2016–17 Belgian First Division A

Belgian First Division A
Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season of the Belgian First Division A will be the 114th season of top-tier football in Belgium and the first following the structural changes in the Belgian football pyramid, reducing the number of professional teams to 24. It is scheduled to start in the last week of July 2016 and will finish in May 2017.

Team changes

OH Leuven was relegated after finishing last in the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League.
WS Brussels was promoted as 2015–16 Belgian Second Division champions.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Location of the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League teams

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Anderlecht !Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,000
Charleroi !Charleroi	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	14,000
Club !Club Brugge	Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
Genk !Genk	Genk	Cristal Arena	24,956
Gent !Gent	Ghent	Ghelamco Arena	19,999
Kortrijk !Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	9,399
Lokeren !Lokeren	Lokeren	Daknamstadion	9,560
Mechelen !Mechelen	Mechelen	AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne	13,213
Mouscron !Mouscron-Péruwelz	Mouscron	Stade Le Canonnier	10,571
Beerschot !Oostende	Ostend	Albertpark	8,000
Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	Sint-Truiden	Stayen	14,600
Standard !Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	28,278
Waasland !Waasland-Beveren	Beveren	Freethiel Stadion	8,190
Westerlo !Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	8,035
Leuven !WS Brussels	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	Edmond Machtens Stadium	11,000
Zulte !Zulte Waregem	Waregem	Regenboogstadion	9,540

Notes

References

First League/Pro League/First Division A

2015–16 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Leuven Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Competition	Teams (winners) Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

Level 1	Belgian First Division A

Level 2	Belgian First Division B

Level 3	Belgian First Amateur Division

Level 4	Belgian Second Amateur Division (3 groups)

Level 5	Belgian Third Amateur Division (4 groups)

Levels 6–9	Belgian Provincial leagues (9 groups: Antwerp, Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders)

Defunct	Belgian Second Division, Belgian Third Division, Belgian Fourth Division

Women's League system

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

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup defunct: Belgian League Cup

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2011–2012, with the Netherlands)

Awards

2016–17 in Belgian football

« 2015–16 2017–18 »

League competitions	First Division A First Division B First Amateur Division

Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17 Summer 2017

UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 Marc Wilmots

Club seasons

First Division A	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo WS Brussels Zulte-Waregem

First Division B	Antwerp Cercle Brugge Eupen Lierse Lommel United OH Leuven Tubize Union SG

2016–17 in European football (UEFA)

« 2015–16 2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '16 '17 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '16 '17 Faroe Islands '16 '17 Finland '16 '17 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '16 '17 Kosovo Latvia '16 '17 Lithuania '16 '17 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '16 '17 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '16 '17 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '16 '17 Finland '16 '17 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '16 '17 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '16 '17 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '16 '17 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Estonia Finland '16 '17 France Gibraltar Iceland '16 '17 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Scotland Wales

Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Turkey Ukraine

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2017 Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

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