1987–88 Belgian First Division

Belgian First Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Club Brugge K.V.
Relegated	KAA Gent; Racing Jet de Bruxelles;
Top goalscorer	Francis Severeyns (Royal Antwerp FC)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1987–88.

Overview

1987–88 Belgian First Division is located in Belgium

Anderlecht
Molenbeek
Racing Jet de Bruxelles

Antwerp

Beerschot

Beveren

Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge

Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1987–88

It was contested by 18 teams.^[1] Club Brugge K.V. won the championship with 51 pts, KV Mechelen came a close second with 49, and Royal Antwerp FC came third, also with 49 pts.^[2] K.A.A. Gent & Racing Jet de Bruxelles were relegated.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge K.V.	34	23	5	6	74	34	+40	51	Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup
2	KV Mechelen	34	21	7	6	50	24	+26	49	Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
3	Royal Antwerp FC	34	20	9	5	75	40	+35	49	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
4	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	18	9	7	64	27	+37	45	Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup
5	R.F.C. de Liège	34	14	16	4	52	28	+24	44	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
6	K.S.V. Waregem	34	16	7	11	50	43	+7	39	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
7	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	34	12	9	13	48	45	+3	33
8	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	11	10	13	39	48	−9	32
9	K.V. Kortrijk	34	11	9	14	40	54	−14	31
10	Standard Liège	34	11	8	15	46	51	−5	30
11	Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	10	9	15	30	39	−9	29
12	R.W.D. Molenbeek	34	8	12	14	33	48	−15	28
13	K. Beerschot V.A.C.	34	10	7	17	39	49	−10	27
14	K.S.K. Beveren	34	8	11	15	36	38	−2	27
15	KFC Winterslag	34	10	6	18	32	74	−42	26
16	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	9	8	17	42	47	−5	26
17	K.A.A. Gent	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	25	Relegated to Division II
18	Racing Jet de Bruxelles	34	7	7	20	21	56	−35	21	Relegated to Division II

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

↑ KV Mechelen qualified as 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup holders.

Results

Home \ Away	AND	ANT	BEE	BEV	CER	CLU	RJB	CHA	GNT	KOR	FCL	LOK	MAL	MOL	STV	STA	WAR	WIN
Anderlecht		6–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	6–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	5–1	4–0
Antwerp	2–0		2–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	7–2	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	5–0
Beerschot	0–3	0–2		0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	6–2	1–0	4–1
Beveren	2–2	0–0	4–0		1–2	5–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1
Cercle Brugge	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0		0–2	2–0	3–1	4–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1
Club Brugge	2–1	2–2	2–4	2–0	4–3		3–1	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–0
RJ Bruxelles	1–4	2–5	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–4		2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	0–1
Charleroi	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–1		1–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	3–2
Gent	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	1–3	4–2
Kortrijk	1–1	2–4	3–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–5	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Liége	0–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	0–0	4–2	4–1	2–0		3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0
Lokeren	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	8–1	2–2	0–1		0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	6–0
Mechelen	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–4	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1		3–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–1
Molenbeek	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	5–0	0–4	0–0	3–0	0–1		2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1
Sint-Truiden	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2		1–1	1–2	2–1
Standard Liège	0–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–4		2–0	1–2
Waregem	0–3	1–2	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2		5–0
Winterslag	0–3	1–5	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–6	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Francis Severeyns	24	Royal Antwerp F.C.
Marc Degryse	22	Club Brugge K.V.
Nebojša Malbaša	21	R.F.C. de Liège
Richard Niederbacher	18	K.S.V. Waregem
Kenneth Brylle Larsen	17	Club Brugge K.V.
Piet den Boer	16	KV Mechelen
Marc Van Der Linden	14	Royal Antwerp F.C.
Alexandre Czerniatynski	14	Standard Liège
Luc Nilis	14	R.S.C. Anderlecht

Attendances

Source:^[3]

No.	Club	Average
1	Anderlecht	16,471
2	Club Brugge	15,618
3	Charleroi	14,412
4	Antwerp	14,088
5	STVV	11,676
6	Liège	9,794
7	Standard	9,106
8	Mechelen	7,962
9	Gent	7,224
10	Beveren	6,647
11	Beerschot	6,500
12	Waregem	6,500
13	RWDM	6,029
14	Winterslag	5,941
15	Lokeren	5,794
16	Cercle Brugge	5,059
17	Kortrijk	4,941
18	Racing Jet	2,168

References

1 2 3 4 Rothmans Football yearbook. 1988-89. London: Queen Anne Press. 1988. p. 829. ISBN 978-0-356-15879-2. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness record of world soccer : the history of the game in over 150 countries. Enfield: Guinness. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-85112-954-9. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
↑ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel88.htm

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[table_note_res_ECWC0.79722381699701-3] KV Mechelen qualified as 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup holders.

[Rothmans-1] 1 2 3 4 Rothmans Football yearbook. 1988-89. London: Queen Anne Press. 1988. p. 829. ISBN 978-0-356-15879-2. Retrieved 24 November 2025.

[2] Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness record of world soccer : the history of the game in over 150 countries. Enfield: Guinness. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-85112-954-9. Retrieved 24 November 2025.

[4] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel88.htm

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