About Belgian Pro League

The Belgian Pro League is the highest level of professional football in Belgium. It was established in 1895 by the Royal Belgian Football Association and has evolved into the country’s top-tier competition. The league is officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons, and it represents the first division in the Belgian football pyramid. It features leading clubs such as RSC Anderlecht, Club Brugge, and Standard Liège, which have historically dominated the competition.

Over time, the Belgian top flight has undergone several structural and naming changes. Before being called the Pro League, it was known as the Belgian First Division A. Below it is the second tier, currently called the Challenger Pro League, which was previously known as the First Division B and even earlier as the Belgian Second Division until its reform in 2016. These changes were part of broader restructuring efforts to modernize the league system and improve competitiveness.

The league currently consists of 16 teams (with plans for expansion in future seasons) and operates a regular season followed by a playoff system that determines the champion, European qualification spots, and relegation. Over its long history, it has remained Belgium’s premier competition and a key contributor to European football, with Belgian clubs regularly participating in UEFA Champions League and Europa competitions.

Seasons

Season	Champion	Runner-up	3rd place
2025–26	Club Brugge KV	R Union Saint-Gilloise	K Sint-Truiden VV
2024–25	R Union Saint-Gilloise	Club Brugge KV	KRC Genk
2023–24	Club Brugge KV	R Union Saint-Gilloise	RSC Anderlecht
2022–23	R Antwerp FC	KRC Genk	R Union Saint-Gilloise
2021–22	Club Brugge KV	R Union Saint-Gilloise	RSC Anderlecht
2020–21	Club Brugge KV	KRC Genk	R Antwerp FC
2019–20	Club Brugge KV	KAA Gent	R Charleroi SC
2018–19	KRC Genk	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège
2017–18	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège	RSC Anderlecht
2016–17	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	KAA Gent
2015–16	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	KAA Gent
2014–15	KAA Gent	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht
2013–14	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège	Club Brugge KV
2012–13	RSC Anderlecht	SV Zulte Waregem	Club Brugge KV
2011–12	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	KRC Genk
2010–11	KRC Genk	R Standard Liège	RSC Anderlecht
2009–10	RSC Anderlecht	KAA Gent	Club Brugge KV
2008–09	R Standard Liège	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV
2007–08	R Standard Liège	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV
2006–07	RSC Anderlecht	KRC Genk	R Standard Liège
2005–06	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège	Club Brugge KV
2004–05	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	KRC Genk
2003–04	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège
2002–03	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	KSC Lokeren
2001–02	KRC Genk	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht
2000–01	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège
1999–00	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	KAA Gent
1998–99	KRC Genk	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht
1997–98	Club Brugge KV	KRC Genk	Beerschot AC
1996–97	K Lierse SK	Club Brugge KV	RE Mouscron
1995–96	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	Beerschot AC
1994–95	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège	Club Brugge KV
1993–94	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	RFC Seraing
1992–93	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège	KV Mechelen
1991–92	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège
1990–91	RSC Anderlecht	KV Mechelen	KAA Gent
1989–90	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	KV Mechelen
1988–89	KV Mechelen	RSC Anderlecht	RFC Liège
1987–88	Club Brugge KV	KV Mechelen	R Antwerp FC
1986–87	RSC Anderlecht	KV Mechelen	Club Brugge KV
1985–86	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège
1984–85	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	RFC Liège
1983–84	KSK Beveren	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV
1982–83	R Standard Liège	RSC Anderlecht	R Antwerp FC
1981–82	R Standard Liège	RSC Anderlecht	KAA Gent
1980–81	RSC Anderlecht	KSC Lokeren	R Standard Liège
1979–80	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège	RWD Molenbeek
1978–79	KSK Beveren	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège
1977–78	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège
1976–77	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège
1975–76	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht	RWD Molenbeek
1974–75	RWD Molenbeek	R Antwerp FC	RSC Anderlecht
1973–74	RSC Anderlecht	R Antwerp FC	RWD Molenbeek
