2024–25 Belgian Pro League

The 2024–25 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 122nd season of top-tier football in Belgium.

Belgian Pro League

Season	2024–25
Dates	26 July 2024 – 29 May 2025
Top goalscorer	Tolu Arokodare Adriano Bertaccini (8 goals each)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 22 September 2024.

Teams

Beerschot and Dender EH were promoted respectively as champions and runners-up of the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League. Beerschot returned to the top level after just two seasons, while Dender EH needed 15 seasons to return (including four seasons playing at the third level). They replaced Eupen and RWD Molenbeek who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Stadiums and locations

Anderlecht

Antwerp

Beerschot

Bruges

Charleroi

Dender EH

Genk

Gent

Kortrijk

Mechelen

Standard Liège

OH Leuven

Sint-Truiden

Union SG

Westerlo

Bruges teams
Cercle Brugge
Club Brugge

Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League teams

Matricule	Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
35	Anderlecht	Anderlecht, Brussels	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,500
1	Antwerp	Antwerp	Bosuilstadion	16,144
13	Beerschot		Olympisch Stadion	12,771
12	Cercle Brugge	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
22	Charleroi	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	14,000
3	Club Brugge	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
3900	Dender EH	Denderleeuw	Van Roystadion	06,429
322	Genk	Genk	Cegeka Arena	24,956
7	Gent	Ghent	Planet Group Arena	20,000
19	Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	09,399
25	Mechelen	Mechelen	AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne	16,700
18	OH Leuven	Leuven	Den Dreef	10,000
373	Sint-Truiden	Sint-Truiden	Stayen	14,600
16	Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,023
10	Union SG	Forest, Brussels	Stade Joseph Marien	09,400
2024	Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	08,035

Number of teams by area

#	Province or region	Team(s)
4	Antwerp	Antwerp, Beerschot, Mechelen and Westerlo
3	West Flanders	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Kortrijk
2	Brussels	Anderlecht and Union SG
	East Flanders	Dender EH and Gent
	Limburg	Genk and Sint-Truiden
1	Flemish Brabant	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
	Liège	Standard Liège
	Hainaut	Charleroi

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Anderlecht	David Hubert [n 1]	Jan Vertonghen	Joma	Napoleon Sports & Casino	None	None	None
Antwerp	Jonas De Roeck	Toby Alderweireld	Jako	betFIRST	Heylen Vastgoed, Ghelamco	AntwerpFirst, betFIRST	None
Beerschot	Dirk Kuyt	Ryan Sanusi	Erreà	Star Casino, Wolf Lubricants	Yelo Rent a Car, Mystershirt	Wolf Lubricants	Yelo Rent a Car, Green House Solutions
Cercle Brugge	Miron Muslic	Thibo Somers	Kappa	Golden Palace Casino Sports, Volvo Automobilia	Liantis, Callant Insurance	Golden Palace Casino Sports	Autoverhuur Meerschaert, Rodenbach
Charleroi	Rik De Mil	Adem Zorgane	Kipsta	Unibet, R-Aqua, Cairox	QNT Sport	None	UMons
Club Brugge	Nicky Hayen	Hans Vanaken	Castore	Unibet	Allianz	Unibet	None
Dender EH	Vincent Euvrard	Lennard Hens	Jako	Star Casino, Valckenier	None	None	None
Genk	Thorsten Fink	Bryan Heynen	Nike	Beobank, ITZU Foreign	Wilms NV, Carglass	ACEG	Cegeka, Carglass
Gent	Wouter Vrancken	Sven Kums	Craft	Bâloise/Hamann International Logistics (in UEFA matches)	Circus Belgium, Vdk bank	Hyundai	APF Autoparts, Vdk bank
Kortrijk	Freyr Alexandersson	João Silva	Erreà	AGO Jobs & HR, Unibet	Brustor, EARTH Solar Solution, Caps Fuel Card	NOVY	Unibet, Caps Fuel Card
Mechelen	Besnik Hasi	Rob Schoofs	Erreà	Telenet, Groep Verelst, Play Sports, AFAS Software	AFAS Software, EnergyKing	Golden Palace Casino Sports	Arco Information, Golden Palace Casino Sports
OH Leuven	Óscar García	Mathieu Maertens	Stanno	Star Casino	Banqup, Tegel Concept	Star Casino	None
Sint-Truiden	Felice Mazzù [n 2]	Bruno Godeau	Olympic Sportswear	Maruhan, DMM.com, Oliverhood, Crafty Inc.	Sint Truiden	Asahi Kasei, Maruhan	Pauli Beton, SEPTENI, Shin Takarajima Holdings, All Ads Inc.
Standard Liège	Ivan Leko	Arnaud Bodart	Adidas	Circus Belgium	None	None	None
Union SG	Sébastien Pocognoli	Anthony Moris	Nike	Loterie Nationale/Hey! Telecom (in UEFA matches)	Hey! Telecom	Cupra	None
Westerlo	Timmy Simons	Sinan Bolat	Nike	Soudal	Casino777, Arma Global	Keukens Vanlommel, Voetbalshop.be	Soloya

