2015–16 Belgian Pro League

113th season of top-tier football in Belgium Jupiler Pro League 2015–16 24 July 2015 – 22 May 2016 Club Brugge OH Leuven Champions League Club BruggeAnderlecht Europa League Standard LiègeGentGenk Jérémy Perbet(22 goals)Jupiler Pro League http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/ranking.html?comp=2775#competition-stats sport.be 2 December 2015 184 517 Club Brugge 7–1 Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren 1–5 OostendeZulte-Waregem 0–4 Anderlecht Club Brugge 7–1 Standard Liège 7 gamesClub Brugge 14 gamesK.A.A. Gent 8 gamesStandard Liège and Westerlo 6 gamesOH Leuven 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started in the last week of July 2015 and finished in May 2016. Gent were the defending champions. This marked the final season under the "Pro League" name, until the name was restored in 2022. A reorganization of the Belgian professional leagues ensued after the season, leading to the top league being renamed "First Division A" from the 2016–17 season. Changes from 2014–15 Structural changes Some changes have been introduced compared to the previous season, with the most significant one being the relegation rules. Instead of organizing a relegation playoff between the teams finishing in the two last positions, this season will see the last team relegated immediately, while the team placed 15th will not participate in any playoff and will remain in the renamed Belgian First Division A.STVV-Club Brugge opent nieuwe competitie op 24 juli STVV-Club Brugge to open the new season on 24 July http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2362018 sporza.be 2015-06-08 nl Several other smaller changes were introduced,Pro League behoudt halvering, koploper wel al zeker van Europa Halved points are kept by Pro League, but league leader assured of Europe http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2377577 sporza.be 2015-06-26 nl namely: The team finishing on top of the table following the regular season, will be assured at least place in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in case they drop out of the top two positions and thereby miss out on the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. They will be awarded a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, or even the Group stage in case the 2015–16 Belgian Cup winners finish in the top two. In case two or more teams finish with equal points after the Championship Playoff, the first tiebreaker will now be the finishing position during the regular season. The disciplinary record (number of yellow cards) will now be erased for all players after conclusion of the regular season. Any suspensions already obtained will be kept. In addition, during the playoffs, players will now pick up a one match ban already after three yellow cards, rather than five as during the regular season. The first two of these rules were implemented as compensation for the rule that halves the points obtained during the regular season prior to the start of the championship playoff. This rule had been subject to complaints from several teams that had been leading after the regular season in recent seasons. The third rule was introduced to prevent players from intentionally receiving yellow cards near the end of the regular season. This tactic aimed to ensure they would be suspended before the playoffs, particularly against weaker teams, allowing them to start the deciding playoffs with a clean disciplinary record. Team changes Cercle Brugge and Lierse were relegated. Cercle Brugge after losing the relegation playoff series against Lierse, while Lierse lost the promotion playoff. Sint-Truiden was promoted as 2014–15 Belgian Second Division champions. OH Leuven who won the promotion playoff and returned to the Belgian Pro League just one season after their relegation. Teams Stadiums and locations Belgium right 400 Location of the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League teams Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht bottom Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club Brugge Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Genk Belgium 51.05 3.733333 K.A.A. Gent left Belgium 50.833333 3.266667 Kortrijk left Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 Standard Liège bottom Belgium 50.883333 4.7 OH Leuven Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 51.056667 4.386667 Mechelen bottom Belgium 51.233333 2.916667 Oostende left Belgium 50.733333 3.216667 Mouscron-Péruwelz Belgium 50.833333 5.2 Sint-Truiden Belgium 51.083333 4.916667 Westerlo Belgium 51.2 4.25 W.