| Competition: | Belgian Pro League |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Dates: | 28 July 2023 – 2 June 2024 |
| Winners: | Club Brugge 19th title |
| Relegated: | RWD Molenbeek Eupen |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Club Brugge Union SG |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Anderlecht Cercle Brugge |
| Continentalcup3: | Conference League |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Gent |
| League Topscorer: | Kévin Denkey (27 goals) |
| Matches: | 312 |
| Total Goals: | 886 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Antwerp 6–0 Kortrijk (11 August 2023) Club Brugge 7–1 RWDM (20 August 2023) Antwerp 6–0 Standard Liège (11 November 2023) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Eupen 0–5 Club Brugge (13 August 2023) RWD Molenbeek 1-6 Club Brugge (22 December 2023)Standard Liège 0-5 KVC Westerlo (10 May 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | Club Brugge 7–1 RWD Molenbeek (20 August 2023) |
| Longest Wins: | 8 matches Union SG |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 24 matches Union SG |
| Longest Winless: | 13 matches RWDM |
| Longest Losses: | 6 matches Westerlo Eupen |
| Highest Attendance: | 27,645 Club Brugge 0–0 Cercle Brugge (26 May 2024) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 (behind closed doors) Sporting Charleroi 1–1 OH Leuven (29 July 2023) Standard Liège 0–0 OH Leuven (6 April 2024) |
| Attendance: | 3,261,502 |
| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier football in Belgium. Club Brugge were crowned champions for the 19th time in their history having come back from fourth at the start of the title play-offs. For the second time in three seasons, Union Saint-Gilloise finished top at the end of the regular season, but did not win the league.
After 3 seasons, the Belgian Pro League returned to the "old" format, featuring the number of teams reduced from 18 to 16, and with similar play-offs as it was pre-COVID-19. After the regular season, the top six teams qualified for the champions' play-offs (commonly called "Play-offs I"), teams from 7th to 12th place qualified for the Europe play-offs (commonly called "Play-offs II"), but most importantly the number of teams relegating increased from one to either two or three, as the bottom four teams (13th through 16th) played relegation play-offs after completion, of which the bottom two teams were relegated directly, with the team finishing 14th overall playing the 3rd-place finisher of the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League for the final spot in the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League.[1]
Due to the league format change which reduced the number of teams back from 18 to 16, the bottom three teams had been relegated to the Challenger Pro League: Oostende (after ten seasons), Seraing (after two seasons) and Zulte Waregem (after 18 seasons). They were replaced by RWD Molenbeek, the winner of the 2022–23 Challenger Pro League. Officially, this RWD Molenbeek played their first-ever season in the top flight, however the club saw itself as the successor of the former RWD Molenbeek, one-time Belgian champion, which last played at the highest level in 2002. Another distinct successor team with similar name RWDM Brussels also played four seasons at the highest level from 2004 to 2008.
| Matricule | Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Anderlecht, Brussels | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium | 21,500 | ||
| 1 | Antwerp | Bosuilstadion | 16,144 | ||
| 12 | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,042 | ||
| 22 | Charleroi | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | 14,000 | ||
| 3 | Bruges | Jan Breydel Stadium | 29,042 | ||
| 4276 | Eupen | Kehrwegstadion | 8,363 | ||
| 322 | Genk | Cegeka Arena | 24,956 | ||
| 7 | Ghent | Ghelamco Arena | 20,000 | ||
| 19 | Kortrijk | Guldensporen Stadion | 9,399 | ||
| 25 | Mechelen | AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne | 16,700 | ||
| 18 | Leuven | Den Dreef | 10,000 | ||
| 5479 | Molenbeek, Brussels | Edmond Machtens Stadium | 12,266 | ||
| 373 | Sint-Truiden | Stayen | 14,600 | ||
| 16 | Liège | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | 30,023 | ||
| 10 | Forest, Brussels | Stade Joseph Marien | 9,400 | ||
| 2024 | Westerlo | Het Kuipje | 8,035 |
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| Club | Manager | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt sponsors (front) | Shirt sponsors (back) | Shirt sponsors (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderlecht | Joma | DVV Insurance (H)/Candriam (A) | None | Napoleon Games | None | |
| Antwerp | Mark van Bommel | Jako | betFIRST | Heylen Vastgoed, Ghelamco | None | |
| Cercle Brugge | Kappa | Golden Palace Casino Sports | Liantis, Callant Insurance | Volvo Automobilia, Brugge | Autoverhuur Meerschaert, Callant Insurance | |
| Charleroi | Kipsta | Unibet, R-Aqua, Cairox | QNT Sport | None | UMons | |
| Club Brugge | Macron | Unibet | Allianz | BWT | None | |
| Eupen | Adidas | Aspire Academy, Ostbelgien | None | Johnen Automobile | ||
| Genk |  Domenico Olivieri, Michel Ribeiro & Eddy Vanhemel (caretakers) | Nike | Beobank, EAZER | CEO's 4 Climate, Carglass | Aqua-Step HDM | Cegeka, Carglass |
| Gent | Hein Vanhaezebrouck | Craft | Bâloise | Circus Belgium, Vdk bank | Hyundai | APF Autoparts, Vdk bank |
| Kortrijk | Erreà | AGO Jobs & HR, Unibet | Brustor, Earth Belgium, Caps Fuel Card | NOVA | Unibet, Caps Fuel Card | |
| Mechelen | Telenet, Groep Verelst, Play Sports, AFAS Software | AFAS Software | None | Arco Information, Golden Palace Casino Sports | ||
| OH Leuven | Stanno | Star Casino | Tegel Concept | Banqup | None | |
| RWD Molenbeek | Kipsta | Golden Palace Casino Sports | M&G Cleaning | None | Liften De Weghe, Tadal | |
| Sint-Truiden | Thorsten Fink | Macron | Nishitan Clinic, DMM.com, City Creation, Maruhan | Sint Truiden | Asahi Kasei, Maruhan | Pauli Beton, Star Casino |
| Standard Liège | Adidas | VOO | Circus Belgium | Cainiao | None | |
| Union SG | Alexander Blessin | Nike [2] | Loterie Nationale/Hey! Telecom (in UEFA matches) | Hey! Telecom | None | |
| Westerlo | Nike | Soudal | Casino777, Arma Global | Keukens Vanlommel, Voetbalshop.be |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Brugge | Rik De Mil | Caretaker replaced[3] | End of 2022–23 season[4] [5] [6] | Pre-season |  Ronny Deila | 5 June 2023 | |
| Eupen | Edward Still | Mutual consent | Florian Kohfeldt | 8 June 2023[7] | |||
| Kortrijk | Bernd Storck | Edward Still | 2 July 2023[8] | ||||
| Sint-Truiden | Bernd Hollerbach | Thorsten Fink | 16 May 2023[9] | ||||
| Standard Liège | Geoffrey Valenne | Caretaker replaced | Carl Hoefkens | 16 June 2023[10] | |||
| Union SG | Karel Geraerts | No extension agreement found[11] | 21 June 2023 | Alexander Blessin | 3 July 2023[12] | ||
| RWD Molenbeek | Vincent Euvrard | Sacked | 24 July 2023[13] |  Caçapa | 25 July 2023[14] | ||
| Kortrijk | Edward Still | 25 September 2023[15] | 16th |  Joseph Akpala (caretaker) | 25 September 2023 | ||
| Joseph Akpala (caretaker) | Caretaker replaced | 2 October 2023[16] | 16th | Glen De Boeck | 2 October 2023 | ||
| OH Leuven | Marc Brys | Sacked | 13 October 2023[17] | 14th | Eddy Vanhemel (caretaker) | 13 October 2023 | |
| Mechelen | Steven Defour | 2 November 2023[18] | 13th | Frederik Vanderbiest (caretaker) | 2 November 2023 | ||
| OH Leuven | Eddy Vanhemel | Caretaker replaced | 5 November 2023[19] |  Óscar García | 5 November 2023 | ||
| Mechelen | Frederik Vanderbiest | 8 November 2023[20] | 14th |  Besnik Hasi | 8 November 2023 | ||
| Westerlo | Jonas De Roeck | Sacked | 2 December 2023[21] | 15th | Bart Goor (caretaker) | 2 December 2023 | |
| Kortrijk | Glen De Boeck | 6 December 2023[22] | 16th | Joseph Akpala (caretaker) | 6 December 2023 | ||
| Westerlo | Bart Goor (caretaker) | Caretaker replaced | 12 December 2023[23] | 14th | Rik De Mil | 12 December 2023 | |
| Standard Liège | Carl Hoefkens | Sacked | 31 December 2023[24] | 9th | Ivan Leko | 4 January 2024[25] | |
| Kortrijk | Joseph Akpala (caretaker) | Caretaker replaced | 5 January 2024[26] | 16th |  Freyr Alexandersson | 5 January 2024 | |
| RWD Molenbeek | Caçapa | Sacked | 11 February 2024[27] | 14th |  Bruno Irles | 14 February 2024[28] | |
| Eupen | Florian Kohfeldt | Resigned | 16 March 2024[29] | 14th | Kristoffer Andersen & Raphaël Fèvre | 25 March 2024[30] | |
| Club Brugge | Ronny Deila | Sacked | 18 March 2024[31] | 4th | Nicky Hayen (caretaker) | 18 March 2024 | |
| Westerlo | Rik De Mil | 19 March 2024[32] | 11th | Bart Goor (caretaker) | 19 March 2024 | ||
| Charleroi | Felice Mazzù | 20 March 2024[33] | 13th | Rik De Mil | 22 March 2024[34] | ||
| RWD Molenbeek | Bruno Irles | 23 March 2024[35] | 16th | Yannick Ferrera | 23 March 2024 | ||
| Genk | Wouter Vrancken | Mutual consent | 9 May 2024[36] | 4th (Champions' play-offs) | Domenico Olivieri, Michel Ribeiro & Eddy Vanhemel (caretakers) | 9 May 2024 |
The champions' play-offs decided the overall league champion. The top six teams of the Regular season qualified and played a round-robin tournament, with each team starting with half the points obtained during the regular season. The starting points were rounded up, in case of ties in standings at the end of the champions' play-offs, any half points gained were deducted first.
