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The 1958β59 season was the: 56th season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 8th Division I title. Standard LiΓ¨ge entered theββ1958β59 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder. And became the first Belgian clubββto win a match in European competitions. They eventually reached the "quarter-finals." RU Saint-Gilloise entered the 1958β60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and reached the semifinals. The Belgium national football team played 7 friendly games (3 draws, 4 losses).
Overviewβ»
At the end of the season, RRC Tournaisien and R Tilleur FC were relegatedββto Division II and were replaced by, R Daring Club de Bruxelles and RFC Brugeois from Division II.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (RFC Renaisien and K Boom FC) were relegated to Division III, "to be," replaced by RRC de Bruxelles and K Olse Merksem) from Division III.
The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league (K. Tongeren SC, RCS La Forestoise, RC Lokeren and SCUP Jette) were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by R Crossing FC Ganshoren, US Centre, U Basse-Sambre-Auvelais and K Hasseltse VV from Promotion.
National teamβ»
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score* | Comp | Belgium scorers |
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September 28, 1958 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) | The Netherlands | 2-3 | F | Pierre Hanon, AndrΓ© Piters |
October 26, 1958 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | Turkey | 1-1 | F | AndrΓ© Piters |
November 23, 1958 | Nepstadion, Budapest (A) | Hungary | 1-3 | F | Karel Mallants |
March 1, 1959 | Stade Olympique, Colombes (A) | France | 2-2 | F | Martin Lippens, AndrΓ© Piters |
April 19, 1959 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (A) | The Netherlands | 2-2 | F | Victor WΓ©gria, Fernand Goyvaerts |
May 24, 1959 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | Austria | 0-2 | F | |
June 14, 1959 | Praterstadion, Vienna (A) | Austria | 2-4 | F | Godfried Vandenboer, Henri Coppens |
* Belgium score given first
Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = On neutral ground
- F = Friendly
- o.g. = own goal
European competitionsβ»
Standard LiΓ¨ge became the first Belgian club to win a match in European competition when they beat Hearts of Scotland on September 3, 1958 (5-1), in the first round of the 1958β59 European Champion Clubs' Cup. In spite of their loss in the second leg (2-1), Standard advanced to the second round, where they defeated Sporting of Portugal (wins 2β3 away and 3β0 at home). In the quarter-finals, Standard was eliminated by Stade Reims of France (win 2β0 at home and defeat 3β0 away).
RU Saint-Gilloise entered the 1958β60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. They defeated a team from Leipzig of Germany in the first round (win 6β1 at home and defeat 1β0 away). In the quarter-finals, RU Saint-Gilloise eliminated AS Roma of Italy with a 2β0 home win followed by a 1β1 draw in Roma. The semifinals were played during the 1959β60 season. The Belgian lost to Birmingham City (two losses by 2β4).
Honoursβ»
Final league tablesβ»
Premier Divisionβ»
- 1958-59 Top scorer: Victor WΓ©gria (RFC LiΓ©geois) with 26 goals.
- 1958 Golden Shoe: Roland Storme (ARA La Gantoise)
Referencesβ»
- ^ http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1958-1959FR.pdf Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine FA website
- ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html Archived 2011-01-18 at the Wayback Machine FA website