2012–13 Belgian Pro League

110th season of top-tier football in Belgium February 2022 Jupiler Pro League 2012–13 Anderlecht Beerschot Champions League AnderlechtZulte Waregem Europa League GenkClub BruggeStandard Liège Carlos Bacca(25 goals) 302 880 Standard 7–0 Gent Beerschot 1–7 Club Brugge Charleroi 2–6 Standard LiègeWaasland-Beveren 2–6 Club BruggeBeerschot 1–7 Club BruggeOH Leuven 2–6 Lokeren 11 matcheshttp://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=225 Jupiler Pro League 13 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130103232344/http://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=225 3 January 2013 dead Anderlecht 17 matcheshttp://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=228 Jupiler Pro League 13 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130104072805/http://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=228 4 January 2013 dead Zulte Waregem 14 matcheshttp://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=227 Jupiler Pro League 13 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130103215939/http://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=227 3 January 2013 dead BeerschotCercle Brugge 9 matcheshttps://archive.today/20130104102854/http://sport.be.msn.com/nl/jupilerproleague/statistic.html?comp=2639&stat=226 Jupiler Pro LeagueCercle Brugge 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 28 July 2012 with the first match of the regular season between Kortrijk and defending champions Anderlecht,Kortrijk-Anderlecht opens new competition http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1327755 sporza.be 2012-06-11 nl and ended on 26 May 2013, which was the return leg of the European playoff. During the regular season, Club Brugge took the early lead but then started struggling, eventually leading to the sacking of head coach Georges Leekens when they dropped out of the top 6 in November. Anderlecht and overachievers Zulte Waregem took over the top two positions and comfortably held these until the playoffs. The title playoffs started with Anderlecht on 34 points and Zulte Waregem just behind them on 32. Due to the division of the points by two, they held a smaller lead over Genk (28 points), Club Brugge (27), Lokeren (26) and Standard (25). To the surprise of many, Zulte Waregem took the lead about halfway through the playoffs and with Anderlecht not performing well and suffering a penalty kick trauma (missing no less than 10 penalty kicks over the course of the season and going out on penalties to Genk in the Belgian Cup), both Genk, Club Brugge and Standard Liège rapidly close the gap. Anderlecht managed to overtake Zulte Waregem again and went into the final match on 19 May 2013, at home against Zulte Waregem, with a two-point lead. Anderlecht equalized after going down 0-1 and under pressure managed to hold on, even though losing Cheikhou Kouyaté due to a red card. With that, Anderlecht won its 32nd title.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130519/anderlecht-wins-belgian-league-title.ap/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140203094810/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130519/anderlecht-wins-belgian-league-title.ap/ dead 3 February 2014 Anderlecht wins Belgian league title 19 May 2013 Sports Illustrated 25 July 2013 https://www.uefa.com/news/0257-0def299b8f1a-6a0bbc9b072e-1000--anderlecht-hold-off-zulte-waregem-to-seal-title/ Anderlecht hold off Zulte Waregem to seal title 19 May 2013 UEFA 25 July 2013 The draw allowed Zulte Waregem to remain just in front of Club Brugge, thereby gaining access to the Champions League. Club Brugge and Genk qualified for the Europa League, due to finishing 3rd and winning the Cup respectively. The Europa League playoff groups were won by Gent and Oud-Heverlee Leuven, with Gent easily beating OH Leuven for the overall win. Gent had played a disappointing season, initially aiming for the top 6 but eventually finishing 12th. By winning the Europa League playoff, they won the right to play against Standard Liège for the final Europa League ticket. Gent won the first match 1-0 but lost the return 7–0, allowing Standard to take the last European ticket. In the bottom end of the table, Cercle Brugge faced a miserable season after finishing 7th the previous season, as now only three wins and five draws out of thirty matches caused them to end in last place. Lierse narrowly held of Beerschot, causing Cercle Brugge and Beerschot to play the relegation playoff. Beerschot initially extended their lead, but Cercle Brugge came back and on 20 April 2013, a 2–1 win by Cercle caused Beerschot