# 1988–89 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1988–89.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and KV Mechelen won the championship, while R.W.D. Molenbeek & K.R.C. Genk were relegated.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | KV Mechelen | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 57 | Qualified for 1989–90 European Cup |
| 2 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 53 | Qualified for 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | R.F.C. de Liège | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 46 | Qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Club Brugge K.V. | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 43 | Qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Royal Antwerp FC | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 42 | Qualified for 1989–90 UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 36 | |
| 7 | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 35 | |
| 8 | K.V. Kortrijk | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 35 | |
| 9 | K.S.V. Waregem | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 30 | |
| 10 | Lierse S.K. | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 29 | |
| 11 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 29 | |
| 12 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 28 | |
| 13 | K.R.C. Mechelen | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 28 | |
| 14 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 28 | |
| 15 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 27 | |
| 16 | K. Beerschot V.A.C. | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 26 | |
| 17 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 25 | Relegated to Division II |
| 18 | K.R.C. Genk | 34 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 67 | −47 | 15 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BEV | CER | CHA | CLU | GNK | KOR | RCL | LIE | LOK | KVM | RCM | MOL | STV | STA | WAR |
| Anderlecht | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Antwerp | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Beerschot | 1–4 | 5–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Beveren | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Cercle Brugge | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Charleroi | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Club Brugge | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Genk | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Kortrijk | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 6–2 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Liège | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Lierse | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Lokeren | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| KV Mechelen | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| K.R.C. Mechelen | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Molenbeek | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| Sint-Truiden | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Standard Liège | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Waregem | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

## Topscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Eddie Krnčević | 23 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| Zvonko Varga | 22 | R.F.C. de Liège |
| Luc Nilis | 19 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| John Bosman | 18 | KV Mechelen |
| Patrick Goots | 17 | K. Beerschot V.A.C. |
| Eddy Snelders | 17 | K.V. Kortrijk |
| Eric Viscaal | 17 | K.S.K. Beveren |
| Patrick Versavel | 16 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen |
| Josip Weber | 15 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. |
| Marc Van Der Linden | 15 | Royal Antwerp F.C. |
| Hans Christiaens | 14 | K.S.V. Waregem |
| Ronny Rosenthal | 14 | Standard Liège |
| Marc De Buyser | 14 | R.W.D. Molenbeek |
| Daniel Veyt | 14 | R.F.C. de Liège |