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1997–98 Belgian First Division
The 1997–98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997, and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions. Promoted teams These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season: *Beveren (second division champions) *Westerlo (playoff winner) Relegated teams These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: *RWDM * Antwerp Brugge's title success Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk. Battle for Europe Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd). The relegation dog fight RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian First Division
The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 teams from the 2023–24 season onwards, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Challenger Pro League. Seasons run from early August to late April, with teams playing 34 matches each in the regular season, and then entering Play-offs I (also known as the ''Championship Playoff'', ''title playoffs'' or ''Champions' play-offs'') or Play-offs II (also known as the ''Europa League playoff'' or ''Europe play-offs'') according to their position in the regular season. Play-offs I are contested by the top-four clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice. The team finishing in 18th place is relegated directly. However, the 17th place will battle for promotion-relegation play-off against 2nd place of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lierse S
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Belgian clubs to have played in the UEFA Champions League group stage, the other being Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk, Standard Liège and KAA Gent. The club was founded in 1906 and they first promoted to the first division in 1927–28. Lierse was successful in the first division until the end of World War II, winning two titles and finishing only four times outside the top five. At the end of the 1947–48 season, they were relegated to the second division. Lierse enjoyed two more spells at the highest level, each time with a championship win (between 1953–54 and 1985–86 and between 1988–89 and 2006–07). Lierse spent five more years in first division between 2010–11 and 2014–15, but since then played in the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Pro League Seasons
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Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) *Belgic (other) Belgic may refer to: * an adjective referring to the Belgae, an ancient confederation of tribes * a rarer adjective referring to the Low Countries or to Belgium * , several ships with the name * Belgic ware, a type of pottery * Belgic Confession, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane Oularé
Souleymane Oularé (born 16 October 1972) is a Guinean retired professional footballer who played as a forward. His son Obbi is also a professional footballer. Career Oularé was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won the Belgian Championship as a striker with Racing Genk, scoring 17 goals during the season. He then went on to play for Fenerbahçe (Turkey), UD Las Palmas (Spain), Stoke City (England), K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder and C.S. Visé (both Belgium). Oularé signed for Stoke City in England in 2002. After his only league game for Stoke against Northampton Town in 2002 Oulare was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood clot in his lungs. He returned for the 2nd leg of the play-offs against Cardiff City and made a vital contribution. He came on after 71 minutes replacing Chris Iwelumo with Stoke 2–1 down, James O'Connor scored in the 88th minute to send the tie into extra time and then in the 115th minute an O'Connor free-kick was deflec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lassen (footballer)
Peter Lassen (born 4 October 1966) is a Danish former football striker, who was the top goalscorer of the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga. He most notably played for Danish clubs Hvidovre IF, BK Frem, Akademisk Boldklub and Silkeborg IF, as well as Eendracht Aalst in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to .... External links * Boldklubben Frem profileSilkeborg IF profile 1966 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Boldklubben Frem players Silkeborg IF players Akademisk Boldklub players S.C. Eendracht Aalst players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Men's association football forwards Footballers from Copenhagen Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Radzinski
Tomasz Radzinski (born 14 December 1973) is a former professional association football, soccer player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker and Forward (association football)#Winger, winger. He featured for clubs including North York Rockets in Canada, K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren, Germinal Ekeren, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht (where he won the national championship twice), Lierse S.K., Lierse and Waasland-Beveren in Belgium, Everton F.C., Everton and Fulham F.C., Fulham in England and Skoda Xanthi F.C., Skoda Xanthi in Greece. Born in Poland, he represented Canada men's national soccer team, Canada at international level having moved there as a teenager, receiving 46 full Cap (sport), caps between 1995 and 2009. Club career Prior to his moving to Canada, Radziński began his playing career as a youth with Cuiavia Inowrocław in his native Poland, and Germany's VfL Osnabrück. He joined the North York Rockets of the Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992), Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Valencia, Werder Bremen, and Bologna. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. The 1998 tournament saw Spanish clubs debut in the competition and also the return of English clubs, since the controversy surrounding its participants in 1995. Qualified teams First round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''Baltika Kaliningrad won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''National București won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Debrecen won 10–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vojvodina won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''OD Trenčín won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Makedonija GjP won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Torpedo Kutaisi won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rimavská Sobota won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kongsvinger won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lyngby won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hradec Králové won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Altay won 5–4 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The 1998–99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club tournament was the last season of the competition before it was abolished. Lazio won the final against Mallorca to earn their only title in the competition. Chelsea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Mallorca. Teams TH Title Holders Qualifying round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''Rudar Velenje won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Helsingborg won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lausanne-Sport won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''CSKA Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Apollon Limassol won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Genk won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Haka won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Levski Sofia won 9–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liepājas Metalurgs won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rapid București won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hearts won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998–99 UEFA Cup
The 1998–99 UEFA Cup was won by Parma in the final against Marseille. It was their second title in the competition. It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup, before the Cup Winners' Cup was merged into it to include domestic cup winners, and an extra knockout round was added. The new format was last played in the 2003–04 season and was later replaced by a Group Stage format in 2004–05. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * TH: Title holders * LC: League Cup winners * Nth: League position * IC: Intertoto Cup winners * FP: Fair play * CL Q2: Losers from the Champions League second qualifying round First qualifying round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''Argeş Piteşti won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''CSKA Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Omonia won 8–6 on aggre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998–99 UEFA Champions League
The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the 44th season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, and the seventh since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2–1 in the final. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar. They were the first English club to win Europe's premier club football tournament since 1984 and were also the first English club to reach a Champions League final since the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent banning of English clubs from all UEFA competitions between 1985 and 1990. It was the first time since 1968 that Manchester United won the Champions League, giving them their second title. Manchester United also completed the Treble, becoming the fourth side in Europe to do so an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association, Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed to partake. As of 1964, the Belgian Cup has been organised annually. Since the 2015–16 edition, the Belgian Cup is called the Croky Cup, for sponsorship purposes. The final traditionally takes place at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV, Club Bruges with 11 Belgian cups in their possession. The current champions are K.A.A. Gent, KAA Gent, having beaten R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht on penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties in the 2022 Belgian Cup Final, 2022 final. The winners are awarded a challenge c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
