1st division (Belgium) 2014/15

1st division 2014/15
master	KAA Gent
Champions League	KAA Gent
Champions League qualification	Club Bruges
Europe League	RSC Anderlecht
Europa League qualification	Standard Liege Sporting Charleroi
Cup winners	Club Bruges
Relegation ↓	Lierse SK
Relegated	Cercle Bruges Lierse SK
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	887  (ø 3.7 per game)
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The 1st Division 2014/15 (officially Jupiler Pro League ) was the 112th season of the top Belgian division in men's football .

societies

Anderlecht Beveren   Cercle FC   Charleroi Genk Ghent Kortrijk Liege Lierse Lokeren   Westerlo Mechelen East End   Commodity Mouscron

Clubs in the first division 2014/15

society	city	Stadion	capacity
RSC Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	26,361
KV Ostend	East End	Albertpark Stadium	08,125
Cercle Bruges	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,062
Club Bruges	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,062
Sporting Charleroi	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	14,891
KRC Genk	Genk	Cristal Arena	24,956
KAA Gent	Ghent	Ghelamco Arena	19,999
KV Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Gulden Spore Stadium	09,399
Lierse SK	Lier	Herman Vanderpoorten Stadium	14,538
Sporting Lokeren	Lokeren	Daknam Stadium	12,000
Standard Liege	Liege	Maurice Dufrasne Stadium	30,023
KV Mechelen	Mechelen	AFAS stadium	14,145
Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz	Mouscron	Stade Le Canonnier	10,571
Waasland-Beveren	Beveren	Freethiel	13,290
SV Zulte Waregem	Commodity	Rainbow stadium	08,500
KVC Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	08,035

Regular season

The 16 clubs initially played the regular season in a double round. The final table served as the basis for qualifying for various placement rounds.

The six best-placed clubs reached the championship round, the teams in places seven to fourteen played for a possible international starting place. The last two teams played in the relegation. It should be noted that in the championship round half of the number of points achieved from the 30 games of the preliminary round is carried over, so that the further matches can only cause minor changes depending on the table situation.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Club Bruges	30th	17th	10	3	069:280	+41	61
2.	KAA Gent	30th	16	9	5	052:290	+23	57
3.	RSC Anderlecht (M)	30th	16	9	5	051:300	+21	57
4th	Standard Liege	30th	16	5	9	049:390	+10	53
5.	KV Kortrijk	30th	16	3	11	054:350	+19	51
6th	Sporting Charleroi	30th	14th	7th	9	044:310	+13	49
7th	KRC Genk	30th	13	10	7th	037:280	+9	49
8th.	Sporting Lokeren (P)	30th	10	12	8th	038:320	+6	42
9.	KV Mechelen	30th	10	11	9	037:390	−2	41
10.	KV Ostend	30th	11	5	14th	040:520	−12	38
11.	KVC Westerlo (N)	30th	8th	9	13	042:630	−21	33
12.	SV Zulte Waregem	30th	8th	7th	15th	041:540	−13	31
13.	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz (N, R)	30th	7th	5	18th	032:510	−19	26th
14th	Waasland-Beveren	30th	7th	5	18th	030:490	−19	26th
15th	Cercle Bruges	30th	6th	6th	18th	021:450	−24	24
16.	Lierse SK	30th	5	7th	18th	030:630	−33	22nd

Participation in the championship round

Participation in the play-offs

Participation in the relegation

(M)	reigning Belgian champion
(P)	reigning Belgian cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season
(R)	Last season promotion playoff winner

Crosstab

2014/15	AND			BRÜ
RSC Anderlecht		3: 2	1-0	2: 2	0-0	1: 2	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	4-0	0: 2	1-0	0-0	3: 1
Cercle Bruges	0: 2		1-0	0: 3	0: 1	0-0	0: 4	1: 2	1-0	2: 3	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 1
Sporting Charleroi	3: 1	0: 2		0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 2	6-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2: 3	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2-0
Club Bruges	2: 2	1: 1	1-0		4: 1	2: 2	5-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	5-0	3-0	4: 2	2: 1	3-0
KRC Genk	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		3: 2	3-0	3-0	0-0	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	0: 2	1-0	3: 2	2-0
KAA Gent	0: 2	4-0	2: 2	2: 1	0-0		0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	4-0	1: 2	4: 1	3: 1	1-0
KV Kortrijk	2: 3	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2: 3		1-0	2: 3	3-0	0: 2	6-0	2: 3	2: 1	3: 1	3-0
Lierse SK	2: 2	2: 1	0: 2	0: 6	0: 2	0: 1	0-0		1: 1	0: 1	2-0	3: 3	2: 3	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2
Sporting Lokeren	1: 2	0-0	5: 2	1: 3	1: 1	3: 3	1: 2	2-0		3: 2	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	1-0
KV Mechelen	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1		0-0	5: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0
KV Ostend	0: 2	2-0	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1	1: 3	1: 7	2: 1	0: 1	2-0		4-0	3: 2	4: 3	1: 3	0-0
KVC Westerlo	2: 2	1-0	2: 3	1: 3	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	6: 1	1-0	1: 1	3-0		1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1: 3
Standard Liege	2-0	1-0	3-0	1: 3	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2	2-0	2-0	3: 5	2: 2		3: 2	1: 2	3-0
Waasland-Beveren	0: 2	1-0	1: 3	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 2		1: 3	2: 1
SV Zulte Waregem	0: 2	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 3	1-0	2: 3	1: 4	1: 3	1: 1	1: 4		1: 1
Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz	4: 2	4-0	0: 2	1: 4	1: 2	1: 3	0: 3	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	5: 2	1-0	0: 1

