2011–12 Belgian Pro League

Jupiler Pro League
Season 2011–12
Champions Anderlecht
31st league title
Relegated Sint-Truiden
Westerlo
Champions League Anderlecht
Club Brugge
Europa League Lokeren
Genk
Gent
Matches played 302
Goals scored 892 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer Jérémy Perbet (25 goals)
Biggest home win Gent 6–0 Sint-Truiden
Biggest away win Kortrijk 0–4 Gent, Genk 0–4 Anderlecht
Highest scoring Cercle Brugge 6–4 OH Leuven
Longest winning run 7 matches[1]
Anderlecht
Longest unbeaten run 16 matches[2]
Anderlecht
Longest winless run 13 matches[3]
Zulte Waregem
Longest losing run 6 matches[4]
Sint-Truiden
Westerlo

The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It began on 29 July 2011 with the first match of the regular season and ended in May 2012 with the last matches of the playoff rounds. The defending champions were Genk, who this time ended in third position, while the competition was won by Anderlecht, who clenched the title after a 1–1 draw against Club Brugge with two games left to play in the Championship Playoff.

Teams

Team changes

During the previous season, on 23 April 2011, Charleroi were relegated as a result of a 2–2 draw at home to Eupen in the relegation playoff, making it impossible to overtake them in the standings. This ended a spell of 26 consecutive seasons of being at the top level of Belgian football, with only Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège being present for more years.[5] As winner of the relegation playoff, Eupen avoided direct relegation, but was still forced to play the Second Division Final Round together with second division teams Lommel United, Waasland-Beveren and Mons for the final spot in first division. However, after losing four matches in a row, Eupen was also relegated on 19 May 2011[6] after just one season at the top level. In the final match between Mons and Waasland-Beveren, Mons eventually came out as winner of the final round and took the place of Eupen.[7]

On 24 April 2011, just one day after the relegation of Charleroi, Oud-Heverlee Leuven was promoted after securing the title in the Second Division and as a result, the city of Leuven now has a first division team again for the first time in 61 years.[8]

Stadia and locations

Club Location Venue Capacity
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 28,063
Beerschot AC Antwerp Olympisch Stadion 13,132
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,945
Club Brugge K.V. Brugge Jan Breydel Stadium 29,945
K.R.C. Genk Genk Cristal Arena 24,900
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Jules Ottenstadion 12,919
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
KV 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 8,519
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 7,982
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 8,500

