1971–72 Belgian First Division

69th season of top-tier football in Belgium Football league season

Belgian First Division
Season	1971–72
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1971–72 season.

Overview

Waregemclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1971–72

It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	R.S.C. Anderlecht	30	19	7	4	67	25	+42	45	Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup
2	Club Brugge K.V.	30	18	9	3	57	22	+35	45	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
3	Standard Liège	30	15	11	4	48	19	+29	41	Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
4	Racing White	30	13	10	7	42	28	+14	36	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
5	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	30	12	8	10	30	24	+6	32
6	KV Mechelen	30	10	11	9	35	31	+4	31
7	Lierse S.K.	30	11	8	11	36	42	−6	30
8	R.F.C. de Liège	30	12	4	14	41	47	−6	28
9	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30	10	8	12	26	40	−14	28
10	Beerschot	30	11	5	14	33	39	−6	27
11	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	30	9	8	13	31	42	−11	26
12	Royal Antwerp FC	30	8	9	13	32	33	−1	25
13	KFC Diest	30	8	9	13	27	50	−23	25
14	Crossing Club Schaerbeek	30	6	12	12	17	35	−18	24
15	K.S.V. Waregem	30	7	7	16	30	44	−14	21	Relegated to Division II
16	K.S.K. Beveren	30	5	6	19	21	52	−31	16	Relegated to Division II

Source:

Home \ Away	AND	ANT	BEE	BEV	CER	CLU	CRO	DIE	FCL	LIE	MEC	RRW	STA	STV	USG	WAR
Anderlecht		3–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	8–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	6–0	2–1
Antwerp	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–0
Beerschot	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–0
Beveren	1–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–4	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–3
Cercle Brugge	2–0	1–4	3–1	1–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Club Brugge	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–1	1–1		1–0	5–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–1
Crossing Schaerbeek	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1
Diest	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	3–1
Liège	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1		0–2	6–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	4–0
Lierse	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–2
Mechelen	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Racing White	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0
Standard Liège	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–3		3–0	2–1	2–0
Sint-Truiden	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–3		0–1	3–1
Union SG	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–0
Waregem	0–4	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ploquin, Phil; Nackaerts, Luc; Coolsaet, Jeroen. "Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

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