The 2024–25 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier football in Belgium.
Teams Beerschot and Dender EH were promoted respectively as champions and runners-up of the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League. Beerschot returned to the top level after just two seasons, while Dender EH needed 15 seasons to return (including four seasons playing at the third level). They replaced Eupen and RWD Molenbeek who were relegated at the end of the previous season.
Stadiums and locations
Matricule Club Location Venue Capacity 35 Anderlecht, Brussels Lotto Park 21,500 1 Antwerp Bosuilstadion 16,144 13 Olympisch Stadion 12,771 12 Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,042 22 Charleroi Stade du Pays de Charleroi 14,000 3 Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 29,042 3900 Denderleeuw Van Roystadion 6,429 322 Genk Cegeka Arena 24,956 7 Ghent Planet Group Arena 20,000 19 Kortrijk Guldensporen Stadion 9,399 25 Mechelen AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne 16,700 18 Leuven Den Dreef 10,000 373 Sint-Truiden Stayen 14,600 16 Liège Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,023 10 Forest, Brussels Stade Joseph Marien 9,400 2024 Westerlo Het Kuipje 8,035
Number of teams by area Province or region Team(s)4 , , and 3 , and 2 and and and 1
Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt sponsors (front)Shirt sponsors (back)Shirt sponsors (sleeve)Shorts sponsor Anderlecht Besnik Hasi Jan Vertonghen Joma Napoleon Sports & CasinoNoneNoneNone Antwerp Andries Ulderink Toby Alderweireld Jako betFIRSTHeylen Vastgoed, GhelamcoAntwerpFirst, betFIRSTNone Beerschot Dirk Kuyt Ryan Sanusi Erreà Star Casino, Wolf LubricantsYelo Rent a Car, MystershirtWolf LubricantsYelo Rent a Car, Green House Solutions Cercle Brugge Bernd Storck Thibo Somers Kappa Golden Palace Casino Sports, Volvo AutomobiliaLiantis, Callant InsuranceGolden Palace Casino SportsAutoverhuur Meerschaert, Rodenbach Charleroi Rik De Mil Adem Zorgane Kipsta Unibet, R-Aqua, CairoxQNT SportNoneUMons Club Brugge Nicky Hayen Hans Vanaken Castore UnibetAllianzUnibetNone Dender EH Vincent Euvrard Lennard Hens Jako Star Casino, ValckenierNoneNoneNone Genk Thorsten Fink Bryan Heynen Nike Beobank, ITZU ForeignWilms NV, CarglassACEGCegeka, Carglass Gent Danijel Milićević (caretaker) Sven Kums Craft Bâloise/Hamann International Logistics (in UEFA matches)Circus Belgium, Vdk bankHyundaiAPF Autoparts, Vdk bank Kortrijk Bernd Storck João Silva Erreà AGO Jobs & HR, UnibetBrustor, EARTH Solar Solution, Caps Fuel CardNOVYUnibet, Caps Fuel Card Mechelen Frederik Vanderbiest (caretaker) Rob SchoofsErreà Telenet, Groep Verelst, Play Sports, AFAS SoftwareAFAS Software, EnergyKingGolden Palace Casino SportsArco Information, Golden Palace Casino Sports OH Leuven Chris Coleman Mathieu Maertens Stanno Star CasinoBanqup, Tegel ConceptStar CasinoNone Sint-Truiden Wouter Vrancken Bruno Godeau Olympic Sportswear Maruhan, DMM.com, Oliverhood, Crafty Inc.Sint TruidenAsahi Kasei, MaruhanPauli Beton, SEPTENI, Shin Takarajima Holdings, All Ads Inc. Standard Liège Ivan Leko Arnaud Bodart Adidas Circus BelgiumNoneNoneNone Union SG Sébastien Pocognoli Anthony Moris Nike Loterie Nationale/Hey! Telecom (in UEFA matches)Hey! TelecomCupraNone Westerlo Timmy Simons Sinan Bolat Nike SoudalCasino777, Arma GlobalKeukens Vanlommel, Voetbalshop.beSoloya
