# 1979–80 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1979–80 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Club Brugge K.V. won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Brugge K.V. | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 53 | Qualified for 1980–81 European Cup |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 80 | 31 | +49 | 49 | Qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 48 | Qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 28 | +32 | 42 | Qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 41 | Qualified for 1980–81 UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Lierse S.K. | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 40 | |
| 7 | K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 37 | Qualified for 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 8 | FC Winterslag | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 35 | |
| 9 | R.F.C. de Liège | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 33 | |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 32 | |
| 12 | K.S.V. Waregem | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 31 | |
| 13 | Royal Antwerp FC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 28 | |
| 14 | Beerschot | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 27 | |
| 15 | Beringen FC | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 26 | |
| 16 | K Berchem Sport | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 26 | |
| 17 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 66 | −43 | 22 | Relegated to Division II |
| 18 | KSC Hasselt | 34 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 94 | −73 | 10 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BRC | BER | BEV | CER | CLU | CHA | HAS | FCL | LIE | LOK | MOL | STA | WAR | WTG | WIN |
| Anderlecht | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| Antwerp | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Beerschot | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Berchem | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Beringen | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Beveren | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Cercle Brugge | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Club Brugge | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 7–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Charleroi | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Hasselt | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Liège | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 7–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Lierse | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 5–0 |
| Lokeren | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 10–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Molenbeek | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Standard Liège | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 12–0 |
| Waregem | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Waterschei Thor | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Winterslag | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |