Emmanuel Dennis and fellow Nigerian David Okereke will be crowned champions of Belgium pending a final decision on April 15 after the league board decided Club Brugge be named league champions and the rest of the season be cancelled no thanks to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The board of the Belgian league decided to end the league season without staging the traditional championship playoffs, according to Nieuwsblad.
Club Brugge were runaway leaders of the league with 70 points from 29 matches with a match to the end of the regular season.
KV Oostende, who were second from bottom of the table, will not be relegated.
Former champions KRC Genk finished seventh and have Paul Onuachu and Stephen Odey on their books.
KV Kortrijk, who parade three Nigeria stars – Terem Moffi, Aduljaleel Ajagun and Ezekiel Imoh – were placed in 11th place on the table.
