2011–12 Belgian Second Division

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belgian Second Division
Season2011–12
ChampionsCharleroi
PromotedCharleroi
Waasland-Beveren
RelegatedDender EH
Wetteren
Matches played306
Goals scored815 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerHarlem Gnohéré

The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started in August 2011 and is the second tier football league in Belgium. The league is played by 18 teams, with 34 matchdays of 9 matches each, so each team plays the 17 other teams twice. The season is divided into 3 periods, the first period of 10 matches, the second of 12 matches and the third of 12 matches. Each period winner qualifies for the Belgian Second Division Final Round. On 14 April 2012, Charleroi became champions without playing as closest rivals Eupen and Oostende both did not manage to win their matches and thereby could no longer mathematically overtake Charleroi in the standings.

Team changes[]

After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams remained in the league, with 5 other being replaced:

Out[]

  • Oud-Heverlee Leuven were promoted as champions of the previous season.
  • Mons ended third, but won the second division final round and was therefore also promoted to the Pro League.
  • Turnhout ended 16th, but lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated.
  • Rupel Boom was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 17th.
  • Tournai was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 18th.

In[]

  • Charleroi was directly relegated from the Pro League.
  • Eupen lost the second division final round and as a result they were also relegated from the Pro League.
  • Aalst promoted as champions from Third Division A.
  • WS Woluwe promoted as champions from Third Division B.
  • Sint-Niklaas was promoted after winning the third division playoffs.

Team information[]

Personnel and locations[]

2011–12 Belgian Second Division is located in Belgium
Antwerp
Boussu
Boussu
Heist
Brussels
Brussels
Oostende
Beveren
Beveren
Roeselare
Wetteren
Wetteren
Tienen
Tienen
Tubize
Tubize
Lommel
Lommel
Dender
Dender
Visé
WS Woluwe
WS Woluwe
Aalst
Aalst
Charleroi
Charleroi
Eupen
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Location of teams in Belgian Second Division 2011-12
Club City Current manager
V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002 Aalst Belgium
Royal Antwerp F.C. Antwerp Belgium Bart Wilmssen
K.V. Red Star Waasland-Beveren Beveren Belgium Dirk Geeraerd
R. Boussu Dour Borinage Boussu France Arnauld Mercier
FC Brussels Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Belgium Stéphane Demol
S. du Pays de Charleroi Charleroi Netherlands Dennis van Wijk
F.C.V. Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Belgium Vital Borkelmans
K.A.S. Eupen Eupen Germany Wolfgang Frank
K.S.K. Heist Heist-op-den-Berg Belgium
K.V. Oostende Ostend Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest
Lommel United Lommel Belgium Philip Haagdoren
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Ukraine Serhiy Serebrennikov
F.C.N. Sint-Niklaas Sint-Niklaas Belgium Alex Czerniatynski
K.V.K. Tienen Tienen Belgium
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize Belgium
R.C.S. Visé Wezet Italy Loris Dominissini
Standaard Wetteren Wetteren Belgium
White Star Woluwe F.C. Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Belgium Felice Mazzu

Managerial changes[]

During summer break[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Eupen Belgium Contract Ended. End of 2010-11 season Germany Wolfgang Frank 4 July 2011[1]
Standaard Wetteren Belgium Wim De Corte Became assistant-trainer at Belgium Beerschot AC. End of 2010-11 season [2] Belgium 28 June 2011 [3]
Charleroi Croatia Luka Peruzović Contract Ended. End of 2010-11 season Belgium Jos Daerden 29 June 2011 [4]
Roeselare Belgium Nico Vanderdonck Contract Ended. End of 2010-11 season [5] Ukraine Serhiy Serebrennikov 30 June 2011 [5]
Visé Belgium José Riga Signed for Belgium Standard Liège. 28 June 2011 [6] Switzerland 1 July 2011 [7]
Visé Switzerland Mutual Consent. 8 July 2011 [8] Belgium 9 July 2011 [9]

During regular season[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Lommel United Belgium Franky Van der Elst Signed for Belgium Sint-Truiden. 2 September 2011[10] Belgium Philip Haagdoren 6 September 2011[11] 8th
Visé Belgium Fired. 19 September 2011 [12] Italy Loris Dominissini 22 September 2011 [13] 8th
Charleroi Belgium Jos Daerden Fired. 26 September 2011 [14] Hungary 26 September 2011 8th
Tienen Belgium Valère Billen Fired. 7 October 2011 [15] Belgium 19 October 2011 [16] 12th
Brussels Belgium Michel De Wolf Mutual Consent. 9 October 2011 [17] Belgium 9 October 2011 [17] 17th
Sint-Niklaas Belgium Regi Van Acker Fired. 12 October 2011 [18] Belgium Chris Andries 12 October 2011 [18] 12th
Antwerp Belgium Bart De Roover Fired. 13 November 2011 [19] Belgium Bart Wilmssen 15 November 2011 [20] 8th
Tubize Belgium Fired. 20 November 2011 [21] Belgium 20 November 2011 [22] 18th
Sint-Niklaas Belgium Chris Andries Replaced. 2 January 2012 [23] Belgium Alex Czerniatynski 2 January 2012 [23] 17th
Brussels Belgium Caretaker replaced. 15 February 2012 [24] Belgium Stéphane Demol 15 February 2012 [24] 13th
Charleroi Hungary Fired. 22 February 2012 [25] Belgium Mario Notaro 23 February 2012 [26] 2nd
Tubize Belgium Caretaker replaced. 27 February 2012 [22] Belgium 27 February 2012 [22] 16th
Tienen Belgium Caretaker replaced. 27 February 2012 [27] Belgium 27 February 2012 [27] 17th
Charleroi Belgium Mario Notaro Replaced. 5 March 2012 [28] Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 5 March 2012 [28] 1st

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Charleroi (C, P) 34 23 5 6 64 34 +30 74 Belgian First Division
2 Waasland-Beveren (P) 34 21 5 8 61 34 +27 68 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Eupen 34 19 11 4 61 34 +27 68
4 Oostende 34 19 9 6 61 29 +32 66
5 Lommel 34 15 7 12 48 42 +6 52
6 Woluwe 34 14 9 11 48 43 +5 51
7 Aalst 34 13 7 14 46 52 −6 46
8 Heist 34 11 13 10 46 46 0 46
9 Visé 34 12 8 14 44 41 +3 44
10 Antwerp 34 12 7 15 39 42 −3 43
11 Borinage 34 12 6 16 44 54 −10 42
12 Tubize 34 12 5 17 36 55 −19 41
13 Roeselare 34 9 13 12 46 51 −5 40
14 Brussels 34 9 11 14 44 46 −2 38
15 Sint-Niklaas 34 8 10 16 41 54 −13 34
16 Tienen (R) 34 9 6 19 34 61 −27 33 Qualification for Relegation play-off
17 Dender (R) 34 6 15 13 33 43 −10 33 Relegation to 2012–13 Belgian Third Division
18 Wetteren (R) 34 4 9 21 19 54 −35 21
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2012. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Period winners[]

The season is divided into three periods. The first ten matchdays together form the first period, matchdays 11 to 22 form period two and the last 12 form period three. The three period winners take part in the Belgian Second Division Final Round together with the winner of the 2011–12 Belgian Pro League relegation playoff. The winner of this final round gets to play in the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League. In case one or more periods are won by the team winning the league or in case one team wins multiple periods, the extra places go the teams finishing the highest in the league not already qualified. So in the theoretical case that one team wins all three periods and becomes the league champion, then the teams in positions 2, 3 and 4 will take part in the final round.

