2018–19 in Belgian football

The following article is a summary of the 2018–19 football season in Belgium, which is the 116th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2018 until June 2019.

Football in Belgium

Season	2018–19
Men's football
First Division A	Genk
First Division B	Mechelen
First Amateur Division	Virton
Second Amateur Division	Sint-Eloois-Winkel (A), Patro Eisden Maasmechelen (B) and La Louvière Centre (C)
Third Amateur Division	Merelbeke (A), Tienen (B), Namur Fosses (C) and Stockay (D)
Cup	Mechelen
Super Cup	Club Brugge
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

National teams

Belgium national football team

Main article: Belgium national football team

Following the success at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Belgium was expected to perform well in the inaugural UEFA Nations League competition but collapsed in their final match against Switzerland, losing 5–2 despite a 0–2 lead, to miss out on the Nations League Finals. The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I campaign was however started with four straight wins.

2018–19 UEFA Nations League A

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[a]
1	Switzerland	4	3	0	1	14	5	+9	9[b]	Qualification for Nations League Finals		—	5–2	6–0
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9[b]			2–1	—	2–0
3	Iceland	4	0	0	4	1	13	−12	0			1–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
2. Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Belgium −2.

Iceland  v  Belgium

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)	Iceland	0–3	Belgium	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
20:45 (18:45 UTC±0)		Report	E. Hazard 29' (pen.) Lukaku 31', 81'	Attendance: 9,710 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Belgium  v   Switzerland

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Lukaku 58', 84'	Report	Gavranović 76'	Attendance: 39,049 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Belgium  v  Iceland

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15)	Belgium	2–0	Iceland	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Batshuayi 65', 81'	Report		Attendance: 28,891 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Switzerland  v  Belgium

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)	Switzerland	5–2	Belgium	Swissporarena, Lucerne
20:45	Rodríguez 26' (pen.) Seferovic 31', 44', 84' Elvedi 62'	Report	T. Hazard 2', 17'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	10	10	0	0	40	3	+37	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–1	3–0	6–1	3–0	9–0
2	Russia	10	8	0	2	33	8	+25	24			1–4	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	9–0
3	Scotland	10	5	0	5	16	19	−3	15	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–4	1–2	—	2–1	3–1	6–0
4	Cyprus	10	3	1	6	15	20	−5	10[a]			0–2	0–5	1–2	—	1–1	5–0
5	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	13	17	−4	10[a]			0–2	0–4	3–0	1–2	—	4–0
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	1	51	−50	0			0–4	0–5	0–2	0–4	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 1.

Belgium  v  Russia

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)	Belgium	3–1	Russia	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Tielemans 14' E. Hazard 45' (pen.), 88'	Report	Cheryshev 16'	Attendance: 34,245 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Cyprus  v  Belgium

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Cyprus	0–2	Belgium	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)		Report	E. Hazard 10' Batshuayi 18'	Attendance: 8,728 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Belgium  v  Kazakhstan

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)	Belgium	3–0	Kazakhstan	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Mertens 11' Castagne 14' Lukaku 50'	Report		Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Belgium  v  Scotland

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)	Belgium	3–0	Scotland	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Lukaku 45+1', 57' De Bruyne 90+2'	Report		Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)

Friendlies

Scotland  v  Belgium

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Friendly	Scotland	0–4	Belgium	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)		Report	R. Lukaku 28' E. Hazard 46' Batshuayi 52', 60'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 20,196 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Belgium  v  Netherlands

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16) Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Netherlands	Brussels, Belgium
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Mertens 5'	Report	Groeneveld 27'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2018–19 season.

