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Football in Belgium
Season2016–17
Men's football
First Division AAnderlecht
First Division BAntwerp
First Amateur DivisionBeerschot Wilrijk
Second Amateur DivisionKnokke (A), Berchem Sport (B) and Châtelet (C)
Third Amateur DivisionIngelmunster (A), Turnhout (B), RWDM47 (C) and Durbuy (D)
CupZulte Waregem
Super CupClub Brugge
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The following article is a summary of the 2016–17 football season in Belgium, which is the 114th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2016 until June 2017.

National teams

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Belgium national football team

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Main article: Belgium national football team

The Belgium national football team started their qualification campaign, winning 5 matches easily but needing a last minute equalizer at home against Greece to remain undefeated. They were less successful in friendlies, with two draws and one loss.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H
6 September 2016 (2016-09-06) Cyprus  0–3  Belgium GSP Stadium, Nicosia
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 R. Lukaku 13', 61'
Carrasco 81'		 Attendance: 12,029
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
7 October 2016 (2016-10-07) Belgium  4–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Spahić 26' (o.g.)
Hazard 29'
Alderweireld 60'
R. Lukaku 79'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Attendance: 42,653
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
10 October 2016 (2016-10-10) Gibraltar  0–6  Belgium Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé (Portugal)[note 1]
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Benteke 1', 43', 56'
Witsel 19'
Mertens 51'
Hazard 79'		 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
13 November 2016 (2016-11-13) Belgium  8–1  Estonia King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Meunier 8'
Mertens 16', 68'
E. Hazard 25'
Carrasco 62'
Klavan 64' (o.g.)
R. Lukaku 83', 88'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Anier 29' Attendance: 37,128
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
25 March 2017 (2017-03-25) Belgium  1–1  Greece King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 R. Lukaku 89' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Mitroglou 46' Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
9 June 2017 (2017-06-09) Estonia  0–2  Belgium A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Mertens 31'
Chadli 86'		 Attendance: 10,176
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Friendlies

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1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) Friendly Belgium  0–2  Spain Brussels, Belgium
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Report Silva 34', 62' (p) Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
9 November 2016 (2016-11-09) Friendly Netherlands  1–1  Belgium Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Klaassen 38' (pen) Report Carrasco 82' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
28 March 2017 (2017-03-28) Friendly Russia  3–3  Belgium Sochi, Russia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vasin 3'
Miranchuk 74'
Bukharov 90+2'		 Report Mirallas 17' (pen.)
Benteke 42', 45'		 Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Belgium women's national football team

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Main article: Belgium women's national football team

Men's football

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League season

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Promotion and relegation

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The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2016–17 season.

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
First Division A
First Division B
  • none

Belgian First Division A

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Main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Division A

Anderlecht secured its 34th championship, denying Club Brugge a second consecutive title. Oostende qualified for the first time for European football while Westerlo was relegated at the bottom end of the table.

Regular season
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht 30 18 7 5 67 30 +37 61 Qualification for the championship play-offs
2 Club Brugge 30 18 5 7 56 24 +32 59
3 Zulte Waregem 30 15 9 6 49 38 +11 54
4 Gent 30 14 8 8 45 29 +16 50
5 Oostende 30 14 8 8 52 37 +15 50
6 Charleroi 30 13 10 7 34 29 +5 49[a]
7 Mechelen 30 14 6 10 41 36 +5 48 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8 Genk 30 14 6 10 40 35 +5 48
9 Standard Liège 30 10 12 8 47 38 +9 39[a]
10 Kortrijk 30 8 7 15 38 55 −17 31
11 Lokeren 30 7 10 13 24 34 −10 31
12 Sint-Truiden 30 8 6 16 35 48 −13 30
13 Eupen 30 8 6 16 40 64 −24 30
14 Waasland-Beveren 30 7 9 14 28 43 −15 30
15 Excel Mouscron 30 7 3 20 29 53 −24 24
16 Westerlo (R) 30 5 8 17 33 65 −32 23 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.[3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The match between Charleroi and Standard Liège on 4 December was stopped after 68 minutes after supporters from both teams had been throwing objects and fireworks onto the pitch, with Standard leading 3–1. On 15 December, the Royal Belgian Football Association decided to award zero points to both teams.[1] Standard appealed this decision, however the Belgian arbitration court for sports finally ruled that the decision would stand, meaning the 3–1 score was kept but no points were awarded. Standard Liège was however relieved of the penalty to play one match behind closed doors.[2]
Championship play-offs
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AND CLU GNT OOS CHA ZWA
1 Anderlecht (C) 10 6 3 1 14 6 +8 52 Qualification for the Champions League group stage — 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–0
2 Club Brugge 10 4 3 3 16 14 +2 45 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–1 — 3–1 1–1 2–1
3 Gent 10 4 4 2 16 11 +5 41 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 5–2
4 Oostende (O) 10 3 3 4 14 17 −3 37 Qualification for the Europa League play-off final 0–1 2–1 4–3 — 1–0 1–1
5 Charleroi 10 2 4 4 10 13 −3 35 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 — 2–0
6 Zulte Waregem 10 1 3 6 12 21 −9 33 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Zulte Waregem qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Belgian Cup.

