The 1955–56 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 7th Division I title.http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1954-1955FR.pdf FA website This was also their third consecutive title, for the second time. RSC Anderlechtois also entered the first European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian champion. The Belgium national football team played 7 friendly games (2 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses).http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html FA website RRC Tournaisien won the Belgian Cup but after this season the competition was stopped due to the pressure of the top clubs in the vote to maintain or not the competition. The Belgian Cup would eventually resume in the 1963–64 season after the creation of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Overview At the end of the season, K Waterschei SV Thor and KFC Malinois were relegated to Division II and were replaced by Division II winner RCS Verviétois and runner-up OC Charleroi. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (SRU Verviers and KFC Herentals) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by (RCS Brugeois and VV Patro Eisden) from Division III. The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league KAV Dendermonde, KVK Waeslandia Burcht, RCS Hallois and RFC Bressoux were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by FC Eeklo, K Olse Merksem SC, R Jeunesse Arlonaise and KFC Diest from Promotion.
National team DateVenueOpponentsScore*CompBelgium scorersSeptember 25, 1955Strahov Stadium, Prague (A)Czechoslovakia2-5FHenri Coppens, Richard OrlansSeptember 28, 1955Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest (A)Romania0-1FOctober 16, 1955Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)The Netherlands2-2FSébastien Jacquemijns (2)December 25, 1955Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)France2-1FJean Jadot, Hippolyte Van Den BoschMarch 11, 1956Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)Switzerland1-3FJoseph MermansApril 8, 1956Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H)The Netherlands0-1FJune 3, 1956Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)Hungary5-4FRobert Van Kerkhoven, Remy Vandeweyer, Richard Orlans (2), Denis Houf * Belgium score given first
Key H = Home match A = Away match N = On neutral ground F = Friendly o.g. = own goal
European competitions RSC Anderlechtois lost in the first round of the first European Champion Clubs' Cup to Vörös Lobogo of Hungary (defeat 6-3 away and defeat 1-4 at home).
Honours CompetitionWinnerDivision IRSC AnderlechtoisCupRRC TournaisienDivision IIRCS VerviétoisDivision IIIRCS Brugeois and VV Patro EisdenPromotionFC Eeklo, K Olse Merksem SC, R Jeunesse Arlonaise and KFC Diest
Final league tables
Premier Division
1955-56 Top scorer: Jean Mathonet (Standard Liège) with 26 goals. 1955 Golden Shoe: Alfons Van Brandt (K Lierse SK)
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