-Beveren top Belgium 50.883333 3.416667 Zulte Waregem Club Location Venue Capacity Anderlecht Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 21,000Charleroi Charleroi Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 14,000Club Club Brugge Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,042Genk Genk Genk Cristal Arena 24,956 Gent Gent Ghent Ghelamco Arena 19,999Kortrijk Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,399Lokeren Lokeren Lokeren Daknamstadion 9,560Mechelen Mechelen Mechelen AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne 13,213Mouscron Mouscron-Péruwelz Mouscron Stade Le Canonnier 10,571Beerschot Oostende Ostend Albertpark 8,000Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leuven Den Dreef 9,493Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden Stayen 14,600Standard Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 28,278Waasland Waasland-Beveren Beveren Freethiel Stadion 8,190Westerlo Westerlo Westerlo Het Kuipje 8,035Zulte Zulte Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 9,540 Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors Anderlecht KOS Besnik Hasi BEL Silvio Proto adidas BNP Paribas Fortis Charleroi BEL Felice Mazzu ESP Francisco Martos MAPS Proximus Club Brugge BEL Michel Preud'homme BEL Timmy Simons Nike Daikin Genk BEL Peter Maes BEL Thomas Buffel Nike Beobank Gent BEL Hein Vanhaezebrouck BEL Sven Kums Jartazi VDK Spaarbank Kortrijk FRA Karim Belhocine SER Nebojša Pavlović Jako AGO Jobs & HR Lokeren BEL Georges Leekens BEL Killian Overmeire Jartazi QTeam Mechelen SER Aleksandar Janković BEL Steven De Petter Kappa Telenet Mouscron-Péruwelz BEL Glen De Boeck BEL Noë Dussenne Patrick Trba Oostende BEL Yves Vanderhaeghe CMR Sébastien Siani Joma Willems Veranda's OH Leuven BEL Emilio Ferrera FRA Romain Reynaud Vermarc Just Eat Sint-Truiden NIR Chris O'Loughlin BEL Rob Schoofs Kappa Golden Palace Standard Liège BEL Yannick Ferrera FRA Adrien Trebel Kappa BASE Waasland-Beveren BEL Stijn Vreven SER Miloš Marić Kappa Aims Tools Star Casino Westerlo BEL Bob Peeters BEL Filip Daems Saller Soudal Zulte-Waregem BEL Francky Dury SEN Mbaye Leye Patrick Record Bank Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment Waasland-Beveren BEL Guido Brepoels Contract not prolonged End of 2014–15 seasonBrepoels verlaat Waasland-Beveren na de play-offs Brepoels leaves Waasland-Beveren after the play-offs http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2297293 sporza.be 2015-04-07 nl Pre-season BEL Stijn Vreven 29 April 2015Waasland-Beveren legt lot in handen van Stijn Vreven Waasland-Beveren puts fate in hands of Stijn Vreven http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2322151 sporza.be 2015-04-29 nl Oostende BEL Frederik Vanderbiest Replaced by Vanderhaeghe End of 2014–15 seasonWegen van Vanderbiest en KV Oostende scheiden Vanderbiest and KV Oostende part ways http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2322067 sporza.be 2015-04-29 nl BEL Yves Vanderhaeghe 11 May 2015 Genk SCO Alex McLeish Resigned End of 2014–15 season McLeish: "Ik stop eind dit seizoen bij Genk" McLeish:"I leave Genk at the end of the season" http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2289215 sporza.be 2015-03-31 nl BEL Peter Maes 26 May 2015 Racing Genk heeft coach Peter Maes te pakken Racing Genk snatches coach Peter Maes http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2351197 sporza.be 2015-05-26 nl Kortrijk BEL Yves Vanderhaeghe Signed by Oostende End of 2014–15 seasonVanderhaeghe neemt afscheid van Kortrijk en gaat naar Oostende Vanderhaeghe says goodbye to Kortrijk and moves to Oostende