2013–14 Belgian Pro League
Season | 2013–14 |
---|---|
Champions | Anderlecht |
Relegated | Mons OH Leuven |
Champions League | Anderlecht Standard Liège |
Europa League | Lokeren Club Brugge Zulte Waregem |
Matches played | 299 |
Goals scored | 810 (2.71 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Hamdi Harbaoui (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | Anderlecht 5–0 Mechelen |
Biggest away win | Cercle Brugge 0–5 Standard Liège Lierse 0–5 Standard Liège |
Highest scoring | Zulte Waregem 4–3 Anderlecht Anderlecht 5–2 Charleroi Genk 5–2 Zulte Waregem Kortrijk 3–4 Lierse OH Leuven 2–5 Club Brugge |
Longest winning run | 9 matches[1] Standard Liège |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches[2] Standard Liège |
Longest winless run | 16 matches[3] Mons |
Longest losing run | 6 matches[4] Genk |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → |
The 2013–14 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2013 with the match between Club Brugge and Charleroi and finished on 18 May 2014 with Anderlecht grabbing their 33rd title due to a 3–1 at home against Lokeren.
During the regular season, Standard Liège started by winning their first nine matches, putting pressure on their main challengers Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk and Zulte Waregem. At the halfway point, Genk was closing in on Standard, trailing by one point, but following a series of losses they dropped several places in the standings and eventually they narrowly held on to sixth place and just made it into the title playoffs. Towards the end of the regular season, mainly Club Brugge proved to be a threat as they had narrowed the gap to Standard, closing in to only four points.
The playoffs started with Standard leading on 34 points and Club Brugge right behind them on 32. Both Anderlecht (29 points) and Zulte Waregem (27 points) were at that point considered long shots for the title, while Lokeren on 26 and Genk on 23 were considered to be out of contention. Early in the playoffs, Standard immediately beat Anderlecht and knocked them down to eight points behind, seemingly setting up a final title race between them and Club Brugge. Although Standard had been in the lead since the start of the season, they somehow starting struggling, allowing Club Brugge to overtake them in the standings and become the main title favorite with just four games to go. On 4 May 2014, Club Brugge had the chance to permanently knock Anderlecht out of the race, but somehow lost at home against 10 men, putting Standard back into the lead with Anderlecht now a close second. Standard in turn then lost against Club Brugge, putting Anderlecht into the lead with two games to go, a lead which they kept until the end, winning their 33rd title in a season in which they lost no less than 11 games.
The Europa League playoff groups were won by Oostende and Kortrijk, with Oostende overcoming Kortrijk on penalty kicks although they knew they had not been given a licence for European football. As a result, the fourth placed team in the league, Zulte Waregem, were granted access directly.
In the bottom end of the table, Mons started miserably after finishing 7th the previous season, scoring only three points out of their first 15 matches. Their better second half of the season did not help in avoiding the last place. They were thereby forced to play the relegation playoff together with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who had been struggling to set up a series of decent results, mainly driven by their horrendous away form, drawing only three matches away from home the whole season, while losing all the others. Mons were relegated on 12 April after yet another 2–0 away to OH Leuven, while Leuven themselves faced relegation on 18 May as they could no longer win the Belgian Second Division final round. Both OH Leuven and Mons had been playing in the Belgian Pro League for three seasons.
Teams
[edit ]Following the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League, Beerschot were originally relegated to the 2013–14 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against Cercle Brugge. However, as they went bankrupt, the team folded and would later merge with KFCO Wilrijk playing at the first provincial level (fifth level) of Belgian football to form KFCO Beerschot – Wilrijk. Beerschot is replaced by 2012–13 Belgian Second Division champions Oostende, who returned to the highest level after their relegation during the 2004–05 season.
As Cercle Brugge won the 2013 Belgian Second Division final round against Second Division teams Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe, they were saved from relegation, causing Oostende to be the only newcomer in the Belgian Pro League for this season.
