2010–11 Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsOH Leuven
PromotedOH Leuven
Mons
RelegatedTurnhout
Tournai
Rupel Boom
Matches played306
Goals scored901 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerHamdi Harbaoui (25 goals)
Biggest home win4-0 (FC Verbroedering Dender EH vs K Rupel Boom FC) and 5-1 (RAEC Mons vs AFC Tubize)
Biggest away win0-5 (KVSK United Overpelt-Lommel at K Rupel Boom FC)
Highest scoring1-5 (FC Verbroedering Dender EH at KV Turnhout), 5-1 (RAEC Mons vs AFC Tubize), 2-4 (CS Visé at R Boussu Dour Borinage and RAEC Mons at RFC Tournai), 3-3 (RAEC Mons vs OH Leuven and KSK Heist vs KV Turnhout)
Longest winning runFC Verbroedering Dender EH (5 games), from 28 August to 25 September
Longest unbeaten runWaasland-Beveren (12 games, streak ongoing), since 25 August
Longest losing runRFC Tournai (7 games, streak ongoing), since 25 September

The 2010–11 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started on Wednesday 18 August 2010 and finished in May 2011. OH Leuven won the title on the penultimate matchday after a 2–2 draw away to Antwerp. Mons also got promoted after winning the playoffs.

Team changes

As a result of the bankruptcy of Mouscron in the first division, the team was automatically demoted to third division. No extra team was promoted to fill this spot and the league therefore moved from 19 teams to the more convenient 18.

In

Out

  • Lierse was promoted to the Pro League
  • Eupen won the second division final round and was therefore also promoted to the Pro League.
  • Ronse lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated.
  • Beveren did not apply for a professional license due to financial problems. As a result, they were automatically relegated, but they chose to merge with second division team K.V. Red Star Waasland to form Waasland-Beveren and as such remain in second division.
  • Liège was relegated to the Third Division.

Team information

Personnel and locations

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Location of teams in Belgian Second Division 2010-11
Club City Current manager
F.C.V. Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Belgium Vital Borkelmans
F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Belgium Chris van Puyvelde
Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leuven Belgium Ronny Van Geneugden
K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel Lommel Belgium Franky Van der Elst
Royal Antwerp F.C. Antwerp England Colin Andrews
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize Belgium Felice Mazzu
K.S.K. Heist Heist-op-den-Berg Belgium Cis Bosschaerts
Standaard Wetteren Wetteren Belgium Wim De Corte
K. Rupel Boom F.C. Boom Belgium Peter Van Wambeke
K.V.K. Tienen Tienen Belgium Daniël Nassen
R.A.E.C. Mons Mons Belgium Geert Broeckaert
R.F.C. Tournai Tournai Belgium Patrick Asselman
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Belgium Nico Vanderdonck
K.V. Red Star Waasland-Beveren Beveren Belgium Dirk Geeraerd
K.V. Turnhout Turnhout Belgium Luc Beyens
K.V. Oostende Ostend Belgium Thierry Pister
R. Boussu Dour Borinage Boussu Belgium Michel Wintacq
R.C.S. Visé Wezet Belgium José Riga

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 OH Leuven (C, P) 34 22 7 5 75 38 +37 73 Belgian First Division
2 Lommel 34 20 5 9 73 44 +29 65 Qualification for Belgian Second Division final round
3 Mons (O, P) 34 17 8 9 63 38 +25 59
4 Waasland-Beveren 34 15 11 8 51 35 +16 56
5 Visé 34 14 9 11 52 48 +4 51
6 Antwerp 34 14 8 12 54 53 +1 50
7 Dender 34 15 4 15 54 54 0 49
8 Tubize 34 13 8 13 46 55 −9 47
9 Oostende 34 13 6 15 41 48 −7 45
10 Heist 34 12 7 15 57 67 −10 43
11 Brussels 34 12 6 16 50 51 −1 42
12 Wetteren 34 10 12 12 42 51 −9 42
13 Borinage 34 11 8 15 48 52 −4 41
14 Tienen 34 11 8 15 35 47 −12 41
15 Roeselare 34 10 11 13 38 42 −4 41
16 Turnhout 34 10 10 14 48 59 −11 40 Qualification for Relegation play-off
17 Rupel Boom (R) 34 10 7 17 36 56 −20 37 Relegation to Belgian Third Division
18 Tournai (R) 34 5 9 20 38 63 −25 24
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2011. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Period winners

The season is divided into three periods. The first ten matchdays form period 1, matchdays 11 to 22 form period two and the last 12 form period three. The three period winners take part in the Belgian Second Division final round together with the winner of the 2010–11 Belgian Pro League relegation playoff. The winner of this final round gets to play in the 2011–12 Belgian Pro League. In case one or more periods are won by the team winning the league or in case one team wins multiple periods, the extra places go the teams finishing the highest in the league not already qualified. So in the theoretical case that one team wins all three periods and becomes the league champion, then the teams in positions 2, 3 and 4 will take part in the final round.

Period 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Waasland-Beveren (Q) 10 7 2 1 19 5 +14 23 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Oostende 10 7 0 3 14 13 +1 21
3 Dender 10 6 2 2 21 9 +12 20
4 Mons 10 6 2 2 18 11 +7 20
5 OH Leuven 10 5 3 2 23 15 +8 18
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2011. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Period 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lommel (Q) 12 11 0 1 38 16 +22 33 Belgian Second Division final round
2 OH Leuven 12 9 1 2 27 13 +14 28
3 Tubize 12 7 1 4 19 20 −1 22
4 Mons 12 5 5 2 25 15 +10 20
5 Borinage 12 6 1 5 22 15 +7 19
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2011. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Period 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 OH Leuven (C, P) 12 8 3 1 25 10 +15 27 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Mons 12 6 1 5 20 12 +8 19
3 Waasland-Beveren 12 6 1 5 18 14 +4 19
4 Antwerp 12 6 1 5 23 20 +3 19
5 Brussels 12 6 1 5 20 17 +3 19
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2011. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away ANT BDB BRU DEN HEI LOM MON OHL KVO ROE RUP TIE TOU TUB TUR VIS WBE WET
Antwerp 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
Borinage 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 1–3 0–1
Brussels 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–4 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–3
Dender 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 4–0 0–2 3–1 2–3 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–2
Heist 2–3 2–0 0–4 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–2 3–3 2–3 0–1 1–1
Lommel 3–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–0
Mons 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 5–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–1
OH Leuven 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 3–1 4–1
Oostende 1–3 0–2 0–3 2–3 1–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0
Roeselare 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–1
Rupel Boom 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–5 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 4–2 2–2
Tienen 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Tournai 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–3 2–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–3
Tubize 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 3–0 0–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 2–0 0–3 1–1
Turnhout 2–2 0–1 5–2 1–5 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1
Visé 3–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 0–0
Waasland-Beveren 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–1
Wetteren 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2011. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

25 goals
21 goals
20 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals

References