1996–97 Belgian First Division

Lierse won the title of the 1996–97 season.

Belgian First Division

Season	1996–97
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Relegated teams

Aalst

Anderlecht
Molenbeek

Antwerp

Germinal Beerschot

Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge

Charleroi

Sint-Truiden

Genk

Gent

Standard

Lierse

Lokeren

Lommel

Mechelen

Mouscron

Harelbeke

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1996–97

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

• KV Mechelen
• Cercle Brugge

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lierse S.K.	34	21	10	3	70	38	+32	73	Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
2	Club Brugge	34	22	5	7	69	34	+35	71	Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3	R.E. Mouscron	34	17	10	7	60	38	+22	61
4	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	16	10	8	59	36	+23	58
5	K.F.C. Lommel S.K.	34	16	9	9	50	48	+2	57	Qualified for 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6	R. Antwerp F.C.	34	16	5	13	51	49	+2	53
7	Standard Liège	34	16	2	16	55	55	0	50
8	K.R.C. Genk	34	13	9	12	49	43	+6	48
9	K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen	34	12	11	11	50	42	+8	47
10	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	34	13	7	14	56	57	−1	46	Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
11	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	10	9	15	46	56	−10	39
12	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	10	8	16	41	57	−16	38
13	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	10	7	17	44	58	−14	37
14	K.A.A. Gent	34	10	6	18	44	58	−14	36
15	K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst	34	8	12	14	44	55	−11	36
16	R.W.D. Molenbeek	34	8	11	15	32	43	−11	35
17	Y.R. K.V. Mechelen	34	7	10	17	33	55	−22	31	Relegated to Division II
18	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	34	6	9	19	36	67	−31	27

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	AND	ANT	CER	CLU	CHA	EKE	GNK	GNT	HAR	LIE	LOK	LOM	MEC	MOL	MOU	STV	STA
Eendracht Aalst		0–0	1–2	4–2	1–1	2–2	5–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–2
Anderlecht	3–0		2–3	4–0	0–1	6–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	6–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1
Antwerp	1–0	0–2		0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–4	3–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	3–0
Cercle Brugge	1–2	0–3	0–1		0–2	1–0	2–3	0–4	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–6	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–4
Club Brugge	3–0	2–1	4–2	3–0		2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–4	8–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	6–1	3–0
Charleroi	2–3	0–0	3–0	1–3	3–0		4–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2
Germinal Ekeren	6–1	4–1	6–3	2–2	0–0	1–0		0–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–0
Genk	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	3–1		4–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1
Gent	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–1		1–4	4–5	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–1
Harelbeke	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–1		3–1	5–1	0–2	3–3	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–3
Lierse	0–1	5–1	1–0	4–2	2–2	4–0	0–0	5–2	2–1	1–0		3–0	3–2	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Lokeren	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	4–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1		3–3	4–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
Lommel	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0
Mechelen	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1		0–2	0–2	0–2	3–0
Molenbeek	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–1		2–0	2–1	1–1
Mouscron	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–4	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–0		5–0	2–1
Sint-Truiden	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	0–1	2–4	2–3	0–2	2–0		2–0
Standard Liège	3–0	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–3	4–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–3	3–1	3–1	3–0	4–3	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.