1st division (Belgium) 2006/07

First division 2006/07
master	RSC Anderlecht
Champions League	RSC Anderlecht , KRC Genk
Uefa cup	Standard Liège , Club Bruges
UI cup	KAA Gent
Cup winners	Club Bruges
Relegation ↓	Lierse SK
Relegated	KSK Beveren , Lierse SK
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 12 relegation games
Gates	853  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	François Sterchele ( Germinal Beerschot )
← First division 2005/06 First division 2007/08 →
Second division 2006/07 ↓

The 2006/07 First Division was the 104th edition of the first Belgian soccer league. It began on July 28, 2006 and ended on May 19, 2007. RSC Anderlecht defended its title and was Belgian champion for the 29th time in its club history .

Attendees

Clubs at a glance

18 teams played in the 2006/07 season. Twelve clubs came from Flanders , four clubs from Wallonia and two clubs from the Brussels region .

12 from Flanders	Club Bruges	Cercle Bruges	KSV Roeselare	SV Zulte-Waregem
	KAA Gent	SK Beveren	Sporting Lokeren	Germinal Beerschot Antwerp
	Lierse SK	VC Westerlo	KRC Genk	VV St. Truiden
4 from Wallonia	Excelsior Mouscron	Sporting Charleroi	RAEC Mons	Standard Liege
2 from Brussels region	RSC Anderlecht	FC Brussels

Climbers

REAC Mons was the only newcomer from the second division , as Lierse SK won the relegation playoffs against second division clubs from the 2005/2006 season and thus held the class.

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	RSC Anderlecht (M)	34	23	8th	3	075:300	+45	77
2.	KRC Genk	34	22nd	6th	6th	071:370	+34	72
3.	Standard Liege	34	19th	7th	8th	062:380	+24	64
4th	KAA Gent	34	18th	6th	10	056:400	+16	60
5.	Sporting Charleroi	34	17th	9	8th	051:400	+11	60
6th	Club Bruges	34	14th	9	11	058:400	+18	51
7th	Germinal beerschot	34	14th	9	11	052:460	+6	51
8th.	KVC Westerlo	34	12	10	12	041:440	−3	46
9.	RAEC Mons (N)	34	12	8th	14th	041:410	± 0	44
10.	Excelsior Mouscron	34	10	12	12	051:540	−3	42
11.	KSV Roeselare	34	10	9	15th	050:720	−22	39
12.	Cercle Bruges	34	10	8th	16	031:360	−5	38
13.	FC Brussels	34	8th	14th	12	039:500	−11	38
14th	SV Zulte-Waregem (P)	34	9	10	15th	040:550	−15	37
15th	VV St. Truiden	34	9	8th	17th	039:520	−13	35
16.	Sporting Lokeren	34	5	15th	14th	032:480	−16	30th
17th	Lierse SK	34	6th	8th	20th	033:660	−33	26th
18th	KSK Beveren	34	5	10	19th	031:640	−33	25th

Belgian champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the 2nd division

(M)	reigning Belgian champion
(P)	reigning Belgian cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd division last season

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.