Stadia and locations
[edit ]Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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R.S.C. Anderlecht | Anderlecht | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium | 21,000 |
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,945 |
R. Charleroi S.C. | Charleroi | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | 25,000 |
Club Brugge KV | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,945 |
K.R.C. Genk | Genk | Cristal Arena | 24,900 |
K.A.A. Gent | Ghent | Ghelamco Arena | 20,000 |
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 |
K.V. 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 | 9,493 |
K.V. Oostende | Ostend | Albertpark | 8,125 |
Standard Liège | Liège | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | 30,000 |
Waasland-Beveren | Beveren | Freethiel Stadion | 13,290 |
S.V. Zulte Waregem | Waregem | Regenboogstadion | 8,500 |
Managerial changes
[edit ]Regular season
[edit ]League table
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Standard Liège | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 67 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 63 | |
3 | Anderlecht | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 57 | |
4 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 53 | |
5 | Lokeren | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 51 | |
6 | Genk | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | |
7 | Gent | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
8 | Kortrijk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 39 | |
9 | Oostende | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 34 | |
10 | Charleroi | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 34 | |
11 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 33 | |
12 | Lierse | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 32 | |
13 | Mechelen | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 31 | |
14 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 31 | |
15 | OH Leuven | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
16 | Mons | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
Positions by round
[edit ]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.
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Standard Liège | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Club Brugge | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Anderlecht | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Zulte Waregem | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Lokeren | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Genk | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Gent | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Kortrijk | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Oostende | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Charleroi | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Cercle Brugge | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Lierse | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Mechelen | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Waasland-Beveren | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
OH Leuven | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Mons | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Results
[edit ]Home \ Away | AND | CER | CHA | BRU | GNK | GNT | KVK | LIE | LOK | KVM | MON | KVO | OHL | STA | WBE | ZWA |
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Anderlecht | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Cercle Brugge | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Charleroi | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Club Brugge | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
Genk | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | |
Gent | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
Kortrijk | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
Lierse | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Lokeren | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | |
Mechelen | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
Mons | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Oostende | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
OH Leuven | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
Standard Liège | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
Waasland-Beveren | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
Zulte Waregem | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship playoff
[edit ]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: Standard 34 points, Club Brugge 32, Anderlecht 29, Zulte Waregem 27, Lokeren 26 and Genk 23. Had any ties occurred at the end of the playoffs, the half point would have been deducted if it was added. However, as all six teams received the half point bonus, this did not make a difference this season.
Playoff table
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Anderlecht (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Club Brugge | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 41 | Qualification for the Testmatches |
5 | Lokeren | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
6 | Genk | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 32 |
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
[edit ]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.
Team ╲ Round | Initial | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Anderlecht | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Standard Liège | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Club Brugge | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Zulte Waregem | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Lokeren | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Genk | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Results
[edit ]Home \ Away | STA | BRU | AND | ZWA | LOK | GNK |
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Standard Liège | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Club Brugge | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
Anderlecht | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | |
Zulte Waregem | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
Lokeren | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Genk | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Europa League play-off
[edit ]Group A contained the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finished in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B. Oostende held Gent to a 1–1 draw on 26 April and was thereby sure of winning Group A. In Group B, the decision was made on the last matchday when Kortrijk beat Charleroi 2–1 at home on 3 May.
Group A
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KVO | GNT | LIE | W-B |
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1 | Oostende (A) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 14 | Qualification for the Playoff Final | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
2 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Lierse | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | ||
4 | Waasland-Beveren | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
Group B
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KVK | CHA | KVM | CER |
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1 | Kortrijk (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 | Qualification for the Playoff Final | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Charleroi | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Mechelen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
Europa League play-off final
[edit ]The winners of both play-off 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 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
Kortrijk | 2–2 | Oostende |
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Chevalier 30' Pavlović 40' |
Jonckheere 20' Siani 47' (pen.) |
Oostende | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Kortrijk |
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Wilmet 72' Jonckheere 90+2' |
De Smet 55' (pen.) Coulibaly 90' |
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Penalties | ||
Jali soccer ball with check mark Siani soccer ball with red X Jonckheere soccer ball with check mark Sládek soccer ball with check mark Ovono soccer ball with check mark Schmisser soccer ball with check mark Foket soccer ball with check mark Martens soccer ball with check mark |
7–6 | soccer ball with check mark De Smet soccer ball with check mark Heylen soccer ball with red X De Mets soccer ball with check mark Pavlović soccer ball with check mark Martin soccer ball with check mark Oussalah soccer ball with check mark Chevalier soccer ball with red X Tomašević |
Oostende won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate.
