The 1949–50 season was the 47th season of competitive
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
in
Belgium.
RSC Anderlechtois won their 3rd
Premier Division title.
The
Belgium national football team
The Belgium national football teamfrench: Équipe nationale belge de footballgerman: Belgische Fußballnationalmannschaft officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the ...
withdrew from the
1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 34 teams entered the qualification rounds of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Brazil, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots ope ...
but played 8 friendly games, winning 5.
Overview
At the end of the season,
R Stade Louvain and
K Lyra were relegated to
Division I, while
Daring Club de Bruxelles SR (Division I A winner) and
Beringen FC
Koninklijke Beringen Football Club was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Beringen, Limburg (Belgium). It existed between 1924 and 2002.
History
The club was founded in 1924 as Cercle Sportif Kleine Heide and it became a member of ...
(Division I B winner) were promoted to the Premier Division.
Gosselies Sports,
UR Namur,
FC Winterslag and
FC Verbroedering Geel were relegated from Division I to Promotion, to be replaced by
FC Izegem,
KAV Dendermonde,
K Tubantia FC and
Helzold FC Zolder.
National team
* Belgium score given first
Key
* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* N = On neutral ground
* F = Friendly
* o.g. = own goal
Honours
Final league tables
Premier Division
Top scorer:
Joseph Mermans
Joseph Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), usually referred to as Jef Mermans (nicknamed "The Bomber") was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won seven ...
(RSC Anderlecht) with 37 goals.
References
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