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 17 August 2020
Name Nat. Date of birth Club Division Appointed Time as manager Source
Francky Dury 11 October 1957 Zulte Waregem Belgian First Division A 30 December 2011 8 years, 231 days [1]
Bob Peeters 10 January 1974 Westerlo Belgian First Division B 5 December 2017 2 years, 256 days [2]
Rik De Mil 15 September 1981 Club Brugge NXT Belgian First Division B 8 January 2018 2 years, 222 days [3]
Wouter Vrancken 3 February 1979 KV Mechelen Belgian First Division A 21 August 2018 1 year, 362 days [4]
Jess Thorup 21 February 1970 Gent Belgian First Division A 10 October 2018 1 year, 312 days [5]
Yves Vanderhaeghe 30 January 1970 Kortrijk Belgian First Division A 15 November 2018 1 year, 276 days [6]
Vincent Kompany[n 1] 10 April 1986 Anderlecht Belgian First Division A 20 May 2019[n 2] 1 year, 89 days [7]
Philippe Clement 22 March 1974 Club Brugge Belgian First Division A 21 May 2019 1 year, 88 days [8]
Karim Belhocine 2 April 1978 Charleroi Belgian First Division A 21 June 2019 1 year, 57 days [9]
Beñat San José 24 September 1979 Eupen Belgian First Division A 24 June 2019 1 year, 54 days [10]
David Gevaert[n 3] 15 April 1969 Deinze Belgian First Division B 1 July 2019 1 year, 47 days [11]
Hernán Losada 9 May 1982 Beerschot Belgian First Division A 9 October 2019 313 days [12]
Dirk Gyselinckx 8 August 1961 Lierse Kempenzonen Belgian First Division B 16 October 2019 306 days [13]
Hannes Wolf 15 April 1981 Genk Belgian First Division A 18 November 2019 273 days [14]
Emilio Ferrera 19 June 1967 Seraing Belgian First Division B 9 January 2020 221 days [15]
Ivan Leko 7 February 1978 Antwerp Belgian First Division A 20 May 2020 89 days [16]
Felice Mazzù 22 March 1966 Union SG Belgian First Division B 24 May 2020 85 days [17]
Kevin Muscat 7 August 1973 Sint-Truiden Belgian First Division A 2 June 2020 76 days [18]
Nicky Hayen 16 August 1980 Waasland-Beveren Belgian First Division A 4 June 2020 74 days [19]
Alexander Blessin 28 May 1973 Oostende Belgian First Division A 7 June 2020 71 days [20]
Philippe Montanier 15 November 1964 Standard Liège Belgian First Division A 10 June 2020 68 days [21]
Laurent Demol 23 October 1971 RWDM47 Belgian First Division B 11 June 2020 67 days [22]
Marc Brys 10 May 1962 OH Leuven Belgian First Division A 16 June 2020 62 days [23]
Paul Clement 8 January 1972 Cercle Brugge Belgian First Division A 3 July 2020 45 days [24]
Liam Manning 20 August 1985 Lommel Belgian First Division B 10 July 2020 38 days [25]
Fernando Da Cruz 25 March 1973 Excel Mouscron Belgian First Division A 18 July 2020 30 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 several other manager 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.

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. "Jess Thorup nieuwe coach KAA Gent" (in Dutch). kaagent.be. 2018-10-10.
  6. "Vanderhaeghe begint aan 2e ambtstermijn bij Kortrijk: "Welcome home"" [Vanderhaeghe starts 2nd term at Kortrijk: "Welcome home"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2018-11-15.
  7. "Kompany keert als speler-trainer terug naar Anderlecht" [Kompany returns as player-manager to Anderlecht] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-05-19.
  8. "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.
  9. "Belhocine verlaat Anderlecht en wordt coach van Charleroi" [Belhocine leaves Anderlecht and becomes Charleroi manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-06-21.
  10. "Jonge Spaanse coach volgt Makelélé op bij Eupen" [Young Spanish coach succeeds Makelélé at Eupen] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-06-24.
  11. "David Gevaert nieuwe trainer van SK Deinze" [David Gevaert new manager of SK Deinze] (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2019-06-18.
  12. "Beerschot neemt afscheid van trainer Vreven en stelt Losada aan" [Beerschot says goodbye to coach Vreven and appoints Losada] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-10-09.
  13. "Dirk Gyselinckx wil na jeugd ook eerste elftal op rails krijgen: "Wil de zon terug laten schijnen op het Lisp"" [After youth squad Dirk Gyselinckx also wants to put first team on the rails: “Want to make the sun shine again at the Lisp”] (in Dutch). gva.be. 2019-10-16.
  14. "Genk gaat voor Hannes Wolf, Wijnants: "Genk worstelt met identiteit"" [Genk chooses Hannes Wolf, Wijnants: "Genk struggling with identity"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2019-11-18.
  15. "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.
  16. "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.
  17. "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.
  18. "Muscat is nieuwe STVV-coach, Kostic hield enkel stoel warm: "Plan van Japanners"" [Muscat new STVV-manager, Kostic was only keeping his seat warm: "Japanese Plan"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-02.
  19. "Waasland-Beveren presenteert Nicky Hayen als nieuwe trainer" [Waasland-Beveren presents Nicky Hayen as nieuwe manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-04.
  20. "Duitser Blessin wordt de nieuwe coach van KV Oostende" [German Blessin becomes new manager of KV Oostende] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-07.
  21. "Standard tovert Philippe Montanier uit zijn hoed als nieuwe trainer" [Standard comes up with Philippe Montanier as new manager by surprise] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-10.
  22. "RWDM vat avontuur in 1B aan met trainer Laurent Demol" [RWDM commences adventures in 1B with coach Laurent Demol] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-11.
  23. "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.
  24. "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.
  25. "Lommel SK benoemt Liam Manning tot nieuwe hoofdcoach" [Lommel SK appoints Liam Manning to new head manager] (in Dutch). lommelsk.be. 2020-07-10.
  26. "Gérard Lopez: "Ik neem Moeskroen over, niet Rijsel"" [Gérard Lopez: "I'm the one taking over Mouscron, not Lille"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-07-18.
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