Belgian First Division B

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Main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Division B

In the opening tournament, Roeselare edged out Lierse to assure its place in the promotion play-offs. In the closing tournament, Lierse competed with Antwerp for the lead, with Lierse being overtaken by Antwerp on the final matchday. Therefore, Lierse, who scored the most points overall, did not qualify for the promotion play-offs which were instead played by Roeselare and Antwerp. Antwerp beat Roeselare twice (3–1 at home and 1–2 in Roeselare) and returned to the highest level of Belgian football after thirteen seasons at the second level. Roeselare did qualify for the Europa League play-offs together with Lierse and Union SG. At the bottom end, Lommel United was relegated.

Aggregate table
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lierse 28 15 10 3 51 25 +26 55 Qualification to Europa League play-offs
2 Roeselare 28 14 8 6 42 32 +10 50 Qualification to Promotion play-offs[a]
3 Antwerp 28 13 10 5 40 26 +14 49
4 Union SG 28 9 8 11 33 34 −1 35 Qualification to Europa League play-offs
5 Tubize 28 10 4 14 42 53 −11 34 Qualification to Relegation play-offs[b]
6 Cercle Brugge 28 9 6 13 32 40 −8 33
7 OH Leuven 28 7 9 12 33 42 −9 30
8 Lommel United 28 3 9 16 31 52 −21 18
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 promoted to the 2017–18 Belgian First Division A, by winning the Promotion playoff, did not take part in the Europa League play-offs. The next team in the aggregate league table took its spot.
  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.
Promotion play-offs
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Antwerp twice beat Roeselare and thereby allowed the club to return to the highest level of professional football in Belgium following thirteen seasons at the second level. Initially, they did not receive a license to compete in professional football the following season, but the decision was overturned.[6] Roeselare got to play the Europa League play-offs.

Antwerp3–1Roeselare
Dequevy 35'
Damman 57' (o.g.)
Hairemans 73' (pen.)		 Report Schmisser 64'
Referee: Ken Vermeiren
Roeselare1–2Antwerp
Schmisser 35' Report Dierckx 30'
Limbombe 78'

Antwerp won 5–2 on aggregate and was promoted.

Relegation play-offs
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The four bottom teams overall competed in the relegation play-offs. In spite of a strong comeback, Lommel United was relegated finally on the last matchday after losing away to OH Leuven.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TUB OHL CER LOM
1 Tubize 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 24 — 1–0 2–2 0–0
2 OH Leuven 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 23 1–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Cercle Brugge 6 1 3 2 4 9 −5 23 1–1 0–0 — 0–5
4 Lommel United (R) 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 19 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division 2–1 2–1 0–1 —
Source: Belgian First Division B, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.[7]
(R) Relegated

Belgian First Amateur Division

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Main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beerschot Wilrijk[a] (P) 30 26 2 2 63 16 +47 80 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2 Dessel 30 20 6 4 68 28 +40 66
3 Virton 30 19 2 9 63 30 +33 59
4 Heist 30 16 3 11 61 42 +19 51
5 Dender EH 30 15 5 10 53 43 +10 50
6 Deinze 30 14 6 10 46 34 +12 48[b]
7 Seraing 30 14 6 10 42 36 +6 48
8 ASV Geel 30 13 5 12 53 44 +9 44
9 Oudenaarde 30 12 4 14 41 43 −2 40
10 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 30 11 5 14 37 41 −4 38
11 Hamme 30 9 8 13 52 59 −7 35
12 Oosterzonen Oosterwijk 30 8 7 15 32 44 −12 31
13 Hasselt (R) 30 6 8 16 29 48 −19 26 Qualification for the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final
14 Coxyde[c] (R) 30 6 4 20 27 81 −54 22 Relegation to the Second Amateur Division
15 WS Brussels[d] (D, R) 30 4 8 18 23 66 −43 20
16 Sprimont-Comblain (R) 30 4 7 19 30 61 −31 19
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[12]
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 5 April 2017, the Belgian FA announced that Beerschot Wilrijk was the only team which had asked and obtained a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, giving the right to play at the professional levels of Belgian football and necessary to be able to promote from the Belgian First Amateur Division. Only Deinze had also made the request but it had only received a Belgian remunerated football license. As a result, Beerschot-Wilrijk was already certain of the promotion even before the end of the regular season, let alone the promotional play-offs.[8]
  2. ^ On 24 February 2017, following a complaint from Seraing United and Sprimont-Comblain, the appeal committee ruled that Deinze defender Jarric Buysse was not correctly registered and all matches in which he played were to be converted on 0-5 losses for Deinze. Buysse played in 16 of the 22 matches played at that time, causing Deinze to drop from third place (41 points) to last place (7 points).[9] On 4 May 2017, after the regular season had finished, the arbitrage committee ruled that Deinze should be awarded the points. As a result, Deinze moved from last place (14 points) to sixth place (48 points) and as a result was saved from relegation.[10]
  3. ^ On 8 February 2017, Coxyde announced that it did not apply for a Belgian remunerated football license for the coming season and will therefore automatically relegate to the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division irrespective of its finishing position. Eventually the club decided not to participate in the 2017–18 season, only to restart at the lowest level of Belgian football as part of the 2018–19 season.[11]
  4. ^ WS Brussels was refused a Belgian remunerated football license and did not appeal the decision, as a result the club will relegate automatically.