2006/07
RSC Anderlecht		1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 4	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	6-0	3: 2	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	2-0	8: 1	2-0	4: 1
Standard Liege	0-0		1-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	0-0	3: 2	1-0
Club Bruges	2: 2	4: 4		5-0	0: 1	1-0	4: 1	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	2-0	0: 1	5: 1	3: 3	1-0	2-0	4-0	0-0
KAA Gent	2: 1	2: 1	0-0		1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	3: 3	2: 1	2-0	1: 3	0: 2	3: 1	2: 1	4-0	4: 1
KRC Genk	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1		4-0	3: 1	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	0: 2	3-0	3: 2	3-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	5: 1
Germinal beerschot	1: 3	1: 3	4-0	0: 3	2: 1		1: 1	1: 2	0-0	3-0	1: 1	3-0	6: 2	1-0	3: 2	1-0	2: 3	2: 1
SV Zulte-Waregem	0: 4	3: 1	2: 1	3: 2	2: 2	0: 2		1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	4: 2	0-0	1: 2	3-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2
Sporting Lokeren	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 2		1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 4	0: 2
KVC Westerlo	3: 4	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4: 2	4: 1		1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1
FC Brussels	0: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0	0: 1		0: 2	6: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	1-0
Sporting Charleroi	1: 1	2: 5	1: 1	1-0	4: 1	3: 3	2: 1	4: 3	1: 2	1-0		2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0
KSV Roeselare	0: 5	2: 3	3: 2	1: 3	3: 3	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 3		2: 1	1-0	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	2: 1
Excelsior Mouscron	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 3	2: 2	1-0	3-0	1: 1	4-0	2: 2	2-0	2: 2		2: 1	1-0	4: 2	2: 2	2: 2
Cercle Bruges	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0	4: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1		0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3-0
VV St. Truiden	2: 4	0: 3	2: 3	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 2	1-0	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0		3: 2	4-0	1-0
KSK Beveren	1: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1-0	0: 5	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	0: 3	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2		1: 1	0-0
Lierse SK	1: 4	1: 3	1: 2	1: 4	0: 3	2: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3: 3	0: 2	0-0	0: 1		0-0
RAEC Mons	3: 1	2: 3	1-0	0: 1	5-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	6: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1

Relegation

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. KV Mechelen  6th  5  1  0 011: 300  +8 16  2. Royal Antwerp  6th  3  1  2 007: 400  +3 10  3. Lierse SK  6th  3  0  3 010: 800  +2 09  4th KV Kortrijk  6th  0  0  6th 004:170 −13 00 Promoted to the Pro League (soccer, Belgium) 2007/08 Relegation to the 2nd division

Crosstab Relegation KV Mechelen 1-0 2-0 3-0 Royal Antwerp 0-0 2: 1 3-0 Lierse SK 1: 2 2-0 5: 2 KV Kortrijk 2: 3 0: 2 0: 1

The RSC Anderlecht championship team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

1.

RSC Anderlecht

Goal: Daniel Zítka (33 / -); Silvio Proto (2 / -); Davy plaice (1 / -) Defense: Olivier Deschacht (34/1); Jelle van Damme (24 / -); Roland Juhász (23/1); Mark De Man (23 / -); Nicolás Pareja (21 / -); Anthony Vanden Borre (20 / -); Marcin Wasilewski (14/2); Max von Schlebrügge (6 / -) Midfield: Mbark Boussoufa (33/8); Lucas Biglia (33/1); Ahmed Hassan (30/12); Bart Goor (26/4); Jonathan Legear (22/2); Walter Baseggio (7 / -); Cristian Leiva (5 / -); Roland Lamah (2 / -); Cheik Tioté (2 / -); Oladapo Olufemi (1 / -) Forward : Mohammed Tchité (29/20); Nicolás Frutos (24/15); Mbo Mpenza (16/2); Dieumerci Mbokani (9/4) Trainer : Franky Vercauteren

• Yves Vanderhaeghe (10 / -) and Serhat Akın (7 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

François Sterchele

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	François Sterchele	Germinal beerschot	21st
02.	Patrick Ogunsoto	KVC Westerlo	20th
	Mohammed Tchité	RSC Anderlecht
04th	Adnan Čustović	Excelsior Mouscron	18th
05.	Boško Balaban	Club Bruges	16
06th	Adékambi Olufadé	KAA Gent	15th
07th	Nicolás Frutos	RSC Anderlecht	14th
	Milan Jovanović	Standard Liege
09.	Ahmed Hassan	RSC Anderlecht	12
10.	Dieter Dekelver	Cercle Bruges (4) KVC Westerlo (7)	11

Web links

• Official archive of the Jupiler League
• Match days and dates on rsssf.com