2006–07 Belgian First Division


The 2006-07 season of the Belgian First Division began on July 28, 2006 and concluded on May 19, 2007. The championship was decided in the penultimate round on May 12, 2007, when Anderlecht moved five points clear of runners-up Genk to retain the title and win their 29th League Championship. At the other end of the table, the struggle to avoid automatic relegation went on until the final round, and it was Lierse who eventually prevailed. Having spent the entire season at the bottom of the standings and only just managed to close an eleven-point gap up to 17th, the Lier side won their last game to climb past Beveren and send the latter down to the Second Division. However, Lierse went on to lose the playoffs and was relegated anyway.

Belgian First Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsAnderlecht
RelegatedLierse
Beveren
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Genk
UEFA CupStandard Liège
Club Brugge
Matches played306
Goals scored853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerFrançois Sterchele
(21 goals)

Clubs

Eighteen teams played in the 2006-07 first division. Twelve teams were from Flanders, four clubs from Wallonia and just two clubs from the Brussels-Capital Region.

New teams

La Louvière had been relegated at the end of the previous season with Mons replacing them as they won the Belgian Second Division. Lierse had managed to win the promotion playoff and thus they remained in the first division.

Overview
Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2006–07
Club Location Current manager Previous managers during Season 2006-2007
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Franky Vercauteren none
Standard Liège Liège Michel Preud'homme Johan Boskamp
Club Brugge Brugge Cedomir Janevski Emilio Ferrera
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Georges Leekens none
K.R.C. Genk Genk Hugo Broos none
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Marc Brys none
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Waregem Francky Dury none
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Slavoljub Muslin Ariël Jacobs
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Herman Helleputte none
F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Albert Cartier none
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Philippe Van de Walle Jacky Mathijssen
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Dirk Geeraerd none
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Ariël Jacobs Gil Vandenbrouck
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Brugge Harm van Veldhoven none
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Sint-Truiden Peter Voets Thomas Caers, Henk Houwaart
K.S.K. Beveren Beveren Edy De Bolle Walter Meeuws
Lierse S.K. Lier Kjetil Rekdal René Trost
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons José Riga none

Manager changes

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) 34 23 8 3 75 30 +45 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Genk 34 22 6 6 71 37 +34 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Standard Liège 34 19 7 8 62 38 +24 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Gent 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Charleroi 34 17 9 8 51 40 +11 60
6 Club Brugge 34 14 9 11 58 40 +18 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7 Germinal Beerschot 34 14 9 11 52 46 +6 51
8 Westerlo 34 12 10 12 41 44 −3 46
9 Mons 34 12 8 14 41 41 0 44
10 Mouscron 34 10 12 12 51 55 −4 42
11 Roeselare 34 10 9 15 50 72 −22 39
12 Cercle Brugge 34 10 8 16 31 36 −5 38
13 Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek 34 8 14 12 39 50 −11 38
14 Zulte Waregem 34 9 10 15 40 54 −14 37
15 Sint-Truiden 34 9 8 17 39 52 −13 35
16 Lokeren 34 5 15 14 32 48 −16 30
17 Lierse (R) 34 6 8 20 33 66 −33 26 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
18 Beveren (R) 34 5 10 19 31 64 −33 25 Relegation to 2007–08 Belgian Second Division
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
 Belgian League 2006-07 Winners 
RSC Anderlecht
29th title

Promotion and relegation playoff
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mechelen (P) 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 Promotion to 2007–08 Belgian First Division
2 Antwerp 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10
3 Lierse (R) 6 3 0 3 10 8 +2 9 Relegation to 2007–08 Belgian Second Division
4 Kortrijk 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away AND STA CLU GNT GNK GBA ZWA LOK WES BRU CHA ROE MOU CER STV BEV LIE MON
Anderlecht 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 8–1 2–0 4–1
Standard Liège 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–0
Club Brugge 2–2 4–4 5–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 5–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–0
Gent 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 4–1
Genk 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–1
Germinal Beerschot 1–3 1–3 4–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 6–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–3 2–1
Zulte-Waregem 0–4 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2
Lokeren 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–2
Westerlo 3–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Brussels 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 6–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0
Charleroi 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–3 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Roeselare 0–5 2–3 3–2 1–3 3–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1
Mouscron 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–2
Cercle Brugge 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–0
Sint-Truiden 2–4 0–3 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–0 1–0
Beveren 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–5 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
Lierse 1–4 1–3 1–2 1–4 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0
Mons 3–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 6–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
PlayerTeamGoals
1 François StercheleGerminal Beerschot21
2 Patrick OgunsotoWesterlo20
Mohammed TchitéAnderlecht20
4 Adnan ĆustovićMouscron18
5 Boško BalabanClub Brugge16
6 Adékambi OlufadéGent15
7 Nicolás FrutosAnderlecht14
Milan JovanovićStandard Liège14
9 Ahmed HassanAnderlecht12
10 Dieter DekelverCercle Brugge (4) and Westerlo (7)11
Mahamadou DissaBeveren11
Goran LjubojevićGenk11
Kevin VandenberghGenk11

See also
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