# 2010–11 in Belgian football

The 2010–11 football season in Belgium, which is the 108th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2010 until July 2011.

## Promotion and relegation

Team promoted to 2010–11 Belgian First Division
* Belgian Second Division Champions: Lierse
Teams relegated from 2009–10 Belgian First Division
* 15th Place: Roeselare (lost playoff)
* 16th Place: Mouscron (Mouscron was declared bankrupt during the season and relegated to third division.)
Teams promoted to 2010-11 Belgian Second Division
* Belgian Third Division A Champions: Heist
* Belgian Third Division B Champions: Visé
* Playoff winners: Rupel Boom
Teams relegated from 2009-10 Belgian Second Division
* 19th Place: RFC Liège
* Playoff losers: Ronse
* Did not obtain a license: Beveren
Teams promoted to 2010-11 Belgian Third Division
* Belgian Promotion A Champions: Izegem
* Belgian Promotion B Champions: Bornem
* Belgian Promotion C Champions: Geel
* Belgian Promotion D Champions: Bertrix
* Playoff winners: Olsa Brakel
* Playoff winners: Heppignies
* Playoff winners: Grimbergen
* Playoff winners: Huy
Teams relegated from 2009-10 Belgian Third Division
* 17th Place in Third Division A: Ieper
* 18th Place in Third Division A: Racing Mechelen
* 19th Place in Third Division A: Willebroek-Meerhof
* 17th Place in Third Division B: Veldwezelt
* 18th Place in Third Division B: Péruwelz
* Playoff losers: Zottegem
* Playoff losers: Tongeren

## League competitions
### Belgian Third Division
#### Belgian Third Division A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Aalst (C, P) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 74 | Belgian Second Division |
| 2 | Hoogstraten | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 62 | Belgian Third Division Final Round |
| 3 | Deinze | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 59 | |
| 4 | Coxyde | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 58 | |
| 5 | Dessel | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 57 | |
| 6 | Oudenaarde | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 55 | |
| 7 | Sint-Niklaas | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 54 | Belgian Third Division Final Round |
| 8 | Geel-Meerhout | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 53 | Belgian Third Division Final Round |
| 9 | Ronse | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | |
| 10 | Hamme | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 43 | |
| 11 | Temse | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 42 | |
| 12 | Torhout | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 42 | |
| 13 | Racing Waregem | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 38 | |
| 14 | Brakel | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 38 | |
| 15 | Bornem | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | |
| 16 | Cappellen | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 35 | Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division play-off |
| 17 | Izegem (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 34 | Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division |
| 18 | Wielsbeke (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 86 | −55 | 18 | Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division |

#### Belgian Third Division B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Woluwe (C, P) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 75 | Belgian Second Division |
| 2 | Virton | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 67 | Belgian Third Division Final Round |
| 3 | Bertrix | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 62 | |
| 4 | Zaventem | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 62 | Belgian Third Division Final Round |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 61 | Belgian Third Division Final Round |
| 6 | Bocholt | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 60 | |
| 7 | URS Centre | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 58 | |
| 8 | Olympic Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 55 | |
| 9 | Hasselt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 50 | |
| 10 | Diegem | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 49 | |
| 11 | Heppignies | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 37 | |
| 12 | Huy | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 37 | |
| 13 | Verviers | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 33 | |
| 14 | Bleid | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 32 | |
| 15 | Grimbergen | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Ternat | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 28 | Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division play-off |
| 17 | RFC Liège (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 33 | 79 | −46 | 17 | Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division |
| 18 | UR Namur (R) | 34 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 15 | Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division |

#### Third division play-off

From the third division A, Deinze qualified as winner of the periods 2 (matches 11 to 22) and 3 (matches 23 to 34), Hoogstraten and Coxyde qualified as 2nd and 4th placed teams in the final table. The first period (matches 1 to 10) was won by the champion Aalst. However, as only the champion Aalst, as well as Hoogstraten, Sint-Niklaas and Geel-Meerhout had got their remunerated football license, required to be able to enter the play-offs, Coxyde and Deinze did not enter the play-offs.
From the third division B, Virton qualified as the winner of period 1, Bertrix qualified as the 3rd-placed team in the final table and Zaventem as the 4th-placed team. The champion Woluwe had won periods 2 and 3. However, Bertrix did not apply for the remunerated football license and was replaced for the play-offs by Union, the 5th-placed team in the final table.
From the second division, Turnhout qualified for the second round of the play-off as the 16th-placed team.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 2 | Turnhout | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | A7 | Sint-Niklaas (aet) | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| A2 | Hoogstraten | 2 | 2 | 4 | A7 | Sint-Niklaas (aet) | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| A7 | Sint-Niklaas (aet) | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A7 | Sint-Niklaas (aet) | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | A7 | Sint-Niklaas | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | B4 | Woluwe-Zaventem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B5 | Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | B4 | Woluwe-Zaventem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B4 | Woluwe-Zaventem | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Woluwe-Zaventem | 1 | 4 | 5 | B4 | Woluwe-Zaventem | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | B2 | Virton | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| B2 | Virton | 1 | 3 | 4 | B2 | Virton | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| A8 | Geel-Meerhout | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Belgian Promotion

