255:. Besides these three promoting teams, one additional promotion is possible: for this twelve other teams are in contention as four teams in each league qualify for the end of season playoffs. The eight teams from the VFV side are grouped together to compete in a VFV playoff for two spots in the playoff final, the four teams from ACFF side playoff for one spot. The two VFV winners and the ACFF winner are joined by the 13th placed team from the
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Due to the reform of the
Belgian National Division 1 from one single division into a separate VV and ACFF division, the number of teams being promoted was uncertain beforehand. On VV side, Jong Cercle, Hasselt, Lyra-Lierse and Merelbeke won their first match of the play-offs and were already certain
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each season, it is possible that there will be up to three extra relegations on each side. On ACFF side this just means that any additional required relegations will happen from bottom upwards, starting with the 13th finisher, then 12th finisher and so on. On VFV side, a relegation playoff is
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in the playoff final, with the winner of those four taking the final promotion spot (in case the team from the
Belgian National Division 1 wins, this team remains at that level and no extra team from the Belgian Second Amateur Division is promoted besides the three league winners).
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organised each season between the two teams finishing 14th, with the losing team first in line to drop in case needed, followed by the winner. If an additional relegation would be necessary, the 13th placed teams would need to playoff as well.
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Young Reds
Antwerp was the participant from the Belgian National Division 1. By winning the play-off, the club remained at this level and no extra team from the Belgian Division 2 was promoted.
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Warnant decided not to apply for a license to play in the
Belgian National Division 1, hence they were not eligible for promotion and the highest finisher with an obtained licence runner-up
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Mandel United was the participant from the
Belgian National Division 1. By winning the play-off, the club remained at this level and no extra team from the Belgian Division 2 was promoted.
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which saw the number of professional clubs reduced to 24. As a result, from the third level and below only amateur clubs remain. The two remaining levels above the
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In each of the three separate leagues, the season is a regular round-robin tournament with 16 teams. The winners of each league are directly promoted to the
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Petegem decided not to apply for a license to play in the
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Belgian National Division 1, hence they were not eligible for promotion, causing runners-up
235:. As a result, the Belgian Provincial leagues dropped to the sixth level of the league system. In 2020 the levels three to five were renamed to
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of promotion after that. On ACFF side, a full play-off of four teams was played, but in the end all teams were promoted, and even more so also
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195:. The division consists of three separate leagues with 16 teams each, two of these leagues consist of teams playing with a license from the
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The
Belgian Second Amateur Division was created in 2016 as successor of the
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were reformed into three amateur levels, namely the
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168:(in French) is the fourth-highest division in the
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207:(ACFF, the French-speaking wing of the RBFA).
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682:Royal Belgian Football Association
181:Royal Belgian Football Association
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655:(in French). dh.be. 15 June 2015
684:. 14 April 2016. Archived from
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189:Belgian Second Amateur Division
1454:2016 establishments in Belgium
760:Belgian football league system
233:Belgian Third Amateur Division
229:Belgian First Amateur Division
221:Belgian football league system
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219:following an overhaul of the
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269:Belgian National Division 1
257:Belgian National Division 1
253:Belgian National Division 1
237:Belgian National Division 1
197:Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen
177:Belgian National Division 1
84:Belgian National Division 1
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1020:Ballymena & Provincial
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295:Promotion play-off winner
225:Belgian Provincial leagues
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141:2024–25 Belgian Division 2
30:; 8 years ago
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239:, Belgian Division 2 and
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286:Division A winner (VFV)
179:. It was created by the
149:Not to be confused with
613:to be promoted instead.
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183:in 2016, replacing the
151:Belgian Second Division
1372:District Championships
886:Regionalna liga Centar
873:Bosnia and Herzegovina
217:Belgian Third Division
185:Belgian Third Division
175:, one level below the
776:Challenger Pro League
404:coronavirus pandemic
1294:Lower Saxony/Bremen
879:Hercegovina-Neretva
841:leagues of Europe (
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1444:Belgian Division 2
791:Belgian Division 3
786:Belgian Division 2
771:Belgian Pro League
474:Young Reds Antwerp
370:La Louvière Centre
360:Sint-Eloois-Winkel
265:Belgian Division 3
247:Competition format
241:Belgian Division 3
158:Belgian Division 2
97:Belgian Division 3
20:Belgian Division 2
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69:Level on pyramid
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686:the original
680:(in Dutch).
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657:. Retrieved
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1308:North Rhine
1134:Switzerland
1004:Netherlands
589:Union Namur
514:Lyra-Lierse
506:Jong Cercle
434:Hoogstraten
338:Tessenderlo
107:Belgian Cup
1438:Categories
1197:South West
1190:South East
1183:North East
1097:Division B
1027:Mid-Ulster
994:Luxembourg
717:26 January
639:References
629:Union SG B
333:Rupel Boom
187:and named
166:Division 2
91:Relegation
989:Lithuania
553:Footnotes
522:Rochefort
518:Merelbeke
463:Cappellen
348:RFC Liège
139:Current:
78:Promotion
1380:Scotland
1359:Portugal
1280:Bavaria
1273:Bavaria
1119:Slovenia
1114:Slovakia
1104:Scotland
1082:Portugal
894:Bulgaria
839:football
316:Châtelet
123:(B) and
1420:Wrexham
1395:Ukraine
1267:Germany
1262:Georgia
1252:Finland
1231:England
1226:Denmark
1216:Belgium
1144:Ukraine
1087:Romania
964:Iceland
959:Hungary
949:Germany
944:Georgia
934:Finland
924:Estonia
919:England
914:Denmark
899:Croatia
868:Belgium
863:Austria
858:Albania
851:Current
625:Stockay
537:2024–25
526:Tournai
510:Hasselt
482:2023–24
468:Warnant
453:2022–23
429:Petegem
424:2021–22
412:2020–21
382:2019–20
355:2018–19
328:2017–18
301:2016–17
283:Season
211:History
193:amateur
131:2023–24
46:Belgium
43:Country
33: (
25:Founded
1323:Greece
1257:France
1221:Cyprus
1209:Former
1139:Turkey
1129:Sweden
1109:Serbia
1092:Russia
1047:Poland
1042:Norway
999:Malta
984:Latvia
979:Kosovo
969:Israel
954:Greece
939:France
904:Cyprus
659:8 July
611:Ninove
567:Ninove
502:Binche
392:Tienen
387:Knokke
343:RWDM47
306:Knokke
1413:South
1406:North
1400:Wales
1390:Spain
1349:Malta
1344:Italy
1301:North
1155:Gwent
1149:Wales
1124:Spain
974:Italy
695:2 May
689:(PDF)
678:(PDF)
321:Aalst
119:(A),
843:UEFA
719:2021
697:2016
661:2015
627:and
528:and
497:Mons
375:Visé
201:RBFA
156:The
127:(C)
125:Mons
56:UEFA
35:2016
28:2016
1162:Mid
1067:III
1440::
1074:IV
1060:II
524:,
520:,
516:,
512:,
508:,
504:,
93:to
80:to
64:54
1053:I
845:)
830:e
823:t
816:v
752:e
745:t
738:v
721:.
699:.
663:.
153:.
133:)
129:(
72:4
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