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Gent	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	End of contract	30 June 2024[1][2][3][4]	Pre-season	Wouter Vrancken	5 June 2024[5]
Genk	Domenico Olivieri, Michel Ribeiro & Eddy Vanhemel	End of caretaker spell			Thorsten Fink	5 June 2024[3]
Westerlo	Bart Goor				Timmy Simons	23 May 2024[2][n 3]
Dender	Timmy Simons	Signed by Westerlo			Vincent Euvrard	31 May 2024[6]
Antwerp	Mark van Bommel	End of contract			Jonas De Roeck	4 June 2024[7]
Sint-Truiden	Thorsten Fink	Signed by Genk			Christian Lattanzio	14 June 2024[8]
Union SG	Alexander Blessin	Signed by St. Pauli			Sébastien Pocognoli	7 July 2024[9]
Sint-Truiden	Christian Lattanzio	Sacked	3 September 2024[10]	15th	Felice Mazzù	5 September 2024[11]
Anderlecht	Brian Riemer		19 September 2024[12]	4th	David Hubert[n 4]	19 September 2024[12]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk	14	10	1	3	28	19	+9	31	Qualification for the Europa League and Champions' play-offs[a]
2	Antwerp	14	8	2	4	27	11	+16	26	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3	Club Brugge	14	7	4	3	23	16	+7	25
4	Anderlecht	14	6	5	3	24	12	+12	23
5	Gent	14	6	4	4	23	12	+11	22
6	Mechelen	14	6	3	5	28	19	+9	21
7	Union SG	14	4	7	3	17	12	+5	19	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Westerlo	14	5	3	6	23	23	0	18
9	Standard Liège	14	5	3	6	9	18	−9	18
10	Charleroi	14	5	2	7	14	16	−2	17
11	Sint-Truiden	14	4	5	5	20	24	−4	17
12	Dender EH	14	4	5	5	17	23	−6	17
13	OH Leuven	14	3	7	4	14	18	−4	16	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14	Cercle Brugge	14	4	3	7	16	26	−10	15
15	Kortrijk	14	4	2	8	10	25	−15	14
16	Beerschot	14	1	4	9	12	31	−19	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[14]
Notes:

1. The regular season winner will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2025–26 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.

