2008–09 Belgian First Division

106th season of top-tier football in Belgium Jupiler Pro League 2008–09 Standard Liège DenderTubizeMons Champions League Standard LiègeAnderlecht Europa League Club BruggeGentGenk Jaime Alfonso Ruiz (17 goals) 306 855 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League after a sponsor) was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009. Standard Liège were the defending champions. On 19 April 2009, Mons were relegated after Dender beat Roeselare 3–1 and made it mathematically impossible for Mons to climb into 16th position or higher. Tubize were relegated on 3 May 2009 after a 1–1 draw at home to Anderlecht. The 2008–09 champions were decided in a playoff because Standard and Anderlecht finished the regular season equal on points and number of wins. Standard won the playoff by 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained the title. Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2008–09 Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht bottom Belgium 51.216667 4.4 Germinal Beerschot Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club BruggeCercle Brugge bottom Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi Belgium 50.883333 4.066667 Dender Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Genk Belgium 51.05 3.733333 Gent bottom Belgium 50.833333 3.266667 Kortrijk left Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 Standard Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren Belgium 51.016667 4.386667 Mechelen Belgium 50.45 3.95 Mons Belgium 50.733333 3.216667 Mouscron Belgium 50.933333 3.116667 Roeselare left Belgium 50.683333 4.2 Tubize bottom Belgium 50.883333 3.416667 Zulte Waregem Belgium 51.083333 4.916667 Westerlo Participating teams The league consisted of 18 teams, the best 16 teams from last season and two promoted teams from the Second Division. The number of participants was reduced to 16 teams the season after, hence relegation was increased from two to three or four teams. Team changes from the previous season Sint-Truidense and Brussels were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the previous season after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Second Division champions Kortrijk and promotion playoff winners Tubize. Overview Club Location Current manager Team captain Stadium CapacityStandard LiègeLiègeRomania László BölöniBelgium Steven DefourStade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000R.S.C. AnderlechtAnderlechtBelgium Ariel JacobsBelgium Olivier DeschachtConstant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063Club Brugge KVBrugesBelgium Jacky MathijssenBelgium Philippe ClementJan Breydel Stadium 29,415Cercle Brugge K.S.V.BrugesBelgium Glen De BoeckBelgium Denis VianeJan Breydel Stadium 29,415K.F.C. Germinal BeerschotAntwerpBelgium Aimé AnthuenisColombia Daniel CruzOlympisch Stadion 12,148K.A.A. GentGhentBelgium Michel Preud'hommeCosta Rica Bryan RuizJules Ottenstadion 12,919S.V. Zulte WaregemWaregemBelgium Francky DuryBelgium Ludwin Van NieuwenhuyzeRegenboogstadion 8,500R. Charleroi S.C.CharleroiScotland John CollinsBelgium Frank DefaysStade du Pays de Charleroi 25,000K.V.C. WesterloWesterloBelgium Jan CeulemansBelgium Jef DelenHet Kuipje 8,200K.R.C. GenkGenkBelgium Pierre Denier and Netherlands Hans Visser (caretakers)Belgium Hans CornelisCristal Arena 24,900R.E. MouscronMouscronBelgium Enzo ScifoBelgium Gonzague van DoorenStade Le Canonnier 11,500K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-VlaanderenLokerenSerbia Aleksandar JankovićBelgium Olivier DollDaknamstadion 10,000KV MechelenMechelenBelgium Peter MaesBelgium Jonas IvensVeolia-Stadion 14,145K.S.V. RoeselareRoeselareNetherlands Dennis Van WijkBelgium Stefaan TangheSchiervelde Stadion 