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2024–25 Belgian Pro League
121st season of top-tier football in Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2024–25 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier football in Belgium.
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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
Number of teams by area
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
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Regular season
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League table
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.[32]
Notes:
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.[32]
Notes:
- The regular season winner will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2025–26 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each round, with postponed matches and points deductions only included when occurring. Teams with fewer matches played are shown with their position underlined, with each line representing one fewer match.
- Due to their taking parts in the qualifying rounds for European football, several matches of matchday 5 were postponed: Anderlecht vs Genk and Cercle Brugge vs Gent. The first match was rescheduled for the midweek of 17 September, in between matchdays 7 and 8. The second match was rescheduled for the midweek of 26 September, in between matchdays 8 and 9.
Colored cells refer to being in Champions' Play-offs (green), in Europe Play-offs (blue) or Relegation play-offs (red).
Source: vbal4.be
Results
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Play-offs
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Champions' play-offs
The champions' play-offs decided the overall league champion. The top six teams of the regular season qualified and played a round-robin tournament, with each team starting with half the points obtained during the regular season. The starting points were rounded up, and in case of ties in standings at the end of the champions' play-offs, any half points gained at the start were deducted first.
The points of Club Brugge, Union SG, Anderlecht and Gent were rounded up, and thus in the event of a tie on points, Genk and Antwerp would always be ranked ahead of those four teams. The teams finishing in the top three positions after conclusion of the champions' play-offs qualified for European football, with the team in position four facing the winner of the Europe play-offs for the final ticket, unless the winner of the Belgian Cup finished in one of the top four positions, in which case the fifth team took part instead.
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[38]
(C) Champions
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[38]
(C) Champions
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- Club Brugge won the 2024–25 Belgian Cup and qualified for the Champions League through finishing second, the Europa League play-off round berth was therefore transferred to regular season winners Genk.
Europe play-offs
The Europe play-offs were played by the teams in positions 7 through 12 at the conclusion of the regular season. Teams played a round-robin tournament, with each team starting with half the points obtained during the regular season. The starting points were rounded up, and in case of ties in standings at the end of the Europe play-offs, any half points gained at the start were deducted first.
The points of Standard, Westerlo, Charleroi and OH Leuven were rounded up, and thus in the event of a tie on points, Mechelen and Dender EH would always be ranked ahead of those three teams.
The winner of the Europe play-offs faced the team finishing fourth in the champions' play-offs to decide which team qualified for European football.
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[39]
(O) Play-off winners
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[39]
(O) Play-off winners
European competition play-off
A single match was played between Antwerp, the fifth place finisher of the Champions' play-offs, and Charleroi, the winner of the Europe play-offs, with home advantage to the team from the Champions' play-offs. The winner qualified for European football.
Normally the fourth team of the champions' play-offs would have faced the winner of the Europe play-offs, but as Club Brugge won the 2024–25 Belgian Cup on 4 May 2025 and was already guaranteed of finishing in the top four, instead the fifth-placed team of the champions' play-offs faced Charleroi.
Relegation play-offs
The bottom four teams after the regular season played the relegation play-offs, a round-robin tournament in which they started with the full points obtained during the regular season. The teams finishing in third and fourth at the conclusion of the relegation play-offs were relegated to the 2025–26 Challenger Pro League, and the team finishing in second place had to play the winner of the promotion play-offs, with the winner of that match playing in the 2025–26 Belgian Pro League.
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.[40]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.[40]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Promotion/relegation play-offs
The promotion/relegation play-offs are contested by the four highest eligible finishers not already promoted directly. Normally this would be the teams in positions 3 to 6 in the 2024–25 Challenger Pro League, but as Club NXT (6th, U23-team) was ineligible, Lokeren-Temse (7th) took the final spot. At the time the play-offs started however, Lokeren-Temse had not been awarded a license to play at the highest level for the coming season which would have made them ineligible to compete. The club launched an appeal against this decision however which meant that the negative license decision was suspended and they could take part. Should the appeal however be rejected, the club will not be able to promote.[41] These four teams meet in a knockout tournament with both quarter-finals and semi-finals over two legs, and the highest season finisher always having home advantage in the return leg. The winner of the semi-finals will play the 14th place finisher of the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League over two legs. The Belgian Pro League team will have home advantage in the return leg; the winner of the final will qualify to play in the 2025–26 Belgian Pro League, with the loser playing in the 2025–26 Challenger Pro League.
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Lokeren-Temse | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
14 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
3 | RWD Molenbeek | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Lokeren-Temse | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
5 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Beveren | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Lokeren-Temse won 4–3 on aggregate.
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen won 3–2 on aggregate.
Finals
Cercle Brugge won 8–2 on aggregate.
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Season statistics
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- As of 19 May 2025
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.
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
- Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 12[48]
Birger Verstraete (OH Leuven)
- Most red cards: 2[49]
- 6 players
Club
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Notes
Brian Riemer was the manager for matchdays 1 through 7,
David Hubert managed the club for matchdays 8 through 30.
Jonas De Roeck was the manager for matchdays 1 through 28.
Miron Muslic was the manager for matchdays 1 through 16,
Jimmy De Wulf acted as caretaker manager on matchday 17, and
Ferdinand Feldhofer was the manager for the rest of the regular season.
Jimmy De Wulf then managed the club during the relegation playoffs, leaving the Promotion/relegation play-offs for Storck.
Wouter Vrancken was the manager for matchdays 1 through 22.
Freyr Alexandersson was the manager for matchdays 1 through 18,
Yves Vanderhaeghe managed the club for matchdays 19 through 26.
- After conclusion of the relegation play-offs, with Kortrijk relegated and their season over,
Bernd Storck took charge of Cercle Brugge who still needed to play promotion/relegation play-offs, hence Storkc is listed as manager of both Cercle Brugge and Kortrijk at the end of the season.
Besnik Hasi was the manager for matchdays 1 through 28.
Óscar García was the manager for matchdays 1 through 14,
Hans Somers was caretaker manager on matchdays 15 and 16.
Christian Lattanzio was the manager for matchdays 1 through 6,
Felice Mazzù was the manager for the rest of the regular competition (matchdays 7-30) and the first two matchdays of the relegation playoffs,
Frédéric De Meyer was caretaker manager for the third match of the relegation playoffs.
- 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.
- While the announcement of Chris Coleman's signature at OH Leuven was already made on 30 November 2024, Hans Somers remained in charge as caretaker manager for the upcoming match two days later against Anderlecht and Coleman only officially took up the position the day after that match.
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