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
First Division A	Cercle Brugge	KV Mechelen
First Division B	Lommel SK	none (due to bankruptcy of Lierse)
First Division Amateur Division	RFC Liège Rupel Boom RWDM47 Tessenderlo	Berchem Sport Hamme Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
Second Division Amateur Division	Couvin-Mariembourg Diegem Dikkelvenne Eppegem Francs Borains Heur-Tongeren La Louvière Menen Tilleur Visé	Bornem La Calamine Pepingen-Halle Sint-Lenaarts Sprimont Comblain Tienen Torhout WS Brussels Zwarte Leeuw
Third Division Amateur Division	Betekom Condruzien CS Braine Fosses Jette Lyra-Lierse Berlaar Helson Helchteren Meix-Dt-Virton Oostkamp Oppagne-Wéris Ostiches-Ath Racing Mechelen Stockel Symphorinois Warnant Zelzate Zwevezele	Bertrix Cointe-Liège Diest Grimbergen Habay Herentals Hoeilaart Mariekerke Ninove Solre Spy Sterrebeek Vlamertinge Waterloo

Belgian First Division A

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk	30	18	9	3	63	31	+32	63	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Club Brugge	30	16	8	6	64	32	+32	56
3	Standard Liège	30	15	8	7	49	35	+14	53
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	49	34	+15	51
5	Gent	30	15	5	10	53	45	+8	50
6	Antwerp	30	14	7	9	39	34	+5	49
7	Sint-Truiden	30	12	11	7	47	36	+11	47	Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8	Kortrijk	30	12	7	11	44	42	+2	43
9	Charleroi	30	12	6	12	43	43	0	42
10	Excel Mouscron	30	11	7	12	33	33	0	40
11	Zulte Waregem	30	8	9	13	49	60	−11	33
12	Eupen	30	10	2	18	34	57	−23	32
13	Cercle Brugge	30	7	7	16	35	59	−24	28
14	Oostende	30	6	9	15	29	52	−23	27
15	Waasland-Beveren	30	5	12	13	37	50	−13	27
16	Lokeren (R)	30	5	5	20	28	53	−25	20	Relegation to First Division B

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.^[1]
(R) Relegated

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GNK	CLU	STA	ANT	GNT	AND
1	Genk (C)	10	6	2	2	19	8	+11	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	3–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–0
2	Club Brugge	10	7	1	2	19	11	+8	50	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		3–2	—	4–0	3–2	3–0	1–0
3	Standard Liège	10	4	1	5	17	16	+1	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage		1–3	2–0	—	3–1	2–3	5–0 FF[a]
4	Antwerp (O)	10	4	2	4	12	16	−4	39	Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final		1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–1
5	Gent	10	3	1	6	10	15	−5	35	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	—	2–1
6	Anderlecht	10	1	3	6	8	19	−11	32			1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	—

Source: Sport.be
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Match was abandoned near the end of the first half as Anderlecht supporters had been throwing flares and smoke bombs on the pitch. At that time Standard was leading 2–0.^[2] A few weeks later Anderlecht was fined 5.000 Euro and forced to play one match behind closed doors, with the match result set to a 5–0 win for Standard.^[3]

Belgian First Division B

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian First Division B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mechelen	28	17	8	3	55	25	+30	59	Qualification to Promotion play-offs[a]
2	Beerschot Wilrijk	28	15	9	4	48	33	+15	54
3	Union SG	28	13	6	9	41	29	+12	45	Qualification to Europa League play-offs
4	Westerlo	28	9	7	12	28	37	−9	34
5	Roeselare	28	8	9	11	33	41	−8	33	Qualification to Relegation play-offs[b]
6	Lommel	28	8	7	13	34	46	−12	31
7	OH Leuven	28	8	5	15	40	48	−8	29
8	Tubize	28	6	5	17	28	48	−20	23

Source: Belgian First Division B (in French and Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.^[5]

Notes

1. The team that promotes to the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A, either by winning the promotion playoff or by winning both the opening and the closing tournament, will not take part in the Europa League play-offs. The next team in the league will take its spot instead.
2. In case the team that wins the promotion playoff finishes in the bottom four, the 4th placed team will play the relegation playoff instead.

Belgian First Amateur Division

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tessenderlo	30	19	5	6	62	28	+34	62	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2	Deinze	30	17	8	5	53	30	+23	59
3	Virton	30	15	9	6	42	20	+22	54
4	Lierse Kempenzonen	30	13	9	8	42	36	+6	48
5	Rupel Boom	30	13	6	11	44	40	+4	45
6	RFC Liège	30	11	8	11	41	35	+6	41
7	Seraing	30	10	11	9	46	40	+6	41
8	RWDM47	30	11	7	12	39	45	−6	40
9	Dender EH	30	10	10	10	42	40	+2	40
10	Heist	30	10	8	12	29	44	−15	38
11	Châtelet[a]	30	9	9	12	30	37	−7	36
12	Dessel	30	9	8	13	30	39	−9	35
13	Oudenaarde (R)	30	10	4	16	37	59	−22	34	Qualification for the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final
14	ASV Geel (R)	30	9	4	17	42	62	−20	31	Relegation to the Second Amateur Division
15	Aalst (R)	30	7	10	13	35	49	−14	31
16	Knokke (R)	30	6	6	18	35	45	−10	24

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.^[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. After the season, Châtelet merged with Olympic Charleroi to become Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes, officially a continuation of Olympic Charleroi which will take the place of Châtelet in the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division, while the team of Châtelet ceased to exist.

Belgian Second Amateur Division

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division

Division A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sint-Eloois-Winkel (C, P)	30	22	3	5	60	24	+36	69	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division
2	Mandel United	30	19	3	8	58	30	+28	60	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VFV[a]
3	Petegem	30	13	10	7	55	44	+11	49
4	Gent-Zeehaven	30	14	6	10	56	39	+17	48	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VFV[a]
5	Wijgmaal	30	13	8	9	52	46	+6	47
6	Ronse	30	12	7	11	41	35	+6	43
7	Menen	30	12	6	12	51	56	−5	42
8	Londerzeel	30	11	7	12	37	35	+2	40
9	Diegem	30	11	6	13	37	51	−14	39
10	Westhoek	30	12	1	17	48	56	−8	37
11	Dikkelvenne	30	10	6	14	36	66	−30	36
12	Harelbeke	30	9	8	13	37	38	−1	35
13	Gullegem	30	9	8	13	40	52	−12	35
14	Eppegem (R)	30	10	4	16	36	66	−30	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Overijse (R)	30	8	5	17	36	50	−14	29	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Third Amateur Division
16	Brakel (R)	30	6	10	14	39	47	−8	28

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[7][8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Only clubs which had received a licence to play in the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division were allowed to take part in the promotion playoffs. As a result, Petegem was replaced by the highest finisher not already qualified: Ronse.

Division B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen (C, P)	30	19	9	2	59	26	+33	66	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division
2	Hasselt	30	18	6	6	53	29	+24	60	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VFV
3	Temse	30	15	6	9	60	48	+12	51
4	Bocholt	30	15	4	11	54	38	+16	49	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VFV
5	Berchem	30	12	7	11	54	49	+5	43
6	Hades	30	10	13	7	50	40	+10	43
7	Cappellen	30	11	8	11	41	41	0	41
8	Duffel	30	10	11	9	47	40	+7	41
9	Sint-Niklaas	30	10	10	10	48	47	+1	40
10	Vosselaar	30	10	8	12	45	59	−14	38
11	Hoogstraten	30	9	10	11	30	33	−3	37
12	Hamme	30	10	6	14	44	48	−4	36
13	Spouwen-Mopertingen	30	9	8	13	48	56	−8	35
14	City Pirates (R)	30	9	7	14	35	42	−7	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Turnhout (R)	30	7	8	15	38	58	−20	29	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Third Amateur Division
16	Heur-Tongeren (R)	30	3	5	22	30	82	−52	14

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[9][10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	La Louvière Centre (C, P)	30	24	5	1	83	19	+64	77	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division
2	Visé (P)	30	19	4	7	68	36	+32	61	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF[a]
3	Hamoir	30	17	8	5	56	34	+22	59
4	Francs Borains	30	15	7	8	59	42	+17	52	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF[a]
5	Rebecq	30	15	6	9	60	44	+16	51
6	Tilleur	30	14	5	11	54	45	+9	47	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF[a]
7	La Louvière	30	12	10	8	42	30	+12	46
8	Durbuy	30	12	3	15	37	50	−13	39
9	Meux	30	9	12	9	51	51	0	39
10	Couvin-Mariembourg	30	10	8	12	50	51	−1	38
11	Waremme	30	10	5	15	46	53	−7	35
12	Solières	30	8	7	15	38	56	−18	31
13	Acren-Lessines	30	6	11	13	42	53	−11	29
14	Walhain (R)	30	7	7	16	33	52	−19	28	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Third Amateur Division
15	Olympic Charleroi[b] (R)	30	5	9	16	32	61	−29	24
16	Ciney (R)	30	2	3	25	22	96	−74	9

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[11]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Only clubs which had received a licence to play in the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division were allowed to take part in the promotion playoffs. As a result, Hamoir and Rebecq were replaced by the two highest finishers not already qualified: Tilleur and La Louvière.
2. Olympic Charleroi was relegated based on its finishing position, but merged after the season with Châtelet to become Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes. Châtelet was playing in the Belgian First Amateur Division and ceased to exist, while the new club took its position in the league. As a result there was de facto one team less relegating to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division and therefore an extra team was promoted from the Belgian Provincial Leagues to fill the gap.

Belgian Third Amateur Division

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division

Division A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Merelbeke (C, P)	30	17	8	5	49	25	+24	59	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2	Wetteren	30	17	6	7	60	36	+24	57	Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3	Zwevezele (P)	30	16	7	7	63	35	+28	55
4	Pepingen-Halle (P)	30	14	9	7	49	30	+19	51
5	Wingene	30	13	10	7	42	32	+10	49
6	Stekene	30	14	5	11	38	37	+1	47
7	Zelzate	30	13	8	9	49	37	+12	47
8	Lebbeke	30	12	8	10	41	40	+1	44
9	Melsele	30	11	8	11	32	36	−4	41
10	Lede	30	9	11	10	36	38	−2	38
11	Wolvertem Merchtem	30	10	5	15	35	45	−10	35
12	Torhout	30	9	7	14	50	56	−6	34
13	Oostkamp (R)	30	9	4	17	55	62	−7	31	Qualification to Relegation play-offs VFV
14	Wervik (R)	30	8	6	16	30	56	−26	30	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Kampenhout (R)	30	6	7	17	30	48	−18	25
16	Woluwe-Zaventem (R)	30	7	1	22	41	87	−46	22

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2019. Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p010241.htm
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tienen (C, P)	30	20	5	5	57	27	+30	65	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2	Houtvenne	30	15	8	7	54	37	+17	53	Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	30	14	10	6	48	32	+16	52
4	Sint-Lenaarts	30	13	7	10	58	46	+12	46
5	Betekom	30	13	6	11	52	50	+2	45
6	Zwarte Leeuw	30	11	10	9	50	48	+2	43
7	Termien	30	11	10	9	45	45	0	43
8	Wellen	30	11	9	10	45	42	+3	42
9	Helson Helchteren	30	11	7	12	47	54	−7	40
10	Esperanza Pelt	30	11	4	15	37	52	−15	37
11	Bornem	30	9	10	11	40	36	+4	37
12	Bilzen	30	8	11	11	53	58	−5	35
13	Ternesse (R)	30	9	6	15	38	52	−14	33	Qualification to Relegation play-offs VFV
14	Nijlen (R)	30	8	7	15	36	50	−14	31	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Leopoldsburg (R)	30	8	6	16	35	56	−21	30
16	KRC Mechelen (R)	30	7	6	17	36	46	−10	27