Personnel and sponsoring

Club Chairman Current manager Team captain Shirt sponsor
R.S.C. Anderlecht Belgium vandenstock Roger Vanden Stock Belgium jacobs Ariël Jacobs Argentina biglia Lucas Biglia BNP Paribas Fortis
Beerschot AC Belgium verhaegen Jos Verhaegen no manager at end of season Uruguay kagelmacher Gary Kagelmacher Quick
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Belgium schotte Frans Schotte Belgium peeters Bob Peeters Belgium cornelis Hans Cornelis A D M B
Club Brugge K.V. Belgium verhaeghe Bart Verhaeghe Germany daum Christoph Daum Belgium hoefkens Carl Hoefkens Belfius
K.R.C. Genk Belgium houben Herbert Houben Netherlands been Mario Been Belgium hubert David Hubert Euphony
K.A.A. Gent Belgium dewitte Ivan De Witte Norway sollied Trond Sollied Spain arzo César Arzo VDK
K.V. Kortrijk Belgium allijns Jozef Allijns Belgium vanhaezebrouck Hein Vanhaezebrouck Serbia pavlović Nebojša Pavlović Digipass by VASCO
Lierse S.K. Egypt samy Maged Samy Belgium janssens Chris Janssens Japan kawashima Eiji Kawashima Wadi Degla
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium lambrecht Roger Lambrecht Belgium maes Peter Maes Belgium overmeire Killian Overmeire Q-Team VP Lambrecht
KV Mechelen Belgium timmermans Johan Timmermans Belgium brys Marc Brys France gorius Julien Gorius Telenet
R.A.E.C. Mons Belgium leone Dominique Leone Belgium scifo Enzo Scifo Belgium vanimschoot Tom Van Imschoot Holcim
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Belgium callewaert Jan Callewaert Belgium vangeneugden Ronny Van Geneugden Belgium ruytinx Bjorn Ruytinx Option
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Belgium lammens Bart Lammens Belgium vanderelst Franky Van der Elst Belgium delorge Peter Delorge Belisol
Standard Liège Belgium duchatelet Roland Duchâtelet Belgium riga José Riga Belgium vandamme Jelle Van Damme Nationale Loterij
K.V.C. Westerlo Belgium wijnants Herman Wijnants Belgium ceulemans Jan Ceulemans Belgium delen Jef Delen Willy Naessens
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Belgium naessens Willy Naessens Belgium dury Francky Dury Belgium dhaene Karel D'Haene Enfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Gent Belgium Francky Dury Mutual Consent 17 May 2011[9] Pre-season Norway Trond Sollied 7 June 2011[10]
Zulte-Waregem Belgium Hugo Broos Sacked 23 May 2011[11] Pre-season Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić 25 May 2011[12]
Lierse Norway Trond Sollied Contract Ended End of 2010-11 season[13] Pre-season Belgium Chris Janssens 1 June 2011[13]
Standard Liège Belgium Dominique D'Onofrio Contract Ended 6 June 2011[14] Pre-season Belgium José Riga 28 June 2011[15]
Genk Belgium Franky Vercauteren Signed for United Arab Emirates Al Jazira Club 18 August 2011[16][17] 5th Netherlands Mario Been 30 August 2011[18]
Sint-Truiden Belgium Guido Brepoels Sacked 30 August 2011[19] 15th Belgium Franky Van der Elst 2 September 2011[20]
Club Brugge Netherlands Adrie Koster Sacked 30 October 2011[21] 4th Germany Christoph Daum 9 November 2011[22]
Zulte-Waregem Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić Sacked 27 December 2011[23] 14th Belgium Francky Dury 30 December 2011[24]
Mons Netherlands Dennis van Wijk Mutual agreement 28 February 2012[25] 11th Belgium Enzo Scifo 28 February 2012[26]
Beerschot Belgium Jacky Mathijssen Mutual agreement 26 March 2012[27] 11th Netherlands Adrie Koster 1 June 2012[28]

Regular season

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht 30 20 7 3 61 26+35 67 Belgian Championship Playoff 2011-12
2 Club Brugge 30 19 4 7 51 32+19 61
3 Gent 30 17 5 8 63 35+28 56
4 Standard Liège 30 14 9 7 43 33+10 51
5 Genk 30 13 7 10 60 44+16 46
6 Kortrijk 30 13 7 10 39 36+3 46
7 Cercle Brugge 30 13 7 10 36 371 46 Belgian Europa League Playoff 2011-12
8 Lokeren 30 11 11 8 48 40+8 44
9 Mechelen 30 10 7 13 40 5010 37
10 Mons 30 9 9 12 50 555 36
11 Beerschot 30 9 9 12 45 516 36
12 Lierse 30 6 13 11 24 3612 31
13 Zulte Waregem 30 6 12 12 32 386 30
14 OH Leuven 30 7 8 15 38 5820 29
15 Westerlo 30 5 5 20 29 5930 20 Belgian Relegation Playoff 2011-12
16 Sint-Truiden 30 3 10 17 32 6129 19

Source: soccerway.com
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.

Positions by round

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.

