2020–21 Belgian First Division A

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Belgian First Division A 2020–21
Season information
Dates	6 August 2020 – 30 May 2021
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
← 2019–20	→

The 2020–21 Belgian First Division A will be the 118th season of top-tier football in Belgium. As part of a proposal by the Jupiler Pro League 's board of directors accepted by the General Assembly on 15 May 2020, the 2020–21 season will involve shortened playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only the top four teams will play off for the title, while teams five through eight will playoff for the remaining ticket into Europe.

Team changes

Waasland-Beveren was relegated as the team was in the last position when the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A was stopped prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their replacement is still uncertain. If OH Leuven and Beerschot manage to complete the second leg of their promotion playoff in time before the start of the season, the winner will take the spot of Waasland-Beveren; if not, Westerlo will be promoted instead.

Format change

While the regular season remains unchanged, the end of season play-offs have been shortened temporarily and for the 2020–21 season only. The title playoffs will now only be played by the top four teams (instead of six) and the Europa League play-offs will now be played by the teams finishing fifth through eight (instead of all teams finishing below 6th).

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Matricule	Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
35	Anderlecht !Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,500
1	Antwerp !Antwerp	Antwerp	Bosuilstadion	12,975
12	Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
22	Charleroi !Charleroi	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	14,000
3	Club Brugge !Club Brugge	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
4276	Eupen !Eupen	Eupen	Kehrwegstadion	08,363
322	Genk !Genk	Genk	Luminus Arena	24,956
7	Gent !Gent	Ghent	Ghelamco Arena	20,000
19	Kortrijk !Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	09,399
25	Mechelen !Mechelen	Mechelen	AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne	16,700
216	Mouscron !Mouscron	Mouscron	Stade Le Canonnier	10,571
31	Oostende !Oostende	Ostend	Versluys Arena	08,432
373	Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	Sint-Truiden	Stayen	14,600
16	Standard !Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,023
5381	Zulte !Zulte Waregem	Waregem	Regenboogstadion	12,500

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Anderlecht	Vincent Kompany and Franky Vercauteren	Joma	BNP Paribas Fortis
Antwerp	Ivan Leko	Jako	Ghelamco
Cercle Brugge	Paul Clement	Erima	Napoleon Games
Charleroi	Karim Belhocine	Kappa	Proximus
Club Brugge	Philippe Clement	Macron	Unibet
Eupen	Beñat San José	Nike	Aspire Academy
Excel Mouscron	position vacant	Uhlsport	Star Casino
Genk	Hannes Wolf	Nike	Beobank
Gent	Jess Thorup	Craft	Vdk bank
Kortrijk	Yves Vanderhaeghe	Jako	AGO Jobs & HR
Mechelen	Wouter Vrancken	Jartazi	Telenet
Oostende	Alexander Blessin	Joma	DIAZ Be
Sint-Truiden	Kevin Muscat	Umbro	Golden Palace
Standard Liège	Philippe Montanier	New Balance	VOO
Zulte-Waregem	Francky Dury	Patrick	Willy Naessens Group

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Cercle Brugge	Bernd Storck	End of contract	End of 2019–20 season	Pre-season	Paul Clement	3 July 2020
Antwerp	László Bölöni	End of contract			Ivan Leko	20 May 2020
Sint-Truiden	Miloš Kostić	Mutual consent			Kevin Muscat	2 June 2020
Oostende	Adnan Čustović	Replaced			Alexander Blessin	7 June 2020
Standard Liège	Michel Preud'homme	Resigned			Philippe Montanier	10 June 2020
Excel Mouscron	Bernd Hollerbach	Mutual consent

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge (C)	34	24	4	6	73	26	+47	76	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I
2	Antwerp	34	18	6	10	57	48	+9	60	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Anderlecht	34	15	13	6	51	34	+17	58
4	Genk	34	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56
5	Oostende	34	15	8	11	49	41	+8	53	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Standard Liège	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
7	Gent	34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49
8	Mechelen	34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48
9	Beerschot	34	14	5	15	58	64	−6	47
10	Zulte Waregem	34	14	4	16	53	69	−16	46
11	OH Leuven	34	12	9	13	54	59	−5	45
12	Eupen	34	10	13	11	44	55	−11	43
13	Charleroi	34	11	9	14	46	49	−3	42
14	Kortrijk	34	11	6	17	44	57	−13	39
15	Sint-Truiden	34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	38
16	Cercle Brugge	34	11	3	20	40	51	−11	36
17	Waasland-Beveren (R)	34	8	7	19	44	70	−26	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
18	Excel Mouscron (R)	34	7	10	17	32	54	−22	31	Relegation to First Division B

Source: Jupiler Pro League, 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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

2020–21 in Belgian football
Domestic leagues
First Division A · First Division B · First Amateur Division · Second Amateur Division · Third Amateur Division
Domestic cups
Belgian Cup (Final) · Super Cup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
2019-20                                                        2021-22