2010–11 in Belgian football

The 2010–11 football season in Belgium, which is the 108th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2010 until July 2011.

National team

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
3 September 2010 Belgium  0 – 1  Germany King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45 CET Report Klose  51' Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
7 September 2010 Turkey  3 – 2  Belgium Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, Istanbul
20:00 CET Altıntop  48'
Şentürk  66'
Turan  78'		 Report Van Buyten  28', 69' Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
8 October 2010 Kazakhstan  0 – 2  Belgium Astana Arena, Astana
17:00 CET Report Ogunjimi  52', 70' Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
12 October 2010 Belgium  4 – 4  Austria King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45 CET Vossen  11'
Fellaini  47'
Ogunjimi  87'
Lombaerts  89'		 Report Schiemer  14', 62'
Arnautović  29'
Harnik  90+3'		 Referee: Mike Dean (England)
25 March 2011 Austria  0 – 2  Belgium Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
20:30 CET Report Witsel  6', 50' Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
29 March 2011 Belgium  4 – 1  Azerbaijan King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Vertonghen  12'
Simons  32' (pen.)
Chadli  45'
Vossen  74'		 Report Abishov  16' Referee: Daniel Stalhammar, (Sweden)
3 June 2011 Belgium  1 – 1  Turkey King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45 CET Ogunjimi  4' Report Burak  22' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Friendlies
11 August 2010 Finland  1 – 0  Belgium Veritas Stadion, Turku
Kompany  13' (o.g.) Report
17 November 2010 Russia  0 – 2  Belgium Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh
Lukaku  2', 72'
9 February 2011 Belgium  1 – 1  Finland Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
Witsel  61' Porokara  90+3' Referee: Cyril Zimmerman (Switzerland)

Promotion and relegation

Team promoted to 2010–11 Belgian First Division

  • Belgian Second Division Champions: Lierse

Teams relegated from 2009–10 Belgian First Division

  • 15th Place: Roeselare (lost playoff)
  • 16th Place: Mouscron (Mouscron was declared bankrupt during the season and relegated to third division.)

Teams promoted to 2010-11 Belgian Second Division

  • Belgian Third Division A Champions: Heist
  • Belgian Third Division B Champions: Visé
  • Playoff winners: Rupel Boom

Teams relegated from 2009-10 Belgian Second Division

Teams promoted to 2010-11 Belgian Third Division

  • Belgian Promotion A Champions: Izegem
  • Belgian Promotion B Champions: Bornem
  • Belgian Promotion C Champions: Geel
  • Belgian Promotion D Champions: Bertrix
  • Playoff winners: Olsa Brakel
  • Playoff winners: Heppignies
  • Playoff winners: Grimbergen
  • Playoff winners: Huy

Teams relegated from 2009-10 Belgian Third Division

  • 17th Place in Third Division A: Ieper
  • 18th Place in Third Division A: Racing Mechelen
  • 19th Place in Third Division A: Willebroek-Meerhof
  • 17th Place in Third Division B: Veldwezelt
  • 18th Place in Third Division B: Péruwelz
  • Playoff losers: Zottegem
  • Playoff losers: Tongeren

League competitions

Belgian First Division
Main article: 2010–11 Belgian Pro League

Belgian Second Division
Main article: 2010–11 Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division Final Round
Main article: 2011 Belgian Second Division Final Round

Belgian Third Division A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aalst (C, P) 34 23 5 6 71 29 +42 74 Belgian Second Division
2 Hoogstraten 34 18 8 8 73 39 +34 62 Belgian Third Division Final Round
3 Deinze 34 17 8 9 63 54 +9 59
4 Coxyde 34 17 7 10 70 54 +16 58
5 Dessel 34 16 9 9 56 38 +18 57
6 Oudenaarde 34 16 7 11 57 49 +8 55
7 Sint-Niklaas 34 14 12 8 47 36 +11 54 Belgian Third Division Final Round
8 Geel-Meerhout 34 16 5 13 51 44 +7 53
9 Ronse 34 12 9 13 42 39 +3 45
10 Hamme 34 11 10 13 40 49 −9 43
11 Temse 34 12 6 16 45 61 −16 42
12 Torhout 34 10 12 12 43 57 −14 42
13 Racing Waregem 34 11 5 18 31 50 −19 38
14 Brakel 34 10 8 16 53 64 −11 38
15 Bornem 34 9 10 15 44 48 −4 37
16 Cappellen 34 8 11 15 45 51 −6 35 Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division play-off
17 Izegem (R) 34 8 10 16 44 58 −14 34 Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division
18 Wielsbeke (R) 34 4 6 24 31 86 −55 18
Source: sport.be
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Belgian Third Division B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Woluwe (C, P) 34 23 6 5 69 20 +49 75 Belgian Second Division
2 Virton 34 20 7 7 64 32 +32 67 Belgian Third Division Final Round
3 Bertrix 34 18 8 8 58 44 +14 62
4 Zaventem 34 17 11 6 53 42 +11 62 Belgian Third Division Final Round
5 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 17 10 7 60 33 +27 61
6 Bocholt 34 18 6 10 52 27 +25 60
7 URS Centre 34 17 7 10 57 42 +15 58
8 Olympic Charleroi 34 15 10 9 57 37 +20 55
9 Hasselt 34 13 11 10 55 33 +22 50
10 Diegem 34 13 10 11 48 47 +1 49
11 Heppignies 34 9 10 15 34 51 −17 37
12 Huy 34 8 13 13 37 50 −13 37
13 Verviers 34 9 6 19 32 55 −23 33
14 Bleid 34 8 8 18 30 66 −36 32
15 Grimbergen 34 7 8 19 36 54 −18 29
16 Ternat 34 7 7 20 46 79 −33 28 Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division play-off
17 RFC Liège (R) 34 4 5 25 33 79 −46 17 Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division
18 UR Namur (R) 34 4 3 27 30 60 −30 15
Source: sport.be
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Third division play-off

