# 1961–62 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1961–62 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 29 | +46 | 49 | Qualified for 1962–63 European Cup |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 40 | |
| 3 | Royal Antwerp FC | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 40 | |
| 4 | R.F.C. de Liège | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 36 | |
| 5 | Club Brugge K.V. | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 35 | |
| 6 | Daring Club Bruxelles | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | La Gantoise | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 29 | |
| 8 | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 27 | |
| 9 | Beerschot | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 27 | |
| 10 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 26 | Qualified for 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 11 | Lierse S.K. | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 26 | |
| 12 | KFC Diest | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 25 | |
| 13 | R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 25 | |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 24 | |
| 15 | K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 24 | Relegated to Division II |
| 16 | Eendracht Alost | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 62 | −37 | 17 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | ANT | BEE | CER | CLU | DAR | DIE | GNT | FCL | LIE | OLY | STA | STV | USG | WTG |
| Eendracht Alost | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Anderlecht | 2–0 | | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Antwerp | 7–0 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Beerschot | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Cercle Brugge | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–1 |
| Club Brugge | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Daring Club | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Diest | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 |
| La Gantoise | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Liège | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Lierse | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Olympic Charleroi | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Standard Liège | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Sint-Truiden | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Union SG | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 |
| Waterschei Thor | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The match between Eendracht Aalst and Standard Liège was stopped when the score was 0–3. The Sporting Committee inflicted a forfeit score (0–5) in favor of the people of Liège.