2012–13 Belgian Pro League

Jupiler Pro League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Anderlecht
Relegated	Beerschot
Champions League	Anderlecht Zulte Waregem
Europa League	Genk Club Brugge Standard Liège
Matches played	302
Goals scored	880 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Bacca (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Standard 7–0 Gent
Biggest away win	Beerschot 1–7 Club Brugge
Highest scoring	Charleroi 2–6 Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren 2–6 Club Brugge Beerschot 1–7 Club Brugge OH Leuven 2–6 Lokeren
Longest winning run	11 matches[1] Anderlecht
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches[2] Zulte Waregem
Longest winless run	14 matches[3] Beerschot Cercle Brugge
Longest losing run	9 matches[4] Cercle Brugge
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 28 July 2012 with the first match of the regular season between Kortrijk and defending champions Anderlecht,^[5] and ended on 26 May 2013, which was the return leg of the European playoff.

During the regular season, Club Brugge took the early lead but then started struggling, eventually leading to the sacking of head coach Georges Leekens when they dropped out of the top 6 in November. Anderlecht and overachievers Zulte Waregem took over the top two positions and comfortably held these until the playoffs.

The title playoffs started with Anderlecht on 34 points and Zulte Waregem just behind them on 32. Due to the division of the points by two, they held a smaller lead over Genk (28 points), Club Brugge (27), Lokeren (26) and Standard (25). To the surprise of many, Zulte Waregem took the lead about halfway through the playoffs and with Anderlecht not performing well and suffering a penalty kick trauma (missing no less than 10 penalty kicks over the course of the season and going out on penalties to Genk in the Belgian Cup), both Genk, Club Brugge and Standard Liège rapidly close the gap. Anderlecht managed to overtake Zulte Waregem again and went into the final match on 19 May 2013, at home against Zulte Waregem, with a two-point lead. Anderlecht equalized after going down 0-1 and under pressure managed to hold on, even though losing Cheikhou Kouyaté due to a red card. With that, Anderlecht won its 32nd title.^[6][7] The draw allowed Zulte Waregem to remain just in front of Club Brugge, thereby gaining access to the Champions League. Club Brugge and Genk qualified for the Europa League, due to finishing 3rd and winning the Cup respectively.

The Europa League playoff groups were won by Gent and Oud-Heverlee Leuven, with Gent easily beating OH Leuven for the overall win. Gent had played a disappointing season, initially aiming for the top 6 but eventually finishing 12th. By winning the Europa League playoff, they won the right to play against Standard Liège for the final Europa League ticket. Gent won the first match 1-0 but lost the return 7-0, allowing Standard to take the last European ticket.

In the bottom end of the table, Cercle Brugge faced a miserable season after finishing 7th the previous season, as now only three wins and five draws out of thirty matches caused them to end dead last. Lierse narrowly held of Beerschot, causing Cercle Brugge and Beerschot to play the relegation playoff. Beerschot initially extended their lead, but Cercle Brugge came back and on 20 April 2013, a 2-1 win by Cercle caused Beerschot to be relegated. Beerschot had been playing in the top division since 1989–90, initially as Germinal Ekeren, then as Germinal Beerschot. A few days after the relegation it was announced that Beerschot was in severe financial trouble and was not given a licence for professional football. On 21 May, Beerschot was officially declared bankrupt and dissolved as a whole. Cercle Brugge on the other hand, had to play the Belgian Second Division Final Round with second division teams Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe. On 23 May 2013, Cercle Brugge became the first team succeeding in avoiding relegation after playing the relegation playoff, since the installation of the playoffs system in 2009–10.

