1985–86 Belgian First Division

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Belgian First Division
Season1985–86

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1985–86.

Overview

It was performed by 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship, while K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk & Lierse S.K. were relegated.[1]

The top two teams, Anderlecht and Club Brugge, finished level on points (though Anderlecht had a superior goal difference) and it was decided that a two-legged championship playoff would take place – a situation which had not occurred in Belgian football since 1928–29. Both of these 'test matches' were drawn: 1–1 in Brussels and 2–2 in Bruges, with Anderlecht coming back from two goals behind and holding off a late onslaught from the opposition to claim the title on the away goals rule.[2]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 R.S.C. Anderlecht 34 22 8 4 84 33 +51 52 Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup
2 Club Brugge K.V. 34 22 8 4 78 34 +44 52 Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup
3 Standard Liège 34 15 12 7 57 29 +28 42 Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup
4 K.A.A. Gent 34 15 11 8 51 38 +13 41
5 K.S.K. Beveren 34 15 10 9 51 37 +14 40
6 R.F.C. de Liège 34 15 9 10 43 35 +8 39
7 K. Beerschot V.A.C. 34 12 13 9 43 44 −1 37
8 K.S.V. Waregem 34 14 7 13 49 38 +11 35
9 Royal Antwerp FC 34 11 13 10 38 43 −5 35
10 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. 34 12 10 12 55 47 +8 34
11 KV Mechelen 34 7 17 10 35 46 −11 31
12 R. Charleroi S.C. 34 11 6 17 41 63 −22 28
13 R.W.D. Molenbeek 34 9 9 16 36 57 −21 27
14 K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen 34 9 8 17 45 68 −23 26
15 K.V. Kortrijk 34 8 9 17 40 52 −12 25
16 RFC Sérésien 34 6 13 15 23 39 −16 25
17 K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk 34 6 10 18 23 56 −33 22 Relegated to Division II
18 Lierse S.K. 34 5 11 18 34 67 −33 21
Source:

Results

Home \ Away AND ANT BEE BEV CER CLU CHA GNT KOR FCL LIE LOK MEC MOL SER STA WAR WTG
Anderlecht 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 7–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1
Antwerp 0–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–4 2–0
Beerschot 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 3–1
Beveren 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1
Cercle Brugge 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 7–2 4–2
Club Brugge 3–3 2–0 4–0 6–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 5–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 3–0
Charleroi 2–6 4–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0
Gent 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–4 3–1 2–0
Kortrijk 2–2 2–2 4–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Liége 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1
Lierse 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–6 0–3 0–3 0–1 3–1 5–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Lokeren 3–5 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 3–0
Mechelen 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–5 4–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2
Molenbeek 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Seraing 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Standard Liège 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 8–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Waregem 0–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–0
Waterschei Thor 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Scorer Goals Team
Belgium Erwin Vandenbergh 27 Anderlecht
Belgium Didier Beugnies 22 Charleroi
France Jean-Pierre Papin 21 Club Brugge
Belgium Daniel Veyt 17 Waregem
Belgium Marc Degryse 16 Club Brugge
Belgium Alexandre Czerniatynski 16 Standard Liège
Belgium Jan Ceulemans 13 Club Brugge
Belgium Harry Cnops 13 Royal Antwerp

Championship play-off

Anderlecht1–1Club Brugge
Vercauteren 15' Beyens 64'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Jean-François Crucke
Club Brugge2–2Anderlecht
Papin 14'
Wellens 32'		 Vandereycken 63'
Demol 75'
Vandereycken Red card
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Frans Van Den Wijngaert]

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Attendances

Source:[3]

No.ClubAverage
1Anderlecht16,147
2Standard14,118
3Club Brugge14,029
4Charleroi13,176
5Liège8,765
6Beerschot7,735
7Gent7,500
8RWDM6,912
9Beveren6,906
10Lokeren6,500
11Waregem6,324
12Mechelen5,982
13Kortrijk5,618
14Waterschei5,147
15Antwerp5,059
16Lierse4,853
17Cercle4,559
18Sérésien4,176

See also

References

  1. Ploquin, Phil; Nackaerts, Luc; Coolsaet, Jeroen. "Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. Marc Reunes (19 May 2009). "Reconstructie van de memorabele testmatchen van 1986" [Reconstruction of the memorable test matches of 1986]. Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel86.htm