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Belgian football/soccer : Belgian First Division 2009/2010 season preview

Standard clinch Belgian title

Standard Liege retained the title with a 1-0 win over Anderlecht in a decisive playoff game that guaranteed them a spot in the group phase of this season's UEFA Champions League. The two teams finished last campaign level on 77 points from 34 games to force a playoff as the Belgian championship cannot be won on goal difference. The first leg at Anderlecht ended 1-1.

Anderlecht will go into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Third-placed Club Brugge enter the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League this season, with fourth-placed Gent set for the second qualifying round of the same competition. Genk beat Mechelen 2-0 in the Belgian Cup final. This was Genk's third domestic cup success after wins in 1998 and 2000 and it ensured their presence in this season's Europa League.

At the bottom of the standings, Tubize and Mons are automatically relegated as the league was reduced from 18 to 16 teams for the 2009/10 season. Dender and Roeselare played the relegation play-offs with two second-division sides. Roeselare beat Dender, Lierse and Antwerp to remain in the Belgian top flight and Dender were relegated while Lierse and Antwerp remained in the second division.

teamstitles2004/052005/062006/072007/082008/09
Anderlecht2921122
Club Brugge 1313633
Standard 1042311
GBA7987513
Mechelen4---1310
Cercle Brugge311131249
Genk2352108
Gent-64464
Charleroi-5115812
Westerlo-1210896
Mouscron-1314101111
Lokeren -8716127
Zulte-Waregem--61475
Roeselare--12111416
Sint-Truiden-14151517-
Kortrijk-----14
* The number of titles since 1896. Cercle Brugge - the Belgian champions 1911, 1927 and 1930. Beerschot, the Belgian champions 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1938, and 1939, merged into Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (GBA).

Coach Boloni extends Standard contract

Following their second successive Belgian title, Standard Liege have acted quickly to ensure coach Laszlo Boloni agrees a contract extension for one year. So, the 56-year-old former Romanian international will mastermind Standard's UEFA Champions League group stage campaign this season. Boloni joined the Liege club last summer when Michel Preud'homme stepped down after leading them to their first league title in 25 years.

This page contains additional information about the 2009/2010 Belgian First Division season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Belgium page.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Standard774024-5-5 (34)
2Anderlecht774524-5-5 (34)
3AA Gent592517-8-9 (34)
4Brugge59918-5-11 (34)
5Zulte-Waregem551916-7-11 (34)
6Westerlo52415-7-12 (34)
7Lokeren51813-12-9 (34)
8Genk50-315-5-14 (34)
9Cercle Brugge47-514-5-15 (34)
10Mechelen46-612-10-12 (34)
11Mouscron44-712-8-14 (34)
12Charleroi43-512-7-15 (34)
13GBA42211-9-14 (34)
14Kortrijk38-189-11-14 (34)
15Dender35-149-8-17 (34)
16Roeselare30-268-6-20 (34)
17Tubize27-427-6-21 (34)
18Mons19-263-10-21 (34)

* Belgian First Division standings for season 2008/2009

Bookmaker tips Anderlecht for Belgian title

Standard Liege began their 2009/2010 campaign with a Super Cup victory in July. The Belgian champions beat last season's Cup winners Genk 2-0 and it's Standard's fourth Super Cup triumph, after having won the trophy in 1981, 1983 and 2008. However, according to the bookmakers, Anderlecht are the favourites to take this year's Belgian championship.

teamoddsteamodds
Anderlecht2.2Standard2.65
Club Brugge7Gent10
Genk18GBA41
Zulte-Waregem101Cercle Brugge125
Westerlo160Lokeren160
Charleroi215Mechelen300
Excelsior Mouscron500Kortrijk800
Roeselare1000St. Truiden1000

* Preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2009/10 Belgian football league

Belgian Cup finals in last five years

2005   GBA - Club Brugge   2:1
2006   Zulte-Waregem - Mouscron   2:1
2007   Club Brugge - Standard   1:0
2008   Anderlecht - Gent   3:2
2009   Genk - Mechelen   2:0

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key players (transfer market value)

Anderlecht

Goalkeeper Daniel Zitka (€2.2m); Defense: Roland Juhasz (€5m), Jelle van Damme (€4.5m), Marcin Wasilewski (€3m), Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (€8.5m), Mbark Boussoufa (€8.5m), Jan Polak (€7.5m), Guillaume Gillet (€5m), Jonathan Legear (€4m); Forward: Nicolas Alejandro Frutos (€4.5m), Tom de Sutter (€4.5m).

