| Country: | Belgium |
| Soccer: | no |
| Season: | 1961–62 |
| Prevseason: | 1960–61 |
| Nextseason: | 1962–63 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
The 1961–62 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Belgium. RCS Anderlechtois won their 9th Division I title.[1] Standard Liège entered the 1961–62 European Champion Clubs' Cup as Belgian title holder and became the first Belgian club to reach the semifinals of this competition. RU Saint-Gilloise entered the 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The Belgium national football team finished their unsuccessful 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign with a loss and played 7 friendly matches (5 wins, 2 losses).[2]
At the end of the season, K Waterschei SV Thor Genk and KSC Eendracht Aalst were relegated to Division II and were replaced in Division I by R Berchem Sport and K Beringen FC from Division II.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (K Sint-Niklaasse SK and RRC Tournaisien) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by KRC Mechelen and R Crossing Club Molenbeek from Division III.
The bottom club of each Division III league (RUS Tournaisienne, Kontich FC, R Fléron FC and Aarschot Sport) were relegated to the Promotion, to be replaced by VC Zwevegem Sport, FC Vigor Hamme, R Stade Waremmien FC and FC Eendracht Houthalen from Promotion.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score*!style="background: lightblue;" align=center|Comp!style="background: lightblue;"|Belgium scorers|-|October 4, 1961|Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)|Sweden|0-2|WCQ||-|October 18, 1961|Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)|France|3-0|F|Pierre Hanon, Paul Vandenberg, Roger Claessen|-|November 12, 1961|Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (A)|The Netherlands|4-0|F|Roger Claessen (2), Paul Vandenberg, Paul Van Himst|-|December 24, 1961|Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)|Bulgaria|4-0|F|Jacques Stockman, Armand Jurion, Paul Van Himst (2)|-|April 1, 1962|Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H)|The Netherlands|3-1|F|Armand Jurion, Paul Vandenberg (2)|-|May 13, 1962|Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H)|Italy|1-3|F|Paul Van Himst|-|May 17, 1962|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (A)|Portugal|2-1|F|Jacques Stockman, Armand Jurion|-|May 23, 1962|10th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw (A)|Poland|0-2|F||}* Belgium score given first Key
European competitionsStandard Liège qualified for the first round of the 1961–62 European Champion Clubs' Cup by defeating Fredrikstad FK of Norway (wins 2-1 at home and 0-2 away) in the preliminary round. They then eliminated successively FC Haka of Finland (wins 5-1 at home and 0-2 away) and Rangers of Scotland (win 4-1 at home and defeat 2-0 away) to reach the semifinals. At this stage of the competition, Standard lost to Real Madrid (losses 4-0 away and 0-2 at home). RU Saint-Gilloise lost in the first round of the 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup to Hearts of Scotland (losses 1-3 at home and defeat 2-0 away). Honours
Final league tablesPremier DivisionSee main article: 1961–62 Belgian First Division.
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