2008–09 Belgian First Division
106th season of top-tier football in Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2008–09 season of the Belgian First Division (also known as Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 106th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The regular season began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 16 May 2009. Standard Liège were the defending champions.
Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Standard Liège |
Relegated | Dender Tubize Mons |
Champions League | Standard Liège Anderlecht |
Europa League | Club Brugge Gent Genk |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 855 (2.79 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jaime Alfonso Ruiz (17 goals) |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
On 19 April 2009, Mons were relegated after Dender beat Roeselare 3–1 and made it mathematically impossible for Mons to climb into 16th position or higher. Tubize were relegated on 3 May 2009 after a 1–1 draw at home to Anderlecht.
The 2008–09 champions were decided in a playoff because Standard and Anderlecht finished the regular season equal on points and number of wins. Standard won the playoff by 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained the title.