1st division (Belgium) 2007/08

First division 2007/08
master	Standard Liege
Champions League	Standard Liège , RSC Anderlecht
Uefa cup	Club Brugge , KAA Gent
UI cup	Germinal beerschot
Cup winners	RSC Anderlecht
Relegated	FC Brussels , VV St. Truiden
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	795  (ø 2.6 per game)
Top scorer	Joseph Akpala ( Sporting Charleroi )
← First division 2006/07 Pro League 2008/09 →
Second division 2007/08 ↓

The 2007/08 First Division was the 105th edition of the first Belgian soccer league. It began on August 3, 2007 and ended on May 10, 2008. Standard Liège was Belgian champion for the ninth time in its club history .

Attendees

Clubs at a glance

18 teams played in the 2007/08 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	KFC Verbroedering Dender EH	SC Lokeren	Germinal Beerschot Antwerp
	KV Mechelen	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

The climbers from the second division were KV Mechelen and KFC Verbroedering Dender EH , with KFC Verbroedering Dender EH rising directly and KV Mechelen via the play-off.

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Standard Liege	34	22nd	11	1	061:190	+42	77
2.	RSC Anderlecht (M)	34	21st	7th	6th	059:310	+28	70
3.	Club Bruges (P)	34	20th	7th	7th	045:300	+15	67
4th	Cercle Bruges	34	17th	9	8th	062:330	+29	60
5.	Germinal beerschot	34	16	7th	11	046:340	+12	55
6th	KAA Gent	34	14th	10	10	057:460	+11	52
7th	SV Zulte-Waregem	34	13	8th	13	047:540	−7	47
8th.	Sporting Charleroi	34	13	7th	14th	041:450	−4	46
9.	KVC Westerlo	34	12	9	13	043:370	+6	45
10.	KRC Genk	34	12	9	13	054:550	−1	45
11.	SC Lokeren	34	9	15th	10	032:330	−1	42
12.	Excelsior Mouscron	34	12	6th	16	038:430	−5	42
13.	KV Mechelen (N)	34	10	10	14th	045:520	−7	40
14th	KSV Roeselare	34	9	11	14th	036:550	−19	38
15th	RAEC Mons	34	7th	12	15th	037:450	−8	33
16.	KFC Verbroedering Dender EH (N)	34	9	6th	19th	033:590	−26	33
17th	VV St. Truiden	34	6th	9	19th	032:580	−26	27
18th	FC Brussels	34	4th	7th	23	027:660	−39	19th

Belgian champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the second qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup

Participation in the second qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008

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.

