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Belgian First Division A

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Established
1895 (128 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-07-28

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
5286

Sport

Soccer

Location
Belgium

Gender
Male

Alternate Names
Jupiler Pro League

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2021-2025]

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28 Sep 23	Molenbeek	-	St. Gilloise	Edmond Machtensstadi @ 4:30pm
28 Sep 23	Club Brugge	-	Genk	Jan Breydelstadion @ 6:45pm
29 Sep 23	Kortrijk	-	Cercle Brugge	Guldensporenstadion @ 6:45pm
30 Sep 23	Oud-Heverlee Le	-	Standard	King Power at Den Dr @ 4:15pm
30 Sep 23	Mechelen	-	Antwerp	AFAS Stadion @ 6:45pm
30 Sep 23	Eupen	-	Anderlecht	Kehrwegstadion @ 2:00pm
01 Oct 23	Club Brugge	-	St.Truiden	Jan Breydelstadion @ 4:30pm
01 Oct 23	Genk	-	Westerlo	Cegeka Arena @ 2:00pm
01 Oct 23	Molenbeek	-	Gent	Edmond Machtensstadi @ 5:15pm
01 Oct 23	St. Gilloise	-	Charleroi	Stade Joseph Mariën @ 11:30am
Latest Results
27 Sep 23	Antwerp	0 - 0	Gent	Bosuilstadion
24 Sep 23	Cercle Brugge	0 - 2	St. Gilloise	Jan Breydelstadion
24 Sep 23	Gent	2 - 1	Eupen	KAA Gent Arena
24 Sep 23	Genk	3 - 3	St.Truiden	Cegeka Arena
24 Sep 23	Anderlecht	1 - 1	Club Brugge	Lotto Park
23 Sep 23	Charleroi	1 - 0	Kortrijk	Stade du Pays de Cha
23 Sep 23	Mechelen	1 - 2	Oud-Heverlee Le	AFAS Stadion
23 Sep 23	Antwerp	0 - 0	Molenbeek	Bosuilstadion
22 Sep 23	Standard	0 - 0	Westerlo	Stade Maurice Dufras
17 Sep 23	St.Truiden	2 - 0	Mechelen	Daio Wasabi Stayen S

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The Belgian First Division A (Dutch: Eerste klasse A; French: Championnat de Belgique de football; German: Division 1A), or Belgian Pro League (officially Jupiler Pro League) due to sponsorship reasons with AB InBev‘s brewer Jupiler) since the 2015–16 season, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian First Division B. Seasons run from late July to early May, with teams playing 30 matches each in the regular season, and then entering play-offs I or play-offs II according to their position in the regular season. Play-offs I (also known as the title playoffs) are contested by the top-six clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice. Play-offs II (also known as the Europa League playoff) are contested by teams ranked 7 to 16 in the regular season, divided in four groups of four teams playing each other twice (six teams from the Belgian First Division B also take part in playoff II). The team finishing in 16th place is relegated.

The competition was created in 1895 by the Royal Belgian Football Association and was first won by FC Liégeois. Of the 74 clubs to have competed in the first division since its creation, 16 have been crowned champions of Belgium. RSC Anderlecht is the most successful league club with 34 titles, followed by Club Brugge KV (16), Union Saint-Gilloise (11) and Standard Liège (10). It is currently ranked 8th in the UEFA rankings of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five-years. The competition was ranked 3rd when the UEFA first published their ranking in 1979 and also the next year in 1980, which is the best ranking the Belgian First Division has ever achieved.

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