1st Division (Belgium) 1996/97

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1st Division (Belgium) 1996/97
master Lierse SK
Champions League Lierse SK
Uefa cup Club Bruges
Excelsior Mouscron
RSC Anderlecht
UI cup SK Lommel
Royal Antwerp
Standard Liège
KRC Genk
Cup winners Germinal Ekeren
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Germinal Ekeren
Relegated KV Mechelen
Cercle Bruges
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 889  (ø 2.91 per game)
Top scorer CroatiaCroatia Robert Špehar ( Club Bruges )
← First division 1995/96

The First Division 1996/97 was the 94th season of the top Belgian division in men's football . It began on August 1, 1996 and ended on May 25, 1997.

mode

The 18 teams played against each other twice on a total of 34 match days, divided into a first and a second round. The two bottom of the table were relegated.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Lierse SK  34  21st  10  3 070:380 +32 73
 2. Club Bruges (M, P)  34  22nd  5  7th 069:340 +35 71
 3. Excelsior Mouscron (N)  34  17th  10  7th 060:380 +22 61
 4th RSC Anderlecht  34  16  10  8th 059:360 +23 58
 5. SK Lommel  34  16  9  9 050:480  +2 57
 6th Royal Antwerp  34  16  5  13 051:490  +2 53
 7th Standard Liege  34  16  2  16 055:550  ± 0 50
 8th. KRC Genk (N)  34  13  9  12 049:430  +6 48
 9. KRC Harelbeke  34  12  11  11 050:420  +8 47
10. Germinal Ekeren  34  13  7th  14th 056:570  −1 46
11. VV St. Truiden  34  10  9  15th 046:560 −10 39
12. Sporting Lokeren (N)  34  10  8th  16 041:570 −16 38
13. Sporting Charleroi  34  10  7th  17th 044:580 −14 37
14th KAA Gent  34  10  6th  18th 044:580 −14 36
15th Eendracht Aalst  34  8th  12  14th 044:550 −11 36
16. RWD Molenbeek  34  8th  11  15th 032:430 −11 35
17th KV Mechelen  34  7th  10  17th 033:550 −22 31
18th Cercle Bruges  34  6th  9  19th 036:670 −31 27

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins

  • Belgian champion and participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98
  • Relegation to the second division
    • (M) reigning Belgian champion
    (P) reigning Belgian cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

    1996/97 LIE FCB MOU AND LOM ANT SLÜ GNK HAR GER TRU LOK SPC GNT EEL RWD MCH CERIUM
    1. Lierse SK 2: 2 1-0 5: 1 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 5: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 1 3-0 4-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 4: 2 4: 2
    2. Club Bruges 2: 4 3-0 2: 1 3: 2 4: 2 3-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 6: 1 8: 2 2: 1 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 3-0
    3. Excelsior Mouscron 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 3-0 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 4 5-0 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 3: 2 2-0 4-0 1: 1
    4th RSC Anderlecht 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 6-0 2: 3 2: 1 3: 1 3: 2 4: 1 3: 1 2: 2 6-0 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 0-0 4-0
    5. SK Lommel 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1
    6th Royal Antwerp 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 4 3-0 4-0 0-0 2-0 1: 2 4: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1-0 3: 2 3: 2 0-0
    7th Standard Liege 0: 3 1: 3 4: 3 0: 1 3: 1 4-0 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 3 4: 1 2-0 3-0 3-0 3: 1 1: 2
    8th. KRC Genk 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 0: 1 3-0 3: 1 4: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 4 4: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2-0
    9. KRC Harelbeke 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 2: 3 2: 1 2: 3 1: 1 5: 1 0-0 1: 1 0-0 3-0 3: 3 3: 1
    10. Germinal Ekeren 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 4: 1 4: 1 6: 3 4-0 0: 1 1: 3 3: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 6: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 2
    11. VV St. Truiden 4: 2 2: 1 2-0 4-0 2: 4 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 2: 3 0-0
    12. Sporting Lokeren 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 3: 3 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 4: 2 1-0 2: 2 0-0 4-0 1: 3
    13. Sporting Charleroi 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 3 3-0 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 3
    14th KAA Gent 4: 5 1: 3 2: 4 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 4 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 3: 2 2-0 2: 2 2: 1
    15th Eendracht Aalst 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 3 1: 1 5-0 3: 3 2-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 4: 2
    16. RWD Molenbeek 0-0 1: 3 2-0 0-0 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 2-0 3: 1 2-0
    17th KV Mechelen 2: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 3-0 0-0 2: 1 3-0 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0
    18th Cercle Bruges 0: 2 0: 2 2: 2 0: 3 3: 1 0: 1 2: 4 0: 4 1: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2: 6 1-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 1996/97 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Results 1996/97. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .