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.

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were the defending champions. On 19 April 2009,

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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

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. 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.

Participating teams

The league consisted of 18 teams, the best 16 teams from last season and two promoted teams from the

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. The number of participants was reduced to 16 teams the season after, hence relegation was increased from two to three or four teams.

Team changes from the previous season

Sint-Truidense and

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were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the previous season after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Second Division champions

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and

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winners Tubize.

Overview

Managerial changes

During summer break

During the season

League standings

Final table

Championship playoff

Since Anderlecht and Standard were tied on both points and wins, a two-legged playoff was played in order to determine the league champions. Standard won the playoff 2–1 on

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and were crowned champions. ----

Positions by matchday

Note: The classification was made after the weekend of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the ''real'' evolution in standings. These postponed matches are: * Matchday 1: Mechelen vs. Club Brugge (played between 4th and 5th matchday) * Matchday 2: Club Brugge vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 8th and 9th matchday) * Matchday 13: Kortrijk vs. Zulte-Waregem (played between 16th and 17th matchday) * Matchday 19: Gent vs. Anderlecht (played between 22nd and 23rd matchday)

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

* First goal of the season:

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against Dender (16 August 2008) * Widest winning margin: 6:

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(25 October 2008) and Tubize 0–6

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7–1

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against Gent (13 September 2008) **

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Cards

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Kristof Imschoot Kristof Imschoot (born 4 December 1980) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for RFC Wetteren. He has also played for Beveren, Lierse, Willem II, KV Mechelen and Dender. Life and career Imschoot was born in the city of Dender ...

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) * Steven Jacobs ( Dender) * Frédéric Jay (

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Torben Joneleit Torben Joneleit (born 17 May 1987) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Monaco, he made one appearance for the Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21 national team. Career ...

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Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

) * Yasin Karaca ( Tubize) * Mahamoudou Kéré (

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

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Paul Kpaka Paul Kpaka (born 7 August 1981) is a former Sierre Leonean footballer who played as a striker. Early life Paul Kpaka was born into the Sherbro Rogers family in Kenema, the third largest city in Sierra Leone. He is a member of the famous She ...

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) * Mladen Lazarević ( Roeselare) * Hernán Losada (

) * Marcel Mbayo (

) * Damien Miceli (

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

) * Damir Mirvić ( Roeselare) * Jimmy Mulisa ( Roeselare) * Henri Munyaneza (

) *

Roy Myrie Roy Alexander Myrie Medrano (born 21 August 1982) is a Costa Rican professional football defender who currently plays for Pérez Zeledón. Club career Myrie started his career at Alajuelense where he stayed for 7 years. In 2005, he tested w ...

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Arsène Né Arsène Né (born 4 January 1981 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian footballer. He is a central defender and last played for the Belgian club Hasselt. He previously played for several other clubs, including Beveren Beveren () is a municipality in the ...

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) * Grégoire Neels ( Tubize) * Benjamin Nicaise (

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Antti Okkonen Antti Okkonen (born 6 June 1982) is a former footballer who played in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium. In addition, he represented the national team. He was a defensive midfielder. Career Okkonen started youth career in Oulun Luistinse ...

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) * Jean-Baptiste Paternotte ( Tubize) *

Nebojša Pavlović Nebojša Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Павловић; born 9 April 1981) is a former Serbian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, th ...

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Silvio Proto Silvestro "Silvio" Proto (born 23 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Proto spent the majority of his career with Anderlecht, for whom he made over 300 appearances, won 13 trophies and served ...

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) * Vincent Provoost ( Roeselare) * Vincent Ramaël ( Tubize) * Bassilia Sakanoko (

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( Tubize) * Mohamed Sarr (

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Asanda Sishuba Asanda Sishuba (born 13 April 1980 in Langa, Cape Town, Langa, Cape Town) is a South African Association football, footballer who is currently unattached. He has played for various clubs in Belgium. International career Has been selected for S ...

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Björn Smits Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

( Roeselare) *

Tom Soetaers Tom Soetaers (born 21 July 1980) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder and current football coach, mostly being deployed as a left-winger. He is currently in charge of SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden. Club career Soetaers began his ...

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Avi Strool Avraham "Avi" Strul (or Strool, he, אבי סטרול; born 18 September 1980) is a retired Israeli footballer who currently works as the CEO of Hapoel Rishon LeZion. Early life Strul was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. Being o ...

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Matías Suárez Matías Ezequiel Suárez (; born 9 May 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for River Plate as a forward. Club career Club Atlético Belgrano Suárez started his professional career at Club Atlético Belgrano in 2006. He wa ...

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) * Danijel Subotić (

) * Đorđe Svetličić (

) *

Jérémy Taravel Jérémy Taravel (born 17 April 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Career Jérémy Taravel began his career as a professional footballer at the second team of Lille after working his way up from the youth acad ...

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) * Arturo ten Heuvel ( Roeselare) * Kenny Thompson ( Gent) * Ode Thompson ( Roeselare) * Romeo Van Dessel (

) *

Brecht Verbrugghe Brecht Verbrugghe (born 29 April 1982, in Roeselare) is a Belgium football midfielder who currently plays for KV Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club base ...

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) * Jonathan Walasiak (

) *

Justice Wamfor Justice Wamfor (born 5 August 1981) is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a midfielder. He previously played for Racing Club Bafoussam, RC Genk, Germinal Beerschot and more recently for Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Petah Tikva ...

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Hiraç Yagan Hiraç Yagan ( hy, Հրաչ Յագան, born 3 January 1989) is a retired football midfielder. Born in Belgium, he represented Armenia at international level. He is currently the sporting director of Stade Lausanne Ouchy. Club career Standa ...

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) * Ervin Zukanović ( Dender) ;Own goals (17 players, 18 goals) * Antolín Alcaraz (

, scored for

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

) * Yohan Brouckaert ( Tubize, scored for Westerlo) * Frank Defays (

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, scored for Tubize) * Jonas De Roeck ( Gent, scored for Westerlo) * Karel D'Haene (

, scored for Westerlo) * Chemcedine El Araichi (

, scored for Tubize) * Janne Hietanen ( Roeselare, scored for

) * Bojan Jorgacević ( Gent, scored for

) * Damien Miceli (

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

, scored for

) * Tomislav Mikulić (

, scored for

) * Grégoire Neels ( Tubize, scored for Westerlo) *

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, scored for Dender) *

Rocky Peeters Rocky Peeters (born 18 August 1979) is a Belgian professional football manager and former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of footba ...

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, scored for

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

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, scored for

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

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, scored for

) * Kenny Van Hoevelen (

, scored for

) * Stef Wils ( Westerlo, scored for Dender)

References

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Participating teams

Team changes from the previous season

Overview

Managerial changes

During summer break

During the season

League standings

Final table

Championship playoff

Positions by matchday

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Goalscorers

See also

References