2013–14 Belgian Pro League
| Season | 2013–14 |
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| Champions | Anderlecht |
| Relegated |
Mons OH Leuven |
| Champions League |
Anderlecht Standard Liège |
| Europa League |
Lokeren Club Brugge Zulte Waregem |
| Matches played | 299 |
| Goals scored | 810 (2.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hamdi Harbaoui (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Anderlecht 5–0 Mechelen |
| Biggest away win |
Cercle Brugge 0–5 Standard Liège Lierse 0–5 Standard Liège |
| Highest scoring |
Zulte Waregem 4–3 Anderlecht Anderlecht 5–2 Charleroi Genk 5–2 Zulte Waregem Kortrijk 3–4 Lierse OH Leuven 2–5 Club Brugge |
| Longest winning run | 9 matches Standard Liège |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Standard Liège |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches Mons |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Genk |
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The 2013–14 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2013 with the match between Club Brugge and Charleroi and finished on 18 May 2014 with Anderlecht grabbing their 33rd title due to a 3-1 at home against Lokeren.
During the regular season, Standard Liège started by winning their first nine matches, putting pressure on their main challengers Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk and Zulte Waregem. At the halfway point, Genk was closing in on Standard, trailing by one point, but following a series of losses they dropped several places in the standings and eventually they narrowly held on to sixth place and just made it into the title playoffs. Towards the end of the regular season, mainly Club Brugge proved to be a threat as they had narrowed the gap to Standard, closing in to only four points.
The playoffs started with Standard leading on 34 points and Club Brugge right behind them on 32. Both Anderlecht (29 points) and Zulte Waregem (27 points) were at that point considered long shots for the title, while Lokeren on 26 and Genk on 23 were considered to be out of contention. Early in the playoffs, Standard immediately beat Anderlecht and knocked them down to eight points behind, seemingly setting up a final title race between them and Club Brugge. Although Standard had been in the lead since the start of the season, they somehow starting struggling, allowing Club Brugge to overtake them in the standings and become the main title favorite with just four games to go. On 4 May 2014, Club Brugge had the chance to permanently knock Anderlecht out of the race, but somehow lost at home against 10 men, putting Standard back into the lead with Anderlecht now a close second. Standard in turn then lost against Club Brugge, putting Anderlecht into the lead with two games to go, a lead which they kept until the end, winning their 33rd title in a season in which they lost no less than 11 games.
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