2016–17 in Belgian football explained

The following article is a summary of the 2016–17 football season in Belgium, which is the 114th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2016 until June 2017.

National teams

Belgium national football team

See main article: Belgium national football team.

The Belgium national football team started their qualification campaign, winning 5 matches easily but needing a last minute equalizer at home against Greece to remain undefeated. They were less successful in friendlies, with two draws and one loss.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

See main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H.

Friendlies

Belgium women's national football team

See main article: Belgium women's national football team.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2016–17 season.

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
First Division A	Eupen	OH Leuven
First Division B	none	WS Brussels Dessel Sport Seraing United Virton ASV Geel Deinze Patro Eisden Maasmechelen Heist Coxyde

Belgian First Division A

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Division A.

Anderlecht secured its 34th championship, denying Club Brugge a second consecutive title. Oostende qualified for the first time for European football while Westerlo was relegated at the bottom end of the table.

Championship play-offs

Belgian First Division B

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Division B.

In the opening tournament, Roeselare edged out Lierse to assure its place in the promotion play-offs. In the closing tournament, Lierse competed with Antwerp for the lead, with Lierse being overtaken by Antwerp on the final matchday. Therefore, Lierse, who scored the most points overall, did not qualify for the promotion play-offs which were instead played by Roeselare and Antwerp. Antwerp beat Roeselare twice (3–1 at home and 1–2 in Roeselare) and returned to the highest level of Belgian football after thirteen seasons at the second level. Roeselare did qualify for the Europa League play-offs together with Lierse and Union SG. At the bottom end, Lommel United was relegated.

Promotion play-offs

Antwerp twice beat Roeselare and thereby allowed the club to return to the highest level of professional football in Belgium following thirteen seasons at the second level. Initially, they did not receive a license to compete in professional football the following season, but the decision was overturned.^[1] Roeselare got to play the Europa League play-offs.

----Antwerp won 5–2 on aggregate and was promoted.

Relegation play-offs

The four bottom teams overall competed in the relegation play-offs. In spite of a strong comeback, Lommel United was relegated finally on the last matchday after losing away to OH Leuven.

Belgian First Amateur Division

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division.

Belgian Second Amateur Division

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division.

Division C

Belgian Third Amateur Division

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division.

Division D

Cup competitions

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2016–17 Belgian Cup	Zulte Waregem		Oostende
2016 Belgian Super Cup	Club Brugge	2–1	Standard Liège

Transfers

See main article: List of Belgian football transfers summer 2016, List of Belgian football transfers winter 2016–17 and List of Belgian football transfers summer 2017.

UEFA competitions

Champions Club Brugge qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Anderlecht started in the qualifying rounds. As cup winner, Standard Liège qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Gent and Genk started in the qualifying rounds.

Overall, Belgian football clubs performed very strongly during the 2016–17 season, with both Anderlecht, Genk and Gent still active after the winter break and going very far in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, more specifically it was the first time since the 1993–94 season that three Belgian clubs reached the last 16 in Europe in the same season.

