1996–97 Belgian First Division

94th season of top-tier football in Belgium January 2026 Belgian First Division 1996–97 1995–96 1997–98 Lierse won the title of the 1996–97 season. Participanting teams Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1996–97 Belgium 50.933333 4.033333 Aalst bottom Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 AnderlechtMolenbeek bottom Belgium 51.2247 4.4625 Antwerp right Belgium 51.216667 4.4 Germinal Beerschot top Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club BruggeCercle Brugge bottom Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi Belgium 50.833333 5.2 Sint-Truiden bottom Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Genk bottom Belgium 51.05 3.733333 Gent bottom Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 Standard Belgium 51.116667 4.583333 Lierse right Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 51.233333 5.3 Lommel right Belgium 51.056667 4.386667 Mechelen bottom Belgium 50.733333 3.216667 Mouscron Belgium 50.85 3.3 Harelbeke top These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: KV Mechelen Cercle Brugge Final league table main WDL QR y LIE Lierse S.K. BRG Club Brugge MOU R.E. Mouscron AND R.S.C. Anderlecht LOM K.F.C. Lommel S.K. ANT R. Antwerp F.C. STA Standard Liège GNK K.R.C. Genk ZWV K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen BEE K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot STV K. Sint-Truidense V.V. LOK K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen CHA R. Charleroi S.C. GNT K.A.A. Gent EEN K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst MOL R.W.D. Molenbeek MEC Y.R. K.V. Mechelen CBR Cercle Brugge K.S.V. 21 10 3 70 38 22 5 7 69 34 17 10 7 60 38 16 10 8 59 36 16 9 9 50 48 16 5 13 51 49 16 2 16 55 55 13 9 12 49 43 12 11 11 50 42 13 7 14 56 57 10 9 15 46 56 10 8 16 41 57 10 7 17 44 58 10 6 18 44 58 8 12 14 44 55 8 11 15 32 43 7 10 17 33 55 6 9 19 36 67 #b0ee90 Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Champions League UCL #97deff Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup UC UC UC #ccffff Qualified for 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup UIC UIC UIC UIC #f0e68c Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UCWC #ffb0b0 Relegated to Division II R R complete Results main FBR grey AAL AND ANT CER CLU CHA EKE GNK GNT HAR LIE LOK LOM MEC MOL MOU STV STA Eendracht Aalst 0–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–3 1–2 Anderlecht 3–0 2–3 4–0 0–1 6–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 6–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 Antwerp 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–4 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 Cercle Brugge 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 0–4 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–6 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–4 Club Brugge 3–0 2–1 4–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 8–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–1 3–0 Charleroi 2–3 0–0 3–0 1–3 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 Germinal Ekeren 6–1 4–1 6–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 Genk 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 3–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 Gent 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 4–5 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 Harelbeke 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 5–1 0–2 3–3 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 Lierse 0–1 5–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 4–0 0–0 5–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 Lokeren 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 Lommel 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 Mechelen 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 Molenbeek 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 Mouscron 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 Sint-Truiden 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–1 2–4 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 Standard Liège 3–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–3 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 complete Attendances # Club Average 1 Anderlecht 21,353 2 Club Brugge 12,706 3 Standard 12,088 4 Genk 10,629 5 Lierse 8,118 6 Mouscron 7,476 7 STVV 7,382 8 Gent 7,294 9 Aalst 6,982 10 Lommel 6,529 11 Westerlo 6,312 12 Charleroi 6,088 13 Beveren 5,512 14 Lokeren 5,265 15 Harelbeke 5,176 16 Ekeren 4,912 17 RWDM 4,647 18 Antwerp 3,941 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel97.htm 2026-06-27 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1 Category:Long stubs with short prose