Testmatches Europa League
[edit ]The Europa League playoff final was to be played over two legs between Oostende and fourth-place finishers Zulte Waregem, with the winner receiving the right to play in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However, as Oostende did not receive a licence for European football, the match was annulled and Zulte Waregem was awarded the spot directly.
Relegation playoff
[edit ]The teams finishing in the last two positions faced each other in the relegation playoff. The winner of this playoff played the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, with the winner playing at the highest level the next season. The loser faced relegation. For finishing 15th, Oud-Heverlee Leuven received the home advantage and an initial lead of 3 points over Mons. Mons was relegated on 12 April as OHL had obtained a lead of 9 points with only 2 matches left. However, Oud-Heverlee Leuven then failed to finish top of the Belgian Second Division final round group, ensuring their relegation as well.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | OH Leuven (R) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for the Belgian Second Division final round |
2 | Mons (R) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Relegation to 2014–15 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
The matches in the table below were played from left to right:
Season statistics
[edit ]Source: Sporza.be and Sport.be [permanent dead link ] (in Dutch)
Up to and including matches played on 18 May.
Top scorers
[edit ]Position | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Tunisia Hamdi Harbaoui | Lokeren | 22 |
2 | Belgium Michy Batshuayi | Standard Liège | 21 |
3 | Central African Republic Habib Habibou | Zulte Waregem | 20 |
4 | Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović | Anderlecht | 16 |
5 | Croatia Ivan Santini | Kortrijk | 15 |
6 | Belgium Thorgan Hazard | Zulte Waregem | 14 |
7 | Belgium Stijn De Smet | Kortrijk | 13 |
Belgium David Pollet | Anderlecht (2) & Charleroi (11) | 13 | |
9 | Belgium Tom De Sutter | Club Brugge | 12 |
Nigeria Imoh Ezekiel | Standard Liège | 12 | |
Belgium Jelle Vossen | Genk | 12 |
- 11 goals (2 players)
- 10 goals (3 players)
- 9 goals (4 players)
- 8 goals (5 players)
- 7 goals (6 players)
- 6 goals (10 players)
- Argentina Matías Suárez (Anderlecht)
- Denmark Jesper Jørgensen (Club Brugge)
- Poland Waldemar Sobota (Club Brugge)
- Belgium Thomas Buffel (Genk)
- Belgium Ilombe Mboyo (Genk (5) & Gent (1))
- Belgium David Destorme (Mechelen)
- Belgium Seth de Witte (Mechelen)
- Denmark Mads Junker (Mechelen)
- Cameroon Sébastien Siani (Oostende)
- Belgium Jens Naessens (Zulte Waregem)
- 5 goals (17 players)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Chancel Mbemba (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Dennis Praet (Anderlecht)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Kabananga (Cercle Brugge)
- Nigeria Michael Uchebo (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Sébastien Dewaest (Charleroi)
- France Neeskens Kebano (Charleroi)
- Belgium Björn Engels (Club Brugge)
- Belgium Yassine El Ghanassy (Gent)
- Denmark Nicklas Pedersen (Gent)
- Belgium Thomas Matton (Kortrijk)