to be relegated. Beerschot had been playing in the top division since 1989–90, initially as Germinal Ekeren, then as Germinal Beerschot. A few days after the relegation it was announced that Beerschot was in severe financial trouble and was not given a license for professional football. On 21 May, Beerschot was officially declared bankrupt and dissolved as a whole. Cercle Brugge on the other hand, had to play the Belgian Second Division final round with second division teams Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe. On 23 May 2013, Cercle Brugge became the first team succeeding in avoiding relegation after playing the relegation playoff, since the installation of the playoffs system in 2009–10. Teams Following the 2011–12 Belgian Pro League, Sint-Truiden were relegated to the 2012–13 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against Westerlo, ending a three-season tenure in the league. Sint-Truiden were replaced by 2011–12 Second Division champions Charleroi, who made their immediate comeback to the highest Belgian football league. In the 2012 Belgian Second Division final round, Westerlo faced Second Division teams Eupen, Oostende and Waasland-Beveren. On 17 May 2012, Westerlo were relegated after a 0–0 draw away to Oostende. Also in Oostende, Waasland-Beveren secured the promotion one week later after a 1–1 draw. Stadia and locations Belgium right 400 Location of the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League teams Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht bottom Belgium 51.216667 4.4 Beerschot Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Cercle Brugge left Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club Brugge Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Genk Belgium 51.05 3.733333 Gent left Belgium 50.833333 3.266667 Kortrijk left Belgium 50.883333 4.7 OH Leuven Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 Standard Liège bottom Belgium 51.116667 4.583333 Lierse right Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 51.056667 4.386667 Mechelen bottom Belgium 50.45 3.95 Mons right Belgium 50.883333 3.416667 Zulte Waregem Belgium 51.2 4.25 W.-Beveren top Club Location Venue Capacity Anderlecht R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 21,000Beerschot Beerschot A.C. Antwerp Olympisch Stadion 13,132Cercle Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,945Charleroi R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 25,000Club Club Brugge KV Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,945Genk K.R.C. Genk Genk Cristal Arena 24,900Gent K.A.A. Gent Ghent Jules Ottenstadion 12,919Kortrijk K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,500Lierse Lierse S.K. Lier Herman Vanderpoortenstadion 14,538Lokeren K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Daknamstadion 10,000Mechelen K.V. Mechelen Mechelen Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne 13,123Mons R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Stade Charles Tondreau 12,000Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leuven Den Dreef 9,493Standard Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000Waasland Waasland-Beveren Beveren Freethiel Stadion 13,290Zulte S.V. Zulte Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 8,500 Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment Club Brugge GER Christoph Daum Mutual consent 10 May 2012 Daum will leave Club Brugge at the end of the season http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1297789 sporza.be 2012-05-10 nl Pre-season BEL Georges Leekens 13 May 2012 Georges Leekens becomes new Club Brugge coach http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1300341 sporza.be 2012-05-13 nl Anderlecht BEL Ariël Jacobs Resigned End of 2011–12 season Jacobs leaves Anderlecht http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1300686 sporza.be 2012-05-13 nl NED John van den Brom 30 May 2012 Dutchman van den Brom coaches Anderlecht http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1314471 sporza.be 2012-05-30 nl Standard Liège BEL José Riga Resigned End of 2011–12 season Standard needs to look for a new head coach http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1300282 sporza.be 2012-05-13 nl NED Ron Jans 29 May 2012 Ron Jans becomes new coach at Standard http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1313227 sporza.be 2012-05-29 nl Mechelen BEL Marc Brys Sacked End of 2011–12 season Marc Brys no longer the KVM coach http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1301917 sporza.be 2012-05-14 nl BEL Harm van Veldhoven 25 May 2012 Van Veldhoven