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2024–25 Belgian Pro League

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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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Teams

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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

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Managerial changes

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Regular season

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League table

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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:
  1. 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).

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Results

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Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. Source: Kalender Pro League 2024-25
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match Anderlecht-Genk of matchday 5 (23 August) was postponed to 17 September (between matchdays 7 and 8) due to Anderlecht taking part in the qualifying rounds for European football.
  2. The match Antwerp-Beerschot of matchday 9 (29 September) was abandoned at a score of 4–0 with 75 minutes played as the away fans kept throwing flares on the pitch.[33] As per the rules of the Pro League, the match would have been continued behind closed doors on 30 September or 1 October, but Beerschot decided to forfeit the match, handing Antwerp a 5–0 win.[34] On 30 September, the Pro League fined Beerschot 50.000 € for the irregularities[35] and on 4 October 2024 the Prosecutor's Office of the Belgian FA also fined the club an additional 10.000 €, and additionally prohibited Beerschot from bringing away fans in their three next away fixtures (at Kortrijk, Mechelen, and Anderlecht).[36]
  3. The match Cercle Brugge-Gent of matchday 5 (24 August) was postponed to 26 September (between matchdays 8 and 9) due to both clubs taking part in the qualifying rounds for European football.[37]
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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.

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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
Notes:
  1. 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.

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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

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.

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Attendance: 14,008
Referee: Erik Lambrechts

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.

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Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
7Lokeren-Temse224
14Cercle Brugge538
3RWD Molenbeek033
7Lokeren-Temse1125Patro Eisden Maasmechelen112
5Patro Eisden Maasmechelen213
5Patro Eisden Maasmechelen325
4Beveren213

Quarter-finals

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Attendance: 2,676
Referee: Massimiliano Ledda
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Attendance: 2,869
Referee: Klass Clerkx

Lokeren-Temse won 4–3 on aggregate.


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Patro Stadion, Maasmechelen
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
More information Beveren, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 4,346
Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Patro Eisden Maasmechelen won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Attendance: 5,062
Referee: Bert Verbeke
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Patro Stadion, Maasmechelen
Attendance: 2,385
Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Patro Eisden Maasmechelen won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

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Patro Stadion, Maasmechelen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
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Attendance: 7,932
Referee: Wim Smet

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

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Hat-tricks

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Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

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Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 96[50]
    • Westerlo
  • Fewest yellow cards: 54[50]
    • Genk
  • Most red cards: 7[51]
    • Beerschot
    • OH Leuven
  • Fewest red cards: 2[51]
    • 3 clubs
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Notes

  1. Denmark Brian Riemer was the manager for matchdays 1 through 7, Belgium David Hubert managed the club for matchdays 8 through 30.
  2. Belgium Jonas De Roeck was the manager for matchdays 1 through 28.
  3. Austria Miron Muslic was the manager for matchdays 1 through 16, Belgium Jimmy De Wulf acted as caretaker manager on matchday 17, and Austria Ferdinand Feldhofer was the manager for the rest of the regular season. Belgium Jimmy De Wulf then managed the club during the relegation playoffs, leaving the Promotion/relegation play-offs for Storck.
  4. Belgium Wouter Vrancken was the manager for matchdays 1 through 22.
  5. Iceland Freyr Alexandersson was the manager for matchdays 1 through 18, Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe managed the club for matchdays 19 through 26.
  6. After conclusion of the relegation play-offs, with Kortrijk relegated and their season over, Germany 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.
  7. Albania Besnik Hasi was the manager for matchdays 1 through 28.
  8. Spain Óscar García was the manager for matchdays 1 through 14, Belgium Hans Somers was caretaker manager on matchdays 15 and 16.
  9. Italy Christian Lattanzio was the manager for matchdays 1 through 6, Belgium Felice Mazzù was the manager for the rest of the regular competition (matchdays 7-30) and the first two matchdays of the relegation playoffs, Belgium Frédéric De Meyer was caretaker manager for the third match of the relegation playoffs.
  10. 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.
  11. David Hubert was initially appointed as caretaker manager, but on 10 October 2024 it was confirmed he was appointed as full time manager.[13]
  12. 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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