From the third division A, Deinze qualified as winner of the periods 2 (matches 11 to 22) and 3 (matches 23 to 34), Hoogstraten and Coxyde qualified as 2nd and 4th placed teams in the final table. The first period (matches 1 to 10) was won by the champion Aalst. However, as only the champion Aalst, as well as Hoogstraten, Sint-Niklaas and Geel-Meerhout had got their remunerated football license, required to be able to enter the play-offs, Coxyde and Deinze did not enter the play-offs.[1]

From the third division B, Virton qualified as the winner of period 1, Bertrix qualified as the 3rd-placed team in the final table and Zaventem as the 4th-placed team. The champion Woluwe had won periods 2 and 3. However, Bertrix did not apply for the remunerated football license and was replaced for the play-offs by Union, the 5th-placed team in the final table.[2]

From the second division, Turnhout qualified for the second round of the play-off as the 16th-placed team.

  First round     Semifinals     Final
                                       
  A2 Hoogstraten 2 2 4    
  A7 Sint-Niklaas (aet) 2 3 5    
      2 Turnhout 1 3 4  
    A7 Sint-Niklaas (aet) 2 3 5    
     
      A7 Sint-Niklaas 1 1 2
  B5 Saint-Gilloise 2 1 3         B4 Woluwe-Zaventem 1 0 1
  B4 Woluwe-Zaventem 1 4 5          
      B4 Woluwe-Zaventem 1 3 4    
        B2 Virton 0 1 1  
  B2 Virton 1 3 4    
  A8 Geel-Meerhout 2 0 2  

Belgian Promotion

In the Promotion A, Athois were crowned champions, while Ieper, Péruwelz-Mouscron and Sparta Petegem respectively won the first period (matches 1 to 10), second period (matches 11 to 20) and third period (matches 21 to 30). In the Promotion B, RC Mechelen won the regular season as well as the second period. Lyra and Londerzeel won respectively the first and third periods. Wijgmaal also entered the Promotion play-off as 3rd-placed team in the final table. In the Promotion C, Maasmechelen won the title, as well as the first and third periods and Tielen won the second period. Veldwezelt and Oosterwijk also qualified for the play-off as respectively the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams in the regular season. In the Promotion D, La Calamine won the championship as well as periods 1 and 3 and Walhain won the period 2. Sprimont-Comblain and Faymonville joined Walhain as qualifier for the play-off from group D as respectively 3rd and 4th-placed teams. The two 16th-placed teams from the third division Cappellen and Ternat also qualified for the Promotion play-off, entering the competition in the second round.

  First round Quarter-finals Semifinals Third-place game
                                     
       
  3B Ternat 1  
    Péruwelz-Mouscron (aet) 2  
Péruwelz-Mouscron 4
Sprimont-Comblain 0  
  Péruwelz-Mouscron 2  
  Petegem 0  
Petegem (aet) 1  
Lyra 0  
  Petegem 2
    Oosterwijk 1  
Oosterwijk 3
Tielen 1  
  Petegem 1
  3A Cappellen 4
       
       
  3A Cappellen 1
    Walhain 0  
Walhain 3
Veldwezelt 2  
  3A Cappellen 0
  Wijgmaal 1  
Wijgmaal 2  
Faymonville 0  
  Wijgmaal 3
    Ieper 1  
Ieper 5
Londerzeel 1  

European Club results

Note that the Belgian team's score is always given first.