In the Promotion A, Athois were crowned champions, while Ieper, Péruwelz-Mouscron and Sparta Petegem respectively won the first period (matches 1 to 10), second period (matches 11 to 20) and third period (matches 21 to 30). In the Promotion B, RC Mechelen won the regular season as well as the second period. Lyra and Londerzeel won respectively the first and third periods. Wijgmaal also entered the Promotion play-off as 3rd-placed team in the final table. In the Promotion C, Maasmechelen won the title, as well as the first and third periods and Tielen won the second period. Veldwezelt and Oosterwijk also qualified for the play-off as respectively the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams in the regular season. In the Promotion D, La Calamine won the championship as well as periods 1 and 3 and Walhain won the period 2. Sprimont-Comblain and Faymonville joined Walhain as qualifier for the play-off from group D as respectively 3rd and 4th-placed teams. The two 16th-placed teams from the third division Cappellen and Ternat also qualified for the Promotion play-off, entering the competition in the second round.
| First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | 3B | Ternat | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Péruwelz-Mouscron (aet) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Péruwelz-Mouscron | 4 | | Péruwelz-Mouscron (aet) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sprimont-Comblain | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sprimont-Comblain | 0 | | | | | Péruwelz-Mouscron | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Petegem | 0 | | | |
| Petegem (aet) | 1 | | | | | | | Petegem | 0 | |
| Lyra | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyra | 0 | | Petegem | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Oosterwijk | 1 | | | | | | |
| Oosterwijk | 3 | | Oosterwijk | 1 | | | | | | |
| Tielen | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tielen | 1 | | | | | | | | Petegem | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | 3A | Cappellen | 4 |
| | | 3A | Cappellen | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Walhain | 0 | | | | | | |
| Walhain | 3 | | Walhain | 0 | | | | | | |
| Veldwezelt | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Veldwezelt | 2 | | | | 3A | Cappellen | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Wijgmaal | 1 | | | |
| Wijgmaal | 2 | | | | | | | Wijgmaal | 1 | |
| Faymonville | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Faymonville | 0 | | Wijgmaal | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ieper | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ieper | 5 | | Ieper | 1 | | | | | | |
| Londerzeel | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

