2015–16 Belgian Pro League
| Season | 2015–16 |
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| Champions | Club Brugge |
| Relegated | OH Leuven |
| Champions League |
Club Brugge Anderlecht |
| Europa League |
Standard Liège K.A.A. Gent RC Genk |
| Matches played | 184 |
| Goals scored | 517 (2.81 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Jérémy Perbet (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Club Brugge 7–1 Standard Liège |
| Biggest away win |
Waasland-Beveren 1–5 Oostende Zulte-Waregem 0–4 Anderlecht |
| Highest scoring | Club Brugge 7–1 Standard Liège |
| Longest winning run | 7 games Club Brugge |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games K.A.A. Gent |
| Longest winless run | 8 games Standard Liège and Westerlo |
| Longest losing run | 6 games OH Leuven |
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The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started in the last week of July 2015 and finished in May 2016. Gent were the defending champions.
This was the last season under the "Pro League" name; a reorganisation of the Belgian professional leagues followed the season, with the top league to be known from 2016–17 forward as "First Division A".
Some changes were introduced in comparison to the previous season, with the most important one being the relegation rules. Instead of organising a relegation playoff between the teams finishing in the two last positions, this season will rather see the last team relegated immediately, while the 15th placed team will not play in any playoff and will remain in the renamed Belgian First Division A.
Several other smaller changes were introduced, namely:
The first two of these rules were put in force as a compensation for the rule that the points obtained during the regular season are halved prior to the start of the championship playoff, to the complaint of several teams that had been in the lead after the regular season the past few seasons. The third rule was put in force to avoid the effect of players intentionally taking yellow cards near the end of the regular season, to make sure they were suspended before the playoffs (mostly against lesser teams) and could start the deciding playoffs with a clean sheet.
Note: The classification was made after the weekend (or midweek) of each matchday, so postponed matches were only processed at the time they were played to represent the real evolution in standings.
Source: soccerassociation.com
Updated to games played on 13 March 2016.
Source: Belgian Pro League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 The matches Lokeren - Anderlecht (21 November) and Mouscron-Péruwelz - Charleroi (22 November) were postponed due to increased safety measures following the November 2015 Paris attacks. These matches were rescheduled to 22 and 23 December.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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