http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2336258 sporza.be 2015-05-11 nl BEL Johan Walem 29 May 2015 Walem wordt coach van Kortrijk, niet van Moeskroen Walem becomes coach of Kortrijk instead of Mouscron http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2354667 sporza.be 2015-05-29 nl Lokeren BEL Peter Maes Signed by Genk End of 2014–15 season BEL Bob Peeters 3 June 2015 Bob Peeters is the successor of Maes at Lokeren Bob Peeters is de opvolger van Maes bij Lokeren http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2358537 sporza.be 2015-06-03 nl Mouscron-Péruwelz FRA Fernando Da Cruz Contract not prolonged End of 2014–15 seasonThis time Mouscron is sure: Janevski to become coach Deze keer is Moeskroen zeker: Janevski trainer http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2359366 sporza.be 2015-06-04 nl MKD Čedomir Janevski 4 June 2015 Standard Liège BEL José Riga Resigned End of 2014–15 seasonJosé Riga vertrekt als coach bij Standard José Riga parts as coach of Standard http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2349807 sporza.be 2015-05-24 nl SRB Slavoljub Muslin 5 June 2015Muslin: "Standard zal offensief voetbal brengen" Muslin: "Standard will play attacking football" http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2360129 sporza.be 2015-06-05 nl Standard Liège SRB Slavoljub Muslin Sacked 28 August 2015Standard gooit Slavoljub Muslin al op straat Standard already sacks Slavoljub Muslin http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2426096 sporza.be 2015-08-28 nl 8th BEL Éric Deflandre (caretaker) 28 August 2015 Standard Liège BEL Éric Deflandre (caretaker) Caretaker replaced 7 September 2015Coach Yannick Ferrera verlaat STVV voor Standard Coach Yannick Ferrera leaves STVV for Standard http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2435068 sporza.be 2015-08-28 nl 11th BEL Yannick Ferrera 7 September 2015 Sint-Truiden BEL Yannick Ferrera Signed by Standard Liège 7 September 2015 5th NIR Chris O'Loughlin 8 September 2015Assistent O'Loughlin coacht STVV, Benni McCarthy wordt T2 Assistant O'Loughlin becomes head coach at STVV, Benni McCarthy becomes assistant http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2435543 sporza.be 2015-08-28 nl Lokeren BEL Bob Peeters Sacked 24 October 2015Lambrecht stuurt Bob Peeters verrassend de laan uit Lambrecht sacks Bob Peeters by surprise http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2478088 sporza.be 2015-10-25 nl 14th BEL Georges Leekens 25 October 2015Lambrecht stelt Leekens voor: "Beslissing trainerswissel viel al na OHL" Lambrecht presents Leekens: "Decision to change manager was already made after loss to OHL" http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2478102 sporza.be 2015-10-25 nl OH Leuven BEL Jacky Mathijssen Sacked 24 November 2015OH Leuven breekt met coach Jacky Mathijssen OH Leuven terminates deal with manager Jacky Mathijssen http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2505157 sporza.be 2015-11-24 nl 15th BEL Emilio Ferrera 26 November 2015Emilio Ferrera is de nieuwe trainer van OH Leuven Emilio Ferrera appointed new manager at OH Leuven http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2507385 sporza.be 2015-10-26 nl Westerlo NED Harm van Veldhoven Sacked 25 November 2015Westerlo schuift Harm van Veldhoven aan de kant: "Weinig sympathiek" Westerlo pushes Harm van Veldhoven a side: "Not very sympathetic" http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2506206 sporza.be 2015-11-25 nl 16th BEL Bob Peeters 26 November 2015Bob Peeters is de nieuwe trainer van Westerlo Bob Peeters appointed new manager at Westerlo http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2507085 sporza.be 2015-10-26 nl Mouscron-Péruwelz MKD Čedomir Janevski Sacked 19 January 2016Moeskroen-Péruwelz zet trainer Janevski op straat Mouscron-Péruwelz sacks coach Janevski http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2550668 sporza.be 2016-01-19 nl 15th BEL Glen De Boeck 20 January 2016Glen De Boeck is de nieuwe coach van Moeskroen: "Ja, we zullen ons redden" Glen De Boeck is the new head coach at Moeskroen: "Yes, we will save