Belgian First Division 2009–10
| Season | 2009–10 |
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| Champions | Anderlecht (30th title) |
| Relegated |
Mouscron Roeselare |
| Champions League |
Anderlecht Gent |
| Europa League |
Club Brugge Racing Genk Cercle Brugge |
| Matches played | 268 |
| Goals scored | 614 (2.29 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Romelu Lukaku, 15 goals |
| Biggest home win | Anderlecht 6-0 Zulte-Waregem (28 March 2010) |
| Biggest away win | Mouscron 0–5 Lokeren (12 December 2009) Germinal Beerschot 0-5 Anderlecht (29 January 2010) |
| Highest scoring | Lokeren 5–3 Cercle (31 March 2010) AA Gent 6-2 Club Brugge (8 May 2010) |
| Longest winning run | Anderlecht (9 games) ended 27 December 2010 |
| Longest unbeaten run | Anderlecht (13 games) ended 6 February 2010 |
| Longest losing run | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. (7 games) ended 21 November 2009 |
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The 2009–10 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as Jupiler Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier football in Belgium. The season began on 31 July 2009 with the first matches of the regular season, and ended in May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. Standard Liège were the defending champions.
The competition underwent a significant overhaul for this season by reducing the number of teams and, for the first time in the history of the league, introducing a playoff system to determine the Belgian champions.
On April 18, 2010, Anderlecht became champions as a result of a 1-2 victory in Bruges against one of their main rivals, Club Brugge.
The league size has been reduced from eighteen to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.
The participating clubs will first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches. After the conclusion of those matches, the team ranked 16th will be directly relegated to the Belgian Second Division, while every other team will play in a playoff round according to its league table position.
The first six teams will play in the Championship playoff. Points earned during the regular season are halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round will be played on a round-robin schedule. The winner of this round has won the Belgian championship and will participate in the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up will also play in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while the third-placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Finally, the fourth-placed team will have to compete in a single match (called Testmatch) against the winner of the Europa League playoff (see below) for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
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