Belgien Jupiler League - 18. 08. 2016
The Belgian First Division A is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. League is officially known as Jupiler Pro League. Competition is contested by 16 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian First Division B.
Teams after 30 match regular season run enter play-offs 1 or play-offs 2 according to their position in the regular season. In play-off 1, also knowns as title playoffs, play top 6 clubs in the regular season. Teams plays with each other twice. Team with the most points after play-off 1 is new Belgium champion. Teams ranked 7-15 are divided in two groups. Each group is contested by 6 teams playing each other twice. In play-off, teams start with half of their points gained in regular season. The 16th team is relegated to Belgium First Division B.
League was found in 1895. FC Liégeoisv won title in first season. 74 clubs have competed in the first division since its creation. 15 teams have been crowned champions of Belgium. The most successful team is RSC Anderlecht winning 33 times. Club Brugge KV won title 14 times and Union Saint-Gilloise 11 times.
Jupiler Pro League is currently ranked 10th in the UEFA rankings of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five-years. When the UEFA first published their ranking in 1979, the competition was ranked third.
The best of-time scorer is Albert De Cleyn with 350 goals, followed by Joseph Mermans with 339 goals. Champions of Belgium enter Champions League group stage, second team enters its qualification round. Europa League qualification enters the third team.
Club Bruggy won title
last season. The most successful team in history of competition - RSC
Anderlecht ended up second. RSC Anderlecht
won UEFA Europa League in 1983 and reached finale in 1970 and 1984.
