2008–09 Belgian First Division

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The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League after a sponsor) 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.

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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 Template:Flagicon László Bölöni Template:Flagicon Steven Defour Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Template:Flagicon Ariel Jacobs Template:Flagicon Olivier Deschacht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Club Brugge KV Bruges Template:Flagicon Jacky Mathijssen Template:Flagicon Philippe Clement Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Template:Flagicon Glen De Boeck Template:Flagicon Denis Viane Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Template:Flagicon Aimé Anthuenis Template:Flagicon Daniel Cruz Olympisch Stadion 12,148
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Template:Flagicon Michel Preud'homme Template:Flagicon Bryan Ruiz Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
S.V. Zulte Waregem Waregem Template:Flagicon Francky Dury Template:Flagicon Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze Regenboogstadion 8,500
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Template:Flagicon John Collins Template:Flagicon Frank Defays Stade du Pays de Charleroi 25,000
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Template:Flagicon Jan Ceulemans Template:Flagicon Jef Delen Het Kuipje 8,200
K.R.C. Genk Genk Template:Flagicon Pierre Denier and Template:Flagicon Hans Visser (caretakers) Template:Flagicon Hans Cornelis Cristal Arena 24,900
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Template:Flagicon Enzo Scifo Template:Flagicon Gonzague van Dooren Stade Le Canonnier 11,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Janković Template:Flagicon Olivier Doll Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Template:Flagicon Peter Maes Template:Flagicon Jonas Ivens Veolia-Stadion 14,145
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Template:Flagicon Dennis Van Wijk Template:Flagicon Stefaan Tanghe Schiervelde Stadion 9,036
F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Template:Flagicon Johan Boskamp Template:Flagicon Steven de Petter Florent Beeckmanstadion 6,800
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Template:Flagicon Christophe Dessy (caretaker) Template:Flagicon Roberto Mirri Stade Charles Tondreau 9,504
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Template:Flagicon Hein Vanhaezebrouck Template:Flagicon Stéphane Demets Guldensporen Stadion 8,770
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize Template:Flagicon Albert Cartier Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 May 2008 [1] Template:Flagicon Philippe Saint-Jean 6 June 2008 [2] Pre-Season
Gent Template:Flagicon Trond Sollied Resigned 18 May 2008 [3][4] Template:Flagicon Michel Preud'homme 27 May 2008 [5] Pre-Season
Standard Liège Template:Flagicon Michel Preud'homme End of contract 26 May 2008 [6] Template:Flagicon László Bölöni 9 June 2008 [7] Pre-Season
Tubize Template:Flagicon Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 6 June 2008 [2] Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 21 August 2008 [9] Template:Flagicon Thierry Pister (caretaker) 21 August 2008 [9] 18th
Roeselare Template:Flagicon Dirk Geeraerd Sacked 26 October 2008 [10] Template:Flagicon Dennis van Wijk 29 October 2008 [11] 18th
Germinal Beerschot Template:Flagicon Harm van Veldhoven Resigned 13 November 2008 [12] Template:Flagicon Aimé Anthuenis 14 November 2008 [13] 16th
Mons Template:Flagicon Thierry Pister (caretaker) Sacked 4 December 2008 [14] Template:Flagicon Christophe Dessy (caretaker) 4 December 2008 [14] 15th
Charleroi Template:Flagicon Thierry Siquet Sacked 15 December 2008 [15] Template:Flagicon John Collins 15 December 2008 [15] 11th
Genk Template:Flagicon Ronny Van Geneugden Resigned 5 March 2009 [16] Template:Flagicon Pierre Denier and Template:Flagicon Hans Visser (caretakers) 5 March 2009 [16] 4th
Lokeren Template:Flagicon Georges Leekens Resigned 31 March 2009 [17] Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Janković 6 April 2009 [18] 7th

League standings

Final table

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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.

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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)

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Results

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Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Goalscorers

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16 goals (2 players)
15 goals (1 player)
14 goals (3 players)
13 goals (2 players)
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See also

References

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