Belgien Jupiler League 2015/2016 - 01. 08. 2016
The 2015/16 season of the Belgian Pro was the 113th season of top-tier football in Belgium.
Gent won title in last season. There are some things changed in comparison to the previous season. Since 2015/16 season, there is no relegation play-off.
Club Bruggy finished first 4 points ahead Gent and 9 points ahead Anderlecht in the regular season. After season, top 6 teams of the table continuous in the title play-off. They play another 10 games, once against each other. Club Bruggy achieved the title. Anderlecht in the end finished second and Gent third. Bruggy qualified straight for Champions League group stage. Anderlecht qualified for Champions League qualifying. Gent and Genk qualified for Europa League qualifying round. Jérémy Perbet playing for Charleroi became the top-scorer of the season with 20 goals. Mbaye Leye scored 18 and Sofiane Hanni 17. Onur Kaya assisted on 12 goals. K.A.A. Gent were unbeaten for 14 games.
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Champions bought Villarreal´s midfielder Tomás Pina for 3,00 Mill. €, left wing Anthony Limbombe (2,50 Mill. €) and Ricardo van Rhijn playing for Ajax (1,80 Mill. €). Their right-back Thomas Meunier left for Paris SG (7,00 Mill. €). Anderlecht purchased 6 players for more than 2 Mill €. The most expensive is Nicolae Stanciu playing for Steaua (7,80 Mill. €). Sebastien De Maio cost them 3,30 Mill. €. A lot of important players left the club. Sampdoria bought Dennis Praet for10,00 Mill. €. Burnley FC broke their transfer record and bought Steven Defour for 8,60 Mill. €.
Gent bought Stefan
Mitrovic from Freiburg. The club experienced big departures. Sven Kums (10,00
Mill. €), Matz Sels (6,60 Mill. €) and Laurent Depoitre (6,00 Mill. €). Genk
bought centre back Jakub Brabec for 2,50 Mill. €. Watford bought a lot of
Belgium League players. Another one is Christian Kabasele playing for Genk (6,95
Mill. €). Lazio purchased Jordan Lukaku, younger brother of famous striker
Romelu Lukaku. Belgium clubs made almost 40 Mill. € profit this transfer
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