• Club Brugge had a difficult European season as they lost all six matches in the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, in a group with Leicester City, Porto and Copenhagen.
• Anderlecht also started mediocre, not getting past Rostov in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round after first getting a 2–2 draw in Russia before losing 0–2 at home. As a result, they entered the Play-off round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League where they fared much better, by easily overcoming Slavia Prague (winning twice 3–0). In the group stage they started with a home win against Gabala and looked on their way to a 0–1 away win against Saint-Etienne before conceding and injury time equalizer. They then scored 4 points in two matches against Mainz, including a spectacular 6–1 home win. Injury time goals against Gabala secured qualification but on the final matchday Anderlecht gave away a 2–0 lead at home to Saint-Etienne to lose 2–3 and with that they also had to settle for the runner-up position. In the round of 32, Anderlecht were coupled with Zenit Saint Petersburg and were underdogs. Following a confident 2–0 home win they were going into the return leg with a comfortable lead, however Zenit stormed past Anderlecht in the return leg to lead 3–0 with only ten minutes to play. In the injury time, Isaac Kiese Thelin scored his first ever goal for Anderlecht to send them through on the away goals rule. In the round of 16, Anderlecht strolled past APOEL with two 1–0 victories before meeting Manchester United in the quarterfinals. At home, Leander Dendoncker headed in the 1–1 equalizer just minutes before the end of the match. At Old Trafford, Anderlecht held Manchester to another 1–1 draw, sending the match into extra time. Marcus Rashford finally scored the 2–1, eliminating Anderlecht in their first quarter final since 1997.
• In the same manner as Club Brugge but in the Europa League rather than the Champions League, Standard Liège had also qualified directly for the group stage and failed to progress. In contrary to Club Brugge however, Standard Liège did manage to score some points and were even in the running to progress up to last matchday. Standard started with a 1–1 draw at home with Celta de Vigo and a loss away to Ajax. They then scored 4 out of 6 against Panathinaikos before again holding Celta de Vigo to 1–1. On the last matchday, they needed to beat the result of Celta de Vigo playing away to Panathinaikos, but whereas Celta won, Standard Liège only managed to draw 1–1 with Ajax and where thus eliminated.
• Gent started in the third qualifying round of the Europa League where they started with a convincing 5–0 home win against Viitorul Constanța, followed up with a lacklustre 0–0 in Romania. In the play-off round Gent also had no problems with Macedonian team Shkëndija, winning twice: 2–1 at home and 4–0 away. They thus qualified for the group stage where they drew an uninteresting group with far away teams Konyaspor, Shakhtar Donetsk and Braga. Gent started with a 1–1 draw away to Braga before beating Konyaspor 2–0 at home. They then conceded ten goals over two matches with Shakhtar Donetsk, losing 5–0 in Ukraine and 3–5 in Ghent. After another draw with Braga (2–2), Gent went into the last match knowing that they could progress only in case of an away win at Konyaspor while also requiring Braga not to win against Shakhtar. Shakhtar soon took the lead but Gent struggled throughout the match to create chances against Konyaspor and looked on their way to elimination as the match was about to end in a goalless draw when in the fifth minute of extra time Kalifa Coulibaly scored from outside of the penalty area to send Gent through. Gent was rewarded with a draw in the round of 32 against Tottenham Hotspur and managed to stun Tottenham in a 1–0 home win with a goal from Jérémy Perbet. In the return leg at Wembley, Gent was expected by many to lose but eliminated Tottenham following a 2–2 draw, with Perbet again scoring for Gent. Gent was then eliminated by Genk in the round of 16 after first losing the home leg 2–5 after which they only managed a draw in Genk.
• Genk received the final ticket in Europe and had to start already in the second qualifying round of the Europa League where they were drawn against Budućnost Podgorica from Montenegro. A 2–0 home win in the opening leg was quickly undone in the return leg as Genk was down 0–2 at halftime and the score would remain after extra-time, forcing a penalty shoot-out which Genk won 4–2. Genk then had less trouble with Cork City from Ireland, winning twice to progress into the play-off round where they faced Croatian team Lokomotiva. Genk took a 0–2 lead in Croatia but conceded two goals to only score a 2–2 away draw but followed this up with a convincing 2–0 home win to move into the group stage where they were paired with Athletic Bilbao, Rapid Wien and Sassuolo. Genk lost 3–2 away to Rapid Wien in their opening match but recovered with two home wins against Sassuolo (3–1) and Athletic Bilbao (2–0). They were then defeated 5–3 in Bilbao before scoring their third home win, beating Rapid Wien 1–0. Genk were already certain of qualification for the round of 16 before their final match, which was postponed by one day due to heavy fog in Sassuolo. As a result, on a Friday afternoon in an empty stadium, Genk won 0–2 away to Sassuolo in a match which had no more importance for neither team. In the round of 32, Genk drew 2–2 away to Romanian team Astra Giurgiu and then won the return match 1–0 before meeting Gent in the round of 16. Genk overclassed Gent during the first leg in Ghent, winning 2–5 and virtually killing the tie. The return ended in a dull 1–1 draw. Genk then fell to Celta de Vigo in the quarter-finals after first losing 3–2 in Spain but then coming one goal short as they were held to a 1–1 draw in Genk.

Date	Team	Competition	Round	Leg	Opponent	Location	Score	Belgian Team Goalscorers
14 July 2016	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 1, Home	Budućnost Podgorica	Luminus Arena, Genk		Kebano, Samatta
21 July 2016	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 2	Leg 2, Away	Budućnost Podgorica	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
26 July 2016	Anderlecht	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Away	Rostov	Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don	2–2	Hanni, Tielemans
28 July 2016	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Cork City	Luminus Arena, Genk		Bailey
28 July 2016	Gent	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 1, Home	Viitorul Constanța	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Mitrović, Coulibaly (2), Depoitre, Neto
3 August 2016	Anderlecht	Champions League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Home	Rostov	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
4 August 2016	Genk	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Cork City	Turners Cross, Cork		Buffel, Dewaest
4 August 2016	Gent	Europa League	Qual. Round 3	Leg 2, Away	Viitorul Constanța	Stadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu	0–0
18 August 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Away	Slavia Prague	Eden Arena, Prague		Sylla, Teodorczyk, Hanni
18 August 2016	Genk	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Away	Lokomotiva	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	2–2	Bailey, Samatta
18 August 2016	Gent	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 1, Home	Shkëndija	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Matton, Coulibaly
25 August 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Home	Slavia Prague	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht		Tielemans, Teodorczyk, Heylen
25 August 2016	Genk	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Home	Lokomotiva	Luminus Arena, Genk		Samatta, Bailey
25 August 2016	Gent	Europa League	Play-off round	Leg 2, Away	Shkëndija	Philip II Arena, Skopje		Matton, Coulibaly
14 September 2016	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Leicester City	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
15 September 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Gabala	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht		Teodorczyk, Rafael (o.g.), Capel
15 September 2016	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Away	Rapid Wien	Allianz Stadion, Vienna		Bailey (2)
15 September 2016	Gent	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Away	Braga	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga	1–1	Milićević
15 September 2016	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 1, Home	Celta Vigo	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	1–1	Dossevi
27 September 2016	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	Copenhagen	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
29 September 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne	1–1	Tielemans
29 September 2016	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Home	Sassuolo	Luminus Arena, Genk		Karelis, Bailey, Buffel
29 September 2016	Gent	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Home	Konyaspor	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Sayef, Neto
29 September 2016	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 2, Away	Ajax	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
18 October 2016	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Porto	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges		Vossen
20 October 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Away	Mainz	Opel Arena, Mainz	1–1	Teodorczyk
20 October 2016	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Athletic Bilbao	Luminus Arena, Genk		Brabec, Ndidi
20 October 2016	Gent	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Away	Shakhtar Donetsk	Arena Lviv, Lviv
20 October 2016	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 3, Home	Panathinaikos	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	2–2	Edmilson, Belfodil
2 November 2016	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Porto	Estádio do Dragão, Porto
3 November 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Home	Mainz	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht		Stanciu (2), Tielemans, Teodorczyk (2), Bruno
3 November 2016	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés, Bilbao		Bailey, Ndidi, Sušić
3 November 2016	Gent	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Home	Shakhtar Donetsk	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Coulibaly, Perbet, Milićević
3 November 2016	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 4, Away	Panathinaikos	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens		Cissé, Belfodil (2)
22 November 2016	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Leicester City	King Power Stadium, Leicester		Izquierdo
24 November 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Gabala	Bakcell Arena, Baku		Tielemans, Bruno, Teodorczyk
24 November 2016	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Home	Rapid Wien	Luminus Arena, Genk		Karelis
24 November 2016	Gent	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Home	Braga	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent	2–2	Coulibaly, Milićević
24 November 2016	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 5, Away	Celta Vigo	Balaídos, Vigo	1–1	Laifis
7 December 2016	Club Brugge	Champions League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	Copenhagen	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
8 December 2016	Anderlecht	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	Saint-Étienne	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht		Chipciu, Stanciu
8 December 2016	Gent	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Away	Konyaspor	Torku Arena, Konya		Coulibaly
8 December 2016	Standard Liège	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Home	Ajax	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	1–1	Raman
9 December 2016	Genk	Europa League	Group Stage	Matchday 6, Away	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia		Heynen, Trossard
16 February 2017	Anderlecht	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Home	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht		Acheampong (2)
16 February 2017	Genk	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Away	Astra Giurgiu	Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu	2–2	Castagne, Trossard
16 February 2017	Gent	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 1, Home	Tottenham Hotspur	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Perbet
23 February 2017	Anderlecht	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Away	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg		Kiese Thelin
23 February 2017	Genk	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Home	Astra Giurgiu	Luminus Arena, Genk		Pozuelo
23 February 2017	Gent	Europa League	Round of 32	Leg 2, Away	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium, London	2–2	Kane (o.g.), Perbet
9 March 2017	Anderlecht	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 1, Away	APOEL	GSP Stadium, Nicosia		Stanciu
9 March 2017	Genk	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 1, Away	Gent	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Malinovskyi, Colley, Samatta (2), Uronen
9 March 2017	Gent	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 1, Home	Genk	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent		Kalu, Coulibaly
16 March 2017	Anderlecht	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 2, Home	APOEL	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht		Acheampong
16 March 2017	Genk	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 2, Home	Gent	Luminus Arena, Genk	1–1	Castagne
16 March 2017	Gent	Europa League	Round of 16	Leg 2, Away	Genk	Luminus Arena, Genk	1–1	L. Verstraete
13 April 2017	Anderlecht	Europa League	Quarter-finals	Leg 1, Home	Manchester United	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht	1–1	Dendoncker
13 April 2017	Genk	Europa League	Quarter-finals	Leg 1, Away	Celta Vigo	Balaídos, Vigo		Boëtius, Buffel
20 April 2017	Anderlecht	Europa League	Quarter-finals	Leg 2, Away	Manchester United	Old Trafford, Manchester		Hanni
20 April 2017	Genk	Europa League	Quarter-finals	Leg 2, Home	Celta Vigo	Luminus Arena, Genk	1–1	Trossard

