List of current Belgian Football League managers

There are 26 association football teams in the top two tiers of Belgian football, all of whom have a manager, although the terms head coach and trainer are more commonly used for the position. The Belgian First Division A and Belgian First Division B are the only fully professional football leagues in Belgium. The First Division A consists of 18 clubs at the top of the Belgian football league system, while 8 clubs play in the second tier.

Some of these managers were appointed as caretaker managers prior to being given a permanent position; if so their caretaker appointment date is denoted in italics. Some managers listed have had more than one spell in charge at their current club, however their time as manager is counted only from the date of their last appointment.

Managers
As of 19 January 2021
Name Nat. Date of birth Club Division Appointed Time as manager Source
Francky Dury  Belgium 11 October 1957 Zulte Waregem Belgian First Division A 30 December 2011 9 years, 35 days [1]
Bob Peeters  Belgium 10 January 1974 Westerlo Belgian First Division B 5 December 2017 3 years, 60 days [2]
Rik De Mil  Belgium 15 September 1981 Club NXT Belgian First Division B 8 January 2018 3 years, 26 days [3]
Wouter Vrancken  Belgium 3 February 1979 KV Mechelen Belgian First Division A 21 August 2018 2 years, 166 days [4]
Yves Vanderhaeghe  Belgium 30 January 1970 Kortrijk Belgian First Division A 15 November 2018 2 years, 80 days [5]
Vincent Kompany[n 1]  Belgium 10 April 1986 Anderlecht Belgian First Division A 20 May 2019[n 2] 1 year, 259 days [6]
Philippe Clement  Belgium 22 March 1974 Club Brugge Belgian First Division A 21 May 2019 1 year, 258 days [7]
Karim Belhocine  France 2 April 1978 Charleroi Belgian First Division A 21 June 2019 1 year, 227 days [8]
Beñat San José  Spain 24 September 1979 Eupen Belgian First Division A 24 June 2019 1 year, 224 days [9]
David Gevaert[n 3]  Belgium 15 April 1969 Deinze Belgian First Division B 1 July 2019 1 year, 217 days [10]
Emilio Ferrera  Belgium 19 June 1967 Seraing Belgian First Division B 9 January 2020 1 year, 25 days [11]
Tom Van Imschoot  Belgium 4 September 1981 Lierse Kempenzonen Belgian First Division B 28 March 2020 312 days [12]
Felice Mazzù  Belgium 22 March 1966 Union SG Belgian First Division B 24 May 2020 255 days [13]
Nicky Hayen  Belgium 16 August 1980 Waasland-Beveren Belgian First Division A 4 June 2020 244 days [14]
Alexander Blessin  Germany 28 May 1973 Oostende Belgian First Division A 7 June 2020 241 days [15]
Marc Brys  Belgium 10 May 1962 OH Leuven Belgian First Division A 16 June 2020 232 days [16]
Paul Clement  England 8 January 1972 Cercle Brugge Belgian First Division A 3 July 2020 215 days [17]
Liam Manning  England 20 August 1985 Lommel Belgian First Division B 10 July 2020 208 days [18]
Jorge Simão  Portugal 12 August 1976 Excel Mouscron Belgian First Division A 20 October 2020 106 days [19]
John van den Brom  Netherlands 4 October 1966 Genk Belgian First Division A 8 November 2020[n 4] 87 days [20]
Hein Vanhaezebrouck  Belgium 16 February 1964 Gent Belgian First Division A 4 December 2020 61 days [21]
Vincent Euvrard  Belgium 12 March 1982 RWDM47 Belgian First Division B 7 December 2020 58 days [22]
Peter Maes  Belgium 1 June 1964 Sint-Truiden Belgian First Division A 7 December 2020 58 days [23]
Mbaye Leye  Senegal 1 December 1982 Standard Liège Belgian First Division A 30 December 2020 35 days [24]
Franky Vercauteren  Belgium 28 October 1956 Antwerp Belgian First Division A 4 January 2021 30 days [25]
Will Still  Belgium 14 October 1992 Beerschot Belgian First Division A 19 January 2021 15 days [26]

Notes
  1. Acting as player-manager, originally joint manager together with Simon Davies, then together with Franky Vercauteren, then as sole manager from 17 August 2020.
  2. Kompany was announced as manager on 19 May 2019 but only replaced caretaker Karim Belhocine after the final match of the season. Kompany was joint-manager with multiple other managers and only took up the position as sole manager from 17 August 2020.
  3. Gevaert was announced as new manager on 18 June 2019, but officially only took over from Regi Van Acker on 1 July 2019.
  4. While van den Brom was announced on 6 November 2020, caretaker Domenico Olivieri was still leading the group during the match of 7 November 2020 against Sint-Truiden, with van den Brom only officially taking charge from 8 November 2020.

