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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Belgium
| The very first season was held back in 1895-96, and was won by FC Liégeois. Which club, one of the two Belgian European Cup winners, was situated in Belgium's capital Brussels? | Soccer In Belgium
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RSC Anderlecht. Anderlecht is a small part of Brussels. The club is sometimes wrongly named "RSCA Brussels". The club has also thought about adding "Brussels" to the name but refrains from doing so. They won their first European Cup in 1976 against West Ham United.
The Olympic Soccer Tournament 1920. Belgium hosted the Olympic Games in 1920. They were held at Antwerp.
| Who was top scorer in the 2003-04 season (he was playing for Excelsior Moeskroen during that season)? | Soccer In Belgium
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Luigi Pieroni. It got him a transfer to Aj Auxerre in France.
| Which club played the Belgian Cupfinal in 2004, with a squad consisting almost entirely of players from Ivory Coast, earning them a place in the Uefacup in 2004-05? | Soccer In Belgium
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SK Beveren. To prevent the club from going bankrupt, they only contracted cheap players from their soccer school in the Ivory Coast.
| Players were not able to move freely between EU countries and discuss their own wages before 1995. What was the name of the Belgian player, who's appeal made this possible in 1995 ? | Soccer In Belgium
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Jean-Marc Bosman. It was the famous "Bosman ruling". Since Belgium didn't have European top clubs, the ruling worked mostly against them.
Aime Antheunis. Despite failing to qualify for Euro 2004, Aime Antheunis remained the national head coach. He was at Racing Genk and RSC Anderlecht before becoming the Belgium manager.
Rik Coppens. Rik Coppens played for Beerschot when he won the Golden Boot. This first Golden Boot Award was in 1954.
RC Brussels. They won the final against RC Gent 1-0. The year after that, Union and Cercle played it. Union won 3-2. The first Belgian Cup was in 1911.
FC Luik. They won the league five times.
| I won the Golden Boot in 1978 when I played for Beveren. When my contract expired, I went to Bayern Munich. I was one of the best players in my position in the world. Who am I? | Soccer in Belgium
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Jean-Marie Pfaff. Pfaff really was one of the best, maybe the best keeper in the world.
Marc Wilmots. Marc Wilmots scored three goals, one in each match, except for the match (1/8 finals) against Brasil. Wilmots did scored a goal, but it wasn't a legal goal said the referee. Brasil won that match 2-0.
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Raymond Goethals. It was the best Belgian trainer ever, but he died in November 2004. He was called "de tovenaar", in English, the wizard because sometimes, it seems that he was really using magic.
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