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2019. Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p010242.htm
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Namur Fosses (C, P)	30	18	6	6	68	29	+39	60	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2	CS Braine	30	17	9	4	58	47	+11	60	Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3	Aische	30	16	6	8	59	47	+12	54
4	Tournai	30	14	10	6	46	25	+21	52
5	Léopold Uccle	30	14	6	10	53	36	+17	48
6	Ostiches-Ath	30	14	5	11	55	47	+8	47
7	Manageoise	30	13	8	9	50	38	+12	47
8	Quévy-Mons	30	13	5	12	45	45	0	44
9	Symphorinois	30	11	10	9	50	50	0	43
10	Stade Brainois	30	11	6	13	37	36	+1	39
11	Jette	30	9	7	14	48	56	−8	34
12	Wavre Sports	30	9	5	16	42	63	−21	32
13	Ganshoren	30	7	10	13	44	61	−17	31	Qualification to Relegation play-offs ACFF
14	Tamines (R)	30	7	8	15	45	65	−20	29	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Stockel (R)	30	6	5	19	38	69	−31	23
16	Binche (R)	30	4	8	18	33	73	−40	20

Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p020241.htm
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stockay (C, P)	30	21	5	4	75	36	+39	68	Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2	Givry (P)	30	20	5	5	59	31	+28	65	Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3	Richelle	30	18	9	3	61	23	+38	63
4	Verlaine (P)	30	16	7	7	52	35	+17	55
5	Onhaye (P)	30	13	10	7	64	47	+17	49
6	Warnant	30	14	6	10	54	40	+14	48
7	Aywaille	30	12	9	9	48	41	+7	45
8	Meix-devant-Virton	30	12	7	11	46	43	+3	43
9	Sprimont	30	12	6	12	53	51	+2	42
10	Herstal	30	12	6	12	56	61	−5	42
11	Mormont	30	9	10	11	48	56	−8	37
12	Huy	30	8	9	13	46	59	−13	33
13	Oppagne-Wéris	30	8	7	15	46	63	−17	31	Qualification to Relegation play-offs ACFF
14	Longlier (R)	30	5	2	23	40	79	−39	17	Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Union La Calamine (R)	30	3	6	21	30	61	−31	15
16	Condruzien (R)	30	3	4	23	26	78	−52	13

Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p020242z9.htm
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2018–19 Belgian Cup	Mechelen	2–1	Gent
2018 Belgian Super Cup	Club Brugge	2–1	Standard Liège

Transfers

Main articles: List of Belgian football transfers summer 2018, List of Belgian football transfers winter 2018–19, and List of Belgian football transfers summer 2019

UEFA competitions

Champions Club Brugge qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Standard Liège started in the qualifying rounds. As Standard Liège also had won the Belgian Cup, third placed Anderlecht qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Gent and Genk started in the qualifying rounds.

