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Results and standings after the final round of the playoffs Champions Playoffs USG 5-1 Anderlecht Club Brugge 5-0 Gent St. Truidense 3-0 KV Mechelen Club Brugge won the league and qualifies for the League Fase of the Champions League USG will play the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League St. Truidense will play the playoff round of the Europa League Anderlecht will play the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League Gent will face Genk (winner of the Europe Playoffs) in 1 game. The winner of this game qualifies for the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League. KV Mechelen miss out on European football Europe Playoffs OH Leuven 0-2 Genk Antwerp 2-0 Westerlo Standard Liège 0-2 Charleroi Genk will face Gent (5th place in the Champions Playoffs) in 1 game. The winner of this game qualifies for the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League. Relegation Playoffs Zulte Waregem, Cercle Brugge and La Louvière were all safe after the relegation playoffs and will stay up. Dender had to face Lommel SK (winner of the Promotion playoffs in the 2nd division) in 2 games. Dender lost 2-3 on aggregate and will drop down the the 2nd division, while Lommel will go up. Beveren won the 2nd division, while Kortrijk finished 2nd. They both get promoted the the first division. Next season's 1st division will consist of 18 team who will compete in a 'normal' competition format without playoffs

Results and standings after rounds 8 and 9 of the playoffs Champions Playoffs St. Truidense 1-1 Gent Anderlecht 2-2 KV Mechelen Club Brugge 5-0 USG Anderlecht 3-1 St. Truidense KV Mechelen 2-2 Club Brugge Gent 0-0 USG Fixtures for round 10 USG - Anderlecht Club Brugge - Gent St. Truidense - KV Mechelen Europe Playoffs OH Leuven 3-0 Antwerp Charleroi 0-1 Westerlo Standard Liège 0-0 Genk Westerlo 1-2 Standard Liège Genk 0-0 Antwerp Charleroi 1-1 OH Leuven Fixtures for round 10 OH Leuven - Genk Antwerp - Westerlo Standard Liège - Charleroi Relegation Playoffs (final standings)

Maertens' level has dropped significally due to injuries. He's no longer the player he used to be. I don't even think he's a 1st division anymore. It would be best for both him and the club to part ways. Leysen and Nyakossi have attracted a lot of interest from other clubs and will be sold for a nice fee. Verlinden most likely will also be sold, but I would like him to stay. Other players I would like to stay are Akimoto (has told the club he want to go back to Japan), Pletinckx, Lakomy, Traore, Opoku and George. I wouldn't mind if Damjanic, Vlietinck, Schrijvers, Kayo, Teklab, Kaba and Vaesen stayed, but also wouldn't be sad if they left. Players I really would like to leave: Prevot, Gil, Ominami, Dussenne, Maertens, Maziz, Verstraete, Balikwisha and Ikwuemesi I also want a new manager by the way

Results and standings after round 7 of the Playoffs Champions Playoffs Club Brugge 2-0 St. Truidense Gent 1-1 Anderlecht USG 3-0 KV Mechelen Fixtures for round 8 St. Truidense - Gent Anderlecht - KV Mechelen Club Brugge - USG Europe Playoffs Standard Liège 2-1 OH Leuven Antwerp 0-1 Charleroi Genk 3-0 Westerlo Fixtures for round 8 OH Leuven - Antwerp Charleroi - Westerlo Standard Liège - Genk Relegation Playoffs (finished) La Louvière 4-1 Cercle Brugge Zulte Waregem 2-1 Dender Dender will face Lommel (winner of the promotion playoffs in the 2nd division) in a home and away fixtures for a spot in the 1st division next season.

This team just has too many flaws. We lack quality and leadership on and off the pitch. Like you said: we were lucky to barely qualify for the Europe Playoffs. In my opinion we should've ended up in the relegation playoffs. That being said, we were never in any real relegation danger as Dender was just the worst team in the 1st division. According to multiple sources, the club will use this summer to completely overhaul the squad. Some big contracts are about to expire (Oscar Gil, Yousef Maziz, Mathieu Maertens,...) so let's hope this gives us some financial room to bring in the necessary quality.

Results and standings after round 6 of the playoffs Champions Playoffs St. Truidense 2-1 USG KV Mechelen 1-0 Gent Anderlecht 1-3 Club Brugge Fixtures for round 7 Club Brugge - St. Truidense Gent - Anderlecht USG - KV Mechelen Europe Playoffs Westerlo 3-3 OH Leuven Charleroi 2-0 Genk Antwerp 0-5 Standard Liège Fixtures for round 7 Standard Liège - OH Leuven Antwerp - Charleroi Genk - Westerlo Relegation Playoffs Cercle Brugge 2-3 Zulte Waregem Dender 2-1 La Louvière Fixtures for round 6 La Louvière - Cercle Brugge Zulte Waregem - Dender