Period 1[]

Already after the first nine matches of the season, Eupen clinched the first period title.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Eupen 10 8 2 0 25 9 +16 26 Belgian Second Division Final Round
2 Charleroi 10 6 2 2 22 15 +7 20
3 Waasland-Beveren 10 6 1 3 15 8 +7 19
4 Oostende 10 5 4 1 19 11 +8 19
5 Lommel 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2011. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Period 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Charleroi 12 9 1 2 18 6 +12 28 Belgian Second Division Final Round
2 Eupen 12 7 3 2 19 9 +10 24
3 Oostende 12 6 3 3 23 10 +13 21
4 Waasland-Beveren 12 6 3 3 18 17 +1 21
5 Heist 12 6 2 4 22 16 +6 20
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2012. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Period 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Waasland-Beveren 12 9 1 2 25 8 +17 28 Belgian Second Division Final Round
2 Charleroi 12 8 2 2 24 13 +11 26
3 Oostende 12 8 2 2 19 5 +14 26
4 Tubize 12 7 2 3 17 14 +3 23
5 Woluwe 12 5 3 4 15 14 +1 18
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2012. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Top goalscorers[]

Including matches played on 29 April 2012; Source:Soccerway

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Hervé Onana Waasland-Beveren 18
2 Senegal Moussa Gueye SC Charleroi 17
3 France Samy Houri FC Brussels 15
Germany Christian Santos AS Eupen 15
5 Belgium Janis Coppin FC Dender 14
Belgium Anthony Di Lallo SV Roeselare 14
Greece Ioannis Masmanidis AS Eupen 14
France Mickael Seoudi Waasland-Beveren 14
9 Belgium Davy Brouwers Lommel United 13
Greece Stavros Glouftsis Sportkring Sint-Niklaas 13
Belgium K.S.K. Heist 13
12 Ivory Coast Koffi Boussu Dour Borinage 12
Brazil Daniel Rodrigo de Oliveira White Star Woluwe F.C. 12
14 France Emmanuel Françoise C.S. Visé 11
France Raphaël Lecomte C.S. Visé 11

References[]

  1. ^ "New partner at "den Kehrweg"" (in German). eupen.be. 2010-09-06. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  2. ^ "Wim De Corte becomes assistant of Jacky Mathijssen at Beerschot" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2011-06-28.
  3. ^ "Kris Van Der Haegen succeeds Wim De Corte" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2011-06-28.
  4. ^ "Daerden to bring Charleroi back to first division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-29.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Serebrennikov becomes player-coach at Roeselare" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-30.
  6. ^ "José Riga is the new Standard coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-28.
  7. ^ "Swiss coach Bevilacqua succeeds Riga at Visé" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-07-01.
  8. ^ "Coach lasts for one week at Visé" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-07-08.
  9. ^ "Swiss coach Bevilacqua succeeds Riga at Visé" (in Dutch). tweedeklasse.be. 2011-07-09.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Van der Elst succeeds Brepoels at STVV" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-02.
  11. ^ "Haagdoren becomes head coach at Lommel" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-06.
  12. ^ "Wezet looking for fourth trainer" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-19.
  13. ^ "Ambitious Wezet signs former Udinese coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-22.
  14. ^ "Jos Daerden no longer Charleroi coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-26.
  15. ^ "Tienen says goodbye to coach Billen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-07.
  16. ^ "Tienen goalkeeper becomes Tienen head coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-19.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b "Michel De Wolf no longer Brussels coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-09.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "Coach Van Acker no longer with Sint-Niklaas" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-12.
  19. ^ "Antwerp fires De Roover after one year" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-13.
  20. ^ "Wilmssen to bring Antwerp back to first division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-15.
  21. ^ "Dany Ost no longer Tubize coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-20.
  22. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dante Brogno to help Tubize avoid relegation" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-27. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  23. ^ Jump up to: a b "Czerniatynski to keep Sint-Niklaas in second division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-01-02.
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b "Stéphane Demol is the new Brussels coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-15.
  25. ^ "Second division team Charleroi thanks Balogh for his services" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-22.
  26. ^ "Notaro is new T1 at Charleroi" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-23.
  27. ^ Jump up to: a b "Dany Ost to keep Tienen in second division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-27.
  28. ^ Jump up to: a b "Notaro is new T1 at Charleroi" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-03-05.
Retrieved from ""