1956–57 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1956/1957 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Royal Antwerp FC won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Royal Antwerp FC	30	19	8	3	69	28	46	+41	Qualified for 1957-58 European Cup.
2	R.S.C. Anderlecht	30	16	8	6	82	47	40	+35
3	La Gantoise	30	16	7	7	73	37	39	+36
4	Daring Club Bruxelles	30	15	5	10	67	56	35	+11
5	R.F.C. de Liège	30	14	6	10	52	44	34	+8
6	Lierse S.K.	30	14	6	10	54	51	34	+3
7	Standard Liège	30	11	11	8	54	47	33	+7
8	R.C.S. Verviétois	30	10	12	8	47	39	32	+8
9	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30	11	8	11	53	55	30	-2
10	K Berchem Sport	30	8	12	10	37	49	28	-12
11	R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne	30	8	9	13	43	55	25	-12
12	Beerschot	30	10	4	16	49	75	24	-26
13	Tilleur FC	30	9	5	16	47	69	23	-22
14	K.R.C. Mechelen	30	7	8	15	45	63	22	-18
15	Beringen FC	30	6	6	18	36	65	18	-29	Relegated to Division II.
16	R. Charleroi S.C.	30	6	5	19	34	62	17	-28	Relegated to Division II.

References

First League/Pro League/First Division A

2016–17 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk 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

1956–57 in European football (UEFA)

« 1955–56 1957–58 »

Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '56 '57 Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Latvia '56 '57 Lithuania '56 '57 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)

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