1972–73	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège	RWD Molenbeek
1971–72	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège
1970–71	R Standard Liège	Club Brugge KV	RSC Anderlecht
1969–70	R Standard Liège	Club Brugge KV	KAA Gent
1968–69	R Standard Liège	R Charleroi SC	K Lierse SK
1967–68	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	R Standard Liège
1966–67	RSC Anderlecht	Club Brugge KV	RFC Liège
1965–66	RSC Anderlecht	K Sint-Truiden VV	R Standard Liège
1964–65	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège	K Beerschot VAC
1963–64	RSC Anderlecht	K Beringen FC	R Standard Liège
1962–63	R Standard Liège	R Antwerp FC	RSC Anderlecht
1961–62	RSC Anderlecht	R Standard Liège	R Antwerp FC
1960–61	R Standard Liège	RFC Liège	RSC Anderlecht
1959–60	K Lierse SK	RSC Anderlecht	K Waterschei SV Thor
1958–59	RSC Anderlecht	RFC Liège	R Standard Liège
1957–58	R Standard Liège	R Antwerp FC	KAA Gent
1956–57	R Antwerp FC	RSC Anderlecht	KAA Gent
1955–56	RSC Anderlecht	R Antwerp FC	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1954–55	RSC Anderlecht	KAA Gent	R Standard Liège
1953–54	RSC Anderlecht	KV Mechelen	KAA Gent
1952–53	RFC Liège	RSC Anderlecht	K Beerschot VAC
1951–52	RFC Liège	KRC Mechelen	R Antwerp FC
1950–51	RSC Anderlecht	K Berchem Sport	KRC Mechelen
1949–50	RSC Anderlecht	K Berchem Sport	KRC Mechelen
1948–49	RSC Anderlecht	K Berchem Sport	R Standard Liège
1947–48	KV Mechelen	RSC Anderlecht	RFC Liège
1946–47	RSC Anderlecht	ROC de Charleroi	KV Mechelen
1945–46	KV Mechelen	R Antwerp FC	RSC Anderlecht
1943–44	R Antwerp FC	RSC Anderlecht	K Beerschot VAC
1942–43	KV Mechelen	K Beerschot VAC	K Lierse SK
1941–42	K Lierse SK	K Beerschot VAC	R Antwerp FC
1938–39	K Beerschot VAC	K Lierse SK	ROC de Charleroi
1937–38	K Beerschot VAC	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1936–37	R Daring Club Molenbeek	K Beerschot VAC	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1935–36	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Standard Liège	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1934–35	R Union Saint-Gilloise	K Lierse SK	R Daring Club Molenbeek
1933–34	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Standard Liège
1932–33	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Antwerp FC	Cercle Brugge KSV
1931–32	K Lierse SK	R Antwerp FC	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1930–31	R Antwerp FC	KV Mechelen	K Berchem Sport
1929–30	Cercle Brugge KSV	R Antwerp FC	KV Mechelen
1928–29	R Antwerp FC	K Beerschot VAC	KV Mechelen
1927–28	K Beerschot VAC	R Standard Liège	Cercle Brugge KSV
1926–27	Cercle Brugge KSV	K Beerschot VAC	R Standard Liège
1925–26	K Beerschot VAC	R Standard Liège	R Daring Club Molenbeek
1924–25	K Beerschot VAC	R Antwerp FC	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1923–24	K Beerschot VAC	R Union Saint-Gilloise	Cercle Brugge KSV
1922–23	R Union Saint-Gilloise	K Beerschot VAC	Cercle Brugge KSV
1921–22	K Beerschot VAC	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Antwerp FC
1920–21	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Union Saint-Gilloise	K Beerschot VAC
1919–20	Club Brugge KV	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Daring Club Molenbeek
1914–15	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Union Saint-Gilloise	Cercle Brugge KSV
1912–13	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Racing Club de Bruxelles
1911–12	R Daring Club Molenbeek	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Racing Club de Bruxelles
1910–11	Cercle Brugge KSV	Club Brugge KV	R Daring Club Molenbeek
1909–10	R Union Saint-Gilloise	Club Brugge KV	Cercle Brugge KSV
1908–09	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Daring Club Molenbeek	Club Brugge KV
1907–08	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	R Union Saint-Gilloise	Club Brugge KV
1906–07	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	Club Brugge KV
1905–06	R Union Saint-Gilloise	Club Brugge KV	R Racing Club de Bruxelles
1904–05	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	Club Brugge KV
1903–04	R Union Saint-Gilloise	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	Club Brugge KV
1902–03	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	R Union Saint-Gilloise	K Beerschot VAC
1901–02	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	R Léopold Club	R Union Saint-Gilloise
1900–01	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	K Beerschot VAC	R Léopold Club
1899–00	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	Club Brugge KV	R Antwerp FC, Cercle Brugge KSV
1898–99	RFC Liège	Club Brugge KV	R Racing Club de Bruxelles, Cercle Brugge KSV
1897–98	RFC Liège	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	R Léopold Club
1896–97	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	RFC Liège	R Antwerp FC
1895–96	RFC Liège	R Antwerp FC	Sporting Club de Bruxelles

All-Time table

#	Club	Count	Years
1	RSC Anderlecht	34	1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
		21	1943–44, 1947–48, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2015–16
		12	1945–46, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2023–24
2	Club Brugge KV	20	1919–20, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2025–26
		24	1898–99, 1899–00, 1905–06, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2024–25
		14	1903–04, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14
3	R Union Saint-Gilloise	12	1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1922–23, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 2024–25
		11	1902–03, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2025–26
		8	1901–02, 1924–25, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1955–56, 2022–23
4	R Standard Liège	10	1957–58, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2007–08, 2008–09
		13	1925–26, 1927–28, 1935–36, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2017–18
		19	1926–27, 1933–34, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1991–92, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2018–19
5	K Beerschot VAC	7	1921–22, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1937–38, 1938–39
		7	1900–01, 1922–23, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1942–43
		5	1902–03, 1920–21, 1943–44, 1952–53, 1964–65
6	R Racing Club de Bruxelles	6	1896–97, 1899–00, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1907–08
		4	1897–98, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1906–07
		4	1898–99, 1905–06, 1911–12, 1912–13
7	R Antwerp FC	5	1928–29, 1930–31, 1943–44, 1956–57, 2022–23
		11	1895–96, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1945–46, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1974–75
		9	1896–97, 1899–00, 1921–22, 1941–42, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1982–83, 1987–88, 2020–21
8	R Daring Club Molenbeek	5	1911–12, 1914–15, 1920–21, 1935–36, 1936–37
		4	1908–09, 1912–13, 1933–34, 1937–38
		4	1910–11, 1919–20, 1925–26, 1934–35
9	RFC Liège	5	1895–96, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1951–52, 1952–53
		3	1896–97, 1958–59, 1960–61
		4	1947–48, 1966–67, 1984–85, 1988–89
10	KV Mechelen	4	1942–43, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1988–89
		5	1930–31, 1953–54, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91
		5	1928–29, 1929–30, 1946–47, 1989–90, 1992–93
11	KRC Genk	4	1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2018–19
		4	1997–98, 2006–07, 2020–21, 2022–23
		3	2004–05, 2011–12, 2024–25
12	K Lierse SK	4	1931–32, 1941–42, 1959–60, 1996–97
		2	1934–35, 1938–39
		2	1942–43, 1968–69
13	Cercle Brugge KSV	3	1910–11, 1926–27, 1929–30
		0	—
		8	1898–99, 1899–00, 1909–10, 1914–15, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1927–28, 1932–33
14	KSK Beveren	2	1978–79, 1983–84
		0	—
		0	—
15	KAA Gent	1	2014–15
		3	1954–55, 2009–10, 2019–20
		9	1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2015–16, 2016–17
16	RWD Molenbeek	1	1974–75
		0	—
		4	1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1979–80
17	K Berchem Sport	0	—
		3	1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51
		1	1930–31
18	R Léopold Club	0	—
		1	1901–02
		2	1897–98, 1900–01
19	KRC Mechelen	0	—
		1	1951–52
		2	1949–50, 1950–51
20	ROC de Charleroi	0	—
		1	1946–47
		1	1938–39
21	K Sint-Truiden VV	0	—
		1	1965–66
		1	2025–26
22	R Charleroi SC	0	—
		1	1968–69
		1	2019–20
23	KSC Lokeren	0	—
		1	1980–81
		1	2002–03
24	K Beringen FC	0	—
		1	1963–64
		0	—
25	SV Zulte Waregem	0	—
		1	2012–13
		0	—
26	Beerschot AC	0	—
		0	—
		2	1995–96, 1997–98
27	Sporting Club de Bruxelles	0	—
		0	—
		1	1895–96
28	K Waterschei SV Thor	0	—
		0	—
		1	1959–60
29	RFC Seraing	0	—
		0	—
		1	1993–94
30	RE Mouscron	0	—
		0	—
		1	1996–97