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2011–12 Belgian Pro League

The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It began on 29 July 2011 with the first match of the regular season and ended in May 2012 with the last matches of the playoff rounds. The defending champions were Genk, who this time ended in third position, while the competition was won by Anderlecht, who clenched the title after a 1–1 draw against Club Brugge with two games left to play in the Championship Playoff.

Jupiler Pro League
Season2011–12
ChampionsAnderlecht
31st league title
RelegatedSint-Truiden
Westerlo
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Club Brugge
Europa LeagueLokeren
Genk
Gent
Matches played302
Goals scored892 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerJérémy Perbet (25 goals)
Biggest home winGent 6–0 Sint-Truiden
Biggest away winKortrijk 0–4 Gent, Genk 0–4 Anderlecht
Highest scoringCercle Brugge 6–4 OH Leuven
Longest winning run7 matches[1]
Anderlecht
Longest unbeaten run16 matches[2]
Anderlecht
Longest winless run13 matches[3]
Zulte Waregem
Longest losing run6 matches[4]
Sint-Truiden
Westerlo

Teams edit

Team changes edit

During the previous season, on 23 April 2011, Charleroi were relegated as a result of a 2–2 draw at home to Eupen in the relegation playoff, making it impossible to overtake them in the standings. This ended a spell of 26 consecutive seasons of being at the top level of Belgian football, with only Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège being present for more years.[5] As winner of the relegation playoff, Eupen avoided direct relegation, but was still forced to play the Second Division final round together with second division teams Lommel United, Waasland-Beveren and Mons for the final spot in first division. However, after losing four matches in a row, Eupen was also relegated on 19 May 2011[6] after just one season at the top level. In the final match between Mons and Waasland-Beveren, Mons eventually came out as winner of the final round and took the place of Eupen.[7]

On 24 April 2011, just one day after the relegation of Charleroi, Oud-Heverlee Leuven was promoted after securing the title in the Second Division and as a result, the city of Leuven now has a first division team again for the first time in 61 years.[8]

Stadia and locations edit

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Location of teams in Belgian Pro League 2011-12
ClubLocationVenueCapacity[citation needed]
R.S.C. AnderlechtAnderlechtConstant Vanden Stock Stadium28,063
Beerschot ACAntwerpOlympisch Stadion13,132
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.BrugesJan Breydel Stadium29,945
Club Brugge KVBrugesJan Breydel Stadium29,945
K.R.C. GenkGenkCristal Arena24,900
K.A.A. GentGhentJules Ottenstadion12,919
K.V. KortrijkKortrijkGuldensporen Stadion9,500
Lierse S.K.LierHerman Vanderpoortenstadion14,538
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-VlaanderenLokerenDaknamstadion10,000
KV MechelenMechelenArgosstadion Achter de Kazerne13,123
R.A.E.C. MonsMonsStade Charles Tondreau12,000
Oud-Heverlee LeuvenLeuvenDen Dreef8,519
K. Sint-Truidense V.V.Sint-TruidenStaaienveld11,250
Standard LiègeLiègeStade Maurice Dufrasne30,000
K.V.C. WesterloWesterloHet Kuipje7,982
S.V. Zulte-WaregemWaregemRegenboogstadion8,500

