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Season | 2018–19 |
---|---|
Dates | 27 July 2018 – 19 May 2019 |
Champions | Genk |
Relegated | Lokeren |
Champions League | Genk Club Brugge |
Europa League | Standard Liège Royal Antwerp Gent |
Top goalscorer | Hamdi Harbaoui (25 goals) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 12 May 2019. |
The 2018–19 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 116th season of top-tier football in Belgium.
Matricule | Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Anderlecht | Anderlecht | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium | 21,500 |
1 | Antwerp | Antwerp | Bosuilstadion | 12,975 |
12 | Cercle Brugge | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,042 |
22 | Charleroi | Charleroi | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | 14,000 |
3 | Club Brugge | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,042 |
4276 | Eupen | Eupen | Kehrweg Stadion | 8,363 |
322 | Genk | Genk | Luminus Arena | 24,956 |
7 | Gent | Ghent | Ghelamco Arena | 20,000 |
19 | Kortrijk | Kortrijk | Guldensporen Stadion | 9,399 |
282 | Lokeren | Lokeren | Daknamstadion | 12,000 |
216 | Excel Mouscron | Mouscron | Stade Le Canonnier | 10,571 |
31 | Oostende | Ostend | Versluys Arena | 8,432 |
373 | Sint-Truiden | Sint-Truiden | Stayen | 14,600 |
16 | Standard Liège | Liège | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | 30,023 |
4068 | Waasland-Beveren | Beveren | Freethiel Stadion | 8,190 |
5381 | Zulte Waregem | Waregem | Regenboogstadion | 12,500 |
Club | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsors |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anderlecht | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | BNP Paribas Fortis |
Antwerp | ![]() | ![]() | Jako | Heylen Vastgoed |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() | ![]() | Erima | ADMB |
Charleroi | ![]() | ![]() | Kappa | Proximus |
Club Brugge | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | Daikin |
Eupen | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Aspire Academy |
Excel Mouscron | ![]() | ![]() | Erima | Star Casino |
Genk | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Beobank |
Gent | ![]() | ![]() | Craft | vdk bank |
Kortrijk | ![]() | ![]() | Jako | AGO Jobs & HR |
Lokeren | ![]() | ![]() | Beltona | QTeam |
Oostende | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | Willems Veranda's |
Sint-Truiden | ![]() | ![]() | Olympic | Golden Palace |
Standard Liège | ![]() | ![]() | New Balance | BASE |
Waasland-Beveren | ![]() | ![]() | Kappa | Circus.be |
Zulte-Waregem | ![]() | ![]() | Patrick | Willy Naessens Group |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sint-Truiden | ![]() | Replaced | End of 2017–18 season [n 1] | Pre-season | ![]() | 21 May 2018 [1] |
Oostende | ![]() | End of 2017–18 season | ![]() | 25 April 2018 [n 2] [2] | ||
Cercle Brugge | ![]() | Mutual consent | End of 2017–18 season | ![]() | 6 June 2018 [3] | |
Standard Liège | ![]() | Resigned | End of 2017–18 season | ![]() | 23 May 2018 [4] | |
Waasland-Beveren | ![]() | Caretaker replaced | End of 2017–18 season | ![]() | 8 June 2018 [5] | |
Excel Mouscron | ![]() | Sacked | 30 August 2018 [6] | 16th | ![]() | 2 September 2018 [7] |
Gent | ![]() | 8 October 2018 [8] | 7th | ![]() | 10 October 2018 [9] | |
Lokeren | ![]() | 27 October 2018 [10] | 15th | ![]() | 27 October 2018 [10] | |
Lokeren | ![]() | Caretaker replaced | 2 November 2018 [11] [n 3] | 16th | ![]() | 2 November 2018 [11] |
Waasland-Beveren | ![]() | Sacked | 11 November 2018 [12] | 14th | ![]() | 17 November 2018 [13] |
Kortrijk | ![]() | 15 November 2018 [14] | 12th | ![]() | 15 November 2018 [15] | |
Anderlecht | ![]() | 16 December 2018 [16] | 4th | ![]() | 16 December 2018 [16] | |
Anderlecht | ![]() | Caretaker replaced | 6 January 2019 [17] | 5th | ![]() | 6 January 2019 [17] |
Lokeren | ![]() | Sacked | 20 January 2019 [18] | 16th | ![]() | 20 January 2019 [18] |
Oostende | ![]() | Resigned | 6 March 2019 [19] | 14th | ![]() | 6 March 2019 [19] |
Anderlecht | ![]() | Mutual consent | 16 April 2019 [20] | Regular season: 4th Championship POs: 5th | ![]() | 16 April 2019 [21] |
Oostende | ![]() | Resigned | 29 April 2019 [22] | Regular season: 14th Europa League POs: 4th | ![]() | 29 April 2019 [22] |
Cercle Brugge | ![]() | Mutual consent | 2 May 2019 [23] | Regular season: 13th Europa League POs: 4th | ![]() | 2 May 2019 [23] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Genk | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 56 | |
3 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 53 | |
4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 51 | |
5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 50 | |
6 | Antwerp | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 49 | |
7 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
8 | Kortrijk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 43 | |