- Brazil Junior Dutra (Lokeren)
- Israel Shlomi Arbeitman (Mons)
- Belgium Evariste Ngolok (OH Leuven)
- Belgium Jonathan Wilmet (Oostende)
- Belgium Igor de Camargo (Standard Liège)
- North Macedonia Ivan Tričkovski (Waasland-Beveren)
- France Raphaël Cacérès (Zulte Waregem)
- 4 goals (15 players)
- Ivory Coast Cyriac (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Guillaume Gillet (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Stephen Buyl (Cercle Brugge)
- France Clément Tainmont (Charleroi)
- Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen (Club Brugge)
- Israel Lior Refaelov (Club Brugge)
- Ghana Bennard Kumordzi (Genk)
- Belgium Benito Raman (Kortrijk)
- Argentina Hernán Losada (Lierse)
- Belgium Jordan Remacle (Lokeren)
- Belgium Benjamin Mokulu (Mechelen)
- North Macedonia Jovan Kostovski (OH Leuven)
- Belgium Robin Henkens (Waasland-Beveren)
- Belgium Sven Kums (Zulte Waregem)
- Iceland Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Zulte Waregem)
- 3 goals (24 players)
- Ghana Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht)
- Honduras Andy Najar (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Tim Smolders (Cercle Brugge)
- Switzerland Danijel Milićević (Charleroi)
- Belgium Thomas Meunier (Club Brugge)
- Belgium Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Club Brugge)
- Tunisia Fabien Camus (Genk)
- Serbia Nebojša Pavlović (Kortrijk)
- France Jérémy Taravel (Lokeren)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Wilson Kamavuaka (Mechelen)
- North Macedonia Aleksandar Trajkovski (Mechelen)
- Belgium Arnor Angeli (Mons)
- Belgium Mohamed Messoudi (OH Leuven)
- Sweden Tom Pettersson (OH Leuven)
- France Frédéric Brillant (Oostende)
- Brazil Fernando Canesin (Oostende)
- France Baptiste Schmisser (Oostende)
- Morocco Mehdi Carcela (Standard Liège)
- Belgium Laurent Ciman (Standard Liège)
- Belgium Jelle Van Damme (Standard Liège)
- Belgium Renaud Emond (Waasland-Beveren)
- Cameroon Aboubakar Oumarou (Waasland-Beveren)
- Guinea Ibrahima Conté (Zulte Waregem)
- Belgium Junior Malanda (Zulte Waregem)
- 2 goals (39 players)
- Belgium Olivier Deschacht (Anderlecht)
- Venezuela Ronald Vargas (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Bart Buysse (Cercle Brugge)
- Cameroon Gaël Etock (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Thibaut Van Acker (Cercle Brugge)
- Senegal Mohamed Daf (Charleroi)
- Belgium Kenneth Houdret (Charleroi)
- Chile Nicolás Castillo (Club Brugge)
- Spain Víctor Vázquez (Club Brugge)
- Ivory Coast Sekou Cissé (Genk)
- France Kalidou Koulibaly (Genk)
- Belgium Siebe Schrijvers (Genk)
- Ghana Nana Asare (Gent)
- Uruguay Carlos Diogo (Gent)
- Belgium Christophe Lepoint (Gent)
- Brazil Renato Neto (Gent)
- France Sloan Privat (Gent)
- Ivory Coast Yaya Soumahoro (Gent)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Ervin Zukanović (Gent)
- Bulgaria Kostadin Hazurov (Lierse)
- Belgium Anthony Limbombe (Lierse)
- Belgium Dolly Menga (Lierse)
- Belgium Wanderson (Lierse)
- South Africa Ayanda Patosi (Lokeren)
- Senegal Boubacar Diabang (Mechelen)
- Belgium Noë Dussenne (Mons)
- France Flavien Le Postollec (Mons)
- Belgium Joachim Mununga (Mons)
- Belgium Karel Geraerts (OH Leuven)
