The 2005–06 season was the 103rd competitive season in Belgian

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Overview

For the first season since 2000, the football fancard is not needed to see a first division game. Tickets for matches can now be purchased with a single ID card and on the day of the match, which was not permitted since the introduction of the fancard. Furthermore, for the second season in history (the first time was in the 1960s), one game of each matchday is shown on public television. Another premiere is that every Jupiler League game can be watched on a private television channel.

Honours

Events

*July 30, 2005 -

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

claim the first silverware of the season when they beat

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...

1-1 (4-2 on penalties) to win the

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. *September 22, 2005 - Germinal Beerschot coach Marc Brys is sacked after having collected 4 points in 7 matches. He is replaced by

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. *September 29, 2005 - The two Belgian clubs playing the UEFA Cup ( Genk and Germinal Beerschot) are defeated in the first round. *October 3, 2005 - AA Louviéroise coach Emilio Ferrera is sacked due to the poor debut of his team (4 points in 9 matches). *October 20, 2005 - Gilbert Bodart is confirmed as the new AA Louviéroise coach. *November 2, 2005 -

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is sacked as manager of

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because of a lack of results (8 points in 11 matches). *November 7, 2005 -

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replaces Paul Put at the helm of Lierse SK. *November 22, 2005 -

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replaces Geert Brouckaert as caretaker of Mouscron. *December 12, 2005 - the

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coach Slavoljub Muslin of KSC Lokeren OV signs a contract with

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starting on January 1, 2006. *December 23, 2005 - Aimé Anthuenis replaces Muslin at the helm of KSC Lokeren OV. *January 9, 2006 - Mouscron chooses Paul Put as a new coach. *February 5, 2006 - the match-fixing scandal starts with the Flemish TV programme ''Panorama''. *February 9, 2006 - coach Herman Vermeulen is fired by

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after the

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defeat to

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in the quarter finals and a poor 18 points in 21 matches in the championship. He is replaced two days later by

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. *February 14, 2006 - As the main coach Aimé Anthuenis suffers from chest pains, he is replaced by coaches Rudy Cossey and Wlodek Lubanski. *February 17, 2006 - Paul Put is sacked by Mouscron for being involved in the match-fixing scandal, and is replaced by Gil Vandenbrouck. Former

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players

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and

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are fired by their club

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for the same reason. *February 21, 2006 - Gilbert Bodart resigns as AA Louviéroise coach as he is cited as a potential actor in the match-fixing scandal. He is replaced by

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. *February 23, 2006 - Club Brugge is eliminated from the UEFA Cup after a double 2–1 defeat to AS Roma. It was the last Belgian club competing in a European cup. *February 27, 2006 - The former Belgium coach Aimé Anthuenis stops his coaching career for medical reasons. *April 3, 2006 - Jan Ceulemans is sacked as

manager and is replaced by Emilio Ferrera. *April 24, 2006 - Gent player

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receives the Belgian Ebony Shoe. *May 5, 2006 - Anderlecht finally wins the Jupiler League on the last matchday with a 3–0 victory against

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. Lierse finished 17th and is qualified for the second division final round. *May 7, 2006 -

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wins the second division thanks to the defeat of leader

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to Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

wins the professional footballer of the year award.

National team

Belgium continued their qualifying campaign for the Football World Cup 2006 but did not qualify. * Belgium score given first
** Match stopped after 65 minutes because of bad weather Key * H = Home match * A = Away match * F = Friendly * WCQ = FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying, European Zone Group 7 * o.g. = own goal

Overview

Honours

Events

National team

European Qualification

Final league tables

First division

See also