2011–12 Belgian Pro League
Season | 2011–12 |
---|---|
Champions | Anderlecht 31st league title |
Relegated | Sint-Truiden Westerlo |
Champions League | Anderlecht Club Brugge |
Europa League | Lokeren Genk Gent |
Matches played | 302 |
Goals scored | 892 (2.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jérémy Perbet (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Gent 6–0 Sint-Truiden |
Biggest away win | Kortrijk 0–4 Gent, Genk 0–4 Anderlecht |
Highest scoring | Cercle Brugge 6–4 OH Leuven |
Longest winning run | 7 matches[1] Anderlecht |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches[2] Anderlecht |
Longest winless run | 13 matches[3] Zulte Waregem |
Longest losing run | 6 matches[4] Sint-Truiden Westerlo |
← 2010–11 2012–13 �� |
The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It began on 29 July 2011 with the first match of the regular season and ended in May 2012 with the last matches of the playoff rounds. The defending champions were Genk, who this time ended in third position, while the competition was won by Anderlecht, who clenched the title after a 1–1 draw against Club Brugge with two games left to play in the Championship Playoff.
Teams[]
Team changes[]
During the previous season, on 23 April 2011, Charleroi were relegated as a result of a 2–2 draw at home to Eupen in the relegation playoff, making it impossible to overtake them in the standings. This ended a spell of 26 consecutive seasons of being at the top level of Belgian football, with only Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège being present for more years.[5] As winner of the relegation playoff, Eupen avoided direct relegation, but was still forced to play the Second Division Final Round together with second division teams Lommel United, Waasland-Beveren and Mons for the final spot in first division. However, after losing four matches in a row, Eupen was also relegated on 19 May 2011[6] after just one season at the top level. In the final match between Mons and Waasland-Beveren, Mons eventually came out as winner of the final round and took the place of Eupen.[7]
On 24 April 2011, just one day after the relegation of Charleroi, Oud-Heverlee Leuven was promoted after securing the title in the Second Division and as a result, the city of Leuven now has a first division team again for the first time in 61 years.[8]
Stadia and locations[]
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity[citation needed] |
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R.S.C. Anderlecht | Anderlecht | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium | 28,063 |
Beerschot AC | Antwerp | Olympisch Stadion | 13,132 |
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,945 |
Club Brugge KV | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,945 |
K.R.C. Genk | Genk | Cristal Arena | 24,900 |
K.A.A. Gent | Ghent | Jules Ottenstadion | 12,919 |
K.V. Kortrijk | Kortrijk | Guldensporen Stadion | 9,500 |
Lierse S.K. | Lier | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion | 14,538 |
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | Lokeren | Daknamstadion | 10,000 |
KV Mechelen | Mechelen | Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne | 13,123 |
R.A.E.C. Mons | Mons | Stade Charles Tondreau | 12,000 |
Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Leuven | Den Dreef | 8,519 |
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | Sint-Truiden | Staaienveld | 11,250 |
Standard Liège | Liège | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | 30,000 |
K.V.C. Westerlo | Westerlo | Het Kuipje | 7,982 |
S.V. Zulte-Waregem | Waregem | Regenboogstadion | 8,500 |
Personnel and sponsoring[]
Club | Chairman | Current manager | Team captain | Shirt sponsor |
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R.S.C. Anderlecht | Roger Vanden Stock | Ariël Jacobs | Lucas Biglia | BNP Paribas Fortis |
Beerschot AC | no manager at end of season | Gary Kagelmacher | Quick | |
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | Bob Peeters | Hans Cornelis | A D M B | |
Club Brugge KV | Bart Verhaeghe | Christoph Daum | Carl Hoefkens | Belfius |
K.R.C. Genk | Mario Been | David Hubert | Euphony | |
K.A.A. Gent | Ivan De Witte | Trond Sollied | César Arzo | VDK |
K.V. Kortrijk | Hein Vanhaezebrouck | Nebojša Pavlović | Digipass by | |
Lierse S.K. | Chris Janssens | Eiji Kawashima | Wadi Degla | |
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | Roger Lambrecht | Peter Maes | Killian Overmeire | Q-Team VP Lambrecht |
KV Mechelen | Marc Brys | Julien Gorius | Telenet | |
R.A.E.C. Mons | Enzo Scifo | Tom Van Imschoot | Holcim | |
Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Jan Callewaert | Ronny Van Geneugden | Bjorn Ruytinx | Option |
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | Franky Van der Elst | Peter Delorge | Belisol | |
Standard Liège | Roland Duchâtelet | José Riga | Jelle Van Damme | Nationale Loterij |
K.V.C. Westerlo | Jan Ceulemans | Jef Delen | Willy Naessens | |
S.V. Zulte-Waregem | Willy Naessens | Francky Dury | Karel D'Haene | Enfinity, Petrus |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Gent | Francky Dury | Mutual Consent | 17 May 2011[9] | Pre-season | Trond Sollied | 7 June 2011[10] |
Zulte-Waregem | Hugo Broos | Sacked | 23 May 2011[11] | Pre-season | Darije Kalezić | 25 May 2011[12] |
Lierse | Trond Sollied | Contract Ended | End of 2010-11 season[13] | Pre-season | Chris Janssens | 1 June 2011[13] |
Standard Liège | Dominique D'Onofrio | Contract Ended | 6 June 2011[14] | Pre-season | José Riga | 28 June 2011[15] |
Genk | Franky Vercauteren | Signed for Al Jazira Club | 18 August 2011[16][17] | 5th | Mario Been | 30 August 2011[18] |
Sint-Truiden | Guido Brepoels | Sacked | 30 August 2011[19] | 15th | Franky Van der Elst | 2 September 2011[20] |
Club Brugge | Adrie Koster | Sacked | 30 October 2011[21] | 4th | Christoph Daum | 9 November 2011[22] |
Zulte-Waregem | Darije Kalezić | Sacked | 27 December 2011[23] | 14th | Francky Dury | 30 December 2011[24] |
Mons | Dennis van Wijk | Mutual agreement | 28 February 2012[25] | 11th | Enzo Scifo | 28 February 2012[26] |
