1976–77 in Belgian football

Football in Belgium

Season	1976–77
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The 1976–77 season was the 74th season of competitive

against Standard Fémina de Liège (0-0 and 7-6 after penalty shootout).

Overview

Belgium was drawn in Group 4 of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification with Iceland, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands. After two wins over Iceland and Northern Ireland, Belgium lost once again to the Netherlands. At the end of the season, the Netherlands were on top of the group with 5 points, ahead of Belgium (4 points), Iceland (2 points) and Northern Ireland (1 point).

At the end of the season, the bottom 2 teams in Division I (

.

National team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[5]	Comp	Belgium scorers
September 5, 1976	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	1-0	WCQ	François Van Der Elst
November 10, 1976	Stade de Sclessin, Liège (H)	Northern Ireland	2-0	WCQ	Roger Van Gool, Raoul Lambert
January 26, 1977	Stadio Olimpico, Rome (A)	Italy	1-2	F	Christian Piot
March 26, 1977	Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H)	Netherlands	0-2	WCQ

Key

• H = Home match
• A = Away match
• N = On neutral ground
• F = Friendly
• WCQ = World Cup qualification
• o.g. = own goal

European competitions

Club Brugge KV beat FC Steaua Bucuresti of Romania in the first round of the 1976–77 European Champion Clubs' Cup (won 2-1 at home, drew 1-1 away).
In the second round, they surprisingly eliminated Real Madrid CF of Spain (drew 0-0 away, won 2-0 at home).
In the quarter-finals, they could not beat Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany and were thus eliminated (drew 2-2 away, lost 0-1 at home).

For the first time, Belgium had 2 clubs in the

being qualified as Belgian Cup finalist (since the Cup winner, RSC Anderlechtois, was already qualified).
In the first round, RSC Anderlechtois beat (won 1-0 at home, lost 0-3 away).
In the second round, Anderlecht overclassed Galatasaray SK of Turkey ( won 5-1 home and away).
In the quarter-finals, they eliminated in the semi-finals (lost 0-1 away, won 2-0 at home) to reach the final for the second consecutive season.
This time, RSC Anderlechtois lost the of West Germany.

R White Daring Molenbeek (3rd-placed in the championship) and KSC Lokeren (4th) qualified for the 1976–77 UEFA Cup.
In the first round, RWDM easily eliminated

(won 3-0 away, 3-1 at home).
In the second round, RWDM beat and were eliminated (lost 0-2 away, won 2-1 at home).
RWDM then eliminated

Feyenoord Rotterdam

of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals (draw 0-0 away, won 2-1 at home) to reach the semifinals of the UEFA Cup.
At this stage, RWD Molenbeek lost on away goals to Athletic Bilbao (drew 1-1 at home, 0-0 away).

Honours

Competition	Winner
Division I	Club Brugge KV
Cup	Club Brugge KV
Women Division I	Standard Fémina de Liège
Division II	K Boom FC
Division III	KSC Eendracht Aalst and KSC Hasselt
Promotion	KRC Harelbeke, K Wuustwezel FC, KFC Herentals and RA Marchiennoise des Sports

Final league tables

Division I

• 1976-77
  François Van Der Elst (RSC Anderlechtois) with 21 goals^[6]
• 1976 Golden Shoe: Dutchman Rob Rensenbrink (RSC Anderlechtois)^[7]

References