2009–10 in Belgian football

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The 2009–10 football season in Belgium, which is the 107th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2009 until July 2010.

Promotion and relegation

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Team promoted to 2009–10 Belgian First Division

Teams relegated from Belgian First Division 2008–09

Teams promoted to 2009–10 Belgian Second Division

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Belgian Second Division

Teams promoted to 2009–10 Belgian Third Division

  • Belgian Promotion A Champions: Coxyde
  • Belgian Promotion B Champions: Temse
  • Belgian Promotion C Champions: Heist
  • Belgian Promotion D Champions: Bleid
  • Playoff winners: Ieper
  • Playoff winners: Torhout
  • Playoff winners: Hasselt
  • Playoff winners: Ternat

Teams relegated from 2008–09 Belgian Third Division

Honours

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Competition Winner
Pro League Anderlecht
Second division Lierse
Third division A Heist
Third division B Visé
Promotion A Izegem
Promotion B Bornem
Promotion C Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout
Promotion D Bertrix
Cup Gent
Supercup Anderlecht

League competitions

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Belgian First Division

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Main article: 2009–10 Belgian First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C, O) 28 22 3 3 62 20 +42 69 Qualification to Championship play-offs
2 Club Brugge 28 17 6 5 52 33 +19 57
3 Gent 28 14 7 7 49 30 +19 49
4 Kortrijk 28 12 9 7 39 30 +9 45
5 Sint-Truiden 28 12 6 10 35 35 0 42
6 Zulte Waregem 28 10 11 7 39 32 +7 41
7 Mechelen 28 12 3 13 36 46 −10 39 Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8 Standard Liège 28 10 9 9 38 34 +4 39
9 Cercle Brugge 28 11 5 12 45 40 +5 38
10 Germinal Beerschot 28 9 8 11 30 43 −13 35
11 Genk (O) 28 8 10 10 33 31 +2 34
12 Westerlo 28 8 8 12 28 34 −6 32
13 Charleroi 28 5 8 15 28 45 −17 23
14 Lokeren 28 5 3 20 22 54 −32 18
15 Roeselare (R, Q) 28 4 6 18 29 58 −29 18 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
16 Mouscron (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2010–11 Belgian Third Division[a]
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Mouscron were relegated due to the club's financial problems, which caused them to forfeit three consecutive matches. Their record was expunged.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anderlecht (C) 10 7 3 0 24 9 +15 59 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Gent 10 4 4 2 20 13 +7 41
3 Club Brugge 10 3 3 4 14 15 −1 41 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 9 10 −1 34 Qualification to Europa League Testmatch
5 Kortrijk 10 3 1 6 9 13 −4 33
6 Zulte Waregem 10 2 1 7 7 23 −16 28
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(C) Champions

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WES KVM CER LOK
1 Westerlo (A) 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 Playoff Final 0–2 4–1 2–0
2 Mechelen 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 1–3 1–0 3–1
3 Cercle Brugge 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round 2–0 2–1 1–1
4 Lokeren 6 1 3 2 12 14 −2 6 3–3 2–2 5–3
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to the Final

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GNK STA GBA CHA
1 Genk (A) 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 Playoff Final 1–0 2–0 3–0
2 Standard 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 8 1–1 3–0 2–0
3 Germinal Beerschot 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 5 1–3 2–2 2–2
4 Charleroi 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 1–2 1–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advance to the Final

Europa League playoff final

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Genk2 – 2Westerlo
De Bruyne 84'
Yeboah 90'		 Report Yakovenko 22'
Liliu 62'
Attendance: 18.125
Referee: Paul Allaerts
Westerlo0 – 3Genk
Report João Carlos 4'
Buffel 71'
Ogunjimi 81'
Attendance: 8.200
Referee: Johan Verbist

Genk won 5–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

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Genk2 – 1Sint-Truiden
Ogunjimi 19'
Camus 59'		 Report Sidibe 40'
Attendance: 22.183
Sint-Truiden2 – 3Genk
Sidibe 6' (pen.)
Onana 79'		 Report Ogunjimi 21'
Barda 44'
Buffel 56'
Referee: Johan Verbist

Genk won 5–3 on aggregate.