- The Gambia Ibou (OH Leuven)
- Belgium Lukas Van Eenoo (OH Leuven (1) & Cercle Brugge (1))
- Belgium Yohan Brouckaert (Oostende)
- Belgium Michiel Jonckheere (Oostende)
- France Xavier Luissint (Oostende)
- Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi (Oostende)
- Belgium Julien De Sart (Standard Liège)
- Belgium Siebe Blondelle (Waasland-Beveren)
- Slovakia Róbert Demjan (Waasland-Beveren)
- Belgium Karel D'Haene (Zulte Waregem)
- 1 goal (88 players)
- Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw (Anderlecht)
- Senegal Cheikhou Kouyaté (Anderlecht)
- France Fabrice N'Sakala (Anderlecht)
- Netherlands Bram Nuytinck (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht)
- Belgium Frederik Boi (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Hans Cornelis (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Kristof D'haene (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Gregory Mertens (Cercle Brugge)
- Italy Gaetano Monachello (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Arne Naudts (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Stef Wils (Cercle Brugge)
- Belgium Guillaume François (Charleroi)
- Belgium Jessy Galvez-Lopez (Charleroi)
- France Harlem Gnohéré (Charleroi)
- Belgium Onur Kaya (Charleroi)
- Ghana Abraham Kumedor (Charleroi)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Ndongala (Charleroi)
- Belgium Giuseppe Rossini (Charleroi)
- Belgium Enes Sağlık (Charleroi)
- France Mourad Satli (Charleroi)
- Belgium Jonathan Blondel (Club Brugge)
- Belgium Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo (Club Brugge)
- Nigeria Kehinde Fatai (Club Brugge)
- Norway Tom Høgli (Club Brugge)
- China Wang Shangyuan (Club Brugge)
- Belgium Benjamin De Ceulaer (Genk)
- Belgium Pieter Gerkens (Genk)
- Trinidad and Tobago Khaleem Hyland (Genk)
- France Steeven Joseph-Monrose (Genk)
- South Africa Anele Ngcongca (Genk)
- Belgium Derrick Tshimanga (Genk)
- Belgium Brecht Dejaegere (Gent)
- France Rémi Maréval (Gent)
- Croatia Ante Puljić (Gent)
- Belgium Brecht Capon (Kortrijk)
- Luxembourg Maxime Chanot (Kortrijk)
- Netherlands Robert Klaasen (Kortrijk)
- Belgium Mustapha Oussalah (Kortrijk)
- Belgium Wouter Corstjens (Lierse)
- Egypt Ahmed Farag (Lierse)
- Tunisia Karim Saidi (Lierse)
- Belgium Julien Vercauteren (Lierse)
- Ghana Eugene Ansah (Lokeren)
- Greece Georgios Galitsios (Lokeren)
- Switzerland Mijat Marić (Lokeren)
- Belgium Denis Odoi (Lokeren)
- Belgium Killian Overmeire (Lokeren)
- Belgium Koen Persoons (Lokeren)
- Denmark Alexander Scholz (Lokeren)
- Belgium Maxime Biset (Mechelen)
- Trinidad and Tobago Sheldon Bateau (Mechelen)
- Belgium Alessandro Cordaro (Mechelen)
- Belgium Steven De Petter (Mechelen)
- Ghana Abdul-Yakuni Iddi (Mechelen)
- Belgium Mats Rits (Mechelen)
- Belgium Joachim Van Damme (Mechelen)
- Belgium Jordi Vanlerberghe (Mechelen)
- Cameroon Steve Beleck (Mons)
- Belgium Thomas Chatelle (Mons)
- Senegal Christophe Diandy (Mons)
- The Gambia Mustapha Jarju (Mons)
- France Grégory Lorenzi (Mons)
- Belgium Pieterjan Monteyne (Mons)
- France Jérémy Sapina (Mons)
- Guinea Richard Soumah (Mons)
- Belgium Alessandro Cerigioni (OH Leuven)
- France Romain Reynaud (OH Leuven)
- Brazil Robson (OH Leuven)
- Belgium Niels De Schutter (Oostende)
