2006–07 Belgian First Division

The 2006–07 season of the Belgian First Division began on July 28, 2006, and concluded on May 19, 2007. The championship was decided in the penultimate round on May 12, 2007, when Anderlecht moved five points clear of runners-up Genk to retain the title and win their 29th League Championship. At the other end of the table, the struggle to avoid automatic relegation went on until the final round, and it was Lierse who eventually prevailed. Having spent the entire season at the bottom of the standings and only just managing to close an eleven-point gap up to 17th, the Lier side won their last game to climb past Beveren and send the latter down to the Second Division. However, Lierse went on to lose the playoffs and was relegated anyway.

Belgian First Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsAnderlecht
RelegatedLierse
Beveren
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
Genk
UEFA CupStandard Liège
Club Brugge
Matches played306
Goals scored853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerFrançois Sterchele
(21 goals)

Clubs

Eighteen teams played in the 2006-07 first division. Twelve teams were from Flanders, four clubs from Wallonia and just two clubs from the Brussels-Capital Region.

New teams

La Louvière had been relegated at the end of the previous season with Mons replacing them as they won the Belgian Second Division. Lierse had managed to win the promotion playoff and thus they remained in the first division.

Overview
Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2006–07
Club Location Current manager Previous managers during Season 2006-2007
R.S.C. Anderlecht Anderlecht Belgium Franky Vercauteren none
Standard Liège Liège Belgium Michel Preud'homme Netherlands Johan Boskamp
Club Brugge Bruges North Macedonia Cedomir Janevski Belgium Emilio Ferrera
K.A.A. Gent Ghent Belgium Georges Leekens none
K.R.C. Genk Genk Belgium Hugo Broos none
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerp Belgium Marc Brys none
S.V. Zulte-Waregem Waregem Belgium Francky Dury none
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Lokeren Serbia Slavoljub Muslin Belgium Ariël Jacobs
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Belgium Herman Helleputte none
F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek Sint-Jans-Molenbeek France Albert Cartier none
R. Charleroi S.C. Charleroi Belgium Philippe Van de Walle Belgium Jacky Mathijssen
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Belgium Dirk Geeraerd none
R.E. Mouscron Mouscron Belgium Ariël Jacobs Belgium Gil Vandenbrouck
Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Bruges Belgium Harm van Veldhoven none
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Sint-Truiden Belgium Peter Voets Belgium Thomas Caers, Netherlands Henk Houwaart
K.S.K. Beveren Beveren Belgium Edy De Bolle Belgium Walter Meeuws
Lierse S.K. Lier Norway Kjetil Rekdal Netherlands René Trost
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Belgium José Riga none

Manager changes

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
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AND GBA BEV CER CLU CHA GNK GNT LIE LOK BRU MON MOU ROE STV STA WES ZWA
Anderlecht 1–0 8–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–0 6–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Germinal Beerschot 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 6–2 3–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–1
Beveren 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–0
Cercle Brugge 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 4–1 2–0
Club Brugge 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 0–1 5–0 4–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 1–0 4–4 2–0 4–1
Charleroi 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–5 1–2 2–1
Genk 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1
Gent 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–3 4–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Lierse 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0
Lokeren 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Brussels 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 6–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–0
Mons 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–0
Mouscron 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–0
Roeselare 0–5 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 3–3 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 3–1
Sint-Truiden 2–4 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–2
Standard Liège 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1
Westerlo 3–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–2
Zulte-Waregem 0–4 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 3–1 2–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
PlayerTeamGoals
1 BelgiumFrançois StercheleGerminal Beerschot21
2 NigeriaPatrick OgunsotoWesterlo20
Democratic Republic of the CongoMohammed TchitéAnderlecht20
4 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAdnan ĆustovićMouscron18
5 CroatiaBoško BalabanClub Brugge16
6 TogoAdékambi OlufadéGent15
7 ArgentinaNicolás FrutosAnderlecht14
SerbiaMilan JovanovićStandard Liège14
9 EgyptAhmed HassanAnderlecht12
10 BelgiumDieter DekelverCercle Brugge (4) and Westerlo (7)11
MaliMahamadou DissaBeveren11
CroatiaGoran LjubojevićGenk11
BelgiumKevin VandenberghGenk11

See also
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