Personnel and sponsoring edit

ClubChairmanCurrent managerTeam captainShirt sponsor
R.S.C. Anderlecht Roger Vanden Stock Ariël Jacobs Lucas BigliaBNP Paribas Fortis
Beerschot AC Jos Verhaegenno manager at end of season Gary KagelmacherQuick
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Frans Schotte Bob Peeters Hans CornelisA D M B
Club Brugge KV Bart Verhaeghe Christoph Daum Carl HoefkensBelfius
K.R.C. Genk Herbert Houben Mario Been David HubertEuphony
K.A.A. Gent Ivan De Witte Trond Sollied César ArzoVDK
K.V. Kortrijk Jozef Allijns Hein Vanhaezebrouck Nebojša PavlovićDigipass by VASCO
Lierse S.K. Maged Samy Chris Janssens Eiji KawashimaWadi Degla
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Roger Lambrecht Peter Maes Killian OvermeireQ-Team VP Lambrecht
KV Mechelen Johan Timmermans Marc Brys Julien GoriusTelenet
R.A.E.C. Mons Dominique Leone Enzo Scifo Tom Van ImschootHolcim
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Jan Callewaert Ronny Van Geneugden Bjorn RuytinxOption
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Bart Lammens Franky Van der Elst Peter DelorgeBelisol
Standard Liège Roland Duchâtelet José Riga Jelle Van DammeNationale Loterij
K.V.C. Westerlo Herman Wijnants Jan Ceulemans Jef DelenWilly Naessens
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Willy Naessens Francky Dury Karel D'HaeneEnfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPositionReplaced byDate of appointment
Gent Francky DuryMutual Consent17 May 2011[9]Pre-season Trond Sollied7 June 2011[10]
Zulte-Waregem Hugo BroosSacked23 May 2011[11]Pre-season Darije Kalezić25 May 2011[12]
Lierse Trond SolliedContract EndedEnd of 2010-11 season[13]Pre-season Chris Janssens1 June 2011[13]
Standard Liège Dominique D'OnofrioContract Ended6 June 2011[14]Pre-season José Riga28 June 2011[15]
Genk Franky VercauterenSigned for Al Jazira Club18 August 2011[16][17]5th Mario Been30 August 2011[18]
Sint-Truiden Guido BrepoelsSacked30 August 2011[19]15th Franky Van der Elst2 September 2011[20]
Club Brugge Adrie KosterSacked30 October 2011[21]4th Christoph Daum9 November 2011[22]
Zulte-Waregem Darije KalezićSacked27 December 2011[23]14th Francky Dury30 December 2011[24]
Mons Dennis van WijkMutual agreement28 February 2012[25]11th Enzo Scifo28 February 2012[26]
Beerschot Jacky MathijssenMutual agreement26 March 2012[27]11th Adrie Koster1 June 2012[28]

Regular season edit

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Anderlecht3020736126+3567Qualification to Championship play-offs
2Club Brugge3019475132+1961
3Gent3017586335+2856
4Standard Liège3014974333+1051
5Genk30137106044+1646
6Kortrijk30137103936+346
7Cercle Brugge30137103637−146Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8Lokeren30111184840+844
9Mechelen30107134050−1037
10Mons3099125055−536
11Beerschot3099124551−636
12Lierse30613112436−1231
13Zulte Waregem30612123238−630
14OH Leuven3078153858−2029
15Westerlo3055202959−3020Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16Sint-Truiden30310173261−2919
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Positions by round edit

Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.

Only one match has been postponed during the season:

  • On matchday 18: Cercle Brugge vs. Gent of 16 December because of a rain-drenched pitch, was played two days later on 18 December.[29]
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Anderlecht1262584221111111111111111111111
Club Brugge111243113234443323333333222222
Gent14138311432322222232222222333333
Standard Liège6210375875657554464554444445544
Genk23510109658986767877676666766665
Kortrijk61069610786765676545445555577776
Cercle Brugge5411622344443335656767777654457
Lokeren10151412131313131310101210101010111212121111119899888
Mechelen383136910101211101211111110101010108881088999
Beerschot151491111111111118911999989998991091010101010
Mons694758567578888798889101011111111111111
Lierse61013141414141415141414141414141413131313131212121212121212
Zulte Waregem104781212121212131313131313131314141414141413141313131313
OH Leuven37121397109911129111212121211111112121314131414141414
Westerlo161616161616151514151515161616161615151515151515151515161515
Sint-Truiden121215151515161616161616151515151516161616161616161616151616
Source: soccerassociation.com

Results edit

Home \ AwayANDBEECERBRUGNKGNTKVKLIELOKKVMMONOHLSTVSTAWESZWA
Anderlecht3–24–03–04–23–12–04–03–23–12–20–03–15–03–12–1
Beerschot0–04–01–12–02–20–10–02–22–22–02–13–21–13–12–0
Cercle Brugge1–02–11–23–20–11–20–01–11–01–12–02–20–13–11–0
Club Brugge1–15–11–04–52–02–11–03–00–12–11–01–01–05–01–0
Genk0–13–14–23–03–12–24–00–10–02–05–02–13–03–02–2
Gent0–10–10–11–32–03–11–03–16–22–06–16–03–13–10–0
Kortrijk0–12–02–02–13–20–41–12–51–02–22–04–02–01–00–0
Lierse0–01–12–20–10–02–12–01–12–21–13–10–20–20–02–1
Lokeren0–11–11–01–23–11–11–42–03–23–10–10–01–14–00–0
Mechelen2–12–11–21–23–20–20–02–10–24–12–22–11–21–01–1
Mons1–14–20–20–21–21–13–12–13–35–12–24–21–12–13–1
OH Leuven2–13–22–33–11–12–30–20–01–11–23–13–11–31–12–2
Sint-Truiden2–22–40–13–33–43–40–01–10–20–02–32–11–10–31–0
Standard Liège1–26–10–02–10–00–03–12–03–13–22–14–00–01–01–0
Westerlo1–23–11–30–13–22–30–00–22–41–32–11–32–00–01–1
Zulte Waregem2–31–01–11–11–11–31–01–21–12–02–32–10–04–23–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship playoff edit

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: Anderlecht 34 points, Club Brugge 31, Gent 28, Standard 26, Genk 23 and Kortrijk 23.