Belgian Second Amateur Division

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Main article: 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division
Division A
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Knokke (P) 30 23 3 4 73 25 +48 72 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division
2 Petegem[a] 30 17 7 6 60 44 +16 58
3 Aalst (P) 30 17 5 8 55 37 +18 56 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
4 Izegem[a] 30 16 5 9 53 42 +11 53
5 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 30 15 8 7 55 30 +25 53 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
6 Brakel 30 12 7 11 59 51 +8 43
7 Temse[a] 30 13 3 14 38 45 −7 42
8 Gent-Zeehaven 30 11 8 11 46 43 +3 41 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
9 Torhout 30 11 6 13 36 45 −9 39
10 Gullegem 30 10 7 13 46 52 −6 37
11 Sint-Niklaas 30 9 8 13 45 49 −4 35
12 Harelbeke 30 10 4 16 36 45 −9 34
13 Westhoek 30 9 7 14 40 56 −16 34
14 Bornem 30 8 10 12 31 39 −8 34 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Halle (R) 30 5 8 17 27 55 −28 23 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division
16 Menen (R) 30 4 4 22 35 77 −42 16
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2017. Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/third-division/20162017/group-a/r36768/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Petegem, Izegem and Temse did not apply for (or were not awarded) a Belgian remunerated football license and are thus not allowed to play in the 2017-18 Belgian First Amateur Division. As a result, the vacant places in the promotion play-offs VFV were taken by the highest finishers not already eligible: Brakel and Gent-Zeehaven.
Division B
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Berchem Sport (P) 30 20 8 2 65 24 +41 68 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division
2 Tessenderlo 30 21 3 6 61 38 +23 66 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3 Rupel Boom 30 15 7 8 55 38 +17 52
4 Spouwen-Mopertingen[a] 30 15 5 10 54 56 −2 50
5 Wijgmaal[a] 30 12 8 10 45 42 +3 44
6 Bocholt[a] 30 10 11 9 44 39 +5 41
7 Zwarte Leeuw[a] 30 12 4 14 39 56 −17 40
8 Londerzeel[a] 30 10 8 12 46 39 +7 38
9 Hoogstraten[a] 30 11 4 15 51 60 −9 37
10 Hades[a] 30 11 4 15 45 60 −15 37
11 Overijse[a] 30 11 3 16 53 59 −6 36
12 Cappellen[a] 30 8 12 10 41 42 −1 36
13 Duffel[a] 30 10 5 15 53 56 −3 35
14 Tienen-Hageland 30 8 6 16 29 45 −16 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Grimbergen (R) 30 7 8 15 35 46 −11 29 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division
16 Woluwe-Zaventem (R) 30 7 8 15 46 62 −16 29
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2017. Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/third-division/20162017/vfv-b/r37998/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Besides Berchem Sport, Tessenderlo and Rupel-Boom, no other teams applied for (or were awarded) a Belgian remunerated football license although several were eligible to participate based on their finishing position. As a result, these teams are not allowed to play in the 2017-18 Belgian First Amateur Division and therefore two places in the promotion play-offs VFV were vacant.
Division C
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Châtelet (P) 30 21 7 2 67 32 +35 70 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division
2 RFC Liège 30 19 8 3 66 30 +36 65 Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3 Olympic Charleroi 30 15 6 9 61 46 +15 51
4 La Louvière Centre 30 13 11 6 54 35 +19 50
5 Hamoir[a] 30 12 8 10 50 49 +1 44
6 Acrenoise[a] 30 12 6 12 48 48 0 42
7 Solières[a] 30 11 9 10 52 48 +4 42
8 Walhain[a] 30 11 8 11 52 53 −1 41
9 Union La Calamine[a] 30 11 7 12 65 59 +6 40
10 Waremme[a] 30 12 2 16 60 58 +2 38
11 Ciney[a] 30 9 10 11 56 57 −1 37
12 Meux[a] 30 10 6 14 53 51 +2 36
13 Couvin-Mariembourg (R) 30 9 6 15 54 66 −12 33 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division
14 Givry (R) 30 7 9 14 39 60 −21 30
15 Charleroi Fleurus (R) 30 6 8 16 37 77 −40 26
16 Namur (R) 30 3 7 20 32 77 −45 16
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2017. Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/third-division/20162017/group-b/r36769/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Besides RFC Liège, Olympic Charleroi and La Louvière Centre, no other teams applied for (or were awarded) a Belgian remunerated football license although several were eligible to participate based on their finishing position. As a result, these teams are not allowed to play in the 2017-18 Belgian First Amateur Division and therefore one place in the promotion play-offs ACFF was vacant.

