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2013–14 Belgian Pro League

The 2013–14 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2013 with the match between Club Brugge and Charleroi and finished on 18 May 2014 with Anderlecht grabbing their 33rd title due to a 3–1 at home against Lokeren.

Jupiler Pro League
Season2013–14
ChampionsAnderlecht
RelegatedMons
OH Leuven
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Standard Liège
Europa LeagueLokeren
Club Brugge
Zulte Waregem
Matches played299
Goals scored810 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerHamdi Harbaoui (22 goals)
Biggest home winAnderlecht 5–0 Mechelen
Biggest away winCercle Brugge 0–5 Standard Liège
Lierse 0–5 Standard Liège
Highest scoringZulte Waregem 4–3 Anderlecht
Anderlecht 5–2 Charleroi
Genk 5–2 Zulte Waregem
Kortrijk 3–4 Lierse
OH Leuven 2–5 Club Brugge
Longest winning run9 matches[1]
Standard Liège
Longest unbeaten run16 matches[2]
Standard Liège
Longest winless run16 matches[3]
Mons
Longest losing run6 matches[4]
Genk

During the regular season, Standard Liège started by winning their first nine matches, putting pressure on their main challengers Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk and Zulte Waregem. At the halfway point, Genk was closing in on Standard, trailing by one point, but following a series of losses they dropped several places in the standings and eventually they narrowly held on to sixth place and just made it into the title playoffs. Towards the end of the regular season, mainly Club Brugge proved to be a threat as they had narrowed the gap to Standard, closing in to only four points.

The playoffs started with Standard leading on 34 points and Club Brugge right behind them on 32. Both Anderlecht (29 points) and Zulte Waregem (27 points) were at that point considered long shots for the title, while Lokeren on 26 and Genk on 23 were considered to be out of contention. Early in the playoffs, Standard immediately beat Anderlecht and knocked them down to eight points behind, seemingly setting up a final title race between them and Club Brugge. Although Standard had been in the lead since the start of the season, they somehow starting struggling, allowing Club Brugge to overtake them in the standings and become the main title favorite with just four games to go. On 4 May 2014, Club Brugge had the chance to permanently knock Anderlecht out of the race, but somehow lost at home against 10 men, putting Standard back into the lead with Anderlecht now a close second. Standard in turn then lost against Club Brugge, putting Anderlecht into the lead with two games to go, a lead which they kept until the end, winning their 33rd title in a season in which they lost no less than 11 games.

The Europa League playoff groups were won by Oostende and Kortrijk, with Oostende overcoming Kortrijk on penalty kicks although they knew they had not been given a licence for European football. As a result, the fourth placed team in the league, Zulte Waregem, were granted access directly.

In the bottom end of the table, Mons started miserably after finishing 7th the previous season, scoring only three points out of their first 15 matches. Their better second half of the season did not help in avoiding the last place. They were thereby forced to play the relegation playoff together with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who had been struggling to set up a series of decent results, mainly driven by their horrendous away form, drawing only three matches away from home the whole season, while losing all the others. Mons were relegated on 12 April after yet another 2–0 away to OH Leuven, while Leuven themselves faced relegation on 18 May as they could no longer win the Belgian Second Division final round. Both OH Leuven and Mons had been playing in the Belgian Pro League for three seasons.

Teams

Following the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League, Beerschot were originally relegated to the 2013–14 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against Cercle Brugge. However, as they went bankrupt, the team folded and would later merge with KFCO Wilrijk playing at the first provincial level (fifth level) of Belgian football to form KFCO Beerschot – Wilrijk. Beerschot is replaced by 2012–13 Belgian Second Division champions Oostende, who returned to the highest level after their relegation during the 2004–05 season.

As Cercle Brugge won the 2013 Belgian Second Division final round against Second Division teams Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe, they were saved from relegation, causing Oostende to be the only newcomer in the Belgian Pro League for this season.

Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League teams
ClubLocationVenueCapacity
R.S.C. AnderlechtAnderlechtConstant Vanden Stock Stadium21,000
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.BrugesJan Breydel Stadium29,945
R. Charleroi S.C.CharleroiStade du Pays de Charleroi25,000
Club Brugge KVBrugesJan Breydel Stadium29,945
K.R.C. GenkGenkCristal Arena24,900
K.A.A. GentGhentGhelamco Arena20,000
K.V. KortrijkKortrijkGuldensporen Stadion9,500
Lierse S.K.LierHerman Vanderpoortenstadion14,538
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-VlaanderenLokerenDaknamstadion10,000
K.V. MechelenMechelenArgosstadion Achter de Kazerne13,123
R.A.E.C. MonsMonsStade Charles Tondreau12,000
Oud-Heverlee LeuvenLeuvenDen Dreef9,493
K.V. OostendeOstendAlbertpark8,125
Standard LiègeLiègeStade Maurice Dufrasne30,000
Waasland-BeverenBeverenFreethiel Stadion13,290
S.V. Zulte WaregemWaregemRegenboogstadion8,500

