2024–25 Belgian Division 1

Belgian Division 1
Season	2024–25
Dates	31 August 2024 - 29 May 2025
Promoted	VV: Jong KAA Gent ; ACFF:
Relegated	VV: Heist ; ACFF:
Top goalscorer	VV: Yacine Bentayeb (21 goals) ; ACFF: Léandro Rousseau (20 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Belgian Division 1 is the ninth season of the third-tier football league. It is the first season in which the division is split into two groups VV and ACFF.

Team changes

Out

RAAL La Louvière were promoted to the Challenger Pro League as champions.
Lokeren-Temse were promoted to the Challenger Pro League as runners-up.
Sint-Eloois-Winkel folded at the end of last season.
Visé was refused a license and forced to relegate.

In

SL16 FC were relegated from the Challenger Pro League.
Belisia Bilzen and Mons as champions in the VV B and ACFF divisions of the Belgian Division 2.
Ninove was automatically promoted as runners-up of the VV A division of the Belgian Division 2 as champions Eendracht Aalst had been refused a license.
On VV-side, four teams were promoted via the Promotion play-offs VV: Jong Cercle, Hasselt, Lyra-Lierse Berlaar and Merelbeke.
On ACFF-side, all four teams taking part in the Promotion play-offs ACFF were promoted: Binche, Rochefort, Tournai and Tubize-Braine.
Furthermore, two more spots were available on ACFF side, awarded to highest eligible finishers Stockay and Union SG B.

Format changes

Expanding regionalization to all of amateur football for this season saw the league's twenty-eight teams split into two groups:

VV consisting of sixteen teams, which will play 30 matches with no play-off.
ACFF consisting of twelve teams, which will play 22 matches with play-off matches, as finishing top six clubs will battle for promotion play-off and bottom six clubs will battle for relegation play-off.

VV

Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 VV teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jong KAA Gent (C, P)	28	18	5	5	58	27	31	59	Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2	Knokke	28	12	14	2	50	30	20	50
3	Hasselt	28	14	7	7	46	26	20	49
4	Tienen	28	13	3	12	37	33	4	42
5	Dessel	28	11	7	10	56	45	11	40
6	Ninove	28	11	7	10	36	37	−1	40
7	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	28	10	10	8	55	46	9	40
8	Thes	28	10	9	9	43	39	4	39
9	Belisia	28	10	9	9	37	37	0	39
10	Hoogstraten	28	10	8	10	41	39	2	38
11	Jong Cercle	27	11	4	12	46	45	1	37
12	OH Leuven U-23	27	8	6	13	40	46	−6	30
13	Cappellen	28	8	5	15	36	66	−30	29
14	Young Reds Antwerp	28	6	10	12	33	47	−14	28
15	Merelbeke	28	7	6	15	31	53	−22	27	Relegation to Division 2
16	Heist (R)	28	5	8	15	32	61	−29	23	Relegation to Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2025. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.^[1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	TIE	GNT	BEL	HAS	NIN	KNO	TES	HOO	LLB	DES	CER	CAP	YRA	OHL	MER	HEI
Tienen	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	4–0	2–1	0–4	2–0	3–0
Jong KAA Gent	2–0	—	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2
Belisia	0–4	1–1	—	27 Apr	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–3
Hasselt	2–1	0–3	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–1
Ninove	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–4	—	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–2
Knokke	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–1
Thes	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	—	3–2	3–3	1–1	3–0	4–3	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–1
Hoogstraten	0–0	0–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	—	1–2	0–1	27 Apr	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1
Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	27 Apr	2–2	—	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–0
Dessel	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	5–0	2–3	5–1	—	3–2	4–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	0–1
Jong Cercle	1–0	0–4	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–4	2–4	2–3	2–3	—	5–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	4–2
Cappellen	2–1	2–3	1–3	4–5	0–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–3	27 Apr	1–2	—	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–2
Young Reds Antwerp	2–0	0–3	0–4	0–0	0–0	27 Apr	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	—	3–3	1–2	5–0
OH Leuven U23	1–3	0–2	4–2	1–0	27 Apr	1–2	3–1	1–4	0–2	3–2	3–2	5–0	4–3	—	1–0	1–1
Merelbeke	27 Apr	0–3	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	0–5	1–5	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	—	3–0
Heist	1–0	27 Apr	1–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–4	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2025. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 April 2025.^[2] ^{[obsolete source]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yacine Bentayeb	Dessel	21
2	Umar Abubakar	Jong KAA Gent	19
3	Stan Braem	Knokke	17
4	Tibe Vanhaeren	Thes	16
5	Nicolas Orye	Hasselt	15
6	Jordy Peffer	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	14
7	Jef Colman	Heist	12
8	Laurens Symons	Cappellen	10
9	Abubakar Abdullahi	Jong KAA Gent	9
	Mehdi Bounou	Hasselt
	Vancy Mabanza	Tienen
	Sam Valcke	Hasselt Belisia
13	Nico Binst	Merelbeke	8
	Louange Muhire	Ninove Knokke
	Alain Lufira	Ninove
	Javan Ngoyi	Dessel
	Lucas Prudhomme	Knokke
	Ivan Yagan	Tienen

