Division 1A 2018/19

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Division 1A 2018/19
master KRC Genk
Champions League KRC Genk
Champions League
qualification		 Club Bruges
Europe League Standard Liege
Europa League
qualification		 Royal Antwerp
KAA Gent
Cup winners KV Mechelen ( Division 1B )
Relegated Sporting Lokeren
Teams 16
Games 240 + 92 play-off games
Gates 994  (ø 2.99 per game)
Top scorer TunisiaTunisia Hamdi Harbaoui
( SV Zulte Waregem ), 25 goals
← Division 1A 2017/18

The Division 1A 2018/19 was the 116th season of the highest Belgian league for men's soccer . The opening game took place on July 27, 2018.

The KV Mechelen rose after eleven seasons as bottom of the previous season . As the champion of the second division 1B , Cercle Bruges played first class again after three years of second division.

Season course

Sporting Lokeren was already relegated two game days before the end of the first round, and KRC Genk won their fourth Belgian national championship. Mechelen became champions of the 2nd division and cup winners, and was able to move back to the 1st division and qualify for the group stage of the Europa League .

On June 1, 2019, the Appeals Committee of the Belgian Football Union decided to punish Mechelen for the manipulation of the game KV Mechelen against Waasland-Beveren on March 11, 2018 in the 2017/18 season in the first division by withdrawing promotion to the first division . Mechelen would have remained in Division 1B in the 2019/20 season. In addition, Mechelen is not allowed to participate in the Europa League . Instead of Mechelen, the loser of the promotion games, KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk , would have been promoted to the first division.

On June 6, 2019, the club appealed against this decision to the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport. The judgment could not be carried out until its decision. On July 10, 2019, the arbitral tribunal determined that withdrawing the ascent was not one of the possible sanctions. Thus, KV Mechelen will play in the first division in the 2019/20 season. The arbitral tribunal did not comment on the question of participation in the European Cup.

After UEFA decided on July 16, 2019 to provisionally admit KV Mechelen as a participant in the group stage of the Europa League , the Belgian court of arbitration for sport gave its final judgment on July 17, 2019. KV Mechelen is allowed to move up to the first division and does not receive any point deduction there. However, the exclusion of the club from the Belgian Cup and the Europa League in the 2019/20 season remains.

The following day, UEFA decided that all Belgian clubs in the Europa League would move up by one qualifying round. The UEFA applied here the rules of a license refusal for the European Cup. As a result, Standard Liège starts third in the play-off round in the group stage. Royal Antwerp had won the Europa League play-off final as fourth in the play-off round and would have started in the second qualifying round. It now starts in the 3rd qualifying round. KAA Gent is the next club in the final table (5th place) to move up to the last free place in the 2nd qualifying round.

Attendees

Clubs in Division 1A 2018/19

The following clubs had qualified for the 2018/19 season:

mode

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 schedule for this double round was published on June 12, 2018.

The six best-placed clubs reached the championship round (play-offs 1), the teams in positions seven to fifteen played for a possible international starting place (play-offs 2). After the end of the 30 game days, the bottom of the table was relegated directly to the winner of the promotion play-offs of Division 1B in the coming season.

With the introduction of the new Division 1B for the 2016/17 season, a professional, eight-club, second-highest division, the mode of play-offs 2 changed. The nine teams placed 7th to 15th in the table play play-off 2 together the three best clubs (with the exception of the promoted to the Pro League) from Division 1B. The total of twelve teams are divided into two groups of six clubs each (called play-off 2A and play-off 2B), each of which plays against each other once. The winners of these two groups play off the winner of Play-offs 2 in one game, which then competes against the fourth or fifth place in Play-offs 1 for an international starting place.

It should also be noted that in the championship round half of the number of points achieved from the 30 games in the preliminary round is carried over, so that the further matches can only cause minor changes depending on the table situation. The points from the 1st round were rounded up if necessary, but reduced by one point in the event of a tie.

In contrast to other leagues, such as the Bundesliga , the game plans for the round two were not identical (with rotated home law). Rather, a completely different game plan was created for the second half of the season.

There is also a peculiarity in the calculation basis for table placement in the event of a tie. Similar to some other European leagues, the first thing that counts is a direct comparison of wins and only then the goal difference.

1 round

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. KRC Genk  30th  18th  9  3 063:310 +32 63
 2. Club Brugge (M)  30th  16  8th  6th 064:320 +32 56
 3. Standard Liège (P)  30th  15th  8th  7th 049:350 +14 53
 4th RSC Anderlecht  30th  15th  6th  9 049:340 +15 51
 5. KAA Gent  30th  15th  5  10 053:450  +8 50
 6th Royal Antwerp  30th  14th  7th  9 039:340  +5 49
 7th VV St. Truiden  30th  12  11  7th 047:360 +11 47
 8th. KV Kortrijk  30th  12  7th  11 044:420  +2 43
 9. Sporting Charleroi  30th  12  6th  12 043:430  ± 0 42
10. Royal Excel Mouscron  30th  11  7th  12 033:330  ± 0 40
11. SV Zulte Waregem  30th  8th  9  13 049:600 −11 33
12. KAS Eupen  30th  10  2  18th 034:570 −23 32
13. Cercle Bruges (N)  30th  7th  7th  16 035:590 −24 28
14th KV Ostend  30th  6th  9  15th 029:520 −23 27
15th Waasland-Beveren  30th  5  12  13 037:500 −13 27
16. Sporting Lokeren  30th  5  5  20th 028:530 −25 20th
Stand: Final stand
  • Participation in the championship round
  • Participation in the play-offs
  • Relegation to Division 1B 2019/20
    • (M) reigning Belgian champion
    (P) reigning Belgian cup winner
    (N) Promoted to the second division in 2017/18

    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.

    2018/19
    status: final status     		BRÜ AND GNT KRC Genk KV Ostend SV Zulte Waregem Standard Liege Sporting Charleroi KV Kortrijk Cercle Bruges Sporting Lokeren Waasland-Beveren VV St. Truiden Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Antwerp KAS Eupen
    Club Bruges 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 4-0 1: 3 3-0 0: 1 3-0 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 5: 1 5: 2
    RSC Anderlecht 2: 2 2-0 0: 1 5: 2 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 4: 2 1: 1 3-0 0-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1
    KAA Gent 0: 4 1-0 1: 5 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 4: 1 2: 1 4: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 2-0
    KRC Genk 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 2-0 4-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 2: 1
    KV Ostend 1: 2 0: 2 0: 4 0: 2 3: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1
    SV Zulte Waregem 2: 5 1: 2 1: 3 3: 3 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3: 2 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 4-0
    Standard Liege 3: 1 2: 1 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 4: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0 3: 1 4: 3 3: 2 1: 1 0: 2 3-0
    Sporting Charleroi 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 1: 2
    KV Kortrijk 0-0 1: 4 1: 2 3: 3 1: 2 4: 2 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 3
    Cercle Bruges 2: 2 2: 1 0: 3 2: 5 2: 2 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2-0 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 0: 1
    Sporting Lokeren 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0: 4 0-0 0: 3 0: 3 2: 4 1: 3 3: 1 1-0 2-0 0-0 2: 1 2-0
    Waasland-Beveren 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 6 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0-0
    VV St. Truiden 2: 2 4: 2 0: 2 2: 3 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 4: 1
    Royal Excel Mouscron 0: 1 3: 1 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1
    Royal Antwerp 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 4 2-0 5: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 3 2: 1 2: 1
    KAS Eupen 0: 4 2: 1 2: 3 0: 2 1: 2 2: 3 2: 1 1: 4 0: 1 2-0 4: 1 1-0 1: 4 1-0 1: 2

    Placement rounds

    The schedule for all play-off matches was published on March 18, 2019.

    Championship round (Play-off 1)

    table

    The points from the 1st round were halved and credited as a bonus.

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
     1. KRC Genk  10  6th  2  2 019: 800 +11 20th 32 52
     2. Club Brugge (M)  10  7th  1  2 019:110  +8 22nd 28 50
     3. Standard Liège (P)  10  4th  1  5 017:160  +1 13 27 40
     4th Royal Antwerp  10  4th  2  4th 012:160  −4 14th 25th 39
     5. KAA Gent  10  3  1  6th 010:150  −5 10 25th 35
     6th RSC Anderlecht  10  1  3  6th 008:190 −11 06th 26th 32
  • Belgian champions and participation in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage
  • Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the group stage of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the final of the Europa League play-offs
  • Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

    • Crosstab

    2018/19 KRC Genk BRÜ Standard Liege AND GNT Royal Antwerp
    KRC Genk 3: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 1 4-0
    Club Bruges 3: 2 4-0 1-0 3-0 3: 2
    Standard Liege 1: 3 2-0 (5: 0) 2 2: 3 3: 1
    RSC Anderlecht 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1 0-0 1: 2
    KAA Gent 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2
    Royal Antwerp 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2
    2The game was stopped in the 30th minute after several interruptions due to rioting Anderlecht fans. On April 30, 2019, the Belgian Football Association decided to score the game with 0: 5 against RSC Anderlecht. The further penalty of having to play a game without a spectator was suspended for three years on appeal by the Belgian Arbitration Court for Sport. The official table has been corrected since May 14th.

