1961–62 In Belgian Football
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The 1961–62 season was the 59th season of competitive
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in
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. RCS Anderlechtois won their 9th Division I title.
Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...
entered the 1961–62 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder and became the first Belgian club to reach the semifinals of this competition. RU Saint-Gilloise entered the
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. The
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finished their unsuccessful
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campaign with a loss and played 7 friendly matches (5 wins, 2 losses).http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html FA website


Overview

At the end of the season, K Waterschei SV Thor Genk and KSC Eendracht Aalst were relegated to Division II and were replaced in Division I by R Berchem Sport and K Beringen FC from Division II.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II ( K Sint-Niklaasse SK and RRC Tournaisien) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by KRC Mechelen and R Crossing Club Molenbeek from Division III.
The bottom club of each Division III league ( RUS Tournaisienne, Kontich FC, R Fléron FC and Aarschot Sport) were relegated to the Promotion, to be replaced by VC Zwevegem Sport, FC Vigor Hamme, R Stade Waremmien FC and FC Eendracht Houthalen from Promotion.


National team

* Belgium score given first Key * H = Home match * A = Away match * N = On neutral ground * F = Friendly * WCQ = World Cup qualification * o.g. = own goal


European competitions

Standard Liège qualified for the first round of the 1961–62 European Champion Clubs' Cup by defeating
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(wins 2-1 at home and 0-2 away) in the preliminary round. They then eliminated successively
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(wins 5-1 at home and 0-2 away) and
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(win 4-1 at home and defeat 2-0 away) to reach the semifinals. At this stage of the competition, Standard lost to
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(losses 4-0 away and 0-2 at home). RU Saint-Gilloise lost in the first round of the
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The fourth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested betwee ...
to Hearts of
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(losses 1-3 at home and defeat 2-0 away).


Honours


Final league tables


Premier Division

* 1961-62 Top scorer:
Jacques Stockman Jacques "Jacky" Stockman (8 October 1938 – 4 May 2013) was a Belgian football player who played as a striker. He played most of his career for R.S.C. Anderlecht and was selected 32 times for Belgium. Club career Stockman started with the ...
(RSC Anderlechtois) with 29 goals. * 1961 Golden Shoe:
Paul Van Himst Paul Guillaume van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former association football, football player and a Coach (sport), football manager who played as a forward (association football), forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Regarded ...
(RSC Anderlechtois)


References

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