2024–25 Belgian Division 1

Belgian Division 1
Season	2024–25
Dates	31 August 2024 - 29 May 2025
	← 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 38 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	Tienen	16	10	2	4	28	13	15	32	Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2	Jong KAA Gent	16	8	4	4	32	22	10	28
3	Belisia	16	8	4	4	26	19	7	28
4	Hasselt	16	8	3	5	24	14	10	27
5	Knokke	16	6	8	2	24	17	7	26
6	Ninove	16	7	5	4	18	12	6	26
7	Thes	16	7	4	5	30	26	4	25
8	Hoogstraten	16	7	3	6	24	23	1	24
9	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	16	6	5	5	29	27	2	23
10	Dessel	16	6	3	7	34	26	8	21
11	Jong Cercle	16	6	3	7	22	28	−6	21
12	Young Reds Antwerp	16	4	7	5	22	26	−4	19
13	Cappellen	16	5	4	7	25	32	−7	19
14	OH Leuven U-23	16	4	3	9	19	30	−11	15
15	Merelbeke	16	2	4	10	16	33	−17	10	Relegation to Division 2
16	Heist	16	1	4	11	15	40	−25	7	Relegation to Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. 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]

Results

Home \ Away	TIE	HAS	BEL	GNT	LLB	NIN	KNO	TES	HOO	DES	CER	YRA	CAP	OHL	MER	HEI
Tienen	—	8 Dec	26 Jan	1–0	0–3	1–0	16 Mar	9 Feb	12 Jan	2–1	6 Apr	13 Apr	4–0	23 Feb	2–0	3–0
Hasselt	8 Mar	—	0–0	14 Dec	15 Feb	1–0	18 Jan	5 Apr	22 Mar	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	12 Apr	25 Jan
Belisia	0–4	27 Apr	—	16 Mar	2–1	8 Dec	23 Feb	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	2 Feb	30 Mar	12 Jan	1–1	9 Feb
Jong KAA Gent	1 Feb	1–2	0–1	—	22 Mar	8 Mar	2–1	18 Jan	12 Apr	3–1	15 Feb	6 Dec	11 Jan	5 Apr	2–2	2–2
Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	14 Dec	1–0	18 Jan	1–2	—	2–2	8 Feb	27 Apr	29 Mar	22 Feb	0–1	2–2	2–2	25 Jan	4–1	15 Mar
Ninove	29 Mar	15 Mar	12 Apr	3–1	1 Feb	—	1–0	11 Jan	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	18 Jan	2–0	2–0	22 Feb
Knokke	2–0	2–2	1–1	26 Jan	3–1	16 Feb	—	23 Mar	2 Feb	12 Jan	9 Mar	1–0	2–2	2–0	30 Mar	13 Apr
Thes	0–1	2–1	15 Feb	10 Dec	3–3	2–1	2–2	—	3–2	14 Dec	1 Feb	2–1	12 Apr	15 Mar	7 Dec	29 Mar
Hoogstraten	0–0	1–0	5 Apr	0–4	1–2	8 Feb	1–2	22 Feb	—	15 Mar	27 Apr	18 Jan	0–1	7 Dec	14 Dec	2–1
Dessel	18 Jan	1 Feb	8 Mar	29 Mar	7 Dec	22 Mar	2–2	5–0	2–3	—	3–2	15 Feb	4–1	12 Apr	3–1	0–1
Jong Cercle	1–0	23 Feb	15 Dec	0–4	13 Apr	26 Jan	0–0	0–4	2–4	9 Feb	—	30 Mar	16 Mar	2–0	19 Jan	4–2
Young Reds Antwerp	2–0	11 Jan	0–4	8 Feb	6 Apr	14 Dec	27 Apr	25 Jan	2–2	2–1	0–4	—	22 Feb	3–3	15 Mar	5–0
Cappellen	22 Mar	9 Feb	1–3	2–3	9 Mar	0–1	5 Apr	2–1	25 Jan	27 Apr	8 Dec	2–2	—	2–2	15 Feb	13 Dec
OH Leuven U23	1–3	30 Mar	4–2	0–2	0–2	27 Apr	15 Dec	3–1	16 Feb	3–2	23 Mar	9 Mar	2 Feb	—	1–0	19 Jan
Merelbeke	27 Apr	0–3	22 Mar	22 Feb	11 Jan	5 Apr	1–1	8 Mar	1–3	25 Jan	4–2	1–1	0–1	8 Feb	—	3–0
Heist	15 Feb	1–4	1–3	27 Apr	1–2	1–1	7 Dec	0–1	8 Mar	5 Apr	11 Jan	22 Mar	1–5	1–1	1 Feb	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2024. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 December 2024.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tibe Vanhaeren	Thes	11
2	Yacine Bentayeb	Dessel	10
3	Nicolas Orye	Hasselt	9
4	Jordy Peffer	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	8
4	Laurens Symons	Cappellen	8
6	Abubakar Abdullahi	Jong KAA Gent	7
	Umar Abubakar	Jong KAA Gent
	Jef Colman	Heist
	Franck Idumbo-Muzambo	OH Leuven U23
	Vancy Mabanza	Tienen