9,036F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H.DenderleeuwNetherlands Johan BoskampBelgium Steven de PetterFlorent Beeckmanstadion 6,800R.A.E.C. MonsMonsBelgium Christophe Dessy (caretaker)Italy Roberto MirriStade Charles Tondreau 9,504K.V. KortrijkKortrijkBelgium Hein VanhaezebrouckBelgium Stéphane DemetsGuldensporen Stadion 8,770A.F.C. TubizeTubizeFrance Albert CartierBelgium Gregory NeelsStade Leburton 4,000 Managerial changes During summer break Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table MonsFrance Albert Cartier Mutual consent 11 May 2008 Albert Cartier : délai de réflexion supplémentaire http://www.raec-mons.be/html/newsDetails.php?rubr=news&no=1957 raec-mons.be French 2008-05-11Belgium Philippe Saint-Jean 6 June 2008 Philippe Saint-Jean nommé entraîneur http://www.raec-mons.be/html/newsDetails.php?rubr=news&no=1985 raec-mons.be French 2008-06-06 Pre-Season GentNorway Trond Sollied Resigned 18 May 2008 Sollied: "Ik wil AA Gent nog een prijs bezorgen" http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1300/Eredivisie/article/detail/218570/2008/03/25/Sollied-Ik-wil-AA-Gent-nog-een-prijs-bezorgen-.dhtml hln.be Dutch 2008-03-25Trond Sollied nieuwe coach Heerenveen http://www.knack.be/nieuws/sport/trond-sollied-nieuwe-coach-heerenveen/site72-section7-article14787.html knack.be Dutch 2008-03-25 2008-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20080329103230/http://www.knack.be/nieuws/sport/trond-sollied-nieuwe-coach-heerenveen/site72-section7-article14787.html 2008-03-29 dead Belgium Michel Preud'homme 27 May 2008 Michel Preud'homme nieuwe coach KAA Gent http://www.kaagent.be/index.php?scroll=0&archive=true&pos=12&date_view=05-2008 kaagent.be Dutch 2008-05-27 Pre-Season Standard LiègeBelgium Michel Preud'homme End of contract 26 May 2008 Michel PREUD'HOMME http://www.standard.be/ndl/n_nouvelle.php?id=10013 standard.be Dutch 2008-05-26Romania László Bölöni 9 June 2008 Laszlo Bölöni http://www.standard.be/ndl/n_nouvelle.php?id=10062 standard.be Dutch 2008-06-09 Pre-Season TubizeBelgium Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 6 June 2008 France Albert Cartier 14 June 2008 Cartier wordt trainer Tubeke http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=289997 sport.be Dutch 2008-06-14 Pre-Season During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table MonsBelgium Philippe Saint-Jean Resigned 21 August 2008 Saint-Jean stapt op bij Bergen http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=305280 sport.be Dutch 2008-08-21Belgium Thierry Pister (caretaker) 21 August 2008 18th RoeselareBelgium Dirk Geeraerd Sacked 26 October 2008 Roeselare ontslaat Geeraerd http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=318745 sport.be Dutch 2008-10-26Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 29 October 2008 Roeselare akkoord met Van Wijk http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=319433 sport.be Dutch 2008-10-29 18th Germinal BeerschotBelgium Harm van Veldhoven Resigned 13 November 2008 Van Veldhoven gooit de handdoek http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=322367 sport.be Dutch 2008-11-13 Belgium Aimé Anthuenis 14 November 2008 Anthuenis moet Ratten redden http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=322566 sport.be Dutch 2008-11-14 16th MonsBelgium Thierry Pister (caretaker) Sacked 4 December 2008 Pister weg bij Bergen http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=326636 sport.be Dutch 2008-12-04Belgium Christophe Dessy (caretaker) 4 December 2008 15th CharleroiBelgium Thierry Siquet Sacked 15 December 2008 Schot moet Zebra's temmen http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=328898 sport.be Dutch 2008-12-15Scotland John Collins 15 December 2008 11th GenkBelgium Ronny Van Geneugden Resigned 