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Standard clinch Belgian titleLast season Standard Liege won their first Belgian league title in 25 years. The 2-0 win over defending champions Anderlecht gave Standard an insurmountable 10-point lead over Anderlecht and Brugge with just three games remaining. The championship triumph was Standard's first since 1983 and their ninth in total. Anderlecht secured this seasons UEFA Champions League second qualifying round berth after finishing second in the Belgian league by winning 2-1 at Mons on the final day of last campaign. Clube Brugge finished third and will play in the UEFA Cup. St. Truiden and Brussels were relegated to the second division, while Kortrijk and Tubize.won promotion to the top flight.
Milan Jovanovic's contribution to Standard first league title in a quarter of a century has been recognised after he was voted Belgium's Players' Player of the Year. The 27-year-old Serbia striker scored 16 goals to help the Liege club finish seven points above rivals Anderlecht. Jovanovic's team-mate, Mourane Fellaini, was second, while Anderlecht midfielder Moubarak Boussoufa came third in the poll among Belgium's professional players.
Preud'homme swaps Standard for GentAfter leading Standard Liege to their first Belgian title in 25 years, coach Michel Preud'homme has announced he will leave the post. The 49-year-old stepped down from a position he has held since 2006, when he moved from the role of technical director to succeed Johan Boskamp, after failing to agree a new contract. Just a day after leaving newly crowned Belgian champions Standard, Preud'homme has been confirmed as the Gent coach. This page contains additional information about the 2008/2009 Belgian First Division season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Belgium page. Preud'homme has signed a contract at Gent until summer 2011, taking assistants Stan Van Den Buijs and Manu Ferrera with him from Standard. He replaces Trond Sollied, who led Gent to sixth place in the league and the Belgian Cup final last season, but missed out on European football and has left to coach Dutch side Heerenveen. Meanwhile, Romanian coach Laszlo Boloni succeeded Preud'homme at Standard this summer. Boloni has only signed a one-year deal and is focused on immediate success.
* Belgian First Division standings for season 2007/2008 Bookmaker tips Anderlecht for Belgian titleChampions Standard, who also beat last season's Cup winners Anderlecht 3-1 to win the Belgian Super Cup, have kept hold of the spine of last season's squad while adding Croatian defender Tomislav Mikulic and striker Leon Benko from Dinamo Zagreb and Nurnberg respectively. The Liege club also signed Brazilian defender Digao, the younger brother of Kaka, on a one-year loan deal from Milan. However, according to the bookmakers, Anderlecht are the clear favourites to take this year's Belgian championship.
* Preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2008/09 Belgian football league Belgian Cup finals in last five years2004 Club Brugge - Beveren 4:2 |
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key playersAnderlechtGoalkeeper Daniel Zitka (2.5m); Defense: Nicolas Martin Pareja (2.8m), Olivier Deschacht (2.5m), Jelle van Damme (2.5m), Roland Juhasz (2.5m); Midfield: Lucas Rodrigo Biglia (7m), Mbark Boussoufa (6m), Jan Polak (5m), Thomas Chatelle (3m), Guillaume Gillet (3m); Forward: Nicolas Alejandro Frutos (5m). BruggeGoalkeeper Stijn Stijnen (3m); Defense: Michael Klukowski (2m), Jeroen Simaeys (2m), Philippe Clement (1.5m); Midfield: Karel Geraerts (3.5m), Ivan Leko (3m), Jonathan Blondel (2m), Elrio van Heerden (1.8m); Forward: Joseph Akpala (2.5m), Dusan Djokic (1.5m), Wesley Sonck (1.5m). Cercle BruggeGoalkeeper Bram Verbist (1m); Defense: Frederik Boi (0.9m), Anthony Portier (0.8m); Midfield: Thomas Buffel (2.2m), Honour Gombami (1.5m), Sergey Serebrennikov (1.2m), Tony Sergeant (1m); Forward: Tom de Sutter (1.5m), Stijn de Smet (1.5m), Jose Carlos Fernandez (1.3m), Oleg Iashchuk (1m). CharleroiGoalkeeper Bertrand Lacquait (1.6m); Defense: Mahamoudou Kere (1.5m), Salaheddine Sbai (0.6m), Mohammed Chakouri (0.6m); Midfield: Fabien Camus (1.8m), Tim Smolders (1.2m), Geoffrey Mujangi Bia (1m), Abdelmajid Oulmers (0.9m); Forward: Cyril Thereau (1.3m), Orlando (0.8m), Abdessalam Benjelloun (0.8m). DenderGoalkeeper Cedric Berthelin (0.5m); Defense: Eric Deflandre (0.8m), Pedrag Filipovic (0.4m), Samuel Neva (0.4m); Midfield: Francisco Sanchez D'Avolio (0.8m), Steven de Petter (0.8m), Sulejman Smajic (0.5m), Frederic Vanderbiest (0.5m), David de Storme (0.5m); Forward: Bart van den Eede (0.5m), Norman Sylla (0.5m). Excelsior MouscronGoalkeeper Marc Volders (0.8m); Defense: Daan van Gijseghem (1m), Jeremy Sapina (0.8m), Gonzague van Dooren (0.7m), Chemcedine El Araichi (0.6m); Midfield: Walter Baseggio (1.3m), Mustapha Oussalah (1m), Matthieu Assou-Ekotto (0.7m), Asanda Sishuba (0.6m); Forward: Adnan Custovic (1.2m), Jesse John (0.5m). GenkGoalkeeper Logan Bailly (3m); Defense: Joao Carlos (3.5m), Hans Cornelis (2.5m), Eric Benoit Matoukou (1.2m); Midfield: Tom Soetaers (3m), Daniel Pudil (1.8m), Wouter Vrancken (1.5m), Wim de Decker (1.5m), Balazs Jozsef Toth (1.3m); Forward: Elianiv Barda (3m), Ivan Bosnjak (2m). GentGoalkeeper Bojan Jorgacevic (1m); Defense: Dario Smoje (1m), Marko Suler (0.9m), Kenny Thompson (0.7m); Midfield: Milos Maric (2m), Davy de Beule (0.9m), Randall Azofeifa (0.8m), Bernd Thijs (0.8m); Forward: Bryan Ruiz (3m), Adekanmi Olufade (2.2m), Dominic Joseph Foley (1.5m). Germinal Beerschot AntwerpenGoalkeeper Kenny Steppe (1.5m); Defense: Pieter-Jan Monteyne (1.3m), Martijn Monteyne (1m), Kurt van Dooren (0.8m); Midfield: Faris Haroun (2m), Daniel Cruz (2m), Ederson Tormena (1m), Khalilou Fadiga (0.9m); Forward: Tosin Dosunmu (1.5m), Sanharib Malki (1.5m), Kevin Vandenbergh (1.1m). KortrijkGoalkeeper Glenn Verbauwhede (0.8m); Defense: Tristan Lahaye (0.6m), Jimmy Hempte (0.4m), Stephane Demets (0.3m), Brecht Verbrugghe (0.2m); Midfield: Salah Bakour (0.3m), Daniel Calvo (0.2m), Karim Belhocine (0.2m); Forward: Ibou (0.4m), Istvan Bakx (0.4m), Elimane Coulibaly (0.2m). LokerenGoalkeeper Copa (2m); Defense: Frederic Dupre (1m), Olivier Doll (0.8m), Hassan el Mouataz (0.7m), Avi Strul (0.6m); Midfield: Killian Overmeire (1m), Mario Carevic (0.9m), Marcel Mbayo (0.7m), Tiko (0.5m); Forward: Omer Golan (0.9m), Patiyo Tambwe (0.9m). MechelenGoalkeeper Olivier Renard (1.5m); Defense: Jonas Ivens (0.7m), Nana Asare (0.6m), Xavier Chen (0.4m); Midfield: David Grondin (0.9m), Julien Gorius (0.6m), Abdul-Yakinu Iddi (0.5m), Kristof Imschoot (0.5m), Koen Persoons (0.4m); Forward: Bjorn Vleminckx (0.8m), Aloys Nong (0.7m). MonsGoalkeeper Frederic Herpoel (1m); Defense: Kevin Hatchi (0.5m), Frederic Jay (0.4m); Midfield: Alessandro Cordaro (0.8m), David Fleurival (0.8m), Hocine Ragued (0.6m), Fadhil Mohamed Brahami (0.5m), Cedric Collet (0.5m); Forward: Mohamed Dahmane (0.9m), Cedric Roussel (0.7m), Mustapha Alasan Jarju (0.5m). RoeselareGoalkeeper Jurgen Sierens (0.6m); Defense: Azubuike Oliseh (0.6m), Damir Mirvic (0.5m), Janne Hietanen (0.4m); Midfield: Stefaan Tanghe (0.8m), Gunther Vanhandenhoven (0.6m), Vincent Provoost (0.4m), Felipe (0.4m), Alexandre Tokpa (0.3m); Forward: Mahamadou Dissa (1.2m), Bjorn de Wilde (0.4m). StandardGoalkeeper Rorys Espinoza (1m); Defense: Mohamed Adama Sarr (4m), Oguchi Onyewu (3.5m), Dante (2m), Marcos Camozzato (2m); Midfield: Marouane Fellaini (7m), Steven Defour (5m), Axel Witsel (3m); Forward: Milan Jovanovic (6m), Dieumerci Mbokani Bezua (3m), Igor de Camargo (2.5m). TubizeGoalkeeper Mario Santos de Matos (0.2m); Defense: Jason Vandelannoite (0.7m), Gregoire Neels (0.3m), Michael Jonckheere (0.2m), Benjamin Lambot (0.2m); Midfield: Alan Haydock (0.7m), Gerald Forschelet (0.4m), Vittorio Villano (0.2m), Julien Pinelli (0.2m); Forward: Jeremy Perbet (0.4m), Gauthier Diafutua (0.2m). WesterloGoalkeeper Yves de Winter (0.8m); Defense: Rachid Farssi (0.7m), Gunther Vanaudenaerde (0.6m), Jens Wouter Corstjens (0.5m); Midfield: Lukas Zelenka (1m), Tom van Imschoot (0.9m), Jef Delen (0.8m), Stef Wils (0.7m); Forward: Bertin Tomou (1m), Dieter Dekelver (0.8m), Joris van Hout (0.6m). Zulte-WaregemGoalkeeper Sammy Bossut (0.5m); Defense: Karel D'Haene (0.9m), Steve Colpaert (0.8m), Loris Reina (0.7m), Stijn Minne (0.5m); Midfield: Kevin Roelandts (0.9m), Stijn Meert (0.8m), Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze (0.7m); Forward: Mbaye Leye (1.7m), Tim Matthys (1.2m), Leandro Barrios (0.4m). |
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