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1957–58 in Belgian football

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The 1957–58 season was the 55th season of competitive football in Belgium. Standard Liège won their first Division I title. R Antwerp FC entered the 1957–58 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder. The Belgium national football team finished their 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign in the second place of Group 2, 2 points behind France, and thus did not qualify for the World Cup finals in Sweden.

Overview

At the end of the season, R Daring Club de Bruxelles and KRC Mechelen were relegated to Division II and were replaced in Division I by K Beringen FC and RRC Tournaisien from Division II.

The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (ASV Oostende KM and R Uccle Sport) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by (RFC Renaisien and RFC Sérésien) from Division III.

The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league K Tubantia FC, RCS Boussu-Bois, RAS Herstal and R Stade Louvain were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by KFC Waeslandia Burcht, RUS Tournaisienne, R Fléron FC and R Stade Waremmien from Promotion.

National team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score*	Comp	Belgium scorers
September 4, 1957	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	WCQ	F	André Van Herpe, Maurice Willems, Paul Vandenberg (3)
October 27, 1957	Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)	France	0-0	WCQ
November 17, 1957	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)	The Netherlands	2-5	F	Paul Vandenberg, Denis Houf
December 8, 1957	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara (A)	Turkey	1-1	F	Armand Jurion
March 2, 1958	Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)	Germany	0-2	F
April 13, 1958	Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H)	The Netherlands	2-7	F	Henri Coppens (2)
May 26, 1958	Hardturm, Zürich (A)	Switzerland	2-0	F	Jacques Stockman, Marcel Paeschen

Belgium score given first

Key

H = Home match
A = Away match
N = On neutral ground
F = Friendly
WCQ = World Cup qualification
o.g. = own goal

European competitions

R Antwerp FC lost in the first round of the 1957–58 European Champion Clubs' Cup to title holder Real Madrid of Spain (defeat 1-2 at home and defeat 6-0 away).

Honours

Competition	Winner
Division I	Standard Liège
Division II	K Beringen FC
Division III	RFC Renaisien and RFC Sérésien
Promotion	KFC Waeslandia Burcht, RUS Tournaisienne, R Fléron FC and R Stade Waremmien

Final league tables

Premier Division

Main article: 1957–58 Belgian First Division

1957-58 Top scorer: Jef Van Gool (R Antwerp FC) and Jef Vliers (R Beerschot AC) with 25 goals.
1957 Golden Shoe: Armand Jurion (RSC Anderlechtois)

References

http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1957-1958FR.pdf {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-16 FA website)
http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html {{Webarchive. link. (2011-01-18 FA website)

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