5 March 2009 Van Geneugden houdt de eer aan zichzelf http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=345347 sport.be Dutch 2009-03-05Belgium Pierre Denier and Netherlands Hans Visser (caretakers) 5 March 2009 4th LokerenBelgium Georges Leekens Resigned 31 March 2009 Leekens kiest voor oliedollars http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=351136 sport.be Dutch 2009-03-31Serbia Aleksandar Janković 6 April 2009 Jankovic-tijdperk begint dinsdag in Lokeren http://www.sport.be/nl/jupilerproleague/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=352954 sport.be Dutch 2009-03-31 7th League standings Final table main WDL 5 QR STA Standard Liège AND Anderlecht BRU Club Brugge GNT Gent ZWA Zulte Waregem WES Westerlo LOK Lokeren GEN Genk CER Cercle Brugge KVM Mechelen MOU Mouscron CHA Charleroi GBA Germinal Beerschot KVK Kortrijk DEN Dender ROE Roeselare TUB Tubize MON Mons 24 5 5 66 26 C 24 5 5 75 30 18 5 11 59 50 17 8 9 67 42 16 7 11 55 36 15 7 12 42 38 13 12 9 40 32 15 5 14 48 51 14 5 15 48 53 12 10 12 46 52 12 8 14 42 49 12 7 15 43 48 11 9 14 44 42 9 11 14 37 55 9 8 17 44 58 R 8 6 20 33 59 O 7 6 21 35 77 R 3 10 21 31 57 R The championship was decided in a playoff (see below). STA green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue2 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round EL3 blue3 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round Genk qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Belgian Cup. ELPR red2 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs RP RP red1 Relegation to 2009–10 Belgian Second Division R R complete soccerway.com 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised. Championship playoff Since Anderlecht and Standard were tied on both points and wins, a two-legged playoff was played in order to determine the league champions. Standard won the playoff 2–1 on aggregate and were crowned champions. 21 May 2009 20:30 CEST Anderlecht 1 – 1 Reportnl Standard Legear 52 Mbokani 60 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Brussels Johan Verbist 24 May 2009 20:30 CEST Standard 1 – 0 Reportnl Anderlecht Witsel 40 pen. Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Paul Allaerts Positions by matchday Note: The classification was made after the weekend of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings. These postponed matches are: Matchday 1: Mechelen vs. Club Brugge (played between 4th and 5th matchday) Matchday 2: Club Brugge vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 8th and 9th matchday) Matchday 13: Kortrijk vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 16th and 17th matchday) Matchday 19: Gent vs. Anderlecht (played between 22nd and 23rd matchday) table y br Standard Liège 3/ 1/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1 Anderlecht 2/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2 Club Brugge 12/15/10/10/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 3 Gent 1/ 3/ 2/ 4/ 7/ 8/10/ 8/ 7/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 9/ 7/ 9/10/10/ 9/11/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 4 Zulte Waregem 10/11/ 7/11/15/11/12/10/ 9/10/11/11/11/11/10/ 9/ 9/11/10/10/ 8/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 8/ 5/ 5 Westerlo 5/ 8/ 5/ 6/ 6/10/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6 Lokeren 10/ 5/ 6/ 8/ 5/ 7/ 9/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 7 Genk 8/13/ 8/ 5/ 8/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3/ 5/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 7/ 8/ 8 Cercle Brugge 17/18/12/13/10/12/ 8/11/12/11/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 7/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 9/11/12/12/11/ 9/ 9/11/ 9/ 9 Mechelen 12/16/17/17/14/ 