Belgian Second Division

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Main article: 2009–10 Belgian Second Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lierse (C, P) 36 21 12 3 75 32 +43 75 Belgian First Division
2 Lommel 36 20 10 6 55 27 +28 70 Qualification for Belgian Second Division final round
3 Mons 36 19 9 8 56 32 +24 66
4 Eupen (O, P) 36 16 12 8 56 37 +19 60
5 Borinage 36 13 14 9 46 43 +3 53
6 Waasland 36 13 13 10 46 49 −3 52
7 Oostende 36 12 15 9 49 45 +4 51
8 Antwerp 36 10 17 9 55 53 +2 47
9 OH Leuven 36 11 12 13 50 66 −16 45
10 Wetteren 36 12 8 16 48 59 −11 44
11 Tournai 36 11 11 14 50 51 −1 44
12 Tienen 36 11 10 15 44 58 −14 43
13 Dender 36 10 13 13 45 49 −4 43
14 Brussels 36 11 9 16 47 53 −6 42
15 Tubize 36 9 15 12 41 41 0 42
16 Turnhout 36 10 11 15 50 57 −7 41
17 Ronse (R) 36 10 9 17 51 57 −6 39 Qualification for Relegation play-off
18 Beveren (R) 36 8 12 16 37 55 −18 36 Relegation to Belgian Third Division
19 RFC Liège (R) 36 5 8 23 23 60 −37 23
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2010. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Belgian Third Division

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Belgian Third Division A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Heist (C, P) 36 23 7 6 73 34 +39 76 Belgian Second Division
2 Rupel Boom 36 21 9 6 82 46 +36 72 Belgian Third Division Final Round
3 Aalst 36 20 7 9 82 44 +38 67
4 Deinze 36 17 9 10 50 38 +12 60
5 Temse 36 16 8 12 61 60 +1 56
6 Coxyde 36 15 10 11 66 43 +23 55
7 Hamme 36 15 10 11 59 51 +8 55
8 Hoogstraten 36 14 8 14 59 55 +4 50
9 Sint-Niklaas 36 14 7 15 62 55 +7 49
10 Racing Waregem 36 14 6 16 43 51 −8 48
11 Oudenaarde 36 11 15 10 62 62 0 48
12 Torhout 36 13 6 17 49 51 −2 45
13 Wielsbeke 36 11 12 13 50 62 −12 45
14 Ternat 36 12 5 19 53 72 −19 41
15 Cappellen 36 11 6 19 40 62 −22 39
16 Sottegem 36 11 5 20 32 65 −33 38 Relegation to Promotion play-off
17 Ieper (R) 36 10 7 19 53 70 −17 37 Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division
18 Racing Mechelen (R) 36 8 13 15 52 71 −19 37
19 Willebroek (R) 36 8 6 22 40 76 −36 30
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Belgian Third Division B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Visé (C, P) 34 20 11 3 68 30 +38 71 Belgian Second Division
2 Olympic Charleroi 34 17 11 6 59 34 +25 62 Belgian Third Division Final Round
3 Dessel 34 16 10 8 80 49 +31 58
4 Zaventem 34 17 5 12 62 52 +10 56
5 URS Centre 34 15 8 11 53 45 +8 53 Belgian Third Division Final Round
6 Diegem 34 14 10 10 50 48 +2 52
7 Verviers 34 12 12 10 38 47 −9 48
8 Bocholt 34 12 11 11 64 50 +14 47
9 Mol Wezel 34 11 12 11 39 37 +2 45
10 Hasselt 34 11 12 11 45 55 −10 45
11 Woluwe 34 12 7 15 47 48 −1 43
12 UR Namur 34 10 13 11 48 43 +5 43
13 Virton 34 12 6 16 37 44 −7 42
14 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 10 12 12 53 41 +12 42
15 Bleid 34 10 10 14 47 57 −10 40
16 Tongeren 34 10 9 15 44 47 −3 39 Relegation to Promotion play-off
17 Veldwezelt (R) 34 6 8 20 34 60 −26 26 Relegation to Belgian Fourth Division
18 Peruwelz (R) 34 6 3 25 29 110 −81 21
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Transfers

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Main article: List of Belgian football transfers summer 2009
Main article: List of Belgian football transfers winter 2009–10

Notable transfers

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With the shrinking of the Belgian First Division from 18 to 16 teams, only few players of relegated teams were able to stay in first division, with Sulejman Smajić arguably the most important one as he moved from Dender EH to Lokeren.[2] After an impressive season, Bryan Ruiz decided it was time to move as the Costa Rican international signed a contract with Twente and thereby left Gent.[3]