ourselves" http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2551330 sporza.be 2016-01-20 nl Kortrijk BEL Johan Walem Sacked 8 February 2016KV Kortrijk stuurt Johan Walem de laan uit KV Kortrijk kicks Johan Walem to the curb http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2568139 sporza.be 2016-02-08 nl 9th FRA Karim Belhocine 8 February 2016 Kortrijk FRA Karim Belhocine Becomes technical director 1 April 2016Kortrijk neemt Patrick De Wilde (ex-OHL) in dienst als hoofdcoach Kortrijk hires Patrick De Wilde (ex-OHL) as new manager http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2616730 sporza.be 2016-04-01 nl 9th BEL Patrick De Wilde 1 April 2016 Regular season League table main WDL Regular season Belgian Pro League, Soccerway CLU GNT AND OOS GNK ZWA STA CHA KVK KVM LOK W-B STR RMP WES OHL CHPO CHPO CHPO CHPO CHPO CHPO EUPO EUPO EUPO EUPO EUPO EUPO EUPO EUPO REL complete 15 10 5 51 29 10 9 11 36 39 21 1 8 64 30 14 6 10 42 30 17 9 4 56 29 10 9 11 31 35 8 10 12 35 40 10 7 13 48 50 7 9 14 39 51 7 8 15 42 53 14 7 9 55 44 8 6 16 28 47 12 5 13 41 51 9 6 15 40 57 7 9 14 35 59 12 7 11 51 50 R Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz OH Leuven Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem 5 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=11676&view=rules Pro League 2015/2016 - Season rules Scoresway 31 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032429/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=11676&view=rules 26 February 2018 dead QR green1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs blue1 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs red1 Relegation to First Division B 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 16, the matches Lokeren - Anderlecht and Mouscron-Péruwelz - Charleroi were postponed due to increased safety measures following the November 2015 Paris attacks.Lokeren - Anderlecht postponed, sunday match between Mouscron-Péruwelz - Charleroi also cancelled http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2502081 sporza.be nl 2015-11-22 These matches were played on 22 and 23 December, between matchdays 20 and 21.Lokeren-Anderlecht wordt op woensdag 23 december gespeeld Lokeren-Anderlecht will be played on wednesday 23 december http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2512023 sporza.be nl 2015-12-01 table Club Brugge 11/ 6/ 7/ 3/ 6/ 3/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Gent 8/ 5/ 6/ 2/ 4/ 8/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2 Anderlecht 4/ 1/ 1/ 6/ 3/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3 Oostende 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Genk 1/ 8/ 9/ 4/ 9/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 7/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 6/ 6/ 9/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5 Zulte Waregem 1/ 7/ 8/11/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 6 Standard Liège 11/10/ 4/ 7/ 8/11/13/15/15/15/16/15/11/13/11/12/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 7 Charleroi 5/ 4/ 5/10/10/13/14/13/ 9/ 8/ 9/10/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 9/10/13/10/11/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 9/ 8 Kortrijk 5/10/11/13/14/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8/10/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 8/12/13/10/10/10/10/10/ 9/ 8/ 9 Mechelen 14/16/13/15/11/10/11/12/14/13/12/12/13/11/13/11/13/11/12/13/10/11/11/11/12/ 9/ 9/10/10/10 Lokeren 14/13/14/ 9/13/14/10/10/12/14/15/14/15/12/12/13/12/10/11/12/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/11/12/11/12/12/11 Waasland-Beveren 10/ 9/12/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/10/ 9/10/ 8/10/10/10/10/11/12/13/10/13/12/13/13/13/13/13/11/11/12 Sint-Truiden 5/ 3/ 3/ 5/ 2/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/11/10/12/12/ 9/11/12/13/14/13 Mouscron-Péruwelz 11/14/16/16/16/16/16/11/11/11/13/11/12/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/15/15/15/15/16/14/15/13/14 Westerlo 8/12/10/12/12/15/15/16/16/16/14/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/14/15/16/16/15 OH Leuven 