2015–16 in Belgian football

Football in Belgium
Season 2015–16
Super Cup Gent
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The following article is a summary of the 2015–16 football season in Belgium, which is the 113th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2015 until June 2016.

Promotion and relegation

Team promoted to 2015–16 Belgian Pro League

Teams relegated from 2014–15 Belgian Pro League

Teams promoted to 2015–16 Belgian Second Division

Teams relegated from 2014-15 Belgian Second Division

League competitions

Belgian First Division

Regular Season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge 30 21 1 8 64 30 +34 64 Qualification to Championship play-offs
2 Gent 30 17 9 4 56 29 +27 60
3 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 51 29 +22 55
4 Oostende 30 14 7 9 55 44 +11 49
5 Genk 30 14 6 10 42 30 +12 48
6 Zulte Waregem 30 12 7 11 51 50 +1 43
7 Standard Liège 30 12 5 13 41 51 −10 41 Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8 Charleroi 30 10 9 11 36 39 −3 39
9 Kortrijk 30 10 9 11 31 35 −4 39
10 Mechelen 30 10 7 13 48 50 −2 37
11 Lokeren 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
12 Waasland-Beveren 30 9 6 15 40 57 −17 33
13 Sint-Truiden 30 8 6 16 28 47 −19 30
14 Mouscron-Péruwelz 30 7 9 14 39 51 −12 30
15 Westerlo 30 7 9 14 35 59 −24 30
16 OH Leuven (R) 30 7 8 15 42 53 −11 29 Relegation to First Division B
Source: Belgian Pro League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]
(R) Relegated.

Belgian Second Division

Transfers

European Club results

Champions Gent qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Club Brugge started in the qualifying rounds. As third place finisher, Anderlecht qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Standard Liège and Charleroi started in the qualifying rounds.

Date Team Competition Round Leg Opponent Location Score Belgian Team Goalscorers
16 July 2015 Charleroi Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 1, Home Israel Beitar Jerusalem Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi 5-1 Pollet (2), Kebano (2), Stevance
23 July 2015 Charleroi Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 2, Away Israel Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem 1-4 Kebano, Sağlık, Ndongala, Stevance
28 July 2015 Club Brugge Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away Greece Panathinaikos Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens 2-1 Bolingoli-Mbombo
30 July 2015 Charleroi Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi 0-2
30 July 2015 Standard Liège Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2-1 Kosorić (o.g.), Knockaert
5 August 2015 Club Brugge Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home Greece Panathinaikos Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 3-0 Cools, Vázquez, Oularé
6 August 2015 Charleroi Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev[A] 3-0
6 August 2015 Standard Liège Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo[B] 0-1 Van Damme
18 August 2015 Club Brugge Champions League Play-off round Leg 1, Away England Manchester United Old Trafford, Manchester 3-1 Carrick (o.g.)
20 August 2015 Standard Liège Europa League Play-off round Leg 1, Away Norway Molde Aker Stadion, Molde 2-0
26 August 2015 Club Brugge Champions League Play-off round Leg 2, Home England Manchester United Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 0-4
27 August 2015 Standard Liège Europa League Play-off round Leg 2, Home Norway Molde Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 3-1 Knockaert, Santini, Trebel
16 September 2015 Gent Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home France Lyon Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 1-1 Milićević
17 September 2015 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home France Monaco Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1-1 Gillet
17 September 2015 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Away Italy Napoli Stadio San Paolo, Naples 5-0
29 September 2015 Gent Champions League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 2-1 Matton
1 October 2015 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away Azerbaijan QarabaÄŸ Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku 1-0
1 October 2015 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Home Denmark Midtjylland Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1-3 Meunier
20 October 2015 Gent Champions League Group Stage Matchday 3, Away Spain Valencia Mestalla Stadium, Valencia 2-1 Foket
22 October 2015 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Home England Tottenham Hotspur Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2-1 Gillet, Okaka
22 October 2015 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Away Poland Legia Warsaw Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw 1-1 De fauw
4 November 2015 Gent Champions League Group Stage Matchday 4, Home Spain Valencia Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 1-0 Kums (p)
5 November 2015 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Away England Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane, Tottenham 2-1 Ezekiel
5 November 2015 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Home Poland Legia Warsaw Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1-0 Meunier
24 November 2015 Gent Champions League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away France Lyon Stade de Gerland, Lyon 1-2 Milićević, Coulibaly
26 November 2015 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away France Monaco Stade Louis II, Monaco 0-2 Gillet, Acheampong
26 November 2015 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Home Italy Napoli Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 0-1
9 December 2015 Gent Champions League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2-1 Depoitre, Milićević
10 December 2015 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home Azerbaijan QarabaÄŸ Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2-1 Najar, Okaka
10 December 2015 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Away Denmark Midtjylland MCH Arena, Herning 1-1 Vossen
17 February 2016 Gent Champions League Round of 16 Leg 1, Home Germany Wolfsburg Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2-3 Kums, Coulibaly
18 February 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Home Greece Olympiacos Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1-0 Mbodji
25 February 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Away Greece Olympiacos Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 1-2 Acheampong (2)
8 March 2016 Gent Champions League Round of 16 Leg 2, Away Germany Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg 1-0
10 March 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 16 Leg 1, Away Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Arena Lviv, Lviv[C] 3-1 Acheampong
17 March 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 16 Leg 2, Home Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 0-1
  1. ^ Zorya Luhansk played their home match at Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, instead of their regular stadium Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  2. ^ Željezničar played their home matches at Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo.
  3. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk played their home match at Arena Lviv, Lviv instead of their regular stadium, Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

Other honours

Competition Winner
Cup Standard Liège
Supercup Gent
Third division A Hamme
Third division B Beerschot Wilrijk
Promotion A Knokke
Promotion B Olympic Charleroi
Promotion C Hades
Promotion D Meux

European qualification for 2016–17 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pro League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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