References
  1. "Zulte Waregem brings back Francky Dury" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-12-30.
  2. "Bob Peeters keert na een jaar weer terug naar Westerlo" [Bob Peeters returns to Westerlo after one year] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-10-06.
  3. "Club Brugge vindt oplossing voor beloften in eigen huis na vertrek van Sven Vermant" [Club Brugge finds solution for youth squad from within following departure of Sven Vermant] (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2018-01-08.
  4. "Vrancken: "Mijn rugzak zit vol genoeg om deze mooie stap te zetten"" [Vrancken: "Backpack filled with enough experience to take this nice opportunity"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-08-21.
  5. "Vanderhaeghe begint aan 2e ambtstermijn bij Kortrijk: "Welcome home"" [Vanderhaeghe starts 2nd term at Kortrijk: "Welcome home"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-11-15.
  6. "Kompany keert als speler-trainer terug naar Anderlecht" [Kompany returns as player-manager to Anderlecht] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-05-19.
  7. "Club haalt bezem door technische staf: Leko en al zijn assistenten vertrekken" [Club changes technical staff entirely: Leko and all his assistants depart] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-05-21.
  8. "Belhocine verlaat Anderlecht en wordt coach van Charleroi" [Belhocine leaves Anderlecht and becomes Charleroi manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-06-21.
  9. "Jonge Spaanse coach volgt Makelélé op bij Eupen" [Young Spanish coach succeeds Makelélé at Eupen] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-06-24.
  10. "David Gevaert nieuwe trainer van SK Deinze" [David Gevaert new manager of SK Deinze] (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2019-06-18.
  11. "Emilio Ferrera wordt de nieuwe trainer van amateurclub RFC Seraing" [Emilio Ferrera appointed manager of amateur club RFC Seraing] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-01-09.
  12. "TOM VAN IMSCHOOT IS DE NIEUWE TRAINER VAN LIERSE K" [TOM VAN IMSCHOOT NEW MANAGER OF LIERSE K] (in Dutch). lierse.com. 2020-03-28.
  13. "Ivan Leko volgt Laszlo Bölöni op als coach van Antwerp" [Ivan Leko succeeds Laszlo Bölöni as Antwerp manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-05-20.
  14. "Waasland-Beveren presenteert Nicky Hayen als nieuwe trainer" [Waasland-Beveren presents Nicky Hayen as nieuwe manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-04.
  15. "Duitser Blessin wordt de nieuwe coach van KV Oostende" [German Blessin becomes new manager of KV Oostende] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-07.
  16. "OH Leuven legt zijn lot in handen van Marc Brys" [OH Leuven places fate in hands of Marc Brys] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-16.
  17. "Voormalige rechterhand van Carlo Ancelotti wordt nieuwe coach van Cercle" [Carlo Ancelotti's former right-hand man becomes Cercle's new manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-07-03.
  18. "Lommel SK benoemt Liam Manning tot nieuwe hoofdcoach" [Lommel SK appoints Liam Manning to new head manager] (in Dutch). lommelsk.be. 2020-07-10.
  19. "Moeskroen haalt zijn nieuwe coach in Portugal: Jorge Simao" [Mouscron finds new manager in Portugal: Jorge Simao] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-10-20.
  20. "OFFICIEEL: John van den Brom is de nieuwe trainer van Racing Genk" [OFFICIAL: John van den Brom new manager of Racing Genk] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-11-06.
  21. "AA Gent legt zijn lot opnieuw in handen van Hein Vanhaezebrouck" [AA Gent places its fate in hands of Hein Vanhaezebrouck again] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-04.
  22. "Vincent Euvrard neemt roer bij 1B-club RWDM over" [Vincent Euvrard takes over control at 1B-club RWDM] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-07.
  23. "Peter Maes wordt de nieuwe coach van STVV" [Peter Maes becomes the new STVV manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-07.
  24. "Standard geeft ex-assistent Mbaye Leye nu toch een kans als hoofdcoach" [Standard gives former assistant manager Mbaye Leye a chance as head coach] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-30.
  25. "OFFICIEEL: Frank Vercauteren is de nieuwe coach van Antwerp" [OFFICIAL: Frank Vercauteren new manager of Antwerp] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-30.
  26. "Assistent Will Still volgt Losada op als hoofdcoach van Beerschot" [Assistant Will Still succeeds Losada as head coach at Beerschot] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2021-01-19.
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