2022–23 Belgian Pro League

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Belgian Pro League
Season 2022–23
Champions Antwerp
Relegated Oostende
Zulte Waregem
Seraing
Champions League Antwerp
Genk
Europa League Union SG
Europa Conference League Club Brugge
Gent
Matches played 330
Goals scored 1011 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer Hugo Cuypers
(27 goals)
Biggest home win Club Brugge 7–0 Eupen
(23 April 2023)
Highest scoring Zulte Waregem 5–5 Eupen
(12 November 2022)
Highest attendance 26,271 (Standard - Anderlecht)
Lowest attendance 0 (Anderlecht - Zulte Waregem, behind closed doors)
Total attendance 3,154,698
Average attendance 9,560

The 2022–23 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier football in Belgium.

Royal Antwerp were crowned league champions for the first time in 66 years after pipping Genk and Union St-Gilloise on the final day,[1][2] the first occasion since 1999 that three clubs were still contending the title going in the final match. All three were in the virtual lead in the table across the final five minutes before Toby Alderweireld's title-clinching goal.[3]

Genk's title-challenge was helped by a record-breaking 24 assists from Mike Trésor while Hugo Cuypers of Gent became the first Belgian winner of the Golden Boot for top-scorer since Romelu Lukaku in 2009-10.[4]

Zulte Waregem, pipped for the title on the final day ten years earlier and subsequent Cup winners in 2017, were one of three sides relegated.

Format change

At the end of the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A, it was decided to exceptionally cancel any relegations as a result of the league being stopped early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This caused the league to temporarily expand to 18 as promotions from a lower league did occur as originally planned. It was decided at that point that the goal was to eventually return to 16 teams, and at the end of the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A, the clubs agreed that the 2022–23 season will reduce the number of clubs at the highest level again to 16, as this season only three teams will face direct relegation instead of just one. Furthermore, a new format was also decided from 2023–24 onwards (with 16 teams), returning to a slightly altered version of the playoff structure used prior to the 2019–20 season, but most importantly also increasing the teams relegating each season from 1 to 2 direct plus an additional optional third team through a playoff.[5] A minor change was the renaming of the top two leagues, with the First Division A and First Division B now renamed Jupiler Pro League and Challenger Pro League respectively.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and 2021–22 Belgian First Division B champions Westerlo who returned after spending five seasons at the second tier following their relegation at the end of the 2016–17 season. They replaced Beerschot who had finished last by a very large margin and were relegated after two seasons at the highest level. No other changes happened as Seraing (who finished 17th) won the Relegation play-off against RWDM, and thus stayed in the top division.

Relegations

With three clubs being relegated, there was a major turnover in coaches with most clubs changing coach during the season. Out of the 18 Pro League sides, only seven kept the same coach from the opening day to the last. Seraing became the first club to be relegated, following a 2–0 away loss to Club Brugge on 7 April 2023. One week later, on 15 April 2023, Oostende also dropped as they went down 0–4 at home to OH Leuven. Yet another week later, on the final matchday of the regular season, Zulte Waregem became the third and final team relegated following a 2–3 home loss to Cercle Brugge.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2022–23 Belgian Pro League teams
Matricule Club Location Venue Capacity
35 Anderlecht Anderlecht, Brussels Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 21,500
1 Antwerp Antwerp Bosuilstadion 16,144
12 Cercle Brugge Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,042
22 Charleroi Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 14,000
3 Club Brugge Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,042
4276 Eupen Eupen Kehrwegstadion 08,363
322 Genk Genk Cegeka Arena 24,956
7 Gent Ghent Ghelamco Arena 20,000
19 Kortrijk Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 09,399
25 Mechelen Mechelen AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne 16,700
31 Oostende Ostend Versluys Arena 08,432
18 OH Leuven Leuven Den Dreef 10,000
167 Seraing Seraing Stade du Pairay 08,207
373 Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden Stayen 14,600
16 Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,023
10 Union SG Saint-Gilles, Brussels Stade Joseph Marien 08,000
2024 Westerlo Westerlo Het Kuipje 08,035
5381 Zulte Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 12,500

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
5  West Flanders Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge, Kortrijk, Oostende and Zulte Waregem
3  Antwerp

Antwerp, Mechelen and Westerlo
 Liège Eupen, Seraing and Standard Liège
2  Brussels Anderlecht and Union SG
 Limburg

Genk and Sint-Truiden
1  East Flanders Gent
 Flemish Brabant Oud-Heverlee Leuven
 Hainaut Charleroi