- Belgium Denis Dessaer (Oostende)
- Belgium Tom van Imschoot (Oostende)
- Spain Fede Vico (Oostende)
- Gabon Frédéric Bulot (Standard Liège)
- Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad (Standard Liège)
- Brazil Kanu (Standard Liège)
- France William Vainqueur (Standard Liège)
- France Karim Belhocine (Waasland-Beveren)
- Montenegro Mijuško Bojović (Waasland-Beveren)
- Israel Rami Gershon (Waasland-Beveren)
- France Fayçal Lebbihi (Waasland-Beveren)
- Serbia Miloš Marić (Waasland-Beveren)
- Belgium René Sterckx (Waasland-Beveren)
- France Franck Berrier (Zulte Waregem)
- Belgium Theo Bongonda (Zulte Waregem)
- Senegal Mbaye Leye (Zulte Waregem)
- Mali Mamoutou N'Diaye (Zulte Waregem)
- Germany Marvin Pourié (Zulte Waregem)
- 2 Own goals (1 player)
- Belgium Gregory Mertens (Cercle Brugge, scored for Gent and Lierse)
- 1 Own goal (19 players)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Chancel Mbemba (Anderlecht, scored for Standard Liège)
- Netherlands Bram Nuytinck (Anderlecht, scored for Zulte Waregem)
- Belgium Laurens De Bock (Club Brugge, scored for Lokeren)
- Denmark Jesper Jørgensen (Club Brugge, scored for Kortrijk)
- Belgium Thomas Meunier (Club Brugge, scored for Anderlecht)
- Netherlands Arjan Swinkels (Lierse, scored for Genk)
- Belgium Denis Odoi (Lokeren, scored for Anderlecht)
- Belgium Koen Persoons (Lokeren, scored for Standard Liège)
- Denmark Alexander Scholz (Lokeren, scored for Zulte Waregem)
- Trinidad and Tobago Sheldon Bateau (Mechelen, scored for Zulte Waregem)
- France Peter Franquart (Mons, scored for Mechelen)
- Belgium Nicolas Timmermans (Mons, scored for Mechelen)
- Belgium Ludovic Buysens (OH Leuven, scored for Standard Liège)
- Belgium Niels De Schutter (Oostende, scored for Gent)
- Belgium Jordan Lukaku (Oostende, scored for OH Leuven)
- Brazil Kanu (Standard Liège, scored for Anderlecht)
- Ghana Daniel Opare (Standard Liège, scored for Lokeren)
- Montenegro Mijuško Bojović (Waasland-Beveren, scored for OH Leuven)
- Belgium Junior Malanda (Zulte Waregem, scored for Anderlecht)
Hat-tricks
[edit ]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium Geoffrey Mujangi Bia | Standard Liège | Lierse | 3–0[25] | 4 August 2013 |
Croatia Ivan Santini | Kortrijk | Lokeren | 3–3[26] | 9 August 2013 |
Argentina Matías Suárez | Anderlecht | Charleroi | 5–2[27] | 25 August 2013 |
Belgium Michy Batshuayi | Standard Liège | Oostende | 4–2[28] | 15 September 2013 |
Belgium David Destorme | Mechelen | Oostende | 3–0[29] | 19 October 2013 |
Croatia Ivan Santini | Kortrijk | Club Brugge | 4–1[30] | 20 October 2013 |
Serbia Dalibor Veselinović | Waasland-Beveren | Mons | 4–1[31] | 18 January 2014 |
Senegal Mbaye Diagne | Lierse | Mons | 5–1[32] | 8 February 2014 |
Central African Republic Habib Habibou | Gent | Cercle Brugge | 4–1[33] | 8 March 2014 |
France Cédric Fauré | Charleroi | Cercle Brugge | 4–2[34] | 12 April 2014 |
Central African Republic Habib Habibou | Gent | Waasland-Beveren | 4–2[35] | 19 April 2014 |
Senegal Mbaye Diagne | Lierse | Waasland-Beveren | 4–2[36] | 26 April 2014 |
Central African Republic Habib Habibou | Gent | Lierse | 4–0[37] | 3 May 2014 |
References
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