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment Gent Hein Vanhaezebrouck End of contract 30 June 2024 Pre-season Wouter Vrancken 5 June 2024 Genk Domenico Olivieri Michel Ribeiro Eddy Vanhemel End of caretaker spell Thorsten Fink 5 June 2024 Westerlo Bart Goor Timmy Simons 23 May 2024 Dender Timmy Simons Signed by Westerlo Vincent Euvrard 31 May 2024 Antwerp Mark van Bommel End of contract Jonas De Roeck 4 June 2024 Sint-Truiden Thorsten Fink Signed by Genk Christian Lattanzio 14 June 2024 Union SG Alexander Blessin Signed by St. Pauli Sébastien Pocognoli 7 July 2024 Sint-Truiden Christian Lattanzio Sacked 3 September 2024 15th Felice Mazzù 5 September 2024 Anderlecht Brian Riemer 19 September 2024 4th David Hubert 19 September 2024OH Leuven Óscar García 22 November 2024 13th Hans Somers (caretaker) 22 November 2024 Hans Somers (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 2 December 2024 13th Chris Coleman 2 December 2024 Cercle Brugge Miron Muslić Sacked 2 December 2024 15th Jimmy De Wulf (caretaker) 2 December 2024 Jimmy De Wulf End of caretaker spell 10 December 2024 15th Ferdinand Feldhofer 10 December 2024 Kortrijk Freyr Alexandersson Sacked 17 December 2024 14th Yves Vanderhaeghe 18 December 2024 Gent Wouter Vrancken Mutual consent 21 January 2025 6th Danijel Milićević (caretaker) 21 January 2025 Kortrijk Yves Vanderhaeghe Sacked 19 February 2025 15th Bernd Storck 20 February 2025 Antwerp Jonas De Roeck 3 March 2025 5th Andries Ulderink 4 March 2025 Mechelen Besnik Hasi 4 March 2025 10th Frederik Vanderbiest (caretaker) 4 March 2025 Cercle Brugge Ferdinand Feldhofer 17 March 2025 13th Jimmy De Wulf 21 March 2025 Anderlecht David Hubert Replaced 20 March 2025 4th Besnik Hasi 20 March 2025Sint-Truiden Felice Mazzù Sacked 10 April 2025 2nd (relegation play-offs) Frédéric De Meyer (caretaker) 10 April 2025 Frédéric De Meyer (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 15 April 2025 1st (relegation play-offs) Wouter Vrancken 15 April 2025 Kortrijk Bernd Storck Signed by Cercle Brugge 12 May 2025 3rd (relegation play-offs)not replaced (season ended) Cercle Brugge Jimmy De Wulf Replaced 12 May 2025 2nd (relegation play-offs) Bernd Storck 12 May 2025
Regular season League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each round, with postponed matches and points deductions only included when occurring. Teams with fewer matches played are shown with their position underlined, with each line representing one fewer match.
Due to their taking parts in the qualifying rounds for European football, several matches of matchday 5 were postponed: Anderlecht vs Genk and Cercle Brugge vs Gent. The first match was rescheduled for the midweek of 17 September, in between matchdays 7 and 8. The second match was rescheduled for the midweek of 26 September, in between matchdays 8 and 9.
Colored cells refer to being in Champions' Play-offs (green), in Europe Play-offs (blue) or Relegation play-offs (red).
Results
Play-offs Champions' play-offs The champions' play-offs decided the overall league champion. The top six teams of the regular season qualified and played a round-robin tournament, with each team starting with half the points obtained during the regular season. The starting points were rounded up, and in case of ties in standings at the end of the champions' play-offs, any half points gained at the start were deducted first.
The points of Club Brugge, Union SG, Anderlecht and Gent were rounded up, and thus in the event of a tie on points, Genk and Antwerp would always be ranked ahead of those four teams. The teams finishing in the top three positions after conclusion of the champions' play-offs qualified for European football, with the team in position four facing the winner of the Europe play-offs for the final ticket, unless the winner of the Belgian Cup finished in one of the top four positions, in which case the fifth team took part instead.
Europe play-offs The Europe play-offs were played by the teams in positions 7 through 12 at the conclusion of the regular season. Teams played a round-robin tournament, with each team starting with half the points obtained during the regular season. The starting points were rounded up, and in case of ties in standings at the end of the Europe play-offs, any half points gained at the start were deducted first.
The points of Standard, Westerlo, Charleroi and OH Leuven were rounded up, and thus in the event of a tie on points, Mechelen and Dender EH would always be ranked ahead of those three teams.
