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14-754: The Belgian Second Division was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system , one level below the Belgian Pro League . It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replaced by the Belgian First Division B (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons)). The second division was created in 1909 and was known as

28-417: A regular season (18 teams, 34 matchdays) and the play-offs . The regular season was a double round-robin tournament played between August and May, with an interruption of 3 weeks in the winter. Beside the overall classification of teams, 3 other period rankings were computed. The first period consisted of the first 10 matchdays, the second of the next 12 matchdays and the third of the final 12 matchdays. At

42-816: Is the governing body of football in Belgium . It was a founding member of FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954 and was based in Brussels , not far from the King Baudouin Stadium . Since October 2021, the headquarters of the RBFA are located in Tubize, next to its technical centre. Its chairman is Robert Huygens  [ nl ] . The Association organizes the Belgium men's , women's , youth national teams, and national eSports team for FIFA. It also runs

56-615: The Belgian football league system , which includes the following competitions: Each year, the executive committee of the Belgian FA honours deserving people with awards. These include (highest award first): In the summer of 1986, when the national men's A-selection reached the semifinals of the World Cup in Mexico , the football team started the project Casa Hogar under impulse of RBFA delegation responsible Michel D'Hooghe . This

70-506: The Promotion Dutch : bevordering at the time. From 1923 on there were two leagues in that division (called Promotion A and Promotion B). In 1926, the system changed, with only one league of 14 clubs at the second-highest level now called Division I . At the end of the 1930–31 season, Division I was split into two leagues again (of 14 clubs each). Each year, the bottom two teams of each league were relegated to Division II and

84-429: The beginning of each period, all teams started with a blank record for the next period ranking. The winner of the overall regular season was promoted to the first division . The teams with the best record in each of the 3 periods qualified for the play-offs, together with the 15th-placed team in the first division. If one or several periods were won by the regular season champion or if another team won multiple periods,

98-421: The best-placed teams in the overall ranking qualified for the play-offs, to allow it to be played between 4 teams. The play-offs were a double round-robin, with the winner earning a place in the first division. The standings, for both the regular season and the 3 periods, were determined by the following criteria, in order: The standings during the play-offs were determined following the same criteria except that

112-907: The evolution of the men's tiers and leagues related to the Belgian FA since 1895. The provincial leagues often span multiple tiers. From 2012/13 to 2014/15 the top teams played in the BeNe League , a joint league with clubs from the Netherlands. The Super League was created in 2015. Super League 8 clubs First Division 14 clubs Second Division (Nationwide league) 14 clubs Third division (Nationwide league) 28 clubs divided in 2 series of 14 Provincial leagues Royal Belgian Football Association The Royal Belgian Football Association ( RBFA ; Dutch : Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond ; French : Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ; German : Königlicher Belgischer Fußballverband )

126-406: The goal-average wes not taken into account. A team was also not allowed to play in the first division unless it had a professional license. If it did not have its license, it was replaced by the next highest team in the overall regular season ranking. For the automatic promotion spot (as opposed to the play-offs) the team must have finished in the top three clubs. When no team meets those conditions,

140-453: The number of teams in the first division decreased. The two lowest-placed teams relegated to the third division (which is divided into 2 leagues of 18 clubs) and were replaced by the two champions of that division. Furthermore, the 16th-placed team in the second division played the third division play-off with 6 teams from the third division, entering in the second round of those playoffs. The winner of this play-off remained or promoted to

154-465: The second division was played between 19 teams following the Namur – Geel case (both teams claiming their rights to access the second division). In June 2015, reforms in top three divisions were approved by the Belgian FA, with the second tier reformed and renamed Belgian First Division B starting in 2016. The Belgian Second Division ceased to exist following the 2015–16 season . The season consisted of

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168-445: The second division. As part of changes in the league system to be implemented in the 2016–17 season, the 2015–16 transitional season saw the champions promoted and 9 teams relegated to the third division, while no team was promoted from the third division. Last 5 winners: Belgian football league system The league system underwent restructuring which was approved by the Royal Belgian Football Association . One important step