Date	Team	Competition	Round	Leg	Opponent	Location	Score	Belgian Team Goalscorers
26 July 2018	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 1, Home	Fola Esch	Luminus Arena, Genk	5–0	Malinovskyi, Pozuelo, Trossard (2), Dewaest
1 August 2018	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 2, Away	Fola Esch	Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette	1–4	Zhegrova (2), Heynen, Gano
7 August 2018	Standard Liège	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Ajax	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	2–2	Carcela, Emond
9 August 2018	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Lech Poznań	Luminus Arena, Genk	2–0	Malinovskyi, Samatta
9 August 2018	Gent	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Away	Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok City Stadium, Białystok	0–1	David
14 August 2018	Standard Liège	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Ajax	Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam	3–0
16 August 2018	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Lech Poznań	Stadion Miejski, Poznań	1–2	Samatta, Trossard
16 August 2018	Gent	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Home	Jagiellonia Białystok	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent	3–1	Awoniyi, Yaremchuk, David
23 August 2018	Genk	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Home	Brøndby	Luminus Arena, Genk	5–2	Samatta (3), Trossard (2)
23 August 2018	Gent	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Home	Bordeaux	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent	0–0
30 August 2018	Genk	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Away	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester	2–4	Malinovskyi, Ndongala, Dewaest, Samatta
30 August 2018	Gent	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Away	Bordeaux	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux	2–0
18 September 2018	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	0–1
20 September 2018	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Away	Spartak Trnava	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava	1–0
20 September 2018	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Malmö	Luminus Arena, Genk	2–0	Trossard, Samatta
20 September 2018	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Away	Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville	5–1	Djenepo
3 October 2018	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	Atlético Madrid	Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid	3–1	Groeneveld
4 October 2018	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Home	Dinamo Zagreb	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	0–2
4 October 2018	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	Sarpsborg 08	Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg	3–1	Trossard
4 October 2018	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Home	Akhisarspor	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	2–1	Emond, Djenepo
24 October 2018	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Monaco	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	1–1	Wesley
25 October 2018	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Fenerbahçe	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	2–2	Bakkali (2)
25 October 2018	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Away	Beşiktaş	Vodafone Park, Istanbul	2–4	Samatta (2), Ndongala, Piotrowski
25 October 2018	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Krasnodar	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	2–1	Emond, Laifis
6 November 2018	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Monaco	Stade Louis II, Monaco	0–4	Vanaken (2), Wesley, Vormer
8 November 2018	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Fenerbahçe	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul	2–0
8 November 2018	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Home	Beşiktaş	Luminus Arena, Genk	1–1	Berge
8 November 2018	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Krasnodar	Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar	2–1	Carcela
28 November 2018	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund	0–0
29 November 2018	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Home	Spartak Trnava	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	0–0
29 November 2018	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Malmö	Stadion, Malmö	2–2	Pozuelo, Paintsil
29 November 2018	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Home	Sevilla	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	1–0	Djenepo
11 December 2018	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	Atlético Madrid	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	0–0
13 December 2018	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Away	Dinamo Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	0–0
13 December 2018	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	Sarpsborg 08	Luminus Arena, Genk	4–0	Gano, Paintsil, Berge, Aidoo
13 December 2018	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Away	Akhisarspor	Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium, Akhisar	0–0
14 February 2019	Club Brugge	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Home	Red Bull Salzburg	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges	2–1	Denswil, Wesley
14 February 2019	Genk	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Away	Slavia Prague	Sinobo Stadium, Prague	0–0
21 February 2019	Club Brugge	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Away	Red Bull Salzburg	Red Bull Arena, Salzburg	4–0
21 February 2019	Genk	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Home	Slavia Prague	Luminus Arena, Genk	1–4	Trossard

European qualification for 2019–20 summary

Competition	Qualifiers	Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Group Stage	Genk	1st in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions	Club Brugge	2nd in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Europa League Group Stage	Standard Liège[n 1]	3rd in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round	Antwerp	Europa League Playoff winner
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round	Gent	5th in Belgian First Division A

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football (Belgian First Division A and Belgian First Division B):