European qualification for 2017–18 summary

Competition	Qualifiers	Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Group Stage	Anderlecht	1st in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions	Club Brugge	2nd in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Europa League Group Stage	Zulte Waregem	Cup winner
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round	Gent	3rd in Belgian First Division A
UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round	Oostende	Europa League Playoff winner

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football (Belgian First Division A and Belgian First Division B):

Team	Division	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Sint-Truiden	Belgian First Division A	Chris O'Loughlin	Sacked	End of 2015–16 season[2]	Pre-season	Ivan Leko	14 April 2016[3]
Antwerp	Belgian First Division B	David Gevaert	Sacked	End of 2015–16 season[4]		Frederik Vanderbiest	19 May 2016[5]
Anderlecht	Belgian First Division A	Besnik Hasi	Mutual consent	End of 2015–16 season[6]		René Weiler	21 June 2016
Kortrijk	Belgian First Division A	Patrick De Wilde		End of 2015–16 season[7]		Karim Belhocine	1 July 2016
Cercle Brugge	Belgian First Division B	Frederik Vanderbiest		18 May 2016[8]		Vincent Euvrard	25 May 2016[9]
Roeselare	Belgian First Division B	Franky Van der Elst		18 May 2016[10]		Arnauld Mercier	25 May 2016
Tubize	Belgian First Division B	Colbert Marlot		8 June 2016[11]		Thierry Goudet	8 June 2016
Tubize	Belgian First Division B	Thierry Goudet	Sacked	17 August 2016[12]	8th	Régis Brouard	28 August 2016[13]
Kortrijk	Belgian First Division A	Karim Belhocine	Did not possess Pro-licence diploma	29 August 2016[14]	8th	Bart Van Lancker	29 August 2016
Standard Liège	Belgian First Division A	Yannick Ferrera	Sacked	6 September 2016[15]	10th	Aleksandar Janković	6 September 2016
Mechelen	Belgian First Division A	Aleksandar Janković	Signed by Standard Liège	6 September 2016	7th	Yannick Ferrera	12 September 2016[16]
Westerlo	Belgian First Division A	Bob Peeters	Sacked	13 September 2016[17]	16th	Jacky Mathijssen	14 September 2016[18]
Lommel United	Belgian First Division B	Karel Fraeye		8 October 2016[19]	8th	Walter Meeuws	20 October 2016[20]
Antwerp	Belgian First Division B	Frederik Vanderbiest		11 October 2016[21]	4th	David Gevaert	15 October 2016[22]
Lokeren	Belgian First Division A	Georges Leekens		26 October 2016[23]	12th	Rúnar Kristinsson	28 October 2016[24]
Waasland-Beveren	Belgian First Division A	Stijn Vreven		28 October 2016[25]	14th	Čedomir Janevski	7 November 2016[26]
Cercle Brugge	Belgian First Division B	Vincent Euvrard		29 October 2016[27]	7th	José Riga	1 November 2016[28]
Antwerp	Belgian First Division B	David Gevaert	Resigned	10 November 2016[29]	3rd	Wim De Decker	17 November 2016[30]
Lommel United	Belgian First Division B	Walter Meeuws	Sacked	23 November 2016[31]	Closing tournament: 6th Overall: 8th	Tom Van Imschoot	23 November 2016
Excel Mouscron	Belgian First Division A	Glen De Boeck		5 December 2016[32]	15th	Mircea Rednic	6 December 2016[33]
Genk	Belgian First Division A	Peter Maes		26 December 2016[34]	9th	Albert Stuivenberg	27 December 2016
OH Leuven	Belgian First Division B	Emilio Ferrera		15 January 2017[35]	Closing tournament: 6th Overall: 5th	Dennis van Wijk	19 January 2017[36]
Kortrijk	Belgian First Division A		Belhocine obtained Pro-licence diploma	8 March 2017[37]	10th	Karim Belhocine	8 March 2017
Lierse	Belgian First Division B	Eric Van Meir	Sacked	15 March 2017[38]	Closing tournament: 2nd Overall: 1st	Frederik Vanderbiest	17 March 2017[39]
Standard Liège	Belgian First Division A	Aleksandar Janković		17 April 2017[40]	Regular season: 9th Europa League POs: 5th	José Jeunechamps (caretaker)	17 April 2017
Tubize	Belgian First Division B	Régis Brouard		21 April 2017[41]	Relegation play-offs: 2nd	Sadio Demba	3 May 2017[42]

