2009–10 Belgian Pro League

Jupiler Pro League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Anderlecht (30th title)
Relegated	Mouscron Roeselare
Champions League	Anderlecht Gent
Europa League	Club Brugge Racing Genk Cercle Brugge
Matches played	268
Goals scored	614 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Romelu Lukaku, 15 goals
Biggest home win	Anderlecht 6-0 Zulte-Waregem (28 March 2010)[1]
Biggest away win	Mouscron 0–5 Lokeren (12 December 2009)[2] Germinal Beerschot 0-5 Anderlecht (29 January 2010)[3]
Highest scoring	Lokeren 5–3 Cercle (31 March 2010)[4] AA Gent 6-2 Club Brugge (8 May 2010)[5]
Longest winning run	Anderlecht (9 games) ended 27 December 2010[6]
Longest unbeaten run	Anderlecht (13 games) ended 6 February 2010[7]
Longest losing run	K. Sint-Truidense V.V. (7 games) ended 21 November 2009[8]
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 31 July 2009 with the first matches of the regular season, and ended in May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

The competition underwent a significant overhaul for this season by reducing the number of teams and, for the first time in the history of the league, introducing a playoff system to determine the Belgian champions.

On April 18, 2010, Anderlecht became champions as a result of a 1-2 victory in Bruges against one of their main rivals, Club Brugge.

Changes from 2008–09

Structural changes

The league size has been reduced from eighteen to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.

The participating clubs will first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches. After the conclusion of those matches, the team ranked 16th will be directly relegated to the Belgian Second Division, while every other team will play in a playoff round according to its league table position.

The first six teams will play in the Championship playoff. Points earned during the regular season are halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winner of this round has won the Belgian championship and will participate in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up will also play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while the third-placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Finally, the fourth-placed team will have to compete in a single match (called Testmatch) against the winner of the Europa League playoff (see below) for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The teams finishing seventh through fourteenth will play in the Europa League playoff and start with zero points. The round will be played in two groups, with teams in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 comprising Group A, and the remaining teams comprising Group B. Each group will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winners of these groups will then compete in a two-legged series to earn the right to play against the fourth-placed team of the Championship playoff for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

The 15th-placed team will participate in the Relegation playoff, along with the teams ranked second through fifth in the Belgian Second Division. The winners of the playoff will earn a place in the 2010–11 Belgian First Division.

Team changes

• Mons and Tubize were relegated.
• Sint-Truiden was promoted.
• Roeselare beat Dender, Lierse and Antwerp in the play offs and was thus allowed to remain in the league. Dender was relegated while Lierse and Antwerp remained in the second division.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Anderlecht !R.S.C. Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	28,063
Cercle !Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,415
Charleroi !R. Charleroi S.C.	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	24,891
Club !Club Brugge K.V.	Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,415
Genk !K.R.C. Genk	Genk	Cristal Arena	24,900
Gent !K.A.A. Gent	Ghent	Jules Ottenstadion	12,919
Germinal !K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	Antwerp	Olympisch Stadion	12,771
Kortrijk !K.V. Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	9,500
Lokeren !K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	Lokeren	Daknamstadion	10,000
Mechelen !KV Mechelen	Mechelen	Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne	13,123
Mouscron !R.E. Mouscron	Mouscron	Stade Le Canonnier	11,300
Roeselare !Roeselare	Roeselare	Schiervelde Stadion	9,036
Sint-Truiden !K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	Sint-Truiden	Staaienveld	11,250
Standard !Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,000
Westerlo !K.V.C. Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	8,200
Zulte !S.V. Zulte-Waregem	Waregem	Regenboogstadion	8,500

