1999–2000 Belgian First Division

Belgian First Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsAnderlecht
RelegatedGeel
Lommel
Champions LeagueAnderlecht
UEFA CupClub Brugge
Gent
Matches306
Goals1,032 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorerOle Martin Årst
Toni Brogno (30 each)

The 1999–2000 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 6, 1999, and May 11, 2000. Sporting Anderlecht became champions.

1999–2000 Belgian First Division is located in Belgium
Aalst
Anderlecht
Beveren
Germinal Beerschot
Club Brugge
Charleroi
Sint-Truiden
Genk
Gent
Standard
Lierse
Lokeren
Lommel
Mechelen
Mouscron
Verbroedering Geel
Westerlo
Harelbeke
Location of teams in 1999–2000 Belgian First Division

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

Anderlecht's title success

Anderlecht became champions on April 21, 2000, after the defeat of rival Club Brugge at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion to Lierse 1-0 as, prior to these results, they were 7 points ahead of Brugge with 3 matches to go. The next day Anderlecht beat Racing Genk 4-1 and then Standard Liège 2-0.

Battle for Europe

Club Brugge and Gent qualified for the UEFA Cup.

The relegation dog fight

Charleroi avoided relegation with a controversial draw against Anderlecht on the last day of the season. Anderlecht were already champions and played with Enzo Scifo who had previously signed a deal with Charleroi. However, the result was irrelevant as Geel lost their last match to Club Brugge and were thus relegated with Lommel.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) 34 22 9 3 86 36 +50 75 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Club Brugge 34 21 4 9 70 32 +38 67 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Gent 34 20 3 11 78 54 +24 63
4 Mouscron 34 16 9 9 67 45 +22 57
5 Standard Liège 34 18 2 14 66 52 +14 56 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Westerlo 34 16 8 10 73 66 +7 56
7 Germinal Beerschot 34 16 7 11 56 45 +11 55
8 Genk 34 16 6 12 63 59 +4 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9 Lierse 34 15 7 12 65 47 +18 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
10 Sporting Lokeren 34 12 11 11 56 58 −2 47
11 Mechelen 34 12 5 17 47 77 −30 41
12 Eendracht Aalst 34 11 4 19 53 72 −19 37
13 Sint-Truiden 34 10 7 17 41 65 −24 37
14 Harelbeke 34 10 5 19 56 72 −16 35
15 Beveren 34 9 8 17 51 69 −18 35
16 Charleroi 34 7 10 17 42 62 −20 31
17 Geel (R) 34 5 13 16 32 60 −28 28 Relegation to 2000–01 Belgian Second Division
18 Lommel (R) 34 5 12 17 35 66 −31 27
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AAL AND GBA BEV CLU CHA GEE GNK GNT HAR LIE LOK LOM MEC MOU STV STA WES
Eendracht Aalst 2–3 1–2 2–4 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–5 2–0 1–2 1–1
Anderlecht 4–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–0 3–3 5–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
Germinal Beerschot 3–2 1–3 2–0 5–3 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–2
Beveren 0–2 0–0 1–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–4 0–2 4–0
Club Brugge 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 6–1 3–1 6–0 1–2 4–0 5–2 2–0
Charleroi 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–2
Geel 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–5 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–3
Genk 2–1 1–4 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 4–0 1–1
Gent 4–0 0–3 1–3 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 6–2 6–1 2–3 4–2 1–5 2–3
Harelbeke 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–5 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–3 5–1 5–2 1–1 3–2 3–4 3–1
Lierse 5–2 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 7–0
Lokeren 5–1 2–3 1–1 5–2 2–5 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 2–0 5–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 3–0 5–3 0–0
Lommel 3–3 3–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–4 4–1 2–1 2–2
Mechelen 2–0 2–5 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–4 2–2
Mouscron 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 5–0 5–3 4–2 3–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–1
Sint-Truiden 1–5 0–4 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–5 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1
Standard Liège 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 5–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–0
Westerlo 3–2 5–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 6–6 4–2 4–1 0–2 3–3 1–0 8–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Norway Ole Martin Årst 30 Gent
Belgium Toni Brogno 30 Westerlo
Czech Republic Jan Koller 20 Anderlecht
Belgium David Paas 19 Harelbeke
Belgium Eric Van Meir 15 Lierse
Canada Tomasz Radzinski 14 Anderlecht
Belgium Dante Brogno 14 Charleroi
Poland Marcin Żewłakow 14 Mouscron
Sweden Pär Zetterberg 14 Anderlecht

Attendances

No.ClubAverage attendanceChangeHighest
1Anderlecht24,81018,8%26,802
2Genk20,19042,1%21,728
3Standard de Liège16,80126,7%27,414
4Club Brugge14,44717,6%21,600
5Charleroi10,006119,2%25,000
6Mouscron8,88815,4%12,000
7Lierse8,87619,4%12,500
8Gent8,56621,2%13,868
9Mechelen8,03671,2%12,000
10Germinal Beerschot7,26581,6%12,000
11STVV7,1470,8%14,000
12Westerlo7,01813,5%10,500
13Geel6,382108,2%10,500
14Eendracht Aalst6,1215,6%10,000
15Lommel5,441-2,1%12,000
16Harelbeke5,176-7,6%9,000
17Lokeren5,097-9,0%10,000
18Beveren4,7183,5%10,000

Source:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Attendances Belgium average". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-10.