The Belgian Football Podcast is an English language podcast focusing on the Belgian Pro League, hosted by Ben Jackson alongside Scott Coyne and Joris Becq. Every week the trio chat about the biggest talking points around the league, while occasionally being joined by guests to dive deeper into some of Belgium's top clubs. For any questions/queries please email belgianfootpodcast@gmail.com We are also delighted to partner with Freelance Football Opps, who provide a weekly newsletter of jobs f ...
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With the international break upon us, Ben and Scott dive into match week 14 of the Belgian Pro League. They talk a few thumpings and a surprising come back. They also go deeper into the new owners of Deinze and their interesting proposition to revolutionise the game of football...
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Ben and Scott dive into unlucky number week number 13 of the Belgian Pro League. They talk a controversial moment in Liege, as well as another imperious Genk performance. They also talk Hall of Fame and the outlook of the Challenger Pro League after 10 match days.
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Change the Nappy!
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Ben and Scott dive into a slow burner of a weekend in the Belgian Pro League. They talk a crazy ending to Mechelen's game with Dender, a big miss in the Club v Anderlecht topper and a big win for Cercle. They also talk Challenger Pro League as things begin to take shape.
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Ben and Scott return after the international break, talking through a Beerschot win, a few bore draws and some derby day entertainment!
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Scott and Ben dive into match week 10 in the Belgian Pro League. They talk low blocks and surprising results, as well as European football. They then give the Challenger Pro League some extended coverage to talk Deinze and a handful of other sides.
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Smoke and Mirrors
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Another eventful week in the Belgian Pro League and Challenger Pro League. The trio discuss the fall out from the Antwerp derby, as well as a story emerging from Deinze involving company cars and no more breakfast!
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Ben returns to join Scott and Joris to go through a bad week for the purple clad sides in Belgian football. The trio go in depth on Anderlecht and Beerschot's woes, as well as a bizarre story coming out of Kortrijk. They also look at the Challenger Pro League.
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Scott and Joris review the week in belgian football, including the return of Felice Mazzú, a mounting puzzle of challenges at Cercle Brugge, rising temperatures at Beerschot and praise for 17 year old Strikers impressing in the Challenger Pro League!
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Scott and Joris review MD 6 in The Pro League, including 2 Derbies in Brugge and Brussels and they find time to get properly stuck into what awaits belgian clubs across the European draws.
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Intrigue In Tubize
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Scott and Joris review the week across belgian football, including a frustrated Antwerp and a re-adjusting USG. They also find time to answer a listener question, a good week in Europe for belgian clubs and discuss the problematic departure of 'The Little Prince' (Francky Vercauteren) from his role as Technical Director at the Belgian FA.…
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Four games down, but already plenty of talking points! The trio chat pressure at Anderlecht despite results, two great games full of goals and the rest. With the CPL underway, Scott gives us the rundown on all that happened in the second tier on the opening weekend.
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Challenger Pro League Preview
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Scott and Joris convened to bring you the best overview anywhere of the new Challenger Pro League Season. Everything you need to know and MORE about ALL 16 clubs on and off the pitch.
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Are Sint Truiden already destined for relegation? Ben, Scott and Joris discuss another humbling defeat for the Canaries, as well as the start of a 'crisis' for Club Brugge. Pressure is also rising elsewhere, even if we are just three games in to the season!
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Scott and Joris reveal who and what caught their eye on MD2 including plenty of early questions surrounding Genk and Anderlecht and they guard against reading too much too early into any opening form from sides.
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The new season is up and running, but there wasn't much action on the pitch. Ben, Scott and Joris discuss the lack of goals from matchday one and feedback from a Scottish European adventure for Cercle Brugge.
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KV Oostende Special
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In this special KV Oostende episode, Scott sat down with 3 guests from inside the club Bram Kiersebilck - Former Press and Comms Manager. Peter Van Nuffel - Former Chair of The Kustboys Supporters Federation. Tony Obi - Former KVO Player, coach and backroom staff member. They discuss the context around the recent bankruptcy of KVO, the many challen…
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Belgian Pro League 2024/2025 Preview!