Brugge

Goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen (€4.5m); Defense: Jeroen Simaeys (€2.5m), Alcaraz (€2.5m), Ryan Donk (€2.4m), Michael Klukowski (€1.5m); Midfield: Nabil Dirar (€3m), Ronald Vargas (€3m), Karel Geraerts (€2.5m), Koen Daerden (€1.5m); Forward: Wesley Sonck (€4m), Joseph Akpala (€4m).

Cercle Brugge

Goalkeeper Bram Verbist (€1m); Defense: Frederik Boi (€0.9m), Anthony Portier (€0.8m), Denis Viane (€0.8m), Vuza Nyoni (€0.8m); Midfield: Thomas Buffel (€1.8m), Sergey Serebrennikov (€1.2m), Honour Gombami (€1m), Tony Sergeant (€0.8m); Forward: Oleg Iashchuk (€1m), Dominic Joseph Foley (€0.7m).

Charleroi

Goalkeeper Sebastien Chabbert (€0.4m); Defense: Mahamoudou Kere (€1.5m), Massimo Moia (€0.8m), Mohammed Chakouri (€0.6m), Ibrahima Diallo (€0.5m); Midfield: Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (€1.5m), Abdelmajid Oulmers (€0.9m), Alessandro Cordaro (€0.7m), Gregory Christ (€0.6m); Forward: Mahamoudou Habibou (€1m), Cyril Thereau (€0.8m).

Excelsior Mouscron

Goalkeeper Marc Volders (€1m); Defense: Daan van Gijseghem (€0.9m), Gonzague van Dooren (€0.8m), Jeremy Sapina (€0.8m), Chemcedine El Araichi (€0.7m); Midfield: Walter Baseggio (€1m), Matthieu Assou-Ekotto (€0.7m), Jonathan Aspas Juncal (€0.6m), Asanda Sishuba (€0.6m); Forward: Idir Ouali (€1m), Jaycee John Okwunwanne (€0.5m).

Genk

Goalkeeper Davino Verhulst (€0.8m); Defense: Joao Carlos (€4m), Hans Cornelis (€2m), Eric Benoit Matoukou (€1.3m), Tiago Silva (€0.9m); Midfield: Balazs Jozsef Toth (€2.5m), Daniel Pudil (€2.2m), Fabien Bachir Camus (€1.8m), Daniel Tozser (€1m); Forward: Elyaniv Barda (€3m), Stijn Huysegems (€1.8m).

Gent

Goalkeeper Bojan Jorgacevic (€1.5m); Defense: Stef Wils (€1.2m), Roy Myrie (€1m), Kenny Thompson (€0.9m); Midfield: Milos Maric (€2.8m), Stijn de Smet (€2m), Tim Smolders (€1.5m), Roberto Rosales (€1.2m); Forward: Mbaye Leye (€2.2m), Zlatan Ljubijankic (€2.2m), Adekanmi Olufade (€2m).

Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen

Goalkeeper Tomislav Pacovski (€0.5m); Defense: Mark de Man (€1.5m), Pieter-Jan Monteyne (€1.4m), Martijn Monteyne (€1m); Midfield: Faris Haroun (€2.5m), Ivan Leko (€2.2m), Daniel Cruz (€1.8m), Wim de Decker (€1.2m); Forward: Sanharib Malki (€1.5m), Sherjill MacDonald (€1.2m), Tosin Dosunmu (€1.2m).

Kortrijk

Goalkeeper Glenn Verbauwhede (€0.4m); Defense: Loris Reina (€0.5m), Bram de Ly (€0.5m), Brecht Verbrugghe (€0.5m), Tristan Lahaye (€0.5m); Midfield: Mohamed Messoudi (€1m), Tom Soetaers (€1m), Sven Kums (€0.9m), Mustapha Oussalah (€0.7m); Forward: Brecht Capon (€0.7m), Barbosa (€0.5m).

Lokeren

Goalkeeper Copa (€2.5m); Defense: Ibrahima Gueye (€3m), Hassan el Mouataz (€1.2m), Frederic Dupre (€1m), Yoav David Ziv (€0.9m); Midfield: Killian Overmeire (€1.2m), Mario Carevic (€0.9m), Tiko (€0.8m), Marcel Mbayo (€0.8m); Forward: Dawid Janczyk (€1.8m), Omer Golan (€1.2m).

Mechelen

Goalkeeper Olivier Renard (€1.5m); Defense: Jonas Ivens (€0.9m), Xavier Chen (€0.7m), Kenny van Hoevelen (€0.7m); Midfield: Julien Gorius (€1m), Koen Persoons (€0.8m), Wouter Vrancken (€0.8m), David Destorme (€0.8m), Antun Dunkovic (€0.6m); Forward: Joachim Mununga (€0.9m), Giuseppe Rossini (€0.8m).

Roeselare

Goalkeeper Jurgen Sierens (€0.8m); Defense: Damir Mirvic (€0.6m), Bram Vandenbussche (€0.4m), Jeremy Huygebaert (€0.4m); Midfield: Vincent Provoost (€0.6m), Arturo ten Heuvel (€0.5m), Joeri Dequevy (€0.3m), Alexandre Tokpa (€0.3m); Forward: Collins John (€1m), Mahamadou Dissa (€1m), Samir El Gaaouiri (€0.7m).

Stint Truiden

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet (€0.6m); Defense: Ludovic Buyssens (€0.6m), Vincent Euvrard (€0.4m); Midfield: Wim Mennes (€0.7m), Alex da Silva (€0.6m), Jonathan Wilmet (€0.6m), Cephas Chimedza (€0.6m), Peter Delorge (€0.6m); Forward: Ibrahima Sidibe (€0.6m), Herve Ndjana Onana (€0.5m), Sebastien Siani (€0.4m).

Standard

Goalkeeper Sinan Bolat (€1.5m); Defense: Mohamed Adama Sarr (€4.5m), Marcos Camozzato (€4m); Midfield: Landry Mulemo (€1.5m), Tomislav Mikulic (€1.2m), Steven Defour (€10m), Axel Witsel (€8.5m), Wilfried Dalmat (€3.5m); Forward: Milan Jovanovic (€8.5m), Dieumerci Mbokani (€8m), Igor de Camargo (€4m).

Westerlo

Goalkeeper Yves de Winter (€1.5m); Defense: Jens Wouter Corstjens (€0.8m), Gunther Vanaudenaerde (€0.8m), Jef Delen (€0.7m); Midfield: Rachid Farssi (€0.9m), Steven de Petter (€0.9m), Moses Adams (€0.9m), Wouter Scheelen (€0.8m); Forward: Jaime Alfonso Ruiz (€1.7m), Emanuel Obiora Odita (€0.8m), Bertin Tomou (€0.8m).

Zulte-Waregem

Goalkeeper Sammy Bossut (€1m); Defense: Karel D'Haene (€0.9m), Steve Colpaert (€0.8m), Bart Buysse (€0.8m), Jeremy Taravel (€0.8m); Midfield: Franck Berrier (€2.2m), Kevin Roelandts (€1.3m), Stijn Meert (€0.8m), Khaleem Hyland (€0.8m); Forward: Ernest Webnje Nfor (€0.9m), Chris Makiese (€0.6m).

 
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