At Standard Liège, Oguchi Onyewu moved on a free transfer to AC Milan.[4] To replace him, four Portuguese speaking players were signed, with Ricardo Rocha from Tottenham Hotspur being most known.[5] Club Brugge made some impressive signings as they bought Belgian international Carl Hoefkens[6] together with striker Ivan Perišić[7] who had just helped Roeselare to avoid relegation. Under influence of Dutch coach Adrie Koster, central defender Ryan Donk was also signed.[8]

Most noted signing for Anderlecht was Ondřej Mazuch from Fiorentina.[9] Mouscron was noticed for signing several unknown players from France, Italy and especially Spain, mostly coming from teams in third and fourth division. A few minutes before the deadline, Cercle Brugge and Genk finished negotiations as they formed a deal which meant Thomas Buffel moved from Cercle Brugge to Genk with Hans Cornelis making the opposite move. On top of that Jelle Vossen was loaned out by Genk for a season to Cercle Brugge.[10]

During the first half of the season, Standard signed former French international Olivier Dacourt to replace the injured Steven Defour.[11]

In the winter period, the bankruptcy of Mouscron caused all their players to be contacted by several teams as they were all free to sign new contracts. Club Brugge managed to sign youngsters Maxime Lestienne[12] and Daan van Gijseghem[13] although there was a lot of interest by many clubs, especially for Lestienne. Standard bought Belgian internationals Sébastien Pocognoli[14] and Koen Daerden,[15] while Anderlecht signed a player from fifth division named Paul Taylor and then loaned him to Charleroi.[16] Also returning Belgian internationals were Luigi Pieroni, the 2003–04 Belgian League top scorer, who signed for Gent[17] and Peter Van Der Heyden who signed for Club Brugge.[18]

European Club results

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Note that the Belgian team's score is always given first.

Champions Standard Liège were directly qualified for the Champions League while Anderlecht had to start in the qualification rounds. Starting in the new UEFA Europa League were Club Brugge, Gent and Genk.

The Belgian teams had one of their best seasons of the final decade as both Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard were not eliminated before winter and played on far into 2010:

  • Standard was drawn in a Champions League group with Arsenal, Olympiakos and AZ and started very strong, leading 2–0 versus Arsenal in their first match. However they lost 2–3 and eventually only scored 4 points before the last match at home versus AZ, where they needed a draw not to be eliminated. Goalkeeper Sinan Bolat scored the equalizer five minutes into extra time causing the stadium to burst into joy as Standard moved on into the Europa League knockout stages to meet Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg. After going down 0–2 in the first leg after twenty minutes it did not look good, however they came back to win 3–2 with a stunning goal by Igor de Camargo. In Athens, they beat Panathinaikos 1–3, meaning that the second leg home victory was not even needed. In the quarter-finals, they dropped out of the competition to Hamburg. Mladen Petrić ruined all hope of progressing when he scored a second away goal for Hamburg in Liège in the second leg, causing Standard to lose both matches.
  • Anderlecht started promising with a 5–0 victory versus Turkish unknowns Sivasspor but then failed to progress past the final qualifying stage of the Champions League as they were beaten by Lyon. They thus dropped into the Europa League group stage. In this group stage they played decent scoring 8 out of 12 points which eventually meant they needed just a draw away to Ajax to qualify. With Ajax already qualified, many spectators feared a 0–0 draw. However youngster Romelu Lukaku quickly put Anderlecht up 0–2 as Anderlecht overpowered Ajax. The match ended 1–3, meaning Anderlecht even won the group. Athletic Bilbao was held to a 1–1 draw in Spain before they were beaten 4–0 in Belgium in the knockout stages. Jonathan Legear scoring the 4–0 with a beauty from at least 25 meters. After this Anderlecht fell to Hamburg, the 4–3 victory in Anderlecht not being enough after the 3–1 loss in Hamburg.
  • Club Brugge started rather weak in the Europa League qualifying rounds, squeezing past Finland's Lahti with a last-minute goal in Bruges and then needed penalty kicks to get past Poland's Lech Poznan. In the group stage they faced Shakhtar Donetsk, Toulouse and Partizan Belgrade. After a 1–4 home loss to Shakhtar Donetsk it looked dull, but hopes were back up as they scored a last minute equalizer in Toulouse through Perisic. Joseph Akpala had scored a stunning beauty earlier in the match, kicking the ball into the goal from about 25 meters. Two victories versus Partizan and a 0–0 draw versus Shakthar in Ukraine caused them just to need a draw in their last match at home versus Toulouse. Being the better team throughout the match but not being able to score it looked like a 0–0 was going to be the final score, however again Ivan Perisic gave the fans something to cheer about as he scored the 1–0 winning goal in the final few minutes. Club Brugge thus progressed to the knockout stage where they were massive underdogs versus Valencia. However, after a 1–0 win at home they believed they could go through. In Valencia it also ended 1–0 after 90 minutes, however in the extra-time Valencia managed to score two more. Goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen was praised by players and supporters of both teams for his outstanding performance as Valencia had created dozens of chances throughout both matches.
  • In the Europa League qualifying rounds, Genk and Gent also took part: Genk lost twice to Lille, while Gent struggled to get past Naftan from Belarus, before getting clobbered 1–7 at home to AS Roma.
Date Team Competition Round Leg Opponent Location Score
16 July 2009 Gent Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 1, Away Belarus Naftan Atlant Stadium, Navapolatsk 1–2
23 July 2009 Gent Europa League Qual. Round 2 Leg 2, Home Belarus Naftan Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 1–0
28 July 2009 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Turkey Sivasspor Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 5–0
30 July 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Home Finland Lahti Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 3–2
30 July 2009 Gent Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 1, Away Italy Roma Stadio Olimpico, Rome 1–3
5 August 2009 Anderlecht Champions League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Turkey Sivasspor Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium, Sivas 1–3
6 August 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Away Finland Lahti Lahden Stadion, Lahti 1–1
6 August 2009 Gent Europa League Qual. Round 3 Leg 2, Home Italy Roma Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent 1–7
19 August 2009 Anderlecht Champions League Play-off Round Leg 1, Away France Lyon Stade de Gerland, Lyon 1–5
20 August 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Play-off Round Leg 1, Away Poland Lech Poznań Stadion Miejski, Poznań 0–1
20 August 2009 Genk Europa League Play-off Round Leg 1, Home France Lille Fenix Stadion, Genk 1–2
25 August 2009 Anderlecht Champions League Play-off Round Leg 2, Home France Lyon Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1–3
27 August 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Play-off Round Leg 2, Home Poland Lech Poznań Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1–0
27 August 2009 Genk Europa League Play-off Round Leg 2, Away France Lille Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq 2–4
16 September 2009 Standard Liège Champions League Group stage Matchday 1, Home England Arsenal Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2–3
17 September 2009 Anderlecht Europa League Group stage Matchday 1, Away Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 2–0
17 September 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Group stage Matchday 1, Home Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1–4
29 September 2009 Standard Liège Champions League Group stage Matchday 2, Away Netherlands AZ DSB Stadion, Alkmaar 1–1
1 October 2009 Anderlecht Europa League Group stage Matchday 2, Home Netherlands Ajax Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 1–1
1 October 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Group stage Matchday 2, Away France Toulouse Stadium Municipal, Toulouse 2–2
20 October 2009 Standard Liège Champions League Group stage Matchday 3, Away Greece Olympiacos Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 1–2
22 October 2009 Anderlecht Europa League Group stage Matchday 3, Away Romania Timișoara Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara 0–0
22 October 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Group stage Matchday 3, Home Serbia Partizan Belgrade Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 2–0
4 November 2009 Standard Liège Champions League Group stage Matchday 4, Home Greece Olympiacos Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2–0
5 November 2009 Anderlecht Europa League Group stage Matchday 4, Home Romania Timișoara Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 3–1
5 November 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Group stage Matchday 4, Away Serbia Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium, Belgrade 4–2
24 November 2009 Standard Liège Champions League Group stage Matchday 5, Away England Arsenal Emirates Stadium, Holloway 0–2
2 December 2009 Anderlecht Europa League Group stage Matchday 5, Home Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 0–1
3 December 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Group stage Matchday 5, Away Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Donbass Arena, Donetsk 0–0
9 December 2009 Standard Liège Champions League Group stage Matchday 6, Home Netherlands AZ Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1–1
16 December 2009 Club Brugge Europa League Group stage Matchday 6, Home France Toulouse Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1–0
17 December 2009 Anderlecht Europa League Group stage Matchday 6, Away Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam 3–1
18 February 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Away Spain Athletic Bilbao San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao 1–1
18 February 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Home Spain Valencia Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges 1–0
18 February 2010 Standard Liège Europa League Round of 32 Leg 1, Home Austria Salzburg Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 3–2
25 February 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Home Spain Athletic Bilbao Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 4–0
25 February 2010 Club Brugge Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Away Spain Valencia Estadio Mestalla, Valencia 0–3 (aet)
25 February 2010 Standard Liège Europa League Round of 32 Leg 2, Away Austria Salzburg Red Bull Arena, Salzburg 0–0
11 March 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 16 Leg 1, Away Germany Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg 1–3
11 March 2010 Standard Liège Europa League Round of 16 Leg 1, Away Greece Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Athens 3–1
18 March 2010 Anderlecht Europa League Round of 16 Leg 2, Home Germany Hamburg Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 4–3
18 March 2010 Standard Liège Europa League Round of 16 Leg 2, Home Greece Panathinaikos Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1–0
1 April 2010 Standard Liège Europa League Quarter-finals Leg 1, Away Germany Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg 1–2
8 April 2010 Standard Liège Europa League Quarter-finals Leg 2, Home Germany Hamburg Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 1–3

European qualification for 2009–10 summary

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Competition Qualifiers Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Champions Anderlecht 1st in Jupiler League
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions Gent 2nd in Jupiler League
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round Club Brugge 3rd in Jupiler League
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round Genk Europa League Testmatch winner
UEFA Europa League Play-off Round Cercle Brugge Cup finalist

National teams

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Belgium

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As interim coach Franky Vercauteren chose to resign after the loss in Armenia, prompting already signed Dick Advocaat to start already, although his contract started only on 1 January 2010. Advocaat however simply resigned in April 2010 to sign a new contract at Russia where he could earn a lot more. The Royal Belgian Football Association reacted disappointed and angry at the same time, whereas Advocaat claimed he "did not feel guilty at all". On May 11, Georges Leekens was appointed the new coach, who had already managed the 'Red Devils' between 1997 and 1999.

Friendly matches

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Czech Republic 3 – 1 Belgium
Hubník 27'
Baroš 42' (pen.)
Rozehnal 79'		 Vertonghen 11'
Belgium 3 – 0 Hungary
Fellaini 37'
Vermaelen 55'
Mirallas 61'		 Report
Belgium 2 – 0 Qatar
Witsel 21'
Sonck 54'		 Report
Belgium 0 – 1 Croatia
Kranjčar 63'
Belgium 2 – 1 Bulgaria
Lepoint 89'
Kompany 90+1'		 Popov 31'

World Cup qualifiers

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Belgium was in qualifying Group 5 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but did not manage to qualify.

Spain 5 – 0 Belgium
Silva 41', 67'
Villa 49', 85'
Piqué 50'		 Report
Attendance: 30,441
Armenia 2 – 1 Belgium
Goharyan 23'
Hovsepyan 50'		 Report Van Buyten 90+2'
Attendance: 2,300
Belgium 2 – 0 Turkey
Mpenza 8', 84' Report
Attendance: 30,131
Estonia 2 – 0 Belgium
Piiroja 30'
Vassiljev 67'		 Report
Attendance: 4,680

Belgium U-21

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Friendly match

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Belgium 0 – 0 Finland

U-21 Championship qualifiers

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The Belgium under-21 squad is currently in Group 8 of the qualification process for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Malta 0 – 1 Belgium
Report Kitoko 33'
Referee: Moldova Igor Satchi
Belgium 2 – 0 Slovenia
Nainggolan 56'
Lukaku 77'		 Report
Referee: Finland Petteri Kari
Ukraine 1 – 1 Belgium
Zozulya 69' Report Mujangi Bia 67'
Belgium 0 – 0 France
Report
Belgium 0 – 2 Ukraine
Report Holodyuk 36', 73'
Referee: England Stuart Atwell
Belgium 1 – 0 Malta
Kums 74' (pen.)
Referee: Austria Rene Eisner

This leaves two matches, away to Slovenia and away to France to be played in the next season.

Belgium U-19

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Friendly matches

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Belgium 1 – 0 Montenegro
Angeli 32'
Attendance: about 250
Belgium 2 – 0 Montenegro
Bourdouxhe 77' (pen.)
Buyse 85'
Attendance: about 200
Belgium 1 – 2 Germany
Schneider 65' (o.g.) Kroos 36'
Bertram 59'
Attendance: about 250
Belgium 0 – 1 Germany
Sobiech 34'
Attendance: about 400
Belgium 1 – 0 France
Kabasele 5'
Attendance: about 200
Belgium 1 – 2 France
Bruno 59' (pen.) Bakambu 5'
Salibur 90'
Attendance: about 100
Belgium 1 – 3 Denmark
Fileccia 43' 17'
79'
82'
Attendance: about 250
Belgium 2 – 0 Denmark
Mertens 14'
Bruno 74'
Attendance: about 200
Luxembourg 2 – 4 Belgium

U-19 Championship qualifiers

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The Belgium under-19 squad managed to qualify for the elite round qualification process for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship after successfully passing through the first stage of qualifying. However they did not manage to qualify for the tournament proper as they ended second to Croatia in group 1.

