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 1st Division or First Division may refer to: Military Airborne divisions *1st Parachute Division (Germany) *1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) * 1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine) * 1st Guards Airborne Division Armoured divisions *1st Armoure ...

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 29,042. They pl ...

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 Supercup. *September 22, 2005 - Germinal Beerschot coach

Marc Brys Marc Brys (born 10 May 1962) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who is the current coach of the Cameroon national team. Career His coaching career took off at Belgian club Berchem Sport, which he guided to the championship of the ...

is sacked after having collected 4 points in 7 matches. He is replaced by Jos Daerden. *September 29, 2005 - The two Belgian clubs playing the

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Genk Genk () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality comprises only the town of Genk itself. It ...

and Germinal Beerschot) are defeated in the first round. *October 3, 2005 - AA Louviéroise coach

Emilio Ferrera Emilio Ferrera (born 19 June 1967) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who manages the U21 squad of Gent. His last former club was OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division B. Before he also worked at Genk, where he was fired after ...

is sacked due to the poor debut of his team (4 points in 9 matches). *October 20, 2005 -

Gilbert Bodart Gilbert Bodart (born 2 September 1962) is a Belgian football manager and former player. Playing career Bodart was born in Ougrée, Belgium. A goalkeeper, he played a long time with Standard Liège. Bodart also played 12 times with Belgium from 1 ...

is confirmed as the new AA Louviéroise coach. *November 2, 2005 -

Paul Put Paul Put (born 26 May 1956) is a Belgian football coach who manages the Uganda national team. Career Put was manager of the Gambian national team between 2008 and 2011, before being appointed as manager of Burkina Faso in March 2012. He had pr ...

is sacked as manager of Lierse SK because of a lack of results (8 points in 11 matches). *November 7, 2005 -

René Trost René Hubertus Johannes Trost (born 31 January 1965) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Klasse club Chevremont. Career Trost played fifteen seasons at Roda JC; in between he spent half a ...

replaces Paul Put at the helm of Lierse SK. *November 22, 2005 - Gil Vandenbrouck replaces Geert Brouckaert as

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. *December 12, 2005 - the

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coach

Slavoljub Muslin Slavoljub Muslin ( sr-Cyrl, Славољуб Муслин, ; born 15 June 1953) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Muslin began his head coaching career in 1988 and has since had stints in France, Morocco, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine ...

of KSC Lokeren OV signs a contract with

Lokomotiv Moskva FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup a record nine times. After the 2022 Russian invasion ...

starting on January 1, 2006. *December 23, 2005 -

Aimé Anthuenis Aimé Anthuenis (born 21 December 1943) is a Belgian former professional Association football, football player and manager. He managed the Belgium national football team between 2002 and 2005. After a career as a defender, Anthuenis moved into ...

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 Herman Vermeulen (born 10 November 1954) is a Belgian football manager who is assistant manager at Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren (SK Beveren) is a Belgian professional association football club based in Beveren, East Flanders. The cl ...

is fired by Sint-Truidense VV after the

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defeat to

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

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

Thomas Caers Thomas Caers (born 14 January 1973) is a Belgian football manager and former player. He was the manager of Sint-Truiden from February 2006 to November 2006, when he resigned. Caers played for MVV Maastricht in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and K.A.A ...

. *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 Lierse players

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and

Laurent Delorge Laurent Delorge (born 21 July 1979) is a Belgian former footballer. He formerly served AA Gent, Coventry City, Lierse SK, RSC Anderlecht, ADO Den Haag, Ajax and Roda JC Kerkrade. Career After scoring five goals in ten appearances in his J ...

are fired by their club

Anderlecht Anderlecht (; ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, B ...

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

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. It was the last Belgian club competing in a European cup. *February 27, 2006 - The former

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coach Aimé Anthuenis stops his coaching career for medical reasons. *April 3, 2006 -

Jan Ceulemans Jan Anna Gumaar Ceulemans (; born 28 February 1957) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, Ceulemans was known for his stamina, aerial ability, technique and was also recognized as one of th ...

is sacked as

manager and is replaced by

. *April 24, 2006 -

Gent Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to: * Ghent ( Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city ** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent ** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent ** .gent, ...

player

Mbark Boussoufa Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa (; born 15 August 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2006, 2009, and 2010. Born in the Netherlands, he played for the Morocco n ...

receives the

Belgian Ebony Shoe The Ebony Shoe award (Dutch: ''Ebbenhouten schoen'', French: ''Soulier d'ébène'') is a football award in Belgium given annually to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League. The jury is composed of the coaches of leag ...

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

Zulte-Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. The club set to play in Belgian Pro League from 2025–26 after promotion f ...

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

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wins the

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thanks to the defeat of leader KVSK United to

Oud-Heverlee Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it i ...

wins the professional footballer of the year award.

National team

Belgium continued their qualifying campaign for the

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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