2007/08

Standard Liege

2-0

2: 1

4: 1

3: 1

0-0

3: 1

5: 1

2: 1

3: 1

1-0

1-0

2: 2

0-0

2-0

3-0

2: 1

4: 1

RSC Anderlecht

0-0

2-0

3: 1

2-0

2: 1

2: 2

0: 1

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

1-0

1-0

5-0

3: 2

1-0

4: 1

3-0

Club Bruges

1: 2

1-0

1-0

3-0

0-0

1-0

0: 2

4-0

2: 6

1-0

1: 1

2-0

1-0

2: 1

2-0

3: 2

1-0

Cercle Bruges

0-0

0-0

1: 2

1: 1

4: 1

2-0

3: 1

1-0

5: 1

3-0

3: 2

2-0

0-0

0-0

3-0

5: 1

0-0

Germinal Beerschot Antwerp

1: 2

2-0

0: 1

3-0

2: 2

0-0

1-0

0: 2

1: 2

3-0

1: 1

4: 3

2-0

2-0

1-0

2: 1

3-0

KAA Gent

1: 1

2: 3

0-0

2: 3

2: 1

1: 1

2: 1

1: 1

5-0

2-0

4: 2

4: 1

1: 1

2-0

2: 4

2: 3

1-0

SV Zulte-Waregem

1: 4

1-0

2: 3

0: 3

2: 1

2: 1

2: 2

1-0

2: 2

2: 1

1: 1

2-0

3: 1

2: 1

1: 2

3: 2

1-0

Sporting Charleroi

2: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1: 3

0-0

1: 2

2: 3

1: 1

3: 1

1: 3

1-0

1-0

1: 1

3: 1

1-0

1: 1

1-0

KVC Westerlo

1: 3

0: 2

0-0

1: 1

1: 2

2-0

1: 1

1-0

2: 1

0: 2

1: 2

1: 1

6-0

0-0

0-0

2-0

7: 2

KRC Genk

0: 2

1: 1

1: 2

3: 1

1: 3

3: 3

5: 2

1-0

1-0

3: 1

2: 3

2: 1

0-0

1: 2

2-0

0: 1

2: 1

Excelsior Mouscron

0-0

1: 2

2-0

1-0

1-0

1: 4

0: 2

3: 1

1: 2

1: 1

2-0

0: 1

1: 3

3: 1

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

SC Lokeren

0-0

0-0

0: 1

1: 1

0-0

1: 1

0-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

0-0

3: 1

3-0

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

0: 1

KV Mechelen

0: 1

0: 1

1: 1

0: 4

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

1-0

1-0

2: 2

2: 2

1: 1

4: 3

2-0

2: 2

2: 3

4-0

KSV Roeselare

0: 4

2: 2

1: 2

0: 2

1-0

0: 1

3: 2

1: 2

0: 2

0-0

2: 1

1: 1

2: 2

4: 3

3: 1

2-0

2-0

RAEC Mons

1: 1

1: 2

0: 1

0: 2

0-0

4-0

3-0

0-0

1: 3

1: 1

2-0

0: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 2

0-0

2: 1

KFC Verbroedering Dender EH

0-0

2: 2

1-0

2: 4

1: 2

0: 3

2: 1

2: 4

2-0

2-0

0: 3

0: 1

0: 3

2: 1

0: 3

1-0

1: 1

VV St. Truiden

0-0

4: 3

1: 1

0-0

0: 3

2: 1

2: 1

1: 3

0: 2

1: 2

0: 2

1: 1

0: 1

0: 1

1: 1

1: 2

1: 1

FC Brussels

0: 1

2: 4

1: 3

1: 4

1: 2

0: 2

1: 2

1: 2

0: 1

0: 5

0: 2

2-0

2: 2

0-0

1: 1

4: 1

2-0

The Standard Liege championship team

(Games / goals are given in brackets)

1.

Standard Liege

Goal: Rorys Aragón (25 / -); Oliver Renard (7 / -); Jérémy De Vriendt (3 / -) Defense: Oguchi Onyewu (33/2); Dante (33/1); Marcos Camozzato (32/1); Mohamed Sarr (24 / -); Landry Mulemo (17 / -); Réginal Goreux (12/1); Fred (8 / -); Marco Ingrao (8 / -); Thomas Phibel (1 / -) Midfield: Axel Witsel (33/7); Marouane Fellaini (31/6); Steven Defour (24/1); Grégory Dufer (22/1); Salim Toama (21/2); Siramana Dembélé (17 / -); Frédéric Dupré (3 / -); Yanis Papassarantis (1 / -); Vittorio Vilano (1 / -) Storm: Dieumerci Mbokani (32/15); Igor de Camargo (32/8); Milan Jovanović (31/16); Ali Lukunku (5 / -) Trainer: Michel Preud'homme

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Joseph Akpala	Sporting Charleroi	18th
02.	Elyaniv Barda	KRC Genk	16
	Sanharib Malki	Germinal beerschot
	Mbaye Leye	SV Zulte Waregem
	Milan Jovanović	Standard Liege
06th	Dieumerci Mbokani	Standard Liege	15th
07th	Mahamadou Dissa	KSV Roeselare	14th
08th.	Aloys Nong	KV Mechelen	13
09.	Bryan Ruiz	KAA Gent	11
	François Sterchele †	Club Bruges

Web links

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