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With just a few days to go until the start of the 2024/2025 season, the trio sat down to digest and dissect all the comings and goings for the clubs competing in the Belgian Pro League this season. All clubs are given a full lowdown while unlucky cats, terrible weather and other potential omens of bad luck rear their heads. *The episode was recorde…
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Loose Ends and Interludes
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Ben and Scott finally find time to sit down and go through the final game of the Pro League season. They dish out some awards for player of the season, goalkeeper of the season, coach of the season and young player of the season. The duo then look ahead to the Euro's where Belgium enter without the expectations of previous tournaments.…
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Club Brugge are Belgian champions for the 19th time! Ben, Scott and Joris dive into the action from the penultimate weekend in Belgian football. They also talk about the relegation play off as Kortrijk pull off the Great Escape!
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Scott and Joris analyse the darkest of week's for KV Oostende and the loss of another club. They also discuss Anderlecht buckling under pressure and Club Brugge's outstanding POs ahead of the title deciders next weekend!
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Scott and Joris discuss a week of real highs and lows across belgian football. Union Saint-Gilloise win the Cup after a 110 year wait... The title race is shaping up for a dramatic showdown between two giants of the Belgian game...Molenbeek are relegated and Lommel set up a PO showdown with Kortrijk.…
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Eggs in the Basket
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Ben finally returns to join Scott and Joris to talk about the first relegation from the Pro League, Club Brugge taking control of the title race and an even first leg of the CPL play-offs. The trio also talk about Clubs chances of making the Conference League final after a narrow defeat to Fiorentina in the first leg.…
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Scott and Joris pick apart all the ongoing connotations between the 3 Pro League clubs battling for the title: Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Union Saint Gilloise. Besnik Hasi departs Mechelen and the Challenger Pro League POs begin!
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Scott and Joris go over the weeks developments across belgan football including the latest hot news from The Belgian FA Licensing Commitee...Dender's remarkable promotion...trouble on the horizon at Patro Eisden and they also find time to answer more listener questions.
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Scott and Joris sit down to discuss all the latest news across Belgian football. Things are changing up in PO1, a funny red card in PO2, relegation looms closer for some, and they get excited by the impending wild climax to the season in the Challenger Pro League.
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Squeaky bums and dog fights
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The play-offs have begun! Scott and Ben sit down to dissect all the action from round one of the chase for the title and a shot at European football. They talk bizarre red cards, wonderful goals and why we now have the possibility of too many dead rubber games. With a shorter slate of Pro League games the duo also dive further into the Challenger P…
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30 games down, just the play-offs to go! Three managers out after the final day, one clinging on and plenty of talking points from an eventful final weekend in the Pro League regular season!
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Ben, Scott and Joris dive into the penultimate weekend in the Belgian Pro League regular season, talking a big win for Eupen, a terrible RWDM performance and the title race taking another turn. They also talk CPL, where the promotion and relegation battles are starting to take shape.
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The Wizard of Zaria
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Ben, Scott and Joris talk big wins at both ends of the table, a magic performance from a certain Nigerian winger in Antwerp and the pressure building on those chasing promotion in the Challenger Pro League!
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Centennial Canaries
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Sint-Truiden celebrate 100 years, Club Brugge and Anderlecht clash in the clasico and the trio almost call time on two Pro League clubs. Down in the CPL, the pressure is really starting to ramp up on those chasing promotion!
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Make mine a Minda!
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Ben, Scott and Joris reconvene to talk another weekend of great goals, bizzare VAR decisions and a transfer that took everyone by surprise. They also give some love to Deinze in the CPL and try and predict who will make the top six in the Pro League.
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Ben, Joris and Scott go over all the action from another entertaining weekend of Belgian Football. They talk another sacking, goals of the season and answer some great listener questions!
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Bisoness As Usual
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Ben is back from Belgium and joins Scott and Joris to chat through an entertaining and controversial weekend. They also dive deeper into the Challenger Pro League as it begins to get tight at the top!