is the new KV Mechelen coach http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1310011 sporza.be 2012-05-25 nl Charleroi NED Dennis van Wijk Resigned End of 2011–12 season Van Wijk:"Probably I will not go together with Charleroi into the First Division" http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1273827 sporza.be 2012-04-14 nl BEL Yannick Ferrera 13 July 2012 With Ferrera, Charleroi has found a coach after all http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1367138 sporza.be 2012-07-13 nl Standard Liège NED Ron Jans Mutual consent 22 October 2012 Coach Ron Jans packs his bags at Standard http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1463804 sporza.be 2012-10-22 nl 12th ROM Mircea Rednic 27 October 2012 Rednic is the new trainer at Standard http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1467514 sporza.be 2012-10-27 nl Gent NOR Trond Sollied Sacked 23 October 2012 Sollied no longer coach of AA Gent http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1464357 sporza.be 2012-10-23 nl 7th BEL Bob Peeters 1 November 2012 Bob Peeters becomes the new coach at AA Gent http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1471306 sporza.be 2012-11-01 nl Cercle Brugge BEL Bob Peeters Sacked 27 October 2012 Cercle Brugge says goodbye to Bob Peeters http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1467448 sporza.be 2012-10-27 nl 16th NED Foeke Booy 5 November 2012 Foeke Booy is the new coach at Cercle http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1473993 sporza.be 2012-11-05 nl Club Brugge BEL Georges Leekens Sacked 4 November 2012 Club Brugge sacks Georges Leekens http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1473808 sporza.be 2012-11-04 nl 7th ESP Juan Carlos Garrido 15 November 2012 Spaniard Garrido is the new Club-coach http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1481916 sporza.be 2012-11-15 nl Lierse BEL Chris Janssens Sacked 12 November 2012 Janssens forced to leave at Lierse http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1479902 sporza.be 2012-11-12 nl 14th EGY Hany Ramzy 12 November 2012 Lierse puts faith in triumvirate http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1480148 sporza.be 2012-11-12 nl Waasland-Beveren BEL Dirk Geeraerd Sacked 18 November 2012 Geeraerd sacked at Waasland-Beveren http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1484189 sporza.be 2012-11-18 nl 16th BEL Glen De Boeck 19 November 2012 De Boeck to keep Waasland-Beveren in First Division http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1485167 sporza.be 2012-11-19 nl Beerschot NED Adrie Koster Sacked 29 November 2012 Beerschot says goodbye to coach Koster http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1493397 sporza.be 2012-11-29 nl 12th BEL Wim De Corte 29 November 2012 Wim De Corte remains head coach at Beerschot http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1501240 sporza.be 2012-12-10 nl Gent BEL Bob Peeters Sacked 3 January 2013 AA Gent sacks Bob Peeters http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1517361 sporza.be 2013-01-03 nl 12th ESP Víctor Fernández 9 January 2013 Víctor Fernández is the new Gent coach http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1521265 sporza.be 2013-01-09 nl Beerschot BEL Wim De Corte Resigned 22 January 2013 Mathijssen replaces De Corte at Beerschot http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1531329 sporza.be 2013-01-22 nl 15th BEL Jacky Mathijssen 23 January 2013 Beerschot puts faith into hands of Mathijssen http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1531697 sporza.be 2013-01-23 nl Charleroi BEL Yannick Ferrera Resigned 14 February 2013 Ferrera departs Charleroi, Peruzovic takes over http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1548957 sporza.be 2013-02-14 nl 11th CRO Luka Peruzović 14 February 2013 Lierse EGY Hany Ramzy Became technical director 14 March 2013 Simmes and Van Meir take control at the Lisp http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1574188 sporza.be 2013-03-14 nl 14th BEL Eric Van Meir 14 March 2013 Charleroi CRO Luka Peruzović Replaced 18 March 2013 Three trainers replace Peruzovic http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1577723 sporza.be 2013-03-18 nl 11th ITA Mario NotaroBEL Michel IannaconeBEL Philippe Simonin 18 March 2013 Cercle Brugge NED Foeke Booy Sacked 2 April 2013 Cercle Brugge no longer together with Booy http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1593106 sporza.be 2012-04-02 nl 2nd in Relegation Playoff BEL Lorenzo Staelens 2 April 2013 Regular season League table main WDL Regular season Q 5 AND Anderlecht ZWA Zulte Waregem GNK Genk BRU Club Brugge LOK Lokeren STA Standard Liège MON Mons KVM Mechelen KVK Kortrijk OHL OH Leuven CHA Charleroi GNT Gent WBE Waasland-Beveren LIE Lierse BEE Beerschot CER Cercle Brugge 20 7 3 69 27 19 6 5 49 29 15 10 5 63 40 15 9 6 66 43 14 9 7 53 38 15 5 10 54 33 13 5 12 48 53 12 5 13 44 42 11 6 13 31 30 8 12 10 46 51 10 4 16 30 49 8 10 12 33 40 7 9 14 28 49 5 11 14 28 53 6 5 19 31 61 3 5 22 30 65 green1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs BTP BTP BTP BTP BTP BTP blue1 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs BEP BEP BEP BEP BEP BEP BEP BEP red1 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs BRP BRP complete 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised. Belgian Pro League 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. The following matches were postponed during the season: Matchday 23: on 20 January both the match between leaders Anderlecht and second placed Zulte Waregem and the Bruges derby between Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge were postponed due to intensive snowing. They have been rescheduled to be played end of February between matchdays 28 and 29.Postponed matches to be played end of February http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1530136 sporza.be nl 2013-01-20 Matchday 24: also due to snow, the match between Charleroi and Cercle Brugge was postponed on 26 January. The match was played on 20 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.Charleroi-Cercle Brugge cancelled due to severe weather conditions http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1533997 sporza.be nl 2013-01-26 Matchday 28: yet again it was snow that prevented a match to be played. The fixture between Charleroi and Zulte Waregem was postponed on 24 February and rescheduled to 3 March, between matchdays 28 and 29.Charleroi-Zulte Waregem cancelled http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1554757 sporza.be nl 2013-02-24 table y br Anderlecht 9/ 7/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Zulte Waregem 6/ 1/ 3/ 2/ 5/ 5/ 2/ 6/ 4/ 2/ 5/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2 Genk 8/ 9/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3 Club Brugge 4/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 8/ 8/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 4 Lokeren 2/ 4/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 8/10/11/ 9/ 9/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 6/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5 Standard Liège 11/11/ 8/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 7/10/12/ 9/12/11/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 9/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 6/ 5/ 6 Mons 1/ 3/ 4/ 8/11/ 8/10/12/ 9/10/ 8/ 8/10/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 7/ 7 Mechelen 3/ 5/ 5/ 9/11/13/11/ 7/ 8/12/10/10/11/11/11/11/11/11/10/10/10/ 9/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8 Kortrijk 10/ 6/10/11/ 8/ 6/ 5/ 9/ 6/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9 OH Leuven 16/14/13/10/10/12/14/13/11/ 8/ 6/ 6/ 3/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10 Charleroi 13/15/11/12/14/15/13/14/14/14/13/13/13/13/13/14/14/13/13/12/11/11/11/12/13/11/12/12/12/11 Gent 5/ 8/ 9/ 6/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 9/10/10/10/10/10/11/11/12/12/12/13/11/12/11/11/11/12 Waasland-Beveren 14/12/16/16/15/14/15/15/15/15/15/15/16/15/15/16/15/15/14/13/13/13/13/11/12/13/13/13/13/13 Lierse 15/13/12/13/ 9/11/12/11/13/13/14/14/14/14/14/13/13/14/15/15/15/15/14/15/14/14/15/14/14/14 Beerschot 12/15/14/15/13/10/ 9/ 5/ 7/ 7/11/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/14/14/14/15/14/15/15/14/15/15/15 Cercle Brugge 7/10/15/14/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/15/16/16/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16 #D0F0C0 #FFCCCC soccerassociation.com May 2011 Results main FBR grey AND BEE CER CHA BRU GNK GNT KVK LIE LOK KVM MON OHL STA WBE ZWA Anderlecht 1–0 2–1 2–0 6–1 2–2 5–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 Beerschot 1–4 3–1 2–0 1–7 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–4 0–2 0–0 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 Cercle Brugge 0–3 3–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 Charleroi 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–4 2–6 3–0 0–1 Club Brugge 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 3–1 0–1 Genk 2–4 3–0 3–3 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 Gent 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 Kortrijk 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 Lierse 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 Lokeren 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–4 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 Mechelen 1–4 0–2 2–0 4–2 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 Mons 0–5 1–0 3–2 2–3 1–3 1–5 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 5–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 OH Leuven 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–6 3–1 1–3 0–4 5–2 0–1 Standard Liège 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 Waasland-Beveren 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–6 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 Zulte Waregem 2–3 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–0 complete Soccerway Championship playoff 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: Anderlecht 34 points, Zulte Waregem 32, Genk 28, Club Brugge 27, Lokeren 26 and Standard 25. In the event of ties at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted if it was added. Anderlecht, Genk, Lokeren and Zulte Waregem received this type of bonus due to rounding and will thus always be ranked below Club Brugge and Standard in the event of ties. Playoff table main WDL Q Championship playoff AND Anderlecht ZWA Zulte Waregem BRU Club Brugge STA Standard Liège GNK Genk LOK Lokeren 4 3 3 16 11 34 C 4 3 3 20 20 32 6 1 3 21 17 27 5 2 3 22 20 25 3 3 4 11 13 28 1 2 7 15 24 26 green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3Q blue2 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round EL3Q yellow1 Qualification for the Testmatches EUPO blue1 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round ELPO 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins. complete soccerway.com 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 Anderlecht 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Zulte Waregem 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2 Club Brugge 4/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3 Standard Liège 6/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 4 Genk 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 5 Lokeren 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6 1st green1 blue1 blue3 March 2012 Results main FBR grey AND ZWA GNK BRU STA LOK Anderlecht 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 Zulte Waregem 2–1 0–4 5–2 3–4 1–1 Genk 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 Club Brugge 2–1 3–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 Standard Liège 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–4 4–3 Lokeren 2–4 2–3 0–0 1–4 4–1 complete Europa League Playoff Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 are placed in Group B. Group A main WDL Group A Q GNT MON LIE KVK 4 2 0 9 3 A 3 1 2 7 8 1 1 4 5 8 1 2 3 4 6 -3 3 points deducted Advanced to the Final yellow2 Qualification for the Playoff Final EUPO y FBR grey Mons 2–1 1–1 2–1 Kortrijk ANN 0–0 0–3 Gent 2–1 1–0 3–0 Lierse 0–1 0–0 1–2 In the match between Kortrijk and Mons, Kortrijk substituted in Brecht Dejaegere in the 89th minute while leading 3-0. As Dejaegere had not been submitted on the match sheet prior to the match, he was not allowed to play. The Belgian FA ruled that neither team received the points, thus annulling the result and taking away three points from Kortrijk. complete Group B main WDL Group B Q OHL KVM CHA W-B 3 1 2 9 8 A 3 1 2 8 7 1 4 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 7 Advanced to the Final yellow2 Qualification for the Playoff Final EUPO y FBR grey Mechelen 1–5 0–0 2–0 OH Leuven 0–3 0–0 3–1 Charleroi 1–2 3–0 1–1 Waasland-Beveren 1–0 0–1 0–0 complete Europa League playoff final The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch are granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. 11 May 2013 18:00 CEST OH Leuven 1–4 report Gent Ruytinx 3 Soumahoro 19Kage 33van der Bruggen 59Mboyo 81 pen. Den Dreef, Leuven 6,580 Alexandre Boucaut 18 May 2013 20:00 CEST Gent 4–1 report OH Leuven López 6 42Brüls 72Coulibaly 82 Ngolok 59 Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 6,190 Jérôme Efong Nzolo Gent won 8–2 on aggregate. Testmatches Europa League The Europa League playoff final winners will compete with the fourth placed team (or fifth placed in case the winner of the 2012–13 Belgian Cup finishes third or fourth) in the Championship playoff for the final European ticket. 