2014–15 Belgian Pro League


The 2014–15 season of the Belgian Pro League is the 112th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2014 and finished in May 2015. K.A.A. Gent won the league, making it the first championship title in their 115-year history.

Teams

Following the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League, R.A.E.C. Mons were relegated to the 2014–15 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against OH Leuven. Mons is replaced by 2013–14 Belgian Second Division champions K.V.C. Westerlo, who returned to the highest level after their relegation during the 2011–12 season.
Mouscron-Péruwelz replaces OH Leuven as they won the 2014 Belgian Second Division final round head of K.A.S. Eupen, Sint-TruidenV.V. and OH Leuven.

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
AnderlechtConstant Vanden Stock Stadium21,000
BruggeJan Breydel Stadium29,945
CharleroiStade du Pays de Charleroi25,000
BruggeJan Breydel Stadium29,945
GenkCristal Arena24,900
GhentGhelamco Arena20,000
KortrijkGuldensporen Stadion9,500
LierHerman Vanderpoortenstadion14,538
LokerenDaknamstadion10,000
MechelenArgosstadion Achter de Kazerne13,123
MouscronStade Le Canonnier10,800
OstendAlbertpark8,125
LiègeStade Maurice Dufrasne30,000
BeverenFreethiel Stadion13,290
WesterloHet Kuipje7,982
WaregemRegenboogstadion8,500

Personnel and kits

ClubChairmanManagerManufacturerSponsors

Regular season

League table


Championship playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Club Brugge 31 points, Gent 29, Anderlecht 29, Standard 27, Kortrijk 26 and Charleroi 25. Had any ties occurred at the end of the playoffs, the half point would have been deducted if it was added. However, as all six teams received the half point bonus, this did not make a difference this season.

Playoff table


Europa League playoff

Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finish in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 were placed in Group B.

Group A


Group B


Europa League playoff final

The winners of both playoff groups, Mechelen and Lokeren, compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch will be granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
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''Mechelen won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Testmatches Europa League

The Europa League playoff final was played over two legs between the Europa league playoff final winners, Mechelen, and the fifth-placed finisher of the championship playoff, Charleroi. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
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''Charleroi wins 3–2 on aggregate''

Relegation playoff

The teams that finished in the last two positions will face each other in the relegation playoff. Lierse was sure of ending up in the relegation playoff after losing away to Gent on 7 March 2015, while Cercle Brugge qualified one week later after losing 2–3 at home to Mechelen.
The winner of this playoff will play the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, with only the winner of that playoff playing at the highest level the next season. Lierse failed to win the Belgian Second Division playoff resulting in their relegation, in addition to Cercle Brugge.
The matches in the table below were played from left to right:

Season statistics

Source:
''Up to and including matches played on 24 May 2015.''

Top scorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
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Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverage attendanceChangeHighest
1Club Brugge26,0002,5%28,500
2Standard de Liège24,555-1,2%27,700
3Anderlecht20,9251,1%23,000
4Gent18,4705,8%20,000
5Genk17,411-18,3%22,100
6Mechelen9,5020,9%12,900
7Charleroi9,17346,8%14,950
8Zulte Waregem8,4081,4%11,000
9Lokeren8,09511,4%11,350
10Kortrijk7,96510,4%9,400
11Cercle Brugge7,6411,4%14,500
12Lierse6,759-2,0%9,200
13Oostende6,01919,3%7,250
14Westerlo5,97273,1%8,000
15Waasland-Beveren5,194-0,6%7,950
16Mouscron3,708109,3%9,500