| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Anderlecht |
| Relegated | Beerschot |
| Champions League | Anderlecht Zulte Waregem |
| Europa League | Genk Club Brugge Standard Liège |
| Matches | 302 |
| Goals | 880 (2.91 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Carlos Bacca (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Standard 7–0Gent |
| Biggest away win | Beerschot 1–7Club Brugge |
| Highest scoring | Charleroi 2–6Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren 2–6Club Brugge Beerschot 1–7Club Brugge OH Leuven 2–6Lokeren |
| Longest winning run | 11 matches[1] Anderlecht |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches[2] Zulte Waregem |
| Longest winless run | 14 matches[3] Beerschot Cercle Brugge |
| Longest losing run | 9 matches[4] Cercle Brugge |
2013–14 → | |
The2012–13 season of theBelgian Pro League (also known asJupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of top-tier football inBelgium. It started on 28 July 2012 with the first match of the regular season betweenKortrijk and defending championsAnderlecht,[5] and ended on 26 May 2013, which was the return leg of the European playoff.
During the regular season,Club Brugge took the early lead but then started struggling, eventually leading to the sacking of head coachGeorges Leekens when they dropped out of the top 6 in November. Anderlecht and overachieversZulte Waregem took over the top two positions and comfortably held these until the playoffs.
The title playoffs started with Anderlecht on 34 points and Zulte Waregem just behind them on 32. Due to the division of the points by two, they held a smaller lead overGenk (28 points), Club Brugge (27),Lokeren (26) andStandard (25). To the surprise of many, Zulte Waregem took the lead about halfway through the playoffs and with Anderlecht not performing well and suffering a penalty kick trauma (missing no less than 10 penalty kicks over the course of the season and going out on penalties to Genk in theBelgian Cup), both Genk, Club Brugge and Standard Liège rapidly close the gap. Anderlecht managed to overtake Zulte Waregem again and went into the final match on 19 May 2013, at home against Zulte Waregem, with a two-point lead. Anderlecht equalized after going down 0-1 and under pressure managed to hold on, even though losingCheikhou Kouyaté due to a red card. With that, Anderlecht won its 32nd title.[6][7]The draw allowed Zulte Waregem to remain just in front of Club Brugge, thereby gaining access to theChampions League. Club Brugge and Genk qualified for theEuropa League, due to finishing 3rd and winning the Cup respectively.
The Europa League playoff groups were won byGent andOud-Heverlee Leuven, with Gent easily beating OH Leuven for the overall win. Gent had played a disappointing season, initially aiming for the top 6 but eventually finishing 12th. By winning the Europa League playoff, they won the right to play againstStandard Liège for the final Europa League ticket. Gent won the first match 1-0 but lost the return 7–0, allowing Standard to take the last European ticket.
In the bottom end of the table,Cercle Brugge faced a miserable season after finishing 7th the previous season, as now only three wins and five draws out of thirty matches caused them to end dead last.Lierse narrowly held ofBeerschot, causing Cercle Brugge and Beerschot to play the relegation playoff. Beerschot initially extended their lead, but Cercle Brugge came back and on 20 April 2013, a 2–1 win by Cercle caused Beerschot to be relegated. Beerschot had been playing in the top division since1989–90, initially as Germinal Ekeren, then as Germinal Beerschot. A few days after the relegation it was announced that Beerschot was in severe financial trouble and was not given a licence for professional football. On 21 May, Beerschot was officially declared bankrupt and dissolved as a whole. Cercle Brugge on the other hand, had to play theBelgian Second Division final round with second division teamsMouscron-Péruwelz,Westerlo andWS Woluwe. On 23 May 2013, Cercle Brugge became the first team succeeding in avoiding relegation after playing the relegation playoff, since the installation of the playoffs system in2009–10.
Following the2011–12 Belgian Pro League,Sint-Truiden were relegated to the2012–13 Belgian Second Division after losing theirrelegation playoff series againstWesterlo, ending a three-season tenure in the league. Sint-Truiden were replaced by2011–12 Second Division championsCharleroi, who made their immediate comeback to the highest Belgian football league. In the2012 Belgian Second Division final round,Westerlo faced Second Division teamsEupen,Oostende andWaasland-Beveren. On 17 May 2012, Westerlo were relegated after a 0–0 draw away to Oostende. Also in Oostende, Waasland-Beveren secured the promotion one week later after a 1–1 draw.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Brugge | Mutual consent | 10 May 2012[8] | Pre-season | 13 May 2012[9] | ||
| Anderlecht | Resigned | End of 2011–12 season[10] | 30 May 2012[11] | |||
| Standard Liège | Resigned | End of 2011–12 season[12] | 29 May 2012[13] | |||
| Mechelen | Sacked | End of 2011–12 season[14] | 25 May 2012[15] | |||
| Charleroi | Resigned | End of 2011–12 season[16] | 13 July 2012[17] | |||
| Standard Liège | Mutual consent | 22 October 2012[18] | 12th | 27 October 2012[19] | ||
| Gent | Sacked | 23 October 2012[20] | 7th | 1 November 2012[21] | ||
| Cercle Brugge | Sacked | 27 October 2012[22] | 16th | 5 November 2012[23] | ||
| Club Brugge | Sacked | 4 November 2012[24] | 7th | 15 November 2012[25] | ||
| Lierse | Sacked | 12 November 2012[26] | 14th | 12 November 2012[27] | ||
| Waasland-Beveren | Sacked | 18 November 2012[28] | 16th | 19 November 2012[29] | ||
| Beerschot | Sacked | 29 November 2012[30] | 12th | 29 November 2012[31] | ||
| Gent | Sacked | 3 January 2013[32] | 12th | 9 January 2013[33] | ||
| Beerschot | Resigned | 22 January 2013[34] | 15th | 23 January 2013[35] | ||
| Charleroi | Resigned | 14 February 2013[36] | 11th | 14 February 2013[36] | ||
| Lierse | Became technical director | 14 March 2013[37] | 14th | 14 March 2013[37] | ||
| Charleroi | Replaced | 18 March 2013[38] | 11th | 18 March 2013[38] | ||
| Cercle Brugge | Sacked | 2 April 2013[39] | 2nd in Relegation Playoff | 2 April 2013[39] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderlecht | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 67 | Qualification for theChampionship play-offs |
| 2 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 63 | |
| 3 | Genk | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 55 | |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 54 | |
| 5 | Lokeren | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 51 | |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 50 | |
| 7 | Mons | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 44 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs |
| 8 | Mechelen | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 39 | |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | Charleroi | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 34 | |
| 12 | Gent | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 34 | |
| 13 | Waasland-Beveren | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 30 | |
| 14 | Lierse | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 26 | |
| 15 | Beerschot | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 23 | Qualification for theRelegation play-offs |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 65 | −35 | 14 |
Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent thereal evolution in standings.