Results

Home \ Away	GNK	ANT	CLU	MEC	AND	GNT	WES	STA	CHA	STR	DEN	USG	OHL	CER	KOR	BEE
Genk		2–0	3–2	2–1	22 Dec		1–0	0–0	23 Nov	3–2	4–0				7 Dec
Antwerp	26 Dec			0–1	1–2			3–0	8 Dec	6–1	22 Nov	2–0		3–0		5–0[a]
Club Brugge	15 Dec	1–0		1–1	2–1	2–4	26 Dec			23 Nov	30 Nov	1–1		3–0
Mechelen		13 Dec	7 Dec		1–3		2–4	26 Dec	5–2			1–1	5–0	2–0	3–0	24 Nov
Anderlecht	0–2[b]					24 Nov	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	27 Dec		1–1		4–0	8 Dec
Gent	0–2	1–1		2–0			4–1	5–0		7 Dec	1–2	26 Dec	3–0	15 Dec
Westerlo		1–2	1–2	20 Dec		1 Dec					2–0	4–3	1–1	3–0	24 Nov	2–2
Standard Liège			1–0	0–0		22 Dec	1–2		2–1	2–1		0–0	7 Dec	23 Nov		1–0
Charleroi		0–1	1–1			1–0	1–0			21 Dec			0–2		1–0	3–0
Sint-Truiden	1 Dec			2–1	15 Dec	1–1	2–0		1–4		3–3	0–0	2–1	27 Dec
Dender EH		21 Dec	1–2	2–5	1–1		8 Dec	0–2	1–0			0–0	1–1		4–1
Union SG	4–0	1 Dec	22 Dec		0–0	0–0	15 Dec		1–0					1–3	3–0	3–1
OH Leuven	3–1	1–1	0–1		1 Dec			2–0	14 Dec			24 Nov		1–1	1–1	27 Dec
Cercle Brugge	2–3				0–5	2–1[c]			2–0	1–1	0–0	8 Dec	22 Dec		1–2	4–1
Kortrijk	2–1	1–2	0–3	29 Nov		0–1		1–0	26 Dec	1–1	14 Dec					1–0
Beerschot	3–4		2–2		2–1	0–0		14 Dec		0–3	1–2		0–0	1 Dec	21 Dec

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Kalender Pro League 2024-25
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match Antwerp-Beerschot of matchday 9 (29 September) was abandoned at a score of 4–0 with 75 minutes played as the away fans kept throwing flares on the pitch.^[15] As per the rules of the Pro League, the match would have been continued behind closed doors on 30 September or 1 October, but Beerschot decided to forfeit the match, handing Antwerp a 5–0 win.^[16] On 30 September, the Pro League fined Beerschot 50.000 € for the irregularities^[17] and on 4 October 2024 the Prosecutor's Office of the Belgian FA also fined the club an additional 10.000 €, and additionally prohibited Beerschot from bringing away fans in their three next away fixtures (at Kortrijk, Mechelen, and Anderlecht).^[18]
2. The match Anderlecht-Genk of matchday 5 (23 August) was postponed to 17 September (between matchdays 7 and 8) due to Anderlecht taking part in the qualifying rounds for European football.
3. The match Cercle Brugge-Gent of matchday 5 (24 August) was postponed to 26 September (between matchdays 8 and 9) due to both clubs taking part in the qualifying rounds for European football.^[19]

Season statistics

As of 10 November 2024

Despite teams not playing the same amount of matches due to the play-offs, goals during the play-offs do count in determining the top scorer, as do the goals from the abandoned Royal Antwerp v Beerschot match.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[20]
1	Tolu Arokodare	Genk	8
	Adriano Bertaccini	Sint-Truiden
	Kasper Dolberg	Anderlecht
4	Tjaronn Chery	Antwerp	7
	Kévin Denkey	Cercle Brugge
	Daan Heymans	Charleroi
	Jacob Ondrejka	Antwerp
8	5 players		5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jacob Ondrejka	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden	6–1 (H)[21]	11 August 2024
Kasper Dolberg	Anderlecht	Cercle Brugge	5–0 (A)[22]	10 November 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[23]
1	Anthony Moris	Union SG	8
2	Colin Coosemans	Anderlecht	6
	Matthieu Epolo	Standard Liege
4	Ortwin De Wolf	Mechelen	5
	Davy Roef	Gent
	Hendrik van Crombrugge	Genk
7	Mohamed Koné	Charleroi	4
	Senne Lammens	Antwerp
	Simon Mignolet	Club Brugge
10	3 players		3

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 6^[24]
  • Aziz Mohammed (Mechelen)
• Most red cards: 1^[25]
  • 16 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 42^[26]
  • Westerlo
• Fewest yellow cards: 21^[26]
  • Genk
  • Standard Liege
• Most red cards: 3^[27]
  • Sint-Truiden
• Fewest red cards: 0^[27]
  • 3 clubs

Notes

1. Brian Riemer was the manager for matchdays 1 through 7, after which David Hubert was appointed caretaker manager. After matchday 10, Hubert was appointed permanently.
2. Christian Lattanzio was the manager for matchdays 1 through 6.
3. While the announcement of Timmy Simons's signature at Westerlo was already made on 23 May 2024, Bart Goor remained in charge as caretaker manager for the last match of the season and Simons thus only officially took up the position as soon as the 2023–24 season ended.
4. David Hubert was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but on 10 October 2024 it was confirmed he was appointed as full time manager.^[13]

References

1. "Afscheid van Hein Vanhaezebrouck bij Gent is nu officieel: "Ik vertrek absoluut niet in onmin"" [Hein Vanhaezebrouck's farewell to Gent is now official: "I am definitely not leaving in discord"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-05-14.
2. "Westerlo verwelkomt Timmy Simons als T1: "Een van de meest veelbelovende coaches"" [Westerlo welcomes Timmy Simons as manager: "One of the most promising coaches"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-05-23.
3. "KRC Genk haalt coach Thorsten Fink voor onbepaalde duur weg bij de buren van STVV" [KRC Genk snatches away manager Thorsten Fink from neighbours STVV, for indefinite period] (in Dutch). hln.be. 2024-06-05.
4. ""Bouwbedrijf" Union mag op zoek naar nieuwe architect: St. Pauli plukt coach Alexander Blessin weg" ["Construction company" Union looking for new architect: St. Pauli snatches manager Alexander Blessin] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-06-27.
5. "Wouter Vrancken, die tekent voor 3 jaar, en Arnar Vidarsson voorgesteld bij AA Gent: "Voelt een beetje als thuiskomen"" [Wouter Vrancken, who signs for 3 seasons, and Arnar Vidarsson introduced at AA Gent: "Feels a bit like coming home"] (in Dutch). hln.be. 2024-06-05.
6. "Vincent Euvrard gaat Dender coachen: "Ik spiegel mij aan de normen en waarden van de club"" [Vincent Euvrard to coach Dender: "I reflect the norms and values of the club"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-05-31.
7. "Antwerp kiest voor Jonas De Roeck als opvolger voor coach Mark van Bommel" [Antwerp chooses Jonas De Roeck as successor of Mark van Bommel] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-05-23.
8. "Christian Lattanzio wordt nieuwe coach van STVV" [Christian Lattanzio becomes new manager of STVV] (in Dutch). stvv.com. 2024-05-23.
9. "Sébastien Pocognoli nieuwe hoofdcoach van Union" [Sébastien Pocognoli new manager of Union] (in Dutch). rusg.brussels. 2024-07-07.
10. "Christian Lattanzio wordt nieuwe coach van STVV" [Christian Lattanzio becomes new manager of STVV] (in Dutch). stvv.com. 2024-09-03.
11. "STVV rekent op "doorgewinterde trainer" Felice Mazzu om ploeg weer op de rails te zetten" [STVV is counting on "seasoned manager" Felice Mazzu to get team back on track] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-09-05.
12. "Anderlecht zet trainer Brian Riemer op de keien: "Clubleiding evalueert prestaties als onvoldoende"" [Anderlecht sacks Manager Brian Riemer: "Management evaluates achievements as insufficient"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-09-19.
13. "De kogel is door de kerk: Anderlecht geeft David Hubert het vertrouwen om aan te blijven als hoofdcoach" [The decision has been made: Anderlecht gives David Hubert the confidence to remain as manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2024-10-10.
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