The winner of the Europe play-offs faced the team finishing fourth in the champions' play-offs to decide which team qualified for European football.
European competition play-off A single match was played between Antwerp, the fifth place finisher of the Champions' play-offs, and Charleroi, the winner of the Europe play-offs, with home advantage to the team from the Champions' play-offs. The winner qualified for European football.
Normally the fourth team of the champions' play-offs would have faced the winner of the Europe play-offs, but as Club Brugge won the 2024–25 Belgian Cup on 4 May 2025 and was already guaranteed of finishing in the top four, instead the fifth-placed team of the champions' play-offs faced Charleroi.
Relegation play-offs The bottom four teams after the regular season played the relegation play-offs, a round-robin tournament in which they started with the full points obtained during the regular season. The teams finishing in third and fourth at the conclusion of the relegation play-offs were relegated to the 2025–26 Challenger Pro League, and the team finishing in second place had to play the winner of the promotion play-offs, with the winner of that match playing in the 2025–26 Belgian Pro League.
Season statistics Despite teams not playing the same number of matches due to the play-offs, goals during the play-offs do count in determining the top scorer.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Adriano BertacciniSint-Truiden21 Tolu ArokodareGenk3 Kasper DolbergAnderlecht184 Promise DavidUnion SG175 Nikola ŠtulićCharleroi166 Franjo IvanovićUnion SG15 Christos TzolisClub Brugge8 Tjaronn CheryAntwerp14 Daan HeymansCharleroi10 Benito RamanMechelen13 Matija FriganWesterlo
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Jacob OndrejkaAntwerpSint-Truiden6–1 (H)11 August 2024 Kasper DolbergAnderlechtCercle Brugge0–5 (A)10 November 2024 Christos Tzolis4Club BruggeSint-Truiden7–0 (H)23 November 2024 Kasper Dolberg4AnderlechtCercle Brugge5–0 (H)23 April 2025 Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Anthony MorisUnion SG202 Colin CoosemansAnderlecht173 Davy RoefGent11 Tobe LeysenOH Leuven5 Matthieu EpoloStandard Liege10 Simon MignoletClub Brugge Ortwin De WolfMechelen8 Senne LammensAntwerp99 Hendrik van CrombruggeGenk8 Michael VerripsDender EH
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 12 Birger Verstraete (OH Leuven) Most red cards: 2 6 players
Club Most yellow cards: 96 Westerlo Fewest yellow cards: 54 Genk Most red cards: 7 Beerschot OH Leuven Fewest red cards: 2 3 clubs Awards Award Winner Club Player of the Season Ardon Jashari Club Brugge Talent of the Season Ardon Jashari Club Brugge Goal of the Season Konstantinos Karetsas Genk Coach of the Season Sébastien Pocognoli Union Saint-Gilloise
Team of the Season Goalkeeper Colin Coosemans (Anderlecht) Defenders Zakaria El Ouahdi (Genk) Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge) Kevin Mac Allister (Union Saint-Gilloise) Maxim De Cuyper (Club Brugge) Midfielders Noah Sadiki (Union Saint-Gilloise) Ardon Jashari (Club Brugge) Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) Forwards Christos Tzolis (Club Brugge) Tjaronn Chery (Royal Antwerp) Tolu Arokodare (Genk)
Attendances
The clubs are listed by average home league attendance.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avebel.htm
No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Club Brugge 22,496 3,7% 25,900 2 RSC Anderlecht 17,977 3,8% 21,900 3 KRC Genk 17,829 -3,0% 23,187 4 Standard de Liège 14,859 -8,8% 23,675 5 KAA Gent 13,779 -5,4% 17,674 6 Royal Antwerp FC 13,196 0,4% 16,144 7 KV Mechelen 12,213 -1,3% 16,248 8 Sporting de Charleroi 7,600 2,4% 11,793 9 RUSG 7,433 12,9% 8,610 10 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 6,938 9,9% 9,930 11 KV Kortrijk 6,844 2,6% 8,901 12 STVV 5,723 -0,2% 10,073 13 Beerschot 5,707 17,2% 11,256 14 KVC Westerlo 5,630 2,7% 8,035 15 Cercle Brugge 5,584 -5,9% 10,606 16 FCV Dender 3,373 173,0% 6,429
Notes
See also 2024–25 Challenger Pro League 2024–25 Belgian Division 1 2024–25 Belgian Division 2