# 2005–06 Belgian First Division

The 2005–06 season of the Belgian Jupiler League began on August 5, 2005 and ended on May 5, 2006. Anderlecht won the title on the last day of competition.

## Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:
* S.V. Zulte-Waregem (second division champion)
* K.S.V. Roeselare (playoff winner)

## Relegated teams

This team was relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
* R.A.A. Louviéroise

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 61 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 5 | Genk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 57 | |
| 6 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Zulte Waregem (W) | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Lokeren | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 47 | |
| 9 | Westerlo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 46 | |
| 10 | FC Brussels | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 46 | |
| 11 | Charleroi | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 45 | |
| 12 | Roeselare | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 38 | |
| 14 | Mouscron | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 37 | |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 34 | |
| 16 | Beveren | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 33 | |
| 17 | Lierse (O) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 32 | Qualification to the Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | La Louvière (R) | 34 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 26 | Relegation to 2006–07 Belgian Second Division |

## Relegation/Promotion play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lierse (O) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | Retained place in 2006–07 Belgian First Division |
| 2 | Lommel | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | |
| 3 | VW Hamme | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Geel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 4 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | GBA | BEV | CER | CLU | CHA | GNK | GNT | LIE | LOK | LOU | BRU | MOU | ROE | STV | STA | WES | ZWA |
| Anderlecht | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Germinal Beerschot | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Beveren | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Cercle Brugge | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Club Brugge | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Charleroi | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Genk | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Gent | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Lierse | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Lokeren | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| La Louvière | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Brussels | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Mouscron | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Roeselare | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Sint-Truiden | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–6 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Standard Liège | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Westerlo | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 |
| Zulte Waregem | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

## Top goal scorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Tosin Dosunmu | 18 | Germinal Beerschot |
| Mohammed Tchité | 16 | Standard Liège |
| Aristide Bancé | 15 | Lokeren |
| Boško Balaban | 13 | Club Brugge |
| Kevin Vandenbergh | 12 | Racing Genk |
| Wagneau Eloi | 11 | Roeselare |
| Mbo Mpenza | 11 | Anderlecht |