Belgian football/soccer : Belgian First Division 2007/2008 season preview

key players

Anderlecht

Goalkeeper Daniel Zitka (€2.2m); Defense: Olivier Deschacht (€2m), Roland Juhasz (€2m), Jelle van Damme (€1.8m); Midfield: Moubarak Boussoufa (€6.5m), Lucas Biglia (€6m), Ahmed Hassan (€3.6m), Bart Goor (€1.5m), Mark De Man (€1.2m); Forward: Mohamed Tchite (€5.5m), Nicolas Frutos (€5.5m).

Brussels

Goalkeeper Michael Cordier (€0.5m); Defense: Eric Deflandre (€1m), Atta-Oudeyi Zanzan (€0.7m), Steve Colpaert (€0.7m), Christ Bruno (€0.7m), Zoltan Peto (€0.5m); Midfield: Richard Culek (€0.6m), Zola Matumona (€0.5m), Flavien Le Postollec (€0.4m), Julien Gorius (€0.4m); Forward: Eale Lutula (€0.4m).

Cercle Brugge

Goalkeeper Rubin Dantschotter (€0.2m); Defense: Jimmy de Wulf (€0.5m), Anthony Portier (€0.4m), Igor Gjuzelov (€0.4m), Bram Vandenbussche (€0.3m); Midfield: Sergej Serebrennikov (€0.8m), Besnik Hasi (€0.5m), Frederik Boi (€0.5m); Forward: Oleg Iashchuk (€0.9m), Kristof Snelders (€0.8m), Stijn de Smet (€0.8m).

Club Brugge

Goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen (€2.5m); Defense: Michael Klukowski (€2.5m), Brian Priske (€2m), Birger Maertens (€2m), Philippe Clement (€1.8m); Midfield: Koen Daerden (€4m), Ivan Leko (€2.5m), Gaetan Englebert (€2m), Sven Vermant (€1.8m); Forward: Francois Sterchele (€3.3m), Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (€1.8m).

Charleroi

Goalkeeper Bertrand Lacquait (€1m); Defense: Mahamoudou Kere (€1.2m), Laurent Ciman (€0.8m), Frank Defays (€0.6m); Midfield: Fabien Camus (€2.5m), Cristian Gustavo Leiva (€1.5m), Abdelmajid Oulmers (€1m), Gregory Christ (€0.8m), Tim Smolders (€0.8m); Forward: Orlando (€0.7m), Joseph Akpala (€0.4m).

Dender

Goalkeeper Erwin Lemmens (€0.6m); Defense: Pedrag Filipovic (€0.8m), Johan Gerets (€0.2m), Fabrice Mvemba (€0.1m), Younous Oumouri (€0.1m); Midfield: Tom Peeters (€0.4m), Steve Barbe (€0.3m), William Verbeek (€0.1m); Forward: Henri Munyaneza (€0.7m), Sebastian Dufoor (€0.6m), Olivier Schuddinck (€0.1m).

Excelsior Mouscron

Goalkeeper Marc Volders (€0.8m); Defense: Daan van Gijseghem (€1m), Geoffrey Toyes (€0.5m), Alexandre Teklak (€0.4m); Midfield: Matthieu Assou-Ekotto (€1m), Steve Dugardein (€0.8m), Francisco Sanchez D'Avolio (€0.7m), David Grondin (€0.6m); Forward: Adnan Custovic (€2.2m), Demba Ba (€1m), Bertin Tomou (€0.5m).

Genk

Goalkeeper Logan Bailly (€2.5m); Defense: Hans Cornelis (€2m), Jean-Philippe Caillet (€1.5m), Eric Benoit Matoukou (€1.2m); Midfield: Tom Soetaers (€2.5m), Thomas Chatelle (€2.2m), Faris Haroun (€1.6m), Wouter Vrancken (€1.5m), Wim de Decker (€1.3m); Forward: Ivan Bosnjak (€2.3m), Goran Ljubojevic (€0.7m).

Gent

Goalkeeper Alexandre Martinovic (€0.3m); Defense: Dario Smoje (€1.3m), Djordje Svetlicic (€0.6m); Midfield: Milos Maric (€2.5m), Davy de Beule (€2.5m), Christophe Gregoire (€1.4m), Alin Stoica (€1.3m), Nebojsa Pavlovic (€1m); Forward: Adekanmi Olufade (€1.5m), Marcin Zewlakow (€1m), Dominic Joseph Foley (€0.8m).

Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (GBA)

Goalkeeper Jan Moons (€0.5m); Defense: Herve-Nzelo Lembi (€2m), Pieter-Jan Monteyne (€1.5m), Kurt van Dooren (€0.7m); Midfield: Daniel Cruz (€1.3m), Hernan Losada (€1.3m), Gustavo Colman (€1m), Justice Wamfor (€0.7m); Forward: Aristide Bance (€2m), Tosin Dosunmu (€1.7m), Jurgen Cavens (€0.5m).

Lokeren

Goalkeeper Jugoslav Lazic (€0.5m); Defense: Joao Carlos (€3m), Olivier Doll (€1m), Hassan el Mouataz (€0.7m); Midfield: Ivan Vukomanovic (€1m), Marcel Mbayo (€1m), Mady (€0.9m), Killian Overmeire (€0.8m), Aboubacar Mbaye Camara (€0.7m), Mario Carevic (€0.7m); Forward: Patiyo Tambwe (€0.6m).

Mechelen

Goalkeeper Wouter Goris (€0.1m); Defense: Wesley Vanbelle (€0.2m), Xavier Chen (€0.2m), Jonas Ivens (€0.2m), Pieter Mbemba (€0.1m); Midfield: Kenneth van Goethem (€0.4m), Abdul-Yakinu Iddi (€0.1m), Akwasi Nana Asare (€0.1m); Forward: Bjorn Vleminckx (€0.5m), Aleksandar Bajevski (€0.4m), Aloys Nong (€0.3m).

Mons

Goalkeeper Cedric Berthelin (€0.7m); Defense: Dare Nibombe (€0.8m), Roberto Mirri (€0.4m), Frederic Jay (€0.4m); Midfield: Alessandro Cordaro (€1m), Wilfried Dalmat (€0.7m), Fadhil Mohamed Brahami (€0.7m), Benjamin Nicaise (€0.5m), Hocine Ragued (€0.4m), Michael Wiggers (€0.2m); Forward: Ilija Stolica (€0.6m).

Roeselare

Goalkeeper Jurgen Sierens (€0.4m); Defense: Jonathan Joseph-Augustin (€0.9m), David van Hoyweghen (€0.6m), Daan Vaesen (€0.5m), Chemcedine El Araichi (€0.5m); Midfield: Koen de Vleeschauwer (€0.5m), Davy Oyen (€0.4m), Bjorn Smits (€0.4m), Frederic Vanderbiest (€0.4m); Forward: Mahamadou Dissa (€0.9m), Izzet Akgul (€0.4m).

St. Truiden

Goalkeeper Bart Deelkens (€0.5m); Defense: Timothy Dreesen (€2m), Nicky Hayen (€0.8m), Sander Debroux (€0.6m), Matthias Trenson (€0.2m); Midfield: Peter Delorge (€0.9m), Marc Hendrikx (€0.7m), Rocky Peeters (€0.6m), Asanda Sishuba (€0.6m), Cephas Chimedza (€0.5m); Forward: Peter van Houdt (€1m).

Standard

Goalkeeper Olivier Renard (€0.7m); Defense: Oguchi Onyewu (€5m), Adama Sarr (€1.7m), Dante (€1m), Frederic Dupre (€1m); Midfield: Marouane Fellaini (€3.5m), Steven Defour (€3m), Simarana Dembele (€0.9m); Forward: Milan Jovanovic (€3.5m), Igor de Camargo (€2m), Maboula Ali Lukunku (€0.7m).

Westerlo

Goalkeeper Ronald Louis Gaspercic (€0.4m); Defense: Bernt Evens (€0.7m), Mark Wagemakers (€0.6m), Nico van Kerckhoven (€0.5m); Midfield: Tom van Imschoot (€1m), Stef Wils (€0.8m), Jef Delen (€0.8m), Nabil Dirar (€0.4m); Forward: Patrick Ogunsoto (€3.2m), Dieter Dekelver (€0.8m), Joris van Hout (€0.6m).

Zulte-Waregem

Goalkeeper Geert de Vlieger (€1m); Defense: Karel D'Haene (€1m), Stijn Minne (€0.5m), Loris Reina (€0.5m), Frederic Dindeleux (€0.4m); Midfield: Stijn Meert (€1.2m), Kevin Roelandts (€1m), Nathan D'Haemers (€0.7m), Mathieu Verschuere (€0.6m), Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze (€0.5m); Forward: Tim Matthys (€1.5m).