2013–14 Belgian Pro League

OH Leuven Standard Liège Club Brugge Zulte Waregem Note: If dates are given, these must be sourced (typically by the official match report).

Lierse 0–5 Standard Liège Anderlecht 5–2 Charleroi Genk 5–2 Zulte Waregem Kortrijk 3–4 Lierse OH Leuven 2–5 Club Brugge Standard Liège Standard Liège Mons Genk

The 2013–14 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2013 with the match between Club Brugge and Charleroi and finished on 18 May 2014 with Anderlecht grabbing their 33rd title due to a 3–1 at home against Lokeren.

During the regular season, Standard Liège started by winning their first nine matches, putting pressure on their main challengers Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk and Zulte Waregem. At the halfway point, Genk was closing in on Standard, trailing by one point, but following a series of losses they dropped several places in the standings and eventually they narrowly held on to sixth place and just made it into the title playoffs. Towards the end of the regular season, mainly Club Brugge proved to be a threat as they had narrowed the gap to Standard, closing in to only four points.

The playoffs started with Standard leading on 34 points and Club Brugge right behind them on 32. Both Anderlecht (29 points) and Zulte Waregem (27 points) were at that point considered long shots for the title, while Lokeren on 26 and Genk on 23 were considered to be out of contention. Early in the playoffs, Standard immediately beat Anderlecht and knocked them down to eight points behind, seemingly setting up a final title race between them and Club Brugge. Although Standard had been in the lead since the start of the season, they somehow starting struggling, allowing Club Brugge to overtake them in the standings and become the main title favorite with just four games to go. On 4 May 2014, Club Brugge had the chance to permanently knock Anderlecht out of the race, but somehow lost at home against 10 men, putting Standard back into the lead with Anderlecht now a close second. Standard in turn then lost against Club Brugge, putting Anderlecht into the lead with two games to go, a lead which they kept until the end, winning their 33rd title in a season in which they lost no less than 11 games.

The Europa League playoff groups were won by Oostende and Kortrijk, with Oostende overcoming Kortrijk on penalty kicks although they knew they had not been given a licence for European football. As a result, the fourth placed team in the league, Zulte Waregem, were granted access directly.

In the bottom end of the table, Mons started miserably after finishing 7th the previous season, scoring only three points out of their first 15 matches. Their better second half of the season did not help in avoiding the last place. They were thereby forced to play the relegation playoff together with Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who had been struggling to set up a series of decent results, mainly driven by their horrendous away form, drawing only three matches away from home the whole season, while losing all the others. Mons were relegated on 12 April after yet another 2–0 away to OH Leuven, while Leuven themselves faced relegation on 18 May as they could no longer win the Belgian Second Division final round. Both OH Leuven and Mons had been playing in the Belgian Pro League for three seasons.

Teams

Following the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League, Beerschot were originally relegated to the 2013–14 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against Cercle Brugge. However, as they went bankrupt, the team folded and would later merge with KFCO Wilrijk playing at the first provincial level (fifth level) of Belgian football to form KFCO Beerschot – Wilrijk. Beerschot is replaced by 2012–13 Belgian Second Division champions Oostende, who returned to the highest level after their relegation during the 2004–05 season.

As Cercle Brugge won the 2013 Belgian Second Division final round against Second Division teams Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe, they were saved from relegation, causing Oostende to be the only newcomer in the Belgian Pro League for this season.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.

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Results

Championship playoff

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: Standard 34 points, Club Brugge 32, Anderlecht 29, Zulte Waregem 27, Lokeren 26 and Genk 23. Had any ties occurred at the end of the playoffs, the half point would have been deducted if it was added. However, as all six teams received the half point bonus, this did not make a difference this season.

Playoff table

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Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Results

Europa League play-off

Group A contained the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finished in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B. Oostende held Gent to a 1–1 draw on 26 April and was thereby sure of winning Group A. In Group B, the decision was made on the last matchday when Kortrijk beat Charleroi 2–1 at home on 3 May.

Group A

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Group B

Europa League play-off final

The winners of both play-off groups competed in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch were granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

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Testmatches Europa League

The Europa League playoff final was to be played over two legs between Oostende and fourth-place finishers Zulte Waregem, with the winner receiving the right to play in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. However, as Oostende did not receive a licence for European football, the match was annulled and Zulte Waregem was awarded the spot directly.

Relegation playoff

The teams finishing in the last two positions faced each other in the relegation playoff. The winner of this playoff played the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, with the winner playing at the highest level the next season. The loser faced relegation. For finishing 15th, Oud-Heverlee Leuven received the home advantage and an initial lead of 3 points over Mons. Mons was relegated on 12 April as OHL had obtained a lead of 9 points with only 2 matches left. However, Oud-Heverlee Leuven then failed to finish top of the Belgian Second Division final round group, ensuring their relegation as well.

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The matches in the table below were played from left to right:

Season statistics

Source: Sporza.be and Sport.be

Up to and including matches played on 18 May.

Top scorers

;11 goals (2 players)

• BEL Maxime Lestienne (Club Brugge)
• BEL Hans Vanaken (Lokeren) ;10 goals (3 players)
• BEL Massimo Bruno (Anderlecht)
• SEN Elimane Coulibaly (Kortrijk)
• BEL Bjorn Ruytinx (OH Leuven)
• SRB Dalibor Veselinović (Waasland-Beveren) ;9 goals (4 players)
• FRA Julien Gorius (Genk)
• MAR Rachid Bourabia (Lierse)
• BEL Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (Standard Liège)}
• GUI Idrissa Sylla (Zulte Waregem) ;8 goals (5 players)
• USA Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)
• FRA Cédric Fauré (Charleroi)
• SCO Tony Watt (Lierse)
• BEL Tim Matthys (Mons)
• BEL Paul-Jose M'Poku (Standard Liège) ;7 goals (6 players)
• BEL Timmy Simons (Club Brugge)
• BEL Hervé Kage (Gent)
• FRA Teddy Chevalier (Kortrijk)
• SEN Mbaye Diagne (Lierse)
• BEL Nill De Pauw (Lokeren)
• BEL Laurent Depoitre (Oostende) ;6 goals (10 players)
• ARG Matías Suárez (Anderlecht)
• DEN Jesper Jørgensen (Club Brugge)
• POL Waldemar Sobota (Club Brugge)
• BEL Thomas Buffel (Genk)
• BEL Ilombe Mboyo (Genk (5) & Gent (1))
• BEL David Destorme (Mechelen)
• BEL Seth de Witte (Mechelen)
• DEN Mads Junker (Mechelen)
• CMR Sébastien Siani (Oostende)
• BEL Jens Naessens (Zulte Waregem) ;5 goals (17 players)
• DRC Chancel Mbemba (Anderlecht)
• BEL Dennis Praet (Anderlecht)
• DRC Junior Kabananga (Cercle Brugge)
• NGA Michael Uchebo (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Sébastien Dewaest (Charleroi)
• FRA Neeskens Kebano (Charleroi)
• BEL Björn Engels (Club Brugge)
• BEL Yassine El Ghanassy (Gent)
• DEN Nicklas Pedersen (Gent)
• BEL Thomas Matton (Kortrijk)
• BRA Junior Dutra (Lokeren)
• ISR Shlomi Arbeitman (Mons)
• BEL Evariste Ngolok (OH Leuven)
• BEL Jonathan Wilmet (Oostende)
• BEL Igor de Camargo (Standard Liège)
• MKD Ivan Tričkovski (Waasland-Beveren)
• FRA Raphaël Cacérès (Zulte Waregem) ;4 goals (15 players)
• CIV Cyriac (Anderlecht)
• BEL Guillaume Gillet (Anderlecht)
• BEL Stephen Buyl (Cercle Brugge)
• FRA Clément Tainmont (Charleroi)
• ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen (Club Brugge)
• ISR Lior Refaelov (Club Brugge)
• GHA Bennard Kumordzi (Genk)
• BEL Benito Raman (Kortrijk)
• ARG Hernán Losada (Lierse)
• BEL Jordan Remacle (Lokeren)
• BEL Benjamin Mokulu (Mechelen)
• MKD Jovan Kostovski (OH Leuven)
• BEL Robin Henkens (Waasland-Beveren)
• BEL Sven Kums (Zulte Waregem)
• ISL Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Zulte Waregem) ;3 goals (24 players)