See also

• 2016–17 Belgian First Division A
• 2016–17 Belgian First Division B
• 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division
• 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division
• 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division
• 2016–17 Belgian Cup
• 2016 Belgian Super Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Antwerp krijgt toch licentie voor 1A van het BAS. 2017-05-03. nl. Antwerp receives licence for the 1A by the BAS. 2017-06-05. 2017-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170506135001/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/1.2968748. dead.
2. News: STVV gaat niet door met coach O'Loughlin: "Zoeken opnieuw een jeugdige trainer" . STVV does not continue with manager O'Loughlin: "We're looking for a youthful trainer again" . sporza.be . 2016-04-04 . nl .
3. News: Ivan Leko wordt coach van STVV: "Dit is een ambitieuze club" . Ivan Leko becomes manager of STVV: "This is an ambitious club" . sporza.be . 2016-04-14 . nl .
4. News: Antwerp schuift hoofdcoach Gevaert aan de kant . Antwerp sacks manager Gevaert . sporza.be . 2016-05-06. nl.
5. News: Antwerp stelt Fred Vanderbiest voor als nieuwe coach . Antwerp presents Fred Vanderbiest as new manager . sporza.be . 2016-05-19. nl.
6. News: Hasi is niet langer coach van Anderlecht. Hasi no longer manager at Anderlecht. sporza.be. 2016-05-25. nl.
7. News: Kortrijk en De Wilde zetten hun samenwerking stop, nieuwe spits tekent . Kortrijk and De Wilde stop cooperation, nieuwe spits tekent . sporza.be . 2016-07-01 . nl .
8. News: Vanderbiest verlaat Cercle (en lijkt op weg naar Antwerp) . Vanderbiest leaves Cercle (and seems to be on his way to Antwerp) . sporza.be . 2016-05-18. nl.
9. News: Cercle kiest voor Euvrard als trainer, Roeselare voor Mercier . Cercle chooses Euvrard as manager, Roeselare picks Mercier . sporza.be . 2016-05-25. nl.
10. News: Van der Elst verlaat Roeselare: "Jammer" . Van der Elst leaves Roeselare: "Pity" . sporza.be . 2016-05-18. nl.
11. News: Le Français Thierry Goudet nouvel entraîneur de Tubize . Frenchman Thierry Goudet is the new trainer of Tubize . rtbf.be . 2016-06-08. fr.
12. News: Tubeke stuurt coach Goudet de laan uit . Tubeke sacks coach Goudet . sporza.be . 2016-08-17. nl.
13. News: Tubeke vindt nieuwe oefenmeester in de Franse tweede klasse . Tubeke finds new trainer in French second division . sporza.be . 2016-08-28. nl.
14. News: Bart Van Lancker is nieuwe stroman bij KV Kortrijk . Bart Van Lancker is new jackstraw at KV Kortrijk . sporza.be . 2016-08-29 . nl .
15. News: Standard stopt met Yannick Ferrera en verwelkomt Aleksandar Jankovic . Standard ends cooperation with Yannick Ferrera and welcomes Aleksandar Jankovic . sporza.be . 2016-09-06 . nl .
16. News: Ferrera: "KVM is beste wat me kon overkomen na Standard" . Ferrera: "KVM best thing which could happen to me after Standard" . sporza.be . 2016-09-12 . nl .
17. News: Bob Peeters krijgt zijn ontslag bij Westerlo . Bob Peeters gets sacked at Westerlo . sporza.be . 2016-09-13 . nl .
18. News: Jacky Mathijssen moet Westerlo uit de gevarenzone loodsen . Jacky Mathijssen to lead Westerlo out of danger zone . sporza.be . 2016-09-14 . nl .
19. News: Pak rammel van Tubeke kost Lommel-trainer de kop . Beating by Tubize causes sacking of Lommel manager . sporza.be . 2016-10-08. nl.
20. News: Lommel haalt Walter Meeuws terug naar Gestelsedijk . Lommel brings Walter Meeuws back to the Gestelsedijk . sporza.be . 2016-10-20. nl.
21. News: Antwerp zet coach Fred Vanderbiest op de keien . Antwerp places manager Fred Vanderbiest without a job . sporza.be . 2016-10-11. nl.
22. News: Antwerp gaat weer in zee met Gevaert, Bico wordt sportief manager . Antwerp recommences cooperation with Gevaert, Bico becomes sports manager . sporza.be . 2016-10-11. nl.
23. News: Georges Leekens is niet langer trainer van Lokeren . Georges Leekens no longer trainer at Lokeren . sporza.be . 2016-10-26 . nl .
24. News: Lokeren legt lot in handen van Runar Kristinsson: IJslander volgt Georges Leekens op . Knack . 28 October 2016 . 28 October 2016 . nl.
25. News: Vreven vertrekt bij Waasland-Beveren . RTV Utrecht . 28 October 2016 . 28 October 2016 . nl.
26. News: Janevski volgt Vreven op bij Waasland-Beveren . Sport.be . 7 November 2016 . 7 November 2016 . nl.
27. News: Cercle-coach Euvrard moet opstappen door tegenvallende resultaten . Cercle-coach Euvrard sacked following disappointing results . sporza.be . 2016-10-29. nl.
28. News: José Riga is de nieuwe coach van Cercle Brugge . José Riga new head coach at Cercle Brugge . sporza.be . 2016-05-25. nl.
29. News: Antwerp-coach Gevaert stapt al na een maand zelf op . Antwerp-coach Gevaert resigns already after one month . sporza.be . 2016-11-10. nl.
30. News: Wim De Decker traint Antwerp tegen OHL (en misschien langer) . Wim De Decker leading Antwerp against OHL (and maybe longer) . sporza.be . 2016-11-17. nl.
31. News: Lommel neemt na een maand al afscheid van Meeuws, Tom Van Imschoot neemt over . After just one month, Lommel already says goodbye to Meeuws, Tom Van Imschoot takes over . sporza.be . 2016-11-23. nl.
32. News: Moeskroen zet Glen De Boeck op de keien . Mouscron kicks Glen De Boeck to the curb . sporza.be . 5 December 2016 . 6 December 2016 . nl .
33. News: Mircea Rednic moet Moeskroen uit de nood helpen . Mircea Rednic to help Mouscron get out of trouble . sporza.be . 6 December 2016 . 6 December 2016 . nl .
34. News: Peter Maes is ontslagen als coach van KRC Genk . Peter Maes sacked as head coach of KRC Genk . sporza.be . 5 December 2016 . 26 December 2016 . nl .
35. News: OHL zet Emilio Ferrera buiten de deur na zoveelste nederlaag . OHL sacks Emilio Ferrera following yet another defeat . sporza.be . 2017-01-15. nl.
36. News: Dennis van Wijk moet OHL weer op het rechte pad krijgen . Dennis van Wijk to put OHL on the right track again . sporza.be . 2017-01-19. nl.
37. News: Belhocine neemt opnieuw over als T1 bij KV Kortrijk . Belhocine again takes over as head coach at KV Kortrijk . sporza.be . 2017-03-08 . nl .
38. News: Eric Van Meir wordt dan toch ontslagen door Lierse . Eric Van Meir sacked after all by Lierse . sporza.be . 2017-03-15. nl.
39. News: Vanderbiest moet Lierse volgend seizoen naar 1A loodsen . Vanderbiest to guide Lierse to 1A next season . sporza.be . 2017-03-17. nl.
40. News: Aleksandar Jankovic is ontslagen bij Standard . Aleksandar Jankovic sacked at Standard . sporza.be . 2017-04-17 . nl .
41. News: Tubeke ontslaat coach Brouard in degradatiestrijd: "Om schokeffect te creëren" . Tubeke sacks coach Brouard during relegation battle: "Creating shock effect" . sporza.be . 2017-04-21. nl.
42. News: De assistent van John Bico strijkt neer in Tubeke . Assistant of John Bico arrives at Tubize . sporza.be . 2017-05-03. nl.