2007–08 in Belgian football

The 2007-08 football season in Belgium, which is the 105th season of competitive football in the country.

Honours

Competition	Winner
First division	Standard Liège
Second division	Kortrijk
Third division A	Ronse
Third division B	RFC Liège
Promotion A	Wielsbeke
Promotion B	Gent-Zeehaven
Promotion C	Hoogstraten
Promotion D	URS Centre
Cup	Anderlecht
Supercup	Standard Liège

League competitions

Belgian First Division

Main article: Jupiler League 2007-08

Belgian Second Division


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kortrijk !Kortrijk (C) (P)	36	23	7	6	73	35	+38	76	Belgian First Division
2	Tubize !Tubize (P)	36	19	9	8	49	29	+20	66	Belgian Second Division Final Round
3	OH Leuven !OH Leuven	36	18	7	11	61	42	+19	61
4	KVSK United !KVSK United	36	16	12	8	51	36	+15	60
5	Antwerp !Antwerp	36	16	11	9	64	38	+26	59
6	Virton !Virton	36	15	11	10	56	44	+12	56
7	Lierse !Lierse	36	15	8	13	47	36	+11	53
8	Hamme !Hamme	36	14	7	15	54	45	+9	49
9	Beveren !Beveren	36	14	6	16	48	56	−8	48
10	Tienen !Tienen	36	13	9	14	49	51	−2	48
11	Olympic Charleroi !Olympic Charleroi	36	13	7	16	40	53	−13	46
12	Tournai !Tournai	36	12	10	14	34	37	−3	46
13	Eupen !Eupen	36	11	12	13	45	49	−4	45
14	Waasland !Waasland	36	10	13	13	46	47	−1	43
15	Deinze !Deinze	36	10	13	13	44	58	−14	43
16	Oostende !Oostende	36	11	9	16	44	59	−15	42
17	UR Namur !UR Namur	36	10	12	14	51	63	−12	42	Belgian Third Division Final Round
18	Union Saint-Gilloise !Union Saint-Gilloise (R)	36	11	7	18	48	61	−13	40	Belgian Third Division
19	Geel !Geel (R)	36	4	4	28	33	98	−65	16	Belgian Third Division

Source: Belgian Second Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

European Club Results

Note that the Belgian team's score is given first

This season, Gent played in the Intertoto Cup and got eliminated in the final round. Likewise Genk got beaten in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, while Anderlecht got knocked out of that same tournament in the third qualifying round which allowed them to take part in the UEFA Cup together with Standard Liège and Club Brugge. In the UEFA Cup, Anderlecht managed to get the furthest, namely into the last 16.

Date	Team	Competition	Round	Leg	Opponent	Location	Score
July 7	Gent	Intertoto Cup	Round 2	Leg 1, Home	Cliftonville	Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent	2-0
July 14	Gent	Intertoto Cup	Round 2	Leg 2, Away	Cliftonville	Windsor Park, Belfast	4-0
July 21	Gent	Intertoto Cup	Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Aalborg	Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent	1-1
July 29	Gent	Intertoto Cup	Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Aalborg	Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg	1-2
July 31	Genk	Champions League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 1, Home	Sarajevo	Cristal Arena, Genk	1-2^[1]
August 8	Genk	Champions League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 2, Away	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo	1-0^[2]
August 15	Anderlecht	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Away	Fenerbahçe	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul	0-1^[3]
August 16	Standard Liège	UEFA Cup	Qual. Round 2	Leg 1, Away	Käerjeng	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	3-0^[4]
August 29	Anderlecht	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Home	Fenerbahçe	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	0-2^[5]
August 30	Standard Liège	UEFA Cup	Qual. Round 2	Leg 2, Home	Käerjeng	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	1-0^[6]
September 20	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Round 1	Leg 1, Home	Rapid Wien	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	1-1^[7]
September 20	Club Brugge	UEFA Cup	Round 1	Leg 1, Away	Brann	Brann Stadion, Bergen	1-0^[8]
September 20	Standard Liège	UEFA Cup	Round 1	Leg 1, Away	Zenit St. Petersburg	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg	0-3^[9]
October 4	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Round 1	Leg 2, Away	Rapid Wien	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna	1-0^[10]
October 4	Club Brugge	UEFA Cup	Round 1	Leg 2, Home	Brann	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	1-2^[11]
October 4	Standard Liège	UEFA Cup	Round 1	Leg 2, Home	Zenit St. Petersburg	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	1-1^[12]
October 25	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Group Stage	Match 1, Home	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	2-0^[13]
November 8	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Group Stage	Match 2, Away	Aalborg	Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg	1-1^[14]
December 6	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Group Stage	Match 3, Home	Tottenham Hotspur	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	1-1^[15]
December 19	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Group Stage	Match 4, Away	Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe	1-2^[16]
February 13	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	Leg 1, Home	Bordeaux	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	2-1^[17]
February 21	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	Leg 2, Away	Bordeaux	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	1-1^[18]
March 6	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	Leg 1, Home	Bayern Munich	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	0-5^[19]
March 12	Anderlecht	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	Leg 2, Away	Bayern Munich	Allianz Arena, Munich	2-1^[20]