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Oostende	Adnan Čustović	Replaced	End of 2017–18 season	Pre-season	Gert Verheyen	25 April 2018 [n 2] [12]
Sint-Truiden	Jonas De Roeck		End of 2017–18 season [n 3]		Marc Brys	21 May 2018 [13]
Standard Liège	Ricardo Sá Pinto	Resigned	End of 2017–18 season		Michel Preud'homme	23 May 2018 [14]
Union SG	Marc Grosjean	Mutual consent	End of 2017–18 season [15]		Luka Elsner	23 May 2018 [16]
Beerschot Wilrijk	Marc Brys	Signed by Sint-Truiden	End of 2017–18 season [17]		Stijn Vreven	25 May 2018 [18]
Cercle Brugge	Franky Vercauteren	Mutual consent	End of 2017–18 season		Laurent Guyot	6 June 2018 [19]
Waasland-Beveren	Dirk Geeraerd	Caretaker replaced	End of 2017–18 season		Yannick Ferrera	8 June 2018 [20]
Mechelen	Dennis van Wijk	Sacked	20 August 2018 [21]	7th	Wouter Vrancken	21 August 2018 [22]
Excel Mouscron	Frank Defays		30 August 2018 [23]	16th	Bernd Storck	2 September 2018 [24]
Gent	Yves Vanderhaeghe		8 October 2018 [25]	7th	Jess Thorup	10 October 2018 [26]
Lokeren	Peter Maes		27 October 2018 [27]	15th	Arnar Viðarsson (caretaker)	27 October 2018 [27]
Lokeren	Arnar Viðarsson (caretaker)	Caretaker replaced	2 November 2018 [28][n 4]	16th	Trond Sollied	2 November 2018 [28]
Roeselare	Jordi Condom	Sacked	10 November 2018 [29]	7th	Nano	12 November 2018 [30]
Waasland-Beveren	Yannick Ferrera		11 November 2018 [31]	14th	Adnan Čustović	17 November 2018 [32]
Kortrijk	Glen De Boeck		15 November 2018 [33]	12th	Yves Vanderhaeghe	15 November 2018 [34]
Anderlecht	Hein Vanhaezebrouck		16 December 2018 [35]	4th	Karim Belhocine (caretaker)	16 December 2018 [35]
Anderlecht	Karim Belhocine (caretaker)	Caretaker replaced	6 January 2019 [36]	5th	Fred Rutten	6 January 2019 [36]
Roeselare	Nano	Release fee paid by Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	8 January 2019 [37]	Closing tournament: 4th Overall: 6th	Juanito	11 January 2019 [38]
Lokeren	Trond Sollied	Sacked	20 January 2019 [39]	16th	Glen De Boeck	20 January 2019 [39]
OH Leuven	Nigel Pearson	Sacked	3 February 2019 [40]	Closing tournament: 7th Overall: 8th	Vincent Euvrard	8 February 2019 [41]
Oostende	Gert Verheyen	Resigned	6 March 2019 [42]	14th	Hugo Broos (caretaker)	6 March 2019 [42]
Anderlecht	Fred Rutten	Mutual consent	16 April 2019 [43]	Regular season: 4th Championship POs: 5th	Karim Belhocine (caretaker)	16 April 2019 [44]
Oostende	Hugo Broos (caretaker)	Resigned	29 April 2019 [45]	Regular season: 14th Europa League POs: 4th	Franky Van der Elst (caretaker)	29 April 2019 [45]
Cercle Brugge	Laurent Guyot	Mutual consent	2 May 2019 [46]	Regular season: 13th Europa League POs: 4th	José Jeunechamps (caretaker)	2 May 2019 [46]

Notes

1. KV Mechelen were banned from European football as punishment for match-fixing as part of the 2017–18 Belgian football fraud investigation, as Belgian Cup winners they would have qualified for the Group Stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. As a result, third-placed Standard Liège took their spot, while Antwerp took the spot of Standard Liège in the Third Qualifying Round. The remaining spot was allocated to the highest team in the league not already qualified for Europe, fifth-placed Gent.
2. Verheyen was announced as manager on 25 April 2018 but only replaced Adnan Čustović after the final match of the season.
3. The announcement of De Roeck being replaced was made on 20 April 2018, together with the news he would complete the season.
4. The announcement of Viðarsson being replaced was made on 29 October 2018, but he remained in charge for the match against Anderlecht on 1 November, with Sollied taking over only the day after.

See also

• 2018–19 Belgian First Division A
• 2018–19 Belgian First Division B
• 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division
• 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division
• 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division
• 2018–19 Belgian Cup
• 2018 Belgian Super Cup

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