# 1984–85 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1984–85.

## Overview

It was performed by 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship, while K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. and Racing Jet de Bruxelles were relegated.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 100 | 25 | +75 | 59 | Qualified for 1985–86 European Cup |
| 2 | Club Brugge K.V. | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 80 | 46 | +34 | 48 | Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | R.F.C. de Liège | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 46 | Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | K.S.V. Waregem | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 45 | Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 41 | |
| 6 | K.A.A. Gent | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 40 | |
| 7 | Royal Antwerp FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 39 | |
| 8 | Standard Liège | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 33 | |
| 9 | K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 | |
| 10 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 30 | |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 29 | Qualified for 1985–86 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| 12 | KV Mechelen | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 28 | |
| 13 | K.V. Kortrijk | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 27 | |
| 14 | RFC Sérésien | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 26 | |
| 15 | Lierse S.K. | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 25 | |
| 16 | K. Beerschot V.A.C. | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 24 | |
| 17 | K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 78 | −36 | 21 | Relegated to Division II |
| 18 | Racing Jet de Bruxelles | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 19 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BEV | CER | CLU | RJB | GNT | KOR | FCL | LIE | LOK | MEC | SER | SNK | STA | WAR | WTG |
| Anderlecht | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 8–2 | 1–0 |
| Antwerp | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 |
| Beerschot | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Beveren | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Cercle Brugge | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Club Brugge | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–4 | 6–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 9–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| RJ Bruxelles | 2–9 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Gent | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Kortrijk | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Liège | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Lierse | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Lokeren | 3–4 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Mechelen | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Seraing | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Sint-Niklase | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Standard Liège | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Waregem | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | | 5–0 |
| Waterschei Thor | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

## Topscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Ronny Martens | 23 | Gent |
| Alexandre Czerniatynski | 22 | Anderlecht |
| Marc Degryse | 21 | Club Brugge |
| Erwin Vandenbergh | 20 | Anderlecht |
| Eugène Kabongo | 19 | Seraing |
| Jan Ceulemans | 17 | Club Brugge |
| Angelo Nijskens | 15 | Lokeren |
| Guido Swinnen | 15 | Beerschot |
| Karel Cornelissen | 15 | Sint-Niklase |
| Duško Lukić | 14 | KVK |
| Franky Vercauteren | 14 | Anderlecht |
| Enzo Scifo | 14 | Anderlecht |
| Erwin Albert | 14 | Beveren |
| Willy Geurts | 14 | Liège |