2007–08 in Belgian football

The 2007–08 football season in Belgium, which is the 105th season of competitive football in the country.

Honours
Competition Winner
First division Standard Liège
Second division Kortrijk
Third division A Ronse
Third division B RFC Liège
Promotion A Wielsbeke
Promotion B Gent-Zeehaven
Promotion C Hoogstraten
Promotion D URS Centre
Cup Anderlecht
Supercup Standard Liège

League competitions

Belgian First Division
Main article: 2007–08 Belgian First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Standard Liège (C) 34 22 11 1 61 19 +42 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Anderlecht 34 21 7 6 59 31 +28 70 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Club Brugge 34 20 7 7 45 30 +15 67 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Cercle Brugge 34 17 9 8 62 33 +29 60
5 Germinal Beerschot 34 16 7 11 46 34 +12 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round[1]
6 Gent 34 14 10 10 57 46 +11 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
7 Zulte Waregem 34 13 8 13 47 54 −7 47
8 Charleroi 34 13 7 14 41 45 −4 46
9 Westerlo 34 12 9 13 43 37 +6 45
10 Genk 34 12 9 13 54 55 −1 45
11 Mouscron 34 12 6 16 38 43 −5 42
12 Lokeren 34 9 15 10 32 33 −1 42
13 Mechelen 34 10 10 14 45 52 −7 40
14 Roeselare 34 9 11 14 36 55 −19 38
15 Dender 34 9 6 19 33 59 −26 33
16 Mons 34 7 12 15 37 45 −8 33
17 Sint-Truiden (R) 34 6 9 19 32 58 −26 27 Relegation to 2008–09 Belgian Second Division
18 Brussels (R) 34 4 7 23 27 66 −39 19
Source: Jupiler League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Belgian Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kortrijk (C, P) 36 23 7 6 73 35 +38 76 Belgian First Division
2 Tubize (P) 36 19 9 8 49 29 +20 66 Belgian Second Division Final Round
3 OH Leuven 36 18 7 11 61 42 +19 61
4 KVSK United 36 16 12 8 51 36 +15 60
5 Antwerp 36 16 11 9 64 38 +26 59
6 Virton 36 15 11 10 56 44 +12 56
7 Lierse 36 15 8 13 47 36 +11 53
8 Hamme 36 14 7 15 54 45 +9 49
9 Beveren 36 14 6 16 48 56 −8 48
10 Tienen 36 13 9 14 49 51 −2 48
11 Olympic Charleroi 36 13 7 16 40 53 −13 46
12 Tournai 36 12 10 14 34 37 −3 46
13 Eupen 36 11 12 13 45 49 −4 45
14 Waasland 36 10 13 13 46 47 −1 43
15 Deinze 36 10 13 13 44 58 −14 43
16 Oostende 36 11 9 16 44 59 −15 42
17 UR Namur 36 10 12 14 51 63 −12 42 Relegation to Belgian Third Division Final Round
18 Union Saint-Gilloise (R) 36 11 7 18 48 61 −13 40 Relegation to Belgian Third Division
19 Geel (R) 36 4 4 28 33 98 −65 16
Source: Belgian Second Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

European Club Results

Note that the Belgian team's score is given first

This season, Gent played in the Intertoto Cup and got eliminated in the final round. Likewise Genk got beaten in the second qualifying round of the Champions League, while Anderlecht got knocked out of that same tournament in the third qualifying round which allowed them to take part in the UEFA Cup together with Standard Liège and Club Brugge. In the UEFA Cup, Anderlecht managed to get the furthest, namely into the last 16.

Date Team Competition Round Leg Opponent Location Score
July 7 Gent Intertoto Cup Round 2 Leg 1, Home Cliftonville Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 2-0
July 14 Gent Intertoto Cup Round 2 Leg 2, Away Cliftonville Windsor Park, Belfast 4-0
July 21 Gent Intertoto Cup Round 3 Leg 1, Home Aalborg Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 1-1
July 29 Gent Intertoto Cup Round 3 Leg 2, Away Aalborg Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 1-2
July 31 Genk Champions League Qual. Round 2 Leg 1, Home Sarajevo Cristal Arena, Genk 1-2[2]
August 8 Genk Champions League Qual. Round 2 Leg 2, Away Sarajevo Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo 1-0[3]
August 15 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul 0-1[4]
August 16 Standard Liège UEFA Cup Qual. Round 2 Leg 1, Away Käerjeng Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg 3-0[5]
August 29 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home Fenerbahçe Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 0-2[6]
August 30 Standard Liège UEFA Cup Qual. Round 2 Leg 2, Home Käerjeng Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1-0[7]
September 20 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 1, Home Rapid Wien Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1-1[8]
September 20 Club Brugge UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 1, Away Brann Brann Stadion, Bergen 1-0[9]
September 20 Standard Liège UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 1, Away Zenit St. Petersburg Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 0-3[10]
October 4 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 2, Away Rapid Wien Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna 1-0[11]
October 4 Club Brugge UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 2, Home Brann Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1-2[12]
October 4 Standard Liège UEFA Cup Round 1 Leg 2, Home Zenit St. Petersburg Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1-1[13]
October 25 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Group Stage Match 1, Home Hapoel Tel Aviv Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2-0[14]
November 8 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Group Stage Match 2, Away Aalborg Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg 1-1[15]
December 6 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Group Stage Match 3, Home Tottenham Hotspur Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1-1[16]
December 19 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Group Stage Match 4, Away Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe 1-2[17]
February 13 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Round of 32 Leg 1, Home Bordeaux Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2-1[18]
February 21 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Round of 32 Leg 2, Away Bordeaux Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 1-1[19]
March 6 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Round of 16 Leg 1, Home Bayern Munich Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 0-5[20]
March 12 Anderlecht UEFA Cup Round of 16 Leg 2, Away Bayern Munich Allianz Arena, Munich 2-1[21]

European qualification for 2008-09 summary
Competition Qualifiers Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round Standard Liège 1st in Jupiler League
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round Anderlecht 2nd in Jupiler League
UEFA Cup First Round Club Brugge 3rd in Jupiler League
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round Gent Losing Cup finalist
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round Germinal Beerschot Highest Jupiler League finishers (5th) to have entered and not qualified for any other European competition. Cercle Brugge (4th) did not want to participate.


Deaths
  • Constant Vanden Stock, 93, honorary president, former president and player of Anderlecht died by natural causes on April 19, 2008.[22] He also managed the Belgian national team for ten years, is the father of current Anderlecht president Roger Vanden Stock and has the Anderlecht stadium named after him.
  • François Sterchele, 26, the forward of Club Brugge died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008.[23]
  • Victor Wégria, 71, former player and trainer of RFC Liège is one of the best players in the history of the club. He was four times top scorer in the Belgian top division (in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and was capped five times by the Belgium national football team. He died by natural causes on June 6, 2008[24]
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See also

References
  1. "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  2. "It will not be easy, but it's still possible" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-07-31. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. "This elimination means standing still" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-08. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  4. "Anderlecht returns with doubtful result" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-15. Archived from the original on 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  5. "Standard managed to score three times" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-16. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  6. "Anderlecht can forget about CL-money" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-29. Archived from the original on 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  7. "Standard at the pace of the opponent" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-08-30. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  8. "We just can't seem to hold the zero" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-09-20. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  9. "Club Brugge already almost sure of group phase" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-09-20. Archived from the original on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  10. "Saint-Petersburg was more calm at the goal" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-09-20. Archived from the original on 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
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  12. "Club Brugge squanders good starting position" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-04. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  13. "Courageous Standard cannot produce a stunt" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-04. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  14. "Frutos gives Anderlecht the victory" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-10-25.
  15. "Anderlecht allows Aalborg to draw level" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-11-08.
  16. "Anderlecht does not quite improve the situation" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-12-06.
  17. "Anderlecht still in Europe after newyear" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2007-12-19.
  18. "Mpenza ultimately manages the victory" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  19. "Anderlecht has to get ready for Bayern" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-02-21. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  20. "Anderlecht goes down in UEFA-Cup" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-03-06. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  21. "Anderlecht saves the honour" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-03-12. Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  22. "Constant Vanden Stock has died". Sporza. 2008-04-19.
  23. "François Sterchele (26) killed in car accident". Sporza. 2008-05-08. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
  24. "Four times topscorer Wégria has passed away" (in Dutch). Sporza. 2008-06-06. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
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