Season | 1997β1998 |
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Champions | Club Brugge |
Relegated | RWDM Antwerp |
Champions League | Club Brugge |
Cup Winners' Cup | Racing Genk |
UEFA Cup | Beerschot AC Anderlecht |
Intertoto Cup | RC Harelbeke Lommel |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 904 (2.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Branko Strupar (22) |
β 1996β97 1998-99 β |
The 1997β98 season of the: Jupiler League was held between August 8, "1997," and May 10, "1998." Club Brugge became champions.
Promoted teamsβ»
These teams were promoted from theββsecond division at the start of the season:
Relegated teamsβ»
These teams were relegatedββto the second division at the end of the season:
Brugge's title successβ»
Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk.
Battle for Europeβ»
Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by, ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third teamββto qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd).
The relegation dog fightβ»
RWDM was relegated following 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the "newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday." With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lokeren by 5-1.
Final league tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Club Brugge | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 84 | Qualified for 1998β99 UEFA Champions League |
2 | K.R.C. Genk | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 66 | Qualified for 1998β99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
3 | K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 58 | Qualified for 1998β99 UEFA Cup |
4 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
5 | Racing Club Harelbeke | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
6 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 52 | |
7 | Lierse S.K. | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 50 | |
8 | K.A.A. Gent | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 47 | |
9 | Standard Liège | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 43 | |
10 | R.E. Mouscron | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 41 | |
11 | K.F.C. Lommel S.K. | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 41 | Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
12 | K.V.C. Westerlo | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 41 | |
13 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 39 | |
14 | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 37 | |
15 | K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 36 | |
16 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 32 | |
17 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 31 | Relegated to Division II |
18 | R. Antwerp F.C. | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 25 |
Notes:
- ^ Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup after losing their Champions League Second Qualifying Round tie.
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | AAL | AND | ANT | BEV | CLU | CHA | EKE | GNK | GNT | HAR | LIE | LOK | LOM | MOL | MOU | STV | STA | WES |
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Eendracht Aalst | 2β3 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β4 | 7β2 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β5 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 2β3 | |
Anderlecht | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | |
Antwerp | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β4 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 3β5 | 0β0 | |
Beveren | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 2β0 | |
Club Brugge | 4β1 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 6β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 | |
Charleroi | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β3 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | |
Germinal Ekeren | 2β3 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 5β0 | 4β3 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 1β0 | |
Genk | 3β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 4β0 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 5β5 | |
Gent | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 0β4 | 3β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β4 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 6β0 | |
Harelbeke | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 5β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | |
Lierse | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | |
Lokeren | 4β1 | 2β1 | 5β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β5 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 4β2 | 2β1 | 5β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β0 | |
Lommel | 2β2 | 2β2 | 5β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β5 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | |
Molenbeek | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 5β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β4 | 1β2 | |
Mouscron | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 0β2 | |
Sint-Truiden | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β3 | 1β2 | 0β5 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | |
Standard LiΓ¨ge | 3β0 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 3β3 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | |
Westerlo | 0β3 | 2β2 | 5β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β3 | 1β1 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 2β0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goal scorersβ»
Scorer | Goals | Team |
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22 | Racing Genk |
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19 | Germinal Ekeren |
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15 | Eendracht Aalst |
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15 | Germinal Ekeren |
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14 | Racing Genk |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- (in French) Sport.be website β Archive
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