2018–19 In Belgian Football
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The following article is a summary of the 2018–19
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
season in Belgium, which is the 116th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2018 until June 2019.


National teams


Belgium national football team

Following the success at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Belgium was expected to perform well in the inaugural UEFA Nations League competition but collapsed in their final match against
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, losing 5–2 despite a 0–2 lead, to miss out on the Nations League Finals. The
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I Group I of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group I consisted of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland, where they p ...
campaign was however started with four straight wins.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League A


= Group 3

=


UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2019 to November 2020 to determine the 24 UEFA member men's national teams that advanced to the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament, intended to be playe ...


Friendlies


Men's football


League season


Promotion and relegation

The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2018–19 season.


Belgian First Division A


=Regular season

=


=Championship play-offs

=


Belgian First Division B


Belgian First Amateur Division


Belgian Second Amateur Division


=Division A

=


=Division B

=


=Division C

=


Belgian Third Amateur Division


=Division A

=


=Division B

=


=Division C

=


=Division D

=


Cup competitions


Transfers


UEFA competitions

Champions
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 ...
qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up
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 ...
started in the qualifying rounds. As Standard Liège also had won the Belgian Cup, third placed
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 ...
qualified directly for the group stage of the
Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
, while Gent and
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 ...
started in the qualifying rounds.


European qualification for 2019–20 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):


Notes


See also

*
2018–19 Belgian First Division A The 2018–19 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 116th season of top-tier football in Belgium. Team changes * Mechelen was relegated after finishing last in the 2017–18 Belgian First Division A, ending a ...
*
2018–19 Belgian First Division B The 2018–19 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2018 and ended in April 2019. It was the third season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division. The season was impacted b ...
*
2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division The 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division was the third season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. While Tessenderlo won the regular season, Virton became champions by virtue of winning the promotion pla ...
*
2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division The 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division is the third 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 c ...
*
2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division The 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the third season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division. Team changes In * Bornem, La Calamine, Pepingen-Halle, Sint-Lenaarts, Sprimont Comblain, Tie ...
*
2018–19 Belgian Cup The 2018–19 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 64th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 29 July 2018 and ended with the final in May 2019. The winners of the competition qu ...
* 2018 Belgian Super Cup


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 in Belgian football Seasons in Belgian football Belgian
Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...