1987–88 Belgian First Division

85th season of top-tier football in Belgium November 2025 Belgian First Division 1987–88 Club Brugge K.V. KAA Gent Racing Jet de Bruxelles Francis Severeyns (Royal Antwerp FC) 1986–87 1988–89 Statistics of Belgian League in season 1987–88. Overview Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1987–88 Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 AnderlechtMolenbeekRacing Jet de Bruxelles bottom Belgium 51.2247 4.4625 Antwerp right Belgium 51.283333 4.416667 Beerschot right Belgium 51.2 4.25 Beveren bottom Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club BruggeCercle Brugge bottom Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi bottom Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Winterslag bottom Belgium 51.05 3.733333 Gent bottom Belgium 50.833333 3.266667 Kortrijk left Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 RFC LiègeStandard right Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 51.056667 4.386667 Mechelen right Belgium 50.833333 5.2 Sint-Truiden bottom Belgium 50.883333 3.416667 Waregem right It was contested by 18 teams. Club Brugge K.V. won the championship with 51 pts, KV Mechelen came a close second with 49, and Royal Antwerp FC came third, also with 49 pts.Oliver Guy The Guinness record of world soccer : the history of the game in over 150 countries 1992 Guinness Enfield 978-0-85112-954-9 192 https://archive.org/details/guinnessrecordof0000oliv/page/192/mode/2up 24 November 2025 K.A.A. Gent & Racing Jet de Bruxelles were relegated. League standings main WDL QR y 2 BRU Club Brugge K.V. MEC KV Mechelen ANT Royal Antwerp FC AND R.S.C. Anderlecht LIÈ R.F.C. de Liège WAR K.S.V. Waregem CBR Cercle Brugge K.S.V. CHA R. Charleroi S.C. KOR K.V. Kortrijk STA Standard Liège STR Sint-Truidense V.V. MOL R.W.D. Molenbeek BEE K. Beerschot V.A.C. BEV K.S.K. Beveren GNK KFC Winterslag LOK K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen GNT K.A.A. Gent JET Racing Jet de Bruxelles 23 5 6 74 34 21 7 6 50 24 20 9 5 75 40 18 9 7 64 27 14 16 4 52 28 16 7 11 50 43 12 9 13 48 45 11 10 13 39 48 11 9 14 40 54 11 8 15 46 51 10 9 15 30 39 8 12 14 33 48 10 7 17 39 49 8 11 15 36 38 10 6 18 32 74 9 8 17 42 47 8 9 17 34 60 7 7 20 21 56 #b0ee90 Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup EC #f0e68c Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup KV Mechelen qualified as 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup holders. ECWC #97deff Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup UC UC UC #f0e68c Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup ECWCb #ffb0b0 Relegated to Division II R R complete Rothmans Football yearbook. 1988-89 1988 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-356-15879-2 829 https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_c5r2/page/828/mode/2up 24 November 2025 Results main FBR grey AND ANT BEE BEV CER CLU RJB CHA GNT KOR FCL LOK MAL MOL STV STA WAR WIN Anderlecht 6–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 5–1 4–0 Antwerp 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–0 7–2 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 Beerschot 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 6–2 1–0 4–1 Beveren 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–2 5–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 Cercle Brugge 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 4–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 Club Brugge 2–1 2–2 2–4 2–0 4–3 3–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 RJ Bruxelles 1–4 2–5 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 Charleroi 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–2 Gent 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 4–2 Kortrijk 1–1 2–4 3–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–5 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 Liége 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 Lokeren 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 8–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 6–0 Mechelen 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–4 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 Molenbeek 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 5–0 0–4 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 Sint-Truiden 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 Standard Liège 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–4 2–0 1–2 Waregem 0–3 1–2 3–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 5–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 5–0 Winterslag 0–3 1–5 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–6 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 complete Topscorers ScorerGoalsTeamBEL Francis Severeyns24Royal Antwerp F.C.BEL Marc Degryse22Club Brugge K.V.YUG Nebojša Malbaša21R.F.C. de LiègeAUT Richard Niederbacher18K.S.V. WaregemDEN Kenneth Brylle Larsen17Club Brugge K.V.NED Piet den Boer16KV MechelenBEL Marc Van Der Linden14Royal Antwerp F.C.BEL Alexandre Czerniatynski14Standard LiègeBEL Luc Nilis14R.S.C. Anderlecht Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel88.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk No. Club Average 1 Anderlecht 16,471 2 Club Brugge 15,618 3 Charleroi 14,412 4 Antwerp 14,088 5 STVV 11,676 6 Liège 9,794 7 Standard 9,106 8 Mechelen 7,962 9 Gent 7,224 10 Beveren 6,647 11 Beerschot 6,500 12 Waregem 6,500 13 RWDM 6,029 14 Winterslag 5,941 15 Lokeren 5,794 16 Cercle Brugge 5,059 17 Kortrijk 4,941 18 Racing Jet 2,168 References Association football Belgium Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1 Category:Long stubs with short prose