These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season: These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: After a deceiving start of the competition Anderlecht managed to come back at the top of the ranking under the management of Jean Dockx and Franky Vercauteren even beating its long-time rival Standard Liège in a memorable 0-6 demonstration.
Two matches before the end of the season, the ranking was as such: Those three teams were thus still able to win the championship.
While Club Brugge lost its game to Mouscron 2-0, Anderlecht secured a 2-5 win to Genk.
Lommel avoided relegation by winning its last match 2-1 to Charleroi while the newcomer Kortrijk lost to Anderlecht.
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