182-490: The top two clubs were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1952, the division was renamed to Division II with 16 teams (one league). The first two clubs qualified for the first division. In 1974, play-offs were introduced to qualify a second team to the top level. Finally, in 1994, the number of clubs was increased to 18 clubs. A win earns three points since the 1993–94 season. In the seasons 2008-09 and 2009–10,

196-3965: Was the introduction of a national fifth level for the first time. Its implementation took effect as of the 2016–17 season. Changes since 2016: Belgian Pro League 16 clubs 2 relegations + 1 relegation play-off Challenger Pro League 16 clubs 2 promotions + 1 promotion play-off 2 relegations National Division 1 VV 16 clubs 1 promotion, 1 relegation National Division 1 ACFF 12 clubs 1 promotion, 1 relegation Belgian Division 2 VV 36 clubs divided in 2 series of 18 1 promotion, 4 relegations Belgian Division 2 ACFF 18 clubs 1 promotion, 2 relegations Belgian Division 3 VV 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 4 promotions, 3 relegations Belgian Division 3 ACFF 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 2 promotions, 3 relegations (All divisions run in parallel) Belgian Provincial Leagues , First Level Eerste Provinciale Antwerpen – 16 clubs Eerste Provinciale Brabant (Flemish) – 16 clubs Première Provinciale Brabant (Francophone) – 16 clubs Première Provinciale Hainaut – 16 clubs Première Provinciale Liège – 18 clubs Eerste Provinciale Limburg – 16 clubs Première Provinciale Luxembourg – 14 clubs Première Provinciale Namur – 16 clubs Eerste Provinciale Oost-Vlaanderen – 16 clubs Eerste Provinciale West-Vlaanderen – 16 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) Belgian Provincial Leagues , Second Level Tweede Provinciale Antwerpen – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Tweede Provinciale Brabant (Flemish) – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Deuxième Provinciale Brabant (Francophone) – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Deuxième Provinciale Hainaut – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Deuxième Provinciale Liège – 46 clubs divided in 3 series; 2 of 15 teams and 1 of 16 teams Tweede Provinciale Limburg – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Deuxième Provinciale Luxembourg – 42 clubs divided in 3 series of 14 Deuxième Provinciale Namur – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Tweede Provinciale Oost-Vlaanderen – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Tweede Provinciale West-Vlaanderen – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 (All divisions run in parallel) Belgian Provincial Leagues , Third Level Derde Provinciale Antwerpen – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Derde Provinciale Brabant (Flemish) – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Brabant (Francophone) – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Hainaut – 64 clubs divided in 4 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Liège – 64 clubs divided in 4 series of 16 Derde Provinciale Limburg – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Luxembourg – 72 clubs divided in 6 series; 4 of 14 teams and 2 of 13 teams Troisième Provinciale Namur – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Derde Provinciale Oost-Vlaanderen – 80 clubs divided in 5 series of 16 Derde Provinciale West-Vlaanderen – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 (All divisions run in parallel) Belgian Provincial Leagues , Fourth Level Vierde Provinciale Antwerpen – 82 clubs divided in 5 series; 3 of 16 teams and 2 of 17 teams Vierde Provinciale Brabant (Flemish) – 96 clubs divided in 6 series of 16 Quatrième Provinciale Hainaut – 115 clubs divided in 8 series; 5 of 14 teams and 3 of 15 teams Quatrième Provinciale Liège – 112 clubs divided in 8 series; 3 of 13 teams, 2 of 14 teams and 3 of 15 teams Vierde Provinciale Limburg – 52 clubs divided in 8 series; 2 of 17 teams and 1 of 18 teams Quatrième Provinciale Namur – 78 clubs divided in 6 series of 13 Vierde Provinciale Oost-Vlaanderen – 72 clubs divided in 5 series; 3 of 16 teams and 2 of 17 teams Vierde Provinciale West-Vlaanderen – 52 clubs divided in 3 series; 1 of 16 teams and 2 of 18 teams The timeline below lists

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