# 1986–87 Belgian First Division

The 1986–87 edition of the Belgian League was the 84th since its establishment: it was competed by 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship, while RFC Sérésien and K. Berchem Sport were relegated.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 82 | 25 | +57 | 57 | Qualified for 1987–88 European Cup |
| 2 | KV Mechelen | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 18 | +39 | 55 | Qualified for 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Club Brugge K.V. | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 45 | Qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 44 | Qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 44 | Qualified for 1987–88 UEFA Cup |
| 6 | R.F.C. de Liège | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 38 | |
| 7 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 35 | |
| 8 | K.S.V. Waregem | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 34 | |
| 9 | K. Beerschot V.A.C. | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 33 | |
| 10 | Standard Liège | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 31 | |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 30 | |
| 12 | Racing Jet de Bruxelles | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 30 | |
| 13 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 28 | |
| 14 | Royal Antwerp FC | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 26 | |
| 15 | K.V. Kortrijk | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 24 | |
| 16 | K.A.A. Gent | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 23 | |
| 17 | RFC Sérésien | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 20 | Relegated to Division II |
| 18 | K. Berchem Sport | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 82 | −62 | 15 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BRC | BEV | CER | CLU | RJB | CHA | GNT | KOR | FCL | LOK | MEC | MOL | SER | STA | WAR |
| Anderlecht | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Antwerp | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Beerschot | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Berchem | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Beveren | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Cercle Brugge | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Club Brugge | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 8–0 |
| RJ Bruxelles | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Charleroi | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Gent | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Kortrijk | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Liège | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Lokeren | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Mechelen | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Molenbeek | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Seraing | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Standard Liège | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Waregem | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |

## Topscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Arnór Guðjohnsen | 19 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| Dimitri Mbuyu | 17 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen |
| Guy François | 17 | R.F.C. de Liège |
| Marc Degryse | 16 | Club Brugge K.V. |
| Eddie Krnčević | 16 | R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| Ronny Martens | 15 | KV Mechelen |
| Piet den Boer | 15 | KV Mechelen |
| Richard Niederbacher | 14 | K.S.V. Waregem |
| Lambic Wawa | 13 | R.W.D. Molenbeek |
| Jan Goyvaerts | 13 | Racing Jet de Bruxelles |