Division 1A 2019/20

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Division 1A 2019/20
master Club Bruges
Champions League Club Bruges
Champions League
qualification		 KAA Gent
Europe League Royal Antwerp
Europa League
qualification		 Sporting Charleroi
Standard Liege
Cup winners Royal Antwerp
Relegated not applicable
Teams 16
Games 232
Gates 658  (ø 2.84 per game)
spectator 2,469,389  (ø 10,644 per game)
Top scorer Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Dieumerci Mbokani
( Royal Antwerp ) 18 goals
← Division 1A 2018/19

The Division 1A 2019/20 was the 117th season of the highest Belgian league for men's soccer .

The KV Mechelen had risen directly as a champion and promoted champion after a year in the second class. A contrary decision by the Complaints Commission was overturned by the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The schedule for the 2019/20 season was announced on July 1, 2019. Accordingly, the opening game took place on July 26, 2019. The last matchday of 2019 (the 6th matchday of the second half of the season) took place on December 26 and 27, 2019. After a short break, the 1st division continued on the weekend of January 17-19, 2020. The last day of the main round was scheduled for March 15, 2020.

Since the exclusion of KV Mechelen was ineffective when the schedule was announced, Mechelen was included in the schedule. The Belgian Football Association stated that in the event of the confirmation of the judgment by KFCO, Beerschot Wilrijk would have taken over the fixtures. Otherwise the schedule would have remained unchanged.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the season was canceled by decision of the National Security Council on May 6, 2020. At this point, 29 of the 30 game days of the main round had been played.

Promotion from Division 1B 2018/19

The Appeals Committee of on June 1, 2019 decided Belgian Football Association , the KV Mechelen because of the manipulation of the game against Waasland-Beveren of 11 March 2018 the season 2017/18 with the deprivation of the rise in the first division to punish. Mechelen should remain in Division 1B in the 2019/20 season and instead the loser of the promotion games, KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk , should be promoted to Division 1A. In addition, the club's participation in the UEFA Europa League has been canceled.

On June 6, 2019, the club appealed against this decision to the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport. On July 10, 2019, it determined that the withdrawal of ascent is not a permissible sanction. Therefore, KV Mechelen will play in the first division in the 2019/20 season, and KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk will remain in division 1B. The arbitral tribunal has not yet commented on the question of participation in the European Cup.

An interim injunction against the commencement of game operations according to the game schedule, which had been obtained in the meantime, became irrelevant due to the final judgment of the arbitration tribunal.

The final verdict was announced on July 17, 2019. Mechelen was given the right to start in the first division, but was excluded from playing the European and Belgian Cups for the 2019/20 season.

Attendees

Clubs in Division 1A 2019/20

The following clubs have qualified for the 2019/20 season:

mode

From the 2019/20 season, the mode was changed by a resolution of the general assembly of the Pro League clubs (all clubs in Division 1A and Division 1B ) on June 7, 2019.

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 after 30 match days reached the championship round (play-offs 1). The bottom of the table was relegated directly; For him, the winner of the promotion play-offs of Division 1B plays first class in the coming season.

Unlike in the previous year, the clubs in places 7 to 16 of the first division (including the relegated) together with the clubs in places 1 to 6 of division 1B (including the promoted) in four groups of four clubs each played against each other in a double round. The winners of the four groups would have determined the participants in the play-off 2 final in two semi-finals. The semi-finals and finals would have been played in the first and second leg.

The winner of this Play-off 2 final would continue to play in another play-off against the fourth or fifth place in Play-off 1 for the last 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 was carried over, so that the other matches could only have caused 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 counted was the direct comparison of wins and only then the goal difference.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

After the increased incidence of COVID-19 diseases in Belgium from March 5, 2020 , the government issued the first restrictions after a meeting of the National Security Council on March 10, 2020. After that, outdoor events were still permitted without restrictions. Pro League therefore saw no need for any restrictions on matchday 30. If the stadiums are not sold out, the spectators should be asked to distribute themselves evenly over the blocks. If possible, mobile food and beverage stalls should also be set up to reduce the queues in front of them.

The press conference planned for March 16, 2020 to present the play-off schedule has also been canceled. The game plan should simply be published on the Internet.

Due to further developments, the Pro League decided on the morning of March 12, 2020, after consulting with experts, to hold the games closed to the public. On the afternoon of the same day, the National Security Council banned all sporting events until April 3, 2020.

On March 19, 2020, after consulting the regional associations for amateur sports and the Pro League, the Belgian Football Association decided that no professional games would take place in Belgium up to and including April 30, 2020. A joint training session for the players was prohibited until April 5, 2020 by a decision of the government's national security council.

On April 2nd, the Pro League Board of Directors recommended that the season be canceled. The final decision should be made by the assembly of all clubs on April 15th. This meeting has been postponed several times until May 15, 2020. After UEFA initially questioned the participation of Belgian clubs in the European Cup next season after the announcement of the termination plans, it accepted a season termination on April 23, 2020 due to a government order, or if the continuation of the season made no sense for financial reasons . According to the proposal of the Board of Directors, Club Bruges, which was leading the table of the main round with a 15 point lead at the time of the possible termination, should become the premature champions. The question of promotion from Division 1B , where one of two promotion games had already taken place, remained open in the proposal .

At its meeting on May 6, 2020, the National Security Council banned all sporting events (including those without spectators) until July 31, 2020. It was left to the meeting of the clubs on May 15, 2020 to only vote on the sporting consequences of this decision. There it was decided that the championship, European Cup places and relegation according to the table will be decided after 29 match days.

Due to the victory in the cup final on August 1, 2020, Royal Antwerp is qualified for the group stage of the Europa League; Sporting Charleroi, however, only for qualifying for the Europa League.

Contradiction from Waasland-Beveren

On May 25, 2020 Waasland-Beveren appealed against his relegation to the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sports. With a win on the last day of the match and a simultaneous defeat by Ostend, the club would have been saved and Ostend would have been relegated.

On July 8, 2020, the arbitral tribunal declared the decision of the General Assembly regarding the relegation invalid. It was an incomprehensible unequal treatment that the table status at the end of the season was used for the question of relegation from Division 1A. In Division 1B only the second promotion game was open at this time, and it was insisted on carrying out the same decision. (Since according to the legal situation in May there was an absolute sports ban until July 31, 2020, this game was scheduled for August 2, 2020.)

The Pro League board of directors decided on July 13, 2020 to hold on to the relegation decision against Waasland-Beveren. It should just be better justified. The final decision can only be made by a general assembly of all associations, which cannot take place until July 31, 2020 due to the invitation period. Waasland did not agree to an early implementation.

On July 24, 2020, the club filed a lawsuit against Pro League before the Dendermonde Commercial Court . In the opinion of the association, the decision on relegation would currently be canceled, so that Waasland-Beveren should be listed in the division 1A schedule until a new decision by the general assembly. With a ruling of July 30, 2020, the court followed this view and set a fine of 2.5 million euros for every game played after the invalid game schedule. At the same time, the court emphasized that the planned new reasoning was not sufficient either, so that it would repeat this judgment if Waasland appealed to the arbitral tribunal again after a corresponding decision by the general assembly.

Pro League temporarily withdrew the schedule on the same day.

At the general assembly on the following day, the clubs decided that there would be no relegated team in the 2019/20 season. Waasland-Beveren remained in Division 1A. This will be increased to 18 clubs in the next two seasons.

Main round

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Club Bruges  29  21st  7th  1 058:140 +44 70
 2. KAA Gent  29  16  7th  6th 059:340 +25 55
 3. Sporting Charleroi  29  15th  9  5 049:230 +26 54
 4th Royal Antwerp  29  15th  8th  6th 049:320 +17 53
 5. Standard Liege  29  14th  7th  8th 047:320 +15 49
 6th KV Mechelen (N, P)  29  13  5  11 045:420  +3 44
 7th KRC Genk (M)  29  13  5  11 045:420  +3 44
 8th. RSC Anderlecht  29  11  10  8th 045:290 +16 43
 9. SV Zulte Waregem  29  10  6th  13 041:490  −8 36
10. Royal Excel Mouscron  29  9  9  11 038:400  −2 36
11. KV Kortrijk  29  9  6th  14th 040:440  −4 33
12. VV St. Truiden  29  9  6th  14th 033:500 −17 33
13. KAS Eupen  29  8th  6th  15th 028:510 −23 30th
14th Cercle Bruges  29  7th  2  20th 027:540 −27 23
15th KV Ostend  29  6th  4th  19th 029:580 −29 22nd
16. Waasland-Beveren  29  5  5  19th 021:600 −39 20th
Status: March 7, 2020 - season ended

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

  • Belgian champions and participation in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League group stage
  • Participation in the 3rd qualifying round for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the group stage of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the 3rd qualifying round for the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League
  • Relegation to Division 1B 2020/21
    • (M) reigning Belgian champion
    (P) reigning Belgian cup winner
    (N) Promoted to the second division 2018/19

    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.

    2019/20 As of March 7, 2020 (season canceled )

         		BRÜ AND GNT KRC Genk KV Ostend SV Zulte Waregem Standard Liege Sporting Charleroi KV Kortrijk Cercle Bruges KV Mechelen Waasland-Beveren VV St. Truiden Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Antwerp KAS Eupen
    Club Bruges 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 2-0 4-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 6-0 1-0 1-0 0-0
    RSC Anderlecht 1: 2 3: 3 2-0 1: 2 7-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2: 1 0-0 0-0 4: 1 1-0 1: 2 6: 1
    KAA Gent 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 4 2-0 3: 2 3-0 2-0 4: 1 3: 1 1: 1 6: 1
    KRC Genk 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 0: 2 1: 3 1-0 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1
    KV Ostend 0: 2 3: 2 2: 1 2: 4 1: 1 1: 4 0: 1 0: 3 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 3
    SV Zulte Waregem 0: 2 1: 2 2: 2 0: 3 2-0 3: 1 2: 2 6-0 0: 2 5-0 5: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0
    Standard Liege 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 4-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 4: 1 1-0 3-0
    Sporting Charleroi 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 5-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 3 1-0 2: 1 1-0
    KV Kortrijk 2: 2 4: 2 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 3 1: 3 4-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2
    Cercle Bruges 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 2-0 0: 2 0: 3 1: 3 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1: 2
    KV Mechelen 0: 5 2-0 0: 3 3: 1 1-0 0: 2 2: 3 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 4-0 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1
    Waasland-Beveren 1: 3 0: 3 0: 4 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 4 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 0: 4 0: 1
    VV St. Truiden 1: 2 0-0 3: 3 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 3 2-0 0: 1 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1
    Royal Excel Mouscron 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 3 3: 1 2-0
    Royal Antwerp 2: 1 0-0 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 2-0 1-0
    KAS Eupen 0-0 2: 3 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1: 4
    1The game was canceled on the 9th matchday because of spectator riots on both sides in the 62nd minute and finally canceled after renewed riots in the 87th minute. On December 4, 2019, the Belgian Football Association decided to rate the game with the stand at the time it was canceled. (Due to the investigation by the association, this game between the 10th and 17th matchday was not included in the official table.)

    List of goalscorers

    The top scorer was officially awarded the Golden Bull ( Le Taureau d'Or or Gouden Stier ) by the Pro League, the association of clubs in divisions 1A and 1B . Only the games of the main round and play-offs 1 and 2 were taken into account, but not the subsequent finals for the Europa League qualification.

    If there is a tie between the goals scored, the away and home goals, the number of minutes played, the number of assists and goals without a penalty (in this order).

    Status: March 7, 2020 - season ended

    Pl. player society Gates
    01. Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Dieumerci Mbokani Royal Antwerp 18th
    02. CanadaCanada Jonathan David KAA Gent
    03. BelgiumBelgium Hans Vanaken Club Bruges 13
    04th IranIran Kazeh Rezaei Sporting Charleroi 12
    05. IsraelIsrael Lior Refaelov FC Antwerp 11
    06th UkraineUkraine Roman Yaremchuk KAA Gent 10
    07th NetherlandsNetherlands Michel Vlap RSC Anderlecht
    08th. BelgiumBelgium Igor de Camargo KV Mechelen
    09. BelgiumBelgium Gianni Bruno SV Zulte-Waregem 09

    Web links

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