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Anderlecht Denmark Brian Riemer [n 1] Joma DVV Insurance (home)
Candriam (away)
Antwerp Netherlands Mark van Bommel Jako betFIRST
Cercle Brugge Austria Miron Muslic [n 2] Kappa Napoleon Games
Charleroi Belgium Felice Mazzù [n 3] Kappa Lotto
Club Brugge Belgium Rik De Mil (caretaker) [n 4] Macron Unibet
Eupen Belgium Edward Still [n 5] Adidas Qatar Airways
Genk Belgium Wouter Vrancken Nike Beobank
Gent Belgium Hein Vanhaezebrouck Craft VDK Bank
Kortrijk Germany Bernd Storck [n 6] Jako AGO Jobs & HR
Mechelen Belgium Steven Defour [n 7] Erreà Telenet
OH Leuven Belgium Marc Brys Stanno Star Casino
Oostende Austria Dominik Thalhammer [n 8] Kipsta Star Casino
Seraing Belgium Jean-Sébastien Legros [n 9] Kappa Star Casino
Sint-Truiden Germany Bernd Hollerbach Macron DMM.com
Standard Liège Belgium Geoffrey Valenne (caretaker) [n 10] Adidas VOO
Union SG Belgium Karel Geraerts Union Soixante Lotto
Westerlo Belgium Jonas De Roeck Saller Soudal
Zulte-Waregem Belgium Frederik D’Hollander & Belgium Davy De fauw [n 11] Patrick Napoleon Games

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Anderlecht Belgium Vincent Kompany Mutual consent End of 2021–22 season[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Pre-season Belgium Felice Mazzù 31 May 2022[14]
Antwerp Denmark Brian Priske Sacked Netherlands Mark van Bommel 26 May 2022[16]
Club Brugge Netherlands Alfred Schreuder Signed for Netherlands Ajax Belgium Carl Hoefkens 25 May 2022[17]
Eupen Australia Michael Valkanis End of contract Germany Bernd Storck 25 May 2022[18]
Genk Germany Bernd Storck Mutual consent Belgium Wouter Vrancken 28 May 2022[19]
Mechelen Belgium Wouter Vrancken Signed for Genk Netherlands Danny Buijs 1 June 2022[20]
Seraing France Jean-Louis Garcia Resigned Belgium José Jeunechamps 20 May 2022[21]
Standard Liège Slovenia Luka Elsner Sacked Norway Ronny Deila 13 June 2022[22]
Union SG Belgium Felice Mazzù Signed for Anderlecht Belgium Karel Geraerts 9 June 2022[23]
Zulte Waregem Belgium Davy De fauw & Belgium Timmy Simons Replaced Senegal Mbaye Leye 17 May 2022[15]
Kortrijk France Karim Belhocine Sacked 29 August 2022[24] 17th Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Čustović 1 September 2022[25]
Cercle Brugge Austria Dominik Thalhammer Replaced 19 September 2022[26] Austria Miron Muslic 19 September 2022[26]
Mechelen Netherlands Danny Buijs Sacked 17 October 2022[27] 13th Belgium Steven Defour 17 October 2022[27]
Charleroi Belgium Edward Still 22 October 2022[28] 11th Belgium Frank Defays (caretaker) 28 November 2022 [n 12]
Eupen Germany Bernd Storck 23 October 2022[29] 14th Belgium Kristoffer Andersen and Belgium Mario Kohnen (caretakers) [30]
Anderlecht Belgium Felice Mazzù 24 October 2022[31] 12th Netherlands Robin Veldman (caretaker) 24 October 2022
Oostende Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe 31 October 2022[32] 14th Austria Dominik Thalhammer
Seraing Belgium José Jeunechamps 31 October 2022[33] 17th Belgium Jean-Sébastien Legros (caretaker)
Kortrijk Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Čustović 14 November 2022[34] Germany Bernd Storck 18 November 2022 [35]
Eupen Belgium Kristoffer Andersen and Belgium Mario Kohnen End of caretaker spell 24 November 2022[36] 15th Belgium Edward Still 24 November 2022 [36]
Charleroi Belgium Frank Defays 28 November 2022[37][n 12] 12th Belgium Felice Mazzù 28 November 2022 [37][n 12]
Anderlecht Netherlands Robin Veldman 2 December 2022[38] 11th Denmark Brian Riemer 2 December 2022 [38]
Club Brugge Belgium Carl Hoefkens Sacked 28 December 2022[39] 4th England Scott Parker 31 December 2022[40]
England Scott Parker 8 March 2023[41] Belgium Rik De Mil (caretaker) [n 13] 8 March 2023
Zulte Waregem Senegal Mbaye Leye 15 March 2023[42] 17th Belgium Frederik D’Hollander & Belgium Davy De fauw 15 March 2023[42]
Standard Liège Norway Ronny Deila Signed for Club Brugge 25 May 2023[43] 7th Belgium Geoffrey Valenne (caretaker) 25 May 2023[43]

Regular season

League table

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Results

Home \ Away
Source: Kalender eerste klasse A 2022-23

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each round.

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Play-offs

Play-off I

Points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up in the event of half-points) before the start of the playoff. Genk and Union SG, therefore, started on 38 points, Antwerp on 36, and Club Brugge on 30. Only Antwerp did not see their points rounded up, hence in case of ties they were always ranked above the other teams. Any other ties were broken by regular season finishing order (Genk, then Union SG, then Club Brugge).

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Play-off II

Points obtained during the regular season will be halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Gent and Standard started on 28 points, Westerlo on 26, and Cercle Brugge on 25. As the points of Standard and Westerlo were rounded up, in case of ties they would always be ranked below the team (or teams) they are tied with. The deciding factor after that would be finishing position in the regular season.

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Season statistics

As of 4 June 2023

Prizes awarded cover all 40 rounds of the season, i.e. the 34 rounds of regular season football plus the six weeks of Champions Play-Offs and Europe Play-Offs.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[44]
1 Belgium Hugo Cuypers Gent 27
2 Japan Ayase Ueda Cercle Brugge 22
3 Belgium Gianni Bruno Sint-Truiden 18
Netherlands Vincent Janssen Antwerp
5 Ghana Joseph Paintsil Genk 17
6 Nigeria Paul Onuachu Genk 16
7 Nigeria Gift Orban Gent 15
8 Belgium Hans Vanaken Club Brugge 14
9 Mali Nene Dorgeles Westerlo 13
Spain Mario González OH Leuven
Spain Ferran Jutglà Club Brugge

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
Sheets[45]
1 France Jean Butez Antwerp 20
2 Belgium Simon Mignolet Club Brugge 14
3 Belgium Arnaud Bodart Standard Liège 12
4 France Paul Nardi Gent 11
5 Turkey Sinan Bolat Westerlo 10
6 Poland Radosław Majecki Cercle Brugge 9
Luxembourg Anthony Moris Union St Gilloise
8 Romania Valentin Cojocaru OH Leuven 8
Burkina Faso Hervé Koffi Charleroi
Japan Daniel Schmidt Sint-Truiden
Belgium Maarten Vandevoordt Genk
Belgium Bart Verbruggen Anderlecht

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[46]
1 Belgium Mike Trésor Genk 24*
2 Malta Teddy Teuma Union SG 12
3 Ghana Joseph Paintsil Genk 11
4 Ivory Coast Simon Adingra Union SG 9
5 Togo Kévin Denkey Cercle Brugge 8
Belgium Geoffry Hairemans Mechelen
Belgium Sven Kums Gent
Algeria Adem Zorgane Charleroi
Nigeria Victor Boniface Union SG
Belgium Noa Lang Club Brugge
  • Mike Tresor's tally of 24 is a new Pro League assists record.

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Hotić Cercle Brugge Gent 4–3 (A) 2 October 2022
Spain Mario González OH Leuven Zulte Waregem 5–2 (A) 8 October 2022
Togo Kévin Denkey Cercle Brugge Eupen 5–1 (H) 15 October 2022
Nigeria Paul Onuachu4 Genk Charleroi 4–1 (H) 4 November 2022
Nigeria Gift Orban4 Gent Zulte Waregem 6–2 (A) 12 March 2023
Belgium Zinho Gano Zulte Waregem Eupen 5–1 (A) 15 April 2023
Spain Ferran Jutglà Club Brugge Eupen 7–0 (H) 23 April 2023
Mali Nene Dorgeles Westerlo Cercle Brugge 3–5 (H) 7 May 2023
Nigeria Gift Orban4 Gent Cercle Brugge 4–0 (A) 13 May 2023
Belgium Hugo Cuypers Gent Standard Liege 3–1 (H) 3 June 2023
  • 4 Player scored four goals.

Notes

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