Results and standings after round 4 and 5 of the playoffs Champions Playoffs USG 0-0 Gent Club Brugge 6-1 KV Mechelen St. Truidense 2-0 Anderlecht Gent 0-2 Club Brugge KV Mechelen 1-4 St. Truidense Anderlecht 1-3 USG Fixtures for round 6 St. Truidense - USG KV Mechelen - Gent Anderlecht - Club Brugge Europe Playoffs Genk 1-1 Charleroi OH Leuven 0-2 Westerlo Standard Liège 1-2 Antwerp OH Leuven 0-2 Charleroi Genk 1-1 Standard Liège Westerlo 2-4 Antwerp Fixtures for round 6 Westerlo - OH Leuven Charleroi - Genk Antwerp - Standard Liège Relegation Playoffs Cercle Brugge 2-1 Dender Zulte Waregem 4-0 La Louvière Fixtures for round 5 Cercle Brugge - Zulte Waregem Dender - La Louvière

Results and standings after round 3 of the playoffs Champions Playoffs KV Mechelen 1-2 Anderlecht Gent 0-0 St. Truidense USG 2-1 Club Brugge Fixtures for round 4 USG - Gent Club Brugge - KV Mechelen St. Truidense - Anderlecht Europe Playoffs Antwerp 2-0 OH Leuven Westerlo 1-2 Genk Charleroi 1-2 Standard Liège Fixtures for round 4 Genk - Charleroi OH Leuven - Westerlo Standard Liège - Antwerp Relegation Playoffs Dender 1-4 Cercle Brugge La Louvière 0-2 Zulte Waregem Fixtures for round 4 Cercle Brugge - Dender Zulte Waregem - La Louvière

The opinions are mixed, but personally I don't want them out. While King Power isn't perfect, we could do a lot worse. Lots of Belgian clubs who had foreign owners have gone bankrupt because the owner stopped paying the bills. They just have to be more hand-on and hold the people they appointed accountable if they don't do their job.

Results and standings after round 2 of the playoffs Champions Playoffs St. Truidense 1-2 Club Brugge KV Mechelen 0-1 USG Anderlecht 3-1 Gent Fixtures for round 3 KV Mechelen - Anderlecht Gent - St. Truidense USG - Club Brugge Europe Playoffs Charleroi 2-1 Antwerp Standard Liège 1-2 Westerlo Genk 0-0 OH Leuven Fixtures for round 3 Antwerp - OH Leuven Westerlo - Genk Charleroi - Standard Liège Relegation Playoffs Cercle Brugge 3-0 La Louvière Dender 1-2 Zulte Waregem Fixture for round 3 Dender - Cercle Brugge La Louvière - Zulte Waregem

Results and standings after round 1 of the playoffs Champions Playoffs USG 1-0 St. Truidense Club Brugge 4-2 Anderlecht Gent 1-1 KV Mechelen Fixtures for round 2 St. Truidense - Club Brugge KV Mechelen - USG Anderlecht - Gent Europe Playoffs Antwerp 1-2 Genk OH Leuven 1-3 Standard Liège Westerlo 2-0 Charleroi Fixtures for round 2 Charleroi - Antwerp Standard Liège - Westerlo Genk - OH Leuven Relegation Playoffs Zulte Waregem 2-2 Cercle Brugge La Louvière 0-1 Dender Fixtures for round 2 Cercle Brugge - La Louvière Dender - Zulte Waregem

Standings at the start of the playoffs Champions Playoffs USG - St. Truidense Club Brugge - Anderlecht Gent - KV Mechelen Points after the regular season have been cut in half. 1st place wins the league and qualifies for the Champions League league fase 2nd place qualifies for for the third qualifying round of the Champions League 3rd place qualifies for the second qualifying round of the Europa League 4th place will face the winner of the Europe Playoffs in one game. The winner of that game qualifies for the second qualifying round of the Conference League 5th and 6th place don't qualify for Europe Europe Playoffs Antwerp - Genk OH Leuven - Standard Liège Westerlo - Charleroi Points after the regular season have been cut in half. The winner of the Europe Playoffs will face the 4th ranked team of the Champions Playoffs in one game. The winner of that game qualifies for the second qualifying round of the Conference League Relegation Playoffs Zulte Waregem - Cercle Brugge La Louvière - Dender Points after the regular season have been kept intact. 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed team of the Relegation Playoffs are safe and remain in the First Division. Last placed team of the Relegation Playoffs will face the winner of the Promotion Playoffs of the Second Division (consists of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th placed teams after the regular season) in 2 games. The winner of those 2 games will secure a spot in the Belgian First Division for next season, while the loser drops down to the Second Division.

Results and standings after the final round of the regular season St. Truidense 1-3 USG Dender 1-3 Gent Anderlecht 2-3 Cercle Brugge Zulte Waregem 1-0 Charleroi Standard Liège 0-0 Westerlo La Louvière 5-5 Genk OH Leuven 1-0 Antwerp Club Brugge 4-1 KV Mechelen

Results and standings after round 29 Gent 2-0 Zulte Waregem Charleroi 0-2 OH Leuven USG 2-0 Dender Westerlo 1-2 Club Brugge Genk 1-0 St. Truidense Antwerp 1-1 Standard Liège KV Mechelen 1-0 Anderlecht Cercle Brugge 1-3 La Louvière Fixtures for round 30 (final round of regular season) St. Truidense - USG Dender - Gent Anderlecht - Cercle Brugge Zulte Waregem - Charleroi Standard Liège - Westerlo La Louvière - Genk OH Leuven - Antwerp Club Brugge - KV Mechelen