Teams

Following the 2011–12 Belgian Pro League, Sint-Truiden were relegated to the 2012–13 Belgian Second Division after losing their relegation playoff series against Westerlo, ending a three-season tenure in the league. Sint-Truiden were replaced by 2011–12 Second Division champions Charleroi, who made their immediate comeback to the highest Belgian football league. In the 2012 Belgian Second Division Final Round, Westerlo faced Second Division teams Eupen, Oostende and Waasland-Beveren. On 17 May 2012, Westerlo were relegated after a 0–0 draw away to Oostende. Also in Oostende, Waasland-Beveren secured the promotion one week later after a 1–1 draw.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Anderlecht !R.S.C. Anderlecht	Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,000
Beerschot !Beerschot AC	Antwerp	Olympisch Stadion	13,132
Cercle !Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,945
Charleroi !R. Charleroi S.C.	Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	25,000
Club !Club Brugge K.V.	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,945
Genk !K.R.C. Genk	Genk	Cristal Arena	24,900
Gent !K.A.A. Gent	Ghent	Jules Ottenstadion	12,919
Kortrijk !K.V. Kortrijk	Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	9,500
Lierse !Lierse S.K.	Lier	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion	14,538
Lokeren !K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	Lokeren	Daknamstadion	10,000
Mechelen !KV Mechelen	Mechelen	Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne	13,123
Mons !R.A.E.C. Mons	Mons	Stade Charles Tondreau	12,000
Leuven !Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Leuven	Den Dreef	9,493
Standard !Standard Liège	Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,000
Waasland !Waasland-Beveren	Beveren	Freethiel Stadion	13,290
Zulte !S.V. Zulte Waregem	Waregem	Regenboogstadion	8,500

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Club Brugge	Christoph Daum	Mutual consent	10 May 2012[8]	Pre-season	Georges Leekens	13 May 2012[9]
Anderlecht	Ariël Jacobs	Resigned	End of 2011–12 season[10]		John van den Brom	30 May 2012[11]
Standard Liège	José Riga	Resigned	End of 2011–12 season[12]		Ron Jans	29 May 2012[13]
Mechelen	Marc Brys	Sacked	End of 2011–12 season[14]		Harm van Veldhoven	25 May 2012[15]
Charleroi	Dennis van Wijk	Resigned	End of 2011–12 season[16]		Yannick Ferrera	13 July 2012[17]
Standard Liège	Ron Jans	Mutual consent	22 October 2012[18]	12th	Mircea Rednic	27 October 2012[19]
Gent	Trond Sollied	Sacked	23 October 2012[20]	7th	Bob Peeters	1 November 2012[21]
Cercle Brugge	Bob Peeters	Sacked	27 October 2012[22]	16th	Foeke Booy	5 November 2012[23]
Club Brugge	Georges Leekens	Sacked	4 November 2012[24]	7th	Juan Carlos Garrido	15 November 2012[25]
Lierse	Chris Janssens	Sacked	12 November 2012[26]	14th	Hany Ramzy	12 November 2012[27]
Waasland-Beveren	Dirk Geeraerd	Sacked	18 November 2012[28]	16th	Glen De Boeck	19 November 2012[29]
Beerschot	Adrie Koster	Sacked	29 November 2012[30]	12th	Wim De Corte	29 November 2012[31]
Gent	Bob Peeters	Sacked	3 January 2013[32]	12th	Víctor Fernández	9 January 2013[33]
Beerschot	Wim De Corte	Resigned	22 January 2013[34]	15th	Jacky Mathijssen	23 January 2013[35]
Charleroi	Yannick Ferrera	Resigned	14 February 2013[36]	11th	Luka Peruzović	14 February 2013[36]
Lierse	Hany Ramzy	Became technical director	14 March 2013[37]	14th	Eric Van Meir	14 March 2013[37]
Charleroi	Luka Peruzović	Replaced	18 March 2013[38]	11th	Mario Notaro Michel Iannacone Philippe Simonin	18 March 2013[38]
Cercle Brugge	Foeke Booy	Sacked	2 April 2013[39]	2nd in Relegation Playoff	Lorenzo Staelens	2 April 2013[39]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anderlecht !Anderlecht	30	20	7	3	69	27	+42	67	Belgian Title Playoff
2	Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	30	19	6	5	49	29	+20	63
3	Genk !Genk	30	15	10	5	63	40	+23	55
4	Club Brugge !Club Brugge	30	15	9	6	66	43	+23	54
5	Lokeren !Lokeren	30	14	9	7	53	38	+15	51
6	Standard Liège !Standard Liège	30	15	5	10	54	33	+21	50
7	Mons !Mons	30	13	5	12	48	53	−5	44	Belgian European Playoff
8	Mechelen !Mechelen	30	12	5	13	44	42	+2	41
9	Kortrijk !Kortrijk	30	11	6	13	31	30	+1	39
10	OH Leuven !OH Leuven	30	8	12	10	46	51	−5	36
11	Charleroi !Charleroi	30	10	4	16	30	49	−19	34
12	Gent !Gent	30	8	10	12	33	40	−7	34
13	Waasland-Beveren !Waasland-Beveren	30	7	9	14	28	49	−21	30
14	Lierse !Lierse	30	5	11	14	28	53	−25	26
15	Beerschot !Beerschot	30	6	5	19	31	61	−30	23	Belgian Relegation Playoff
16	Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge	30	3	5	22	30	65	−35	14

Source: Belgian Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.

The following matches were postponed during the season:

• Matchday 23: on 20 January both the match between leaders Anderlecht and second placed Zulte Waregem and the Bruges derby between Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge were postponed due to intensive snowing. They have been rescheduled to be played end of February between matchdays 28 and 29.^[40]
• Matchday 24: also due to snow, the match between Charleroi and Cercle Brugge was postponed on 26 January. The match was played on 20 February, between matchdays 27 and 28.^[41]
• Matchday 28: yet again it was snow that prevented a match to be played. The fixture between Charleroi and Zulte Waregem was postponed on 24 February and rescheduled to 3 March, between matchdays 28 and 29.^[42]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Anderlecht !Anderlecht	9	7	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	6	1	3	2	5	5	2	6	4	2	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Genk !Genk	8	9	6	7	6	7	6	4	3	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	3
Club Brugge !Club Brugge	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	8	8	5	5	6	6	4	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	4	4	4
Lokeren !Lokeren	2	4	7	5	7	9	8	8	10	11	9	9	6	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	6	5
Standard Liège !Standard Liège	11	11	8	4	3	3	7	10	12	9	12	11	8	7	7	9	7	5	5	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	6
Mons !Mons	1	3	4	8	11	8	10	12	9	10	8	8	10	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7
Mechelen !Mechelen	3	5	5	9	11	13	11	7	8	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8
Kortrijk !Kortrijk	10	6	10	11	8	6	5	9	6	5	4	5	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	9
OH Leuven !OH Leuven	16	14	13	10	10	12	14	13	11	8	6	6	3	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Charleroi !Charleroi	13	15	11	12	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	11
Gent !Gent	5	8	9	6	4	3	4	3	5	6	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	12
Waasland-Beveren !Waasland-Beveren	14	12	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13
Lierse !Lierse	15	13	12	13	9	11	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14
Beerschot !Beerschot	12	15	14	15	13	10	9	5	7	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	15
Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge	7	10	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: soccerassociation.com