Belgian Third Amateur Division

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Main article: 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division
Division A
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ingelmunster[a] (C, P) 30 22 5 3 71 33 +38 71 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 Wetteren 30 20 2 8 58 37 +21 62 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3 Pepingen (P) 30 16 7 7 50 38 +12 55
4 Ronse (P) 30 16 5 9 54 33 +21 53
5 Dikkelvenne 30 12 11 7 56 45 +11 47
6 Ninove 30 13 5 12 59 43 +16 44
7 Mariekerke 30 11 6 13 49 51 −2 39
8 Wolvertem Merchtem 30 11 6 13 38 52 −14 39
9 Lebbeke 30 10 9 11 49 43 +6 39
10 Lede 30 10 7 13 53 52 +1 37
11 Merelbeke 30 9 10 11 40 46 −6 37
12 Wervik 30 9 9 12 41 44 −3 36
13 Vlamertinge 30 8 7 15 37 46 −9 31 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Berlare (R) 30 8 6 16 31 55 −24 30 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15 Sint-Gillis Waas (R) 30 4 12 14 24 49 −25 24
16 Zele (R) 30 3 9 18 25 68 −43 18
Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/promotion/20162017/group-a/r36836/
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Although OMS Ingelmunster officially received promotion, the team will cease to exist and instead merge with KFC Izegem, playing in the Belgian Second Amateur Division, to become Mandel United. As a result, one extra promotion spot became available in the Promotion play-offs VFV.
Division B
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Turnhout (C, P) 30 19 6 5 74 38 +36 63 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 City Pirates (P) 30 18 5 7 80 40 +40 59 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3 Sint-Lenaarts (P) 30 15 9 6 45 32 +13 54
4 Diegem 30 14 8 8 54 49 +5 50
5 Vosselaar (P) 30 15 4 11 55 49 +6 49
6 Esperanza Pelt 30 13 6 11 49 44 +5 45
7 Houtvenne 30 13 5 12 60 53 +7 44
8 Eppegem 30 12 7 11 49 49 0 43
9 Leopoldsburg 30 10 9 11 38 38 0 39
10 Nijlen 30 10 8 12 31 36 −5 38
11 Wellen 30 10 6 14 48 42 +6 36
12 Sterrebeek 30 9 9 12 37 40 −3 36
13 Diest 30 9 7 14 46 67 −21 34 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Helchteren (R) 30 9 5 16 29 44 −15 32 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15 Betekom (R) 30 9 5 16 45 67 −22 32
16 Racing Mechelen (R) 30 2 7 21 29 81 −52 13
Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/promotion/20162017/vfv-b/r37999/
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Division C
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 RWDM47 (C, P) 26 19 4 3 72 31 +41 61 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 Rebecq (P) 26 19 4 3 58 24 +34 61 Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3 Francs Borains 26 18 6 2 63 21 +42 60
4 Albert Quevy-Mons 26 13 8 5 54 28 +26 47
5 Tournai 26 11 7 8 55 46 +9 40
6 Onhaye 26 11 4 11 34 44 −10 37
7 Manage 26 9 8 9 34 35 −1 35
8 Uccle 26 8 10 8 44 32 +12 34
9 Wavre 26 8 6 12 41 35 +6 30
10 Solre 26 6 9 11 32 59 −27 27
11 Waterloo 26 7 5 14 30 49 −19 26
12 Ganshoren 26 7 4 15 38 66 −28 25
13 Tamines 26 5 5 16 29 51 −22 20 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Profondeville (R) 26 0 2 24 18 81 −63 2 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Provincial Leagues
Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/promotion/20162017/group-a/r36836/
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Division D
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Durbuy (C, P) 26 20 4 2 52 15 +37 64 Promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 Tilleur 26 17 6 3 60 20 +40 57 Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3 Verlaine 26 13 6 7 40 29 +11 45
4 Richelle 26 12 7 7 46 36 +10 43
5 Mormont 26 12 5 9 49 42 +7 41
6 Huy 26 12 3 11 51 44 +7 39
7 Bertrix 26 8 8 10 39 46 −7 32
8 Cointe 26 9 4 13 38 47 −9 31
9 Aische 26 9 3 14 35 42 −7 30
10 Longlier 26 8 6 12 35 40 −5 30
11 Herstal 26 7 7 12 30 36 −6 28
12 Aywaille 26 7 7 12 30 43 −13 28
13 Warnant (R) 26 8 3 15 34 61 −27 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Arlon (R) 26 2 7 17 32 70 −38 13 Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Provincial Leagues
Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/belgium/promotion/20162017/group-a/r36836/
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
2016–17 Belgian Cup Zulte Waregem 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) Oostende
2016 Belgian Super Cup Club Brugge 2–1 Standard Liège

Transfers

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Main articles: List of Belgian football transfers summer 2016, List of Belgian football transfers winter 2016–17, and List of Belgian football transfers summer 2017

UEFA competitions

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Champions Club Brugge qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Anderlecht started in the qualifying rounds. As cup winner, Standard Liège qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Gent and Genk started in the qualifying rounds.