7 goals (7 players)

6 goals (8 players)

5 goals (12 players)

4 goals (21 players)

2 goals (35 players)

Robbe Kil (Cappellen)
Nando Nöstlinger (Cappellen)
Dieter Vanhees (Cappellen)
Seppe Geukens (Dessel)
Fabio Sposito (Dessel)
Lucas Vankerkhoven (Hasselt)
Yannis Augustijnen (Heist)
Mathis Heyselberghs (Heist)
Kobe Lemmens (Heist)
Mike Smet (Heist)
Stef de Wijs (Hoogstraten)
Senne Van Dooren (Hoogstraten)
Dré Callens (Jong Cercle)
Søren Coens (Jong Cercle)
Gilles Degryse (Jong Cercle)
Rayan El Bahri (Jong Cercle)
Joaquin Obambi (Jong Cercle)
Gilles De Meyer (Jong KAA Gent)
Hyllarion Goore (Jong KAA Gent)
Lars Cooman (Knokke)
Ilan Hurtevent (Knokke)
Ruben Vanraefelghem (Knokke)
Jason Adesanya (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
Sirajedinne Ibn El Mokadem (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
Milan De Mey (Merelbeke)
Dibola Júnior (Ninove)
Yoshi Mariën (Ninove)
Elias Van Den Borre (Ninove)
Ilias Breugelmans (OH Leuven U23)
Nick Hulsmans (Thes)
Senda Mukandila (Thes)
Sam Vanaken (Thes)
Senne Ceulemans (Tienen)
Amardeep Singh (Tienen)
Obed Agyapong (Young Reds Antwerp)
Abdel-Malik Aziz (Young Reds Antwerp)

1 goal (71 players)

2 own goals (1 player)

Maxim Volant (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, scored for Belisia and Young Reds Antwerp)

1 own goal (10 players)

Nando Nöstlinger (Cappellen, scored for Hasselt)
Seppe Somers (Cappellen, scored for Dessel)
Lars Michiels (Dessel, scored for Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
Axel Dierickx (Heist, scored for Cappellen)
Jouk Vermeeren (Hoogstraten, scored for Heist)
Mats Sterkens (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, scored for Dessel)
Gianni Vets (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, scored for Cappellen)
Koen Weuts (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, scored for Dessel)
Gillis Verhelst (Merelbeke, scored for Cappellen)
Sam Vanaken (Thes, scored for Belisia)

