2006–07 Belgian First Division

The 2006–07 season of the Belgian First Division began on July 28, 2006, and concluded on May 19, 2007. The championship was decided in the penultimate round on May 12, 2007, when Anderlecht moved five points clear of runners-up Genk to retain the title and win their 29th League Championship. At the other end of the table, the struggle to avoid automatic relegation went on until the final round, and it was Lierse who eventually prevailed. Having spent the entire season at the bottom of the standings and only just managing to close an eleven-point gap up to 17th, the Lier side won their last game to climb past Beveren and send the latter down to the Second Division. However, Lierse went on to lose the playoffs and was relegated anyway.

Belgian First Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsAnderlecht
RelegatedLierse
Beveren
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Genk
UEFA CupStandard Liège
Club Brugge
Matches played306
Goals scored853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerFrançois Sterchele
(21 goals)

Clubs

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Eighteen teams played in the 2006-07 first division. Twelve teams were from Flanders, four clubs from Wallonia and just two clubs from the Brussels-Capital Region.

New teams

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La Louvière had been relegated at the end of the previous season with Mons replacing them as they won the Belgian Second Division. Lierse had managed to win the promotion playoff and thus they remained in the first division.

Overview

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Club Location Current manager Previous managers during Season 2006-2007
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht   Franky Vercauteren none
Standard Liège Liège   Michel Preud'homme   Johan Boskamp
Club Brugge Bruges   Cedomir Janevski   Emilio Ferrera
K.A.A. Gent Ghent   Georges Leekens none
K.R.C. Genk Genk   Hugo Broos none
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp   Marc Brys none
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Waregem   Francky Dury none
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren   Slavoljub Muslin   Ariël Jacobs
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo   Herman Helleputte none
F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek Sint-Jans-Molenbeek   Albert Cartier none
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi   Philippe Van de Walle   Jacky Mathijssen
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare   Dirk Geeraerd none
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron   Ariël Jacobs   Gil Vandenbrouck
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges   Harm van Veldhoven none
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Sint-Truiden   Peter Voets   Thomas Caers,   Henk Houwaart
K.S.K. Beveren Beveren   Edy De Bolle   Walter Meeuws
Lierse S.K. Lier   Kjetil Rekdal   René Trost
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons   José Riga none

Manager changes

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) 34 23 8 3 75 30 +45 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Genk 34 22 6 6 71 37 +34 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Standard Liège 34 19 7 8 62 38 +24 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Gent 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Charleroi 34 17 9 8 51 40 +11 60
6 Club Brugge 34 14 9 11 58 40 +18 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7 Germinal Beerschot 34 14 9 11 52 46 +6 51
8 Westerlo 34 12 10 12 41 44 −3 46
9 Mons 34 12 8 14 41 41 0 44
10 Mouscron 34 10 12 12 51 55 −4 42
11 Roeselare 34 10 9 15 50 72 −22 39
12 Cercle Brugge 34 10 8 16 31 36 −5 38
13 Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek 34 8 14 12 39 50 −11 38
14 Zulte Waregem 34 9 10 15 40 54 −14 37
15 Sint-Truiden 34 9 8 17 39 52 −13 35
16 Lokeren 34 5 15 14 32 48 −16 30
17 Lierse (R) 34 6 8 20 33 66 −33 26 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
18 Beveren (R) 34 5 10 19 31 64 −33 25 Relegation to 2007–08 Belgian Second Division
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion and relegation playoff

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mechelen (P) 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 Promotion to 2007–08 Belgian First Division
2 Antwerp 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Lierse (R) 6 3 0 3 10 8 +2 9 Relegation to 2007–08 Belgian Second Division
4 Kortrijk 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AND GBA BEV CER CLU CHA GNK GNT LIE LOK BRU MON MOU ROE STV STA WES ZWA
Anderlecht 1–0 8–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Germinal Beerschot 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 6–2 3–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–1
Beveren 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–0
Cercle Brugge 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 4–1 2–0
Club Brugge 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 0–1 5–0 4–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 4–4 2–0 4–1
Charleroi 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–5 1–2 2–1
Genk 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1
Gent 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–3 4–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Lierse 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0
Lokeren 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Brussels 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 6–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–0
Mons 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–0
Mouscron 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–0
Roeselare 0–5 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 3–3 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 3–1
Sint-Truiden 2–4 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–2
Standard Liège 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1
Westerlo 3–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–2
Zulte-Waregem 0–4 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 3–1 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Player Team Goals
1   François Sterchele Germinal Beerschot 21
2   Patrick Ogunsoto Westerlo 20
  Mohammed Tchité Anderlecht 20
4   Adnan Ćustović Mouscron 18
5   Boško Balaban Club Brugge 16
6   Adékambi Olufadé Gent 15
7   Nicolás Frutos Anderlecht 14
  Milan Jovanović Standard Liège 14
9   Ahmed Hassan Anderlecht 12
10   Dieter Dekelver Cercle Brugge (4) and Westerlo (7) 11
  Mahamadou Dissa Beveren 11
  Goran Ljubojević Genk 11
  Kevin Vandenbergh Genk 11

See also

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