Personnel and sponsoring

Club	Chairman	Current manager	Team captain	Shirt sponsor
Anderlecht !R.S.C. Anderlecht	Roger Vanden Stock	Ariel Jacobs	Olivier Deschacht	BNP Paribas Fortis
Cercle !Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	Frans Schotte	Glen De Boeck	Denis Viane	A D M B
Charleroi !R. Charleroi S.C.	Abbas Bayat	Position Vacant	Adlène Guedioura	VOO
Club !Club Brugge K.V.	Pol Jonckheere	Adrie Koster	Stijn Stijnen	Dexia
Genk !K.R.C. Genk	Harry Lemmens	Franky Vercauteren	João Carlos	Euphony
Gent !K.A.A. Gent	Ivan De Witte	Michel Preud'homme	Bernd Thijs	VDK
Germinal !K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	Jos Verhaegen	Jos Daerden	Kurt Van Dooren	Quick
Kortrijk !K.V. Kortrijk	Jozef Allijns	Georges Leekens	Brecht Verbrugghe	Digipass by VASCO
Lokeren !K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	Roger Lambrecht	Emilio Ferrera	Olivier Doll	Edialux
Mechelen !KV Mechelen	Johan Timmermans	Peter Maes	Jonas Ivens	Telenet
Mouscron !R.E. Mouscron	Philippe Dufermont	Position Vacant	Walter Baseggio	Frinver Promotions
Roeselare !K.S.V. Roeselare	Luc Espeel	Dennis Van Wijk	Stefaan Tanghe	Deceuninck
Sint-Truiden !K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	Roland Duchâtelet	Guido Brepoels	Peter Delorge	Belisol
Standard !Standard Liège	Reto Stiffler	Dominique D'Onofrio	Steven Defour	BASE
Westerlo !K.V.C. Westerlo	Herman Wijnants	Jan Ceulemans	Jef Delen	Willy Naessens
Zulte !S.V. Zulte-Waregem	Willy Naessens	Francky Dury	Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze	Enfinity, Petrus

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Genk	Pierre Denier Hans Visser (caretakers)	Caretakers replaced	5 March 2009 [9]	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	17 May 2009 [9]	Pre-Season
Club Brugge	Jacky Mathijssen	Mutual consent	17 May 2009 [10]	Adrie Koster	17 May 2009 [11]	Pre-Season
Kortrijk	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	Signed at Genk on March 30, 2009.	17 May 2009 [9]	Georges Leekens	28 May 2009 [12]	Pre-Season
Charleroi	John Collins	End of contract	17 May 2009 [13]	Stéphane Demol	2 June 2009 [14]	Pre-Season
Mouscron	Enzo Scifo	Resigned	6 June 2009 [15]	Miroslav Đukić	10 June 2009 [16]	Pre-Season

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Germinal Beerschot	Aimé Anthuenis	Sacked	31 August 2009 [17]	Jos Daerden	3 September 2009 [18]	14th
Lokeren	Aleksandar Janković	Sacked	25 October 2009 [19]	Jacky Mathijssen	25 October 2009 [19]	14th
Mouscron	Miroslav Đukić	Resigned	30 October 2009 [20]	Hans Galjé	2 November 2009 [21]	15th
Charleroi	Stéphane Demol	Resigned	31 October 2009 [22]	Tommy Craig	20 November 2009 [23]	13th
Genk	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	Sacked	29 November 2009 [24]	Franky Vercauteren	6 December 2009 [25]	12th
Mouscron	Hans Galjé	Contract annulled by bankruptcy	28 December 2009 [26]			10th
Lokeren	Jacky Mathijssen	Mutual consent	25 January 2010 [27]	Emilio Ferrera	28 January 2010 [28]	15th
Standard Liège	László Bölöni	Resigned	10 February 2010 [29]	Dominique D'Onofrio	10 February 2010 [30]	6th
Charleroi	Tommy Craig	Sacked	14 April 2010 [31]	Jacky Mathijssen	4 June 2010 [32]	13th (4th in Playoff)

Regular season

Financial troubles of Mouscron

During the season, Mouscron got into financial trouble. This caused months of debate and several law procedures, with the fate of Mouscron changing from week to week. The board of Mouscron finally accepted the bankruptcy of Mouscron on 28 December 2009.^[26] At that point, the last two matches of Mouscron had already been forfeited as many players refused to play due to wages from November and December not being paid;^[33][34] three forfeits in a row would have also caused immediate elimination and relegation to the Belgian Third Division.

As a result of the bankruptcy and relegation, Mouscron's record was expunged.^[26]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anderlecht !Anderlecht (C) (O)	28	22	3	3	62	20	+42	69	Belgian Title Playoff 2009-10
2	Club Brugge !Club Brugge	28	17	6	5	52	33	+19	57
3	Gent !Gent	28	14	7	7	49	30	+19	49
4	Kortrijk !Kortrijk	28	12	9	7	39	30	+9	45
5	Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	28	12	6	10	35	35	0	42
6	Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	28	10	11	7	39	32	+7	41
7	Mechelen !Mechelen	28	12	3	13	36	46	−10	39	Belgian Europa League Playoff 2009-10
8	Standard Liège !Standard Liège	28	10	9	9	38	34	+4	39
9	Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge	28	11	5	12	45	40	+5	38
10	Germinal Beerschot !Germinal Beerschot	28	9	8	11	30	43	−13	35
11	Genk !Genk (O)	28	8	10	10	33	31	+2	34
12	Westerlo !Westerlo	28	8	8	12	28	34	−6	32
13	Charleroi !Charleroi	28	5	8	15	28	45	−17	23
14	Lokeren !Lokeren	28	5	3	20	22	54	−32	18
15	Roeselare !Roeselare (R)	28	4	6	18	29	58	−29	18	Relegation Playoffs
16	Mouscron !Mouscron (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Belgian Third Division 1

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
¹Mouscron were relegated due to the club's financial problems, which caused them to forfeit three consecutive matches. Their record was expunged.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

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. The postponed matches are:

• Matchday 19: Mechelen vs. Germinal Beerschot of 18 December,^[35] Charleroi vs. Standard and Anderlecht vs. Club Brugge of 20 December.^[36] The matches will be played in the beginning of February, between the 24th and 25th matchday.^[37]
• Matchday 22: Club Brugge vs. Westerlo of 16 January^[38] which was played during the 24th matchday on 30 January.^[39]
• Matchday 23: Cercle Brugge vs. Charleroi of 23 January (as a result of the first leg of the quarter final of the Belgian Cup between Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge being played on this date^[40]). The new date for this match is 24 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.
• Matchday 24: Sint-Truiden vs. Westerlo of 30 January (as a result of the postponement of the match Club Brugge vs. Westerlo to this date) is postponed to 3 February,^[39] which is between matchdays 24 and 25. Because of snowfall, both Roeselare vs. Genk and Charleroi vs. Lokeren were postponed.^[41] The match Charleroi vs. Lokeren was originally scheduled to be played on February 10 between matchdays 25 and 26, but was postponed again because of more snow ^[42] and will now be played on March 10 between matchdays 28 and 29.^[43] Roeselare vs. Genk was rescheduled to 24 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.
• Matchday 26: Yet again snow caused several matches to be postponed, in this case Mechelen-Genk, Cercle Brugge-Lokeren, Charleroi-Anderlecht and Germinal Beerschot-Zulte-Waregem.^[44] All matches were rescheduled to be played during the weekend of the 29th matchday, on March 6 and 7.^[43]
• Matchday 29: Due to the rescheduling of several matches to the first weekend of March,^[43] when this matchday was to be played, the whole matchday was postponed one week. With both Anderlecht and Standard Liège still playing in the UEFA Europa League on Thursdays, all matches will be played on Sunday 14 March at 20:00.^[45]
• Matchday 30: With matchday 29 moved to 14 March, matchday 30 was also rescheduled, to Sunday 21 March.^[45]