Placement rounds

Championship round

The six best-placed clubs of the regular season reached the championship round, which was played in a double round. The participating teams were each credited with half of the points achieved in the regular season. Half points were rounded up to the next higher number of points. In the event of a tie, half the point was deducted from the teams concerned.

The first and second in the table qualified for the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League , while the third placed in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League qualified for a qualification in the Europa League. The fifth-placed player played a play-off match against the winner of the play-off round in a round trip . The team in sixth place was not internationally qualified.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	KAA Gent	10	6th	2	2	018:110	+7	20th	29	49
2.	Club Bruges	10	5	1	4th	016:160	± 0	16	31	47
3.	RSC Anderlecht (M)	10	5	2	3	018:130	+5	17th	29	46
4th	Standard Liege	10	4th	1	5	014:130	+1	13	27	40
5.	Sporting Charleroi	10	3	2	5	013:150	−2	11	25th	36
6th	KV Kortrijk	10	2	2	6th	011:220	−11	08th	26th	34

Belgian champion and participation in the group stage of the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the Europa League playoffs

(M)	reigning Belgian champion

Crosstab

2014/15	BRÜ		AND
Club Bruges		2: 3	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1
KAA Gent	2: 2		2: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1
RSC Anderlecht	3: 1	2: 1		1: 1	5: 1	1-0
Standard Liege	1-0	1: 3	3: 1		4-0	2-0
KV Kortrijk	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	3: 1		1: 1
Sporting Charleroi	2: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	5: 2

Play-offs

The teams that had reached the places seven to fourteen in the regular season qualified for the play-offs. The eight participating clubs were divided into two groups of four teams each according to their placements (group A: 7, 9, 12, 14 - group B: 8, 10, 11, 13), in each of which a double round was played.

The two group winners then determined the participants in the Europa League playoffs in a return match . There he played against the fifth place in the championship round for a place in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League .

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	KV Mechelen	6th	5	0	1	014: 300	+11	15th
2.	KRC Genk	6th	5	0	1	014: 700	+7	15th
3.	SV Zulte Waregem	6th	1	1	4th	006:100	−4	04th
4th	Waasland-Beveren	6th	0	1	5	005:190	−14	01

Participation in the finals

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sporting Lokeren (C)	6th	4th	1	1	019: 900	+10	13
2.	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz (N, R)	6th	3	1	2	009: 800	+1	10
3.	KV Ostend	6th	2	1	3	007:110	−4	07th
4th	KVC Westerlo (N)	6th	1	1	4th	006:130	−7	04th

Participation in the finals

(P)	reigning Belgian cup winner
(R)	Last season promotion playoff winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstabs

Group A KRC Genk 1-0 7: 1 1-0 KV Mechelen 4-0 4: 1 3-0 Waasland-Beveren 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 SV Zulte Waregem 2: 3 0: 1 2: 2

Group B Sporting Lokeren 6: 1 1: 1 2: 1 KV Ostend 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 KVC Westerlo 4: 3 1: 2 0: 3 Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz 1: 5 2-0 1: 1

Finals

The two group winners determined the participants in the Europa League playoffs in the two legs .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sporting Lokeren	3: 4	KV Mechelen	2: 2	1: 2

Europa League playoff

The winner of the finals and the fifth placed in the championship round determined a participant in the second and second qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League .

	total		First leg	Return leg
KV Mechelen	2: 3	Sporting Charleroi	2: 1	0: 2

Relegation

1. Relegation round

The last and penultimate place of the regular season denied the relegation. There were four games between the two teams. The penultimate of the regular season received a bonus of three points and was also allowed to play one more home game than the last. The winner then played an additional relegation round with three teams from the 2nd division, in which only the winner qualified for the first division . The loser of the relegation, however, rose directly to the second division.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Lierse SK	4th	3	0	1	008: 400	+4	09	0	9
2.	Cercle Bruges	4th	1	0	3	004: 800	−4	03	3	6th
Stand: Final stand

Participation in the 2nd relegation round

Relegated to the second division

Crosstab

2014/15
Cercle Bruges	2: 3		0: 2
Lierse SK		0: 1		3: 1

2nd relegation round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Oud-Heverlee lions	6th	4th	2	0	008: 300	+5	14th
2.	KAS Eupen	6th	2	2	2	005: 400	+1	08th
3.	Lierse SK	6th	2	1	3	008:100	−2	07th
4th	Lommel United	6th	1	1	4th	006:100	−4	04th

Qualification for Pro League 2015/16

Qualification for Second Division 2015/16

Crosstab

2014/15
Lierse SK		1: 2	1: 3	4: 2
Oud-Heverlee lions	0-0		1: 1	3: 1
KAS Eupen	0: 1	0: 1		1-0
Lommel United	3: 1	0: 1	0-0

Goalscorer lists

List of goalscorers (preliminary round)

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Aleksandar Mitrovic	RSC Anderlecht	14th
02.	Renaud Emond	Waasland-Beveren	13
	Ivan Santini	KV Kortrijk
04th	Laurent Depoitre	KAA Gent	12
	Abdoulay Diaby	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz
06th	Teddy Chevalier	KV Kortrijk	11
07th	José Izquierdo	Club Bruges	10
	Igor de Camargo	Standard Liege
09.	Tom De Sutter	Club Bruges	9
	Frédéric Gounongbe	KVC Westerlo
	Neeskens Kebano	Sporting Charleroi
	Geoffrey Mujangi Bia	Standard Liege
	Dalibor Veselinović	KV Mechelen

List of goalscorers (championship round)

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Imoh Ezekiel	Standard Liege	02
	Neeskens Kebano	Sporting Charleroi
	Aleksandar Mitrovic	RSC Anderlecht
	Geoffrey Mujangi Bia	Standard Liege
	Nicklas Pedersen	KAA Gent
	Lior Refaelov	Club Bruges

List of goalscorers (play-offs)

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Zinho Gano	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz	04th
02.	Dalibor Veselinović	KV Mechelen	03
03.	Eugene Ansah	Sporting Lokeren	02
	Sofiane Hanni	KV Mechelen

List of goalscorers (relegation)

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Kristof D'Haene	Cercle Bruges	02
	Etien Velikonja	Lierse SK
03.	Gilles Dewaele	Cercle Bruges	01
	Karim Hafez Ramadan	Lierse SK
	Faysel Kasmi	Lierse SK
	Wamberto	Lierse SK

The championship team of the KAA Gent

(The games and goals are shown in brackets, including championship play-offs)

1.

KAA Gent

Goal: Matz Sels (39 / -); Brian Vandenbussche (1 / -) Defense: Rami Gershon (38/1); Nana Asare (38 / -); Lasse Nielsen (26/2); Hannes Van der Bruggen (24/1); Sébastien Locigno (4 / -); Ante Puljić (4 / -); Nermin Zolotić (4 / -); Uroš Vitas (2 / -) Midfield: Thomas Foket (38/2); Brecht Dejaegere (36/5); Renato Neto (34/7); Danijel Milićević (33/9); Sven Kums (25/1); Kenny Saief (20/2); Rafinha (19/1); Christophe Lepoint (17 / -); Yaya Soumahoro (11 / -); Marko Poletanović (8/1); Karim Belhocine (7 / -); Mustapha Oussalah (6 / -) Forward: Laurent Depoitre (35/13); Benito Raman (31/8); David Pollet (21/2); Moses Simon (17/7), Haris Hajradinović (4 / -); Nicklas Pedersen (2/1); Serge Tebekou (2/1) Trainer : Hein Vanhaezebrouck

• Habib Habibou (3/1) and Jinty Caenepeel (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Games of the group A soccerway.com
2. ↑ Group B games soccerway.com
3. ^ Table of the relegation soccerway.com
4. ^ Games of the 1st Relegation soccerway.com
5. ↑ List of goalscorers (preliminary round) soccerway.com
6. ↑ List of goalscorers (championship round) soccerway.com
7. ^ List of goalscorers (play-offs) soccerway.com
8. ↑ List of goalscorers (relegation) soccerway.com

Web links

• Official website