1985–86 Belgian First Division

83rd season of top-tier football in Belgium Belgian First Division 1985–86 1984–85 1986–87 Statistics of Belgian League in season 1985–86. Overview Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1985–86 Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 AnderlechtRWDM bottom Belgium 51.2247 4.4625 Antwerp right Belgium 51.283333 4.416667 Beerschot right Belgium 51.2 4.25 Beveren left Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club BruggeCercle Brugge left Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi right Belgium 51.05 3.733333 AA Gent left Belgium 50.833333 3.266667 Kortrijk left Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 RFC LiègeStandard right Belgium 51.116667 4.583333 Lierse right Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 51.056667 4.386667 KV Mechelen bottom Belgium 50.583333 5.5 Seraing left Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Waterschei bottom Belgium 50.883333 3.416667 Waregem right It was performed by 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship, while K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk & Lierse S.K. were relegated.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belghist.html Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Ploquin Phil Nackaerts Luc Coolsaet Jeroen 17 December 2018 The top two teams, Anderlecht and Club Brugge, finished level on points (though Anderlecht had a superior goal difference) and it was decided that a two-legged championship playoff would take place – a situation which had not occurred in Belgian football since 1928–29. Both of these 'test matches' were drawn: 1–1 in Brussels and 2–2 in Bruges, with Anderlecht coming back from two goals behind and holding off a late onslaught from the opposition to claim the title on the away goals rule.https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/2d2ah081 Reconstructie van de memorabele testmatchen van 1986 Reconstruction of the memorable test matches of 1986 Nieuwsblad Marc Reunes nl 19 May 2009 12 April 2024 League standings main WDL QR y 2 AND R.S.C. Anderlecht BRU Club Brugge K.V. STA Standard Liège GNT K.A.A. Gent BEV K.S.K. Beveren LIÈ R.F.C. de Liège BEE K. Beerschot V.A.C. WAR K.S.V. Waregem ANT Royal Antwerp FC CBR Cercle Brugge K.S.V. MEC KV Mechelen CHA R. Charleroi S.C. MOL R.W.D. Molenbeek LOK K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen KOR K.V. Kortrijk SER RFC Sérésien WTG K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk LIE Lierse S.K. 22 8 4 84 33 22 8 4 78 34 15 12 7 57 29 15 11 8 51 38 15 10 9 51 37 15 9 10 43 35 12 13 9 43 44 14 7 13 49 38 11 13 10 38 43 12 10 12 55 47 7 17 10 35 46 11 6 17 41 63 9 9 16 36 57 9 8 17 45 68 8 9 17 40 52 6 13 15 23 39 6 10 18 23 56 5 11 18 34 67 #b0ee90 Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup EC #f0e68c Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup ECWC #97deff Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup UC UC UC #ffb0b0 Relegated to Division II R R complete Results main FBR grey AND ANT BEE BEV CER CLU CHA GNT KOR FCL LIE LOK MEC MOL SER STA WAR WTG Anderlecht 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 7–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 Antwerp 0–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–4 2–0 Beerschot 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 3–1 Beveren 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 Cercle Brugge 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 7–2 4–2 Club Brugge 3–3 2–0 4–0 6–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 5–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 Charleroi 2–6 4–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 Gent 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–4 3–1 2–0 Kortrijk 2–2 2–2 4–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 Liége 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 Lierse 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–6 0–3 0–3 0–1 3–1 5–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 Lokeren 3–5 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 3–0 Mechelen 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–5 4–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 Molenbeek 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Seraing 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 Standard Liège 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 8–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 Waregem 0–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–0 Waterschei Thor 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 complete Topscorers ScorerGoalsTeamBEL Erwin Vandenbergh27AnderlechtBEL Didier Beugnies 22CharleroiFRA Jean-Pierre Papin21Club BruggeBEL Daniel Veyt17WaregemBEL Marc Degryse16Club BruggeBEL Alexandre Czerniatynski16Standard LiègeBEL Jan Ceulemans13Club BruggeBEL Harry Cnops13Royal Antwerp Championship play-off 30 April 1986 Anderlecht 1–1 Club Brugge Vercauteren 15 Beyens 64 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Jean-François Crucke 27,000 6 May 1986 Club Brugge 2–2 Anderlecht Papin 14Wellens 32 Vandereycken 63Demol 75Vandereycken Olympiastadion, Bruges Frans Van Den Wijngaert] 29,000 Anderlecht wins on away goals. Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel86.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 2, 2026 No. Club Average 1 Anderlecht 16,147 2 Standard 14,118 3 Club Brugge 14,029 4 Charleroi 13,176 5 Liège 8,765 6 Beerschot 7,735 7 Gent 7,500 8 RWDM 6,912 9 Beveren 6,906 10 Lokeren 6,500 11 Waregem 6,324 12 Mechelen 5,982 13 Kortrijk 5,618 14 Waterschei 5,147 15 Antwerp 5,059 16 Lierse 4,853 17 Cercle 4,559 18 Sérésien 4,176 See also R.S.C. Anderlecht–Club Brugge KV rivalry References Association football Belgium Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1 Category:Long stubs with short prose