2012–13 Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division
Season2012–13
ChampionsOostende
PromotedOostende
RelegatedOudenaarde
Sint-Niklaas
Matches played306
Goals scored803 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerHervé Onana
(17 goals)
Biggest home winDessel Sport 5–0 Antwerp
Sint-Truiden 5–0 Sint-Niklaas
Biggest away winSint-Niklaas 0–5 Tubize
Highest scoringTubize 4–4 Eendracht Aalst
Westerlo 4–4 Sint-Niklaas

The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Belgacom League for sponsorship reasons) began on 22 August 2012 and ended in April 2013. The season was won by Oostende, who were thus promoted to the Belgian Pro League. Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe played the second division final round but lost this to Cercle Brugge, resulting in no other team gaining promotion. At the bottom end of the table, Sint-Niklaas and Oudenaarde were relegated, while Heist were saved due to the bankruptcy of Beerschot AC.

Team changes

After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 5 others being replaced:

Out

In

Team information

Club City Current manager First season of
current spell in
second division		 Coming from 2011–12 result Stadium Capacity
SC Eendracht Aalst Aalst Belgium Bart Van Renterghem 2011–12 Belgian Third Division 7th (D2) Pierre Cornelisstadion 7,500
Royal Antwerp F.C. Antwerp Netherlands Dennis van Wijk 2004–05 Belgian Pro League 10th (D2) Bosuilstadion 16,649
Boussu Dour Borinage Boussu France Arnauld Mercier 2009–10 Belgian Third Division 11th (D2) Stade Robert Urbain 2,000
FC Brussels Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Algeria Noureddine Zaiour 2008–09 Belgian Pro League 14th (D2) Edmond Machtens Stadium 11,000
K.F.C. Dessel Sport Dessel Belgium Stijn Vreven 2012–13 Belgian Third Division 1st (D3B) Lorzestraat 5,000
K.A.S. Eupen Eupen Spain Tintín Márquez 2011–12 Belgian Pro League 3rd (D2) Kehrweg Stadion 8,000
K.S.K. Heist Heist-op-den-Berg Belgium Francis Bosschaerts 2010–11 Belgian Third Division 8th (D2) Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum 3,000
Lommel United Lommel Belgium Philip Haagdoren 2005–06 Belgian Third Division 5th (D2) Soevereinstadion 12,500
Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Mouscron France Arnaud Dos Santos 2012–13 Belgian Third Division 1st (D3A) Stade Le Canonnier 10,800
K.V. Oostende Ostend Belgium Frederik Vanderbiest 2005–06 Belgian Pro League 4th (D2) Albertpark 8,000
K.S.V. Oudenaarde Oudenaarde Belgium Stefan Leleu 2012–13 Belgian Third Division 3rd (D3A) Burgemeester Thienpontstadion 5,000
K.S.V. Roeselare Roeselare Ukraine Serhiy Serebrennikov 2010–11 Belgian Pro League 13th (D2) Schiervelde Stadion 9,075
F.C.N. Sint-Niklaas Sint-Niklaas Belgium Alex Czerniatynski 2011–12 Belgian Third Division 15th (D2) Stedelijk Sportcentrum Meesterstraat 3,000
K. Sint-Truidense V.V. Sint-Truiden Belgium Guido Brepoels 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 16th (D1) Stayen 11,250
A.F.C. Tubize Tubize Belgium Dante Brogno 2009–10 Belgian Pro League 12th (D2) Stade Leburton 9,000
C.S. Visé Wezet Italy Manuele Domenicali 2010–11 Belgian Third Division 9th (D2) Stade de la Cité de l'Oie 6,000
K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo Belgium Frank Dauwen 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 15th (D1) Het Kuipje 7,982
White Star Woluwe F.C. Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Belgium Felice Mazzu 2011–12 Belgian Third Division 6th (D2) Stade Fallon 2,500
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Locations of the 2012–13 Belgian Second Division teams