9/11/13/15/15/15/16/16/16/15/13/13/14/14/14/13/13/13/12/11/10/11/10/10/11/11/10/11/10 Mouscron 4/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 9/10/10/10/11/12/12/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/10/ 9/10/11 Charleroi 15/ 7/11/ 7/11/14/14/12/11/ 9/10/10/10/10/11/12/12/12/12/13/14/14/14/14/14/14/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/12 Germinal Beerschot 8/10/15/ 8/12/15/15/15/16/16/16/17/17/17/16/17/15/13/13/12/12/12/12/10/10/ 9/10/11/12/12/12/12/12/13 Kortrijk 6/ 6/ 9/12/ 9/ 6/ 7/ 9/10/12/12/13/13/13/12/11/11/10/ 9/11/11/11/11/13/13/13/14/14/14/15/14/14/15/14 Dender 16/13/16/15/12/16/16/16/15/14/14/12/12/12/14/14/16/17/17/16/16/16/16/15/15/15/15/16/16/14/15/15/14/15 Roeselare 6/12/14/16/17/17/18/18/18/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/17/17/16/16/16/15/15/16/16/16/16/16 Tubize 14/17/18/18/18/18/17/17/17/18/17/15/15/14/17/15/17/15/15/15/15/15/15/16/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17/17 Mons 18/ 9/13/14/16/13/13/14/14/13/13/14/14/15/13/16/14/16/16/17/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18 1st 2nd 3rd red2 red1 soccerassociation.com April 2013 Results main FBR grey AND CER CHA BRU DEN GNK GNT GBA KVK LOK KVM MON MOU ROE STA TUB WES ZWA Anderlecht 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–3 7–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 5–1 2–0 2–0 Cercle Brugge 0–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 Charleroi 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–5 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 Club Brugge 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–0 2–0 Dender 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 2–2 2–0 Genk 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–2 Gent 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 Germinal Beerschot 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 Kortrijk 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 Lokeren 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 Mechelen 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 Mons 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 Mouscron 1–1 0–1 2–1 5–1 0–2 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 Roeselare 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 Standard Liège 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 Tubize 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–4 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–5 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–6 Westerlo 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 Zulte Waregem 4–0 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 complete soccerway.com Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Mbokani for Standard Liège against Dender (16 August 2008) Widest winning margin: 6: Anderlecht 7–1 Mechelen (25 October 2008) and Tubize 0–6 Zulte Waregem (21 February 2009) Most goals in a match: 8: Anderlecht 7–1 Mechelen (25 October 2008) Hat-tricks scored: France Idir Ouali for Mouscron against Gent (13 September 2008) Argentina Nicolás Frutos for Anderlecht against Mechelen (25 October 2008) France Habib Habibou for Charleroi against Tubize (22 November 2008) France Jérémy Perbet for Tubize against Kortrijk (29 November 2008) Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Ćustović for Mouscron against Club Brugge (20 December 2008) France Chris Makiese for Zulte Waregem against Kortrijk (18 April 2009) Cards First yellow card: Belgium Jimmy Hempte for Kortrijk against Roeselare (16 August 2008) First red card: France Karim Belhocine for Kortrijk against Roeselare (16 August 2008) Goalscorers Sources: https://archive.today/20130225232152/http://www.soccerway.nl/national/belgium/pro-league/2008-2009/regular-season/players/ soccerway.com, sport.be nl 17 goals (1 player) Colombia Alfonso Ruiz (Westerlo) 16 goals (2 players) Belgium Tom De Sutter (Cercle Brugge (7) and Anderlecht (9)) Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Mbokani (Standard Liège) 15 goals (1 player) Nigeria Joseph Akpala (Club Brugge) 14 goals (3 players) Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Ćustović (Mouscron (10) and Gent (4)) Niger Ouwo Moussa Maazou (Lokeren) Belgium Wesley Sonck (Club Brugge) 13 goals (2 players) Senegal Mbaye Leye (Zulte Waregem (9) and Gent (4)) France Jérémy Perbet (Tubize) 12 goals (5 players) 27em Morocco Mbark Boussoufa (Anderlecht) Ukraine Belgium Oleg Iachtchouk (Cercle Brugge) Serbia Milan Jovanović (Standard Liège) Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz (Gent) Belgium Björn Vleminckx (Mechelen) 11 goals (2 players) Senegal Elimane Coulibaly (Kortrijk) Belgium David Destorme (Dender) 10 goals (1 player) Belgium Giuseppe Rossini (Mechelen) 9 goals (4 players) 27em Algeria Mohamed Dahmane (Mons (7) and Club Brugge (2)) France Habib Habibou (Charleroi) Togo Adékambi Olufadé (Gent) Belgium Kevin Roelandts (Zulte Waregem) 8 goals (8 players) 27em Belgium Igor de Camargo (Standard Liège) Belgium Guillaume Gillet (Anderlecht) Belgium Faris Haroun (Germinal Beerschot) The Gambia Mustapha Jarju (Mons) Croatia Ivan Leko (Club Brugge (4) and Germinal Beerschot (4)) Slovenia Zlatan Ljubijankić (Gent) Poland Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht) Belgium Axel Witsel (Standard Liège) 7 goals (7 players) 27em Brazil João Carlos (Genk) Belgium Stijn De Smet (Cercle Brugge) Belgium Sven Kums (Kortrijk) France Chris Makiese (Charleroi (1) and Zulte Waregem (6)) Serbia Miloš Marić (Gent) Cameroon Ernest Nfor (Gent (1) and Zulte Waregem (6)) France Norman Sylla (Dender) 6 goals (9 players) 27em Belgium Grégory Dufer (Tubize) Argentina Nicolás Frutos (Anderlecht) Israel Omer Golan (Lokeren) Netherlands Sherjill MacDonald (Roeselare) Syria Sanharib Malki (Germinal Beerschot) Belgium Thomas Matton (Zulte Waregem) France Idir Ouali (Mouscron) Belgium Tim Smolders (Charleroi (4) and Gent (2)) Belgium Kevin Vandenbergh (Germinal Beerschot) 5 goals (14 players) 27em Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Aganović (Dender) Brazil Willian (Kortrijk) Israel Elyaniv Barda (Genk) Belgium Frederik Boi (Cercle Brugge) Zimbabwe Honour Gombami (Cercle Brugge) Poland Dawid Janczyk (Lokeren) Belgium Jonathan Legear (Anderlecht) Belgium Christophe Lepoint (Mouscron) Croatia Ivan Perišić (Roeselare) Belgium Jeroen Simaeys (Club Brugge) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Smajić (Dender) Belgium Bernd Thijs (Gent) Cameroon Bertin Tomou (Westerlo) Hungary Balázs Tóth (Genk) 4 goals (22 players) 27em France Franck Berrier (Zulte Waregem) Belgium Thomas Chatelle (Anderlecht) Peru Daniel Chávez (Club Brugge) France Wilfried Dalmat (Standard Liège) Belgium Steven Defour (Standard Liège) Belgium Tom De Mul (Genk) Mali Mahamadou Dissa (Roeselare) Nigeria Tosin Dosunmu (Germinal Beerschot) France Julien Gorius (Mechelen) Morocco Mouhcine Iajour (Charleroi) Bahrain Jaycee Okwunwanne (Mouscron) Hungary Roland Juhász (Anderlecht) Belgium Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (Charleroi) Belgium Joachim Mununga (Mechelen) Slovakia Adam Nemec (Genk) Czech Republic Daniel Pudil (Genk) France Cyril Théréau (Charleroi) Belgium Gonzague Van Dooren (Mouscron) Belgium Vittorio Villano (Tubize) Czech Republic Stanislav Vlček (Anderlecht) Belgium Jelle Vossen (Genk) Belgium Stef Wils (Westerlo (3) and Gent (1)) 3 goals (37 players) 27em Paraguay Antolín Alcaraz (Club Brugge) South Africa Anele Ngcongca (Genk) Costa Rica Randall Azofeifa (Gent) Netherlands Istvan Bakx (Kortrijk) Belgium Walter Baseggio (Mouscron) Belgium Christian Benteke (Standard Liège) France Cédric Bétrémieux (Roeselare (2) and Kortrijk (1)) Algeria Fadel Brahami (Mons) Belgium Thomas Buffel (Cercle Brugge) Russia Dmitri Bulykin (Anderlecht) Guinea Aboubacar Camara (Lokeren) Belgium Philippe Clement (Club Brugge) Belgium Daan De Pever (Dender) Morocco Nabil Dirar (Club Brugge) Belgium Christophe Grégoire (Charleroi) Senegal Moussa Gueye (Mons) Belgium Jimmy Hempte (Kortrijk) Belgium Stijn Huysegems (Genk) Belgium Jonas Ivens (Mechelen) Senegal Cheikhou Kouyaté (Kortrijk) Belgium Tim Matthys (Zulte Waregem) Belgium Ilombe Mboyo (Charleroi) Belgium Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo (Zulte Waregem) Belgium Koen Persoons (Mechelen) Nigeria Obiora Odita (Westerlo) Belgium Marvin Ogunjimi (Genk) United States Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liège) Morocco Abdelmajid Oulmers (Charleroi) Belgium Mustapha Oussalah (Mouscron) Belgium Tony Sergeant (Cercle Brugge) Russia Valeri Sorokin (Gent (0) and Tubize (3)) Slovenia Marko Šuler (Gent) Israel Salim Tuama (Standard Liège) Belgium Jelle Van Damme (Anderlecht) Venezuela Ronald Vargas (Club Brugge) Belgium Wouter Vrancken (Mechelen) Belgium Dieter Wittesaele (Dender) 2 goals (33 players) 27em Morocco Abdessalam Benjelloun (Charleroi (1) and Roeselare (1)) Argentina Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht) Croatia Mario Carević (Lokeren) France Cédric Collet (Mons) Belgium Wouter Corstjens (Westerlo) Belgium Koen Daerden (Club Brugge) Belgium Stijn de Wilde (Lokeren) Belgium Kris De Wree (Germinal Beerschot) Morocco Mounir Diane (Mons) Belgium Rachid Farssi (Westerlo) Ireland Dominic Foley (Gent (2) and Cercle Brugge (0)) Brazil Fred (Dender) Belgium Bart Goor (Anderlecht (1) and Germinal Beerschot (1)) Finland Janne Hietanen (Roeselare) Ukraine Oleksandr Iakovenko (Anderlecht) Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Paul Kielo-Lezi (Mechelen) Belgium Stijn Meert (Zulte Waregem) Belgium Pieterjan Monteyne (Germinal Beerschot) Burundi Dugary Ndabashinze (Genk) Zimbabwe Vuza Nyoni (Cercle Brugge) Nigeria Azubuike Oliseh (Roeselare) Belgium Kevin Oris (Mons) Côte d'Ivoire Sekou Ouattara (Roeselare) Belgium Killian Overmeire (Lokeren) Czech Republic Jan Polák (Anderlecht) Venezuela Roberto Rosales (Gent) Belgium Wouter Scheelen (Westerlo) Ukraine Serhiy Serebrennikov (Cercle Brugge) Hungary Dániel Tőzsér (Genk) Belgium Bart Van Den Eede (Dender) Belgium Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze (Zulte Waregem) Czech Republic Lukáš Zelenka (Westerlo) Israel Yoav Ziv (Lokeren) 1 goal (77 players) 27em Nigeria Mozes Adams (Westerlo) France Karim Belhocine (Kortrijk) Croatia Leon Benko (Standard Liège) Honduras Víctor Bernárdez (Anderlecht) Belgium Sylvain Berton (Mouscron) Belgium Siebe Blondelle (Dender) Belgium Ludovic Buyssens (Mons) France Jean-Philippe Caillet (Genk) France Fabien Camus (Charleroi) Belgium Janis Coppin (Zulte Waregem) Belgium Alessandro Cordaro (Mons) Colombia Daniel Cruz (Germinal Beerschot) Bosnia and Herzegovina Jusuf Dajić (Tubize) Brazil Dante (Standard Liège) Belgium Wim De Decker (Genk (0) and Germinal Beerschot (1)) Belgium Dieter Dekelver (Westerlo) Belgium Bram de Ly (Kortrijk) France Boubacar Dembélé (Roeselare) Belgium Steven de Petter (Dender) Belgium Joeri Dequevy (Roeselare) Belgium Jonas de Roeck (Gent) Belgium Karel D'Haene (Zulte Waregem) Belgium Didier Dheedene (Germinal Beerschot) Belgium Frédéric Dupré (Lokeren) Belgium Chemcedine El Araichi (Mouscron) Belgium Karel Geraerts (Club Brugge) Belgium Kevin Geudens (Mechelen) Belgium Réginal Goreux (Standard Liège) France Christophe Grondin (Gent) Belgium Romain Haghedooren (Mouscron) Belgium Alan Haydock (Tubize) Belgium Kristof Imschoot (Mechelen) Belgium