23 May 2013 20:30 CEST Gent 1–0 report Standard Liège Mboyo 83 Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 10,110 Johan Verbist 26 May 2013 20:00 CEST Standard Liège 7–0 Gent Batshuayi 4Bulot 15M'Poku 35 40 pen. 79 pen.Ghoochannejhad 73 83 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Serge Gumienny Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate. Relegation playoff Beerschot and Cercle Brugge, the teams finishing in the last two positions, faced each other in the relegation playoff. Beerschot initially extended their three-point bonus to a six-point lead, but thereafter Cercle Brugge won three matches in a row. This caused Beerschot to be relegated to the Second Division on 20 April 2013 after playing in the first division since 1989 (as Germinal Ekeren until 1999 and as Germinal Beerschot from 1999 until 2011). One month later however, it was announced that Beerschot had gone bankrupt and dissolved. Cercle Brugge was forced to play the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, which they won to avoid relegation. It was the first time a team from the Pro League succeeded in surviving the Second Division Final Round since the installment of the Belgian Pro League playoffs.main WDL QR CER Cercle Brugge BEE Beerschot 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 3 R red1 Qualification for the Belgian Second Division final round RP red1 Relegation to 2013–14 Belgian Second Division R 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. complete soccerway.com main FBR grey 3 CER BEE 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 – Match not played as Beerschot could no longer overtake Cercle Brugge in the standings. In case of ties, Cercle Brugge was always ranked above Beerschot due to the head-to-head points in the relegation playoff. null Cercle Brugge Beerschot complete soccerway.com Season statistics Source: Sporza.be and Sport.be nl Top scorers Position Player Club Goals1COL Carlos BaccaClub Brugge252BEL Ilombe MboyoGent203GAM IbouOH Leuven19COD Dieumerci MbokaniAnderlecht195BEL Maxime LestienneClub Brugge17SEN Mbaye LeyeZulte Waregem17BEL Jelle VossenGenk178NGR Imoh EzekielStandard Liège169FRA Franck BerrierZulte Waregem1410BEL Michy BatshuayiStandard Liège12BEL Tom De SutterAnderlecht12TUN Hamdi HarbaouiLokeren12GAM Mustapha JarjuMons12DEN Nicklas PedersenMechelen12FRA Jérémy PerbetMons12 10 goals (2 players) yes 22em ISR Lior Refaelov (Club Brugge) NED Glynor Plet (Genk) 9 goals (6 players) yes 22em ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen (Club Brugge (3) & Cercle Brugge (6)) BEL Benjamin De Ceulaer (Genk (6) & Lokeren (3)) BUL Kostadin Hazurov (Lierse) BEL Benjamin Mokulu (Lokeren) CMR Aloys Nong (Mons) BEL Paul-Jose M'Poku (Standard Liège) 8 goals (5 players) yes 22em SRB Milan Jovanović (Anderlecht) NGR Chuka (OH Leuven) BEL Karel Geraerts (OH Leuven) BEL Yoni Buyens (Standard Liège) ISR Barak Badash (Waasland-Beveren) 7 goals (8 players) yes 22em BEL Massimo Bruno (Anderlecht) UKR Sacha Iakovenko (Anderlecht) NOR Mushaga Bakenga (Cercle Brugge) FRA Julien Gorius (Genk) ARG Pablo Chavarría (Kortrijk) FRA Rachid Bourabia (Lierse) SUI Mijat Marić (Lokeren) RSA Ayanda Patosi (Lokeren) 6 goals (10 players) yes 22em BEL Guillaume Gillet (Anderlecht) BEL David Pollet (Charleroi) BEL Giuseppe Rossini (Charleroi) ISR Elyaniv Barda (Genk) BEL Christophe Lepoint (Gent (1) & Waasland-Beveren (5)) SRB Miloš Marić (Lokeren) BEL Koen Persoons (Lokeren) URU Nacho González (Standard Liège) CAF Habib Habibou (Zulte Waregem) BEL Jens Naessens (Zulte Waregem) 5 goals (15 players) yes 22em ARG Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht) ARG Hernán Losada (Beerschot) BEL Benito Raman (Beerschot) BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Club Brugge) BEL Mohammed Tchité (Club Brugge) FRA Steeven Joseph-Monrose (Genk) SEN Elimane Coulibaly (Gent (2) & Beerschot (3)) BEL Mustapha Oussalah (Kortrijk) BIH Ervin Zukanović (Kortrijk) EGY Mohamed El-Gabbas (Lierse) BEL Nill De Pauw (Lokeren) GHA Abdul-Yakuni Iddi (Mechelen) DEN Mads Junker (Mechelen) ISR Shlomi Arbeitman (Mons (3) & Gent (2)) CMR Christian Pouga (OH Leuven) 4 goals (20 players) yes 22em BRA Kanu (Anderlecht) BEL Onur Kaya (Charleroi) NED Ryan Donk (Club Brugge) BEL Thomas Meunier (Club Brugge) BEL Thomas Buffel (Genk) BEL Hervé Kage (Gent (3) & Charleroi (1)) CMR Ernest Nfor (Kortrijk) FRA Jérémy Taravel (Lokeren) SEN Boubacar Dialiba (Mechelen) BEL Steven De Petter (Mechelen) BEL David Destorme (Mechelen) BEL Seth de Witte (Mechelen) DEN Thomas Enevoldsen (Mechelen) BEL Robin Henkens (Mechelen) GAB Frédéric Bulot (Standard Liège) FRA William Vainqueur (Standard Liège) BEL Stijn De Smet (Waasland-Beveren) BEL Jordan Remacle (Waasland-Beveren (2) & Gent (2)) BEL