5]
Longest winning runAnderlecht (9 games) ended 27 December 2010[6]
Longest unbeaten runAnderlecht (13 games) ended 6 February 2010[7]
Longest losing runK. Sint-Truidense V.V. (7 games) ended 21 November 2009[8]

The competition underwent a significant overhaul for this season by reducing the number of teams and, for the first time in the history of the league, introducing a playoff system to determine the Belgian champions.

On April 18, 2010, Anderlecht became champions as a result of a 1–2 victory in Bruges against one of their main rivals, Club Brugge.

Changes from 2008–09

Structural changes

The league size has been reduced from eighteen to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.

The participating clubs will first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches. After the conclusion of those matches, the team ranked 16th will be directly relegated to the Belgian Second Division, while every other team will play in a playoff round according to its league table position.

The first six teams will play in the Championship playoff. Points earned during the regular season are halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winner of this round has won the Belgian championship and will participate in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up will also play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while the third-placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Finally, the fourth-placed team will have to compete in a single match (called Testmatch) against the winner of the Europa League playoff (see below) for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The teams finishing seventh through fourteenth will play in the Europa League playoff and start with zero points. The round will be played in two groups, with teams in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 comprising Group A, and the remaining teams comprising Group B. Each group will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winners of these groups will then compete in a two-legged series to earn the right to play against the fourth-placed team of the Championship playoff for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The 15th-placed team will participate in the Relegation playoff, along with the teams ranked second through fifth in the Belgian Second Division. The winners of the playoff will earn a place in the 2010–11 Belgian First Division.

Team changes

Team information

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2009-10
ClubLocationVenueCapacity[citation needed]
R.S.C. AnderlechtAnderlechtConstant Vanden Stock Stadium28,063
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.BrugesJan Breydel Stadium29,415
R. Charleroi S.C.CharleroiStade du Pays de Charleroi24,891
Club Brugge K.V.BrugesJan Breydel Stadium29,415
K.R.C. GenkGenkCristal Arena24,900
K.A.A. GentGhentJules Ottenstadion12,919
K.F.C. Germinal BeerschotAntwerpOlympisch Stadion12,771
K.V. KortrijkKortrijkGuldensporen Stadion9,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-VlaanderenLokerenDaknamstadion10,000
KV MechelenMechelenVeolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne13,123
R.E. MouscronMouscronStade Le Canonnier11,300
RoeselareRoeselareSchiervelde Stadion9,036
K. Sint-Truidense V.V.Sint-TruidenStaaienveld11,250
Standard LiègeLiègeStade Maurice Dufrasne30,000
K.V.C. WesterloWesterloHet Kuipje8,200
S.V. Zulte-WaregemWaregemRegenboogstadion8,500

Personnel and sponsoring

ClubChairmanCurrent managerTeam captainShirt sponsor
R.S.C. Anderlecht Roger Vanden Stock Ariel Jacobs Olivier DeschachtBNP Paribas Fortis
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Frans Schotte Glen De Boeck Denis VianeA D M B
R. Charleroi S.C. Abbas BayatPosition Vacant Adlène GuediouraVOO
Club Brugge K.V. Pol Jonckheere Adrie Koster Stijn StijnenDexia
K.R.C. Genk Harry Lemmens Franky Vercauteren João CarlosEuphony
K.A.A. Gent Ivan De Witte Michel Preud'homme Bernd ThijsVDK
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Jos Verhaegen Jos Daerden Kurt Van DoorenQuick
K.V. Kortrijk Jozef Allijns Georges Leekens Brecht VerbruggheDigipass by VASCO
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Roger Lambrecht Emilio Ferrera Olivier DollEdialux
KV Mechelen Johan Timmermans Peter Maes Jonas IvensTelenet
R.E. Mouscron Philippe DufermontPosition Vacant Walter BaseggioFrinver Promotions
K.S.V. Roeselare Luc Espeel Dennis Van Wijk Stefaan TangheDeceuninck
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Roland Duchâtelet Guido Brepoels Peter DelorgeBelisol
Standard Liège Reto Stiffler Dominique D'Onofrio Steven DefourBASE
K.V.C. Westerlo Herman Wijnants Jan Ceulemans Jef DelenWilly Naessens
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Willy Naessens Francky Dury Ludwin Van NieuwenhuyzeEnfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes

During summer break

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Genk Pierre Denier
Hans Visser (caretakers)		Caretakers replaced5 March 2009 [9] Hein Vanhaezebrouck17 May 2009 [9]Pre-Season
Club Brugge Jacky MathijssenMutual consent17 May 2009 [10] Adrie Koster17 May 2009 [11]Pre-Season
Kortrijk Hein VanhaezebrouckSigned at Genk on 30 March 2009.17 May 2009 [9] Georges Leekens28 May 2009 [12]Pre-Season
Charleroi John CollinsEnd of contract17 May 2009 [13] Stéphane Demol2 June 2009 [14]Pre-Season
Mouscron Enzo ScifoResigned6 June 2009 [15] Miroslav Đukić10 June 2009 [16]Pre-Season

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Germinal Beerschot Aimé AnthuenisSacked31 August 2009 [17] Jos Daerden3 September 2009 [18]14th
Lokeren Aleksandar JankovićSacked25 October 2009 [19] Jacky Mathijssen25 October 2009 [19]14th
Mouscron Miroslav ĐukićResigned30 October 2009 [20] Hans Galjé2 November 2009 [21]15th
Charleroi Stéphane DemolResigned31 October 2009 [22] Tommy Craig20 November 2009 [23]13th
Genk Hein VanhaezebrouckSacked29 November 2009 [24] Franky Vercauteren6 December 2009 [25]12th
Mouscron Hans GaljéContract annulled by bankruptcy28 December 2009 [26]10th
Lokeren Jacky MathijssenMutual consent25 January 2010 [27] Emilio Ferrera28 January 2010 [28]15th
Standard Liège László BölöniResigned10 February 2010 [29] Dominique D'Onofrio10 February 2010 [30]6th
Charleroi Tommy CraigSacked14 April 2010 [31] Jacky Mathijssen4 June 2010 [32]13th (4th in Playoff)

Regular season

Financial troubles of Mouscron

During the season, Mouscron got into financial trouble. This caused months of debate and several law procedures, with the fate of Mouscron changing from week to week. The board of Mouscron finally accepted the bankruptcy of Mouscron on 28 December 2009.[26] At that point, the last two matches of Mouscron had already been forfeited as many players refused to play due to wages from November and December not being paid;[33][34] three forfeits in a row would have also caused immediate elimination and relegation to the Belgian Third Division.

As a result of the bankruptcy and relegation, Mouscron's record was expunged.[26]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Anderlecht (C, O)2822336220+4269Qualification to Championship play-offs
2Club Brugge2817655233+1957
3Gent2814774930+1949
4Kortrijk2812973930+945
5Sint-Truiden28126103535042
6Zulte Waregem28101173932+741
7Mechelen28123133646−1039Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8Standard Liège2810993834+439
9Cercle Brugge28115124540+538
10Germinal Beerschot2898113043−1335
11Genk (O)28810103331+234
12Westerlo2888122834−632
13Charleroi2858152845−1723
14Lokeren2853202254−3218
15Roeselare (R, Q)2846182958−2918Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16Mouscron (R)00000000Relegation to 2010–11 Belgian Third Division[a]
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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. The postponed matches are:

  • Matchday 19: Mechelen vs. Germinal Beerschot of 18 December,[35] Charleroi vs. Standard and Anderlecht vs. Club Brugge of 20 December.[36] The matches will be played in the beginning of February, between the 24th and 25th matchday.[37]
  • Matchday 22: Club Brugge vs. Westerlo of 16 January[38] which was played during the 24th matchday on 30 January.[39]
  • Matchday 23: Cercle Brugge vs. Charleroi of 23 January (as a result of the first leg of the quarter final of the Belgian Cup between Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge being played on this date[40]). The new date for this match is 24 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.
  • Matchday 24: Sint-Truiden vs. Westerlo of 30 January (as a result of the postponement of the match Club Brugge vs. Westerlo to this date) is postponed to 3 February,[39] which is between matchdays 24 and 25. Because of snowfall, both Roeselare vs. Genk and Charleroi vs. Lokeren were postponed.[41] The match Charleroi vs. Lokeren was originally scheduled to be played on February 10 between matchdays 25 and 26, but was postponed again because of more snow [42] and will now be played on March 10 between matchdays 28 and 29.[43] Roeselare vs. Genk was rescheduled to 24 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.
  • Matchday 26: Yet again snow caused several matches to be postponed, in this case Mechelen-Genk, Cercle Brugge-Lokeren, Charleroi-Anderlecht and Germinal Beerschot-Zulte-Waregem.[44] All matches were rescheduled to be played during the weekend of the 29th matchday, on March 6 and 7.[43]
  • Matchday 29: Due to the rescheduling of several matches to the first weekend of March,[43] when this matchday was to be played, the whole matchday was postponed one week. With both Anderlecht and Standard Liège still playing in the UEFA Europa League on Thursdays, all matches will be played on Sunday 14 March at 20:00.[45]
  • Matchday 30: With matchday 29 moved to 14 March, matchday 30 was also rescheduled, to Sunday 21 March.[45]

On top of that, the results of Mouscron were annulled between matchdays 20 and 21, causing many shifts between those matchdays.[26] Also, for the rest of the season, there will be no point at which all teams have played the same number of matches, until at the end.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Anderlecht311113321222211111111111111111
Club Brugge434544412111122222222222222222
Gent212232256676765443333333333333
Kortrijk151312111078101414101110881076668978764444
Sint-Truiden6864211335688998910886455575555
Zulte Waregem869119129117855676555555644456666
Mechelen153356645433457711911119789999987
Standard Liège665675564344334667777897647778
Cercle Brugge14161410129111291011121311121313131212131112111111121199
Germinal Beerschot8811131411107878754333444456688881010
Genk12111078101291111141091011121212131311101010101010101111
Westerlo1615161616151514131399111210910119910121112121211121212
Charleroi12128968781091213121414141414141412131313131313131313
Lokeren81315151314141312121314141515151515151514141515141415141414
Roeselare81013141516161616161616161616161616161615151414151514151515
Mouscron446811131315151515151513131188101016161616161616161616
Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Note: All Mouscron results listed below were expunged after the club had to declare bankruptcy during the season.[26] They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Mouscron's exemption have been shaded.

Home \ AwayANDCERCHABRUGNKGNTGBAKVKLOKKVMMOUROESTVSTAWESZWA
Anderlecht3–22–03–22–01–11–01–02–02–03–11–21–13–02–1
Cercle Brugge1–31–02–31–01–31–21–14–01–05–0[a]2–03–12–02–12–2
Charleroi0–20–41–21–30–21–03–34–11–23–00–02–31–10–0
Club Brugge4–22–11–01–11–01–22–22–01–11–01–02–12–13–1
Genk0–22–01–22–01–11–11–13–11–21–21–10–01–00–02–2
Gent2–23–12–11–12–10–12–24–12–11–15–10–12–11–20–2
Germinal Beerschot0–51–40–01–41–01–11–02–11–33–23–04–11–13–11–1
Kortrijk0–23–12–11–42–11–03–03–12–02–22–00–10–21–11–0
Lokeren0–41–14–10–10–20–12–00–02–14–11–41–21–31–01–1
Mechelen0–21–21–02–12–12–51–01–12–00–13–20–20–04–12–1
Mouscron1–20–14–11–12–00–5[a]0–50–02–10–00–1
Roeselare1–23–21–32–31–10–41–10–21–21–21–21–21–50–02–0
Sint-Truiden2–11–10–01–12–41–22–00–22–15–22–12–00–11–2
Standard Liège0–41–11–13–11–00–22–23–12–03–00–12–21–01–1
Westerlo0–22–14–01–40–10–01–11–11–02–02–22–02–01–2
Zulte Waregem0–21–02–21–12–23–14–00–21–04–13–11–12–01–11–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Championship playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Anderlecht started with 35 points, Club Brugge with 29, Gent with 25, Kortrijk 23 and both Sint-Truiden and Zulte-Waregem started with 21.

