1988–89 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian League in season 1988/1989.

Overview

Anderlecht
Molenbeek

Antwerp

Beerschot

Beveren

Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge

Charleroi

Genk

Kortrijk

RFC Liège
Standard

Lierse

Lokeren

Mechelen
Racing Mechelen

Sint-Truiden

Waregem

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1988–89

It was contested by 18 teams, and KV Mechelen won the championship, while R.W.D. Molenbeek & K.R.C. Genk were relegated.

League standings

Template:Fb cl header |- bgcolor=b0ee90 |1||align="left"|KV Mechelen||34||25||7||2||64||20||+44||57||Qualified for 1989-90 European Cup. |- bgcolor=f0e68c |2||R.S.C. Anderlecht||34||22||9||3||83||36||+47||53||Qualified for 1989-90 European Cup Winners' Cup. |- bgcolor=97deff |3||R.F.C. de Liège||34||17||12||5||64||22||+42||46||rowspan=3|Qualified for 1989-90 UEFA Cup. |- bgcolor=97deff |4||Club Brugge K.V.||34||17||9||8||67||44||+23||43 |- bgcolor=97deff |5||Royal Antwerp FC||34||16||10||8||62||39||+23||42 |- |6||Standard Liège||34||14||8||12||46||43||+3||36 |- |7||K. Sint-Truidense V.V.||34||12||11||11||39||44||-5||35 |- |8||K.V. Kortrijk||34||9||17||8||53||44||+9||35 |- |9||K.S.V. Waregem||34||11||8||15||48||52||-4||30 |- |10||Lierse S.K.||34||10||9||15||29||46||-17||29 |- |11||R. Charleroi S.C.||34||6||17||11||31||49||-18||29 |- |12||K.S.K. Beveren||34||10||8||16||40||51||-11||28 |- |13||K.R.C. Mechelen||34||10||8||16||37||55||-18||28 |- |14||K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen||34||9||10||15||44||57||-13||28 |- |15||Cercle Brugge K.S.V.||34||10||7||17||41||54||-13||27 |- |16||K. Beerschot V.A.C.||34||8||10||16||41||63||-22||26 |- bgcolor=ffb0b0 |17||R.W.D. Molenbeek||34||10||5||19||36||59||-23||25||rowspan=2|Relegated to Division II. |- bgcolor=ffb0b0 |18||K.R.C. Genk||34||2||11||21||20||67||-47||15 |}

Topscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Eddie Krnčević	23	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Zvonko Varga	22	R.F.C. de Liège
Luc Nilis	19	R.S.C. Anderlecht
John Bosman	18	KV Mechelen
Patrick Goots	17	K. Beerschot V.A.C.
Eddy Snelders	17	K.V. Kortrijk
Eric Viscaal	17	K.S.K. Beveren
Patrick Versavel	16	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
Josip Weber	15	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Marc Van Der Linden	15	Royal Antwerp F.C.
Hans Christiaens	14	K.S.V. Waregem
Ronny Rosenthal	14	Standard Liège
Marc De Buyser	14	R.W.D. Molenbeek
Daniel Veyt	14	R.F.C. de Liège