9 | Charleroi | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 42 | |
10 | Excel Mouscron | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 40 | |
11 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 33 | |
12 | Eupen | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 32 | |
13 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 28 | |
14 | Oostende | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 27 | |
15 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 27 | |
16 | Lokeren (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 20 | Relegation to First Division B |
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Genk 32 points, Club Brugge 28, Standard Liège 27, Anderlecht 26, Gent 25 and Antwerp 25. The points of Genk, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Antwerp were rounded up, therefore in case of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted for these teams.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | CLU | STA | ANT | GNT | AND | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Genk (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
3 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 FF [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Antwerp (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
5 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 2] | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | |
6 | Anderlecht | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 32 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
Group A of the play-offs consist of the teams finishing in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 during the regular season and the first and third placed team in the qualifying positions in the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 were joined by the second placed qualifier from the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B in group B.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHA | STR | WES | OOS | EUP | B‑W | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charleroi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 22 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 17 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | ||
3 | Westerlo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
4 | Oostende | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 12 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||
5 | Eupen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 11 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Beerschot Wilrijk | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 8 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KVK | USG | W‑B | ZWA | EXM | CER | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kortrijk | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Union SG | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 20 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Waasland-Beveren | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 13 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 6–2 | ||
5 | Excel Mouscron | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 8 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | — | 2–3 | ||
6 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 7 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | — |
The winners of both play-off groups competed in one match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs for a spot in the final. This match was played on the field of the highest ranked team in the regular competition. Charleroi advanced to the final to play for a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.
The winner of the Europa League play-off semi-final and the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs played one match to determine the Europa League play-off winner. Antwerp qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.
Number of teams | Province or region | Team(s) |
---|---|---|
5 | ![]() | Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge, Kortrijk, Oostende and Zulte Waregem |
3 | ![]() | Gent, Lokeren and Waasland-Beveren |
2 | ![]() | Charleroi and Excel Mouscron |
![]() | Eupen and Standard Liège | |
![]() | Genk and Sint-Truiden | |
1 | ![]() | Antwerp |
![]() | Anderlecht |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Zulte Waregem | 25 |
2 | ![]() | Genk | 23 |
3 | ![]() | Anderlecht | 16 |
![]() | Charleroi | ||
5 | ![]() | Sint-Truiden | 15 |
![]() | Kortrijk | ||
7 | ![]() | Genk | 14 |
![]() | Zulte Waregem | ||
![]() | Club Brugge | ||
10 | ![]() | Genk | 13 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Genk | 14 |
2 | ![]() | Antwerp | 13 |
3 | ![]() | Club Brugge | 11 |
4 | ![]() | Excel Mouscron | 9 |
![]() | Anderlecht | ||
![]() | Standard Liège | ||
7 | ![]() | Kortrijk / Gent | 8 |
8 | ![]() | Charleroi | 7 |
9 | ![]() | Eupen | 6 |
10 | ![]() | Lokeren | 5 |
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