European qualification for 2008-09 summary

Competition	Qualifiers	Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round	Standard Liège	1st in Jupiler League
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round	Anderlecht	2nd in Jupiler League
UEFA Cup First Round	Club Brugge	3rd in Jupiler League
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round	Gent	Losing Cup finalist
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round	Germinal Beerschot	Highest Jupiler League finishers (5th) to have entered and not qualified for any other European competition. Cercle Brugge (4th) did not want to participate.

Deaths

Constant Vanden Stock, 93, honorary president, former president and player of Anderlecht died by natural causes on April 19, 2008.^[21] He also managed the Belgian national team for ten years, is the father of current Anderlecht president Roger Vanden Stock and has the Anderlecht stadium named after him.

François Sterchele, 26, the forward of Club Brugge died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008.^[22]

Victor Wégria, 71, former player and trainer of RFC Liège is one of the best players in the history of the club. He was four times top scorer in the Belgian top division (in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and was capped five times by the Belgium national football team. He died by natural causes on June 6, 2008^[23]

References

↑ "It will not be easy, but it's still possible" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-07-31.
↑ "This elimination means standing still" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-08.
↑ "Anderlecht returns with doubtful result" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-15.
↑ "Standard managed to score three times" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-16.
↑ "Anderlecht can forget about CL-money" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-29.
↑ "Standard at the pace of the opponent" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-30.
↑ "We just can't seem to hold the zero" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-09-20.
↑ "Club Brugge already almost sure of group phase" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-09-20.
↑ "Saint-Petersburg was more calm at the goal" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-09-20.
↑ "Serhat averts crisis in Anderlecht" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-04.
↑ "Club Brugge squanders good starting position" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-04.
↑ "Courageous Standard cannot produce a stunt" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-04.
↑ "Frutos gives Anderlecht the victory" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-25.
↑ "Anderlecht allows Aalborg to draw level" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-11-08.
↑ "Anderlecht does not quite improve the situation" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-12-06.
↑ "Anderlecht still in Europe after newyear" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-12-19.
↑ "Mpenza ultimately manages the victory" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-02-13.
↑ "Anderlecht has to get ready for Bayern" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-02-21.
↑ "Anderlecht goes down in UEFA-Cup" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-03-06.
↑ "Anderlecht saves the honour" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-03-12.
↑ "Constant Vanden Stock has died". Sporza. 2008-04-19.
↑ "François Sterchele (26) killed in car accident". Sporza. 2008-05-08.
↑ "Four times topscorer Wégria has passed away" (in Dutch). Sporza. 2008-06-06.

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Women	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal First Division Second Division Third Division BeNe League (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

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Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Awards

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