Overall, Belgian football clubs performed very strongly during the 2016–17 season, with both Anderlecht, Genk and Gent still active after the winter break and going very far in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, more specifically it was the first time since the 1993–94 season that three Belgian clubs reached the last 16 in Europe in the same season.

  • Club Brugge had a difficult European season as they lost all six matches in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, in a group with Leicester City, Porto and Copenhagen.
  • Anderlecht also started mediocre, not getting past Rostov in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round after first getting a 2–2 draw in Russia before losing 0–2 at home. As a result, they entered the Play-off round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League where they fared much better, by easily overcoming Slavia Prague (winning twice 3–0). In the group stage they started with a home win against Gabala and looked on their way to a 0–1 away win against Saint-Etienne before conceding and injury time equalizer. They then scored 4 points in two matches against Mainz, including a spectacular 6–1 home win. Injury time goals against Gabala secured qualification but on the final matchday Anderlecht gave away a 2–0 lead at home to Saint-Etienne to lose 2–3 and with that they also had to settle for the runner-up position. In the round of 32, Anderlecht were coupled with Zenit Saint Petersburg and were underdogs. Following a confident 2–0 home win they were going into the return leg with a comfortable lead, however Zenit stormed past Anderlecht in the return leg to lead 3–0 with only ten minutes to play. In the injury time, Isaac Kiese Thelin scored his first ever goal for Anderlecht to send them through on the away goals rule. In the round of 16, Anderlecht strolled past APOEL with two 1–0 victories before meeting Manchester United in the quarterfinals. At home, Leander Dendoncker headed in the 1–1 equalizer just minutes before the end of the match. At Old Trafford, Anderlecht held Manchester to another 1–1 draw, sending the match into extra time. Marcus Rashford finally scored the 2–1, eliminating Anderlecht in their first quarter final since 1997.
  • In the same manner as Club Brugge but in the Europa League rather than the Champions League, Standard Liège had also qualified directly for the group stage and failed to progress. In contrary to Club Brugge however, Standard Liège did manage to score some points and were even in the running to progress up to last matchday. Standard started with a 1–1 draw at home with Celta de Vigo and a loss away to Ajax. They then scored 4 out of 6 against Panathinaikos before again holding Celta de Vigo to 1–1. On the last matchday, they needed to beat the result of Celta de Vigo playing away to Panathinaikos, but whereas Celta won, Standard Liège only managed to draw 1–1 with Ajax and where thus eliminated.
  • Gent started in the third qualifying round of the Europa League where they started with a convincing 5–0 home win against Viitorul Constanța, followed up with a lacklustre 0–0 in Romania. In the play-off round Gent also had no problems with Macedonian team Shkëndija, winning twice: 2–1 at home and 4–0 away. They thus qualified for the group stage where they drew an uninteresting group with far away teams Konyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Braga. Gent started with a 1–1 draw away to Braga before beating Konyaspor 2–0 at home. They then conceded ten goals over two matches with Shakhtar Donetsk, losing 5–0 in Ukraine and 3–5 in Ghent. After another draw with Braga (2–2), Gent went into the last match knowing that they could progress only in case of an away win at Konyaspor while also requiring Braga not to win against Shakhtar. Shakhtar soon took the lead but Gent struggled throughout the match to create chances against Konyaspor and looked on their way to elimination as the match was about to end in a goalless draw when in the fifth minute of extra time Kalifa Coulibaly scored from outside of the penalty area to send Gent through. Gent was rewarded with a draw in the round of 32 against Tottenham Hotspur and managed to stun Tottenham in a 1–0 home win with a goal from Jérémy Perbet. In the return leg at Wembley, Gent was expected by many to lose but eliminated Tottenham following a 2–2 draw, with Perbet again scoring for Gent. Gent was then eliminated by Genk in the round of 16 after first losing the home leg 2–5 after which they only managed a draw in Genk.
  • Genk received the final ticket in Europe and had to start already in the second qualifying round of the Europa League where they were drawn against Budućnost Podgorica from Montenegro. A 2–0 home win in the opening leg was quickly undone in the return leg as Genk was down 0–2 at halftime and the score would remain after extra-time, forcing a penalty shoot-out which Genk won 4–2. Genk then had less trouble with Cork City from Ireland, winning twice to progress into the play-off round where they faced Croatian team Lokomotiva. Genk took a 0–2 lead in Croatia but conceded two goals to only score a 2–2 away draw but followed this up with a convincing 2–0 home win to move into the group stage where they were paired with Athletic Bilbao, Rapid Wien and Sassuolo. Genk lost 3–2 away to Rapid Wien in their opening match but recovered with two home wins against Sassuolo (3–1) and Athletic Bilbao (2–0). They were then defeated 5–3 in Bilbao before scoring their third home win, beating Rapid Wien 1–0. Genk were already certain of qualification for the round of 16 before their final match, which was postponed by one day due to heavy fog in Sassuolo. As a result, on a Friday afternoon in an empty stadium, Genk won 0–2 away to Sassuolo in a match which had no more importance for neither team. In the round of 32, Genk drew 2–2 away to Romanian team Astra Giurgiu and then won the return match 1–0 before meeting Gent in the round of 16. Genk overclassed Gent during the first leg in Ghent, winning 2–5 and virtually killing the tie. The return ended in a dull 1–1 draw. Genk then fell to Celta de Vigo in the quarter-finals after first losing 3–2 in Spain but then coming one goal short as they were held to a 1–1 draw in Genk.
Date Team Competition Round Leg Opponent Location Score Belgian Team Goalscorers
14 July 2016 Genk Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 1, Home Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica Luminus Arena, Genk 2–0 Kebano, Samatta
21 July 2016 Genk Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 2, Away Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica 2–0 (aet)(2–4 p)
26 July 2016 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away Russia Rostov Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don 2–2 Hanni, Tielemans
28 July 2016 Genk Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Republic of Ireland Cork City Luminus Arena, Genk 1–0 Bailey
28 July 2016 Gent Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Romania Viitorul Constanța Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 5–0 Mitrović, Coulibaly (2), Depoitre, Neto
3 August 2016 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home Russia Rostov Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2–0
4 August 2016 Genk Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Republic of Ireland Cork City Turners Cross, Cork 1–2 Buffel, Dewaest
4 August 2016 Gent Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Romania Viitorul Constanța Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu 0–0
18 August 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Play-off round Leg 1, Away Czech Republic Slavia Prague Eden Arena, Prague 0–3 Sylla, Teodorczyk, Hanni
18 August 2016 Genk Europa League Play-off round Leg 1, Away Croatia Lokomotiva Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb[A] 2–2 Bailey, Samatta
18 August 2016 Gent Europa League Play-off round Leg 1, Home North Macedonia Shkëndija Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2–1 Matton, Coulibaly
25 August 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Play-off round Leg 2, Home Czech Republic Slavia Prague Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 3–0 Tielemans, Teodorczyk, Heylen
25 August 2016 Genk Europa League Play-off round Leg 2, Home Croatia Lokomotiva Luminus Arena, Genk 2–0 Samatta, Bailey
25 August 2016 Gent Europa League Play-off round Leg 2, Away North Macedonia Shkëndija Philip II Arena, Skopje[B] 2–1 Matton, Coulibaly
14 September 2016 Club Brugge Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home England Leicester City Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 0–3
15 September 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home Azerbaijan Gabala Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 3–1 Teodorczyk, Rafael (o.g.), Capel
15 September 2016 Genk Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Away Austria Rapid Wien Allianz Stadion, Vienna 3–2 Bailey (2)
15 September 2016 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Away Portugal Braga Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga 1–1 Milićević
15 September 2016 Standard Liège Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1, Home Spain Celta Vigo Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1–1 Dossevi
27 September 2016 Club Brugge Champions League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away Denmark Copenhagen Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 4–0
29 September 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away France Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne 1–1 Tielemans
29 September 2016 Genk Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Home Italy Sassuolo Luminus Arena, Genk 3–1 Karelis, Bailey, Buffel
29 September 2016 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Home Turkey Konyaspor Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2–0 Sayef, Neto
29 September 2016 Standard Liège Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2, Away Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 1–0
18 October 2016 Club Brugge Champions League Group Stage Matchday 3, Home Portugal Porto Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1–2 Vossen
20 October 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Away Germany Mainz Opel Arena, Mainz 1–1 Teodorczyk
20 October 2016 Genk Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Home Spain Athletic Bilbao Luminus Arena, Genk 2–0 Brabec, Ndidi
20 October 2016 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Away Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Arena Lviv, Lviv[C] 5–0
20 October 2016 Standard Liège Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3, Home Greece Panathinaikos Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2–2 Edmilson, Belfodil