On top of that, the results of Mouscron were annulled between matchdays 20 and 21, causing lots of shifts between those matchdays.^[26] Also, for the rest of the season, there will be no point at which all teams have played the same amount of matches, until at the end.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Anderlecht !Anderlecht	3	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Club Brugge !Club Brugge	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gent !Gent	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	5	6	6	7	6	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Kortrijk !Kortrijk	15	13	12	11	10	7	8	10	14	14	10	11	10	8	8	10	7	6	6	6	8	9	7	8	7	6	4	4	4	4
Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	6	8	6	4	2	1	1	3	3	5	6	8	8	9	9	8	9	10	8	8	6	4	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5
Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	8	6	9	11	9	12	9	11	7	8	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6
Mechelen !Mechelen	1	5	3	3	5	6	6	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	7	7	11	9	11	11	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7
Standard Liège !Standard Liège	6	6	5	6	7	5	5	6	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	6	4	7	7	7	8
Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge	14	16	14	10	12	9	11	12	9	10	11	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	9	9
Germinal Beerschot !Germinal Beerschot	8	8	11	13	14	11	10	7	8	7	8	7	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10
Genk !Genk	12	11	10	7	8	10	12	9	11	11	14	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Westerlo !Westerlo	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	9	9	11	12	10	9	10	11	9	9	10	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12
Charleroi !Charleroi	12	12	8	9	6	8	7	8	10	9	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Lokeren !Lokeren	8	13	15	15	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14
Roeselare !Roeselare	8	10	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15
Mouscron !Mouscron	4	4	6	8	11	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	11	8	8	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Note: All Mouscron results listed below were expunged after the club had to declare bankruptcy during the season.^[26] They are listed here for information purposes. Matches which were to be competed after Mouscron's exemption have been shaded.

Home ╲ Away

Anderlecht !AND

Cercle Brugge !CER

Charleroi !CHA

Club Brugge !BRU

Genk !GNK

Gent !GNT

Germinal Beerschot !GBA

Kortrijk !KVK

Lokeren !LOK

Mechelen !KVM

Mouscron !MOU

Roeselare !ROE

Sint-Truiden !STV

Standard Liège !STA

Westerlo !WES

Zulte Waregem !ZWA

Anderlecht !Anderlecht

3–2

2–0

3–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

3–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

2–1

Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge

1–3

1–0

2–3

1–0

1–3

1–2

1–1

4–0

1–0

5–02

2–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

Charleroi !Charleroi

0–2

0–4

1–2

1–3

0–2

1–0

3–3

4–1

1–2

3–0

0–0

2–3

1–1

0–0

Club Brugge !Club Brugge

4–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–2

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

3–1

Genk !Genk

0–2

2–0

1–2

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–2

Gent !Gent

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

4–1

2–1

1–1

5–1

0–1

2–1

1–2

0–2

Germinal Beerschot !Germinal Beerschot

0–5

1–4

0–0

1–4

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–3

3–2

3–0

4–1

1–1

3–1

1–1

Kortrijk !Kortrijk

0–2

3–1

2–1

1–4

2–1

1–0

3–0

3–1

2–0

2–2

2–0

0–1

0–2

1–1

1–0

Lokeren !Lokeren

0–4

1–1

4–1

0–1

0–2

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

4–1

1–4

1–2

1–3

1–0

1–1

Mechelen !Mechelen

0–2

1–2

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–5

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

3–2

0–2

0–0

4–1

2–1

Mouscron !Mouscron

1–2

0–1

4–1

1–1

2–0

0–52

0–5

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

Roeselare !Roeselare

1–2

3–2

1–3

2–3

1–1

0–4

1–1

0–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–2

1–5

0–0

2–0

Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

2–4

1–2

2–0

0–2

2–1

5–2

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–2

Standard Liège !Standard Liège

0–4

1–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

0–2

2–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

0–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

Westerlo !Westerlo

0–2

2–1

4–0

1–4

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–2

2–0

2–0

1–2

Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem

0–2

1–0

2–2

1–1

2–2

3–1

4–0

0–2

1–0

4–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² The matches were awarded to Cercle Brugge and Kortrijk, respectively, as won with a score of 5–0 after Mouscron did not field a team for these matches.^[33][34]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Anderlecht started with 35 points, Club Brugge with 29, Gent with 25, Kortrijk 23 and both Sint-Truiden and Zulte-Waregem started with 21.

Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anderlecht !Anderlecht (C)	10	7	3	0	24	9	+15	59	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Gent !Gent	10	4	4	2	20	13	+7	41
3	Club Brugge !Club Brugge	10	3	3	4	14	15	−1	41	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	10	3	4	3	9	10	−1	34	2009–10 Belgian Europa League Testmatch
5	Kortrijk !Kortrijk	10	3	1	6	9	13	−4	33
6	Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	10	2	1	7	7	23	−16	28

Source: ^[46]
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Anderlecht !Anderlecht	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gent !Gent	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2
Club Brugge !Club Brugge	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3
Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Kortrijk !Kortrijk	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home ╲ Away	Anderlecht !AND	Club Brugge !BRU	Gent !GNT	Kortrijk !KVK	Sint-Truiden !STV	Zulte Waregem !ZWA
Anderlecht !Anderlecht		2–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	6–0
Club Brugge !Club Brugge	1–2		1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0
Gent !Gent	1–3	6–2		0–0	0–0	5–0
Kortrijk !Kortrijk	1–3	2–0	1–2		1–2	2–0
Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–2
Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League Playoff

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Westerlo 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Mechelen 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Cercle Brugge 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7 Lokeren 6 1 3 2 12 14 −2 6

CER LOK KVM WES Cercle Brugge – 1–1 2–1 2–0 Lokeren 5–3 – 2–2 3–3 Mechelen 1–0 3–1 – 1–3 Westerlo 4–1 2–0 0–2 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Genk 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Standard 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 8 Germinal Beerschot 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 Charleroi 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4

CHA GNK GBA STA Charleroi – 1–2 0–1 1–0 Genk 3–0 – 2–0 1–0 Germinal Beerschot 2–2 1–3 – 2–2 Standard 2–0 1–1 3–0 –

Europa League playoff final

The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match. The winners on aggregate will compete in another match (called Testmatch) against a team from the championship playoff (see below). If both teams are tied after two matches, the away goals rule will be applied. Should both teams still be tied afterwards, thirty minutes of extra time will be played and, if necessary, a penalty shootout will be conducted.

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Genk won 5–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

The fourth-placed team from the championship playoff and the winners of the Europa League playoff competed for one spot in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Note: The spot in the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was taken by Cercle Brugge, who was the runners-up of the 2009–10 Belgian Cup to Champions League-qualified Gent.

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Genk won 5–3 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

The list of goalscorers is split up: first there is the list of goalscorers during the regular competition, deciding the official title of league 'topscorer', which was won by Romelu Lukaku. After this, the goalscorers in the play-offs are listed below in a second list. Because not all teams get equal matches in the playoffs, the goals during the playoffs did not count to determine the top scorer and therefore there are two separate lists.

Regular Competition

Top Goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Romelu Lukaku	Anderlecht	15
2	Dorge Kouemaha	Club Brugge	13
	Ibrahim Sidibe	Sint-Truiden	13
4	Teddy Chevalier	Zulte Waregem	12
	Cyril Théréau	Charleroi	12
6	Dawid Janczyk	Lokeren (9) and Germinal Beerschot (2)	11
7	Milan Jovanović	Standard Liège	10
8	Christian Benteke	Kortrijk	9
	Mbark Boussoufa	Anderlecht	9
	Elimane Coulibaly	Gent	9
	Dominic Foley	Cercle Brugge	9
	Faris Haroun	Germinal Beerschot	9
13	6 players		8
19	5 players		7
24	11 players		6
35	11 players		5
46	17 players		4
63	19 players		3
82	38 players		2
120	60 players		1
Own goals			12
Total goals			614
Total games			228
Average per game			2.69

Other scorers

8 goals (6 players)

7 goals (5 players)

6 goals (11 players)

5 goals (11 players)

4 goals (17 players)

3 goals (19 players)

2 goals (38 players)

1 goal (60 players)

Own goals (12 players, 12 goals)

• Frederik Boi (Cercle Brugge, goal scored for Anderlecht)
• Steve Colpaert (Zulte Waregem, goal scored for Mechelen)
• Dominic Foley (Cercle Brugge, goal scored for Genk)
• Eliaquim Mangala (Standard Liège, goal scored for Anderlecht)
• Eric Matoukou (Genk, goal scored for Mouscron)
• Anthony Portier (Cercle Brugge, goal scored for Kortrijk)
• Roberto Rosales (Gent, goal scored for Kortrijk)
• Jurgen Sierens (Roeselare, goal scored for Anderlecht)
• Tiago Silva (Genk, goal scored for Zulte Waregem)
• Moussa Traoré (Standard Liège, goal scored for Anderlecht)
• Jelle Van Damme (Anderlecht, goal scored for Club Brugge)
• Bram Vandenbussche (Roeselare, goal scored for Kortrijk)