6 goals (6 players)

5 goals (6 players)

4 goals (11 players)

2 goals (29 players)

1 goal (69 players)

2 own goals (1 player)

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

1 own goal (9 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)
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

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mons (Q)	17	11	4	2	35	13	22	37	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
2	Olympic Charleroi (Q)	17	11	3	3	42	23	19	36
3	Tubize-Braine	17	10	4	3	32	16	16	34
4	Virton	17	9	2	6	27	24	3	29
5	Rochefort	17	7	6	4	23	19	4	27
6	Stockay	17	6	4	7	24	28	−4	22
7	Zébra Élites	17	5	7	5	19	22	−3	22	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Union Namur	17	5	3	9	20	32	−12	18
9	Tournai	17	3	8	6	16	23	−7	17
10	Binche	17	3	6	8	23	31	−8	15
11	Union SG B	17	3	5	9	19	30	−11	14
12	SL16 FC	17	2	2	13	14	33	−19	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. 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]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	MON	OLC	TUB	VIR	ROC	STO	ZEB	UNA	TOU	BIN	USG	STL
Mons	—	2–2	25 Jan	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	16 Feb	3–1
Olympic Charleroi	18 Jan	—	3–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	8 Feb	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–1
Tubize-Braine	0–0	4–1	—	0–1	18 Jan	1–2	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	8 Feb
Virton	0–2	0–2	0–3	—	1–3	1–0	0–1	18 Jan	1–1	8 Feb	4–2	11 Jan
Rochefort	12 Jan	2–1	1–1	26 Jan	—	0–0	2–2	0–3	9 Feb	1–1	1–3	1–0
Stockay	9 Feb	1–4	1–1	2–3	2–1	—	3–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	19 Jan	2–1
Zébra Élites	3–2	0–4	11 Jan	16 Feb	0–0	25 Jan	—	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Union Namur	0–5	3–3	16 Feb	1–3	0–2	12 Jan	2–0	—	1–0	2–3	0–0	26 Jan
Tournai	0–0	16 Feb	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	18 Jan	1–2	—	1–1	2–0	0–0
Binche	0–2	25 Jan	1–3	1–4	16 Feb	0–2	1–2	1–1	11 Jan	—	1–1	5–0^[a]
Union SG B	2–3	11 Jan	0–3	1–2	0–3	5–1	0–0	8 Feb	25 Jan	0–5^[b]	—	0–2
SL16 FC	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	16 Feb	0–3	0–2	5–1	19 Jan	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. 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 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.^[5]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 December 2024.^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Léandro Rousseau	Olympic Charleroi	11
2	Cristian Makaté	Union SG B	10
3	Qendrim Bakija	Stockay	8
	Dylan De Belder	Mons
	Dieudonné Lwangi	Union Namur
6	Loris Brogno	Mons	7
7	Mathieu Cornet	Rochefort	6
	Tyron Crame	Tubize-Braine
	Roman Ferber	Olympic Charleroi
	Simon Paulet	Olympic Charleroi

5 goals (8 players)

4 goals (6 players)

3 goals (16 players)

2 goals (22 players)

1 goal (50 players)

1 own goal (7 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)
Mohamed Asaidi (Union SG B, scored for Virton)
Florentin Pogba (Virton, scored for Tubize-Braine)

References

^ "National Division 1 2022/2023 - Season rules" (in Dutch). vbal4. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ "National Division 1 2022/2023 - Season rules" (in Dutch). vbal4. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid035deNTQSmYzUg6QfYavTvS2kkgWC9KP5hnYNCiBMy4FbNdYLTSvvoD8xSAhNubFKPl&id=100057428470818&locale=fr_FR
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^ "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[table_note_1_BIN_STL0.5271886286918-5] 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_USG_BIN0.5271886286918-7] 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.^[5]

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

[2] "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 22 August 2023.

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

[4] ttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid035deNTQSmYzUg6QfYavTvS2kkgWC9KP5hnYNCiBMy4FbNdYLTSvvoD8xSAhNubFKPl&id=100057428470818&locale=fr_FR

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[8] "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 22 August 2023.

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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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