2 November 2016 Club Brugge Champions League Group Stage Matchday 4, Away Portugal Porto Estádio do Dragão, Porto 1–0
3 November 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Home Germany Mainz Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 6–1 Stanciu (2), Tielemans, Teodorczyk (2), Bruno
3 November 2016 Genk Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Away Spain Athletic Bilbao San Mamés, Bilbao 5–3 Bailey, Ndidi, Sušić
3 November 2016 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Home Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 3–5 Coulibaly, Perbet, Milićević
3 November 2016 Standard Liège Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4, Away Greece Panathinaikos Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens 0–3 Cissé, Belfodil (2)
22 November 2016 Club Brugge Champions League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away England Leicester City King Power Stadium, Leicester 2–1 Izquierdo
24 November 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away Azerbaijan Gabala Bakcell Arena, Baku[D] 1–3 Tielemans, Bruno, Teodorczyk
24 November 2016 Genk Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Home Austria Rapid Wien Luminus Arena, Genk 1–0 Karelis
24 November 2016 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Home Portugal Braga Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2–2 Coulibaly, Milićević
24 November 2016 Standard Liège Europa League Group Stage Matchday 5, Away Spain Celta Vigo Balaídos, Vigo 1–1 Laifis
7 December 2016 Club Brugge Champions League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home Denmark Copenhagen Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 0–2
8 December 2016 Anderlecht Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home France Saint-Étienne Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2–3 Chipciu, Stanciu
8 December 2016 Gent Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Away Turkey Konyaspor Torku Arena, Konya 0–1 Coulibaly
8 December 2016 Standard Liège Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Home Netherlands Ajax Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1–1 Raman
9 December 2016[E] Genk Europa League Group Stage Matchday 6, Away Italy Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia 0–2 Heynen, Trossard
16 February 2017 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Home Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 2–0 Acheampong (2)
16 February 2017 Genk Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Away Romania Astra Giurgiu Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu 2–2 Castagne, Trossard
16 February 2017 Gent Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Home England Tottenham Hotspur Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 1–0 Perbet
23 February 2017 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Away Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 3–1 Kiese Thelin
23 February 2017 Genk Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Home Romania Astra Giurgiu Luminus Arena, Genk 1–0 Pozuelo
23 February 2017 Gent Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Away England Tottenham Hotspur Wembley Stadium, London[F] 2–2 Kane (o.g.), Perbet
9 March 2017 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 16 Leg 1, Away Cyprus APOEL GSP Stadium, Nicosia 0–1 Stanciu
9 March 2017 Genk Europa League Round of 16 Leg 1, Away Belgium Gent Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2–5 Malinovskyi, Colley, Samatta (2), Uronen
9 March 2017 Gent Europa League Round of 16 Leg 1, Home Belgium Genk Ghelamco Arena, Ghent 2–5 Kalu, Coulibaly
16 March 2017 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 16 Leg 2, Home Cyprus APOEL Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1–0 Acheampong
16 March 2017 Genk Europa League Round of 16 Leg 2, Home Belgium Gent Luminus Arena, Genk 1–1 Castagne
16 March 2017 Gent Europa League Round of 16 Leg 2, Away Belgium Genk Luminus Arena, Genk 1–1 L. Verstraete
13 April 2017 Anderlecht Europa League Quarter-finals Leg 1, Home England Manchester United Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1–1 Dendoncker
13 April 2017 Genk Europa League Quarter-finals Leg 1, Away Spain Celta Vigo Balaídos, Vigo 3–2 Boëtius, Buffel
20 April 2017 Anderlecht Europa League Quarter-finals Leg 2, Away England Manchester United Old Trafford, Manchester 2–1 (aet) Hanni
20 April 2017 Genk Europa League Quarter-finals Leg 2, Home Spain Celta Vigo Luminus Arena, Genk 1–1 Trossard
  1. ^
    Lokomotiva played their play-off round home match at Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, instead of their regular stadium Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb.
  2. ^
    Shkëndija played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Tetovo.
  3. ^
    Shakhtar Donetsk play their home matches at Arena Lviv, Lviv instead of their regular stadium, Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  4. ^
    Gabala play their home match at Bakcell Arena, Baku instead of their regular stadium, City Stadium, Qabala, as it does not meet UEFA requirements.
  5. ^
    The Sassuolo v Genk match, originally scheduled on 8 December 2016, 19:00 CET, was postponed to the following day due to heavy fog.[13]
  6. ^
    Tottenham Hotspur played their home match at Wembley Stadium, London instead of their regular stadium, White Hart Lane, London, due to renovation.

