1955–56 Belgian First Division

53rd season of top-tier football in Belgium
Football league season
Belgian First Division
Season1955–56

The 1955–56 season of the Belgian First Division was won by R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Overview

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1955–56

It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.[1]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 R.S.C. Anderlecht (C) 30 18 6 6 83 36 +47 42 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Royal Antwerp FC 30 14 11 5 55 38 +17 39
3 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 12 13 5 59 46 +13 37
4 K Berchem Sport 30 12 9 9 53 52 +1 33
5 K.R.C. Mechelen 30 13 7 10 55 56 −1 33
6 R.F.C. de Liège 30 12 7 11 59 53 +6 31
7 R. Charleroi S.C. 30 12 7 11 52 52 0 31
8 Standard Liège 30 11 8 11 68 48 +20 30
9 Daring Club 30 12 5 13 49 51 −2 29
10 Beerschot 30 12 5 13 51 59 −8 29
11 Lierse S.K. 30 12 4 14 41 53 −12 28
12 La Gantoise 30 7 12 11 47 42 +5 26
13 Beringen FC 30 8 9 13 39 52 −13 25
14 Tilleur FC 30 9 7 14 43 60 −17 25
15 K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk 30 8 6 16 42 63 −21 22 Relegated to Division II
16 KV Mechelen 30 6 8 16 45 80 −35 20
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AND ANT BEE BRC BER CHA DAR GNT FCL LIE KVM RCM STA USG TIL WTG
Anderlecht 2–2 6–0 4–1 2–0 2–3 4–0 4–0 4–3 4–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–2 8–2 4–1
Antwerp 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 2–2 2–3 4–0 4–1 2–0 4–4 2–1 0–0
Beerschot 1–0 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–3 1–1 8–3 1–3 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–1
Berchem 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 3–1 5–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 4–1
Beringen 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 6–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–5 0–5 1–2 2–5
Charleroi 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 7–1 4–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–3
Daring Club 1–4 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
La Gantoise 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 4–2 0–0 9–2
Liège 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–5 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–2
Lierse 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–3 1–3 2–1
KV Mechelen 1–7 1–1 6–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–3 1–5 3–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 3–1
K.R.C. Mechelen 4–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 0–2 2–2 2–3 2–0 5–1 3–3 1–1 3–1 5–1
Standard Liège 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–8 2–2 7–1 2–0 4–1 6–0 1–1 6–0 2–1
Union SG 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–2
Tilleur 0–1 0–2 3–2 3–4 3–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–5 5–0 3–1
Waterschei Thor 0–5 1–2 0–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ Ploquin, Phil; Nackaerts, Luc; Coolsaet, Jeroen. "Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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