2023–24 Belgian First Division A

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Belgian Pro League 2023–24
Season information
Dates	28 July 2023–26 May 2024
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Europa Conference League
Season statistics
Biggest home win	Antwerp 6–0 Kortrijk Club Brugge 7–1 RWDM
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The 2023–24 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier football in Belgium.

Format change

After 3 seasons, Belgian Pro League returns to the "old" format featuring the number of teams reduced from 18 to 16 and with similar playoffs as it was pre-COVID-19. After the regular season the top six teams qualify for the Champions' Play-offs (commonly called "Play-offs I"), teams from 7th to 12th place will qualify for the Europe Play-offs (commonly called "Play-offs II"), but most importantly the number of teams relegating increases from one to either two or three, as the bottom four teams (13th through 16th) will play relegation playoffs after completion of which the two last teams will be relegated directly, with the team finishing 14th overall to play the 3rd-place finisher of the Challenger Pro League for the final spot in the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League.

Teams

Due to the league format change which reduced the number of teams back from 18 to 16, the bottom three teams had been relegated to the Challenger Pro League: Oostende (after ten seasons), Seraing (after two seasons) and Zulte Waregem (after 18 seasons). They were replaced by RWD Molenbeek, the winner of the 2022–23 Challenger Pro League. Officially, this club will play their first-ever season in the top flight, but the club sees itself as the successor of the former RWD Molenbeek, one-time Belgian champion, which last played at the highest level in 2002. Another distinct successor team with similar name RWDM Brussels also played four seasons at the highest level from 2004 to 2008.

Stadiums and locations

Matricule	Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
35	Anderlecht !Anderlecht	Anderlecht, Brussels	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,500
1	Antwerp !Antwerp	Antwerp	Bosuilstadion	16,144
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	Cegeka 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
18	Leuven !OH Leuven	Leuven	Den Dreef	10,000
5479	RWDM !RWD Molenbeek	Molenbeek, Brussels	Edmond Machtens Stadium	12,266
373	Sint-Truiden !Sint-Truiden	Sint-Truiden	Stayen	14,600
16	Standard !Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,023
10	Union SG !Union SG	Saint-Gilles, Brussels	Stade Joseph Marien	09,400
2024	Westerlo !Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	08,035

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Anderlecht	Brian Riemer	Joma	DVV Insurance (H)/Candriam (A)	None	Napoleon Games	None
Antwerp	Mark van Bommel	Jako	betFIRST	Heylen Vastgoed, Ghelamco	None	None
Cercle Brugge	Miron Muslic	Kappa	Golden Palace Casino Sports	Liantis, Callant Insurance	Volvo Automobilia, Brugge	Autoverhuur Meerschaert, Callant Insurance
Charleroi	Felice Mazzù	Kipsta	Unibet, R-Aqua, Cairox	QNT Sport	None	UMons
Club Brugge	Ronny Deila	Macron	Unibet	Allianz	BWT	None
Eupen	Florian Kohfeldt	Adidas	Aspire Academy, Ostbelgien	None	Johnen Automobile	None
Genk	Wouter Vrancken	Nike	Beobank, EAZER	CEO's 4 Climate, Carglass	Aqua-Step HDM	Cegeka, Carglass
Gent	Hein Vanhaezebrouck	Craft	Bâloise	Circus Belgium, Vdk bank	Hyundai	APF Autoparts, Vdk bank
Kortrijk	Glen De Boeck	Erreà	AGO Jobs & HR, Unibet	Brustor, Earth Belgium, Caps Fuel Card	NOVA	Unibet, Caps Fuel Card
Mechelen	Steven Defour	Erreà	Telenet, Groep Verelst, Play Sports, AFAS Software	AFAS Software	None	Arco Information, Golden Palace Casino Sports
OH Leuven	Marc Brys	Stanno	Star Casino	Tegel Concept	Banqup	None
RWD Molenbeek	Caçapa	Kipsta	Golden Palace Casino Sports	M&G Cleaning	None	Liften De Weghe, Tadal
Sint-Truiden	Thorsten Fink	Macron	Nishitan Clinic, DMM.com, City Creation, Maruhan	Sint Truiden	Asahi Kasei, Maruhan	Pauli Beton, Star Casino
Standard Liège	Carl Hoefkens	Adidas	VOO	Circus Belgium	Cainiao	None
Union SG	Alexander Blessin	Nike	Loterie Nationale/Hey! Telecom (in UEFA matches)	Hey! Telecom	None	None
Westerlo	Jonas De Roeck	Nike	Soudal	Casino777, Arma Global	Keukens Vanlommel, Voetbalshop.be	Soloya

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Club Brugge	Rik De Mil	Caretaker replaced	End of 2022–23 season	Pre-season	Ronny Deila	5 June 2023
Eupen	Edward Still	Mutual consent			Florian Kohfeldt	8 June 2023
Kortrijk	Bernd Storck				Edward Still	2 July 2023
Sint-Truiden	Bernd Hollerbach				Thorsten Fink	16 May 2023
Standard Liège	Geoffrey Valenne	Caretaker replaced			Carl Hoefkens	16 June 2023
Union SG	Karel Geraerts	No extension agreement found	21 June 2023		Alexander Blessin	3 July 2023
RWD Molenbeek	Vincent Euvrard	Sacked	24 July 2023		Caçapa	25 July 2023
Kortrijk	Edward Still		25 September 2023	16th	Joseph Akpala (caretaker)	25 September 2023
	Joseph Akpala (caretaker)	Caretaker replaced	2 October 2023	16th	Glen De Boeck	2 October 2023

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Union SG	10	7	1	2	22	12	+10	22	Europa League and play-off I
2	Anderlecht	10	6	3	1	16	10	+6	21	play-off I
3	Gent	10	5	5	0	16	10	+6	20
4	Antwerp	10	4	5	1	17	5	+12	17
5	Club Brugge	10	4	4	2	23	11	+12	16
6	Cercle Brugge	10	5	0	5	12	11	+1	15
7	Genk	10	3	6	1	16	10	+6	15	play-off II
8	Standard Liège	10	3	4	3	10	9	+1	13
9	Sint-Truiden	10	3	4	3	11	14	−3	13
10	RWD Molenbeek	10	3	3	4	11	20	−9	12
11	Mechelen	10	3	2	5	11	12	−1	11
12	Eupen	10	3	1	6	13	22	−9	10
13	Charleroi	10	2	4	4	10	15	−5	10	relegation play-offs
14	OH Leuven	10	2	3	5	14	19	−5	9
15	Westerlo	10	1	3	6	11	19	−8	6
16	Kortrijk	10	1	2	7	8	22	−14	5

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. 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.

Results

Home \ Away	USG	AND	GNT	ANT	CLU	CER	GNK	STA	STR	RWD	MEC	EUP	CHA	OHL	WES	KVK
Union SG		2–0		2–2	5 Nov	3 Dec	0–2		21 Jan		17 Dec	20 Oct	3–1	5–1		12 Nov
Anderlecht				1–0	1–1	27 Dec	23 Dec	10 Dec		26 Nov	3–1		2–1	28 Oct	2–1
Gent	26 Nov			12 Nov	2–1		1–1	29 Oct	2–2	9 Dec	19 Jan	2–1		21 Dec		3–2
Antwerp		17 Dec	0–0			1–0	4 Nov	11 Nov		0–0		4–1	21 Jan	2 Dec	23 Dec	6–0
Club Brugge	26 Dec	a	17 Dec	29 Oct		12 Nov	1–1	3 Dec	1–1	7–1	1–1		4–2		20 Jan
Cercle Brugge	0–2	5 Nov	22 Oct	9 Dec	a		0–1					25 Nov	2–0	3–2	2–1	20 Dec
Genk		1–1	3 Dec	26 Dec	20 Jan				3–3		22 Oct	0–1	0–0	12 Nov	3–3	17 Dec
Standard Liège	0–1	22 Oct			2–1	0–1	25 Nov		27 Dec	1–1	5 Nov		16 Dec		0–0	20 Jan
Sint-Truiden	0–4	0–1		24 Nov		0–2		1–0		27 Oct	2–0	3 Nov	23 Dec	8 Dec
RWD Molenbeek	2–3		1–1		22 Dec	2–1	0–4				1–0	21 Jan	3 Dec		21 Oct	4 Nov
Mechelen	4–0		0–1	0–0	10 Dec	28 Oct		20 Dec	2 Dec			1–0	11 Nov	1–2
Eupen	23 Dec	1–3			0–5		10 Dec	1–3		11 Nov			28 Oct	3–1	2–2	2 Dec
Charleroi	10 Dec		5 Nov	21 Oct				1–1	1–1	2–1	27 Dec			1–1	25 Nov	1–0
OH Leuven		21 Jan	1–1	1–1	26 Nov	16 Dec		1–2	22 Oct	1–2		26 Dec			4 Nov	3–0
Westerlo	29 Oct	1 Dec	1–3	0–3	0–1				10 Nov	26 Dec	2–3	15 Dec				1–0
Kortrijk		2–2	26 Dec		21 Oct	2–1	29 Oct	1–1	0–1		26 Nov	1–3			9 Dec

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. Source: Kalender eerste klasse A 2023-24
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 8 October 2023

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kévin Denkey	Cercle Brugge	8
2	Aboubakary Koita	Sint-Truiden	7
	Andreas Skov Olsen	Club Brugge
4	Kasper Dolberg	Anderlecht	5
	Dennis Eckert	Union SG
	Makhtar Gueye	RWDM
	Vincent Janssen	Antwerp
	Gustaf Nilsson	Union SG
9	Mohamed Amoura	Union SG	4
	Lucas Stassin	Westerlo
	Igor Thiago	Club Brugge

2023–24 in Belgian football
Domestic leagues
Pro League · Challenger Pro League · National Division 1 · Division 2 · Division 3
Domestic cups
Belgian Cup (Final) · Super Cup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
2022-23                                                        2024-25