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Belgian First Division A
Season2017–18
Dates28 July 2017 – TBC
Matches played120
Goals scored352 (2.93 per match)
2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 19 November 2017.

The 2017–18 Belgian First Division A is the 115th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will conclude in May 2018. The fixtures were announced in early June 2017. Anderlecht are the defending champions.

Team changes

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2017–18 Belgian First Division A teams
Matricule Club Location Venue Capacity
35 Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 21,500
1 Antwerp Antwerp Bosuilstadion 12,975
22 Charleroi Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 14,000
3 Club Brugge Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,042
4276 Eupen Eupen Kehrweg Stadion 8,363
322 Genk Genk Luminus Arena 24,956
7 Gent Ghent Ghelamco Arena 20,000
19 Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,399
282 Lokeren Lokeren Daknamstadion 12,000
25 Mechelen Mechelen AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne 16,700
216 Excel Mouscron Mouscron Stade Le Canonnier 10,571
31 Oostende Ostend Versluys Arena 8,432
373 Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden Stayen 14,600
16 Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,023
4068 Waasland-Beveren Beveren Freethiel Stadion 8,190
5381 Zulte Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 12,500

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Anderlecht Belgium Hein Vanhaezebrouck Algeria Sofiane Hanni Adidas BNP Paribas Fortis
Antwerp Romania László Bölöni Belgium Faris Haroun Jako
Charleroi Belgium Felice Mazzu Spain Francisco Martos Hungaria Proximus
Club Brugge Croatia Ivan Leko Netherlands Ruud Vormer Macron Daikin
Eupen France Claude Makélélé Spain Luis García Fernández Nike Aspire Academy
Excel Mouscron Romania Mircea Rednic Belgium David Hubert Erima Star Casino
Genk Netherlands Albert Stuivenberg Belgium Thomas Buffel Nike Beobank
Gent Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe Bosnia and Herzegovina Danijel Milićević Jartazi VDK Spaarbank
Kortrijk Belgium Glen De Boeck Belgium Hannes Van der Bruggen Jako AGO Jobs & HR
Lokeren Belgium Peter Maes Belgium Killian Overmeire Jartazi QTeam
Mechelen Serbia Aleksandar Janković Belgium Seth De Witte Kappa Telenet
Oostende Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Čustović France Franck Berrier Joma Willems Veranda's
Sint-Truiden Belgium Jonas De Roeck Belgium Steven De Petter Kappa Golden Palace
Standard Liège Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto Denmark Alexander Scholz New Balance BASE
Waasland-Beveren Belgium Philippe Clement Senegal Ibrahima Seck Kappa Circus
Zulte-Waregem Belgium Francky Dury Belgium Davy De fauw Patrick Record Bank

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Waasland-Beveren North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski Mutual consent End of 2016–17 season Pre-season Belgium Philippe Clement 24 May 2017 [1]
Club Brugge Belgium Michel Preud'homme Mutual consent End of 2016–17 season Croatia Ivan Leko 8 June 2017 [2]
Kortrijk France Karim Belhocine Replaced End of 2016–17 season Greece Yannis Anastasiou 20 May 2017 [n 1] [3]
Standard Liège Belgium José Jeunechamps (caretaker) Caretaker replaced End of 2016–17 season Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto 11 June 2017 [4]
Sint-Truiden Croatia Ivan Leko Signed by Club Brugge 8 June 2017 [2] Spain Tintín Márquez 22 June 2017 [5]
Antwerp Belgium Wim De Decker Demoted to assistant coach 16 June 2017 [6] Romania László Bölöni 16 June 2017 [6]
Sint-Truiden Spain Tintín Márquez Sacked 7 August 2017 [7] 8th Belgium Jonas De Roeck 10 August 2017 [8]
Lokeren Iceland Rúnar Kristinsson Sacked 9 August 2017 [9] 15th Belgium Peter Maes 9 August 2017 [9]
Anderlecht Switzerland René Weiler Sacked 18 September 2017 [10] 9th Argentina Nicolás Frutos (caretaker) 18 September 2017 [10]
Oostende Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe Sacked 19 September 2017 [11] 16th Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Čustović 19 September 2017 [11]
Gent Belgium Hein Vanhaezebrouck Mutual consent 27 September 2017 [12] 14th Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe 4 October 2017 [13]
Anderlecht Argentina Nicolás Frutos Caretaker replaced 3 October 2017 [14] 7th Belgium Hein Vanhaezebrouck 3 October 2017 [14]
Mechelen Belgium Yannick Ferrera Sacked 23 October 2017 [15] 15th Belgium Tom Caluwé (caretaker) 23 October 2017 [15]
Mechelen Belgium Tom Caluwé (caretaker) Caretaker replaced 1 November 2017 [16] 16th Serbia Aleksandar Janković 1 November 2017 [16]
Eupen Spain Jordi Condom Sacked 6 November 2017 [17] 16th France Claude Makélélé 6 November 2017 [17]
Kortrijk Greece Yannis Anastasiou Sacked 8 November 2017 [18] 15th Belgium Glen De Boeck 8 November 2017 [19]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge 30 20 7 3 68 33 +35 67 Qualification for the championship play-offs
2 Anderlecht 30 16 7 7 49 42 +7 55
3 Charleroi 30 13 12 5 46 30 +16 51
4 Gent 30 14 8 8 45 27 +18 50
5 Genk 30 11 11 8 44 36 +8 44
6 Standard Liège 30 11 11 8 43 41 +2 44
7 Kortrijk 30 12 6 12 42 39 +3 42 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8 Antwerp 30 10 11 9 38 40 −2 41
9 Zulte Waregem 30 11 4 15 47 52 −5 37
10 Sint-Truiden 30 9 10 11 29 41 −12 37
11 Oostende 30 10 6 14 42 41 +1 36
12 Waasland-Beveren 30 9 8 13 50 51 −1 35
13 Lokeren 30 8 7 15 33 49 −16 31
14 Excel Mouscron 30 8 6 16 40 59 −19 30
15 Eupen 30 6 9 15 40 57 −17 27
16 Mechelen (R) 30 6 9 15 31 49 −18 27 Relegation to First Division B
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[20]
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AND ANT BRU CHA EUP EXM GNK GNT KVK LOK KVM OOS STA STR W-B ZWA
Anderlecht — 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–0
Antwerp 0–0 — 1–3 3–5 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0
Club Brugge 1–0 — 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 4–1 3–0
Charleroi 2–0 1–2 — 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2
Eupen 2–3 0–1 — 3–3 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–5
Excel Mouscron 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–5 3–2 — 3–2 2–2 1–3
Genk 2–0 0–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–3
Gent 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–0 0–1
Kortrijk 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 3–2
Lokeren 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–3 — 0–3 1–1
Mechelen 3–4 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 2–0
Oostende 3–4 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–2 — 0–3 4–2
Standard Liège 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 — 3–1 0–4
Sint-Truiden 0–1 4–4 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 — 1–0
Waasland-Beveren 1–2 3–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 —
Zulte Waregem 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2017. Source: Belgian Pro League Template:Nl icon
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
4  West Flanders Club Brugge, Kortrijk, Oostende and Zulte Waregem
3  East Flanders Gent, Lokeren and Waasland-Beveren
2  Antwerp Antwerp and Mechelen
 Hainaut Charleroi and Excel Mouscron
 Liège Eupen and Standard Liège
 Limburg Genk and Sint-Truiden
1  Brussels Anderlecht

Notes

  1. ^ Anastasiou was announced as manager on 24 April 2017 but only replaced Karim Belhocine after the final match of the season.

References

  1. ^ "Waasland-Beveren gaat in zee met Philippe Clement" [Waasland-Beveren starts cooperation with Philippe Clement] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-05-24.
  2. ^ a b "Ivan Leko is de nieuwe coach van Club Brugge" [Ivan Leko new head coach at Club Brugge] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-06-08.
  3. ^ "Ex-Anderlecht-spits Anastasiou traint volgend seizoen Kortrijk" [Former Anderlecht-striker Anastasiou to coach Kortrijk next season] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-04-24.
  4. ^ "Ex-Rouche Ricardo Sa Pinto moet Standard weer op de rails krijgen" [Former-Red Ricardo Sa Pinto to get Standard back on track] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-06-11.
  5. ^ "Nieuwe trainer Marquez duikt op in Sint-Truiden voor eerste training" [New coach Marquez appears in Sint-Truiden for first training session] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-06-22.
  6. ^ a b "Laszlo Bölöni voorgesteld als nieuwe trainer van Antwerp" [Laszlo Bölöni presented as new head coach of Antwerp] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-06-16.
  7. ^ "STVV neemt na amper 2 speeldagen afscheid van coach Marquez Lopez" [STVV departs from coach Marquez Lopez already after two matchdays] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-08-07.
  8. ^ "De Roeck verlaat Berchem en wordt de nieuwe trainer van STVV" [De Roeck leaves Berchem and becomes new head coach of STVV] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-08-10.
  9. ^ a b "Peter Maes volgt Runar Kristinsson op bij Lokeren" [Peter Maes succeeds Runar Kristinsson at Lokeren] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-08-09.
  10. ^ a b "Wegen van Anderlecht en René Weiler scheiden" [Anderlecht and René Weiler part ways] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-09-18.
  11. ^ a b "KV Oostende ontslaat Vanderhaeghe: "Met 1 op 21 konden we niet anders"" [KV Oostende sacks Vanderhaeghe: "1 out of 21 left us no choice"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-09-19.
  12. ^ "Vanhaezebrouck en AA Gent zetten samenwerking stop: "Het doet pijn"" [Vanhaezebrouck and AA Gent end cooperation: "It hurts"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-09-27.
  13. ^ "Vanderhaeghe volgt Vanhaezebrouck op bij AA Gent: "Snel weer winnen"" [Vanderhaeghe succeeds Vanhaezebrouck at AA Gent: "Quickly win again"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-10-04.
  14. ^ a b "Vanhaezebrouck tekent contract voor 3 jaar als Anderlecht-coach" [Vanhaezebrouck signs contract for 3 years as Anderlecht-coach] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-10-03.
  15. ^ a b "KV Mechelen ontslaat coach Yannick Ferrera: "Het was op tussen trainer en spelers"" [KV Mechelen relieves coach Yannick Ferrera: "It was over between trainer and coach"] (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2017-10-23.
  16. ^ a b "Jankovic keert terug als trainer van KV Mechelen: "Hij wil iets goedmaken"" [Jankovic returns as coach of KV Mechelen: "He wants to make up for something"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-11-01.
  17. ^ a b "Claude Makélélé (ex-Chelsea en ex-Real) is de nieuwe trainer van Eupen" [Claude Makélélé (ex-Chelsea en ex-Real) is de nieuwe trainer van Eupen] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-11-06.
  18. ^ "KV Kortrijk zet de samenwerking met Anastasiou stop" [KV Kortrijk ends cooperation with Anastasiou] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-11-08.
  19. ^ "Glen De Boeck is de nieuwe coach van Kortrijk" [Glen De Boeck is the new manager of Kortrijk] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-11-08.
  20. ^ "First Division A 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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