2025–26 Belgian Pro League

Belgian Pro League
Season2025–26
Dates26 July 2025 – 25 May 2026
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 18 April 2025.

The 2025–26 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 123rd season of top-tier football in Belgium.

Format change

The Belgian Pro League will expand to 18 teams for the 2026–27 season, after completion of the relegation play-offs, no teams will be relegated automatically and last team will be required to play a promotion/relegation decider against the winner of the 2025–26 Challenger Pro League promotion play-offs. The winner of this decider will play in the 2026–27 Belgian Pro League.[1]

Teams

Zulte Waregem and La Louvière were promoted respectively as champions and runners-up of the 2024–25 Challenger Pro League. Zulte Waregem returned to the top level after just two seasons, while La Louvière play in top tier for the first time in their history for this season since folding of RAA Louviéroise (including four seasons playing at the third level). If counting the predecessor, they returned after a 19 year absence. They replaced Beerschot and Kortrijk who were relegated at the end of previous season.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025–26 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
3900 Dender EH Denderleeuw Van Roystadion 6,429
322 Genk Genk Cegeka Arena 24,956
7 Gent Ghent Planet Group Arena 20,000
94 La Louvière La Louvière Easi Arena 8,050
25 Mechelen Mechelen AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne 16,700
18 OH Leuven Leuven Den Dreef 10,000
373 Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden Stayen 14,600
16 Standard Liège Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,023
10 Union SG Forest, Brussels Stade Joseph Marien 9,400
2024 Westerlo Westerlo Het Kuipje 8,035
5381 Zulte Waregem Waregem Regenboogstadion 12,500

Number of teams by area

# Province or region Team(s)
3 Antwerp Antwerp, Mechelen and Westerlo
West Flanders Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Zulte Waregem
2 Brussels Anderlecht and Union SG
East Flanders Dender EH and Gent
Hainaut Charleroi and La Louvière
Limburg Genk and Sint-Truiden
1 Flemish Brabant OH Leuven
Liège Standard Liège

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Gent Danijel Milićević Sacked 30 June 2025[2][3][4] Pre-season Ivan Leko 5 June 2025[2]
Standard Liège Ivan Leko Signed by Gent Mircea Rednic 16 June 2025[5]
OH Leuven Chris Coleman Sacked David Hubert 16 June 2025[6]
Westerlo Timmy Simons Mutual consent Issame Charaï 17 June 2025[7]
Cercle Brugge Bernd Storck Onur Cinel 19 June 2025[8]
Antwerp Andries Ulderink End of contract Stef Wils 22 June 2025[9]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League and Champions' play-offs[a]
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dender EH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 La Louvière 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 OH Leuven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Standard Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Union SG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zulte Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2025. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ The regular season winner will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2026–27 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.

Results

Home \ Away AND ANT CER CHA CLU DEN GNK GNT LAL MEC OHL STR STA USG WES ZWA
Anderlecht – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Antwerp – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Cercle Brugge – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Charleroi – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Club Brugge – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Dender EH – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Genk – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Gent – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
La Louvière – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Mechelen – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
OH Leuven – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Sint-Truiden – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Standard Liège – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Union SG – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Westerlo – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Zulte Waregem – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Updated to match(es) played on July 2025. Source: Kalender Pro League 2025-26
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ Hick, Antoine (27 February 2025). "Réforme de la Pro League : 18 équipes et la fin des play-offs à partir de la saison 2026-2027" (in French).
  2. ^ a b "KAA Gent vindt zijn nieuwe trainer in Luik: Ivan Leko is de opvolger van Danijel Milicevic bij de Buffalo's" [KAA Gent finds new manager in Liège: Ivan Leko successor of Danijel Milicevic at the Buffalo's] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-04.
  3. ^ "OH Leuven neemt afscheid van trainer Chris Coleman: "Prestaties bleven onder verwachtingen"" [OH Leuven says goodbye to manager Chris Coleman: "Results below expectations"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-11.
  4. ^ "Na 1 seizoen einde verhaal: Timmy Simons en Westerlo gaan in onderling overleg uit elkaar" [End of story after 1 season: Timmy Simons and Westerlo part ways by mutual agreement] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-16.
  5. ^ "Terug van weggeweest: na 12 jaar wordt Mircea Rednic opnieuw coach van Standard" [Back from being away: after 12 years, Mircea Rednic becomes coach of Standard again] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-16.
  6. ^ "Drie maanden na ontslag bij Anderlecht trekt David Hubert naar het vertrouwde nest van OH Leuven" [Three months after being dismissed by Anderlecht, David Hubert moves to the familiar nest of OH Leuven] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-16.
  7. ^ "Issame Charaï neemt zitje van Timmy Simons over als hoofdcoach bij Westerlo: "Een uitstekende match"" [Issame Charaï takes over from Timmy Simons as head coach at Westerlo: "An excellent match"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-17.
  8. ^ "Barragematchen volstaan: Bernd Storck en Cercle Brugge gaan na redding alweer uit elkaar, Cinel is opvolger" [Play-off matches are enough: Bernd Storck and Cercle Brugge part ways after rescue, Cinel is successor] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-19.
  9. ^ "Antwerp hakt knoop door en kiest voor Stef Wils als T1: "Overtuigd dat hij juiste man op juiste plaats is"" [Antwerp makes a decision and chooses Stef Wils as T1: "Convinced that he is the right man in the right place"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2025-06-19.
  10. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
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