# 1987–88 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1987–88.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Club Brugge K.V. won the championship, while K.A.A. Gent & Racing Jet de Bruxelles were relegated.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Brugge K.V. | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 51 | Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup |
| 2 | KV Mechelen | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 49 | Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Royal Antwerp FC | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 75 | 40 | +35 | 49 | Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 45 | Qualified for 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | R.F.C. de Liège | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 44 | Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 6 | K.S.V. Waregem | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 39 | Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 33 | |
| 8 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 32 | |
| 9 | K.V. Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 31 | |
| 10 | Standard Liège | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 30 | |
| 11 | Sint-Truidense V.V. | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 29 | |
| 12 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 28 | |
| 13 | K. Beerschot V.A.C. | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 27 | |
| 14 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 27 | |
| 15 | KFC Winterslag | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 74 | −42 | 26 | |
| 16 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 26 | |
| 17 | K.A.A. Gent | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 25 | Relegated to Division II |
| 18 | Racing Jet de Bruxelles | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 21 | Relegated to Division II |
* ↑ KV Mechelen qualified as 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup holders.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BEV | CER | CLU | RJB | CHA | GNT | KOR | FCL | LOK | MAL | MOL | STV | STA | WAR | WIN |
| Anderlecht | | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Antwerp | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Beerschot | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Beveren | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Cercle Brugge | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Club Brugge | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–3 | | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| RJ Bruxelles | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Charleroi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Gent | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| Kortrijk | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Liége | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Lokeren | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–0 |
| Mechelen | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Molenbeek | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Sint-Truiden | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Standard Liège | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Waregem | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 5–0 |
| Winterslag | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |

## Topscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Francis Severeyns | 24 | Royal Antwerp F.C. |
| Marc Degryse | 22 | Club Brugge K.V. |
| Nebojša Malbaša | 21 | R.F.C. de Liège |
| Richard Niederbacher | 18 | K.S.V. Waregem |
| Kenneth Brylle Larsen | 17 | Club Brugge K.V. |
| Piet den Boer | 16 | KV Mechelen |
| Marc Van Der Linden | 14 | Royal Antwerp F.C. |
| Alexandre Czerniatynski | 14 | Standard Liège |
| Luc Nilis | 14 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |