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. RSC Anderlechtois won their 13th and 4th consecutive Division I title. They also entered the 1966–67 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder.

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entered the

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as the

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holder and reacher the semifinals.

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, ARA La Gantoise and R Antwerp FC all played the

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. Standard Liège won the Belgian Cup final against RFC Malinois (3-1 after extra time). The

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started their 1968 UEFA Euro qualification campaign with 2 wins (against neighbours

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and

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) and 1 loss (against

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).http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html FA website

Overview

Belgium was drawn in Group 7 of the 1968 UEFA Euro qualification first round with France, Poland and Luxembourg. All 8 group winners would later play quarter-finals in two legs before the finals. Belgium started their campaign with a 2-1 win against France, then with a 0-5 win against Luxembourg. In the late season, Poland beat Belgium 3-1. At this point, Poland, France and Belgium were level with 4 points. At the end of the season, ARA La Gantoise and R Tilleur FC were relegated to the Division II and were replaced in Division I by Division II winner SK Beveren-Waas and runner-up OC Charleroi. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (

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and K Willebroekse SV) were relegated to Division III while both Division III winners ( RRC Tournaisien and RC Tirlemont) qualified for the Division II. The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league were relegated to the Promotion: Kortrijk Sport, U Basse-Sambre-Auvelais, Wavre Sports and

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. The winner of each Promotion league was promoted to the Division III: K Puurs EFC, SV Oudenaarde, K Olympia SC Wijgmaal and RA Marchiennoise des Sports.

National team

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

European competitions

RSC Anderlechtois easily beat

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in the first round of the 1966–67 European Champion Clubs' Cup (wins 1-10 away and 2-0 at home) but was eliminated in the second round by

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(defeats 4-1 away and 1-2 at home). Standard Liège defeated Valur of

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in the preliminary round of the

(draw 1-1 away and win 8-1 at home). In the first round proper, Standard eliminated

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(wins 5-1 at home and 0-1 away) and in the second round BSG Chemie Leipzig of

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on away goals (defeat 2-1 away and win 1-0 at home). In the quarter-finals, the Belgians defeated the

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of Raba ETO Győr (defeat 2-1 away and win 2-0 at home). In the semifinals, they were defeated by

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(defeats 2-0 away and 1-3 at home). Three Belgian clubs entered the

, with R Antwerp FC eliminating

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in the first round (two 1-0 wins) and RFC Liégeois and ARA La Gantoise being directly qualified for the second round. In the second round, RFC Liégeois lost to

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of East Germany (draw 0-0 away and defeat 1-2 at home), R Antwerp FC lost to Kilmarnock FC of

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(defeats 0-1 at home and 7-2 away) and ARA La Gantoise won against

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(win 1-0 at home and draw 0-0 away). ARA La Gantoise then lost in the third round to Kilmarnock FC (defeats 1-0 away and 1-2 at home after extra time).

Honours

Final league tables

Premier Division

* 1966-67 Top scorer: Dutchman Jan Mulder (RSC Anderlechtois) with 20 goals * 1966 Golden Shoe:

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(R Antwerp FC)

References

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