Playoff table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Anderlecht (C)10730249+1559Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2Gent104422013+741
3Club Brugge103341415−141Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4Sint-Truiden10343910−134Qualification to Europa League Testmatch
5Kortrijk10316913−433
6Zulte Waregem10217723−1628
Source: [46]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910
Anderlecht1111111111
Gent3333322332
Club Brugge2222233223
Sint-Truiden5444444444
Kortrijk4555555555
Zulte Waregem6666666666
Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home \ AwayANDBRUGNTKVKSTVZWA
Anderlecht2–24–21–02–16–0
Club Brugge1–21–13–02–03–0
Gent1–36–20–00–05–0
Kortrijk1–32–01–21–22–0
Sint-Truiden1–10–01–11–01–2
Zulte Waregem0–02–01–21–21–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League playoff

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationWESKVMCERLOK
1Westerlo (A)6312129+310Playoff Final0–24–12–0
2Mechelen6312108+2101–31–03–1
3Cercle Brugge6213912−37Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round2–02–11–1
4Lokeren61321214−263–32–25–3
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to the Final

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationGNKSTAGBACHA
1Genk (A)6510123+916Playoff Final1–02–03–0
2Standard622285+381–13–02–0
3Germinal Beerschot6123612−651–32–22–2
4Charleroi6114410−641–21–00–1
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to the Final

Europa League playoff final

The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match. The winners on aggregate will compete in another match (called Testmatch) against a team from the championship playoff (see below). If both teams are tied after two matches, the away goals rule will be applied. Should both teams still be tied afterwards, thirty minutes of extra time will be played and, if necessary, a penalty shootout will be conducted.

Genk2 – 2Westerlo
De Bruyne 84'
Yeboah 90'		ReportYakovenko 22'
Liliu 62'
Attendance: 18.125
Referee: Paul Allaerts
Westerlo0 – 3Genk
ReportJoão Carlos 4'
Buffel 71'
Ogunjimi 81'
Attendance: 8.200
Referee: Johan Verbist

Genk won 5–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

The fourth-placed team from the championship playoff and the winners of the Europa League playoff competed for one spot in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Note: The spot in the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was taken by Cercle Brugge, who was the runners-up of the 2009–10 Belgian Cup to Champions League-qualified Gent.

Genk2 – 1Sint-Truiden
Ogunjimi 19'
Camus 59'		ReportSidibe 40'
Attendance: 22.183
Sint-Truiden2 – 3Genk
Sidibe 6' (pen.)
Onana 79'		ReportOgunjimi 21'
Barda 44'
Buffel 56'
Referee: Johan Verbist

Genk won 5–3 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

The list of goalscorers is split up: first there is the list of goalscorers during the regular competition, deciding the official title of league 'topscorer', which was won by Romelu Lukaku. After this, the goalscorers in the play-offs are listed below in a second list. Because not all teams get equal matches in the playoffs, the goals during the playoffs did not count to determine the top scorer and therefore there are two separate lists.

Regular competition

Top goalscorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1 Romelu LukakuAnderlecht15
2 Dorge KouemahaClub Brugge13
Ibrahim SidibeSint-Truiden13
4 Teddy ChevalierZulte Waregem12
Cyril ThéréauCharleroi12
6 Dawid JanczykLokeren (9) and Germinal Beerschot (2)11
7 Milan JovanovićStandard Liège10
8 Christian BentekeKortrijk9
Mbark BoussoufaAnderlecht9
Elimane CoulibalyGent9
Dominic FoleyCercle Brugge9
Faris HarounGerminal Beerschot9
136 players8
195 players7
2411 players6
3511 players5
4617 players4
6319 players3
8238 players2
12060 players1
Own goals12
Total goals614
Total games228
Average per game2.69

Other scorers

8 goals (6 players)
7 goals (5 players)
6 goals (11 players)
5 goals (11 players)
4 goals (17 players)
3 goals (19 players)
2 goals (38 players)
1 goal (60 players)
Own goals (12 players, 12 goals)

Playoff goalscorers

Championship playoff

30 games, 83 goals (2.77 per game)

5 goals (4 players)
4 goals (1 player)
3 goals (6 players)
2 goals (9 players)
1 goal (20 players)
Own goals (2 players, 3 goals)

Europa League Playoff

24 games, 73 goals (3.04 per game)

5 goals (1 player)
4 goals (1 player)
3 goals (3 players)
2 goals (12 players)
1 goal (31 players)

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

Season statistics

Regular competition records beaten or equalized during playoff games are listed as such.

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 5 Goals

Most goals in a match by one team: 5 Goals

Most goals in one half: 5 goals

Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals

Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals

Discipline

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

See also

References

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