# 2015–16 Belgian Pro League

The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started in the last week of July 2015 and finished in May 2016. Gent were the defending champions.
This marked the final season under the "Pro League" name. A reorganization of the Belgian professional leagues ensued after the season, leading to the top league being renamed "First Division A" starting from the 2016–17 season onward.

## Changes from 2014–15
### Structural changes

Some changes have been introduced compared to the previous season, with the most significant one being the relegation rules. Instead of organizing a relegation playoff between the teams finishing in the two last positions, this season will see the last team relegated immediately, while the team placed 15th will not participate in any playoff and will remain in the renamed Belgian First Division A.
Several other smaller changes were introduced, namely:
* The team finishing on top of the table following the regular season, will be assured at least place in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League in case they drop out of the top two positions and thereby miss out on the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. They will be awarded a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, or even the Group stage in case the 2015–16 Belgian Cup winners finish in the top two.
* In case two or more teams finish with equal points after the Championship Playoff, the first tiebreaker will now be the finishing position during the regular season.
* The disciplinary record (number of yellow cards) will now be erased for all players after conclusion of the regular season. Any suspensions already obtained will be kept. In addition, during the playoffs, players will now pick up a one match ban already after three yellow cards, rather than five as during the regular season.
The first two of these rules were implemented as compensation for the rule that halves the points obtained during the regular season prior to the start of the championship playoff. This rule had been subject to complaints from several teams that had been leading after the regular season in recent seasons. The third rule was introduced to prevent players from intentionally receiving yellow cards near the end of the regular season. This tactic aimed to ensure they would be suspended before the playoffs, particularly against weaker teams, allowing them to start the deciding playoffs with a clean disciplinary record.

### Team changes

* Cercle Brugge and Lierse were relegated. Cercle Brugge after losing the relegation playoff series against Lierse, while Lierse lost the promotion playoff.
* Sint-Truiden was promoted as 2014–15 Belgian Second Division champions.
* OH Leuven who won the promotion playoff and returned to the Belgian Pro League just one season after their relegation.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| 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 |
| 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 |
| Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Leuven | Den Dreef | 9,493 |
| 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 |

### Personnel and kits

| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsors |
| Anderlecht | Besnik Hasi | Silvio Proto | adidas | BNP Paribas Fortis |
| Charleroi | Felice Mazzu | Francisco Martos | MAPS | Proximus |
| Club Brugge | Michel Preud'homme | Timmy Simons | Nike | Daikin |
| Genk | Peter Maes | Thomas Buffel | Nike | Beobank |
| Gent | Hein Vanhaezebrouck | Sven Kums | Jartazi | VDK Spaarbank |
| Kortrijk | Karim Belhocine | Nebojša Pavlović | Jako | AGO Jobs & HR |
| Lokeren | Georges Leekens | Killian Overmeire | Jartazi | QTeam |
| Mechelen | Aleksandar Janković | Steven De Petter | Kappa | Telenet |
| Mouscron-Péruwelz | Glen De Boeck | Noë Dussenne | Patrick | Trba |
| Oostende | Yves Vanderhaeghe | Sébastien Siani | Joma | Willems Veranda's |
| OH Leuven | Emilio Ferrera | Romain Reynaud | Vermarc | Just Eat |
| Sint-Truiden | Chris O'Loughlin | Rob Schoofs | Kappa | Golden Palace |
| Standard Liège | Yannick Ferrera | Adrien Trebel | Kappa | BASE |
| Waasland-Beveren | Stijn Vreven | Miloš Marić | Kappa | Aims Tools Star Casino |
| Westerlo | Bob Peeters | Filip Daems | Saller | Soudal |
| Zulte-Waregem | Francky Dury | Mbaye Leye | Patrick | Record Bank |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Waasland-Beveren | Guido Brepoels | Contract not prolonged | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Stijn Vreven | 29 April 2015 |
| Oostende | Frederik Vanderbiest | Replaced by Vanderhaeghe | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Yves Vanderhaeghe | 11 May 2015 |
| Genk | Alex McLeish | Resigned | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Peter Maes | 26 May 2015 |
| Kortrijk | Yves Vanderhaeghe | Signed by Oostende | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Johan Walem | 29 May 2015 |
| Lokeren | Peter Maes | Signed by Genk | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Bob Peeters | 3 June 2015 |
| Mouscron-Péruwelz | Fernando Da Cruz | Contract not prolonged | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Čedomir Janevski | 4 June 2015 |
| Standard Liège | José Riga | Resigned | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | Slavoljub Muslin | 5 June 2015 |
| Standard Liège | Slavoljub Muslin | Sacked | 28 August 2015 | 8th | Éric Deflandre (caretaker) | 28 August 2015 |
| Standard Liège | Éric Deflandre (caretaker) | Caretaker replaced | 7 September 2015 | 11th | Yannick Ferrera | 7 September 2015 |
| Sint-Truiden | Yannick Ferrera | Signed by Standard Liège | 7 September 2015 | 5th | Chris O'Loughlin | 8 September 2015 |
| Lokeren | Bob Peeters | Sacked | 24 October 2015 | 14th | Georges Leekens | 25 October 2015 |
| OH Leuven | Jacky Mathijssen | Sacked | 24 November 2015 | 15th | Emilio Ferrera | 26 November 2015 |
| Westerlo | Harm van Veldhoven | Sacked | 25 November 2015 | 16th | Bob Peeters | 26 November 2015 |
| Mouscron-Péruwelz | Čedomir Janevski | Sacked | 19 January 2016 | 15th | Glen De Boeck | 20 January 2016 |
| Kortrijk | Johan Walem | Sacked | 8 February 2016 | 9th | Karim Belhocine | 8 February 2016 |
| Kortrijk | Karim Belhocine | Becomes technical director | 1 April 2016 | 9th | Patrick De Wilde | 1 April 2016 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 64 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Gent | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Oostende | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Genk | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Standard Liège | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 8 | Charleroi | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 10 | Mechelen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 11 | Lokeren | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 12 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 14 | Mouscron-Péruwelz | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 15 | Westerlo | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 30 | |
| 16 | OH Leuven (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 29 | Relegation to First Division B |

