2016–17 Belgian First Division A

Belgian First Division A
Season	2016–17
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season of the Belgian First Division A will be the 114th season of top-tier football in Belgium and the first following the structural changes in the Belgian football pyramid, reducing the number of professional teams to 24.^{[citation needed]} It is scheduled to start in the last week of July 2016 and will finish in May 2017. Club Brugge are the defending champions.

Team changes

OH Leuven was relegated after finishing last in the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League.
Due to the fact that 2015–16 Belgian Second Division champions WS Brussels were refused a Belgian professional football license, Eupen was promoted as runner-up instead.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Location of the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A teams

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,000
Charleroi	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	14,000
Club Brugge	Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
Eupen	Eupen	Kehrweg Stadion	8,363
Genk	Genk	Cristal Arena	24,956
Gent	Ghent	Ghelamco Arena	19,999
Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	9,399
Lokeren	Lokeren	Daknamstadion	9,560
Mechelen	Mechelen	AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne	13,213
Mouscron-Péruwelz	Mouscron	Stade Le Canonnier	10,571
Oostende	Ostend	Albertpark	8,000
Sint-Truiden	Sint-Truiden	Stayen	14,600
Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	28,278
Waasland-Beveren	Beveren	Freethiel Stadion	8,190
Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	8,035
Zulte Waregem	Waregem	Regenboogstadion	9,540

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Sint-Truiden	Chris O'Loughlin	Sacked	End of 2015–16 season^[1]	Pre-season	Ivan Leko	14 April 2016^[2]
Anderlecht	Besnik Hasi	Mutual Consent	End of 2015–16 season^[3]	Pre-season	position vacant

Notes

References

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v t e First League/Pro League
2015–16 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Leuven Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem
Competition	Teams (winners) Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe
Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04
First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52
First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Belgian Pro League (2008–present)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

v t e 2016–17 in Belgian football
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
League competitions	First Division A First Division B First Amateur Division
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17 Summer 2017
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 Marc Wilmots
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte-Waregem
First Division B	Antwerp Cercle Brugge Lierse Lommel United OH Leuven Roeselare Tubize Union SG

v t e 2016–17 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '16 '17 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '16 '17 Faroe Islands '16 '17 Finland '16 '17 France Georgia '16 '17 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '16 '17 Kosovo Latvia '16 '17 Lithuania '16 '17 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '16 '17 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '16 '17 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '16 '17 Finland '16 '16–'17 France Georgia '16 '17 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '16 '17 Kosovo Latvia '16–'17 '17 Liechtenstein Lithuania '16 '17 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '16 '17 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '16 France Iceland '16 '17 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia '16 '17 Faroe Islands France Georgia '16 '17 Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Lithuania '16 '17 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase
International competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2017 Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Euro Under-17 qualification

2016–17 Belgian First Division A

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Team changes

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Stadiums and locations

Managerial changes

Notes

References

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