    Play-off for Europa League qualification (play-off 2A and 2B)

    The following teams qualified for these play-offs:

    In play-offs 2A and 2B, all teams started again with zero points.

    Play-off 2A

    table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Sporting Charleroi  10  7th  1  2 020: 700 +13 22nd
     2. VV St. Truiden  10  4th  5  1 016:130  +3 17th
     3. KVC Westerlo  10  3  3  4th 013:120  +1 12
     4th KV Ostend  10  3  3  4th 012:150  −3 12
     5. KAS Eupen  10  3  2  5 009:150  −6 11
     6th KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk  10  2  2  6th 011:190  −8 08th
  • Participation in the play-off 2 final
    • Crosstab
    2018/19 VV St. Truiden Sporting Charleroi KAS Eupen KV Ostend KVC Westerlo BEE
    VV St. Truiden 3: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 2
    Sporting Charleroi 2-0 2-0 1: 2 2-0 4-0
    KAS Eupen 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 0: 3 1-0
    KV Ostend 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1
    KVC Westerlo 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 1
    KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk 1: 2 0: 3 2-0 1: 2 3: 2

    Play-off 2B

    table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. KV Kortrijk  10  8th  0  2 026:120 +14 24
     2. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise  10  6th  2  2 024:140 +10 20th
     3. Waasland-Beveren  10  4th  1  5 017:240  −7 13
     4th SV Zulte Waregem  10  3  4th  3 022:220  ± 0 13
     5. Royal Excel Mouscron  10  2  2  6th 019:220  −3 08th
     6th Cercle Bruges  10  2  1  7th 016:300 −14 07th
  • Participation in the play-off 2 final
    • Crosstab
    2018/19 KV Kortrijk Royal Excel Mouscron SV Zulte Waregem Cercle Bruges Waasland-Beveren Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
    KV Kortrijk 3: 1 4: 2 4-0 2: 1 0: 1
    Royal Excel Mouscron 2: 3 3-0 2: 3 2: 4 0: 2
    SV Zulte Waregem 0: 5 2: 2 6: 2 0-0 2: 1
    Cercle Bruges 1: 2 0: 3 3: 3 3: 2 2: 3
    Waasland-Beveren 2: 3 2: 1 0: 5 2: 1 3: 2
    Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 3: 3 2: 2 3: 1 5: 1

    Play-off 2 final

    The top two of play-offs 2A and 2B played against each other. The club had home rights, which occupied the higher table place in the regular phase.

    date Time home - guest Result
    Wed., May 22, 2019 8:30 p.m. KV Kortrijk - Sporting Charleroi 1: 2

    Europa League play-off

    The fourth from play-off 1 (with home rights) and the winner of play-off 2 played against each other.

    date Time home - guest Result
    Sun., May 26, 2019 2:30 p.m. Royal Antwerp - Sporting Charleroi 3: 2

    After cup winner KV Mechelen has been suspended , the winner will take part in the third qualifying round for the 2019/20 Europa League .

    Gouden bull

    The Gouden Stier (German golden bull ) was awarded to the best goalscorer of the season. The hits of the Play-off 2 finals were not included in the statistics. After the goals scored, a lower required playing time, then the number of assists and finally the lower number of goals from penalty kicks served as the basis for placement.

    Pl. player team Gates
    01. TunisiaTunisia Hamdi Harbaoui SV Zulte Waregem 25th
    02. TanzaniaTanzania Mbwana Samatta KRC Genk 23
    03. CroatiaCroatia Ivan Santini RSC Anderlecht 16
    04th NigeriaNigeria Victor Osimhen Sporting Charleroi
    05. JapanJapan Daichi Kamada VV St. Truiden 15th
    06th UruguayUruguay Felipe Avenatti KV Kortrijk
    07th BelgiumBelgium Leandro Trossard KRC Genk 14th
    08th. BelgiumBelgium Théo Bongonda SV Zulte Waregem
    09. BelgiumBelgium Hans Vanaken Club Bruges
    10. UkraineUkraine Ruslan Malinowski KRC Genk 13

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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