# 1955–56 Belgian First Division

The 1955–56 season of the Belgian First Division was won by R.S.C. Anderlecht.

## 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 (C) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 42 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Royal Antwerp FC | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 39 | |
| 3 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 37 | |
| 4 | K Berchem Sport | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 33 | |
| 5 | K.R.C. Mechelen | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 33 | |
| 6 | R.F.C. de Liège | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 30 | |
| 9 | Daring Club | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Beerschot | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 29 | |
| 11 | Lierse S.K. | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 28 | |
| 12 | La Gantoise | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 26 | |
| 13 | Beringen FC | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 25 | |
| 14 | Tilleur FC | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 25 | |
| 15 | K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 22 | Relegated to Division II |
| 16 | KV Mechelen | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 80 | −35 | 20 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BRC | BER | CHA | DAR | GNT | FCL | LIE | KVM | RCM | STA | USG | TIL | WTG |
| Anderlecht | | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 8–2 | 4–1 |
| Antwerp | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Beerschot | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 8–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Berchem | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Beringen | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–5 |
| Charleroi | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Daring Club | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| La Gantoise | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 9–2 |
| Liège | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Lierse | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| KV Mechelen | 1–7 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| K.R.C. Mechelen | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| Standard Liège | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–8 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Union SG | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Tilleur | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 5–0 | | 3–1 |
| Waterschei Thor | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |