Jupiler League 1996-97 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

KV Mechelen
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging is a Belgian football team from Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003-04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division following relegation in 1997. Their matricule is the n°12. The club play...

Final league table

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C	1	Lierse Lierse S.K. Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups...	34	21	10	3	70	38	32	73
	2	Club Brugge Club Brugge Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....	34	22	5	7	69	34	35	71
	3	Mouscron R.E. Mouscron R.E. Mouscron was a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and suspended operations soon after marking the end of professional football in Mouscron.-History:...	34	17	10	7	60	38	22	61
	4	Anderlecht R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...	34	16	10	8	59	36	23	58
	5	Lommel K.F.C. Lommel S.K. Koninklijke Football Club Lommelse Sportkring was a Belgian football club that existed between 1932 and 2003. It played two spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system: from 1992 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2003. Its best ranking was reached in 1997 when it finished...	34	16	9	9	50	48	2	57
	6	Antwerp	34	16	5	13	51	49	2	53
	7	Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....	34	16	2	16	55	55	0	50
	8	Genk K.R.C. Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...	34	13	9	12	49	43	6	48
	9	Harelbeke K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen Koninklijke Racing Club Harelbeke was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen from 1930 to 2002. It played one spell in the first division from 1995 to 2001....	34	12	11	11	50	42	8	47
	10	Germinal Ekeren	34	13	7	14	56	57
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	11	Sint-Truidense	34	10	9	15	46	56
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	12	Lokeren	34	10	8	16	41	57
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	13	Charleroi R. Charleroi S.C. Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season...	34	10	7	17	44	58
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	14	Gent	34	10	6	18	44	58
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	15	Eendracht Aalst	34	8	12	14	44	55
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	16	RWDM R.W.D. Molenbeek Racing White Daring Molenbeek was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the matricule n°47....	34	8	11	15	32	43
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R	17	Mechelen	34	7	10	17	33	55
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R	18	Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge K.S.V. Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging is a Belgian football team from Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003-04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division following relegation in 1997. Their matricule is the n°12. The club play...	34	6	9	19	36	67
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