## European Club results

Note that the Belgian team's score is always given first.
* Anderlecht and Gent started the season in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League, respectively in the champions and non-champions path. Both were eliminated and dropped into the Europa League. Anderlecht suffered a major mental blow after losing out on penalties to Partizan Belgrade, whereas Gent was no match for Dynamo Kyiv. In the Europa League, Gent performed above expectations as they first knocked out Feyenoord and then came close to progress through the group stage, only losing to French league leaders Lille on the final day, earlier defeating Levski Sofia from Bulgaria and Portuguese club Sporting CP at home. After some mediocre results in the group stage, Anderlecht only scraped through on the last day as they beat Hajduk Split and Zenit St. Petersburg also won their match against AEK Athens. In the knockout round, Anderlecht was blown away 0-3 and 0-2 by Ajax, although their victory of the season before had given them high hopes before the match.
* Cercle Brugge, Genk and Club Brugge started respectively in the second qualifying round, third qualifying round and playoff round of the Europa League. Cercle Brugge beat Finnish team TPS Turku before narrowly losing out to Anorthosis Famagusta of Cyprus. Genk also beat a team from Turku, namely Inter Turku, after losing out to Porto. Club Brugge did reach the group stage by beating Dinamo Minsk, but then scored only three points in six matches after a very disappointing string of results against Villarreal, PAOK and Dinamo Zagreb.
| Date | Team | Competition | Round | Leg | Opponent | Location | Score |
| 15 July 2010 | Cercle Brugge | Europa League | Qual. Round 2 | Leg 1, Home | TPS Turku | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | 0-1 |
| 22 July 2010 | Cercle Brugge | Europa League | Qual. Round 2 | Leg 2, Away | TPS Turku | Veritas Stadion, Turku | 2-1 |
| 27 July 2010 | Anderlecht | Champions League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 1, Away | The New Saints | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | 3-1 |
| 27 July 2010 | Gent | Champions League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 1, Away | Dynamo Kyiv | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv | 0-3 |
| 29 July 2010 | Cercle Brugge | Europa League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 1, Home | Anorthosis Famagusta | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges | 1-0 |
| 29 July 2010 | Genk | Europa League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 1, Away | Inter Turku | Veritas Stadion, Turku | 5-1 |
| 3 August 2010 | Anderlecht | Champions League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 2, Home | The New Saints | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels | 3-0 |
| 4 August 2010 | Gent | Champions League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 2, Home | Dynamo Kyiv | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | 1-3 |
| 5 August 2010 | Cercle Brugge | Europa League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 2, Away | Anorthosis Famagusta | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca | 1-3 |
| 5 August 2010 | Genk | Europa League | Qual. Round 3 | Leg 2, Home | Inter Turku | Cristal Arena, Genk | 3-2 |
| 18 August 2010 | Anderlecht | Champions League | Playoff Round | Leg 1, Away | Partizan Belgrade | Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade | 2-2 |
| 19 August 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Playoff Round | Leg 1, Home | Dinamo Minsk | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges | 2-1 |
| 19 August 2010 | Genk | Europa League | Playoff Round | Leg 1, Home | Porto | Cristal Arena, Genk | 0-3 |
| 19 August 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Playoff Round | Leg 1, Away | Feyenoord | Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam | 0-1 |
| 24 August 2010 | Anderlecht | Champions League | Playoff Round | Leg 2, Home | Partizan Belgrade | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels | 2-2 (aet) (2–3 p) |
| 26 August 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Playoff Round | Leg 2, Away | Dinamo Minsk | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk | 3-2 |
| 26 August 2010 | Genk | Europa League | Playoff Round | Leg 2, Away | Porto | Estádio do Dragão, Porto | 2-4 |
| 26 August 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Playoff Round | Leg 2, Home | Feyenoord | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | 2-0 |
| 16 September 2010 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 1, Home | Zenit St. Petersburg | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels | 1-3 |
| 16 September 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 1, Home | PAOK | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges | 1-1 |
| 16 September 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 1, Away | Levski Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia | 2-3 |
| 30 September 2010 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 2, Away | Hajduk Split | Stadion Poljud, Split | 0-1 |
| 30 September 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 2, Away | Villarreal | Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal | 1-2 |
| 30 September 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 2, Home | Lille | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | 1-1 |
| 21 October 2010 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 3, Home | AEK Athens | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels | 3-0 |
| 21 October 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 3, Away | Dinamo Zagreb | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb | 0-0 |
| 21 October 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 3, Away | Sporting | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon | 1-5 |
| 4 November 2010 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 4, Away | AEK Athens | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus | 1-1 |
| 4 November 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 4, Home | Dinamo Zagreb | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges | 0-2 |
| 4 November 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 4, Home | Sporting | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | 3-1 |
| 1 December 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 5, Home | Levski Sofia | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | 1-0 |
| 2 December 2010 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 5, Away | Zenit St. Petersburg | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg | 1-3 |
| 2 December 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 5, Away | PAOK | Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki | 1-1 |
| 15 December 2010 | Club Brugge | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 6, Home | Villarreal | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges | 1-2 |
| 16 December 2010 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 6, Home | Hajduk Split | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels | 2-0 |
| 16 December 2010 | Gent | Europa League | Group Stage | Matchday 6, Away | Lille | Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 0-3 |
| 17 February 2011 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Round of 32 | Leg 1, Home | Ajax | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels | 0-3 |
| 24 February 2011 | Anderlecht | Europa League | Round of 32 | Leg 2, Away | Ajax | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam | 0-2 |

## Other honours

| Competition | Winner |
| Cup | Standard Liège |
| Supercup | Genk |
| Third division A | Eendracht Aalst |
| Third division B | White Star Woluwe |
| Promotion A | Ath |
| Promotion B | Racing Mechelen |
| Promotion C | Patro Maasmechelen |
| Promotion D | Kelmis |

## European qualification for 2011-12 summary

| Competition | Qualifiers | Reason for Qualification |
| UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Champions | Genk | 1st in Jupiler League |
| UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions | Standard Liège | 2nd in Jupiler League |
| UEFA Europa League Play-off Round | Anderlecht | 3rd in Jupiler League |
| UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round | Club Brugge | 4th in Jupiler League |
| UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round | Westerlo | Cup losing finalist |