14/15/15/14/15/12/12/14/13/12/11/13/14/15/15/15/15/15/15/15/15/14/14/14/14/15/16/14/15/16 green1 blue1 red1 soccerassociation.com March 2016 Results main FBR grey AND CHA BRU GNK GNT KVK OHL LOK KVM MOU KVO STV STA WBE WES ZWA Anderlecht 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–2 2–1 3–0 Charleroi 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–3 0–0 3–0 Club Brugge 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 7–1 5–1 6–0 3–0 Genk 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–4 4–1 3–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 2–1 Gent 2–0 1–3 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 5–0 2–2 Kortrijk 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 OH Leuven 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 2–3 Lokeren 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 Mechelen 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 3–4 Mouscron-Péruwelz 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 Oostende 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 5–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–3 1–2 4–1 3–3 2–1 0–2 Sint-Truiden 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 Standard Liège 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 Waasland-Beveren 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 3–3 1–5 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 Westerlo 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 Zulte Waregem 0–4 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 2–1 4–2 The matches Lokeren - Anderlecht (21 November) and Mouscron-Péruwelz - Charleroi (22 November) were postponed due to increased safety measures following the November 2015 Paris attacks. These matches were rescheduled to 22 and 23 December. LOK_AND Belgian Pro League 13 March 2016 Championship play-offs The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Club Brugge 32 points, Gent 30, Anderlecht 28, Oostende 25, Genk 24 and Zulte Waregem 22. Play-off table main WDL Championship play-offs Belgian Pro League, Soccerway true 110 CLU AND GNT GNK OOS ZWA CLGS CL3Q EL3Q EUPO complete 6 1 3 15 16 7 1 2 25 9 5 1 4 20 13 3 3 4 10 15 3 2 5 14 19 1 2 7 11 23 C O 28 32 24 30 25 22 Anderlecht Club Brugge Genk Gent Oostende Zulte Waregem 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 5–0 5–2 4–2 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–2 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off. Q green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round blue2 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round yellow1 Qualification for the play-off final Positions by round Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given. table y br 0 Initial Club Brugge 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Anderlecht 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2 Gent 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3 Genk 5/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Oostende 4/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5 Zulte Waregem 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6 1st green1 blue1 blue3 Soccerway May 2016 Europa League play-offs Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finish in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 are placed in Group B. Group A main WDL Europa League play-offs Group A Belgian Pro League, Soccerway true KVK STA RMP W-B EUPO ELGS complete 4 2 0 13 5 1 2 3 5 8 3 1 2 8 5 1 1 4 3 11 Kortrijk Mouscron-Péruwelz Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off. Q yellow2 Qualification for the play-off semi finals blue1 Qualification for the Europa League group stage Standard Liège qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Belgian Cup. Group B main WDL Europa League play-offs Group B Belgian Pro League, Soccerway true CHA LOK KVM STR EUPO complete 3 2 1 13 6 3 2 1 12 7 2 1 3 7 14 0 3 3 4 9 Charleroi Lokeren Mechelen Sint-Truiden 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off. Q yellow2 Qualification for the play-off semi finals Play off Semi finals The winners of both playoff groups compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs, called 2015–16 Belgian Pro League#Play off final. The winner of this Testmatch was granted an entry to the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. 2016 5 13 y 20:30 Charleroi 1–0 Report Kortrijk Perbet 90 Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi 7,038 Alexandre Boucaut 2016 5 21 y 20:00 Kortrijk 1–2 Report Charleroi Sarr 74 Perbet 53Baby 90+4 Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk 7,100 Serge Gumienny Charleroi won 3–1 on aggregate. Play off final The matches were played over two legs between the Europa League play-off final winners and the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs. The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. 2016 5 26 y 20:30 Charleroi 2–0 Report Genk Baby 43Perbet 50 Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi 8,733 Erik Lambrechts 2016 5 29 y 14:30 Genk 5–1 Report Charleroi Karelis 20 pen. 56 71Samatta 27Walsh 45+3 Perbet 40 Cristal Arena, Genk 14,635 Wim Smet Genk won 5–3 on aggregate. Season statistics Top scorers matches played on 7 May 2016.http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2775&stat=41 Topscorer Sport.be 2016-04-16 nl dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160318103727/http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2775&stat=41 2016-03-18 Rank Player Club Goals1FRA Jérémy PerbetCharleroi202SEN Mbaye LeyeZulte Waregem183ALG Sofiane HanniMechelen174ITA Stefano OkakaAnderlecht145CIV CyriacOostende13BEL Laurent DepoitreGentMLI Abdoulay DiabyClub BruggeBEN Frédéric GounongbeWesterloBEL Sven KumsGentBEL Jelle VossenClub Brugge Top assists matches played on 8 April 2016.http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2775&stat=298 Pro Assist Sport.be 2016-03-03 nl dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160318105421/http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2775&stat=298 2016-03-18 RankPlayerClubAssists1TUR Onur KayaZulte Waregem122TOG Mathieu DosseviStandard Liège103FRA Thibault MoulinWaasland-Beveren94JAM Leon BaileyGenk7ALG Sofiane HanniMechelenSUI Danijel MilićevićGentRSA Ayanda PatosiLokeren8FRA Franck BerrierOostende6BEL Steven DefourAnderlechtFRA Anthony KnockaertStandard LiègeBEL Jordan LukakuOostendeBEL Tim MatthysMechelenBEL Dennis PraetAnderlechtBEL Jordan RemacleOH LeuvenFRA Clément TainmontCharleroiBEL Leandro TrossardOH Leuven Multiple goals in one match Key3Player scored three goals, completing a hat-trick.4Player scored four goals.*The home team Player For Against Goals Match Result Date BEL Igor de Camargo Genk* OH Leuven 26' (1–0), 81' (3–1) 3–1 25 July 2015 LUX Maxime Chanot Kortrijk* Standard Liège 40' (1–0), 64' (2–1) 2–1 25 July 2015 MKD Jovan Kostovski OH Leuven Westerlo* 21' (0–1), 78' (3–2) 3–2 8 August 2015 ZIM Knowledge Musona Oostende* Anderlecht 3' (1–0), 89' (3–1, pen.) 3–1 16 August 2015 FRA Steeven Langil Waasland-Beveren* Mouscron-Péruwelz 6' (1–0), 90+2' (3–3) 3–3 22 August 2015 BEL Laurent Depoitre Gent* Mechelen 49' (1–1), 90+3' (2–2) 2–2 29 August 2015 BEL Christophe Lepoint Zulte Waregem Oostende* 42' (0–1), 68' (0–2) 0–2 29 August 2015 MLI Abdoulay Diaby 4 Club Brugge* Standard Liège 8' (1–0), 37' (4–1), 77' (6–1), 90+1' (7–1) 7–1 30 August 2015 CIV Cyriac 3 Oostende Waasland-Beveren* 34' (0–2, pen.), 48' (0–3), 52' (0–4) 1–5 12 September 2015 BEL Thomas Matton Gent* Standard Liège 62' (3–1), 90' (4–1) 4–1 20 September 2015 BEL Tuur Dierckx Club Brugge* Waasland-Beveren 40' (1–0), 46' (3–0) 5–1 20 September 2015 SEN Mbaye Leye Zulte Waregem* Westerlo 42' (2–1), 49' (3–1, pen.) 4–2 25 September 2015 BEL Sven Kums 3 Gent* Club Brugge 15' (1–0, pen.), 51' (2–0, pen.), 62' (3–0) 4–1 4 October 2015 BEL Benjamin De Ceulaer Westerlo Standard Liège* 9' (0–1), 44' (0–2) 1–2 17 October 2015 FRA Yohan Croizet OH Leuven Lokeren* 3' (0–1), 73' (0–2) 1–2 17 October 2015 ITA Stefano Okaka Anderlecht Zulte Waregem* 14' (0–1), 52' (0–3) 0–4 18 October 2015 ALG Sofiane Hanni Mechelen* Zulte Waregem 35' (2–1), 66' (3–3) 3–4 24 October 2015 SEN Mame Thiam Zulte Waregem Mechelen* 16' (1–1), 70' (3–4) 3–4 24 October 2015 FRA Yohan Boli Sint-Truiden* Kortrijk 48' (1–1), 