Only one match has been postponed during the season:

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Anderlecht 12 6 2 5 8 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Club Brugge 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Gent 14 13 8 3 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Standard Liège 6 2 10 3 7 5 8 7 5 6 5 7 5 5 4 4 6 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4
Genk 2 3 5 10 10 9 6 5 8 9 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5
Kortrijk 6 10 6 9 6 10 7 8 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6
Cercle Brugge 5 4 11 6 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 5 7
Lokeren 10 15 14 12 13 13 13 13 13 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 8 9 9 8 8 8
Mechelen 3 8 3 1 3 6 9 10 10 12 11 10 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 8 8 9 9 9
Beerschot 15 14 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 9 11 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
Mons 6 9 4 7 5 8 5 6 7 5 7 8 8 8 8 7 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Lierse 6 10 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Zulte Waregem 10 4 7 8 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 13 13 13 13 13
OH Leuven 3 7 12 13 9 7 10 9 9 11 12 9 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 13 14 14 14 14 14
Westerlo 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 15
Sint-Truiden 12 12 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16

Last updated: 21 March 2012
Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home ╲ Away AND BEE CERCLUGNKGNTKVKLIELOKKVMMONOHLSTRSTAWESZWA
Anderlecht 32 40 30 42 31 20 40 32 31 22 00 31 50 31 21
Beerschot 00 40 11 20 22 01 00 22 22 20 21 32 11 31 20
Cercle Brugge 10 21 12 32 01 12 00 11 10 11 20 22 01 31 10
Club Brugge 11 51 10 45 20 21 10 30 01 21 10 10 10 50 10
Genk 01 31 42 30 31 22 40 01 00 20 50 21 30 30 22
Gent 01 01 01 13 20 31 10 31 62 20 61 60 31 31 00
Kortrijk 01 20 20 21 32 04 11 25 10 22 20 40 20 10 00
Lierse 00 11 22 01 00 21 20 11 22 11 31 02 02 00 21
Lokeren 01 11 10 12 31 11 14 20 32 31 01 00 11 40 00
Mechelen 21 21 12 12 32 02 00 21 02 41 22 21 12 10 11
Mons 11 42 02 02 12 11 31 21 33 51 22 42 11 21 31
OH Leuven 21 32 23 31 11 23 02 00 11 12 31 31 13 11 22
Sint-Truiden 22 24 01 33 34 34 00 11 02 00 23 21 11 03 10
Standard Liège 12 61 00 21 00 00 31 20 31 32 21 40 00 10 10
Westerlo 12 31 13 01 32 23 00 02 24 13 21 13 20 00 11
Zulte Waregem 23 10 11 11 11 13 10 12 11 20 23 21 00 42 31

Updated to games played on 21 March 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Playoff

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: Anderlecht 34 points, Club Brugge 31, Gent 28, Standard 26, Genk 23 and Kortrijk 23.

Playoff table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) 10 5 3 2 16 8+8 52 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Club Brugge (Q) 10 5 2 3 14 11+3 48
3 Genk (Q) 10 6 0 4 19 190 41 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Gent 10 4 0 6 16 160 40 Testmatch
5 Standard Liège 10 2 3 5 10 177 35
6 Kortrijk 10 3 2 5 16 204 34

Updated to games played on 10 May 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
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) = 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.

Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal amount of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team \ RoundInitial01020304050607080910
Anderlecht 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Club Brugge 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Genk 5 6 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
Gent 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Standard Liège 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Kortrijk 6 5 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Source:

Results

Home ╲ Away AND CLU GNTSTAGNKKVK
Anderlecht 11 10 30 13 11
Club Brugge 01 10 20 20 32
Gent 14 21 30 31 23
Standard Liège 00 11 21 23 20
Genk 04 12 20 32 20
Kortrijk 20 31 14 11 34

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League Playoff

Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cercle Brugge 63211610+611
OH Leuven 63121514+110
Lierse 61417707
Mechelen 6114714–74
 CERLIEKVMOHL
Cercle Brugge 0–0 3–1 6–4
Lierse 2–2 2–1 1–2
Mechelen 0–3 1–1 2–1
OH Leuven 3–2 1–1 4–2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mons 632184+411
Zulte-Waregem 622278–18
Beerschot 6213910–17
Lokeren 6132911–26
 BEELOKMONZWA
Beerschot 4–1 1–1 3–1
Lokeren 3–1 1–2 1–1
Mons 2–0 1–1 0–1
Zulte-Waregem 2–0 2–2 0–2

Europa League playoff final

The winners of both playoff 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 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.


