Belgian Pro League

Belgian Pro League
Country	Belgium
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1895
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	Challenger Pro League
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Antwerp (5th title) (2022–23)
Most successful club	Anderlecht (34 titles)
TV	Telenet VOO Proximus TV VIER\RTBF (Highlights)
Website	Official website
2023–24

The Belgian Pro League, currently referred to as the Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Following the 2015–16 season it was renamed from the Belgian Pro League to its current name. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian First Division B. Seasons run from late July to early May, with teams playing 30 matches each in the regular season, and then entering play-offs 1 or play-offs 2 according to their position in the regular season. Play-offs 1 (also known as the title playoffs) are contested by the top 6 clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice. Play-offs 2 (also known as the Europa League playoff) are contested by teams ranked 7 to 15 in the regular season, divided in two groups of 6 teams playing each other twice (three teams from the Belgian First Division B also take part in playoff 2). The team finishing in 16th place is relegated. As of 2014 the league was sponsored by AB InBev, brewers of Jupiler beer, and officially known as Jupiler Pro League, the sponsor name for the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A is still unknown.

The competition was created in 1895 by the Royal Belgian Football Association and was first won by FC Liégeois. Of the 74 clubs to have competed in the first division since its creation, 15 have been crowned champions of Belgium. RSC Anderlecht is the most successful league club with 33 titles, followed by Club Brugge KV (14), Union Saint-Gilloise (11) and Standard Liège (10). It is currently ranked 10th in the UEFA rankings of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five-years. The competition was ranked 3rd when the UEFA first published their ranking in 1979 and also the next year in 1980, which is the best ranking the Belgian First Division has ever achieved.

2022–23 clubs

Club name	City	Last season position	First season of current spell in top division	Result 20–21	Result 19–20	Result 18–19	Result 17–18	Result 16–17
Anderlecht	Brussels	0033rd	1935–36	0044th	0088th	0066th	0033rd	0011st
Antwerp	Antwerp	0044th	2017–18	0033rd	0044th	0044th	0088th	2033rd (D1B)
Cercle Brugge	Bruges	01010th	2018–19	01616th	01414th	01313th	2011st (D1B)	2066th (D1B)
Charleroi	Charleroi	0077th	2012–13	01313th	0033rd	0099th	0066th	0055th
Club Brugge	Bruges	0011st	1959–60	0011st	0011st	0022nd	0011st	0022nd
Eupen	Eupen	01515th	2016–17	01212th	01313th	01212th	01515th	01313th
Genk	Genk	0066th	1996–97	0022nd	0077th	0011st	0055th	0088th
Gent	Ghent	0055th	1989–90	0055th	0022nd	0055th	0044th	0033rd
Kortrijk	Kortrijk	01313th	2008–09	01414th	01111th	0088th	0077th	01010th
Mechelen	Mechelen	0088th	2019–20	0066th	0066th	2011st (D1B)	01616th	0077th
OH Leuven	Leuven	01111th	2020–21	01111th	2033rd (D1B)	2055th (D1B)	2022nd (D1B)	2077th (D1B)
Oostende	Ostend	01212th	2013–14	0077th	01515th	01414th	01111th	0044th
Seraing	Seraing	01717th	2021–22	2022nd (D1B)	3033rd (D1Am)	3077th (D1Am)	3055th (D1Am)	3077th (D1Am)
Sint-Truiden	Sint-Truiden	0099th	2015–16	01515th	01212th	0077th	01010th	01212th
Standard Liège	Liège	01414th	1921–22	0088th	0055th	0033rd	0022nd	0099th
Union SG	Brussels	0022nd	2021–22	2011st (D1B)	2044th (D1B)	2033rd (D1B)	2077th (D1B)	2044th (D1B)
Westerlo	Westerlo	2011st (D1B)	2022–23	2044th (D1B)	2011st (D1B)	2044th (D1B)	2066th (D1B)	01616th
Zulte Waregem	Waregem	01616th	2005–06	01010th	0099th	01111th	0099th	0066th

External links

• (German) (English) (French) (Dutch) The Belgian Football Association official website
• (French) Sport website – On the Jupiler League
• (English) League321.com – Belgian Football League Tables, Records & Statistics Database.
• (English) Pluto website – Belgian football history
• (English) RSSSF archive – All time tables
• (English) Football results – Belgium football statistics