2007-08 in Belgian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2007-08 football (soccer) season in Belgium, which is the 114th season of competitive football in the country.

League competitions

Belgian First Division

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Belgian Second Division

Other honours

ee also

* Jupiler League 2007-08
* Belgian Cup 2007-08
* 2008 Belgian Super Cup
* Belgian Second Division
* Belgian Third Division A
* Belgian Third Division B

Deaths

*Constant Vanden Stock, 93, honorary president, former president and player of Anderlecht died by natural causes on April 19, 2008. [cite news |title= Constant Vanden Stock has died|url=http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/eersteklasse/Anderlecht/Vanden_Stock/080419_RIP_vanden_stock|publisher=Sporza|date=2008-04-19] He also managed the Belgian national team for ten years, is the father of current Anderlecht president Roger Vanden Stock and has the Anderlecht stadium named after him.

*François Sterchele, 26, the forward of Club Brugge died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008. [cite news |title= François Sterchele (26) killed in car accident |url=http://www.deredactie.be/cm/de.redactie.english/sports/080508_Sterchele|publisher=Sporza|date=2008-05-08]

*Victor Wégria, 71, former player and trainer of RFC Liège is one of the best players in the history of the club. He was four times top scorer in the Belgian top division (in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963) and was capped five times by the Belgium national football team. He died by natural causes on June 6, 2008 [cite news |title=Four times topscorer Wégria has passed away|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/voetbal/1.319339|language=dutch|publisher=Sporza|date=2008-06-06] .

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