### Positions by round

Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.
* On matchday 16, the matches Lokeren - Anderlecht and Mouscron-Péruwelz - Charleroi were postponed due to increased safety measures following the November 2015 Paris attacks. These matches were played on 22 and 23 December, between matchdays 20 and 21.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gent | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Anderlecht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Oostende | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Genk | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Zulte Waregem | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Standard Liège | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Charleroi | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Kortrijk | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Mechelen | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Lokeren | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Waasland-Beveren | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Sint-Truiden | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Mouscron-Péruwelz | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Westerlo | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| OH Leuven | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AND | CHA | BRU | GNK | GNT | KVK | OHL | LOK | KVM | MOU | KVO | STV | STA | WBE | WES | ZWA |
| Anderlecht | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Charleroi | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Club Brugge | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Genk | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Gent | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Kortrijk | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| OH Leuven | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Lokeren | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Mechelen | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 |
| Mouscron-Péruwelz | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Oostende | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Sint-Truiden | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Standard Liège | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Waasland-Beveren | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Westerlo | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Zulte Waregem | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
* 1 2 The matches Lokeren - Anderlecht (21 November) and Mouscron-Péruwelz - Charleroi (22 November) were postponed due to increased safety measures following the November 2015 Paris attacks. These matches were rescheduled to 22 and 23 December.

## Championship play-offs

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Club Brugge 32 points, Gent 30, Anderlecht 28, Oostende 25, Genk 24 and Zulte Waregem 22.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CLU | AND | GNT | GNK | OOS | ZWA |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Genk | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for the play-off final | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Oostende | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 36 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 |
| 6 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 27 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

### Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
| Team ╲ Round | Initial | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Club Brugge | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Anderlecht | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gent | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Genk | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Oostende | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Zulte Waregem | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

## Europa League play-offs

Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams that finish in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 are placed in Group B.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KVK | STA | RMP | W-B |
| 1 | Kortrijk | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 14 | Qualification for the play-off semi finals | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Mouscron-Péruwelz | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Waasland-Beveren | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 4 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Standard Liège qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Belgian Cup.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHA | LOK | KVM | STR |
| 1 | Charleroi | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | Qualification for the play-off semi finals | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Lokeren | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 11 | | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Mechelen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 7 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Play off Semi finals

The winners of both playoff groups compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs, called 2015–16 Belgian Pro League#Play off final. The winner of this Testmatch was granted an entry to the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.
Charleroi won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Play off final

The matches were played over two legs between the Europa League play-off final winners and the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs. The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.
Genk won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Season statistics
### Multiple goals in one match