• GHA Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht)
• HON Andy Najar (Anderlecht)
• BEL Tim Smolders (Cercle Brugge)
• SUI Danijel Milićević (Charleroi)
• BEL Thomas Meunier (Club Brugge)
• BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Club Brugge)
• TUN Fabien Camus (Genk)
• SRB Nebojša Pavlović (Kortrijk)
• FRA Jérémy Taravel (Lokeren)
• DRC Wilson Kamavuaka (Mechelen)
• MKD Aleksandar Trajkovski (Mechelen)
• BEL Arnor Angeli (Mons)
• BEL Mohamed Messoudi (OH Leuven)
• SWE Tom Pettersson (OH Leuven)
• FRA Frédéric Brillant (Oostende)
• BRA Fernando Canesin (Oostende)
• FRA Baptiste Schmisser (Oostende)
• MAR Mehdi Carcela (Standard Liège)
• BEL Laurent Ciman (Standard Liège)
• BEL Jelle Van Damme (Standard Liège)
• BEL Renaud Emond (Waasland-Beveren)
• CMR Aboubakar Oumarou (Waasland-Beveren)
• GUI Ibrahima Conté (Zulte Waregem)
• BEL Junior Malanda (Zulte Waregem) ;2 goals (39 players)
• BEL Olivier Deschacht (Anderlecht)
• VEN Ronald Vargas (Anderlecht)
• BEL Bart Buysse (Cercle Brugge)
• CMR Gaël Etock (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Thibaut Van Acker (Cercle Brugge)
• SEN Mohamed Daf (Charleroi)
• BEL Kenneth Houdret (Charleroi)
• CHI Nicolás Castillo (Club Brugge)
• ESP Víctor Vázquez (Club Brugge)
• CIV Sekou Cissé (Genk)
• FRA Kalidou Koulibaly (Genk)
• BEL Siebe Schrijvers (Genk)
• GHA Nana Asare (Gent)
• URU Carlos Diogo (Gent)
• BEL Christophe Lepoint (Gent)
• BRA Renato Neto (Gent)
• FRA Sloan Privat (Gent)
• CIV Yaya Soumahoro (Gent)
• BIH Ervin Zukanović (Gent)
• BUL Kostadin Hazurov (Lierse)
• BEL Anthony Limbombe (Lierse)
• BEL Dolly Menga (Lierse)
• BEL Wanderson (Lierse)
• RSA Ayanda Patosi (Lokeren)
• SEN Boubacar Diabang (Mechelen)
• BEL Noë Dussenne (Mons)
• FRA Flavien Le Postollec (Mons)
• BEL Joachim Mununga (Mons)
• BEL Karel Geraerts (OH Leuven)
• GAM Ibou (OH Leuven)
• BEL Lukas Van Eenoo (OH Leuven (1) & Cercle Brugge (1))
• BEL Yohan Brouckaert (Oostende)
• BEL Michiel Jonckheere (Oostende)
• FRA Xavier Luissint (Oostende)
• ZIM Nyasha Mushekwi (Oostende)
• BEL Julien De Sart (Standard Liège)
• BEL Siebe Blondelle (Waasland-Beveren)
• SVK Róbert Demjan (Waasland-Beveren)
• BEL Karel D'Haene (Zulte Waregem) ;1 goal (88 players)
• NED Demy de Zeeuw (Anderlecht)
• SEN Cheikhou Kouyaté (Anderlecht)
• FRA Fabrice N'Sakala (Anderlecht)
• NED Bram Nuytinck (Anderlecht)
• BEL Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht)
• BEL Frederik Boi (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Hans Cornelis (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Kristof D'haene (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Gregory Mertens (Cercle Brugge)
• ITA Gaetano Monachello (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Arne Naudts (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Stef Wils (Cercle Brugge)
• BEL Guillaume François (Charleroi)
• BEL Jessy Galvez-Lopez (Charleroi)
• FRA Harlem Gnohéré (Charleroi)
• BEL Onur Kaya (Charleroi)
• GHA Abraham Kumedor (Charleroi)
• DRC Dieumerci Ndongala (Charleroi)
• BEL Giuseppe Rossini (Charleroi)
• BEL Enes Sağlık (Charleroi)
• FRA Mourad Satli (Charleroi)
• BEL Jonathan Blondel (Club Brugge)
• BEL Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo (Club Brugge)
• NGA Kehinde Fatai (Club Brugge)
• NOR Tom Høgli (Club Brugge)
• CHN Wang Shangyuan (Club Brugge)
