Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions | K.A.A. Gent 1st league title |
Relegated | Lierse Cercle Brugge |
Champions League | Gent Club Brugge |
Europa League | Anderlecht Standard Liège Charleroi |
Matches played | 296 |
Goals scored | 848 (2.86 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aleksandar Mitrović (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Charleroi 6–0 Lierse (regular season) K.R.C. Genk 7–1 Waasland-Beveren (UEL play-offs) |
Biggest away win | Lierse 0–6 Club Brugge |
Highest scoring | Standard Liège 3–5 Oostende |
Longest winning run | 5 games[1] Kortrijk |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 games[2] Club Brugge |
Longest winless run | 13 games[3] LierseS.K. |
Longest losing run | 10 games[4] Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
The 2014–15 season of the Belgian Pro League (known as the Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the 112th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2014 and finished in May 2015. K.A.A. Gent won the league, making it the first championship title in their 115-year history.[5]
Following the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League, R.A.E.C. Mons were relegated to the 2014–15 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against OH Leuven. Mons is replaced by 2013–14 Belgian Second Division champions K.V.C. Westerlo, who returned to the highest level after their relegation during the 2011–12 season.
Mouscron-Péruwelz replaces OH Leuven as they won the 2014 Belgian Second Division final round head of K.A.S. Eupen, Sint-TruidenV.V. and OH Leuven.
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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Anderlecht | Anderlecht | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium | 21,000 |
Cercle Brugge | Brugge | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,945 |
Charleroi | Charleroi | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | 25,000 |
Club Brugge | Brugge | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,945 |
K.R.C. Genk | Genk | Cristal Arena | 24,900 |
K.A.A. Gent | Ghent | Ghelamco Arena | 20,000 |
Kortrijk | Kortrijk | Guldensporen Stadion | 9,500 |
Lierse | Lier | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion | 14,538 |
Lokeren | Lokeren | Daknamstadion | 10,000 |
Mechelen | Mechelen | Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne | 13,123 |
Mouscron-Péruwelz | Mouscron | Stade Le Canonnier | 10,800 |
Oostende | Ostend | Albertpark | 8,125 |
Standard Liège | Liège | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | 30,000 |
Waasland-Beveren | Beveren | Freethiel Stadion | 13,290 |
Westerlo | Westerlo | Het Kuipje | 7,982 |
Zulte Waregem | Waregem | Regenboogstadion | 8,500 |
Club | Chairman | Manager | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Anderlecht | ![]() |
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adidas | BNP Paribas Fortis |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() |
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Masita | ADMB |
Charleroi | ![]() |
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Maps | belgacom |
Club Brugge | ![]() |
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Nike | proximus |
Genk | ![]() |
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Nike | beobank |
Gent | ![]() |
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Masita/Jartazi | VDK |
Kortrijk | ![]() |
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Jako | AGO Jobs |
Lierse | ![]() |
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Jako | Wadi Degla |
Lokeren | ![]() |
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Jartazi | QTeam |
Mechelen | ![]() |
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Kappa | Telenet |
Mouscron-Péruwelz | ![]() |
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Nike | TradeCo |
Oostende | ![]() |
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Joma | Versluys |
Standard Liège | ![]() |
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Joma | BASE |
Waasland-Beveren | ![]() |
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Jako | Remo Frit |
Westerlo | ![]() |
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Saller | Soudal |
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Patrick | Record Bank |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Gent | ![]() |
Replaced | End of 2013–14 season[6] | Pre-season | ![]() |
5 May 2014[6] |
Kortrijk | ![]() |
Signed by Gent | End of 2013–14 season[6] | ![]() |
28 May 2014[7] | |
Mechelen | ![]() |
Resigned | End of 2013–14 season[8] | ![]() |
8 May 2014[9] | |
Waasland-Beveren | ![]() |
Resigned | End of 2013–14 season[10] | ![]() |
28 May 2014[11] | |
Genk | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 July 2014[12] | 11th | ![]() |
22 August 2014[13] |
Lierse | ![]() |
Sacked | 31 August 2014[14] | 16th | ![]() |
5 September 2014[15] |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 October 2014[16] | 14th | ![]() |
6 October 2014[16] |
Standard Liège | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 October 2014[17] | 11th | ![]() |
5 November 2014[18] |
Mouscron-Péruwelz | ![]() |
Sacked | 29 December 2014[19] | 12th | ![]() |
29 December 2014[19] |
Waasland-Beveren | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 December 2014[20] | 14th | ![]() |
5 January 2015[21] |
Westerlo | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 January 2015[22] | 13th | ![]() |
6 January 2015[23] |
Lierse | ![]() |
Resigned | 28 January 2015[24] | 16th | ![]() |
28 January 2015[24] |
Lierse | ![]() |
Resigned | 30 January 2015[25] | 16th | ![]() |
30 January 2015[26] |
Standard Liège | ![]() |
Replaced | 2 February 2015[27] | 5th | ![]() |
2 February 2015[27] |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 March 2015[28] | Relegation Playoff, 1st | ![]() |
18 March 2015[28] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Club Brugge | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 61 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
2 | Gent | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 57 | |
3 | Anderlecht | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 57 | |
4 | Standard Liège | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 53 | |
5 | Kortrijk | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 51 | |
6 | Charleroi | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 49 | |
7 | Genk | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
8 | Lokeren | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 42 | |
9 | Mechelen | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 41 | |
10 | Oostende | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 38 | |
11 | Westerlo | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 33 | |
12 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 31 | |
13 | Mouscron-Péruwelz | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 26 | |
14 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 26 | |
15 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
16 | Lierse | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 22 |
Home \ Away | AND | CER | CHA | BRU | GNK | GNT | KVK | LIE | LOK | KVM | MOU | KVO | STA | WBE | WES | ZWA |
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Anderlecht | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
Cercle Brugge | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
Charleroi | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
Club Brugge | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
Genk | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
Gent | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
Kortrijk | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | |
Lierse | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | |
Lokeren | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
Mechelen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | |
Mouscron-Péruwelz | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
Oostende | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | |
Standard Liège | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2[a] | |
Waasland-Beveren | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
Westerlo | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
Zulte Waregem | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 |
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: Club Brugge 31 points, Gent 29, Anderlecht 29, Standard 27, Kortrijk 26 and Charleroi 25. Had any ties occurred at the end of the playoffs, the half point would have been deducted if it was added. However, as all six teams received the half point bonus, this did not make a difference this season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNT | CLU | AND | STA | CHA | KOR | |
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1 | Gent (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
3 | Anderlecht | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
4 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
5 | Charleroi | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Testmatches to Europa League[b] | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 5–2 | |
6 | Kortrijk | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 34 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finish in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KVM | GNK | ZWA | W-B | |
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1 | Mechelen (A) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Qualification for the Playoff Final | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 7–1 | ||
3 | Zulte Waregem | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Waasland-Beveren | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LOK | RMP | OOS | WES | |
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1 | Lokeren (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 13 | Qualification for the Playoff Final | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | |
2 | Mouscron-Péruwelz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Oostende | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Westerlo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |
The winners of both playoff groups, Mechelen and Lokeren, compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch will be granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
Lokeren | 2–2 | Mechelen |
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Ngolok ![]() |
Report | Veselinović ![]() Naessens ![]() |
Attendance: 5,763
Referee: Joeri van de Velde
Mechelen | 2–1 | Lokeren |
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Hanni ![]() Kosanović ![]() |
Report | Marić ![]() |
Attendance: 6,340
Referee: Frederik Geldhof
Mechelen won 4–3 on aggregate.
The Europa League playoff final was played over two legs between the Europa league playoff final winners, Mechelen, and the fifth-placed finisher of the championship playoff, Charleroi. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
Mechelen | 2–1 | Charleroi |
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Cissé ![]() Kosanović ![]() |
Report | Geraerts ![]() |
Charleroi | 2–0 | Mechelen |
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Marinos ![]() Ndongala ![]() |
Referee: Bart Vertenten
Charleroi wins 3–2 on aggregate
The teams that finished in the last two positions will face each other in the relegation playoff. Lierse was sure of ending up in the relegation playoff after losing away to Gent on 7 March 2015, while Cercle Brugge qualified one week later after losing 2–3 at home to Mechelen.
The winner of this playoff will play the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, with only the winner of that playoff playing at the highest level the next season. Lierse failed to win the Belgian Second Division playoff resulting in their relegation, in addition to Cercle Brugge.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Lierse (R) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Qualification for the Belgian Second Division final round |
2 | Cercle Brugge (R) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 | Relegation to 2015–16 Belgian Second Division |
The matches in the table below were played from left to right:
Source: Sport.be (in Dutch)
Up to and including matches played on 24 May 2015.
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
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Anderlecht | 20 |
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Kortrijk | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Waasland-Beveren | 14 |
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Gent | 13 |
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Kortrijk | 12 |
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4 | Player scored four goals |
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Club Brugge* | Westerlo | 5–0 | 9 November 2014 |
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Gent | Lokeren* | 3–3 | 1 February 2015 |
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Kortrijk* | Westerlo | 6–0 | 21 February 2015 |
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Oostende | Zulte Waregem* | 1–4 | 15 March 2015 |
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Mouscron-Péruwelz | Westerlo* | 0–3 | 4 April 2015 |
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