1989–90 Belgian First Division
# 1989–90 Belgian First Division

The 1989–90 edition of the Belgian League was the 87th since its establishment: Which played from September 1989 to May 1990 involved 18 teams, and Club Brugge K.V. won the championship, while K.S.K. Beveren and K.R.C. Mechelen were relegated.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Club Brugge K.V. | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 57 | Qualified for 1990–91 European Cup |
| 2 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 21 | +55 | 53 | Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | KV Mechelen | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 14 | +51 | 50 | Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Royal Antwerp FC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 43 | Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 42 | |
| 6 | K.A.A. Gent | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 36 | |
| 7 | K.V. Kortrijk | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 33 | |
| 8 | K. Beerschot V.A.C. | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Lierse S.K. | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 28 | |
| 11 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 28 | |
| 12 | R.F.C. de Liège | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 28 | Qualified for 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 13 | Germinal Ekeren | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 27 | |
| 14 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 27 | |
| 15 | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 27 | |
| 16 | K.S.V. Waregem | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 25 | |
| 17 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 24 | Relegated to Belgian Second Division |
| 18 | K.R.C. Mechelen | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 21 | Relegated to Belgian Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | ANT | BEE | BEV | CER | CLU | CHA | EKE | GNT | KOR | RCL | LIE | LOK | KVM | RCM | STV | STA | WAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anderlecht | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Antwerp | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Beerschot | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Beveren | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Cercle Brugge | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Club Brugge | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Charleroi | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Germinal Ekeren | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Gent | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Kortrijk | 0–2 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Liège | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Lierse | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Lokeren | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| KV Mechelen | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| K.R.C. Mechelen | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sint-Truiden | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Standard Liège | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Waregem | 0–5 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |

## Topscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Frank Farina | 24 | Club Brugge |
| Marc Degryse | 18 | Anderlecht |
| John Bosman | 16 | Mechelen |
| Nico Claesen | 16 | Royal Antwerp |
| Marc Van Der Linden | 15 | Royal Antwerp |
| Jan Ceulemans | 15 | Club Brugge |
| Eric Viscaal | 14 | Lierse |
