1975–76 in Belgian football




The 1975–1976 season was the 73rd season of competitive football in Belgium. Club Brugge KV won their third Division I title.[1]RSC Anderlechtois won the Belgian Cup against K Lierse SK (4-0)[2] and they won the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup, while Club Brugge KV reached the final of the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. The Belgium national football team ended their UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying campaign with a defeat against Netherlands in the second round, after they finished first of their group in the first round.[3] The Belgian Women's First Division was won by Standard Fémina de Liège for the second time.[4] For the first time, the Belgian Golden Shoe was awarded to a stranger, Dutch international player Johan Boskamp.




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 National team


  • 3 European competitions


  • 4 Honours


  • 5 Final league tables


    • 5.1 Division I




  • 6 References





Overview


Belgium continued the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifications in Group 7 with a win over Iceland, a defeat against East Germany and a draw against France. They finished on top of Group 7 with 8 points, 1 point ahead of East Germany, and thus qualified for the second qualifying round. This play-off was played against the Netherlands, and Belgium lost the first game with 5-0 (with 3 goals by RSC Anderlechtois striker Rob Rensenbrink), after what the Belgium manager Raymond Goethals was sacked and replaced by Guy Thijs for the second leg. In the second leg, Belgium also lost (1-2), with goals by Johnny Rep and legendary player Johan Cruyff for the Netherlands. This game marked the start of a new generation of Belgian players, with goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff playing his first game for Belgium in place of Christian Piot. Other experienced players Raoul Lambert and Jan Verheyen were also not selected for this match. Paul Van Himst had stopped his international career at the end of the previous season. New players would emerge this season with the Red Devils, like defenders Georges Leekens, Hugo Broos and Eric Gerets and midfielders Ludo Coeck and François Van Der Elst.


At the end of the season, the number of teams in Division I was decreased from 19 to 18, so the bottom two teams in Division I (K Berchem Sport and KRC Mechelen) as well as RAA Louviéroise (who finished 14th) were relegated to Division II. to be replaced by Division II champions KFC Winterslag and the Belgian Second Division Final Round winners, KV Kortrijk.

The bottom 3 teams in Division II (R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons, R Tilleur FC and K Olse Merksem SC) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by both Division III winners (Royale Union and KAS Eupen).

The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league (K Stade Leuven, RRC Tournaisien, Léopold Club Bastogne and KFC Herentals) together with the 14th-placed team with the least points (KAV Dendermonde) were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by the winner of each Promotion league (KFC Izegem, KVC Jong Lede, K Wit-Ster FC Beverst and Wavre Sports).



National team



















































Date
 Venue
 Opponents
 Score[5]
 Comp
 Belgium scorers
September 6, 1975
Stade de Sclessin, Liège (H)
Iceland
 1-0
ECQ
Raoul Lambert
September 27, 1975
Stade Emile Versé, Brussels (H)
East Germany
 1-2
ECQ
Wilfried Puis
November 15, 1975
Parc des Princes, Paris (A)
France
 0-0
ECQ
April 25, 1976
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)
Netherlands
 0-5
ECP
May 22, 1976
Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)
Netherlands
 1-2
ECP
Roger Van Gool

Key



  • H = Home match

  • A = Away match

  • N = On neutral ground

  • F = Friendly

  • ECQ = European Championship qualification

  • ECP = European Championship play-off

  • o.g. = own goal



European competitions


R White Daring Molenbeek beat Viking FK of Norway in the first round of the 1975–76 European Champion Clubs' Cup (won 3-2 at home, 1-0 away).

In the second round, they lost to HNK Hajduk Split of Yugoslavia (lost 0-4 away, 2-3 at home).


RSC Anderlechtois eliminated FC Rapid Bucureşti of Romania in the first round of the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup (lost 0-1 away, won 2-0 at home).

They then eliminated FK Borac Banja Luka of Yugoslavia in the second round (won 3-0 at home, lost 0-1 away), Wrexham FC of Wales in the quarter-finals (won 1-0 at home, drew 1-1 away) and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau of East Germany in the semi-finals (wins 3-0 away, 2-0 at home) to reach the final of a European competition for the second time.

In the final, they beat West Ham United of England 4-2, and so became the first Belgian club to win a European competition.


