Belgium – ranked 7th. Interesting season, bringing new champion – or rather very old one – which was also a club in everybody’s mind at least in Europe. Belgium still used the old 2-point-for-a-win system.
Second Division. The winner was directly promoted to First Division and the second promotion was contested in play-offs between the teams finishing 2-5 in the championship. The usual confusion with names… so the one given in the RSSF records is followed here.
KSC Hasselt was last and out with 18 points.
RC Harelbeke – 15th with 20 points and out.
FC Verbroedering Geel -14th with 24 points.
K. Stade Leuven – 13th with 26 points.
KSK Tongeren – 12th with 27 points.
FC Lommelse SK – 11th with 27 points.
K. Th. Diest – 10th with 27 points.
Racing Jet Wavre – 9th with 28 points. One has to keep foundation date – or rather registration date – of Belgian clubs, for almost every change canceled previous club and new one started. So, the previous featured team Diest, although familiar name, was actually just coming to existence. On the other hand Racing Jet only changed location – and the name, consequently – from Brussels to Wavre. Something like that…
K. Berchem Sport – 8th with 29 points. As usual, many foreigners played in Belgium – Berchem had the Czechoslovak veteran striker Werner Licka, for example. Now 35-years old and fading away from minds – his fame really was in 1980.
FC Eeklo – 7th with 30 points.
K. Patro Eisden – 6th with 31 points.
KSC Eendracht Aalst – 5th with 32 points.
K. Boom – 4th with 36 points and to the promotion play-offs.
KAA Gent – 3rd with 40 points and to the play-offs.
RFC Seresien – 2nd with 41 points and going to the play-offs.
FC Germinal Ekeren won the championship with 44 points from 19 wins, 6 ties, 5 losses, 63-33 goal-difference. Well desereved victory, getting then direct promotion to First Division.
The promotion play-offs – a 2-leg round-robin tournament. A bit of mystery – the 7th in the championship went to the play-offs instead of higher-placed teams.
Why FC Eeklo was given place in the promotion play-offs is unclear, but did not help them – they finished last with 4 points.
K. Boom – 3rd with 4 points.
RFC Seresien – 2nd with 6 points.
KAA Gent – won the play-offs and the promotion with 10 points – 5 wins and 1 lost game, 10-3 goal-difference. Won when mattered and went up along with Germinal Ekeren.