Belgian football league system

The Belgian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Belgium.

Men's system

The league system underwent restructuring which was approved by the Royal Belgian Football Association. One important step was the introduction of a national fifth level for the first time. Its implementation took effect as of the 2016–17 season.

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
	Professional Leagues
1	Belgian Pro League 16 clubs – 1 relegation + 1 relegation play-off
2	Belgian First Division B 8 clubs – 1 promotion + 1 promotion play-off, 1 relegation
	Semi-/Non-Professional Leagues
3	Belgian National Division 1 16 clubs – 1 promotion, 3 relegations
4	Belgian Division 2 VFV 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 – 2 promotions, 4 relegations						Belgian Division 2 ACFF 16 clubs – 1 promotion, 2 relegations
5	Belgian Division 3 VFV 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
	Amateur Leagues
6	(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) – 14 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
7	(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 Provinciale Brabant (Francophone) – 14 clubs Deuxième Provinciale Provinciale Hainaut – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Deuxième Provinciale 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 Provinciale Luxembourg – 42 clubs divided in 3 series of 14 Deuxième Provinciale 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
8	(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 Provinciale Brabant (Francophone) – 32 clubs divided in 2 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Provinciale Hainaut – 64 clubs divided in 4 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Provinciale Liège – 64 clubs divided in 4 series of 16 Derde Provinciale Limburg – 48 clubs divided in 3 series of 16 Troisième Provinciale Provinciale Luxembourg – 72 clubs divided in 6 series; 4 of 14 teams and 2 of 13 teams Troisième Provinciale 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
9	(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 Provinciale Brabant (Francophone) – 46 clubs divided in 3 series; 2 of 15 teams and 1 of 16 teams Quatrième Provinciale Provinciale Hainaut – 115 clubs divided in 8 series; 5 of 14 teams and 3 of 15 teams Quatrième Provinciale 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 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

External links

• League321.com - Belgian Football League Tables, Records & Statistics Database.
• Belgian Football League summary(flashscore)

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