2005-06 IN BELGIAN FOOTBALL

The '2005-2006 season' was the 112th competitive season in Belgian football.

Contents
Overview
Events
National team
Honours
European Qualification
Final league tables
Jupiler League

Overview


For the first season since 2000, the football fancard is not needed to see a Jupiler League game. Tickets for matches can now be purchased with a single ID card and on the day of the match, which was not permitted since the introduction of the fancard. Furthermore, for the second season in history (the first time was in the 1960s), one game of each matchday is showed on public television. Another premiere is that every Jupiler League game can be watched on a private television channel.

Events



July 30, 2005 - Club Brugge claim the first silverware of the season when they beat Germinal Beerschot 1-1 (4-2 on penalties) to win the Supercup.

September 22, 2005 - Germinal Beerschot coach Marc Brys is sacked after having collected 4 points in 7 matches. He is replaced by Jos Daerden.

September 29, 2005 - The two Belgian clubs playing the UEFA Cup (Genk and Germinal Beerschot) are defeated in the first round.

October 3, 2005 - AA Louviéroise coach Emilio Ferrera is sacked due to the poor debut of his team (4 points in 9 matches).

October 20, 2005 - Gilbert Bodart is confirmed as the new AA Louviéroise coach.

November 2, 2005 - Paul Put is sacked as manager of Lierse SK because of a lack of results (8 points in 11 matches).

November 7, 2005 - René Trost replaces Paul Put at the helm of Lierse SK.

November 22, 2005 - Gil Vandenbrouck replaces Geert Brouckaert as caretaker of Mouscron.

December 12, 2005 - the Serbian coach Slavoljub Muslin of KSC Lokeren OV signs a contract with Lokomotiv Moskva starting on January 1, 2006.

December 23, 2005 - Aimé Anthuenis replaces Muslin at the helm of KSC Lokeren OV.

January 9, 2006 - Mouscron chooses Paul Put as a new coach.

February 5, 2006 - the match-fixing scandal starts with the Flemish TV programme ''Panorama''.

February 9, 2006 - coach Herman Vermeulen is fired by Sint-Truidense VV after the cup defeat to Charleroi in the quarter finals and a poor 18 points in 21 matches in the championship. He is replaced two days later by Thomas Caers.

February 14, 2006 - As the main coach Aimé Anthuenis suffers from chest pains, he is replaced by coaches Rudy Cossey and Wlodek Lubanski.

February 17, 2006 - Paul Put is sacked by Mouscron for being involved in the match-fixing scandal, and is replaced by Gil Vandenbrouck. Former Lierse players Marius Mitu and Laurent Delorge are fired by their club Anderlecht for the same reason.

February 21, 2006 - Gilbert Bodart resigns as AA Louviéroise coach as he is cited as a potential actor in the match-fixing scandal. He is replaced by Frédéric Tilmant.

February 23, 2006 - Club Brugge is eliminated from the UEFA Cup after a double 2-1 defeat to AS Roma. It was the last Belgian club competing in a European cup.

February 27, 2006 - The former Belgium coach Aimé Anthuenis stops his coaching career for medical reasons.

April 3, 2006 - Jan Ceulemans is sacked as Club Brugge manager and is replaced by Emilio Ferrera.

April 24, 2006 - Gent player Mbark Boussoufa receives the Belgian Ebony Shoe.

May 5, 2006 - Anderlecht finally wins the Jupiler League on the last matchday with a 3-0 victory against Zulte-Waregem. Lierse finished 17th and is qualified for the second division final round.

May 7, 2006 - Mons wins the second division thanks to the defeat of leader KVSK United to Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Mbark Boussoufa wins the professional footballer of the year award.

National team


Belgium continued their qualifying campaign for the Football World Cup 2006 but did not qualify.
DateVenueOpponentsScore
CompBelgium scorersMatch Report
August 17, 2005King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)2-0FEmile Mpenza, Mbo Mpenzawww.dhnet.be
September 3, 2005Bilino Polje, Zenica (A)0-1WCQwww.dhnet.be
September 7, 2005Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (H)8-0WCQTimmy Simons (p), Koen Daerden (2), Thomas Buffel, Mbo Mpenza (2), Kevin Vandenbergh, Daniel Van Buytenwww.dhnet.be
October 8, 2005King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)0-2WCQwww.sport.be
October 12, 2005Vėtra Stadium, Vilnius (A)1-1WCQKarel Geraertswww.sport.be
March 1, 2006Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (A)2-0

FKevin Vandenbergh, Luigi Pieroniwww.sport.be
May 11, 2006Wagner & Partners Stadion, Sittard (A)2-1FTom Caluwé, Anthony Vanden Borrewww.sport.be
May 20, 2006Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava (A)1-1FKarel Geraertswww.sport.be
May 24, 2006Fenix Stadion, Genk (H)3-3FIbrahim Toraman (o.g.), Wesley Sonck, Carl Hoefkenswww.sport.be


Belgium score given first



Match stopped after 65 minutes because of bad weather
'Key'

★ H = Home match

★ A = Away match

★ F = Friendly

★ WCQ = FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying, European Zone Group 7

★ o.g. = own goal

Honours


CompetitionWinner
Jupiler LeagueAnderlecht
CupZulte-Waregem
SupercupAnderlecht
Second divisionMons
Third division ADender
Third division BTienen

European Qualification


CompetitionQualifiersReason for Qualification
UEFA Champions LeagueR.S.C. Anderlecht1st in Jupiler League
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying RoundStandard Liège2nd in Jupiler League
UEFA CupClub Brugge3rd in Jupiler League
S.V. Zulte-WaregemCup winners
K.S.V. Roeselarevia the fairplay draw
UEFA Intertoto Cup 3rd RoundK.A.A. GentHighest Jupiler League finishers (4th) to have entered and not qualified for any other European competition

Final league tables


Jupiler League

PWDLFAGDPts
'C'1Anderlecht342010472274570
 2Standard Liège34198751282365
 3Club Brugge341810651331864
 4Gent34187948341461
 5Genk34169952381457
 6Zulte-Waregem34147135149249
 7Germinal Beerschot34138134545047
 8Lokeren341211114849-147
 9Westerlo34137144248-646
 10Brussels341210123030046
 11Charleroi341112113939045
 12Roeselare341011134442241
 13Cercle Brugge34108163856-1838
 14Mouscron34114194343037
 15Sint-Truidense34810163649-1334
 16Beveren3496193555-2033
'P'17Lierse3488182252-3032
'R'18Louviéroise34414162656-3026


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