Beerschot | Jacky Mathijssen | Mutual agreement | 26 March 2012[27] | 11th | Adrie Koster | 1 June 2012[28] |
Regular season[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anderlecht | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 67 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 61 | |
3 | Gent | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 56 | |
4 | Standard Liège | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 51 | |
5 | Genk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 46 | |
6 | Kortrijk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 46 | |
7 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 46 | Qualification to Europa League play-offs |
8 | Lokeren | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 44 | |
9 | Mechelen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 37 | |
10 | Mons | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 36 | |
11 | Beerschot | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 36 | |
12 | Lierse | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 31 | |
13 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 30 | |
14 | OH Leuven | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 29 | |
15 | Westerlo | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 20 | Qualification to the Relegation play-offs |
16 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
Positions by round[]
Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.
Only one match has been postponed during the season:
- On matchday 18: Cercle Brugge vs. Gent of 16 December because of a rain-drenched pitch, was played two days later on 18 December.[29]
Results[]
Championship playoff[]
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Anderlecht 34 points, Club Brugge 31, Gent 28, Standard 26, Genk 23 and Kortrijk 23.
Playoff table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anderlecht (C) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Club Brugge (Q) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 48 | |
3 | Genk (Q) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 41 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League Testmatch |
5 | Standard Liège | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 35 | |
6 | Kortrijk | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 34 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Positions by round[]
Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
Results[]
Europa League playoff[]
Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B.
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | OHL | LIE | KVM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 11 | Playoff Final | 6–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||
2 | OH Leuven | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 10 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |||
3 | Lierse | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |||
4 | Mechelen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | ZWA | BEE | LOK | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mons | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Playoff Final | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
2 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |||
3 | Beerschot | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |||
4 | Lokeren | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Europa League playoff final[]
The winners of both playoff groups competed in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch were granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Mons | 0 – 1 | Cercle Brugge |
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Rudy 59' |
Cercle Brugge | 3 – 2 | Mons |
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Van Eenoo 54' Mertens 74' Gombami 85' |
Jarju 20' De Belder 90' |
Cercle Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.
Testmatches Europa League[]
Europa League playoff final winners Cercle Brugge competed with fourth placed team Gent for the final European ticket. After a 7-2 aggregate win, Gent qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Cercle Brugge | 1 – 5 | Gent |
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Gombami 39' | report | Maréval 13' Coulibaly 15' El Ghanassy 49' Jørgensen 66', 82' |
Gent | 2 – 1 | Cercle Brugge |
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Mboyo 33', 76' | report | Dompig 9' |
Gent won 7–2 on aggregate.
Relegation playoff[]
The teams finishing in the last two positions Westerlo and Sint-Truiden, faced each other in the relegation playoff. Westerlo started with a three-point bonus and home advantage for finishing above Sint-Truiden during the regular season. Although the teams were scheduled to play each other 5 times, Westerlo forced the decision already after four matches making the last match obsolete. Thereby, Sint-Truiden was relegated and Westerlo was allowed to play the relegation playoffs with the teams from the Second Division.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Westerlo (R) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | Belgian Second Division Final Round |
2 | Sint-Truiden (R) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | Relegation to 2012–13 Belgian Second Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Top goalscorers[]
Source: sporza.be and Sport.be (in Dutch)
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Jérémy Perbet | Mons | 25 |
2 | Jelle Vossen | Genk | 21 |
3 | Christian Benteke | Genk | 16 |
4 | Joseph Akpala | Club Brugge | 15 |
Dieumerci Mbokani | Anderlecht | ||
Jordan Remacle | OH Leuven | ||
7 | Guillaume Gillet | Anderlecht | 14 |
Julien Gorius | Mechelen | ||
9 | Hernán Losada | Beerschot | 13 |
10 | Benjamin De Ceulaer | Lokeren | 12 |
Hamdi Harbaoui | Lokeren | ||
Ilombe Mboyo | Gent | ||
Rudy | Cercle Brugge | ||
Matías Suárez | Anderlecht |
See also[]
- List of Belgian football transfers summer 2011
- List of Belgian football transfers winter 2011–12
References[]
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- Belgian First Division A seasons
- 2011–12 in European association football leagues
- 2011–12 in Belgian football