Results

Home ╲ Away

Anderlecht !AND

Beerschot !BEE

Cercle Brugge !CER

Charleroi !CHA

Club Brugge !BRU

Genk !GNK

Gent !GNT

Kortrijk !KVK

Lierse !LIE

Lokeren !LOK

Mechelen !KVM

Mons !MON

OH Leuven !OHL

Standard Liège !STA

Waasland-Beveren !WBE

Zulte Waregem !ZWA

Anderlecht !Anderlecht

1–0

2–1

2–0

6–1

2–2

5–0

1–0

4–1

3–0

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–2

2–0

0–1

Beerschot !Beerschot

1–4

3–1

2–0

1–7

0–2

2–2

2–1

1–3

2–4

0–2

0–0

1–3

3–2

1–2

1–1

Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge

0–3

3–1

1–0

0–3

3–1

2–2

1–2

0–3

0–1

1–2

1–3

1–1

0–1

2–2

1–2

Charleroi !Charleroi

2–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

2–0

1–0

0–2

1–1

1–2

0–4

2–6

3–0

0–1

Club Brugge !Club Brugge

2–2

3–1

4–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

3–0

2–3

1–1

2–0

3–1

4–2

3–1

0–1

Genk !Genk

2–4

3–0

3–3

3–1

4–1

3–2

2–0

4–1

1–0

2–1

5–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

2–0

Gent !Gent

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–2

2–2

1–2

0–1

2–0

2–1

0–2

2–0

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

Kortrijk !Kortrijk

1–1

4–0

3–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

4–1

2–3

2–1

0–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–2

Lierse !Lierse

1–1

1–3

1–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–1

0–2

0–3

1–1

0–0

0–0

1–4

Lokeren !Lokeren

0–2

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–1

3–4

2–2

0–1

2–2

2–1

2–2

2–2

2–1

2–0

1–1

Mechelen !Mechelen

1–4

0–2

2–0

4–2

3–3

2–1

1–0

0–2

3–0

2–1

3–0

1–2

0–2

0–1

2–3

Mons !Mons

0–5

1–0

3–2

2–3

1–3

1–5

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

2–3

5–2

3–1

3–0

1–1

OH Leuven !OH Leuven

1–1

1–1

3–2

1–0

4–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

2–2

2–6

3–1

1–3

0–4

5–2

0–1

Standard Liège !Standard Liège

2–1

3–0

2–1

6–1

1–3

0–0

1–2

2–0

3–0

0–2

3–2

0–1

2–0

3–1

0–1

Waasland-Beveren !Waasland-Beveren

1–2

3–2

2–0

0–0

2–6

1–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

2–2

2–0

0–2

0–2

Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem

2–3

0–0

3–1

4–1

1–2

3–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

0–3

1–1

2–4

2–1

0–0

2–0

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Playoff

The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Anderlecht 34 points, Zulte Waregem 32, Genk 28, Club Brugge 27, Lokeren 26 and Standard 25. In the event of ties at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted if it was added. Anderlecht, Genk, Lokeren and Zulte Waregem received this type of bonus due to rounding and will thus always be ranked below Club Brugge and Standard in the event of ties.

Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anderlecht !Anderlecht (C)	10	4	3	3	16	11	+5	49	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	10	4	3	3	20	20	0	47	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Club Brugge !Club Brugge	10	6	1	3	21	17	+4	46	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Standard Liège !Standard Liège	10	5	2	3	22	20	+2	42	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5	Genk !Genk	10	3	3	4	11	13	−2	40	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Lokeren !Lokeren	10	1	2	7	15	24	−9	31

Source: soccerway.com
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal amount of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team \ Round	Initial	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
Anderlecht !Anderlecht	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	2	2
Club Brugge !Club Brugge	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	2	2	3	3
Standard Liège !Standard Liège	6	4	5	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	4
Genk !Genk	3	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	5
Lokeren !Lokeren	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source:

Results

Home ╲ Away	Anderlecht !AND	Zulte Waregem !ZWA	Genk !GNK	Club Brugge !BRU	Standard Liège !STA	Lokeren !LOK
Anderlecht !Anderlecht		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–0
Zulte Waregem !Zulte Waregem	2–1		0–4	5–2	3–4	1–1
Genk !Genk	1–2	1–1		0–2	1–1	2–1
Club Brugge !Club Brugge	2–1	3–4	1–0		0–2	2–1
Standard Liège !Standard Liège	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–4		4–3
Lokeren !Lokeren	2–4	2–3	0–0	1–4	4–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Europa League Playoff

Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 are placed in Group B.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Gent 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 14 Mons 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 Lierse 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 Kortrijk 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 2[nb 1]

MON KVK GNT LIE Mons – 2–1 1–1 2–1 Kortrijk ANN[nb 1] – 0–0 0–3 Gent 2–1 1–0 – 3–0 Lierse 0–1 0–0 1–2 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts OH Leuven 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Mechelen 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Charleroi 6 1 4 1 5 3 +2 8 Waasland-Beveren 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5

KVM OHL CHA W-B Mechelen – 1–5 0–0 2–0 OH Leuven 0–3 – 0–0 3–1 Charleroi 1–2 3–0 – 1–1 Waasland-Beveren 1–0 0–1 0–0 –

Europa League playoff final

The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, called Testmatch. The winners of this Testmatch are granted entry to the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

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Gent won 8–2 on aggregate.

