Season | 1955β56 | |
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The 1955β56 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 7th Division I title. [1] This was also their third consecutive title, for the second time. RSC Anderlechtois also entered the first European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian champion. The Belgium national football team played 7 friendly games (2 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses). [2] RRC Tournaisien won the Belgian Cup but after this season the competition was stopped due to the pressure of the top clubs in the vote to maintain or not the competition. The Belgian Cup would eventually resume in the 1963β64 season after the creation of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
At the end of the season,
K Waterschei SV Thor and
KFC Malinois were relegated to
Division II and were replaced by Division II winner
RCS VerviΓ©tois and runner-up
OC Charleroi.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (
SRU Verviers and
KFC Herentals) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by (
RCS Brugeois and
VV Patro Eisden) from Division III.
The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league
KAV Dendermonde,
KVK Waeslandia Burcht,
RCS Hallois and
RFC Bressoux were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by
FC Eeklo,
K Olse Merksem SC,
R Jeunesse Arlonaise and
KFC Diest from Promotion.
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score* | Comp | Belgium scorers |
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September 25, 1955 | Strahov Stadium, Prague (A) | Czechoslovakia | 2-5 | F | Henri Coppens, Richard Orlans |
September 28, 1955 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest (A) | Romania | 0-1 | F | |
October 16, 1955 | Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A) | The Netherlands | 2-2 | F | SΓ©bastien Jacquemijns (2) |
December 25, 1955 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | France | 2-1 | F | Jean Jadot, Hippolyte Van Den Bosch |
March 11, 1956 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | Switzerland | 1-3 | F | Joseph Mermans |
April 8, 1956 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) | The Netherlands | 0-1 | F | |
June 3, 1956 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | Hungary | 5-4 | F | Robert Van Kerkhoven, Remy Vandeweyer, Richard Orlans (2), Denis Houf |
* Belgium score given first
Key
RSC Anderlechtois lost in the first round of the first European Champion Clubs' Cup to VΓΆrΓΆs Lobogo of Hungary (defeat 6-3 away and defeat 1-4 at home).
Season | 1955β56 | |
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|
The 1955β56 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Belgium. RSC Anderlechtois won their 7th Division I title. [1] This was also their third consecutive title, for the second time. RSC Anderlechtois also entered the first European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian champion. The Belgium national football team played 7 friendly games (2 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses). [2] RRC Tournaisien won the Belgian Cup but after this season the competition was stopped due to the pressure of the top clubs in the vote to maintain or not the competition. The Belgian Cup would eventually resume in the 1963β64 season after the creation of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
At the end of the season,
K Waterschei SV Thor and
KFC Malinois were relegated to
Division II and were replaced by Division II winner
RCS VerviΓ©tois and runner-up
OC Charleroi.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (
SRU Verviers and
KFC Herentals) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by (
RCS Brugeois and
VV Patro Eisden) from Division III.
The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league
KAV Dendermonde,
KVK Waeslandia Burcht,
RCS Hallois and
RFC Bressoux were relegated to Promotion, to be replaced by
FC Eeklo,
K Olse Merksem SC,
R Jeunesse Arlonaise and
KFC Diest from Promotion.
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score* | Comp | Belgium scorers |
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September 25, 1955 | Strahov Stadium, Prague (A) | Czechoslovakia | 2-5 | F | Henri Coppens, Richard Orlans |
September 28, 1955 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest (A) | Romania | 0-1 | F | |
October 16, 1955 | Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A) | The Netherlands | 2-2 | F | SΓ©bastien Jacquemijns (2) |
December 25, 1955 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | France | 2-1 | F | Jean Jadot, Hippolyte Van Den Bosch |
March 11, 1956 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | Switzerland | 1-3 | F | Joseph Mermans |
April 8, 1956 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) | The Netherlands | 0-1 | F | |
June 3, 1956 | Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) | Hungary | 5-4 | F | Robert Van Kerkhoven, Remy Vandeweyer, Richard Orlans (2), Denis Houf |
* Belgium score given first
Key
RSC Anderlechtois lost in the first round of the first European Champion Clubs' Cup to VΓΆrΓΆs Lobogo of Hungary (defeat 6-3 away and defeat 1-4 at home).