• BEL Benjamin De Ceulaer (Genk)
• BEL Pieter Gerkens (Genk)
• TRI Khaleem Hyland (Genk)
• FRA Steeven Joseph-Monrose (Genk)
• RSA Anele Ngcongca (Genk)
• BEL Derrick Tshimanga (Genk)
• BEL Brecht Dejaegere (Gent)
• FRA Rémi Maréval (Gent)
• CRO Ante Puljić (Gent)
• BEL Brecht Capon (Kortrijk)
• LUX Maxime Chanot (Kortrijk)
• NED Robert Klaasen (Kortrijk)
• BEL Mustapha Oussalah (Kortrijk)
• BEL Wouter Corstjens (Lierse)
• EGY Ahmed Farag (Lierse)
• TUN Karim Saidi (Lierse)
• BEL Julien Vercauteren (Lierse)
• GHA Eugene Ansah (Lokeren)
• GRE Georgios Galitsios (Lokeren)
• SUI Mijat Marić (Lokeren)
• BEL Denis Odoi (Lokeren)
• BEL Killian Overmeire (Lokeren)
• BEL Koen Persoons (Lokeren)
• DEN Alexander Scholz (Lokeren)
• BEL Maxime Biset (Mechelen)
• TRI Sheldon Bateau (Mechelen)
• BEL Alessandro Cordaro (Mechelen)
• BEL Steven De Petter (Mechelen)
• GHA Abdul-Yakuni Iddi (Mechelen)
• BEL Mats Rits (Mechelen)
• BEL Joachim Van Damme (Mechelen)
• BEL Jordi Vanlerberghe (Mechelen)
• CMR Steve Beleck (Mons)
• BEL Thomas Chatelle (Mons)
• SEN Christophe Diandy (Mons)
• GAM Mustapha Jarju (Mons)
• FRA Grégory Lorenzi (Mons)
• BEL Pieterjan Monteyne (Mons)
• FRA Jérémy Sapina (Mons)
• GUI Richard Soumah (Mons)
• BEL Alessandro Cerigioni (OH Leuven)
• FRA Romain Reynaud (OH Leuven)
• BRA Robson (OH Leuven)
• BEL Niels De Schutter (Oostende)
• BEL Denis Dessaer (Oostende)
• BEL Tom van Imschoot (Oostende)
• ESP Fede Vico (Oostende)
• GAB Frédéric Bulot (Standard Liège)
• IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad (Standard Liège)
• BRA Kanu (Standard Liège)
• FRA William Vainqueur (Standard Liège)
• FRA Karim Belhocine (Waasland-Beveren)
• MNE Mijuško Bojović (Waasland-Beveren)
• ISR Rami Gershon (Waasland-Beveren)
• FRA Fayçal Lebbihi (Waasland-Beveren)
• SRB Miloš Marić (Waasland-Beveren)
• BEL René Sterckx (Waasland-Beveren)
• FRA Franck Berrier (Zulte Waregem)
• BEL Theo Bongonda (Zulte Waregem)
• SEN Mbaye Leye (Zulte Waregem)
• MLI Mamoutou N'Diaye (Zulte Waregem)
• GER Marvin Pourié (Zulte Waregem) ;2 Own goals (1 player)
• BEL Gregory Mertens (Cercle Brugge, scored for Gent and Lierse) ;1 Own goal (19 players)
• DRC Chancel Mbemba (Anderlecht, scored for Standard Liège)
• NED Bram Nuytinck (Anderlecht, scored for Zulte Waregem)
• BEL Laurens De Bock (Club Brugge, scored for Lokeren)
• DEN Jesper Jørgensen (Club Brugge, scored for Kortrijk)
• BEL Thomas Meunier (Club Brugge, scored for Anderlecht)
• NED Arjan Swinkels (Lierse, scored for Genk)
• BEL Denis Odoi (Lokeren, scored for Anderlecht)
• BEL Koen Persoons (Lokeren, scored for Standard Liège)
• DEN Alexander Scholz (Lokeren, scored for Zulte Waregem)
• TRI Sheldon Bateau (Mechelen, scored for Zulte Waregem)
• FRA Peter Franquart (Mons, scored for Mechelen)
• BEL Nicolas Timmermans (Mons, scored for Mechelen)
• BEL Ludovic Buysens (OH Leuven, scored for Standard Liège)
• BEL Niels De Schutter (Oostende, scored for Gent)
• BEL Jordan Lukaku (Oostende, scored for OH Leuven)
• BRA Kanu (Standard Liège, scored for Anderlecht)
• GHA Daniel Opare (Standard Liège, scored for Lokeren)
• MNE Mijuško Bojović (Waasland-Beveren, scored for OH Leuven)
• BEL Junior Malanda (Zulte Waregem, scored for Anderlecht)

Hat-tricks

Attendances

Source:

References

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