The following matches were postponed during the season:
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Zulte Waregem | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Genk | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Club Brugge | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Lokeren | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Standard Liège | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Mons | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Mechelen | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Kortrijk | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| OH Leuven | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Charleroi | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Gent | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Waasland-Beveren | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Lierse | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Beerschot | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Cercle Brugge | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | AND | BEE | CER | CHA | BRU | GNK | GNT | KVK | LIE | LOK | KVM | MON | OHL | STA | WBE | ZWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Beerschot | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Cercle Brugge | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| Charleroi | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Club Brugge | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Genk | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Gent | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Kortrijk | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Lierse | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
| Lokeren | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Mechelen | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| Mons | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| OH Leuven | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 0–1 | |
| Standard Liège | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| Waasland-Beveren | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Zulte Waregem | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Anderlecht 34 points, Zulte Waregem 32, Genk 28, Club Brugge 27, Lokeren 26 and Standard 25. In the event of ties at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted if it was added. Anderlecht, Genk, Lokeren and Zulte Waregem received this type of bonus due to rounding and will thus always be ranked below Club Brugge and Standard in the event of ties.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderlecht(C) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 47 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 46 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 42 | Qualification for theTestmatches |
| 5 | Genk | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 40 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-off round |
| 6 | Lokeren | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 31 |
Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
| Team ╲ Round | Initial | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Zulte Waregem | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Club Brugge | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Standard Liège | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Genk | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Lokeren | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Home \ Away | AND | ZWA | GNK | BRU | STA | LOK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Zulte Waregem | 2–1 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | |
| Genk | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Club Brugge | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Standard Liège | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | |
| Lokeren | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 |
Group A contains the teams finishing the regular season in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11 and 13 are placed in Group B.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNT | MON | LIE | KVK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gent(A) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 14 | Qualification for thePlayoff Final | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Mons | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |||
| 3 | Lierse | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||
| 4 | Kortrijk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2[a] | 0–0 | ANN[b] | 0–3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | OHL | KVM | CHA | W-B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OH Leuven(A) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 10 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 2 | Mechelen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Charleroi | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Waasland-Beveren | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
The winners of both playoff groups will compete in a two-legged match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship playoff, calledTestmatch. The winners of this Testmatch are granted entry to thesecond qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Gent won 8–2 on aggregate.
The Europa League playoff final winners will compete with the fourth placed team (or fifth placed in case the winner of the2012–13 Belgian Cup finishes third or fourth) in the Championship playoff for the final European ticket.
| Standard Liège | 7–0 | Gent |
|---|---|---|
| Batshuayi Bulot M'Poku Ghoochannejhad |
Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.
Beerschot and Cercle Brugge, the teams finishing in the last two positions, faced each other in the relegation playoff. Beerschot initially extended their three-point bonus to a six-point lead, but thereafter Cercle Brugge won three matches in a row. This caused Beerschot to be relegated to theSecond Division on 20 April 2013 after playing in the first division since 1989 (asGerminal Ekeren until 1999 and asGerminal Beerschot from 1999 until 2011). One month later however, it was announced that Beerschot had gone bankrupt and dissolved.
Cercle Brugge was forced to play the second division playoff with threeBelgian Second Division teams, which they won to avoid relegation. It was the first time a team from the Pro League succeeded in surviving the Second Division Final Round since the installment of the Belgian Pro League playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | Qualification for theBelgian Second Division final round |
| 2 | Beerschot(R) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | Relegation to2013–14 Belgian Second Division |
Source:Sporza.be andSport.be(in Dutch)
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht | Cercle Brugge | 3–0[43] | 12 August 2012 | |
| Club Brugge | Cercle Brugge | 4–0[44] | 23 September 2012 | |
| Zulte Waregem | Lierse | 4–1[45] | 29 September 2012 | |
| OH Leuven | Charleroi | 4–0[46] | 6 October 2012 | |
| OH Leuven | Club Brugge | 4–1[47] | 20 October 2012 | |
| Anderlecht | Mechelen | 4–1[48] | 3 November 2012 | |
| Mons | OH Leuven | 3–1[49] | 17 November 2012 | |
| Genk | Lokeren | 4–3[50] | 2 December 2012 | |
| Anderlecht | Mons | 5–0[51] | 8 December 2012 | |
| Lokeren | OH Leuven | 6–2[52] | 19 January 2013 | |
| Zulte Waregem | Club Brugge | 4–3[53] | 18 April 2013 | |
| Standard Liège | Gent | 7–0[54] | 26 May 2013 |