2009–10 Belgian Pro League

The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 31 July 2009 with the first matches of the regular season, and ended in May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

Jupiler Pro League
Season2009–10
ChampionsAnderlecht (30th title)
RelegatedMouscron
Roeselare
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Gent
Europa LeagueClub Brugge
Racing Genk
Cercle Brugge
Matches played268
Goals scored614 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerRomelu Lukaku (15 goals)
Biggest home winAnderlecht 6-0 Zulte-Waregem (28 March 2010)[1]
Biggest away winMouscron 0–5 Lokeren (12 December 2009)[2]
Germinal Beerschot 0-5 Anderlecht (29 January 2010)[3]
Highest scoringLokeren 5–3 Cercle (31 March 2010)[4]
AA Gent 6-2 Club Brugge (8 May 2010)[5]
Longest winning runAnderlecht (9 games) ended 27 December 2010[6]
Longest unbeaten runAnderlecht (13 games) ended 6 February 2010[7]
Longest losing runK. Sint-Truidense V.V. (7 games) ended 21 November 2009[8]

The competition underwent a significant overhaul for this season by reducing the number of teams and, for the first time in the history of the league, introducing a playoff system to determine the Belgian champions.

On April 18, 2010, Anderlecht became champions as a result of a 1–2 victory in Bruges against one of their main rivals, Club Brugge.

Changes from 2008–09

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Structural changes

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The league size has been reduced from eighteen to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.

The participating clubs will first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches. After the conclusion of those matches, the team ranked 16th will be directly relegated to the Belgian Second Division, while every other team will play in a playoff round according to its league table position.

The first six teams will play in the Championship playoff. Points earned during the regular season are halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winner of this round has won the Belgian championship and will participate in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up will also play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while the third-placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Finally, the fourth-placed team will have to compete in a single match (called Testmatch) against the winner of the Europa League playoff (see below) for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The teams finishing seventh through fourteenth will play in the Europa League playoff and start with zero points. The round will be played in two groups, with teams in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 comprising Group A, and the remaining teams comprising Group B. Each group will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winners of these groups will then compete in a two-legged series to earn the right to play against the fourth-placed team of the Championship playoff for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The 15th-placed team will participate in the Relegation playoff, along with the teams ranked second through fifth in the Belgian Second Division. The winners of the playoff will earn a place in the 2010–11 Belgian First Division.

Team changes

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Team information

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Stadia and locations

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Club Location Venue Capacity[citation needed]
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 24,891
Club Brugge K.V. Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,415
K.R.C. Genk Genk Cristal Arena 24,900
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Olympisch Stadion 12,771
K.V. Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,500
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Daknamstadion 10,000
KV Mechelen Mechelen Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne 13,123
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Stade Le Canonnier 11,300
Roeselare Roeselare Schiervelde Stadion 9,036
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 8,200
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 8,500

Personnel and sponsoring

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Club Chairman Current manager Team captain Shirt sponsor
R.S.C. Anderlecht   Roger Vanden Stock   Ariel Jacobs   Olivier Deschacht BNP Paribas Fortis
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.   Frans Schotte   Glen De Boeck   Denis Viane A D M B
R. Charleroi S.C.   Abbas Bayat Position Vacant   Adlène Guedioura VOO
Club Brugge K.V.   Pol Jonckheere   Adrie Koster   Stijn Stijnen Dexia
K.R.C. Genk   Harry Lemmens   Franky Vercauteren   João Carlos Euphony
K.A.A. Gent   Ivan De Witte   Michel Preud'homme   Bernd Thijs VDK
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot   Jos Verhaegen   Jos Daerden   Kurt Van Dooren Quick
K.V. Kortrijk   Jozef Allijns   Georges Leekens   Brecht Verbrugghe Digipass by VASCO
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen   Roger Lambrecht   Emilio Ferrera   Olivier Doll Edialux
KV Mechelen   Johan Timmermans   Peter Maes   Jonas Ivens Telenet
R.E. Mouscron   Philippe Dufermont Position Vacant   Walter Baseggio Frinver Promotions
K.S.V. Roeselare   Luc Espeel   Dennis Van Wijk   Stefaan Tanghe Deceuninck
K. Sint-Truidense V.V.   Roland Duchâtelet   Guido Brepoels   Peter Delorge Belisol
Standard Liège   Reto Stiffler   Dominique D'Onofrio   Steven Defour BASE
K.V.C. Westerlo   Herman Wijnants   Jan Ceulemans   Jef Delen Willy Naessens
S.V. Zulte-Waregem   Willy Naessens   Francky Dury   Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze Enfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes

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During summer break

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Genk   Pierre Denier
  Hans Visser (caretakers)
Caretakers replaced 5 March 2009 [9]   Hein Vanhaezebrouck 17 May 2009 [9] Pre-Season
Club Brugge   Jacky Mathijssen Mutual consent 17 May 2009 [10]   Adrie Koster 17 May 2009 [11] Pre-Season
Kortrijk   Hein Vanhaezebrouck Signed at Genk on 30 March 2009. 17 May 2009 [9]   Georges Leekens 28 May 2009 [12] Pre-Season
Charleroi   John Collins End of contract 17 May 2009 [13]   Stéphane Demol 2 June 2009 [14] Pre-Season
Mouscron   Enzo Scifo Resigned 6 June 2009 [15]   Miroslav Đukić 10 June 2009 [16] Pre-Season

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Germinal Beerschot   Aimé Anthuenis Sacked 31 August 2009 [17]   Jos Daerden 3 September 2009 [18] 14th
Lokeren   Aleksandar Janković Sacked 25 October 2009 [19]   Jacky Mathijssen 25 October 2009 [19] 14th
Mouscron   Miroslav Đukić Resigned 30 October 2009 [20]   Hans Galjé 2 November 2009 [21] 15th
Charleroi   Stéphane Demol Resigned 31 October 2009 [22]   Tommy Craig 20 November 2009 [23] 13th
Genk   Hein Vanhaezebrouck Sacked 29 November 2009 [24]   Franky Vercauteren 6 December 2009 [25] 12th
Mouscron   Hans Galjé Contract annulled by bankruptcy 28 December 2009 [26] 10th
Lokeren   Jacky Mathijssen Mutual consent 25 January 2010 [27]   Emilio Ferrera 28 January 2010 [28] 15th
Standard Liège   László Bölöni Resigned 10 February 2010 [29]   Dominique D'Onofrio 10 February 2010 [30] 6th
Charleroi   Tommy Craig Sacked 14 April 2010 [31]   Jacky Mathijssen 4 June 2010 [32] 13th (4th in Playoff)

Regular season

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Financial troubles of Mouscron

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During the season, Mouscron got into financial trouble. This caused months of debate and several law procedures, with the fate of Mouscron changing from week to week. The board of Mouscron finally accepted the bankruptcy of Mouscron on 28 December 2009.[26] At that point, the last two matches of Mouscron had already been forfeited as many players refused to play due to wages from November and December not being paid;[33][34] three forfeits in a row would have also caused immediate elimination and relegation to the Belgian Third Division.

As a result of the bankruptcy and relegation, Mouscron's record was expunged.[26]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C, O) 28 22 3 3 62 20 +42 69 Qualification to Championship play-offs
2 Club Brugge 28 17 6 5 52 33 +19 57
3 Gent 28 14 7 7 49 30 +19 49
4 Kortrijk 28 12 9 7 39 30 +9 45
5 Sint-Truiden 28 12 6 10 35 35 0 42
6 Zulte Waregem 28 10 11 7 39 32 +7 41
7 Mechelen 28 12 3 13 36 46 −10 39 Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8 Standard Liège 28 10 9 9 38 34 +4 39
9 Cercle Brugge 28 11 5 12 45 40 +5 38
10 Germinal Beerschot 28 9 8 11 30 43 −13 35
11 Genk (O) 28 8 10 10 33 31 +2 34
12 Westerlo 28 8 8 12 28 34 −6 32
13 Charleroi 28 5 8 15 28 45 −17 23
14 Lokeren 28 5 3 20 22 54 −32 18
15 Roeselare (R, Q) 28 4 6 18 29 58 −29 18 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16 Mouscron (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2010–11 Belgian Third Division[a]
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Mouscron were relegated due to the club's financial problems, which caused them to forfeit three consecutive matches. Their record was expunged.

Positions by round

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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. The postponed matches are:

  • Matchday 19: Mechelen vs. Germinal Beerschot of 18 December,[35] Charleroi vs. Standard and Anderlecht vs. Club Brugge of 20 December.[36] The matches will be played in the beginning of February, between the 24th and 25th matchday.[37]
  • Matchday 22: Club Brugge vs. Westerlo of 16 January[38] which was played during the 24th matchday on 30 January.[39]
  • Matchday 23: Cercle Brugge vs. Charleroi of 23 January (as a result of the first leg of the quarter final of the Belgian Cup between Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge being played on this date[40]). The new date for this match is 24 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.
  • Matchday 24: Sint-Truiden vs. Westerlo of 30 January (as a result of the postponement of the match Club Brugge vs. Westerlo to this date) is postponed to 3 February,[39] which is between matchdays 24 and 25. Because of snowfall, both Roeselare vs. Genk and Charleroi vs. Lokeren were postponed.[41] The match Charleroi vs. Lokeren was originally scheduled to be played on February 10 between matchdays 25 and 26, but was postponed again because of more snow [42] and will now be played on March 10 between matchdays 28 and 29.[43] Roeselare vs. Genk was rescheduled to 24 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.
  • Matchday 26: Yet again snow caused several matches to be postponed, in this case Mechelen-Genk, Cercle Brugge-Lokeren, Charleroi-Anderlecht and Germinal Beerschot-Zulte-Waregem.[44] All matches were rescheduled to be played during the weekend of the 29th matchday, on March 6 and 7.[43]
  • Matchday 29: Due to the rescheduling of several matches to the first weekend of March,[43] when this matchday was to be played, the whole matchday was postponed one week. With both Anderlecht and Standard Liège still playing in the UEFA Europa League on Thursdays, all matches will be played on Sunday 14 March at 20:00.[45]
  • Matchday 30: With matchday 29 moved to 14 March, matchday 30 was also rescheduled, to Sunday 21 March.[45]

On top of that, the results of Mouscron were annulled between matchdays 20 and 21, causing many shifts between those matchdays.[26] Also, for the rest of the season, there will be no point at which all teams have played the same number of matches, until at the end.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Anderlecht311113321222211111111111111111
Club Brugge434544412111122222222222222222
Gent212232256676765443333333333333
Kortrijk151312111078101414101110881076668978764444
Sint-Truiden6864211335688998910886455575555
Zulte Waregem869119129117855676555555644456666
Mechelen153356645433457711911119789999987
Standard Liège665675564344334667777897647778
Cercle Brugge14161410129111291011121311121313131212131112111111121199
Germinal Beerschot8811131411107878754333444456688881010
Genk12111078101291111141091011121212131311101010101010101111
Westerlo1615161616151514131399111210910119910121112121211121212
Charleroi12128968781091213121414141414141412131313131313131313
Lokeren81315151314141312121314141515151515151514141515141415141414
Roeselare81013141516161616161616161616161616161615151414151514151515
Mouscron446811131315151515151513131188101016161616161616161616

Results

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Note: All Mouscron results listed below were expunged after the club had to declare bankruptcy during the season.[26] They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Mouscron's exemption have been shaded.

Home \ Away AND CER CHA BRU GNK GNT GBA KVK LOK KVM MOU ROE STV STA WES ZWA
Anderlecht 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1
Cercle Brugge 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 5–0[a] 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–2
Charleroi 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0
Club Brugge 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1
Genk 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2
Gent 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–2
Germinal Beerschot 0–5 1–4 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Kortrijk 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Lokeren 0–4 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–4 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1
Mechelen 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–5 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–1
Mouscron 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–5[a] 0–5 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Roeselare 1–2 3–2 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–0
Sint-Truiden 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2
Standard Liège 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1
Westerlo 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–2
Zulte Waregem 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The matches were awarded to Cercle Brugge and Kortrijk, respectively, as won with a score of 5–0 after Mouscron did not field a team for these matches.[33][34]

Championship playoff

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The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Anderlecht started with 35 points, Club Brugge with 29, Gent with 25, Kortrijk 23 and both Sint-Truiden and Zulte-Waregem started with 21.

Playoff table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anderlecht (C) 10 7 3 0 24 9 +15 59 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Gent 10 4 4 2 20 13 +7 41
3 Club Brugge 10 3 3 4 14 15 −1 41 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 9 10 −1 34 Qualification to Europa League Testmatch
5 Kortrijk 10 3 1 6 9 13 −4 33
6 Zulte Waregem 10 2 1 7 7 23 −16 28
Source: [46]
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) Champions

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910
Anderlecht1111111111
Gent3333322332
Club Brugge2222233223
Sint-Truiden5444444444
Kortrijk4555555555
Zulte Waregem6666666666

Results

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Home \ Away AND BRU GNT KVK STV ZWA
Anderlecht 2–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 6–0
Club Brugge 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0
Gent 1–3 6–2 0–0 0–0 5–0
Kortrijk 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0
Sint-Truiden 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Zulte Waregem 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League playoff

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WES KVM CER LOK
1 Westerlo (A) 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Playoff Final 0–2 4–1 2–0
2 Mechelen 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 1–3 1–0 3–1
3 Cercle Brugge 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round 2–0 2–1 1–1
4 Lokeren 6 1 3 2 12 14 −2 6 3–3 2–2 5–3
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to the Final

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GNK STA GBA CHA
1 Genk (A) 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Playoff Final 1–0 2–0 3–0
2 Standard 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 8 1–1 3–0 2–0
3 Germinal Beerschot 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 1–3 2–2 2–2
4 Charleroi 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 1–2 1–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to the Final

Europa League playoff final

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The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match. The winners on aggregate will compete in another match (called Testmatch) against a team from the championship playoff (see below). If both teams are tied after two matches, the away goals rule will be applied. Should both teams still be tied afterwards, thirty minutes of extra time will be played and, if necessary, a penalty shootout will be conducted.