Steven Jacobs (Dender) France Frédéric Jay (Mons) Germany Torben Joneleit (Charleroi) Turkey Yasin Karaca (Tubize) Burkina Faso Mahamoudou Kéré (Charleroi) Sierra Leone Paul Kpaka (Germinal Beerschot) Serbia Mladen Lazarević (Roeselare) Argentina Hernán Losada (Anderlecht) Democratic Republic of the Congo Marcel Mbayo (Lokeren) Belgium Damien Miceli (Charleroi) Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Mirvić (Roeselare) Rwanda Jimmy Mulisa (Roeselare) Rwanda Henri Munyaneza (Germinal Beerschot) Costa Rica Roy Myrie (Gent) Côte d'Ivoire Arsène Né (Germinal Beerschot) Belgium Grégoire Neels (Tubize) France Benjamin Nicaise (Standard Liège) Finland Antti Okkonen (Mons) Ghana King Gyan Osei (Germinal Beerschot) France Jean-Baptiste Paternotte (Tubize) Serbia Nebojša Pavlović (Lokeren) Belgium Anthony Portier (Cercle Brugge) Belgium Silvio Proto (Germinal Beerschot) Belgium Vincent Provoost (Roeselare) France Vincent Ramaël (Tubize) Côte d'Ivoire Bassilia Sakanoko (Mouscron) Brazil Santiago (Tubize) Senegal Mohamed Sarr (Standard Liège) South Africa Asanda Sishuba (Mouscron) Belgium Björn Smits (Roeselare) Belgium Tom Soetaers (Genk) Israel Avi Strool (Lokeren) Argentina Matías Suárez (Anderlecht) Switzerland Danijel Subotić (Zulte Waregem) Serbia Đorđe Svetličić (Germinal Beerschot) France Jérémy Taravel (Zulte Waregem) Netherlands Arturo ten Heuvel (Roeselare) Belgium Kenny Thompson (Gent) Nigeria Ode Thompson (Roeselare) Belgium Romeo Van Dessel (Mechelen) Belgium Brecht Verbrugghe (Kortrijk) Belgium Jonathan Walasiak (Mouscron) Cameroon Justice Wamfor (Germinal Beerschot) Belgium Hiraç Yagan (Standard Liège) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ervin Zukanović (Dender) Own goals (17 players, 18 goals) 32em Paraguay Antolín Alcaraz (Club Brugge, scored for Charleroi) Belgium Yohan Brouckaert (Tubize, scored for Westerlo) Belgium Frank Defays (Charleroi, scored for Tubize) Belgium Jonas De Roeck (Gent, scored for Westerlo) Belgium Karel D'Haene (Zulte Waregem, scored for Westerlo) Belgium Chemcedine El Araichi (Mouscron, scored for Tubize) Finland Janne Hietanen (Roeselare, scored for Kortrijk) Serbia Bojan Jorgacević (Gent, scored for Mechelen) Belgium Damien Miceli (Charleroi, scored for Cercle Brugge) Croatia Tomislav Mikulić (Standard Liège, scored for Mechelen) Belgium Grégoire Neels (Tubize, scored for Westerlo) United States of America Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liège, scored for Dender) Belgium Rocky Peeters (Germinal Beerschot, scored for Charleroi and Zulte Waregem) Belgium Anthony Portier (Cercle Brugge, scored for Charleroi) France Jérémy Taravel (Zulte Waregem, scored for Germinal Beerschot) Belgium Kenny Van Hoevelen (Mechelen, scored for Mouscron) Belgium Stef Wils (Westerlo, scored for Dender) Attendances No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Club Brugge 26,085 -1,1% 28,180 2 Standard de Liège 25,912 0,5% 28,000 3 Anderlecht 23,654 -5,0% 24,377 4 Genk 22,004 -5,4% 24,000 5 Mechelen 11,079 -0,6% 12,800 6 Gent 10,639 -0,5% 13,000 7 Cercle Brugge 10,502 4,0% 23,163 8 Germinal Beerschot 10,002 1,4% 12,000 9 Charleroi 9,267 -1,3% 20,701 10 Zulte Waregem 6,682 -0,3% 8,900 11 Kortrijk 6,307 166,8% 9,000 12 Sporting Lokeren 6,120 5,4% 8,638 13 Westerlo 5,979 0,6% 10,638 14 Mouscron 5,631 -3,6% 10,497 15 Roeselare 5,528 -9,3% 7,000 16 Dender 5,072 8,6% 8,005 17 RAEC 4,294 -7,6% 9,000 18 Tubize 3,953 299,7% 8,000 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel09.htm Attendances Belgium average European-football-statistics.co.uk June 29, 2026 See also 2008–09 R.S.C. Anderlecht season List of Belgian football transfers summer 2008 List of Belgian football transfers winter 2008–09 References Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1