Belgian Second Division
Season2011–12
ChampionsCharleroi
PromotedCharleroi
Waasland-Beveren
RelegatedDender EH
Wetteren
Matches played306
Goals scored815 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerHarlem Gnohéré

The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started in August 2011 and is the second tier football league in Belgium. The league is played by 18 teams, with 34 matchdays of 9 matches each, so each team plays the 17 other teams twice. The season is divided into 3 periods, the first period of 10 matches, the second of 12 matches and the third of 12 matches. Each period winner qualifies for the Belgian Second Division final round. On 14 April 2012, Charleroi became champions without playing as closest rivals Eupen and Oostende both did not manage to win their matches and thereby could no longer mathematically overtake Charleroi in the standings.

Team changes

After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams remained in the league, with 5 other being replaced:

Out

In

Team information

Personnel and locations

Club City Current manager
V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002 Aalst Belgium Bart Van Renterghem
Royal Antwerp F.C. Antwerp Belgium Bart Wilmssen
K.V. Red Star Waasland-Beveren Beveren Belgium Dirk Geeraerd
R. Boussu Dour Borinage Boussu France Arnauld Mercier
FC Brussels Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Belgium Stéphane Demol
S. du Pays de Charleroi Charleroi Netherlands Dennis van Wijk
F.C.V. Dender E.H. Denderleeuw Belgium Vital Borkelmans
K.A.S. Eupen Eupen Germany Wolfgang Frank
K.S.K. Heist Heist-op-den-Berg Belgium Cis Bosschaerts
K.V. Oostende Ostend Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest
Lommel United Lommel Belgium Philip Haagdoren
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Ukraine Serhiy Serebrennikov
F.C.N. Sint-Niklaas Sint-Niklaas Belgium Alex Czerniatynski
K.V.K. Tienen Tienen Belgium Dany Ost
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize Belgium Dante Brogno
R.C.S. Visé Wezet Italy Loris Dominissini
Standaard Wetteren Wetteren Belgium Kris Van Der Haegen
White Star Woluwe F.C. Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Belgium Felice Mazzu

Managerial changes

During summer break

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Eupen Belgium Danny Ost Contract Ended. End of 2010-11 season Germany Wolfgang Frank 4 July 2011[1]
Standaard Wetteren Belgium Wim De Corte Became assistant-trainer at Belgium Beerschot AC. End of 2010-11 season [2] Belgium Kris Van Der Haegen 28 June 2011 [3]
Charleroi Croatia Luka Peruzović Contract Ended. End of 2010-11 season Belgium Jos Daerden 29 June 2011 [4]
Roeselare Belgium Nico Vanderdonck Contract Ended. End of 2010-11 season [5] Ukraine Serhiy Serebrennikov 30 June 2011 [5]
Visé Belgium José Riga Signed for Belgium Standard Liège. 28 June 2011 [6] Switzerland Vittorio Bevilacqua 1 July 2011 [7]
Visé Switzerland Vittorio Bevilacqua Mutual Consent. 8 July 2011 [8] Belgium Marc Grosjean 9 July 2011 [9]

During regular season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Lommel United Belgium Franky Van der Elst Signed for Belgium Sint-Truiden. 2 September 2011[10] Belgium Philip Haagdoren 6 September 2011[11] 8th
Visé Belgium Marc Grosjean Fired. 19 September 2011 [12] Italy Loris Dominissini 22 September 2011 [13] 8th
Charleroi Belgium Jos Daerden Fired. 26 September 2011 [14] Hungary Tibor Balogh 26 September 2011 8th
Tienen Belgium Valère Billen Fired. 7 October 2011 [15] Belgium Ronny Schuermans 19 October 2011 [16] 12th
Brussels Belgium Michel De Wolf Mutual Consent. 9 October 2011 [17] Belgium Christian Rits 9 October 2011 [17] 17th
Sint-Niklaas Belgium Regi Van Acker Fired. 12 October 2011 [18] Belgium Chris Andries 12 October 2011 [18] 12th
Antwerp Belgium Bart De Roover Fired. 13 November 2011 [19] Belgium Bart Wilmssen 15 November 2011 [20] 8th
Tubize Belgium Dany Ost Fired. 20 November 2011 [21] Belgium Laurent Demol 20 November 2011 [22] 18th
Sint-Niklaas Belgium Chris Andries Replaced. 2 January 2012 [23] Belgium Alex Czerniatynski 2 January 2012 [23] 17th
Brussels Belgium Christian Rits Caretaker replaced. 15 February 2012 [24] Belgium Stéphane Demol 15 February 2012 [24] 13th
Charleroi Hungary Tibor Balogh Fired. 22 February 2012 [25] Belgium Mario Notaro 23 February 2012 [26] 2nd
Tubize Belgium Laurent Demol Caretaker replaced. 27 February 2012 [22] Belgium Dante Brogno 27 February 2012 [22] 16th
Tienen Belgium Ronny Schuermans Caretaker replaced. 27 February 2012 [27] Belgium Dany Ost 27 February 2012 [27] 17th
Charleroi Belgium Mario Notaro Replaced. 5 March 2012 [28] Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 5 March 2012 [28] 1st

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Charleroi (C, P) 34 23 5 6 64 34 +30 74 Belgian First Division
2 Waasland-Beveren (P) 34 21 5 8 61 34 +27 68 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Eupen 34 19 11 4 61 34 +27 68
4 Oostende 34 19 9 6 61 29 +32 66
5 Lommel 34 15 7 12 48 42 +6 52
6 Woluwe 34 14 9 11 48 43 +5 51
7 Aalst 34 13 7 14 46 52 −6 46
8 Heist 34 11 13 10 46 46 0 46
9 Visé 34 12 8 14 44 41 +3 44
10 Antwerp 34 12 7 15 39 42 −3 43
11 Borinage 34 12 6 16 44 54 −10 42
12 Tubize 34 12 5 17 36 55 −19 41
13 Roeselare 34 9 13 12 46 51 −5 40
14 Brussels 34 9 11 14 44 46 −2 38
15 Sint-Niklaas 34 8 10 16 41 54 −13 34
16 Tienen (R) 34 9 6 19 34 61 −27 33 Qualification for Relegation play-off
17 Dender (R) 34 6 15 13 33 43 −10 33 Relegation to 2012–13 Belgian Third Division
18 Wetteren (R) 34 4 9 21 19 54 −35 21
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2012. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Period winners

The season is divided into three periods. The first ten matchdays together form the first period, matchdays 11 to 22 form period two and the last 12 form period three. The three period winners take part in the Belgian Second Division final round together with the winner of the 2011–12 Belgian Pro League relegation playoff. The winner of this final round gets to play in the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League. In case one or more periods are won by the team winning the league or in case one team wins multiple periods, the extra places go the teams finishing the highest in the league not already qualified. So in the theoretical case that one team wins all three periods and becomes the league champion, then the teams in positions 2, 3 and 4 will take part in the final round.

Period 1

Already after the first nine matches of the season, Eupen clinched the first period title.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Eupen 10 8 2 0 25 9 +16 26 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Charleroi 10 6 2 2 22 15 +7 20
3 Waasland-Beveren 10 6 1 3 15 8 +7 19
4 Oostende 10 5 4 1 19 11 +8 19
5 Lommel 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2011. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Period 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Charleroi 12 9 1 2 18 6 +12 28 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Eupen 12 7 3 2 19 9 +10 24
3 Oostende 12 6 3 3 23 10 +13 21
4 Waasland-Beveren 12 6 3 3 18 17 +1 21
5 Heist 12 6 2 4 22 16 +6 20
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Period 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Waasland-Beveren 12 9 1 2 25 8 +17 28 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Charleroi 12 8 2 2 24 13 +11 26
3 Oostende 12 8 2 2 19 5 +14 26
4 Tubize 12 7 2 3 17 14 +3 23
5 Woluwe 12 5 3 4 15 14 +1 18
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 29 April 2012; Source: Soccerway

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Hervé Onana Waasland-Beveren 18
2 Senegal Moussa Gueye SC Charleroi 17
3 France Samy Houri FC Brussels 15
Germany Christian Santos AS Eupen 15
5 Belgium Janis Coppin FC Dender 14
Belgium Anthony Di Lallo SV Roeselare 14
Greece Ioannis Masmanidis AS Eupen 14
France Mickael Seoudi Waasland-Beveren 14
9 Belgium Davy Brouwers Lommel United 13
Greece Stavros Glouftsis Sportkring Sint-Niklaas 13
Belgium Bart Webers K.S.K. Heist 13
12 Ivory Coast Koffi Boussu Dour Borinage 12
Brazil Daniel Rodrigo de Oliveira White Star Woluwe F.C. 12
14 France Emmanuel Françoise C.S. Visé 11
France Raphaël Lecomte C.S. Visé 11

References

  1. ↑ "New partner at "den Kehrweg"" (in German). eupen.be. 2010-09-06. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Wim De Corte becomes assistant of Jacky Mathijssen at Beerschot" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2011-06-28.
  3. ↑ "Kris Van Der Haegen succeeds Wim De Corte" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2011-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Daerden to bring Charleroi back to first division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-29.
  5. 1 2 "Serebrennikov becomes player-coach at Roeselare" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-30.
  6. ↑ "José Riga is the new Standard coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-06-28.
  7. ↑ "Swiss coach Bevilacqua succeeds Riga at Visé" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Coach lasts for one week at Visé" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-07-08.
  9. ↑ "Swiss coach Bevilacqua succeeds Riga at Visé" (in Dutch). tweedeklasse.be. 2011-07-09.
  10. ↑ "Van der Elst succeeds Brepoels at STVV" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-02.
  11. ↑ "Haagdoren becomes head coach at Lommel" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-06.
  12. ↑ "Wezet looking for fourth trainer" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-19.
  13. ↑ "Ambitious Wezet signs former Udinese coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-22.
  14. ↑ "Jos Daerden no longer Charleroi coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-09-26.
  15. ↑ "Tienen says goodbye to coach Billen" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-07.
  16. ↑ "Tienen goalkeeper becomes Tienen head coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-19.
  17. 1 2 "Michel De Wolf no longer Brussels coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-09.
  18. 1 2 "Coach Van Acker no longer with Sint-Niklaas" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-10-12.
  19. ↑ "Antwerp fires De Roover after one year" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-13.
  20. ↑ "Wilmssen to bring Antwerp back to first division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-15.
  21. ↑ "Dany Ost no longer Tubize coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-11-20.
  22. 1 2 3 "Dante Brogno to help Tubize avoid relegation" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-27. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  23. 1 2 "Czerniatynski to keep Sint-Niklaas in second division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-01-02.
  24. 1 2 "Stéphane Demol is the new Brussels coach" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-15.
  25. ↑ "Second division team Charleroi thanks Balogh for his services" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-22.
  26. ↑ "Notaro is new T1 at Charleroi" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-23.
  27. 1 2 "Dany Ost to keep Tienen in second division" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-02-27.
  28. 1 2 "Notaro is new T1 at Charleroi" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2012-03-05.
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