The following article is a summary of the 2017–18
football
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season in Belgium, which is the 1145th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2017 until June 2018.
National teams
Belgium national football team
Belgium qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup following a 1–2 win in and against
Greece
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on 3 September 2017. Being seeded, Belgium was then paired with
England
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,
Panama
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and
Tunisia
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in Group G.
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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2018 FIFA World Cup
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Friendlies
Belgium women's national football team
Belgium made their debut at the UEFA Women's Euro tournament in 2017, being eliminated in a group with Denmark and Netherlands, who would both go on to play the final.
The team also played the first six of their eight qualification matches for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, starting strongly with three wins.
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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2018 Cyprus Cup
The 2018 Cyprus Cup was the eleventh edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.
Spain won the title for the first time after defeating Italy 2–0 ...
Friendly
Men's football
League season
Promotion and relegation
The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2017–18 season.
Belgian First Division A
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Belgian First Division B
Belgian First Amateur Division
Belgian Second Amateur Division
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Belgian Third Amateur Division
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Cup competitions
Transfers
UEFA competitions
Champions
Anderlecht
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qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up
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 ...
started in the qualifying rounds. As cup winner, Zulte Waregem qualified directly for the group stage of the
Europa League
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, while
Gent
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** 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
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and Oostende started in the qualifying rounds.
Overall, Belgian football clubs performed very poorly during the 2017–18 season, as both Club Brugge, Gent and Oostende failed to qualify for the group stages. Anderlecht only managed to win one match in the Champions League and although Zulte Waregem scored 7 points in their Europa League group they were also eliminated, causing all Belgian teams to be eliminated from European football before the winter break.
* Anderlecht was drawn in group B of the
2017–18 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final was pl ...
together with giants
Paris Saint-Germain
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and
Bayern Munich
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and looked to be battling it out with
Celtic
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for the third place. Anderlecht lost the first 5 matches before winning 0–1 in Glasgow, but as they needed to overcome an earlier 0–3 home loss to become third, they were eliminated.
* Club Brugge first failed to qualify for the
group stage
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of the
2017–18 UEFA Champions League
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The final was pl ...
after losing out to
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir
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before being eliminated by
AEK Athens
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Establishe ...
in the
Play-off round
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.
* In the same manner as Anderlecht but in the Europa League rather than the Champions League, Zulte Waregem had also qualified directly for the group stage and failed to progress. Zulte Waregem also faced strong competition, being drawn against
Lazio
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,
Nice
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* Gent, who reached the round of 16 of the
2016–17 UEFA Europa League
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The final was played between Ajax and ...
, now immediately lost out to minnows Rheindorf Altach in the second qualifying round.
* Oostende entered European football for the first time in the history of the club. They were drawn against French giants
Marseille
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and held them to a 0–0 draw at home. As they head earlier lost 4–2 in Marseille, they were also eliminated.
European qualification for 2018–19 summary
Managerial changes
This is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football (Belgian First Division A and Belgian First Division B):
See also
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2017–18 Belgian First Division A
The 2017–18 Belgian First Division A was the 115th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018. The fixtures were announced in early June 2017. Anderlecht were the defending champions bu ...
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2017–18 Belgian First Division B
The 2017–18 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2017 and ended in April 2018. It was the second season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division. The fixtures were announ ...
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2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division
The 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division was the second season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. The fixtures were announced near the end of June 2017.
Although Knokke won the title after winning the ...
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2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division
The 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division is the second season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium.
The division consists of three separate leagues, each containing 16 teams. Leagues A and B ...
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2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division
The 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the second season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division.
Team changes In
* K.S.C. Toekomst Menen, Menen, KSC Grimbergen, Grimbergen, K.V. Woluwe-Zavente ...
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2017–18 Belgian Cup
The 2017–18 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 63rd season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 28 July 2017 and ended with the final on 17 March 2018. Zulte Waregem were the def ...
Football
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Football
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