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With Ben in Belgium...Scott and Joris convened to review another round of action. They talk tractors, derby's, mistakes and discuss the increasingly worrying slide of Charleroi amongst all the latest news.
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Belgian Football is back after a winter break, which means so are Ben, Joris and Scott. No winter summer training for the trio as they dive back into all the action from an eventful week on and off the pitch across the top two leagues in Belgium!
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Africa Cup of Nations Book Special
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With the Belgian league taking a break, Scott and Ben sat down to discuss the release of Ben's book on the history of the Africa Cup of Nations. The two discuss the book before moving on to look at the historic links between Belgium and the African continent when it comes to football. They also look ahead to the upcoming tournament in the Cote d'Iv…
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Take your hat off!
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This week Ben, Scott and Joris sit down for the final time in 2023. They talk the situation at both Eupen and Kortrijk, concern for Charleroi and Mechelen and a resurgent Westerlo. At the other end, Union keep marching on while Club Brugge are finding their form in the title chase.In the CPL the three talk Oostende, SK Beveren and a side in the thi…
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Scott and Joris look back on the weeks latest new, across Pro League and Challenger Pro League including sackings in Oostende, a new American Zebra in Charleroi, fans getting locked out of The Clasico and TIFO dramas at Mechelen.
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Ben and Scott sit down to go through a wintery weekend in Belgian football. They look back at another managerial sacking, a snowy affair in Mechelen and a strong week from Club Brugge in Europe and at home. They also dive into the Challenger Pro League, looking at the situation at the top and bottom of the table.…
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We are halfway through the regular season of the Belgian Pro League! Ben rejoins Scott and Joris from his travels to go through all the action from an intriguing weekend of football. The trio also dive into the Challenger Pro League, where Beerschot have taken advantage of a few slip ups from their fellow promotion chasers! We are also now on buyme…
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Scott and Joris discuss the arrival of Besnik Hasi at Mechelen, a weekend to forget for Standard Liege and an entertaining Brugge Derby. They also find time to discuss the latest news across The Challenger Pro League.
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Scott and Joris discuss the arrival of Oscar Garcia at Leuven, the departure of Steven Defour at Mechelen and cover all the latest news across both Pro League and Challenger Pro League.
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The Roef is on Fire!
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Ben and Joris dissect another week of Belgian Pro League and Challenger Pro League action. They look at Davy Roef's penalty heroics, big wins for Eupen and Sint-Truiden and a late one for Club Brugge. They also look back at all the action from a week of European football.
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The international break is over and the Pro League is back with more drama. Union continue to lead the way, while Gent and Club Brugge slip up. Standard and Anderlecht play out a classic clasico while a new side is emerging as a promotion candidate in the Challenger Pro League.
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Back to the Future
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Scott and Joris review MD10 in Pro League and MD8 in Challenger Pro League...they discuss Ronny Deila's return to Sclessin and troubles at Beveren and they even find time to answer more great listener questions... and much more!
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The trio go over all the action from matchday nine, with Kortrijk finally getting a win and one side taking advantage of their rivals all drawing. In the CPL, Patro Eisden are on the march as RFC Liege's star striker continues to find the net.
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Penalty misses and a first sacking of the season were the main headlines from the Belgian Pro League and Challenger Pro League this week. Ben, Scott and Joris discuss the fall out from all the action.
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The international break is over, but for some sides it didn't bring a change in fortune. Ben, Scott and Joris discuss winless Westerlo, a resurgent Standard Liege and a dramatic game in Kortrijk. They also dive into the Challenger Pro League, where one sides unbeaten start came to an end.
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As the international break looms large, the Belgian Pro League rounds up the first part of the season. Ben, Joris and Scott dive into an entertaining weekend, in which Gent set their title ambitions and Kortrijk continued to struggle. They also dive into the Challenger Pro League, where one side has already hit the panic button while Lommel continu…
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Despite their being just a handful of matches in the Belgian Pro League this weekend there was still plenty to talk about. Ben, Scott and Joris chat through all the action, including a star debut for Mechelen's new signing. They also talk Europe, the new U21 head coach and the Challenger Pro League.
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