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Oostende (C, P) 34 24 5 5 64 25 +39 77 Belgian First Division
2 Mouscron-Péruwelz (Q) 34 20 7 7 58 29 +29 67 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Westerlo (Q) 34 17 12 5 54 29 +25 63
4 Sint-Truiden 34 17 6 11 54 36 +18 57
5 Borinage 34 15 10 9 44 34 +10 55
6 Lommel 34 14 8 12 50 48 +2 50
7 Woluwe (Q) 34 14 7 13 41 49 −8 49 Qualification for Promotion play-off
8 Eupen 34 13 10 11 44 37 +7 49
9 Tubize 34 12 10 12 43 42 +1 46
10 Antwerp 34 12 9 13 42 44 −2 45
11 Roeselare 34 10 12 12 44 47 −3 42
12 Dessel 34 11 8 15 35 42 −7 41
13 Aalst 34 10 11 13 38 52 −14 41
14 Brussels 34 9 6 19 34 49 −15 33
15 Visé 34 8 9 17 47 57 −10 33
16 Heist 34 8 6 20 39 57 −18 30[a]
17 Oudenaarde (Q) 34 8 9 17 36 60 −24 30[b] Qualification for Relegation play-off
18 Sint-Niklaas (R) 34 7 9 18 34 64 −30 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Belgian Third Division
Source: Belgian Second Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Beerschot, who were relegated from the Belgian Pro League, went bankrupt just after the season. As a result the 16th placed team (Heist) was able to remain in the Second Division, while Oudenaarde had to play the relegation round instead of directly relegating.
  2. ^ During Oudenaarde-Woluwe, Woluwe substituted one of their players for an unregistered player and initially lost the game with a 5-0 score due to forfeit. The Belgian FA later decided that Oudenaarde would not gain 3 points and the result would be cancelled. Oudenaarde then refused to play the relegation round and forfeited their playoff matches, causing them to be relegated.

Period winners

Like before, the season was 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 2012–13 Belgian Pro League relegation playoff. The winner of this final round gets to play in the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League.

The first period was won by WS Woluwe and the second and third by Oostende. As Oostende won the title, Mouscron-Péruwelz and Westerlo were given the right to take part in the Final Round as the two highest finishing teams not yet entitled.

Period 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Woluwe (Q) 10 6 4 0 17 6 +11 22 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Westerlo 10 6 3 1 14 7 +7 21
3 Borinage 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17
4 Antwerp 10 4 5 1 14 13 +1 17
5 Tubize 10 4 4 2 17 11 +6 16
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Period 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oostende (Q) 12 10 1 1 22 7 +15 31 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Mouscron-Péruwelz 12 9 1 2 23 9 +14 28
3 Sint-Truiden 12 8 1 3 24 10 +14 25
4 Eupen 12 7 2 3 17 13 +4 23
5 Lommel 12 6 1 5 19 17 +2 19
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Period 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oostende (Q) 12 10 1 1 29 8 +21 31 Belgian Second Division final round
2 Mouscron-Péruwelz 12 8 1 3 22 10 +12 25
3 Westerlo 12 7 4 1 22 8 +14 25
4 Lommel 12 6 2 4 21 17 +4 20
5 Borinage 12 5 5 2 14 12 +2 20
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source: Belgcom League

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Hervé Onana Tubize 17
2 Belgium Bart Webers Heist 15
3 Belgium Laurent Depoitre Oostende 14
Brazil Daniel Oliveira WS Woluwe 14
Costa Rica John Jairo Ruiz Mouscron-Péruwelz 14
6 Ivory Coast Koffi Boussu Dour 13
Belgium Hans Vanaken Lommel 13
8 France Kamel Ouejdide Borinage 12
9 Belgium Yohan Brouckaert Oostende 11
Greece Stavros Glouftsis Aalst 11
Belgium Bart Goor Westerlo 11
Benin Frédéric Gounongbe Brussels 11
Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Eupen 11
10 goals (4 players)
9 goals (3 players)
8 goals (3 players)
7 goals (6 players)
6 goals (11 players)
5 goals (17 players)
4 goals (22 players)
3 goals (25 players)
2 goals (46 players)
1 goal (75 players)
2 Own goals (1 player)
1 Own goal (11 players)

References

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