1985–86 Belgian First Division

The top two teams, Anderlecht and Club Brugge, finished level on points (though Anderlecht had a superior goal difference) and it was decided that a two-legged championship playoff would take place – a situation which had not occurred in Belgian football since 1928–29. Both of these 'test matches' were drawn: 1–1 in Brussels and 2–2 in Bruges, with Anderlecht coming back from two goals behind and holding off a late onslaught from the opposition to claim the title on the away goals rule.^[2]

League standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	22	8	4	84	33	+51	52	Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup
2	Club Brugge K.V.	34	22	8	4	78	34	+44	52	Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup
3	Standard Liège	34	15	12	7	57	29	+28	42	Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup
4	K.A.A. Gent	34	15	11	8	51	38	+13	41
5	K.S.K. Beveren	34	15	10	9	51	37	+14	40
6	R.F.C. de Liège	34	15	9	10	43	35	+8	39
7	K. Beerschot V.A.C.	34	12	13	9	43	44	−1	37
8	K.S.V. Waregem	34	14	7	13	49	38	+11	35
9	Royal Antwerp FC	34	11	13	10	38	43	−5	35
10	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	34	12	10	12	55	47	+8	34
11	KV Mechelen	34	7	17	10	35	46	−11	31
12	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	11	6	17	41	63	−22	28
13	R.W.D. Molenbeek	34	9	9	16	36	57	−21	27
14	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	9	8	17	45	68	−23	26
15	K.V. Kortrijk	34	8	9	17	40	52	−12	25
16	RFC Sérésien	34	6	13	15	23	39	−16	25
17	K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk	34	6	10	18	23	56	−33	22	Relegated to Division II
18	Lierse S.K.	34	5	11	18	34	67	−33	21	Relegated to Division II

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results edit

Home \ Away	AND	ANT	BEE	BEV	CER	CLU	CHA	GNT	KOR	FCL	LIE	LOK	MEC	MOL	SER	STA	WAR	WTG
Anderlecht		4–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	5–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	7–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–1
Antwerp	0–0		2–2	4–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–0
Beerschot	2–0	0–0		3–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	3–1
Beveren	1–1	1–1	3–0		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Cercle Brugge	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–0		0–1	1–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	7–2	4–2
Club Brugge	3–3	2–0	4–0	6–3	3–1		0–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	3–0
Charleroi	2–6	4–1	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–2		2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–0
Gent	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1		3–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	1–4	3–1	2–0
Kortrijk	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	4–0		0–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
Liége	0–0	2–3	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–0		5–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–1
Lierse	0–5	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–6	0–3	0–3	0–1	3–1		5–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
Lokeren	3–5	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	4–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–3	3–0
Mechelen	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–5	4–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2
Molenbeek	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–1	1–2	3–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Seraing	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–0
Standard Liège	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	8–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0		1–1	1–0
Waregem	0–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1		5–0
Waterschei Thor	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers edit

Scorer	Goals	Team
Erwin Vandenbergh	27	Anderlecht
Didier Beugnies	22	Charleroi
Jean-Pierre Papin	21	Club Brugge
Daniel Veyt	17	Waregem
Marc Degryse	16	Club Brugge
Alexandre Czerniatynski	16	Standard Liège
Jan Ceulemans	13	Club Brugge
Harry Cnops	13	Royal Antwerp

Championship play-off edit

30 April 1986

Anderlecht	1–1	Club Brugge
Vercauteren 15'		Beyens 64'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Jean-François Crucke

6 May 1986

Club Brugge	2–2	Anderlecht
Papin 14' Wellens 32'		Vandereycken 63' Demol 75' Vandereycken

Olympiastadion, Bruges

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Frans Van Den Wijngaert]

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Anderlecht wins on away goals.

References edit

^ Ploquin, Phil; Nackaerts, Luc; Coolsaet, Jeroen. "Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ Marc Reunes (19 May 2009). "Reconstructie van de memorabele testmatchen van 1986" [Reconstruction of the memorable test matches of 1986]. Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2024.