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| 20/12/1996 | 19:00 | KRC Harelbeke | - | Club Brugge KV | 2:0 (2:0) | |
| 21/12/1996 | 19:00 | Sint-Truidense VV | - | Standard Liège | 2:0 (0:0) | |
| 19:00 | Excelsior Mouscron | - | Lommelse SK | 3:0 (2:0) | ||
| 19:00 | Lierse SK | - | RWD Molenbeek | 2:1 (2:0) | ||
| 19:00 | KAA Gent | - | KFC Germinal Ekeren | 2:0 (0:0) | ||
| 19:00 | KRC Genk | - | Sporting Lokeren | 0:1 (0:1) | ||
| 19:00 | Royal Antwerp FC | - | RSC Charleroi | 3:1 (0:0) | ||
| 19:00 | RSC Anderlecht | - | K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst | 3:0 (1:0) | ||
| 22/12/1996 | 14:00 | Cercle Brugge | - | KV Mechelen | 1:2 (1:2) |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Excelsior Mouscron | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 34:16 | 18 | 38 |
| 2 |
|
Club Brugge KV | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36:19 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 |
|
Lierse SK | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29:17 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 |
|
KRC Harelbeke | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32:20 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 |
|
Standard Liège | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 32:22 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 |
|
RSC Anderlecht | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29:13 | 16 | 31 |
| 7 |
|
Royal Antwerp FC | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 33:30 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 |
|
Lommelse SK | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28:28 | 0 | 29 |
| 9 |
|
KAA Gent | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30:35 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 |
|
Sporting Lokeren | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27:28 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 |
|
RWD Molenbeek | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19:23 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 |
|
KRC Genk | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19:24 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 |
|
RSC Charleroi | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24:30 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 |
|
KV Mechelen | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18:27 | -9 | 18 |
| 15 |
|
KFC Germinal Ekeren | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21:31 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 |
|
Sint-Truidense VV | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24:37 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 |
|
K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21:34 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 |
|
Cercle Brugge | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17:39 | -22 | 8 |