14 May 2012
20:30 CEST
Cercle Brugge 3 – 2 Mons
Van Eenoo  54'
Mertens  74'
Gombami  85'
Jarju  20'
De Belder  90'

Cercle Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

Europa League playoff final winners Cercle Brugge competed with fourth placed team Gent for the final European ticket. After a 7-2 aggregate win, Gent qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.


20 May 2012
14:30 CEST
Gent 2 1 Cercle Brugge
Mboyo  33', 76' report Dompig  9'

Gent won 7–2 on aggregate.

Relegation Playoff

The teams finishing in the last two positions Westerlo and Sint-Truiden, faced each other in the relegation playoff. Westerlo started with a three-point bonus and home advantage for finishing above Sint-Truiden during the regular season. Although the teams were scheduled to play each other 5 times, Westerlo forced the decision already after four matches making the last match obsolete. Thereby, Sint-Truiden was relegated and Westerlo was allowed to play the relegation playoffs with the teams from the Second Division.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Westerlo (R) 4 3 0 1 12 6+6 12 Belgian Second Division Final Round
2 Sint-Truiden (R) 4 1 0 3 6 126 3 Relegation to 2012–13 Belgian Second Division

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
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
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Home ╲ Away STR WES STRWESSTR
Westerlo 32 40 2
Sint-Truiden 31 14

Updated to games played on 31 March 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Match not played as Sint-Truiden could no longer overtake Westerlo in the standings
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

Position Player Club Goals
1 France Jérémy Perbet Mons 25
2 Belgium Jelle Vossen Genk 21
3 Belgium Christian Benteke Genk 16
4 Nigeria Joseph Akpala Club Brugge 15
Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Mbokani Anderlecht
Belgium Jordan Remacle OH Leuven
7 Belgium Guillaume Gillet Anderlecht 14
France Julien Gorius Mechelen
9 Argentina Hernán Losada Beerschot 13
10 Belgium Benjamin De Ceulaer Lokeren 12
Tunisia Hamdi Harbaoui Lokeren
Belgium Ilombe Mboyo Gent
Portugal Rudy Cercle Brugge
Argentina Matías Suárez Anderlecht

See also

References

  1. Jupiler Pro League
  2. Jupiler Pro League
  3. Jupiler Pro League
  4. Jupiler Pro League
  5. "Charleroi relegates to Second Division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-04-23.
  6. "Promotion to First Division gets closer for Mons" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-05-19.
  7. "Promotion to First Division gets closer for Mons" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-05-29.
  8. "Leuven has a first division team again after 61 years" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-04-24.
  9. "AA Gent and Franky Dury split" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-05-14.
  10. "Sollied:"I'm coming to AA Gent"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-07.
  11. "Coach Hugo Broos leaves Zulte-Waregem" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-05-23.
  12. "New coach of Zulte Waregem is from Bosnia" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-05-14.
  13. 1 2 "Samy:"Not Sollied, but Chris Janssens"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-01.
  14. "D'Onofrio and Conceiçao leave Standard" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-06.
  15. "José Riga is the new Standard coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-28.
  16. "Genk confirms:Vercauteren is leaving" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-09.
  17. "Frank vercauteren says goodbye to Genk" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-18.
  18. "Genk to present Been tonight as new head coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-30.
  19. "STVV does not continue with Brepoels" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-08-30.
  20. "Van der Elst succeeds Brepoels at STVV" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-02.
  21. "Club Brugge fires coach Koster" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-30.
  22. "Daum becomes new Club Brugge coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-09.
  23. "Zulte Waregem fires Kalezić" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-12-27.
  24. "Zulte Waregem brings back Francky Dury" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-12-30.
  25. "Van Wijk immediately leaves at Mons" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-28.
  26. "Scifo is the successor of van Wijk at Mons" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-28.
  27. "Jacky Mathijssen no longer Beerschot coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-03-26.
  28. "Adrie Koster becomes new Beerschot coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-04-13.
  29. "Cercle Brugge-AA Gent is afgelast door de regen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-12-16.
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