The points of Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Cercle Brugge and Genk were rounded up, and thus in the event of a tie on points, Union SG and Antwerp would always be ranked ahead of those four teams.
The teams finishing in the top four positions after conclusion of the champions' play-offs qualified for European football, with the team in position five facing the winner of the Europe play-offs for the final ticket.
The Europe play-offs were played by the teams in positions 7 through 12 at the conclusion of the Regular season. Teams played a round-robin tournament, with each team starting with half the points obtained during the regular season. The starting points were rounded up, in case of ties in standings at the end of the Europe play-offs, any half points gained were deducted first.
The points of Gent, Mechelen and OH Leuven were rounded up, and thus in the event of a tie on points, Sint-Truiden, Standard Liège and Westerlo would always be ranked ahead of those three teams.
The winner of the Europe play-offs faced the team finishing fifth in the champions' play-offs to decide which team qualified for European football.
A single match was played between the fifth place finisher of the champions' play-offs and Gent, the winner of the Europe play-offs, with home advantage to the team from the champions' play-offs. The winner qualified for European football.
Normally the fourth team of the champions' play-offs would be facing the winner of the Europe play-offs, but as Union SG won the 2023–24 Belgian Cup on 9 May 2024 and was already guaranteed of finishing in the top four, instead the fifth-placed team of the champions' play-offs, Genk, faced Gent.
The bottom four teams after the regular season played the relegation play-offs, a round-robin tournament in which they started with the full points obtained during the regular season. The teams finishing in third and fourth at the conclusion of the relegation play-offs were relegated to the 2024–25 Challenger Pro League, and the team finishing in second place had to play the winner of the promotion play-offs, with the winner of that match playing in the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League.
Charleroi did not lose a single match during the play-offs and was already mathematically certain after four matchdays of not being relegated. Eupen was relegated after five matchdays, following a loss at Kortrijk. On the final matchday on 11 May 2024, to avoid direct relegation, RWD Molenbeek needed to win (at Eupen) and hope Kortrijk would not win (at Charleroi). Kortrijk did lose, but so did RWDM, sending Kortrijk to the promotion/relegation play-offs for an ultimate chance at avoiding relegation, while directly relegating RWD Molenbeek back to the Challenger Pro League.
Despite teams not playing the same amount of matches due to the play-offs, goals during the play-offs did count in determining the top scorer.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[37] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kévin Denkey | Cercle Brugge | 27 | |
| 2 | Anders Dreyer | Anderlecht | 19 | |
| 3 | Mohamed Amoura | Union SG | 18 | |
| Igor Thiago | Club Brugge | |||
| 5 |  Gustaf Nilsson | Union SG | 16 | |
| 6 | Kasper Dolberg | Anderlecht | 15 | |
| Aboubakary Koïta | Sint-Truiden | |||
 Tarik Tissoudali | Gent | |||
| 9 | Andreas Skov Olsen | Club Brugge | 14 | |
| 10 | Nicolas Madsen | Westerlo | 13 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[38] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maarten Vandevoordt | Genk | 13 |
| 2 | Jean Butez | Antwerp | 12 |
| Warleson | Cercle Brugge | ||
| 4 | Gaëtan Coucke | Mechelen | 11 |
| Simon Mignolet | Club Brugge | ||
 Anthony Moris | Union SG | ||
| 7 |  Hervé Koffi | Charleroi | 9 |
| 8 | Arnaud Bodart | Standard Liège | 7 |
| Tobe Leysen | OH Leuven | ||
| Davy Roef | Gent | ||
| Kasper Schmeichel | Anderlecht |
Hannes van der Bruggen (Cercle Brugge)
Christopher Bonsu Baah (Genk)Club Brugge drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Belgian Pro League.
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