Davy De fauw (Zulte Waregem) BEL Thorgan Hazard (Zulte Waregem) 3 goals (24 players) yes 22em USA Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht) ARG Matías Suárez (Anderlecht) ISR Roei Dayan (Beerschot) SRB Dalibor Veselinović (Beerschot) POR Rudy (Cercle Brugge) BEL Lukas Van Eenoo (Cercle Brugge) BEL Ziguy Badibanga (Charleroi) SUI Danijel Milićević (Charleroi) CRI Óscar Duarte (Club Brugge) ESP Víctor Vázquez (Club Brugge) BEL Björn Vleminckx (Club Brugge) BEL Christian Benteke (Genk) TRI Khaleem Hyland (Genk) BEL Christian Brüls (Gent) CIV Yaya Soumahoro (Gent) BEL Brecht Dejaegere (Kortrijk) SRB Stefan Mitrović (Kortrijk) CRO Ivan Leko (Lokeren) FRA Jérémy Sapina (Mons) IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad (Standard Liège) VEN Luis Seijas (Standard Liège) BEL Jelle Van Damme (Standard Liège) BEL Junior Malanda (Zulte Waregem) MKD Aleksandar Trajkovski (Zulte Waregem) 2 goals (43 players) yes 22em BEL Olivier Deschacht (Anderlecht) BEL Dennis Praet (Anderlecht) VEN Ronald Vargas (Anderlecht) CGO Maël Lépicier (Beerschot (1) & Mons (1)) BEL Joachim Mununga (Beerschot) BEL Stijn Wuytens (Beerschot) POR William Carvalho (Cercle Brugge) BEL Bernt Evens (Cercle Brugge) BEL Gregory Mertens (Cercle Brugge) BEL Tim Smolders (Cercle Brugge) NGA Michael Uchebo (Cercle Brugge) BEL Mohammed Aoulad (Charleroi) MNE Mijuško Bojović (Charleroi) FRA Harlem Gnohéré (Charleroi) GHA Abraham Kumedor (Charleroi) GHA Bennard Kumordzi (Genk) SEN Kara Mbodj (Genk) RSA Anele Ngcongca (Genk) ESP César Arzo (Gent) ZAM Rodgers Kola (Gent) ESP Jorge López (Gent) MLI Mamoutou N'Diaye (Gent) BEL Hannes van der Bruggen (Gent) BEL Gertjan De Mets (Kortrijk) SRB Nebojša Pavlović (Kortrijk) BEL Dolly Menga (Lierse) EGY Ahmed Okka (Lierse) BRA Junior Dutra (Lokeren) TRI Sheldon Bateau (Mechelen) BEL Arnor Angeli (Mons) BEL Tim Matthys (Mons) COD Zola Matumona (Mons) BEL Tom Van Imschoot (Mons) BEL Alessandro Cerigioni (OH Leuven) ISL Stefán Gíslason (OH Leuven) BEL Evariste Ngolok (OH Leuven) BEL Bjorn Ruytinx (OH Leuven) BRA Augusto Da Silva (Waasland-Beveren) BEL Benoît Ladrière (Waasland-Beveren) BEL Wesley Sonck (Waasland-Beveren) GUI Ibrahima Conté (Zulte Waregem (1) & Gent (1)) FRA Jonathan Delaplace (Zulte Waregem) CRO Ivan Lendrić (Zulte Waregem) 1 goal (82 players) yes 22em SWE Samuel Armenteros (Anderlecht) NED Demy de Zeeuw (Anderlecht) SEN Cheikhou Kouyaté (Anderlecht) NED Bram Nuytinck (Anderlecht) HUN Boldizsár Bodor (Beerschot) FRA Frédéric Brillant (Beerschot) BEL Wim De Decker (Beerschot) BEL Guillaume François (Beerschot) BEL Conor Laerenbergh (Beerschot) BEL Marvin Ogunjimi (Beerschot) BEL Funso Ojo (Beerschot) BEL Alpaslan Öztürk (Beerschot) URU Joaquín Boghossian (Cercle Brugge) BEL Frederik Boi (Cercle Brugge) BEL Stephen Buyl (Cercle Brugge) UKR Oleg Iachtchouk (Cercle Brugge) BEL Anthony Portier (Cercle Brugge) BEL Igor Vetokele (Cercle Brugge) GER Viktor Bopp (Charleroi) SLO Elvedin Džinić (Charleroi) SEN Jamal Thiaré (Charleroi) BEL Jonathan Blondel (Club Brugge) DEN Jesper Jørgensen (Club Brugge) MKD Ivan Tričkovski (Club Brugge) DEN Niki Zimling (Club Brugge) FRA Kalidou Koulibaly (Genk) BEL Anthony Limbombe (Genk) NGA Kim Ojo (Genk) BEL Jeroen Simaeys (Genk) BDI Valery Nahayo (Gent) BEL Bernd Thijs (Gent) BRA Wallace (Gent) BEL Brecht Capon (Kortrijk) CRO Mario Carević (Kortrijk) BEL Thomas Matton (Kortrijk) COD Landry Mulemo (Kortrijk) EGY Ahmed Abou Moslem (Lierse) BEL Jason Adesanya (Lierse) MAR Soufiane Bidaoui (Lierse) ETH Saladin Said (Lierse) NED Arjan Swinkels (Lierse) BEL Julien Vercauteren (Lierse) ESP Walter Fernández (Lokeren) SEN Ibrahima Gueye (Lokeren) BEL Enes Sağlık (Lokeren) BEL Maxime Biset (Mechelen) BEL Alessandro Cordaro (Mechelen) BEL Joachim Van Damme (Mechelen) BEL Wannes Van Tricht (Mechelen) FRA Peter Franquart (Mons) BEL Thomas Chatelle (Mons) FRA Grégory Lorenzi (Mons) BEL Pieterjan Monteyne (Mons) FRA Benjamin Nicaise (Mons) BEL Nicolas Timmermans (Mons) BEL Thomas Azevedo (OH Leuven) BEL Joren Dehond (OH Leuven) ZIM Ovidy Karuru (OH Leuven) CRO Tomislav Mikulić (OH Leuven) BEL Wim Raymaekers (OH Leuven) BRA Robson (OH Leuven) BEL Kenneth Van Goethem (OH Leuven) BEL Koen Weuts (OH Leuven) SWE Astrit Ajdarević (Standard Liège) BEL Dino Arslanagic (Standard Liège) ISR Maor Buzaglo (Standard Liège) ISR Dudu Biton (Standard Liège) BEL Laurent Ciman (Standard Liège) BEL Ibrahima Cissé (Standard Liège) HAI Réginal Goreux (Standard Liège) BRA Kanu (Standard Liège) BEL Jurgen Cavens (Waasland-Beveren) MLI Kassim Doumbia (Waasland-Beveren) BDI Dugary Ndabashinze (Waasland-Beveren) ENG Jonny Rowell (Waasland-Beveren) FRA Mikaël Seoudi (Waasland-Beveren) ISR Gal Shish (Waasland-Beveren) BEL Karel D'Haene (Zulte Waregem) BEL Bruno Godeau (Zulte Waregem) PER Hernán Hinostroza (Zulte Waregem) ISL Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Zulte Waregem) BEL Bryan Verboom (Zulte Waregem) 2 Own goals (2 players) yes 32em BEL Jelle Van Damme (Standard Liége, scored for Gent and Zulte Waregem) BEL Bruno Godeau (Zulte Waregem, scored twice for Genk) 1 Own goal (15 players) yes 32em BEL Denis Odoi (Anderlecht, scored for Club Brugge) NED Bram Nuytinck (Anderlecht, scored for Lokeren) POL Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht, scored for Charleroi) BEL Gregory Mertens (Cercle Brugge, scored for Mons) BEL Anthony Portier (Cercle Brugge, scored for Genk) SUI Danijel Milićević (Charleroi, scored for Standard Liège) SWE Michael Almebäck (Club Brugge, scored for Zulte Waregem) CRI Óscar Duarte (Club Brugge, scored for Standard Liège) TRI Khaleem Hyland (Genk, scored for Anderlecht) BEL Derrick Tshimanga (Genk, scored for OH Leuven) ESP César Arzo (Gent, scored for Beerschot) FRA Baptiste Martin (Kortrijk, scored for Lierse) SEN Ibrahima Gueye (Lokeren, scored for Lierse) SUI Mijat Marić (Lokeren, scored for Beerschot) NED Bas Sibum (Waasland-Beveren, scored for Standard Liège) Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateCOD Dieumerci Mbokani Anderlecht Cercle Brugge 3–0http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1381817 Anderlecht has no trouble with Cercle Brugge 12 August 2012 Sporza.be 8 October 2012 dmy 2012 8 12BEL Maxime Lestienne Club Brugge Cercle Brugge 4–0http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1433200 Club Brugge has no trouble with Cercle Brugge 23 September 2012 Sporza.be 8 October 2012 dmy 2012 9 23CAF Habib Habibou Zulte Waregem Lierse 4–1http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1441804 Zulte Waregem wins easily at Lierse 29 September 2012 Sporza.be 8 October 2012 dmy 2012 9 29NGA Chuka Derick Ogbu OH Leuven Charleroi 4–0http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1444260 OHL achieves convincing win at Charleroi 6 October 2012 Sporza.be 8 October 2012 dmy 2012 10 6GAM Ibou Ebrahim Savaneh OH Leuven Club Brugge 4–1http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1462152 Club loses a first time at OHL 20 October 2012 Sporza.be 20 October 2012 dmy 2012 10 20BEL Tom De Sutter Anderlecht Mechelen 4–1http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1469937 Anderlecht continues positive flow 3 November 2012 Sporza.be 4 November 2012 dmy 2012 11 3FRA Jérémy Perbet Mons OH Leuven 3–1http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1481983 Three goals from Perbet defeats OH Leuven 17 November 2012 Sporza.be 17 November 2012 dmy 2012 11 17BEL Jelle Vossen Genk Lokeren 4–3http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1493961 Genk ends winning streak of Lokeren 2 December 2012 Sporza.be 2 December 2012 dmy 2012 12 2COD Dieumerci Mbokani Anderlecht Mons 5–0http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1499210 Bergen gets a lesson of football by Anderlecht 8 December 2012 Sporza.be 8 December 2012 dmy 2012 12 8BEL Benjamin Mokulu Lokeren OH Leuven 6–2http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_voetbal/jupilerleague_1213/speeldag23/1.1525145 Lokeren applauds after goalscoring at OHL 19 January 2013 19 January 2013 dmy 2013 1 19SEN Mbaye Leye Zulte Waregem Club Brugge 4–3http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1605069 Zulte Waregem reclaims second place 18 April 2013 Sporza.be 18 April 2013 dmy 2013 4 18BEL Paul-Jose M'Poku Standard Liège Gent 7–0http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1639923 Standard 7-0 Gent 26 May 2013 26 May 2013 dmy 2013 5 26 Attendances No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Club Brugge 24,433 1,1% 29,042 2 Anderlecht 20,675 -7,1% 22,500 3 Genk 20,590 -5,6% 24,750 4 Standard de Liège 20,415 -17,1% 25,000 5 Mechelen 10,159 -0,9% 11,500 6 Gent 10,090 -8,1% 12,012 7 Cercle Brugge 8,495 0,3% 13,499 8 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 8,006 10,0% 9,500 9 Zulte Waregem 7,691 3,4% 9,500 10 Beerschot 7,519 -2,4% 11,333 11 Kortrijk 7,202 3,9% 9,144 12 Charleroi 6,580 24,2% 11,153 13 Lierse 6,555 -19,0% 8,000 14 Sporting Lokeren 6,169 23,3% 8,000 15 Waasland-Beveren 5,916 61,2% 13,000 16 RAEC 4,162 -8,8% 8,150 Source:Attendances Belgium average https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel13.htm 2026-09-15 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Notes nb References Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1