1985–86 Belgian First Division

{{location map+|Belgium|float=right|width=450|caption=Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1985–86|places=

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.833333 |long=4.333333 |label=Anderlecht
RWDM |position=bottom}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.2247 |long=4.4625 |label=

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.283333 |long=4.416667 |label=Beerschot |position=right}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.2 |long=4.25 |label=Beveren |position=left}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.216667 |long=3.233333 |label=Club Brugge
Cercle Brugge |position=left}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.4 |long=4.433333 |label=Charleroi |position=right}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.05 |long=3.733333 |label=AA Gent |position=left}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.833333 |long=3.266667 |label=Kortrijk |position=left}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.633333 |long=5.566667 |label=RFC Liège
Standard |position=right}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.116667 |long=4.583333 |label=Lierse |position=right}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.1 |long=3.983333 |label=Lokeren |position=bottom}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=51.056667 |long=4.386667 |label=KV Mechelen |position=bottom}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.583333 |long=5.5 |label=Seraing |position=left}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.966667 |long=5.5 |label=Waterschei |position=bottom}}

{{location map~|Belgium|lat=50.883333 |long=3.416667 |label=Waregem |position=right}}

}}

It was performed by 18 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship, while K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk & Lierse S.K. were relegated.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belghist.html |title=Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008 |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |last1=Ploquin |first1=Phil |last2=Nackaerts |first2=Luc |last3=Coolsaet |first3=Jeroen |access-date=17 December 2018}}

The top two teams, Anderlecht and Club Brugge, finished level on points (though Anderlecht had a superior goal difference) and it was decided that a two-legged championship playoff would take place – a situation which had not occurred in Belgian football since 1928–29. Both of these 'test matches' were drawn: 1–1 in Brussels and 2–2 in Bruges, with Anderlecht coming back from two goals behind and holding off a late onslaught from the opposition to claim the title on the away goals rule.{{cite news|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/2d2ah081 |title=Reconstructie van de memorabele testmatchen van 1986 |trans-title=Reconstruction of the memorable test matches of 1986 |newspaper=Nieuwsblad|author=Marc Reunes|language=nl|date=19 May 2009|access-date=12 April 2024}}

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|team6=LIÈ|name_LIÈ=R.F.C. de Liège

|team7=BEE|name_BEE=K. Beerschot V.A.C.

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|team12=CHA|name_CHA=R. Charleroi S.C.

|team13=MOL|name_MOL=R.W.D. Molenbeek

|team14=LOK|name_LOK=K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen

|team15=KOR|name_KOR=K.V. Kortrijk

|team16=SER|name_SER=RFC Sérésien

|team17=WTG|name_WTG=K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk

|team18=LIE|name_LIE=Lierse S.K.

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|win_ANT=11|draw_ANT=13|loss_ANT=10|gf_ANT=38|ga_ANT=43

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|win_CHA=11|draw_CHA=6|loss_CHA=17|gf_CHA=41|ga_CHA=63

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|win_LOK=9|draw_LOK=8|loss_LOK=17|gf_LOK=45|ga_LOK=68

|win_KOR=8|draw_KOR=9|loss_KOR=17|gf_KOR=40|ga_KOR=52

|win_SER=6|draw_SER=13|loss_SER=15|gf_SER=23|ga_SER=39

|win_WTG=6|draw_WTG=10|loss_WTG=18|gf_WTG=23|ga_WTG=56

|win_LIE=5|draw_LIE=11|loss_LIE=18|gf_LIE=34|ga_LIE=67

|col_EC=#b0ee90|text_EC=Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup

|result1=EC

|col_ECWC=#f0e68c|text_ECWC=Qualified for 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup

|result2=ECWC

|col_UC=#97deff|text_UC=Qualified for 1986–87 UEFA Cup

|result3=UC|result4=UC|result5=UC

|col_R=#ffb0b0|text_R=Relegated to Division II

|result17=R|result18=R

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

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|match_AND_WAR=3–1

|match_AND_WTG=4–1

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|match_CER_WTG=4–2

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|match_CLU_FCL=3–1

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|match_CLU_LOK=5–0

|match_CLU_MEC=2–2

|match_CLU_MOL=4–1

|match_CLU_SER=2–1

|match_CLU_STA=2–3

|match_CLU_WAR=3–0

|match_CLU_WTG=3–0

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|match_CHA_KOR=2–1

|match_CHA_FCL=2–1

|match_CHA_LIE=1–1

|match_CHA_LOK=4–2

|match_CHA_MEC=2–0

|match_CHA_MOL=2–2

|match_CHA_SER=1–2

|match_CHA_STA=2–1

|match_CHA_WAR=0–1

|match_CHA_WTG=1–0

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|match_GNT_ANT=1–0

|match_GNT_BEE=0–0

|match_GNT_BEV=0–0

|match_GNT_CER=1–1

|match_GNT_CLU=2–1

|match_GNT_CHA=3–1

|match_GNT_KOR=3–0

|match_GNT_FCL=0–0

|match_GNT_LIE=3–0

|match_GNT_LOK=2–1

|match_GNT_MEC=0–2

|match_GNT_MOL=4–0

|match_GNT_SER=0–0

|match_GNT_STA=1–4

|match_GNT_WAR=3–1

|match_GNT_WTG=2–0

|name_KOR=Kortrijk

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|match_KOR_ANT=2–2

|match_KOR_BEE=4–1

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|match_KOR_CER=0–3

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|match_KOR_CHA=1–0

|match_KOR_GNT=4–0

|match_KOR_FCL=0–1

|match_KOR_LIE=4–0

|match_KOR_LOK=2–2

|match_KOR_MEC=2–2

|match_KOR_MOL=2–3

|match_KOR_SER=1–1

|match_KOR_STA=2–1

|match_KOR_WAR=2–1

|match_KOR_WTG=3–1

|name_FCL=Liége

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|match_FCL_CHA=3–1

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|match_FCL_KOR=2–0

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|match_FCL_LOK=3–2

|match_FCL_MEC=0–0

|match_FCL_MOL=1–0

|match_FCL_SER=1–0

|match_FCL_STA=0–0

|match_FCL_WAR=1–0

|match_FCL_WTG=4–1

|name_LIE=Lierse

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|match_LIE_ANT=0–0

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|match_LIE_CHA=0–3

|match_LIE_GNT=0–3

|match_LIE_KOR=0–1

|match_LIE_FCL=3–1

|match_LIE_LOK=5–0

|match_LIE_MEC=0–0

|match_LIE_MOL=1–3

|match_LIE_SER=1–1

|match_LIE_STA=1–1

|match_LIE_WAR=0–0

|match_LIE_WTG=2–1

|name_LOK=Lokeren

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|match_LOK_ANT=2–0

|match_LOK_BEE=2–2

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|match_LOK_CER=2–1

|match_LOK_CLU=0–2

|match_LOK_CHA=0–1

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|match_LOK_KOR=2–0

|match_LOK_FCL=0–1

|match_LOK_LIE=4–1

|match_LOK_MEC=2–1

|match_LOK_MOL=1–1

|match_LOK_SER=1–1

|match_LOK_STA=1–4

|match_LOK_WAR=0–3

|match_LOK_WTG=3–0

|name_MEC=Mechelen

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|match_MEC_ANT=0–0

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|match_MEC_CHA=4–2

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|match_MEC_KOR=3–1

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|match_MEC_LIE=1–1

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|match_MEC_SER=1–0

|match_MEC_STA=0–0

|match_MEC_WAR=2–0

|match_MEC_WTG=2–2

|name_MOL=Molenbeek

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|match_MOL_CHA=4–2

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|match_MOL_KOR=0–0

|match_MOL_FCL=1–4

|match_MOL_LIE=0–1

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|match_MOL_SER=2–0

|match_MOL_STA=0–0

|match_MOL_WAR=0–0

|match_MOL_WTG=0–0

|name_SER=Seraing

|match_SER_AND=2–1

|match_SER_ANT=0–0

|match_SER_BEE=0–0

|match_SER_BEV=0–2

|match_SER_CER=1–0

|match_SER_CLU=1–2

|match_SER_CHA=0–1

|match_SER_GNT=1–1

|match_SER_KOR=2–0

|match_SER_FCL=0–1

|match_SER_LIE=2–2

|match_SER_LOK=1–2

|match_SER_MEC=2–1

|match_SER_MOL=0–1

|match_SER_STA=0–0

|match_SER_WAR=1–1

|match_SER_WTG=0–0

|name_STA=Standard Liège

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|match_STA_BEV=0–1

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|match_WAR_STA=0–1

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|name_WTG=Waterschei Thor

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|match_WTG_LOK=1–4

|match_WTG_MEC=0–0

|match_WTG_MOL=0–0

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|match_WTG_STA=1–3

|match_WTG_WAR=1–0

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{football box |

| date = 30 April 1986

| team1 = Anderlecht

| score = 1–1

| team2 = Club Brugge

| goals1 = Vercauteren {{goal|15}}

| goals2 = Beyens {{goal|64}}

| stadium = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels

| referee = Jean-François Crucke

| attendance = 27,000}}

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{{football box |

| date = 6 May 1986

| team1 = Club Brugge

| score = 2–2

| team2 = Anderlecht

| goals1 = Papin {{goal|14}}
Wellens {{goal|32}}

| goals2 = Vandereycken {{goal|63}}
Demol {{goal|75}}
Vandereycken {{sentoff}}

| stadium = Olympiastadion, Bruges

| referee = Frans Van Den Wijngaert]

| attendance = 29,000 }}

{{end}}

• Anderlecht wins on away goals.

• R.S.C. Anderlecht–Club Brugge KV rivalry

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