2006–07 Belgian First Division
| Season | 2006–07 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Anderlecht |
| Relegated | Lierse Beveren |
| Champions League | Anderlecht Genk |
| UEFA Cup | Standard Liège Club Brugge |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 853 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | François Sterchele (21 goals) |
← 2005–06 → | |
The 2006–07 season of the
playoffs
and was relegated anyway.
Clubs
Eighteen teams played in the 2006-07 first division. Twelve teams were from
Brussels-Capital Region
.
New teams
promotion playoff
and thus they remained in the first division.
Overview
Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2006–07
Manager changes
- August 30 - Standard Liège fires Johan Boskamp.
- August 30 - Michel Preud'homme quits his job as technical director to take up the job of manager with Standard Liège.
- October 29 - Lokeren fires Ariël Jacobs.
- November 7 - Sint Truidenas he feels the players don't respect him anymore after a series of bad results.
- November 13 - René Trost agrees with the management of Lierse to split up and each go their own way. At that time Lierse is in last position, with two points out of 12 matches.
- November 22 - Sint Truiden, Henk Houwaartis the new manager.
- November 26 - Lokeren announces that Slavoljub Muslin will sign a contract as the new manager within the next few days.
- January 28 - After losing 0-1 at home to Cedomir Janevski, is appointed as the new manager.
- February 1 - At R.E. Mouscron, Gil Vandenbrouck resigns after disappointing results and is given another job at the club. Ariël Jacobs is the new coach.
- March 19 - K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, but will then quit his job. No new trainer is announced to replace him.
- March 25 - Walter Meeuws is fired at K.S.K. Beveren, assistant-coach Edy De Bolle becomes caretaker until the end of the season.
- March 26 - Next season, K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. Cercle Brugge are looking for a new coach.
- April 3 - Sint-Truiden fires Henk Houwaart. Assistant-trainer Peter Voetstakes over.
- April 15 - At KVSK United.
- April 20 - Ariël Jacobs, head coach at Mouscron, is named by many sources to become the new assistant coach of Franky Vercauteren at Anderlecht next season. Glen De Boeck, his assistant coach at that time, is applying for a job at Cercle Brugge. Franky Van der Elst is doing the same thing and a decision concerning the new coaching team of Cercle Brugge for the new season is said to be announced soon.
- April 23 - Glen De Boeck will be the head coach of Cercle Brugge during the upcoming season.
- April 26 - Cedomir Janevskiis offered a position as his assistant but is still considering the offer.
- April 28 - As both Philippe Van de Walleis the caretaker for the four remaining matches of the season.
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 |
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 |
Results
Top scorers
| Player | Team | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
François Sterchele | Germinal Beerschot |
21 |
| 2 |  |
Patrick Ogunsoto | Westerlo | 20 |
 |
Mohammed Tchité |
Anderlecht | 20 | |
| 4 |  |
Adnan Ćustović |
Mouscron | 18 |
| 5 |  |
Boško Balaban | Club Brugge |
16 |
| 6 |  |
Adékambi Olufadé | Gent | 15 |
| 7 |  |
Nicolás Frutos | Anderlecht | 14 |
 |
Milan Jovanović | Standard Liège | 14 | |
| 9 |  |
Ahmed Hassan | Anderlecht | 12 |
| 10 | |
Dieter Dekelver | Cercle Brugge (4) and Westerlo (7) | 11 |
 |
Mahamadou Dissa | Beveren | 11 | |
|
Goran Ljubojević | Genk | 11 | |
|
Kevin Vandenbergh | Genk | 11 | |