Playoff Goalscorers

Championship Playoff

30 games, 83 goals (2.77 per game)

5 goals (4 players)

4 goals (1 player)

3 goals (6 players)

2 goals (9 players)

1 goal (20 players)

Own goals (2 players, 3 goals)

• Miguel Dachelet (2) (Zulte Waregem, goals scored for Sint-Truiden and Club Brugge)
• Ryan Donk (Club Brugge, goal scored for Anderlecht)

Europa League Playoff

24 games, 73 goals (3.04 per game)

5 goals (1 player)

4 goals (1 player)

3 goals (3 players)

2 goals (12 players)

1 goal (31 players)

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

Season statistics

Regular competition records beaten or equalized during playoff games are listed as such.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Cephas Chimedza for Sint-Truiden against Standard Liège, 24 minutes (31 July 2009).
• First own goal of the season: Frederik Boi (Cercle Brugge) for Anderlecht, (8 August 2009).
• First hat-trick of the season: Milan Jovanović for Standard Liège against Roeselare (15 August 2009).
• First penalty kick of the season: Axel Witsel (missed) for Standard Liège against Sint-Truiden, 90 minutes (31 July 2009).
• Fastest goal in a match: 58 seconds – Sherjill MacDonald for Germinal Beerschot against Roeselare (28 November 2009).
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+7 minutes – Arnor Angeli for Standard Liège against Kortrijk (26 September 2009).
• Winning goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes - Cyril Théréau for Charleroi against Germinal Beerschot (16 August 2009)

Widest winning margin: 5 Goals

Most goals in a match by one team: 5 Goals

Most goals in one half: 5 goals

Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals

Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Marc Wagemakers for Sint-Truiden against Standard Liège, 28 minutes (31 July 2009).
• First red card of the season: Ibrahima Gueye for Lokeren against Zulte Waregem, 22 minutes (1 August 2009).
• Card given at latest point in a game: Bojan Jorgacevic (yellow) at 90+5 minutes for AA Gent against Racing Genk (15 August 2009)
• Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
  • Zulte Waregem 2-2 Racing Genk - 4 for Zulte Waregem (Bossut, D'Haene, Roelandts and NFor), 5 for Racing Genk (Verhulst, João Carlos (2), Tòth and Koita) (8 August 2009)
  • AA Gent 2-1 KV Mechelen - 3 for AA Gent (Thompson, Suler and Maric), 6 for KV Mechelen (Van Hoevelen, Persoons (2), Mununga, Vrancken and Ghomsi) (9 August 2009)
  • Sint-Truiden 2-0 Standard Liège - 3 for Sint-Truiden (Delorge, Alex and Onana), 6 for Standard Liège (Goreux, Ramos, Nicaise, Carcela-González, Jovanović and De Camargo) (29 November 2009)
  • Playoffs: 10 - Kortrijk 1-2 AA Gent - 6 for Kortrijk (Capon, Vandenbroeck, Pavlović, Kums and Vrancken (2)), 4 for AA Gent (Leye, Ljubijankič, Lepoint and Rosales) (28 March 2010)
  • Playoffs: Zulte Waregem 2-0 Club Brugge - 5 for Zulte Waregem (Buysse, Meert, Ernemann, Matton and Hyland), 4 for Club Brugge (Alcaraz, Blondel, Odjidja and Kouemaha) (14 April 2010)
  • Playoffs: 11 - Sint-Truiden 1-1 AA Gent - 4 for Sint-Truiden (Euvrard, Mennes (2), and Onana), 7 for AA Gent (Leye, Myrie, Smolders (2), Čustović, Coulibaly and El Ghanassy) (5 May 2010)
  • Playoffs: Zulte Waregem 1-2 Kortrijk - 4 for Zulte Waregem (Colpaert, Meert, Ernemann and NFor), 5 for Kortrijk (Hempte, De Beule, Belhocine, Benteke and Messoudi) (8 May 2010)

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

See also

• 2009–10 in Belgian football
• List of Belgian football transfers summer 2009

References