The Belgian Football Podcast

Now that the dust has settled, Ben Joris and Scott sat down to dive into all the comings and goings for each of the Belgian Pro League Teams. Every team gets a full review, as well as a signing of the window!

USG march on with a win over Antwerp, while Beerschot all but confirm their relegation with a defeat away to Mechelen and the sacking of their manager. Elsewhere, Charleroi continue to impress, with Gent doing the double over Club Brugge. In 1B, the battle for 2nd place is heating up, but at the other end two sides are being cut adrift. 

We've been teasing it for a while and it is finally here! Ben and Scott sat down with President of high flying USG to chat about the clubs return to 1A and their remarkable title challenge in only their first season back. We cover plenty of fan questions, looking at the history of the acquisition of the club, the future outlook and how the current squad has been put together. We are sure you will...

USG remain in top spot after completing the double over the neighbours Anderlecht! We discuss all the action from the derby, as well as throughout the rest of the league, with Beerschot almost gone despite a comeback against Zulte Waragem. The trio also look ahead to the cup semi-finals and discuss the return of Omar Govea at Zulte Waragem. 

Herve Koffi stole the show with his backflips at AFCON 2021, while back in Belgium there was plenty of excitement on the domestic front. The trio chat a new chapter for Oostende, late win for USG, Standard and Club Brugge sharing 4 goals as well as big wins for STVV and Beerschot.

2022 is here and the Pro League made its return this past weekend. We discuss all the games that took place, those that didn't and those that started but never finished. Scott does a deep dive into three new managers across 1A and 1B, while we also have an AFCON round up from all the Pro League players in action!

Goals galore once again in the Pro League, with plenty of action to get stuck into. We talk the big game between Club Brugge and Anderlecht, the situation at Kortrijk and AFCON impact, as well as dramatic wins at both ends of the table for USG and Zulte Waragem. After decades of involvement in Zulte Waragem, Francky Dury finally left the side this week, so our Scott has done a deep dive on all he...

After an unforeseen break in episodes, we are back this week to talk through an eventful 2 weeks in the Belgian Pro League. The trio discuss the crazy game between Antwerp and Standard, Gent's win over Genk, Cercle and Matondo on a tear, as well as pitch invasions and the new Genk manager. 

Another week with no 0-0 draws in the Belgian Pro League! Ben, Scott and Joris go through each game, including OHL's surprising win away to the league leaders, a big win for Anderlecht, a crazy game in Genk, as well as a first win in a while for Cercle. Despite the win, Cercle parted ways with Yves Vanderhaeghe. We have all the reaction, including a detailed response from Cercle football director...

Goals galore in the Belgian Pro League this weekend, and a number of shocks! The trio dicuss Mechelens big win over the champions, Oostendes humiliation at home to USG as well as big wins for Sint Truiden and Beerschot.

We were absolutely delighted to be joined by Mike Green (Lommel SK CEO) and Peter van der Veen (Lommel SK Head Coach) for a chat about the Limburg club. We talked the City Groups vision for the club, balancing that with the local nature of the club, playing style and approach, as well as how both Mike and Peter got into football. Peter also gives a great story about meeting one of the greatest foo...

With another international break looming, the trio sat down to dissect the latest Pro League action. Club Brugge and Standards entertaining draw and the impressive win for Antwerp are the focus, before a look at various streaks and some fantastic listener questions. Beverns football future is also discussed in our 1B section!

With Joris away, Ben and Scott run the two man game this week to go through another eventful weekend of Belgian Football. They chat through the goal fest on Friday night on the coast, Mrabti an underrated factor, Anderlecht and OHL wild game plus more. They also chat over 1B latest action before looking ahead to the European fixtures coming up this week.

Ben, Joris and Scott chat through all the latest action from the Belgian Pro League 1A and 1B, including a goalfest between KV Mechelen and Zulte Waragem, OHL's impressive victory over STVV and an entertaining clash between USG and Eupen. They also chat over the evolving situation at Genk, where some Beerschot players may end up if relegation happens and look ahead to the midweek cup fixtures.&nbs...

The international break is over, and we are back to talk domestic football again! Unions epic comeback against Seraing is a clear game of the week, alongside a last gasp equaliser for Sint Truiden. The cat Herve Koffi gets some love, while we also go over the managerial musical chairs which saw a current manager move, and a former manager return. 1B is the focus of listener questions as well, befo...

A few weeks ago we sat down with the Pro League English commentator Will Downing to chat all things Belgian football, as well as about him personally. We are super grateful that Will took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us and are sure that you will enjoy listening to the voice of Belgian football in English!

With the international break looming, it gave plenty of clubs a chance to assess the season so far. Standard decided to move on, so we discuss the sacking of Leye, the entertaining draw between Kortrijk and Charleroi, the chaos of Eupen v Genk and a few incidents with flares!

Ben returns to join Scott and Joris to dissect another eventful week in the Pro League. The trio talk OHL's big away point at the Jan Breydal, the thrilling 2-2 draw on the coast. We then look in depth at Beerschot's new manager and their eventful start to life under his charge. We also answer a ton of great listener questions before a quick look ahead to the upcoming matches. 

Just a two man gig this week but by no means a drop off in action! Scott and Joris dicuss the Limburg Derby, the classico, Beerschot troubles and contract extentions to some big names!

Goals galore! We are back after the international break and the league did not skip a beat. We talk USG dramatic equaliser against Genk, Kamal Sowah's fantastic debut, Zulte Waragem and Cercle Brugge deciding not to defend, OHL first win and Mechelen's defensive woes. Mental health in football is also a topic of discussion, with the sad news that Craig Bellamy is leaving Anderlecht to recover from...

The new Conference League starts this week, with Gent in a group alongside Flora Tallinn, Anorthosis Famagusta and Partizan Belgrade. To get you in the mood we have spoken to 3 fantastic guests who gave us the low down on their respective teams! We spoke to the Estonian Football Podcast about Flora, Kyri Nicolaou about Anorthosis and Sonja Nikcevic about Partizan.  Flora: 1.49-16.32  Ano...

The Europa League starts this week, with Antwerp in a group alongside Olympiakos, Eintracht Frankfurt and Fenerbahce. To get you in the mood we have spoken to 3 fantastic guests who gave us the low down on their respective teams! We spoke to Steve about Olympiakos, Brian about Frankfurt and James Kelly about Fenerbahce. Olympiakos: 2.00-21.19  Eintracht: 21.22-39.17  Fenerbahce: 39.20

The Europa League starts this week, with Genk in a group alongside Rapid Wien, Dinamo Zagreb and West Ham . To get you in the mood we have spoken to 3 fantastic guests who gave us the low down on their respective teams! We spoke to The Other Bundesliga about Rapid, Louvre Nikolac about Dinamo Zagreb and Dan Lawless about West Ham.  Rapid: 3.23-16.43  Dinamo: 16.46-28.22  West Ham: 2...

The UCL starts this week, with Club Brugge in a tasty group alongside PSG, RB Leipzig and Manchester City. To get you in the mood we have spoken to 3 fantastic guests who gave us the low down on their respective teams! We spoke to PSG Talks about PSG, Karan Tejwani about RB Leipzig and Dave Mooney about Manchester City.  PSG: 1.55-20.32   RB Leipzig: 20.36-34.59  Manchester City: 35...

We recently sat down with the technical director of Cercle Brugge, Carlos Avina, to chat. Carlos gave us an insight into his own football background, how he started in Mexico before ending up in Brugge. He also talked about the interesting dynamics between Cercle and their parent club AS Monaco, transfers, a 'normal' day and plenty of other interesting things. Many thanks to Carlos for taking the...