Playoff table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Anderlecht (C)10532168+852Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2Club Brugge (Q)105231411+348
3Genk (Q)106041919041Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4Gent104061616040Qualification to Europa League Testmatch
5Standard Liège102351017−735
6Kortrijk103251620−434
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Positions by round edit

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team ╲ RoundInitial12345678910
Anderlecht11111111111
Club Brugge22222222222
Genk56643343333
Gent33334434444
Standard Liège44555555555
Kortrijk65466666666
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

Home \ AwayANDBRUGNTSTAGNKKVK
Anderlecht1–11–03–01–31–1
Club Brugge0–11–02–02–03–2
Gent1–42–13–03–12–3
Standard Liège0–01–12–12–32–0
Genk0–41–22–03–22–0
Kortrijk2–03–11–41–13–4
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League playoff edit

Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B.

Group A edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationCEROHLLIEKVM
1Cercle Brugge63211610+611Playoff Final6–40–03–1
2OH Leuven63121514+1103–21–14–2
3Lierse614177072–21–22–1
4Mechelen6114714−740–32–11–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group B edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationMONZWABEELOK
1Mons632184+411Playoff Final0–12–01–1
2Zulte-Waregem622278−180–22–02–2
3Beerschot6213910−171–13–14–1
4Lokeren6132911−261–21–13–1
Source: [citation needed]

Europa League playoff final edit

The winners of both playoff groups competed in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch were granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Mons0 – 1Cercle Brugge
Rudy 59'
Cercle Brugge3 – 2Mons
Van Eenoo 54'
Mertens 74'
Gombami 85'		Jarju 20'
De Belder 90'

Cercle Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League edit

Europa League playoff final winners Cercle Brugge competed with fourth placed team Gent for the final European ticket. After a 7-2 aggregate win, Gent qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Cercle Brugge1 – 5Gent
Gombami 39'reportMaréval 13'
Coulibaly 15'
El Ghanassy 49'
Jørgensen 66', 82'
Gent2 – 1Cercle Brugge
Mboyo 33', 76'reportDompig 9'

Gent won 7–2 on aggregate.

Relegation playoff edit

The teams finishing in the last two positions Westerlo and Sint-Truiden, faced each other in the relegation playoff. Westerlo started with a three-point bonus and home advantage for finishing above Sint-Truiden during the regular season. Although the teams were scheduled to play each other 5 times, Westerlo forced the decision already after four matches making the last match obsolete. Thereby, Sint-Truiden was relegated and Westerlo was allowed to play the relegation playoffs with the teams from the Second Division.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Westerlo (R)4301126+612Belgian Second Division final round
2Sint-Truiden (R)4103612−63Relegation to 2012–13 Belgian Second Division
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Home \ AwaySTVWESSTVWESSTVWES
Sint-Truiden3–11–4
Westerlo3–24–0–[a]
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match not played as Sint-Truiden could no longer overtake Westerlo in the standings

Top goalscorers edit

Source: sporza.be and Sport.be (in Dutch)

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1 Jérémy PerbetMons25
2 Jelle VossenGenk21
3 Christian BentekeGenk16
4 Joseph AkpalaClub Brugge15
Dieumerci MbokaniAnderlecht
Jordan RemacleOH Leuven
7 Guillaume GilletAnderlecht14
Julien GoriusMechelen
9 Hernán LosadaBeerschot13
10 Benjamin De CeulaerLokeren12
Hamdi HarbaouiLokeren
Ilombe MboyoGent
RudyCercle Brugge
Matías SuárezAnderlecht
11 goals (5 players)
10 goals (1 player)
9 goals (4 players)
8 goals (8 players)
7 goals (5 players)
6 goals (16 players)
5 goals (10 players)
4 goals (16 players)
3 goals (28 players)
2 goals (36 players)
1 goal (79 players)
2 Own goals (3 players)
1 Own goal (19 players)

See also edit

References edit

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