Overview
The 1955–56 season marked the 53rd competitive football year in Belgium. The season comprised the top three national divisions, the Belgian Cup (which was not contested), and the activities of the Belgium national football team.
Domestic Leagues
Division I (First Division)
- Champion: R.S.C. Anderlecht secured the league title, confirming their dominance in the mid‑1950s.
- Relegated clubs: The clubs finishing in the bottom two positions were relegated to Division II. Specific club names for this season are not documented in the available encyclopedic sources.
- Top scorer: Detailed statistics on the leading goal‑scorer for the 1955–56 Division I season are not available in the referenced encyclopedic material.
Division II (Second Division)
- The division operated with a similar promotion and relegation structure as Division I. The clubs that earned promotion to Division I and those relegated to Division III for the 1956–57 season are not listed in the cited sources.
Division III (Third Division)
- Division III was organized into two separate regional leagues (A and B). Promotion to Division II and relegation to the Promotion (fourth tier) followed the standard league procedures. Specific club movements for the 1955–56 season are not provided in the available references.
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup was not contested during the 1955–56 season, consistent with a period in which the competition was suspended (the cup was resumed in the 1973–74 season).
National Team
During the 1955–56 calendar year, the Belgium national football team played a series of friendly matches and began preliminary qualification matches for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The exact match results, opponents, and dates for this period are not detailed in the current encyclopedic sources.
Notable Events
- R.S.C. Anderlecht’s league triumph contributed to a sequence of consecutive titles in the 1950s, cementing their status as a dominant force in Belgian football.
- The suspension of the Belgian Cup continued, limiting domestic knockout competition to the league format for this season.
References
- Belgian football league archives (national football association records).
- Historical summaries of R.S.C. Anderlecht’s championship seasons.
Note: Where specific club names, statistical details, or match results are absent, the information is not documented in the accessible encyclopedic references and is therefore not included.