European qualification for 2017–18 summary

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Competition Qualifiers Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Group Stage Anderlecht 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 Zulte Waregem Cup winner
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round Gent 3rd in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Oostende Europa League Playoff winner

Managerial changes

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

Team Division Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Sint-Truiden Belgian First Division A Northern Ireland Chris O'Loughlin Sacked End of 2015–16 season[14] Pre-season Croatia Ivan Leko 14 April 2016[15]
Antwerp Belgian First Division B Belgium David Gevaert Sacked End of 2015–16 season[16] Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest 19 May 2016[17]
Anderlecht Belgian First Division A Albania Besnik Hasi Mutual consent End of 2015–16 season[18] Switzerland René Weiler 21 June 2016
Kortrijk Belgian First Division A Belgium Patrick De Wilde End of 2015–16 season[19] France Karim Belhocine 1 July 2016[19]
Cercle Brugge Belgian First Division B Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest 18 May 2016[20] Belgium Vincent Euvrard 25 May 2016[21]
Roeselare Belgian First Division B Belgium Franky Van der Elst 18 May 2016[22] France Arnauld Mercier 25 May 2016[21]
Tubize Belgian First Division B France Colbert Marlot 8 June 2016[23] France Thierry Goudet 8 June 2016
Tubize Belgian First Division B France Thierry Goudet Sacked 17 August 2016[24] 8th France Régis Brouard 28 August 2016[25]
Kortrijk Belgian First Division A France Karim Belhocine Did not possess Pro-licence diploma 29 August 2016[26] 8th Belgium Bart Van Lancker 29 August 2016[26]
Standard Liège Belgian First Division A Belgium Yannick Ferrera Sacked 6 September 2016[27] 10th Serbia Aleksandar Janković 6 September 2016[27]
Mechelen Belgian First Division A Serbia Aleksandar Janković Signed by Standard Liège 6 September 2016[27] 7th Belgium Yannick Ferrera 12 September 2016[28]
Westerlo Belgian First Division A Belgium Bob Peeters Sacked 13 September 2016[29] 16th Belgium Jacky Mathijssen 14 September 2016[30]
Lommel United Belgian First Division B Belgium Karel Fraeye 8 October 2016[31] 8th Belgium Walter Meeuws 20 October 2016[32]
Antwerp Belgian First Division B Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest 11 October 2016[33] 4th Belgium David Gevaert 15 October 2016[34]
Lokeren Belgian First Division A Belgium Georges Leekens 26 October 2016[35] 12th Iceland Rúnar Kristinsson 28 October 2016[36]
Waasland-Beveren Belgian First Division A Belgium Stijn Vreven 28 October 2016[37] 14th North Macedonia Čedomir Janevski 7 November 2016[38]
Cercle Brugge Belgian First Division B Belgium Vincent Euvrard 29 October 2016[39] 7th Belgium José Riga 1 November 2016[40]
Antwerp Belgian First Division B Belgium David Gevaert Resigned 10 November 2016[41] 3rd Belgium Wim De Decker 17 November 2016[42]
Lommel United Belgian First Division B Belgium Walter Meeuws Sacked 23 November 2016[43] Closing tournament: 6th
Overall: 8th 		Belgium Tom Van Imschoot 23 November 2016[43]
Excel Mouscron Belgian First Division A Belgium Glen De Boeck 5 December 2016[44] 15th Romania Mircea Rednic 6 December 2016[45]
Genk Belgian First Division A Belgium Peter Maes 26 December 2016[46] 9th Netherlands Albert Stuivenberg 27 December 2016
OH Leuven Belgian First Division B Belgium Emilio Ferrera 15 January 2017[47] Closing tournament: 6th
Overall: 5th 		Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 19 January 2017[48]
Kortrijk Belgian First Division A Belgium Bart Van Lancker Belhocine obtained Pro-licence diploma 8 March 2017[49] 10th France Karim Belhocine 8 March 2017[49]
Lierse Belgian First Division B Belgium Eric Van Meir Sacked 15 March 2017[50] Closing tournament: 2nd
Overall: 1st 		Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest 17 March 2017[51]
Standard Liège Belgian First Division A Serbia Aleksandar Janković 17 April 2017[52] Regular season: 9th
Europa League POs: 5th 		Belgium José Jeunechamps (caretaker) 17 April 2017
Tubize Belgian First Division B France Régis Brouard 21 April 2017[53] Relegation play-offs: 2nd Senegal Sadio Demba 3 May 2017[54]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Gibraltar play their home matches at Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé in Portugal instead of their regular stadium, Victoria Stadium, in Gibraltar.

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  47. ^ "OHL zet Emilio Ferrera buiten de deur na zoveelste nederlaag" [OHL sacks Emilio Ferrera following yet another defeat] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-01-15.
  48. ^ "Dennis van Wijk moet OHL weer op het rechte pad krijgen" [Dennis van Wijk to put OHL on the right track again] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-01-19.
  49. ^ a b "Belhocine neemt opnieuw over als T1 bij KV Kortrijk" [Belhocine again takes over as head coach at KV Kortrijk] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-03-08.[permanent dead link‍]
  50. ^ "Eric Van Meir wordt dan toch ontslagen door Lierse" [Eric Van Meir sacked after all by Lierse] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-03-15.
  51. ^ "Vanderbiest moet Lierse volgend seizoen naar 1A loodsen" [Vanderbiest to guide Lierse to 1A next season] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-03-17.
  52. ^ "Aleksandar Jankovic is ontslagen bij Standard" [Aleksandar Jankovic sacked at Standard] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-04-17.[permanent dead link‍]
  53. ^ "Tubeke ontslaat coach Brouard in degradatiestrijd: "Om schokeffect te creëren"" [Tubeke sacks coach Brouard during relegation battle: "Creating shock effect"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-04-21.
  54. ^ "De assistent van John Bico strijkt neer in Tubeke" [Assistant of John Bico arrives at Tubize] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2017-05-03.
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