Key :
| $^3$ | Player scored three goals, completing a hat-trick. |
| $^4$ | Player scored four goals. |
| * | The home team |
| Player | For | Against | Goals | Match Result | Date |
| Igor de Camargo | Genk* | OH Leuven | 26' (1–0), 81' (3–1) | 3–1 | 25 July 2015 |
| Maxime Chanot | Kortrijk* | Standard Liège | 40' (1–0), 64' (2–1) | 2–1 | 25 July 2015 |
| Jovan Kostovski | OH Leuven | Westerlo* | 21' (0–1), 78' (3–2) | 3–2 | 8 August 2015 |
| Knowledge Musona | Oostende* | Anderlecht | 3' (1–0), 89' (3–1, pen.) | 3–1 | 16 August 2015 |
| Steeven Langil | Waasland-Beveren* | Mouscron-Péruwelz | 6' (1–0), 90+2' (3–3) | 3–3 | 22 August 2015 |
| Laurent Depoitre | Gent* | Mechelen | 49' (1–1), 90+3' (2–2) | 2–2 | 29 August 2015 |
| Christophe Lepoint | Zulte Waregem | Oostende* | 42' (0–1), 68' (0–2) | 0–2 | 29 August 2015 |
| Abdoulay Diaby $^4$ | Club Brugge* | Standard Liège | 8' (1–0), 37' (4–1), 77' (6–1), 90+1' (7–1) | 7–1 | 30 August 2015 |
| Cyriac $^3$ | Oostende | Waasland-Beveren* | 34' (0–2, pen.), 48' (0–3), 52' (0–4) | 1–5 | 12 September 2015 |
| Thomas Matton | Gent* | Standard Liège | 62' (3–1), 90' (4–1) | 4–1 | 20 September 2015 |
| Tuur Dierckx | Club Brugge* | Waasland-Beveren | 40' (1–0), 46' (3–0) | 5–1 | 20 September 2015 |
| Mbaye Leye | Zulte Waregem* | Westerlo | 42' (2–1), 49' (3–1, pen.) | 4–2 | 25 September 2015 |
| Sven Kums $^3$ | Gent* | Club Brugge | 15' (1–0, pen.), 51' (2–0, pen.), 62' (3–0) | 4–1 | 4 October 2015 |
| Benjamin De Ceulaer | Westerlo | Standard Liège* | 9' (0–1), 44' (0–2) | 1–2 | 17 October 2015 |
| Yohan Croizet | OH Leuven | Lokeren* | 3' (0–1), 73' (0–2) | 1–2 | 17 October 2015 |
| Stefano Okaka | Anderlecht | Zulte Waregem* | 14' (0–1), 52' (0–3) | 0–4 | 18 October 2015 |
| Sofiane Hanni | Mechelen* | Zulte Waregem | 35' (2–1), 66' (3–3) | 3–4 | 24 October 2015 |
| Mame Thiam | Zulte Waregem | Mechelen* | 16' (1–1), 70' (3–4) | 3–4 | 24 October 2015 |
| Yohan Boli | Sint-Truiden* | Kortrijk | 48' (1–1), 52' (2–1) | 2–1 | 25 October 2015 |
| Fernando Canesin | Oostende* | Genk | 27' (1–0), 35' (2–0) | 3–2 | 27 October 2015 |
| Abdoulay Diaby | Club Brugge* | OH Leuven | 41' (1–0), 69' (2–0) | 2–0 | 28 October 2015 |
| Andy Najar | Anderlecht* | Mouscron-Péruwelz | 51' (1–0), 90+3' (2–0) | 2–0 | 1 November 2015 |
| Frédéric Gounongbe | Westerlo | Waasland-Beveren* | 43' (0–1), 58' (0–2) | 2–2 | 7 November 2015 |
| Jérémy Perbet | Charleroi | Gent* | 23' (0–1), 61' (1–3) | 1–3 | 8 November 2015 |
| Sven Kums | Gent* | Westerlo | 68' (4–0, pen.), 77' (5–0) | 5–0 | 20 November 2015 |
| Idrissa Sylla | Anderlecht* | OH Leuven | 39' (2–1), 68' (3–2) | 3–2 | 29 November 2015 |
| Jelle Vossen | Club Brugge | Mechelen* | 66' (1–1), 73' (1–2) | 1–4 | 29 November 2015 |
| Jovan Kostovski | OH Leuven* | Westerlo | 9' (1–0), 24' (2–0) | 5–1 | 5 December 2015 |
| Marko Šćepović | Mouscron-Péruwelz | Kortrijk* | 15' (0–1), 84' (1–3) | 1–3 | 12 December 2015 |
| Frédéric Gounongbe | Westerlo* | Charleroi | 41' (1–1), 70' (2–1, pen.) | 2–1 | 19 December 2015 |
| Dennis Praet | Anderlecht | Club Brugge* | 35' (0–2), 90+3' (1–4) | 1–4 | 20 December 2015 |
| Knowledge Musona | Oostende* | Standard Liège | 31' (2–1), 50' (3–1) | 4–1 | 20 December 2015 |
| Laurent Depoitre | Gent* | Anderlecht | 10' (1–0), 89' (2–0) | 2–0 | 17 January 2016 |
| Ivan Santini | Standard Liège | Lokeren* | 56' (0–1), 65' (0–2) | 0–2 | 17 January 2016 |
| Siebe Schrijvers | Waasland-Beveren | Oostende* | 7' (0–1), 17' (1–2) | 3–3 | 17 January 2016 |
| Lior Refaelov | Club Brugge* | Lokeren | 12' (1–1), 28' (2–1) | 2–1 | 31 January 2016 |
| Frank Acheampong | Anderlecht | Mechelen* | 18' (1–1), 70' (1–2) | 2–2 | 5 February 2016 |
| Nick Proschwitz | Sint-Truiden | Standard Liège* | 43' (1–1), 60' (1–2) | 1–2 | 7 February 2016 |
| Nikos Karelis | Genk* | Waasland-Beveren | 9' (1–0), 26' (2–1, pen.) | 6–1 | 13 February 2016 |
| Hans Vanaken | Club Brugge* | Westerlo | 25' (2–0), 71' (4–0) | 6–0 | 19 February 2016 |
| Thanasis Papazoglou | Kortrijk* | Sint-Truiden | 17' (1–0), 51' (3–0) | 3–0 | 20 February 2016 |
| Anice Badri | Mouscron-Péruwelz* | OH Leuven | 88' (2–1), 90+3' (3–1) | 3–1 | 20 February 2016 |
| Michiel Jonckheere | Oostende* | Gent | 13' (1–1), 54' (4–2) | 5–2 | 21 February 2016 |
| John Bostock | OH Leuven* | Oostende | 27' (1–0, pen.), 56' (3–0) | 4–1 | 27 February 2016 |
| Yohan Croizet | OH Leuven* | Oostende | 29' (2–0), 59' (4–0) | 4–1 | 27 February 2016 |
| Thibault Moulin | Waasland-Beveren | Charleroi* | 48' (1–1, pen.), 90+3' (2–3, pen.) | 2–3 | 28 February 2016 |
| Cyriac | Oostende* | Charleroi | 77' (1–1), 83' (2–1, pen.) | 2–1 | 5 March 2016 |
| Nicolas Verdier | Mechelen* | Standard Liège | 15' (2–0), 42' (3–0) | 4–0 | 13 March 2016 |
| Sofiane Hanni | Mechelen* | Standard Liège | 12' (1–0), 78' (4–0) | 4–0 | 13 March 2016 |
| Sofiane Hanni | Mechelen* | Charleroi | 77' (1–3), 85' (2–3, pen.) | 2–3 | 16 April 2016 |
| Jelle Vossen | Club Brugge* | Zulte Waregem | 75' (4–0), 86' (5–0) | 5–0 | 23 April 2016 |
| Hervé Kage | Kortrijk* | Waasland-Beveren | 28' (2–0), 37' (4–0, pen.) | 5–0 | 23 April 2016 |
| Jérémy Perbet | Charleroi* | Mechelen | 25' (2–0), 81' (4–0) | 4–0 | 23 April 2016 |
| Yassine El Ghanassy | Oostende* | Anderlecht | 45+1' (3–0), 81' (4–1) | 4–2 | 24 April 2016 |
| Hamdi Harbaoui | Lokeren | Charleroi* | 6' (0–1), 8' (0–2) | 2–2 | 29 April 2016 |
| Jérémy Perbet | Charleroi* | Lokeren | 12' (1–2), 90+4' (2–2) | 2–2 | 29 April 2016 |
| Hervé Kage | Kortrijk | Mouscron-Péruwelz* | 52' (1–1), 73' (1–2) | 2–3 | 7 May 2016 |
| Julian Michel | Mouscron-Péruwelz* | Kortrijk | 4' (1–0), 83' (2–2) | 2–3 | 7 May 2016 |
| Hamdi Harbaoui $^4$ | Lokeren* | Mechelen | 25' (1–0), 53' (3–0), 73' (4–1), 83' (5–1) | 5–1 | 7 May 2016 |