ACFF

Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 ACFF teams

Regular Season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympic Charleroi	22	15	4	3	54	23	31	49	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
2	Tubize-Braine	22	14	5	3	51	20	31	47
3	Mons	22	13	7	2	39	14	25	46
4	Virton	22	14	2	6	38	26	12	44
5	Stockay	22	9	4	9	31	31	0	31
6	Rochefort	22	8	7	7	27	29	−2	31
7	Union Namur	22	7	3	12	25	40	−15	24	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Binche	22	5	7	10	29	40	−11	22
9	Zébra Élites	22	5	7	10	20	36	−16	22
10	Union SG B	22	5	5	12	25	38	−13	20
11	Tournai	22	4	8	10	18	34	−16	20
12	SL16 FC	22	2	3	17	19	45	−26	9

Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	OLC	TUB	MON	VIR	STO	ROC	UNA	BIN	ZEB	USG	TOU	STL
Olympic Charleroi	—	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Tubize-Braine	4–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	6–2	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	3–0
Mons	2–2	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Virton	0–2	0–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	3–1
Stockay	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–3	—	2–1	5–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–1
Rochefort	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	—	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0
Union Namur	3–3	1–4	0–5	1–3	1–0	0–2	—	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
Binche	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–4	0–2	2–1	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	5–0^[a]
Zébra Élites	0–4	0–5^[b]	3–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–2	0–0
Union SG B	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–2	5–1	0–3	2–1	0–5^[c]	0–0	—	4–0	0–2
Tournai	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	—	0–0
SL16 FC	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–3	5–1	—

Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match between Binche and SL16 FC ended 1–2, but the result was converted into a 5–0 forfeit win for Binche as SL16 FC was not able to provide the identity documents for all players present.^[4]
^ The match between Zébra Élites and Tubize-Braine ended 2–2, but the result was converted into a 0–5 forfeit win for Tubize-Braine as Zébra Élites had fielded a player who was ineligible at the initial date the match would have been played. The match had been postponed by three weeks due to snowfall and the player had been signed between the original and the new date, which by the rules meant he was still ineligible.^[5]
^ The match between Union SG B and Binche ended 2–2, but the result was converted into a 0–5 forfeit win for Binche as Union SG B did not comply with regulation B4.121 which states that at least half of the registered players must have been trained in the club and at least two-thirds of all registered players have been trained in Belgium.^[6]

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	OLC	TUB	MON	VIR	ROC	STO
1	Olympic Charleroi	7	5	1	1	18	7	11	41	Promoted to Challenger Pro League	—	2–2	2–0	5–3	10 May	5–1
2	Tubize-Braine	7	4	3	0	8	4	4	39		26 Apr	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	10 May
3	Mons	7	2	2	3	3	5	−2	31		0–1	1–1	—	10 May	0–0	26 Apr
4	Virton	7	2	2	3	6	8	−2	30		1–0	3 May	0–1	—	26 Apr	2–1
5	Rochefort	7	1	3	3	3	7	−4	22		0–3	0–1	4 May	0–0	—	1–0
6	Stockay	7	1	1	5	4	11	−7	20		4 May	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2025. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.^[7]

Relegation play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	USG	ZEB	UNA	TOU	STL	BIN
1	Union SG B	7	4	1	2	14	4	10	23		—	11 May	4–0	26 Apr	0–1	5–1
2	Zébra Élites	7	3	3	1	10	7	3	23		1–0	—	26 Apr	1–1	0–1	3 May
3	Union Namur	7	1	3	3	2	9	−7	18		0–3	0–2	—	4 May	0–0	2–0
4	Tournai	7	0	7	0	4	4	0	17		1–1	1–1^[a]	0–0	—	11 May	1–1
5	SL16 FC	7	2	4	1	6	5	1	15	Relegated to Division 2	4 May	2–3	0–0	0–0	—	2–2
6	Binche	7	0	4	3	6	13	−7	15	Relegated to Division 2	0–1	2–2	11 May	0–0	27 Apr	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2025. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won.^[9]
Notes:

^ Following a collision of heads, Tournai player Lemuel Ntalu suffered a cardiac arrest and was reanimated during the match between Tournai and Zébra Élites of 1 March, at a score of 1–0 and with 53 minutes played. The match was stopped and replayed entirely on 18 April.^[8]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 April 2025.^[10]^{[obsolete source]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Léandro Rousseau	Olympic Charleroi	20
2	Cristian Makaté	Union SG B	18
3	Tyron Crame	Tubize-Braine	11
	Roman Ferber	Olympic Charleroi
	Sekou Koné	Stockay
6	Dylan De Belder	Mons	10
	Dieudonné Lwangi	Union Namur
	Oumar Traoré	Binche
9	Nelson Azevedo-Janelas	Union SG B	8
	Qendrim Bakija	Stockay
	Loris Brogno	Mons
12	Yann Gboua	SL16 FC	7
	Axel Lauwrensens	Tubize-Braine
	Simon Paulet	Olympic Charleroi

6 goals (6 players)

5 goals (7 players)

4 goals (13 players)

3 goals (11 players)

2 goals (30 players)

1 goal (47 players)

2 own goals (1 player)

Mohamed Asaidi (Union SG B, scored for Union Namur and Virton)

1 own goal (6 players)

Jesse Mputu (Olympic Charleroi, scored for Tubize-Braine)
Karl Ndedi (Olympic Charleroi, scored for Union SG B)
Giulian Teise (Stockay, scored for Olympic Charleroi)
Tom Panepinto (Tubize-Braine, scored for Stockay)
Jérémie Mugabo (Union Namur, scored for Virton)
Florentin Pogba (Virton, scored for Tubize-Braine)

References

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[table_note_1_BIN_STL0.22638925315178-5] The match between Binche and SL16 FC ended 1–2, but the result was converted into a 5–0 forfeit win for Binche as SL16 FC was not able to provide the identity documents for all players present.^[4]

[table_note_1_ZEB_TUB0.22638925315178-7] The match between Zébra Élites and Tubize-Braine ended 2–2, but the result was converted into a 0–5 forfeit win for Tubize-Braine as Zébra Élites had fielded a player who was ineligible at the initial date the match would have been played. The match had been postponed by three weeks due to snowfall and the player had been signed between the original and the new date, which by the rules meant he was still ineligible.^[5]

[table_note_1_USG_BIN0.22638925315178-9] The match between Union SG B and Binche ended 2–2, but the result was converted into a 0–5 forfeit win for Binche as Union SG B did not comply with regulation B4.121 which states that at least half of the registered players must have been trained in the club and at least two-thirds of all registered players have been trained in Belgium.^[6]

[table_note_TOU_ZEB0.16571411777554-12] Following a collision of heads, Tournai player Lemuel Ntalu suffered a cardiac arrest and was reanimated during the match between Tournai and Zébra Élites of 1 March, at a score of 1–0 and with 53 minutes played. The match was stopped and replayed entirely on 18 April.^[8]

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[3] "National Division 1 2022/2023 - Season rules" (in Dutch). vbal4. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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[6] ttps://www.lavenir.net/regions/brabantwallon/sports/2025/02/22/d1-acff-tubize-braine-recupere-deux-points-sur-tapis-vert-M2F5MEBTFZD2PNPOPXUKYPABCU/

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v t e Belgian Division 1
2024–25 Belgian Division 1 Teams (ACFF)	Binche Mons Olympic Charleroi Rochefort SL16 FC Stockay Tournai Tubize-Braine Union Namur Union SG B Virton Zébra Élites
2024–25 Belgian Division 1 Teams (VV)	Belisia Bilzen Cappellen Dessel Sport Hasselt Heist Hoogstraten Jong Cercle Jong KAA Gent Knokke Lyra-Lierse Berlaar Merelbeke Ninove OH Leuven U-23 Thes Sport Tienen Young Reds Antwerp
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