OH Leuven Thread 25/26

[KlaaZ]

On that note, I'm not the biggest fan of Mazzu but his point per game average has been very strong and from what I can find probably the best average of any of our managers when we were in first division. The only ones doing as good or better are Leko, Mathijssen and and Euvrard, but all of them managed mostly 1B games.

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after round 26

 

Gent	0-1	Cercle Brugge
Dender	1-4	St. Truidense
Club Brugge	2-1	OH Leuven
USG	2-1	Antwerp
Genk	0-3	Standard Liège
La Louvière	0-2	KV Mechelen
Zulte Waregem	2-4	Anderlecht
Westerlo	2-1	Charleroi

 

 

Fixtures for round 27

 

Standard Liège	-	La Louvière
KV Mechelen	-	Zulte Waregem
Antwerp	-	St. Truidense
Anderlecht	-	OH Leuven
Genk	-	Gent
Westerlo	-	USG
Charleroi	-	Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge	-	Dender

[Bonanza]

 

[shen]

What a solo goal by Ikwuemesi. 

Looks like it was a bizarre game though. From the highlights, Brugge could and should've probably score 4 or 5 goals, yet Schrijvers could have claimed a point had he struck a decent penalty.

[shen]

And there was the thrashing that was avoided against Club Brugge 🫣😫.

Three of the four King Power teams in the relegation places at this stage, with the last one comfortably in first. Ambivalent.

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after round 27

 

Standard Liège	1-1	La Louvière
KV Mechelen	2-1	Zulte Waregem
Antwerp	1-0	St. Truidense
Anderlecht	5-1	OH Leuven
Genk	3-0	Gent
Westerlo	0-0	USG
Charleroi	1-2	Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge	0-0	Dender

 

 

Fixtures for round 28

 

La Louvière	-	Antwerp
OH Leuven	-	Westerlo
Dender	-	Charleroi
USG	-	Genk
Club Brugge	-	Anderlecht
Gent	-	KV Mechelen
Zulte Waregem	-	Standard Liège
St. Truidense	-	Cercle Brugge

[Bonanza]

 

[Sly]

Wow, taken apart! It looks like you’re going through the same tragedy as Leicester @Bonanza

[KlaaZ]

14 hours ago, Sly said:

Wow, taken apart! It looks like you’re going through the same tragedy as Leicester @Bonanza

To be fair, we were actually the better team in the first half, but the forced substitutions of both our wing backs changed the game. Lost our structure, made stupid mistakes on every single goal conceded and fell apart. 

That said, we've been playing far better after the winter break than we were in 2025 so to assume we're seeing the same things as Leicester is a bit of a stretch. What we do have is a club that has been woefully mismanaged financially. Our wage cost is basically higher than reigning champions Union's. The new management (appointed in summer 2024) has been working on bringing that down, and a lot of those huge contracts will run out this summer which will hopefully provide room to finally start properly rebuilding the squad. 

[sm1]

10 minutes ago, KlaaZ said:

What we do have is a club that has been woefully mismanaged financially. Our wage cost is basically higher than reigning champions Union's. 

Exactly what's happening to us. Top and Rudkin at it again. 

[shen]

53 minutes ago, KlaaZ said:

To be fair, we were actually the better team in the first half, but the forced substitutions of both our wing backs changed the game. Lost our structure, made stupid mistakes on every single goal conceded and fell apart. 

That said, we've been playing far better after the winter break than we were in 2025 so to assume we're seeing the same things as Leicester is a bit of a stretch. What we do have is a club that has been woefully mismanaged financially. Our wage cost is basically higher than reigning champions Union's. The new management (appointed in summer 2024) has been working on bringing that down, and a lot of those huge contracts will run out this summer which will hopefully provide room to finally start properly rebuilding the squad. 

Another fantastic strike for your goal by the way. Somewhat reminiscent of the famous Toby Yeboah goal the way it bounces in off the crossbar.

[KlaaZ]

2 hours ago, sm1 said:

Exactly what's happening to us. Top and Rudkin at it again. 

I know, but the notable difference is that we've actually had a change in management who are trying to clean this all up. Partially forced by KP though, we are unwilling to back transfers financially until the books are cleared. 

 

1 hour ago, shen said:

Another fantastic strike for your goal by the way. Somewhat reminiscent of the famous Toby Yeboah goal the way it bounces in off the crossbar.

Yeah, there's been a lot of criticism for Gil (justified, as he had an atrocious first half of the season) but his last five or six games have been top notch, with this goal as the icing on the cake. 

[Bonanza]

Results and standings after week 28

 

La Louvière	0-0	Antwerp
OH Leuven	0-1	Westerlo
Dender	2-2	Charleroi
USG	2-1	Genk
Club Brugge	2-2	Anderlecht
Gent	3-1	KV Mechelen
Zulte Waregem	0-1	Standard Liège
St. Truidense	2-1	Cercle Brugge

 

 

Fixtures for round 29

 

Gent	-	Zulte Waregem
Charleroi	-	OH Leuven
USG	-	Dender
Westerlo	-	Club Brugge
Genk	-	St. Truidense
Antwerp	-	Standard Liège
KV Mechelen	-	Anderlecht
Cercle Brugge	-	La Louvière

[Bonanza]

 

[KlaaZ]

Reverse uno from last week, where we should have won 4-1 but lost 0-1. We now won 0-2 but should have lost 4-1. Important win though as we jump over Zulte Waregem out of the playdowns places with one game to go, at home against Antwerp. 

[Bonanza]

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

[Bonanza]

 

[Lambert09]

OHL have sneaked into the conference league play offs. Which is nice to avoid the double king power relegation for the season 

[moore_94]

90th minute winner scenes

[shen]

Wild, with Waregem, Cercle winning too and La Louviere in a mad draw as well. Relief.

[Bonanza]

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

[Bonanza]

 

[KlaaZ]

Team Houdini nails it again!

[Bonanza]

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.

[THE MAGICIAN]

For the record, 10 of my Leuven mates are travelling over for the Preston game this friday, if you see our Belgian friends I hope you give them a warm welcome, top lads they are, they have tickets in G1 this time