Belgium 4 – 0 Andorra
De Bruyne 43'
Bruno 59'
Bourdouxhe 72' (pen.)
Longueville 88'		 Report
Kazakhstan 0 – 4 Belgium
Report Kabasele 10', 62'
Bruno 57', 67' (pen.)
Belgium 2 – 4 Norway
Badibanga 72'
Durwael 85'		 Report Longueville 45+1' (o.g.)
Johansen 54'
King 58' (pen.), 90'
Referee: Poland Pawel Gil
Croatia 2 – 1 Belgium
Maglica 45+3'
Ozobić 68'		 Report 50' Van Eenoo
Referee:  Marcin Szulc (POL)
Belgium 2 – 1 Scotland
Badibanga 69'
Sterckx 90+2'		 Report 87' Inman
Referee:  Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Montenegro 1 – 4 Belgium
Van Damme 32' (o.g.) Report Van Damme 9'
Lestienne 16'
Badibanga 28'
Bruno 73'
Referee:  Marcin Szulc (POL)

Women

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Friendly matches

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Romania 2 – 7 Belgium
5'
85' (pen.)		 Callebaut 35'
Zeler 43', 63', 65'
Van De Goor 60'
Verelst 73'
Onzia 80'
Attendance: about 50
Romania 4 – 3 Belgium
5'
20'
35'
52'		 De Rammelaere 82', 89', 90'
Attendance: about 50
Belgium 0 – 2 Netherlands
Van Den Heiligenberg 51'
Smit 66' (pen.)
Attendance: about 500
Netherlands 4 – 1 Belgium
Dekker
Pieete
Hoogendijk
Slegers 		Elsen

World Cup qualifiers

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Belgium was in qualifying Group 8 for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, but failed to qualify.

Wales 0 – 1 Belgium
Report Verelst 90+4'
Referee: Norway Ann Helen Østervold
Sweden 2 – 1 Belgium
Asllani 30'
Landström 66'		 Report Maes 68'
Belgium 1 – 4 Sweden
Maes 71' Report Seger 23', 65'
Landström 67'
Lindén 86'
Azerbaijan 0 – 0 Belgium
Report
Czech Republic 1 – 2 Belgium
Pivoňková 69' Report Verelst 24'
Maes 27'
Belgium 2 – 3 Wales
Philtjens 64'
Zeler 72'		 Report Dykes 19'
Daley 42' (pen.)
Jones 90+1'
Belgium 0 – 3 Czech Republic
Report Divišová 29', 44', 49'
Referee: Natalia Aleksakhina (Ukraine)
Belgium 11 – 0 Azerbaijan
De Cock 3', 11', 40', 42'
Philtjens 10', 26'
Heiremans 18', 54'
Onzia 35', 90+1'
Puttemans 89'		 Report
Referee: Eun Ah Hong (South Korea)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Totaal Klassement Archived 2010-04-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Smajić comes to strengthen Lokeren's midfield" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-07-07. Archived from the original on 2009-07-08.
  3. ^ "FC Twente gladly shows new signing Bryan Ruiz" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19.
  4. ^ "Oguchi Onyewu exchanges Standard for Milan" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-07-07. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09.
  5. ^ "Portuguese player Rocha also signs for Standard" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04.
  6. ^ "Carl Hoefkens signs for two years at Brugge" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-08-21. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26.
  7. ^ "Club Bruges gets Ivan Perišić to Jan Breydel" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-08-26. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30.
  8. ^ "Club Brugge signs Dutch defender" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2009-06-27.
  9. ^ "Mazuch has signed contract at Anderlecht" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-06-24. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26.
  10. ^ "Vanhaezebrouck gets to welcome Buffel" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07.
  11. ^ "Olivier Dacourt va signer au Standard" (in French). Footgoal. 2009-09-21. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  12. ^ "Club Brugge wins the battle for Maxime Lestienne" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-06.
  13. ^ "Daan Van Gijseghem also signs for Club Brugge" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-08.
  14. ^ "Pocognoli strengthens left wing of Standard" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-26.
  15. ^ "Koen Daerden moves to Standard" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-15.
  16. ^ "Anderlecht signs player from fifth division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2009-12-15. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19.
  17. ^ "Gent gets Pieroni back to Belgium" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-22.
  18. ^ "Peter Van Der Heyden returns to Club Brugge" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2010-01-21.
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