2014–15 Belgian Pro League

Jupiler Pro League
Season	2014–15
Champions	K.A.A. Gent; 1st league title
Relegated	Lierse; Cercle Brugge
Champions League	Gent; Club Brugge
Europa League	Anderlecht; Standard Liège; Charleroi
Matches played	296
Goals scored	848 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Mitrović (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Charleroi 6–0 Lierse (regular season); K.R.C. Genk 7–1 Waasland-Beveren (UEL play-offs)
Biggest away win	Lierse 0–6 Club Brugge
Highest scoring	Standard Liège 3–5 Oostende
Longest winning run	5 games; Kortrijk
Longest unbeaten run	19 games; Club Brugge
Longest winless run	13 games; LierseS.K.
Longest losing run	10 games; Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season of the Belgian Pro League (known as the Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the 112th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2014 and finished in May 2015. K.A.A. Gent won the league, making it the first championship title in their 115-year history.^[5]

Teams

Following the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League, R.A.E.C. Mons were relegated to the 2014–15 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against OH Leuven. Mons is replaced by 2013–14 Belgian Second Division champions K.V.C. Westerlo, who returned to the highest level after their relegation during the 2011–12 season.

Mouscron-Péruwelz replaces OH Leuven as they won the 2014 Belgian Second Division Final Round head of K.A.S. Eupen, Sint-TruidenV.V. and OH Leuven.

Stadia and locations

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz

Location of the 2014–15 Belgian Pro League teams

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,000
Cercle Brugge	Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,945
Charleroi	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	25,000
Club Brugge	Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,945
K.R.C. Genk	Genk	Cristal Arena	24,900
K.A.A. Gent	Ghent	Ghelamco Arena	20,000
Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	9,500
Lierse	Lier	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion	14,538
Lokeren	Lokeren	Daknamstadion	10,000
Mechelen	Mechelen	Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne	13,123
Mouscron-Péruwelz	Mouscron	Stade Le Canonnier	10,800
Oostende	Ostend	Albertpark	8,125
Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,000
Waasland-Beveren	Beveren	Freethiel Stadion	13,290
Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	7,982
Zulte Waregem	Waregem	Regenboogstadion	8,500

Personnel and kits

Club	Chairman	Manager	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Anderlecht	Roger Vanden Stock	Besnik Hasi	adidas	BNP Paribas Fortis
Cercle Brugge	Paul Vanhaecke	Dennis van Wijk	Masita	ADMB
Charleroi	Fabien Debecq	Felice Mazzu	Maps	belgacom
Club Brugge	Bart Verhaeghe	Michel Preud'homme	Nike	proximus
Genk	Herbert Houben	Alex McLeish	Nike	beobank
Gent	Michel Louwagie	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	Masita/Jartazi	VDK
Kortrijk	Joseph Allijns	Yves Vanderhaeghe	Jako	AGO Jobs
Lierse	Maged Samy	Olivier Guillou	Jako	Wadi Degla
Lokeren	Roger Lambrecht	Peter Maes	Jartazi	QTeam
Mechelen	Johan Timmermans	Aleksandar Janković	Kappa	Telenet
Mouscron-Péruwelz	Edward Van Daele	Fernando Da Cruz	Nike	TradeCo
Oostende	Marc Coucke	Frederik Vanderbiest	Joma	Versluys
Standard Liège	Roland Duchâtelet	José Riga	Joma	BASE
Waasland-Beveren	Jozef Van Remoortel	Guido Brepoels	Jako	Remo Frit
Westerlo	Herman Wijnants	Harm van Veldhoven	Saller	Soudal
Zulte Waregem	Willy Naessens	Francky Dury	Patrick	Record Bank

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Gent	Peter Balette	Replaced	End of 2013–14 season^[6]	Pre-season	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	5 May 2014^[6]
Kortrijk	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	Signed by Gent	End of 2013–14 season^[6]		Yves Vanderhaeghe	28 May 2014^[7]
Mechelen	Franky Vercauteren	Resigned	End of 2013–14 season^[8]		Aleksandar Janković	8 May 2014^[9]
Waasland-Beveren	Bob Peeters	Resigned	End of 2013–14 season^[10]		Ronny Van Geneugden	28 May 2014^[11]
Genk	Emilio Ferrera	Sacked	29 July 2014^[12]	11th	Alex McLeish	22 August 2014^[13]
Lierse	Stanley Menzo	Sacked	31 August 2014^[14]	16th	Slaviša Stojanovič	5 September 2014^[15]
Cercle Brugge	Lorenzo Staelens	Sacked	6 October 2014^[16]	14th	Arnar Viðarsson	6 October 2014^[16]
Standard Liège	Guy Luzon	Sacked	20 October 2014^[17]	11th	Ivan Vukomanović^{[nb 1]}	5 November 2014^[18]
Mouscron-Péruwelz	Rachid Chihab	Sacked	29 December 2014^[19]	12th	Fernando da Cruz	29 December 2014^[19]
Waasland-Beveren	Ronny Van Geneugden	Sacked	30 December 2014^[20]	14th	Guido Brepoels	5 January 2015^[21]
Westerlo	Dennis van Wijk	Sacked	3 January 2015^[22]	13th	Harm van Veldhoven	6 January 2015^[23]
Lierse	Slaviša Stojanovič	Resigned	28 January 2015^[24]	16th	Herman Helleputte	28 January 2015^[24]
Lierse	Herman Helleputte	Resigned	30 January 2015^[25]	16th	Olivier Guillou	30 January 2015^[26]
Standard Liège	Ivan Vukomanović	Replaced	2 February 2015^[27]	5th	José Riga	2 February 2015^[27]
Cercle Brugge	Arnar Viðarsson	Sacked	18 March 2015^[28]	Relegation Playoff, 1st	Dennis van Wijk	18 March 2015^[28]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	30	17	10	3	69	28	+41	61	Qualification to Championship play-offs
2	Gent	30	16	9	5	52	29	+23	57
3	Anderlecht	30	16	9	5	51	30	+21	57
4	Standard Liège	30	16	5	9	49	39	+10	53
5	Kortrijk	30	16	3	11	54	35	+19	51
6	Charleroi	30	14	7	9	44	31	+13	49
7	Genk	30	13	10	7	38	28	+10	49	Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8	Lokeren	30	10	12	8	38	32	+6	42
9	Mechelen	30	10	11	9	37	39	−2	41
10	Oostende	30	11	5	14	40	52	−12	38
11	Westerlo	30	8	9	13	42	63	−21	33
12	Zulte Waregem	30	8	7	15	41	54	−13	31
13	Mouscron-Péruwelz	30	7	5	18	32	51	−19	26
14	Waasland-Beveren	30	7	5	18	30	49	−19	26
15	Cercle Brugge	30	6	6	18	21	45	−24	24	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16	Lierse	30	5	7	18	30	63	−33	22	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs

Source: Belgian Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a play-off 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.

On matchday 11, the match between Standard and Zulte Waregem was stopped by the referee due to supporter violence with only 89 minutes played, with Zulte Waregem leading 1–2.^[29] The 'commission for disputes' decided on 28 October (between matchdays 12 and 13) that the result would be changed to a 0–5 away win, Standard was to pay a fine of €5000 and play one match behind closed doors.^[30] Standard filed objections against this ruling and the Belgian Sportsarbitrage finally ruled on 10 December that the 1–2 result would stand, between matchdays 18 and 19. The fine of €5000 was kept, but the match behind closed doors was dropped.^[31]
On 27 December 2014, the final day of matchday 21, the match between Genk and Oostende was postponed due to snow. It was immediately rescheduled to 3 February 2015, between matchdays 24 and 25.^[32]

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
Team ╲ Round
Club Brugge	4	3	2	3	6	6	6	5	6	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gent	8	5	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Anderlecht	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Standard Liège	1	1	5	7	8	8	11	8	8	11	12	9	7	6	5	7	8	7	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4
Kortrijk	13	13	11	11	15	10	14	14	12	9	6	8	10	8	6	5	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	5
Charleroi	16	15	16	16	13	9	13	10	11	12	11	10	11	12	10	8	7	8	7	5	4	5	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	6
Genk	11	12	14	14	10	11	12	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	7	6	6	6	3	4	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	7
Lokeren	10	9	8	6	7	7	5	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Mechelen	2	8	10	12	9	12	8	11	7	7	9	7	8	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	9
Oostende	13	16	12	8	3	4	3	4	5	6	8	11	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	11	10	10
Westerlo	7	4	4	4	4	5	7	6	3	5	5	4	6	7	8	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	11	9	9	11	12	10	11	11
Zulte Waregem	4	6	6	10	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12
Mouscron-Péruwelz	11	10	9	5	5	2	4	7	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	13	13
Waasland-Beveren	13	14	15	15	16	15	10	13	14	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	14
Cercle Brugge	8	11	13	13	11	14	9	12	13	14	15	13	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15
Lierse	4	7	6	9	14	16	16	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GNT	CLU	AND	STA	CHA	KOR
1	Gent (C)	10	6	2	2	18	11	+7	49	Qualification to Champions League group stage	—	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
2	Club Brugge	10	5	1	4	16	16	0	47	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round	2–3	—	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0
3	Anderlecht	10	5	2	3	18	13	+5	46	Qualification to Europa League group stage^[a]	2–1	3–1	—	1–1	1–0	5–1
4	Standard Liège	10	4	1	5	14	13	+1	40	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round	1–3	1–0	3–1	—	2–0	4–0
5	Charleroi	10	3	2	5	13	15	−2	36	Qualification to Testmatches to Europa League^[b]	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	—	5–2
6	Kortrijk	10	2	2	6	11	22	−11	34		0–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KVM	GNK	ZWA	W-B
1	Mechelen	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Playoff Final	—	4–0	3–0	4–1
2	Genk	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15		1–0	—	1–0	7–1
3	Zulte Waregem	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4		0–1	2–3	—	2–2
4	Waasland-Beveren	6	0	1	5	5	19	−14	1		1–2	0–2	0–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LOK	RMP	OOS	WES
1	Lokeren	6	4	1	1	19	9	+10	13	Playoff Final	—	2–1	6–1	1–1
2	Mouscron-Péruwelz	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10		1–5	—	2–0	1–1
3	Oostende	6	2	0	4	6	12	−6	6		1–2	0–1	—	2–0
4	Westerlo	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5		4–3	0–3	1–2	—

Key
⁴	Player scored four goals
*	The home team

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Championship Playoff

Playoff table

Positions by round

Europa League Playoff

Group A

Group B

Europa League playoff final

Testmatches Europa League

Relegation Playoff

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Notes

References