2014–15 in Belgian football

Season

2014–15

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2015–16 →

The following article is a summary of the 2014–15 football season in Belgium, which is the 112th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2014 until June 2015.

Promotion and relegation

Team promoted to 2014–15 Belgian Pro League

Belgian Second Division Champions: Westerlo
Belgian Second Division Final Round Winners: Mouscron-Péruwelz

Teams relegated from 2013–14 Belgian Pro League

15th Place: OH Leuven
16th Place: Mons

Teams promoted to 2014–15 Belgian Second Division

Belgian Third Division A Champions: RC Mechelen
Belgian Third Division B Champions: Woluwe-Zaventem
Playoff winners: Patro Eisden Maasmechelen

Teams relegated from 2013-14 Belgian Second Division

Team folded: RWDM Brussels
18th Place: Visé
Lost relegation playoffs: Hoogstraten

League competitions

Belgian First Division

Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Pro League

Belgian Second Division

Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Second Division

Transfers

Main articles: List of Belgian football transfers summer 2014, List of Belgian football transfers winter 2014–15 and List of Belgian football transfers summer 2015

European Club results

Champions Anderlecht qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Standard Liège started in the qualifying rounds. League numbers three and four, Club Brugge and Zulte Waregem started in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League, together with cup winners Lokeren.

Date	Team	Competition	Round	Leg	Opponent	Location	Score	Belgian Team Goalscorers
17 July 2014	Zulte Waregem	Europa League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 1, Home	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Regenboogstadion, Waregem	2-1	Colpaert, Plet
24 July 2014	Zulte Waregem	Europa League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 2, Away	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz	3-1	Plet, Aneke, Skúlason
30 July 2014	Standard Liège	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Panathinaikos	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	0-0
31 July 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Brøndby	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	3-0	Duarte, Castillo, Vázquez
31 July 2014	Zulte Waregem	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Shakhtyor Salihorsk	Regenboogstadion, Waregem	2-5	Plet, Conté
5 August 2014	Standard Liège	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Panathinaikos	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens	1-2	Mbombo, M'Poku
7 August 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby	0-2	Castillo, Menegazzo
7 August 2014	Zulte Waregem	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Shakhtyor Salihorsk	Borisov Arena, Barysaw	2-2	Sylla (2)
20 August 2014	Standard Liège	Champions League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Home	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	0-1
21 August 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Away	Grasshopper Zürich	AFG Arena, St. Gallen	1-2	Jahić (o.g.), Vázquez
21 August 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Home	Hull City	Daknamstadion, Lokeren	1-0	Vanaken
26 August 2014	Standard Liège	Champions League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Away	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg	3-0
28 August 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Home	Grasshopper Zürich	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	1-0	Vázquez
28 August 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Away	Hull City	KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull	2-1	Remacle
16 September 2014	Anderlecht	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Away	Galatasaray	Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul	1-1	Praet
18 September 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Torino	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	0-0
18 September 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Away	Legia Warsaw	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw	1-0
18 September 2014	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Rijeka	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	2-0	Ciman, Araújo
1 October 2014	Anderlecht	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Home	Borussia Dortmund	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	0-3
2 October 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	HJK Helsinki	Sonera Stadium, Helsinki	0-3	Heikkinen (o.g.), De Sutter, De Bock
2 October 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Home	Metalist Kharkiv	Daknamstadion, Lokeren	1-0	De Pauw
2 October 2014	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	Feyenoord	De Kuip, Rotterdam	2-1	Viera
22 October 2014	Anderlecht	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Arsenal	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	1-2	Najar
23 October 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Copenhagen	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	1-1	Vázquez
23 October 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Away	Trabzonspor	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon	2-0
23 October 2014	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Sevilla	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	0-0
4 November 2014	Anderlecht	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium, London	3-3	Vanden Borre (2), Mitrović
6 November 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Copenhagen	Telia Parken, Copenhagen	0-4	Refaelov (3), Vormer
6 November 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Home	Trabzonspor	Daknamstadion, Lokeren	1-1	Patosi
6 November 2014	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville	3-1	M'Poku
26 November 2014	Anderlecht	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Home	Galatasaray	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	2-0	Mbemba (2)
27 November 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Torino	Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin	0-0
27 November 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Home	Legia Warsaw	Daknamstadion, Lokeren	1-0	Vanaken
27 November 2014	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka	2-0
9 December 2014	Anderlecht	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Away	Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund	1-1	Mitrović
11 December 2014	Club Brugge	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	HJK Helsinki	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	2-1	Gedoz, Refaelov
11 December 2014	Lokeren	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Away	Metalist Kharkiv	Arena Lviv, Lviv^[A]	0-1	Leye
11 December 2014	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	Feyenoord	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	0-3
19 February 2015	Anderlecht	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Home	Dynamo Moscow	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	0-0
19 February 2015	Club Brugge	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Away	AaB Fodbold	Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg	1-3	Oulare, Refaelov, Petersen (o.g.)
26 February 2015	Anderlecht	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Away	Dynamo Moscow	Arena Khimki, Khimki	3-1	Mitrović
26 February 2015	Club Brugge	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Home	AaB Fodbold	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	3-0	Vázquez, Oulare, Bolingoli
12 March 2015	Club Brugge	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 1, Home	Beşiktaş	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	2-1	De Sutter, Refaelov
19 March 2015	Club Brugge	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 2, Away	Beşiktaş	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul	1-3	De Sutter, Bolingoli (2)
16 April 2015	Club Brugge	Europa League	Quarter-finals	Leg 1, Home	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	0-0
23 April 2015	Club Brugge	Europa League	Quarter-finals	Leg 2, Away	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev^[B]	1-0

^ Metalist Kharkiv play their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv instead of their regular stadium, Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, due to the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.
^ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk played their home match at Olympic Stadium, Kiev instead of their regular stadium, Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

Other honours

Competition	Winner
Cup	Club Brugge
Supercup	Anderlecht
Third division A	Coxyde
Third division B	Cappellen
Promotion A	Petegem
Promotion B	Overijse
Promotion C	Beerschot Wilrijk
Promotion D	RFC Liège

European qualification for 2015–16 summary

Competition	Qualifiers	Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Group Stage		1st in Jupiler Pro League
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions		2nd in Jupiler Pro League
UEFA Europa League Play-off Round		Cup winner
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round		3rd in Jupiler Pro League
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round		Europa League Playoff winner

References

2014–15 in Belgian football

« 2013–14 2015–16 »

League competitions	Pro League Second Division Third Division

Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup

Transfers	Summer 2014 Winter 2014–15 Summer 2015

UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group B) Marc Wilmots

Club seasons

Pro League	Anderlecht Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Lierse Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte-Waregem

Second Division	Aalst Antwerp Dessel Eupen Geel-Meerhout Heist Lommel United Mons OH Leuven Patro Maasmechelen Roeselare Seraing Sint-Truiden Tubize Virton Visé WS Brussels Woluwe-Zaventem

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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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Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup Belgian League Cup (defunct)

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

Awards

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