  • Anderlecht and Gent started the season in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League, respectively in the champions and non-champions path. Both were eliminated and dropped into the Europa League. Anderlecht suffered a major mental blow after losing out on penalties to Partizan Belgrade, whereas Gent was no match for Dynamo Kyiv. In the Europa League, Gent performed above expectations as they first knocked out Feyenoord and then came close to progress through the group stage, only losing to French league leaders Lille on the final day, earlier defeating Levski Sofia from Bulgaria and Portuguese club Sporting CP at home. After some mediocre results in the group stage, Anderlecht only scraped through on the last day as they beat Hajduk Split and Zenit St. Petersburg also won their match against AEK Athens. In the knockout round, Anderlecht was blown away 0-3 and 0-2 by Ajax, although their victory of the season before had given them high hopes before the match.
  • Cercle Brugge, Genk and Club Brugge started respectively in the second qualifying round, third qualifying round and playoff round of the Europa League. Cercle Brugge beat Finnish team TPS Turku before narrowly losing out to Anorthosis Famagusta of Cyprus. Genk also beat a team from Turku, namely Inter Turku, after losing out to Porto. Club Brugge did reach the group stage by beating Dinamo Minsk, but then scored only three points in six matches after a very disappointing string of results against Villarreal, PAOK and Dinamo Zagreb.
Date Team Competition Round Leg Opponent Location Score
15 July 2010 Cercle Brugge Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 1, Home TPS Turku Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 0-1
22 July 2010 Cercle Brugge Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 2, Away TPS Turku Veritas Stadion, Turku 2-1
27 July 2010 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away The New Saints Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 3-1
27 July 2010 Gent Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away Dynamo Kyiv Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev 0-3
29 July 2010 Cercle Brugge Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Anorthosis Famagusta Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1-0
29 July 2010 Genk Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away Inter Turku Veritas Stadion, Turku 5-1
3 August 2010 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home The New Saints Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 3-0
4 August 2010 Gent Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home Dynamo Kyiv Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 1-3
5 August 2010 Cercle Brugge Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Anorthosis Famagusta Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca 1-3
5 August 2010 Genk Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home Inter Turku Cristal Arena, Genk 3-2
18 August 2010 Anderlecht Champions League Playoff Round Leg 1, Away Partizan Belgrade Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade 2-2
19 August 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Playoff Round Leg 1, Home Dinamo Minsk Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 2-1
19 August 2010 Genk Europa League Playoff Round Leg 1, Home Porto Cristal Arena, Genk 0-3
19 August 2010 Gent Europa League Playoff Round Leg 1, Away Feyenoord Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam 0-1
24 August 2010 Anderlecht Champions League Playoff Round Leg 2, Home Partizan Belgrade Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 2-2 (aet) (2–3 p)
26 August 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Playoff Round Leg 2, Away Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 3-2
26 August 2010 Genk Europa League Playoff Round Leg 2, Away Porto Estádio do Dragão, Porto 2-4
26 August 2010 Gent Europa League Playoff Round Leg 2, Home Feyenoord Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 2-0
16 September 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home Zenit St. Petersburg Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 1-3
16 September 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home PAOK Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1-1
16 September 2010 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Away Levski Sofia Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia 2-3
30 September 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away Hajduk Split Stadion Poljud, Split 0-1
30 September 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away Villarreal Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal 1-2
30 September 2010 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Home Lille Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 1-1
21 October 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Home AEK Athens Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 3-0
21 October 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Away Dinamo Zagreb Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 0-0
21 October 2010 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Away Sporting Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon 1-5
4 November 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Away AEK Athens Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 1-1
4 November 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Home Dinamo Zagreb Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 0-2
4 November 2010 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Home Sporting Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 3-1
1 December 2010 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Home Levski Sofia Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 1-0
2 December 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away Zenit St. Petersburg Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 1-3
2 December 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away PAOK Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki 1-1
15 December 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home Villarreal Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1-2
16 December 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home Hajduk Split Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 2-0
16 December 2010 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Away Lille Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq 0-3
17 February 2011 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Home Ajax Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 0-3
24 February 2011 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Away Ajax Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 0-2

Other honours
Competition Winner
Cup Standard Liège
Supercup Genk
Third division A Eendracht Aalst
Third division B White Star Woluwe
Promotion A Ath
Promotion B Racing Mechelen
Promotion C Patro Maasmechelen
Promotion D Kelmis

European qualification for 2011-12 summary
Competition Qualifiers Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Champions Genk 1st in Jupiler League
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions Standard Liège 2nd in Jupiler League
UEFA Europa League Play-off Round Anderlecht 3rd in Jupiler League
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round Club Brugge 4th in Jupiler League
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Westerlo Cup losing finalist


See also

References
  1. "Geel-Meerhout 'licencié' pour le tour final". sport.be. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. "Bertrix n'a pas demandé la licence pour jouer en D2". lameuse.be. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
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