2020–21 Belgian Women's Super League Explained

Competition:Belgian Women's Super League
Season:2020–21
Winners:Anderlecht
Continentalcup1:UEFA Women's Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Anderlecht
League Topscorer:Tessa Wullaert(28 goals)
Matches:180
Total Goals:334
Longest Wins:17 matches
Anderlecht
Longest Unbeaten:17 matches
Anderlecht
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021-22
Updated:26 May 2022

The 2020-21 Belgian Women's Super League season was the 6th edition since its establishment in 2015. It started on 28 August 2020 and final was played on 29 May 2021. However, the competition was cut short due to a COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
Anderlecht were the defending champions.

Changes from 2019-20

In light of further professionalising women's football in Belgium, several changes were introduced through RBFA's "The World at our Feet" project.[2]
The six teams of the previous years (Anderlecht, Club YLA, AA Gent, KRC Genk, OH Leuven and Standard Liège) were joined by both champion and runner-up of the 1st National division: Eendracht Aalst and White Star Woluwe respectively. Zulte-Waregem and Charleroi completed the list of 10 teams, ensuring a larger geographical spread of the women's teams at the highest level.[3]
The Women's Super League also received a brand new visual identity and logo. Interactive content is provided via new Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scoooresuperleague, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/scoooresuperleague/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/scooore_sl?s=20&t=cb4dcChEs18VD3pucf4F0A accounts.

All 10 teams play each other twice in a regular competition, for a total of 18 matches. The final standings are than divided in 2 groups, with the top 5 teams competing in Play-off 1 and the bottom 5 in Play-off 2.
Each team in each Play-off starts with half their points from the regular competition, rounded up. The 5 teams than play a total of 8 matches to determine the final rankings.[4]

Teams

Stadia and locations

ClubHome cityHome groundCapacity
AnderlechtBelgian Football Center, Tubize1,000
GenkSportinGenk Park, Genk2,000
GhentPGB-Stadion, Ghent6,500
BrugesMunicipal Sports Center, Aalter1,500
LeuvenOHL Banqup Campus, Oud-Heverlee3,330
LiègeStade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège27,670
ZulteMunicipal Sports Stadium, Zulte2,500
AalstPierre Cornelisstadion, Aalst4,500
CharleroiMarcinelle Complex, Marcinelle1,000
BrusselsFallon Stadion, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert3,500

Standings

Play-off 2

Top goalscorers

Regular competition

RankPlayerClubGoals[5]
1 Anderlecht 28
2 Anderlecht 22
3 Club YLA 11
Standard Liège
5 Genk 10
6 OH Leuven 9
Standard Liège
Gent
9 Gent 8
10 Gent 7
Standard Liège

Play-off 1

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Anderlecht 8
2 Club YLA 4
Anderlecht
Gent
OH Leuven
Club YLA

Play-off 2

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Genk 8
2 Genk 5
Aalst
4 Zulte-Waregem 4
Aalst

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-05-26 . Super League eindigt met anticlimax: "Niet alle speelsters hebben mindset om de sport in België echt op de kaart te zetten" . 2022-05-28 . sporza.be . nl.
  2. Web site: Royal Belgian FA . 2022-05-27 . www.rbfa.be.
  3. Web site: Frith . Wilf . 2020-05-02 . Belgian Women's Super League expanded . 2022-05-28 . SheKicks . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Scooore Super League - Voetbalexpress . 2022-05-26 . www.voetbalexpress.be. nl.
  5. Web site: Super League Women 2020/2021 results, Football Belgium - Flashscore . 2022-05-27 . www.flashscore.com . en.