Genk2 – 2Westerlo
De Bruyne   84'
Yeboah   90'
Report Yakovenko   22'
Liliu   62'
Attendance: 18.125
Referee: Paul Allaerts

Westerlo0 – 3Genk
Report João Carlos   4'
Buffel   71'
Ogunjimi   81'
Attendance: 8.200
Referee: Johan Verbist

Genk won 5–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

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The fourth-placed team from the championship playoff and the winners of the Europa League playoff competed for one spot in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Note: The spot in the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was taken by Cercle Brugge, who was the runners-up of the 2009–10 Belgian Cup to Champions League-qualified Gent.

Genk2 – 1Sint-Truiden
Ogunjimi   19'
Camus   59'
Report Sidibe   40'
Attendance: 22.183

Sint-Truiden2 – 3Genk
Sidibe   6' (pen.)
Onana   79'
Report Ogunjimi   21'
Barda   44'
Buffel   56'

Genk won 5–3 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

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The list of goalscorers is split up: first there is the list of goalscorers during the regular competition, deciding the official title of league 'topscorer', which was won by Romelu Lukaku. After this, the goalscorers in the play-offs are listed below in a second list. Because not all teams get equal matches in the playoffs, the goals during the playoffs did not count to determine the top scorer and therefore there are two separate lists.

Regular competition

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Top goalscorers

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Position Player Club Goals
1   Romelu Lukaku Anderlecht 15
2   Dorge Kouemaha Club Brugge 13
  Ibrahim Sidibe Sint-Truiden 13
4   Teddy Chevalier Zulte Waregem 12
  Cyril Théréau Charleroi 12
6   Dawid Janczyk Lokeren (9) and Germinal Beerschot (2) 11
7   Milan Jovanović Standard Liège 10
8   Christian Benteke Kortrijk 9
  Mbark Boussoufa Anderlecht 9
  Elimane Coulibaly Gent 9
  Dominic Foley Cercle Brugge 9
  Faris Haroun Germinal Beerschot 9
13 6 players 8
19 5 players 7
24 11 players 6
35 11 players 5
46 17 players 4
63 19 players 3
82 38 players 2
120 60 players 1
Own goals 12
Total goals 614
Total games 228
Average per game 2.69

Other scorers

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8 goals (6 players)
7 goals (5 players)
6 goals (11 players)
5 goals (11 players)
4 goals (17 players)
3 goals (19 players)
2 goals (38 players)
1 goal (60 players)
Own goals (12 players, 12 goals)

Playoff goalscorers

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Championship playoff

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30 games, 83 goals (2.77 per game)

5 goals (4 players)
4 goals (1 player)
3 goals (6 players)
2 goals (9 players)
1 goal (20 players)
Own goals (2 players, 3 goals)

Europa League Playoff

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24 games, 73 goals (3.04 per game)

5 goals (1 player)
4 goals (1 player)
3 goals (3 players)
2 goals (12 players)
1 goal (31 players)

Source: sporza.be and Sport.be(in Dutch)

Season statistics

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Regular competition records beaten or equalized during playoff games are listed as such.

Scoring

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Widest winning margin: 5 Goals

Most goals in a match by one team: 5 Goals

Most goals in one half: 5 goals

Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals

Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals

Discipline

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Source: sporza.be and Sport.be(in Dutch)

See also

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References

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  36. ^ "Snow makes it impossible for football" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-19. Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  37. ^ "Anderlecht and Brugge meet on 3 February" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-24.
  38. ^ "Club Brugge - Westerlo cancelled" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-16.
  39. ^ a b "Club Brugge - Westerlo postponed to 30 January" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-30.
  40. ^ "Cup duel between Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge played over two legs after all" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-21.
  41. ^ "Roeselare-Genk and Charleroi-Lokeren cancelled" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-30.
  42. ^ "Postponed match Charleroi-Lokeren cancelled again" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-02-10.
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  44. ^ "Winter weather messes up 26th matchday" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-02-13.
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