1971–72 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1971–72 season.

Belgian First Division

Season	1971–72
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Overview

Anderlecht
Racing White
Union SG
Crossing

Antwerp

Beerschot

Beveren

Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge

Diest

RFC Liège
Standard

Lierse

KV Mechelen

Sint-Truiden

Waregem

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1971–72

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	R.S.C. Anderlecht	30	19	7	4	67	25	+42	45	Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup
2	Club Brugge K.V.	30	18	9	3	57	22	+35	45	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
3	Standard Liège	30	15	11	4	48	19	+29	41	Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
4	Racing White	30	13	10	7	42	28	+14	36	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
5	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	30	12	8	10	30	24	+6	32
6	KV Mechelen	30	10	11	9	35	31	+4	31
7	Lierse S.K.	30	11	8	11	36	42	−6	30
8	R.F.C. de Liège	30	12	4	14	41	47	−6	28
9	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30	10	8	12	26	40	−14	28
10	Beerschot	30	11	5	14	33	39	−6	27
11	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	30	9	8	13	31	42	−11	26
12	Royal Antwerp FC	30	8	9	13	32	33	−1	25
13	KFC Diest	30	8	9	13	27	50	−23	25
14	Crossing Club Schaerbeek	30	6	12	12	17	35	−18	24
15	K.S.V. Waregem	30	7	7	16	30	44	−14	21	Relegated to Division II
16	K.S.K. Beveren	30	5	6	19	21	52	−31	16

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AND	ANT	BEE	BEV	CER	CLU	CRO	DIE	FCL	LIE	MEC	RRW	STA	STV	USG	WAR
Anderlecht		3–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	8–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	6–0	2–1
Antwerp	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–0
Beerschot	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–0
Beveren	1–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–4	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–3
Cercle Brugge	2–0	1–4	3–1	1–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Club Brugge	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–1	1–1		1–0	5–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–1
Crossing Schaerbeek	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1
Diest	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	3–1
Liège	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1		0–2	6–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	4–0
Lierse	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–2
Mechelen	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Racing White	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0
Standard Liège	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–3		3–0	2–1	2–0
Sint-Truiden	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–3		0–1	3–1
Union SG	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–0
Waregem	0–4	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0

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