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPositionReplaced byDate of appointment
Lierse Eric Van MeirReplacedEnd of 2012–13 season[5]Pre-season Stanley Menzo14 May 2013[5]
Standard Liège Mircea RednicReplacedEnd of 2012–13 season[6] Guy Luzon27 May 2013[6]
Charleroi Mario NotaroReplacedEnd of 2012–13 season[7] Felice Mazzu1 June 2013[7]
Club Brugge Juan Carlos GarridoReplaced19 September[8]2nd Michel Preud'homme19 September[9]
Mons Enzo ScifoSacked23 September[10]16th Čedomir Janevski27 September[11]
Gent Víctor FernándezSacked30 September[12]8th Mircea Rednic1 October[13]
Waasland-Beveren Glen De BoeckSacked29 October[14]15th Bob Peeters5 November[15]
Mechelen Harm van VeldhovenSacked30 December[16]13th Franky Vercauteren5 January[17]
OH Leuven Ronny Van GeneugdenMutual Consent21 January[18]15th Herman Vermeulen26 January[19]
Genk Mario BeenSacked23 February[20]6th Emilio Ferrera24 February[21]
OH Leuven Herman VermeulenReplaced25 February[22]15th Ivan Leko25 February[22]
Anderlecht John van den BromSacked9 March[23]3rd Besnik Hasi10 March[23]
Gent Mircea RednicSacked9 April[24]EL Playoffs Group A, 4th Peter Balette9 April[24]

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Standard Liège3020735917+4267Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2Club Brugge3019655428+2663
3Anderlecht3018396131+3057
4Zulte Waregem30141155138+1353
5Lokeren3015694831+1751
6Genk30143134239+345
7Gent30128103937+244Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8Kortrijk30109114244−239
9Oostende3097142846−1834
10Charleroi30810123641−534
11Cercle Brugge3096152955−2633
12Lierse3095163653−1732
13Mechelen3087153451−1731
14Waasland-Beveren30613112835−731
15OH Leuven3069153047−1727Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
16Mons3064202953−2422
Source: Belgian Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

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.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Standard Liège221111111111111111111111111111
Club Brugge232333222223435322323333222222
Anderlecht1175525454555554553232222333333
Zulte Waregem554442533334343234444444444444
Lokeren443254346677676676665555555555
Genk116867665442222445556666666666
Gent76977677888810119888888887777777
Kortrijk687688887766767767777778888888
Oostende161414161515161513151514141414131311101011121210111010999
Charleroi14118101313109999109101110101011111091012131312131310
Cercle Brugge712119991113141113121188999999109910119101011
Lierse1214141411121210111011111212121111121213121313119911111112
Mechelen141313131010131110131098910121213131213111113121213121213
Waasland-Beveren7910111414141415121415151515151515151515141515151414141414
OH Leuven13141415111191212141213131313141414141414151414141515151515
Mons71012121616151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home \ AwayANDCERCHABRUGNKGNTKVKLIELOKKVMMONKVOOHLSTAWBEZWA
Anderlecht2–15–22–02–04–10–12–02–35–02–04–03–11–12–01–0
Cercle Brugge0–43–02–01–01–43–12–40–33–22–12–01–10–50–01–1
Charleroi2–12–02–21–10–11–21–12–12–20–20–12–00–11–13–2
Club Brugge4–02–02–00–21–13–14–11–03–02–12–01–01–01–21–1
Genk0–11–00–31–31–21–04–00–21–03–13–03–00–20–25–2
Gent1–21–12–11–31–20–12–11–12–11–01–12–00–12–00–1
Kortrijk2–24–01–14–12–23–03–43–31–21–22–01–01–52–11–1
Lierse2–01–12–11–10–11–32–01–23–02–10–20–00–51–01–2
Lokeren2–13–03–10–33–12–20–01–04–02–11–02–00–10–02–4
Mechelen2–11–20–31–20–20–15–20–01–04–21–14–20–20–02–2
Mons0–21–11–20–12–31–00–11–51–00–23–03–20–21–11–1
Oostende0–32–01–01–24–00–00–03–20–30–32–01–12–42–11–1
OH Leuven1–03–00–02–51–41–11–12–02–10–02–21–20–04–21–0
Standard Liège1–14–02–20–03–12–32–03–02–12–01–02–01–02–22–0
Waasland-Beveren0–30–10–01–20–01–11–13–10–20–04–12–01–01–12–2
Zulte Waregem4–32–11–11–11–03–21–03–01–13–12–02–24–21–02–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Standard 34 points, Club Brugge 32, Anderlecht 29, Zulte Waregem 27, Lokeren 26 and Genk 23. Had any ties occurred at the end of the playoffs, the half point would have been deducted if it was added. However, as all six teams received the half point bonus, this did not make a difference this season.

Playoff table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Anderlecht (C)10712176+1151Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Standard Liège104331411+349Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3Club Brugge105141611+548Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4Zulte Waregem104241615+141Qualification for the Testmatches
5Lokeren102261425−1134Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6Genk102351019−932
Source: soccerway.com
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

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team ╲ RoundInitial12345678910
Anderlecht34434432111
Standard Liège11111121322
Club Brugge22242213233
Zulte Waregem43323344444
Lokeren55555555555
Genk66666666666
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ AwaySTABRUANDZWALOKGNK
Standard Liège0–11–04–12–21–0
Club Brugge0–00–12–05–12–0
Anderlecht2–13–00–03–14–0
Zulte Waregem2–02–11–23–12–2
Lokeren1–31–31–23–21–1
Genk2–23–21–00–31–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League play-off

Group A contained the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finished in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B. Oostende held Gent to a 1–1 draw on 26 April and was thereby sure of winning Group A. In Group B, the decision was made on the last matchday when Kortrijk beat Charleroi 2–1 at home on 3 May.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationKVOGNTLIEW-B
1Oostende (A)642071+614Qualification for the Playoff Final1–12–00–0
2Gent6312116+5100–14–02–1
3Lierse6204512−760–21–04–2
4Waasland-Beveren6114711−440–12–42–0
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationKVKCHAKVMCER
1Kortrijk (A)6411165+1113Qualification for the Playoff Final2–14–14–0
2Charleroi6411135+8131–13–02–0
3Mechelen6303610−492–10–22–0
4Cercle Brugge6006217−1500–42–40–1
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to a further round

Europa League play-off final

The winners of both play-off groups competed in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch were granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Kortrijk2–2Oostende
Chevalier 30'
Pavlović 40'		Jonckheere 20'
Siani 47' (pen.)
Oostende2–2 (a.e.t.)Kortrijk
Wilmet 72'
Jonckheere 90+2'		De Smet 55' (pen.)
Coulibaly 90'
Penalties
Jali
Siani
Jonckheere
Sládek
Ovono
Schmisser
Foket
Martens 		7–6 De Smet
Heylen
De Mets
Pavlović
Martin
Oussalah
Chevalier
Tomašević

Oostende won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

The Europa League playoff final was to be played over two legs between Oostende and fourth-place finishers Zulte Waregem, with the winner receiving the right to play in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However, as Oostende did not receive a licence for European football, the match was annulled and Zulte Waregem was awarded the spot directly.

Relegation playoff

The teams finishing in the last two positions faced each other in the relegation playoff. The winner of this playoff played the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, with the winner playing at the highest level the next season. The loser faced relegation. For finishing 15th, Oud-Heverlee Leuven received the home advantage and an initial lead of 3 points over Mons. Mons was relegated on 12 April as OHL had obtained a lead of 9 points with only 2 matches left. However, Oud-Heverlee Leuven then failed to finish top of the Belgian Second Division final round group, ensuring their relegation as well.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1OH Leuven (R)321051+410Qualification for the Belgian Second Division final round
2Mons (R)301215−41Relegation to 2014–15 Belgian Second Division
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

The matches in the table below were played from left to right:

Home \ AwayMONOHLMONOHL
Mons1–1–[a]
OH Leuven2–02–0
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Season statistics

Source: Sporza.be and Sport.be[permanent dead link] (in Dutch)

Up to and including matches played on 18 May.

Top scorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1 Hamdi HarbaouiLokeren22
2 Michy BatshuayiStandard Liège21
3 Habib HabibouZulte Waregem20
4 Aleksandar MitrovićAnderlecht16
5 Ivan SantiniKortrijk15
6 Thorgan HazardZulte Waregem14
7 Stijn De SmetKortrijk13
David PolletAnderlecht (2) & Charleroi (11)13
9 Tom De SutterClub Brugge12
Imoh EzekielStandard Liège12
Jelle VossenGenk12
11 goals (2 players)
10 goals (3 players)
9 goals (4 players)
8 goals (5 players)
7 goals (6 players)
6 goals (10 players)
5 goals (17 players)
4 goals (15 players)
3 goals (24 players)
2 goals (39 players)
1 goal (88 players)
2 Own goals (1 player)
1 Own goal (19 players)

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Geoffrey Mujangi BiaStandard LiègeLierse3–0[25]4 August 2013
Ivan SantiniKortrijkLokeren3–3[26]9 August 2013
Matías SuárezAnderlechtCharleroi5–2[27]25 August 2013
Michy BatshuayiStandard LiègeOostende4–2[28]15 September 2013
David DestormeMechelenOostende3–0[29]19 October 2013
Ivan SantiniKortrijkClub Brugge4–1[30]20 October 2013
Dalibor VeselinovićWaasland-BeverenMons4–1[31]18 January 2014
Mbaye DiagneLierseMons5–1[32]8 February 2014
Habib HabibouGentCercle Brugge4–1[33]8 March 2014
Cédric FauréCharleroiCercle Brugge4–2[34]12 April 2014
Habib HabibouGentWaasland-Beveren4–2[35]19 April 2014
Mbaye DiagneLierseWaasland-Beveren4–2[36]26 April 2014
Habib HabibouGentLierse4–0[37]3 May 2014

References

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