The Belgian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Belgium. A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that teams can be promoted or relegated between, depending on finishing positions or playoffs. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
The system
Below shows how the current system works. For each division, its official name, sponsorship name (which often differs radically from its official name) and number of clubs is given. Each division promotes to the division(s) that lie directly above them and relegates to the division(s) that lie directly below them.
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League(s)/Division(s)
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Belgian First Division (Jupiler League) 18 clubs The Belgian First Division, also known as Jupiler League (for sponsorship reasons), is the top competition in Belgian football. ...
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Belgian Second Division (Nationwide league) 18 clubs The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in Belgian football. ...
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Belgian Third DivisionA (Nationwide league) 16 clubs Belgian Third Division counts two leagues (A and B) at the same level. ... Belgian Third Division A is one of the two leagues at the third level of the Belgian football league system. ...
Belgian Third DivisionB (Nationwide league) 16 clubs Belgian Third Division counts two leagues (A and B) at the same level. ... Belgian Third Division B is is one of the two leagues at the third level of Belgian football. ...
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Belgian PromotionA (Nationwide league) 16 clubs Belgian Promotion is the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. ...
Belgian PromotionB (Nationwide league) 16 clubs Belgian Promotion is the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. ...
Belgian PromotionC (Nationwide league) 16 clubs Belgian Promotion is the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. ...
Belgian PromotionD (Nationwide league) 16 clubs Belgian Promotion is the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. ...
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West Flanders Division One16 clubs East Flanders Division One16 clubs Antwerp Division One16 clubs Limburg Division One16 clubs Brabant Division One16 clubs Hainaut Division One16 clubs Namur Division One16 clubs Luxembourg Division One16 clubs Liège Division One16 clubs (All divisions run in parallel) West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Antwerp is the northernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and is located west of the Meuse river. ... Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries with quite different geographical extent: as Carolingian shire (pagus Bracbatensis), located between the rivers Scheldt and Dijle (between 9th-11th century); as landgraviat: the part of the shire between the rivers Dender and Dijle (from 1085... Hainaut (Dutch: Henegouwen; Ger. ... Namur (Dutch: Namen) is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ...
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Many more provincial divisions (see Belgian Provincial leagues) Belgian Provincial leagues is the name of the lower leagues for Belgian football. ...
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