R Antwerp FC (2nd in the championship) and Club Brugge KV (4th) qualified to play the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. In the first round, Antwerp beat Aston Villa FC (won 4-1 at home, 1-0 away) while Club Brugge KV beat Olympique Lyonnais of France (lost 3-4 away, won 3-0 at home).

In the second round, Club Brugge went on by beating Ipswich Town FC (lost 0-3 away, win 4-0 at home), but Antwerp was eliminated by Śląsk Wrocław of Poland (drew 1-1 away, lost 1-2 at home).

Club Brugge then eliminated AS Roma of Italy in the third round (won 1-0 home and away), Milan AC of Italy in the quarter-finals (win 2-0 at home, lost 1-2 away) and Hamburger SV of West Germany in the semi-finals (drew 1-1 away, won 1-0 at home).

For the first time in their history, Club Brugge reached the final of a European competition: however they lost to Liverpool FC (lost 2-3 away, drew 1-1 at home).



Honours































Competition
 Winner

Division I
Club Brugge KV

Cup
RSC Anderlechtois

Women Division I
Standard Fémina de Liège

Division II
KFC Winterslag

Division III
Royale Union and KAS Eupen

Promotion
KFC Izegem, KVC Jong Lede, K Wit-Ster FC Beverst and Wavre Sports


Final league tables



Division I


Main article: 1975–76 Belgian First Division


  • 1975-76 Top scorer: Dutchman Hans Posthumus (K Lierse SK) with 26 goals[6]

  • 1975 Golden Shoe: Dutchman Johan Boskamp (R White Daring Molenbeek)[7]



References





  1. ^ http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1975-1976FR.pdf Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. FA website


  2. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/bekerfinales/heren_2.html[permanent dead link] FA Website


  3. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html Archived 2011-01-18 at the Wayback Machine. FA website


  4. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/kampioenen/dames_2.html Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. FA Website


  5. ^ Belgium score given first


  6. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/topschutters.html Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. FA Website


  7. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/gouden_schoen.html Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. FA Website










-

Popular posts from this blog

Guess what letter conforming each word

Image
6 $begingroup$ This is an entry in the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41: Short and Sweet. 1 letter only could be mean anything . With an additional letter in front , could be used as medicine component and something you definitely learn or at least heard once. Add another letter in front , you would possibly hear that many times . Add an additional letter in front , you would found an independent country . With an additional letter, in the end , you would found something related to apple . Add another letter in the end , you would found something bad . Hint: Each letter is unique . word knowledge letters chemistry share | improve this question ...
Read more

Port of Spain

Image
For ports in the country of Spain, see List of ports in Spain. City in City of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain City City of Port of Spain Top to bottom (left to right): Skyline of Port of Spain from Gulf of Paria; National Academy for the Performing Arts, Independence Square, Eric Williams Plaza; MovieTowne, Port of Port of Spain Motto(s):  "We Gather Strength As We Go Along" Port of Spain Coordinates: 10°40′N 61°31′W  /  10.667°N 61.517°W  / 10.667; -61.517 Coordinates: 10°40′N 61°31′W  /  10.667°N 61.517°W  / 10.667; -61.517 Country   Trinidad and Tobago Jurisdiction City of Port of Spain Settled 1560 Incorporated (town) 1853 Incorporated (city) 1914 Government  • Mayor Joel Martinez  • Governing body City Corporation Area [1]  • City 12 km 2 (5 sq mi) Elevation [2] 66 m (217 ft) Population (2011) [1]  • City 37,074  • Rank 3rd  • Density 3,090/km 2 (8,000/sq mi)...
Read more

Run scheduled task as local user group (not BUILTIN)

Image
0 I am trying to run a scheduled task with User Group (not a single user). This is working fine when I in the field "when running a task, use the following user account:" insert BUILTIN User Group (for example: Administrators or Users). But when I try it with the created Local User Group (example: TestGroup) it is not working. The Users in the TestGroup are the same as in the Administrators group. What could be the problem? Are there some restrictions to the Created User Group compared to BUILTINUsers? scheduled-tasks taskscheduler windowstaskschedule share | improve this question asked Nov 15 '18 at 15:36 Far...
Read more