1960–61 Belgian First Division
# 1960–61 Belgian First Division

Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1960–61 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Standard Liège won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Standard Liège | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 25 | +42 | 45 | Qualified for 1961–62 European Cup |
| 2 | R.F.C. de Liège | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 41 | |
| 3 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 37 | |
| 4 | Beerschot | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 33 | |
| 5 | Daring Club Bruxelles | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 33 | |
| 6 | K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 32 | |
| 7 | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 31 | |
| 8 | Club Brugge K.V. | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Royal Antwerp FC | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Eendracht Alost | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 28 | |
| 11 | La Gantoise | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 28 | |
| 12 | Lierse S.K. | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 28 | |
| 13 | R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 26 | |
| 14 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 23 | Qualified for 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 15 | R.C.S. Verviétois | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 19 | Relegated to Division II |
| 16 | Patro Eisden | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 18 | Relegated to Division II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | ANT | BEE | CLU | DAR | EIS | GNT | FCL | LIE | OLY | STA | STV | USG | VER | WTG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eendracht Alost | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 |
| Anderlecht | 7–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Antwerp | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Beerschot | 9–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Club Brugge | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Daring Club | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Patro Eisden | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| La Gantoise | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Liège | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Lierse | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Olympic Charleroi | 1–1 | 0–7 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Standard Liège | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 |
| Sint-Truiden | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Union SG | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–9 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Verviers | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–3 |
| Waterschei Thor | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |

* ↑ The match between Anderlecht and La Gantoise (15th day played after the 30th) ended with the score of 1–2 in favor of the "Buffalos". But the Sports Committee inflicts a loss by forfeit (0–5) to the "Mauves" because they have fielded an unqualified player.