Testmatches Europa League

The Europa League playoff final winners will compete with the fourth placed team (or fifth placed in case the winner of the 2012–13 Belgian Cup finishes third or fourth) in the Championship playoff for the final European ticket.

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Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.

Relegation Playoff

Beerschot and Cercle Brugge, the teams finishing in the last two positions, faced each other in the relegation playoff. Beerschot initially extended their three-point bonus to a six-point lead, but thereafter Cercle Brugge won three matches in a row. This caused Beerschot to be relegated to the Second Division on 20 April 2013 after playing in the first division since 1989 (as Germinal Ekeren until 1999 and as Germinal Beerschot from 1999 until 2011). One month later however, it was announced that Beerschot had gone bankrupt and dissolved.

Cercle Brugge was forced to play the second division playoff with three Belgian Second Division teams, which they won to avoid relegation. It was the first time a team from the Pro League succeeded in surviving the Second Division Final Round since the installment of the Belgian Pro League playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge	4	3	0	1	3	2	+1	9	Belgian Second Division Final Round
2	Beerschot !Beerschot (R)	4	1	0	3	2	3	−1	6	Relegation to Belgian Second Division

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Home ╲ Away	Cercle Brugge !CER	Beerschot !BEE	Cercle Brugge !CER	Beerschot !BEE	Cercle Brugge !CER
Beerschot !Beerschot	1–0		1–2		2
Cercle Brugge !Cercle Brugge		1–0		2–1

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² Match not played as Beerschot could no longer overtake Cercle Brugge in the standings. In case of ties, Cercle Brugge was always ranked above Beerschot due to the head-to-head points in the relegation playoff.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Source: Sporza.be and Sport.be (Dutch)

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bacca	Club Brugge	25
2	Ilombe Mboyo	Gent	20
3	Ibou	OH Leuven	19
	Dieumerci Mbokani	Anderlecht	19
5	Maxime Lestienne	Club Brugge	17
	Mbaye Leye	Zulte Waregem	17
	Jelle Vossen	Genk	17
8	Imoh Ezekiel	Standard Liège	16
9	Franck Berrier	Zulte Waregem	14
10	Michy Batshuayi	Standard Liège	12
	Tom De Sutter	Anderlecht	12
	Hamdi Harbaoui	Lokeren	12
	Mustapha Jarju	Mons	12
	Nicklas Pedersen	Mechelen	12
	Jérémy Perbet	Mons	12

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mbokani, DieumerciDieumerci Mbokani	Anderlecht	Cercle Brugge	3–0[43]	000000002012-08-12-000012 August 2012
Lestienne, MaximeMaxime Lestienne	Club Brugge	Cercle Brugge	4–0[44]	000000002012-09-23-000023 September 2012
Habibou, HabibHabib Habibou	Zulte Waregem	Lierse	4–1[45]	000000002012-09-29-000029 September 2012
Chuka, Chuka	OH Leuven	Charleroi	4–0[46]	000000002012-10-06-00006 October 2012
Ibou, Ibou	OH Leuven	Club Brugge	4–1[47]	000000002012-10-20-000020 October 2012
De Sutter, TomTom De Sutter	Anderlecht	Mechelen	4–1[48]	000000002012-11-03-00003 November 2012
Perbet, JérémyJérémy Perbet	Mons	OH Leuven	3–1[49]	000000002012-11-17-000017 November 2012
Vossen, JelleJelle Vossen	Genk	Lokeren	4–3[50]	000000002012-12-02-00002 December 2012
Mbokani, DieumerciDieumerci Mbokani	Anderlecht	Mons	5–0[51]	000000002012-12-08-00008 December 2012
Mokulu, BenjaminBenjamin Mokulu	Lokeren	OH Leuven	6–2[52]	000000002013-01-19-000019 January 2013
Leye, MbayeMbaye Leye	Zulte Waregem	Club Brugge	4–3[53]	000000002013-04-18-000018 April 2013
M'Poku, Paul-JosePaul-Jose M'Poku	Standard Liège	Gent	7–0[54]	000000002013-05-26-000026 May 2013

Notes

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