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2008–09 Belgian First Division

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16 Aug 2008 – 24 May 2009

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Belgium

2008–09 Belgian First Division

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2007–08 Belgian First Division

The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009. Standard Liège were the defending champions.

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On 19 April 2009, Mons were relegated after Dender beat Roeselare 3–1 and made it mathematically impossible for Mons to climb into 16th position or higher. Tubize were relegated on 3 May 2009 after a 1–1 draw at home to Anderlecht.

The 2008–09 champions were decided in a playoff because Standard and Anderlecht finished the regular season equal on points and number of wins. Standard won the playoff by 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained the title.

Participating teams

The league consisted of 18 teams, the best 16 teams from last season and two promoted teams from the Second Division.

The number of participants was reduced to 16 teams the season after, hence relegation was increased from two to three or four teams.

Team changes from the previous season

Sint-Truidense and Brussels were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the previous season after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Second Division champions Kortrijk and promotion playoff winners Tubize.

Final table

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
POThe championship was decided in a playoff (see below).
1Genk qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the Belgian Cup 2008–09.
(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.

Championship playoff

Since Anderlecht and Standard were tied on both points and wins, a two-legged playoff was played in order to determine the league champions. Standard won the playoff 2–1 on aggregate and were crowned champions.

Positions by matchday

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

  • Matchday 1: Mechelen vs. Club Brugge (played between 4th and 5th matchday)
  • Matchday 2: Club Brugge vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 8th and 9th matchday)
  • Matchday 13: Kortrijk vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 16th and 17th matchday)
  • Matchday 19: Gent vs. Anderlecht (played between 22nd and 23rd matchday)
  • Source: soccerassociation.com

    Results

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

    Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Dieumerci Mbokani for Standard Liège against Dender (16 August 2008)
  • Widest winning margin: 6: Anderlecht 7–1 Mechelen (25 October 2008) and Tubize 0–6 Zulte Waregem (21 February 2009)
  • Most goals in a match: 8: Anderlecht 7–1 Mechelen (25 October 2008)
  • Hat-tricks scored:
  • Idir Ouali for Mouscron against Gent (13 September 2008)
  • Nicolás Frutos for Anderlecht against Mechelen (25 October 2008)
  • Habib Habibou for Charleroi against Tubize (22 November 2008)
  • Jérémy Perbet for Tubize against Kortrijk (29 November 2008)
  • Adnan Ćustović for Mouscron against Club Brugge (20 December 2008)
  • Chris Makiese for Zulte Waregem against Kortrijk (18 April 2009)
  • Cards

  • First yellow card: Jimmy Hempte for Kortrijk against Roeselare (16 August 2008)
  • First red card: Karim Belhocine for Kortrijk against Roeselare (16 August 2008)
  • Goalscorers

    Sources: soccerway.com, sport.be (Dutch)

    17 goals (1 player)
  • Alfonso Ruiz (Westerlo)
  • 16 goals (2 players)
  • Tom De Sutter (Cercle Brugge (7) and Anderlecht (9))
  • Dieumerci Mbokani (Standard Liège)
  • 15 goals (1 player)
  • Joseph Akpala (Club Brugge)
  • 14 goals (3 players)
  • Adnan Ćustović (Mouscron (10) and Gent (4))
  • Ouwo Moussa Maazou (Lokeren)
  • Wesley Sonck (Club Brugge)
  • 13 goals (2 players)
  • Mbaye Leye (Zulte Waregem (9) and Gent (4))
  • Jérémy Perbet (Tubize)
  • 12 goals (5 players)
  • Mbark Boussoufa (Anderlecht)
  • Oleg Iachtchouk (Cercle Brugge)
  • Milan Jovanović (Standard Liège)
  • Bryan Ruiz (Gent)
  • Björn Vleminckx (Mechelen)
  • 11 goals (2 players)
  • Elimane Coulibaly (Kortrijk)
  • David Destorme (Dender)
  • 10 goals (1 player)
  • Giuseppe Rossini (Mechelen)
  • 9 goals (4 players)
  • Mohamed Dahmane (Mons (7) and Club Brugge (2))
  • Habib Habibou (Charleroi)
  • Adékambi Olufadé (Gent)
  • Kevin Roelandts (Zulte Waregem)
  • 8 goals (8 players)
  • Igor de Camargo (Standard Liège)
  • Guillaume Gillet (Anderlecht)
  • Faris Haroun (Germinal Beerschot)
  • Mustapha Jarju (Mons)
  • Ivan Leko (Club Brugge (4) and Germinal Beerschot (4))
  • Zlatan Ljubijankić (Gent)
  • Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht)
  • Axel Witsel (Standard Liège)
  • 7 goals (7 players)
  • João Carlos (Genk)
  • Stijn De Smet (Cercle Brugge)
  • Sven Kums (Kortrijk)
  • Chris Makiese (Charleroi (1) and Zulte Waregem (6))
  • Miloš Marić (Gent)
  • Ernest Nfor (Gent (1) and Zulte Waregem (6))
  • Norman Sylla (Dender)
  • 6 goals (9 players)
  • Grégory Dufer (Tubize)
  • Nicolás Frutos (Anderlecht)
  • Omer Golan (Lokeren)
  • Sherjill MacDonald (Roeselare)
  • Sanharib Malki (Germinal Beerschot)
  • Thomas Matton (Zulte Waregem)
  • Idir Ouali (Mouscron)
  • Tim Smolders (Charleroi (4) and Gent (2))
  • Kevin Vandenbergh (Germinal Beerschot)
  • Own goals (17 players, 18 goals)
  • Antolín Alcaraz (Club Brugge, scored for Charleroi)
  • Yohan Brouckaert (Tubize, scored for Westerlo)
  • Frank Defays (Charleroi, scored for Tubize)
  • Jonas De Roeck (Gent, scored for Westerlo)
  • Karel D'Haene (Zulte Waregem, scored for Westerlo)
  • Chemcedine El Araichi (Mouscron, scored for Tubize)
  • Janne Hietanen (Roeselare, scored for Kortrijk)
  • Bojan Jorgacević (Gent, scored for Mechelen)
  • Damien Miceli (Charleroi, scored for Cercle Brugge)
  • Tomislav Mikulić (Standard Liège, scored for Mechelen)
  • Grégoire Neels (Tubize, scored for Westerlo)
  • Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liège, scored for Dender)
  • Rocky Peeters (Germinal Beerschot, scored for Charleroi and Zulte Waregem)
  • Anthony Portier (Cercle Brugge, scored for Charleroi)
  • Jérémy Taravel (Zulte Waregem, scored for Germinal Beerschot)
  • Kenny Van Hoevelen (Mechelen, scored for Mouscron)
  • Stef Wils (Westerlo, scored for Dender)
  • References

    2008–09 Belgian First Division Wikipedia