1955–56 Belgian First Division

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Football league season

Belgian First Division
Season	1955–56
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 season of the Belgian First Division was won by R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Overview

Waterschei Thorclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1955–56

It was contested by 16 teams, and R.S.C. Anderlecht won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	R.S.C. Anderlecht (C)	30	18	6	6	83	36	+47	42	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Royal Antwerp FC	30	14	11	5	55	38	+17	39
3	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30	12	13	5	59	46	+13	37
4	K Berchem Sport	30	12	9	9	53	52	+1	33
5	K.R.C. Mechelen	30	13	7	10	55	56	−1	33
6	R.F.C. de Liège	30	12	7	11	59	53	+6	31
7	R. Charleroi S.C.	30	12	7	11	52	52	0	31
8	Standard Liège	30	11	8	11	68	48	+20	30
9	Daring Club	30	12	5	13	49	51	−2	29
10	Beerschot	30	12	5	13	51	59	−8	29
11	Lierse S.K.	30	12	4	14	41	53	−12	28
12	La Gantoise	30	7	12	11	47	42	+5	26
13	Beringen FC	30	8	9	13	39	52	−13	25
14	Tilleur FC	30	9	7	14	43	60	−17	25
15	K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk	30	8	6	16	42	63	−21	22	Relegated to Division II
16	KV Mechelen	30	6	8	16	45	80	−35	20	Relegated to Division II

Source:
(C) Champions

Home \ Away	AND	ANT	BEE	BRC	BER	CHA	DAR	GNT	FCL	LIE	KVM	RCM	STA	USG	TIL	WTG
Anderlecht		2–2	6–0	4–1	2–0	2–3	4–0	4–0	4–3	4–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–2	8–2	4–1
Antwerp	1–0		1–3	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	2–3	4–0	4–1	2–0	4–4	2–1	0–0
Beerschot	1–0	1–2		5–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–3	1–1	8–3	1–3	2–1	2–0	5–1	2–1
Berchem	1–1	1–1	3–2		2–3	3–1	5–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	4–1
Beringen	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0		6–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–5	0–5	1–2	2–5
Charleroi	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		4–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	7–1	4–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–3
Daring Club	1–4	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–3		2–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
La Gantoise	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	1–1		1–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	4–2	0–0	9–2
Liège	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–5	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–0		3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	1–2
Lierse	0–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–3	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–3	1–0	3–3	1–3	2–1
KV Mechelen	1–7	1–1	6–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–3	1–5		3–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	3–1
K.R.C. Mechelen	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–3	0–2	2–2	2–3	2–0	5–1		3–3	1–1	3–1	5–1
Standard Liège	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–8	2–2	7–1	2–0	4–1	6–0		1–1	6–0	2–1
Union SG	1–1	2–1	6–1	1–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–0	1–2	3–1		2–1	3–2
Tilleur	0–1	0–2	3–2	3–4	3–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–5	5–0		3–1
Waterschei Thor	0–5	1–2	0–1	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ploquin, Phil; Nackaerts, Luc; Coolsaet, Jeroen. "Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

Seasons

Clubs

Former clubs

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Statistics and awards

v t e 1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
« 1954–55 1956–57 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '55
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

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