52' (2–1) 2–1 25 October 2015 BRA Fernando Canesin Oostende* Genk 27' (1–0), 35' (2–0) 3–2 27 October 2015 MLI Abdoulay Diaby Club Brugge* OH Leuven 41' (1–0), 69' (2–0) 2–0 28 October 2015 HON Andy Najar Anderlecht* Mouscron-Péruwelz 51' (1–0), 90+3' (2–0) 2–0 1 November 2015 BEN Frédéric Gounongbe Westerlo Waasland-Beveren* 43' (0–1), 58' (0–2) 2–2 7 November 2015 FRA Jérémy Perbet Charleroi Gent* 23' (0–1), 61' (1–3) 1–3 8 November 2015 BEL Sven Kums Gent* Westerlo 68' (4–0, pen.), 77' (5–0) 5–0 20 November 2015 GUI Idrissa Sylla Anderlecht* OH Leuven 39' (2–1), 68' (3–2) 3–2 29 November 2015 BEL Jelle Vossen Club Brugge Mechelen* 66' (1–1), 73' (1–2) 1–4 29 November 2015 MKD Jovan Kostovski OH Leuven* Westerlo 9' (1–0), 24' (2–0) 5–1 5 December 2015 SRB Marko Šćepović Mouscron-Péruwelz Kortrijk* 15' (0–1), 84' (1–3) 1–3 12 December 2015 BEN Frédéric Gounongbe Westerlo* Charleroi 41' (1–1), 70' (2–1, pen.) 2–1 19 December 2015 BEL Dennis Praet Anderlecht Club Brugge* 35' (0–2), 90+3' (1–4) 1–4 20 December 2015 ZIM Knowledge Musona Oostende* Standard Liège 31' (2–1), 50' (3–1) 4–1 20 December 2015 BEL Laurent Depoitre Gent* Anderlecht 10' (1–0), 89' (2–0) 2–0 17 January 2016 CRO Ivan Santini Standard Liège Lokeren* 56' (0–1), 65' (0–2) 0–2 17 January 2016 BEL Siebe Schrijvers Waasland-Beveren Oostende* 7' (0–1), 17' (1–2) 3–3 17 January 2016 ISR Lior Refaelov Club Brugge* Lokeren 12' (1–1), 28' (2–1) 2–1 31 January 2016 GHA Frank Acheampong Anderlecht Mechelen* 18' (1–1), 70' (1–2) 2–2 5 February 2016 GER Nick Proschwitz Sint-Truiden Standard Liège* 43' (1–1), 60' (1–2) 1–2 7 February 2016 GRE Nikos Karelis Genk* Waasland-Beveren 9' (1–0), 26' (2–1, pen.) 6–1 13 February 2016 BEL Hans Vanaken Club Brugge* Westerlo 25' (2–0), 71' (4–0) 6–0 19 February 2016 GRE Thanasis Papazoglou Kortrijk* Sint-Truiden 17' (1–0), 51' (3–0) 3–0 20 February 2016 TUN Anice Badri Mouscron-Péruwelz* OH Leuven 88' (2–1), 90+3' (3–1) 3–1 20 February 2016 BEL Michiel Jonckheere Oostende* Gent 13' (1–1), 54' (4–2) 5–2 21 February 2016 ENG John Bostock OH Leuven* Oostende 27' (1–0, pen.), 56' (3–0) 4–1 27 February 2016 FRA Yohan Croizet OH Leuven* Oostende 29' (2–0), 59' (4–0) 4–1 27 February 2016 FRA Thibault Moulin Waasland-Beveren Charleroi* 48' (1–1, pen.), 90+3' (2–3, pen.) 2–3 28 February 2016 CIV Cyriac Oostende* Charleroi 77' (1–1), 83' (2–1, pen.) 2–1 5 March 2016 FRA Nicolas Verdier Mechelen* Standard Liège 15' (2–0), 42' (3–0) 4–0 13 March 2016 ALG Sofiane Hanni Mechelen* Standard Liège 12' (1–0), 78' (4–0) 4–0 13 March 2016 ALG Sofiane Hanni Mechelen* Charleroi 77' (1–3), 85' (2–3, pen.) 2–3 16 April 2016 BEL Jelle Vossen Club Brugge* Zulte Waregem 75' (4–0), 86' (5–0) 5–0 23 April 2016 DRC Hervé Kage Kortrijk* Waasland-Beveren 28' (2–0), 37' (4–0, pen.) 5–0 23 April 2016 FRA Jérémy Perbet Charleroi* Mechelen 25' (2–0), 81' (4–0) 4–0 23 April 2016 BEL Yassine El Ghanassy Oostende* Anderlecht 45+1' (3–0), 81' (4–1) 4–2 24 April 2016 TUN Hamdi Harbaoui Lokeren Charleroi* 6' (0–1), 8' (0–2) 2–2 29 April 2016 FRA Jérémy Perbet Charleroi* Lokeren 12' (1–2), 90+4' (2–2) 2–2 29 April 2016 DRC Hervé Kage Kortrijk Mouscron-Péruwelz* 52' (1–1), 73' (1–2) 2–3 7 May 2016 FRA Julian Michel Mouscron-Péruwelz* Kortrijk 4' (1–0), 83' (2–2) 2–3 7 May 2016 TUN Hamdi Harbaoui 4 Lokeren* Mechelen 25' (1–0), 53' (3–0), 73' (4–1), 83' (5–1) 5–1 7 May 2016 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel16.htm Attendances Belgium average European-football-statistics.co.uk August 25, 2026 No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Club Brugge 26,129 0,5% 28,000 2 Standard de Liège 22,443 -8,6% 27,750 3 Anderlecht 20,118 -3,9% 21,500 4 Gent 19,911 7,8% 20,050 5 Genk 17,276 -0,8% 20,969 6 Mechelen 9,963 4,9% 12,000 7 STVV 8,910 36,9% 12,500 8 Charleroi 8,863 -3,4% 14,950 9 Zulte Waregem 8,616 2,5% 9,550 10 Lokeren 8,104 0,1% 10,700 11 Kortrijk 7,637 -4,1% 9,200 12 OH Leuven 7,173 36,3% 8,350 13 Westerlo 6,433 7,7% 8,000 14 Oostende 6,297 4,6% 7,450 15 Waasland-Beveren 5,031 -3,2% 7,900 16 Mouscron 3,283 -11,5% 7,500 Notes nb References 3 Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian Pro League 1