2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division

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Belgian First Amateur Division
Season2019–20
ChampionsDeinze
PromotedDeinze, RWD Molenbeek, Seraing, Lierse Kempenzonen
RelegatedTubize

The 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division was the fourth season of the third-tier football league in Belgium. Mid-March all matches were temporarily postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, only to be canceled permanently two weeks later, with the standing as of March 12th counting as final. As a result, Deinze was crowned champions and promoted to the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B.

Team information[edit]

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Locations of the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division teams

Team changes[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

Merger[edit]

  • Châtelet merged with Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne to become R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes, known as Olympic Charleroi CF. Strictly speaking, the new club is a continuation of Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne rather than Châtelet, as the latter club has been dissolved.

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Deinze[a] (C, P) 24 20 2 2 52 16 +36 62 Promotion for the First Division B
2 Tessenderlo 24 12 6 6 32 23 +9 42
3 Seraing[a] (P) 23 11 7 5 42 27 +15 41.74[b] Promotion for the First Division B
4 Heist 24 11 5 8 28 23 +5 38
5 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 24 10 6 8 25 23 +2 36
6 RWDM47[a] (P) 24 9 7 8 26 25 +1 34 Promotion for the First Division B
7 Dender EH 24 8 7 9 36 34 +2 31
8 Dessel 24 8 7 9 29 29 0 31
9 Rupel Boom 24 7 10 7 35 32 +3 31
10 Olympic Charleroi CF 24 8 6 10 29 33 −4 30
11 Visé 24 7 9 8 32 36 −4 30
12 RFC Liège 23 6 9 8 30 37 −7 28.17[b]
13 Lierse Kempenzonen[a] (P) 24 7 5 12 27 30 −3 26 Promotion for the First Division B
14 La Louvière Centre[c] 24 6 8 10 36 49 −13 26
15 Tubize[d] (R) 24 6 5 13 19 40 −21 23 Relegation to the Second Amateur Division
16 Sint-Eloois-Winkel[c] 24 2 7 15 21 42 −21 13
Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Eligible for promotion. The deadline for requesting a license for professional football of mid-February revealed that only six teams (Deinze, La Louvière Centre, Lierse Kempenzonen, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, RWDM47 and Seraing) had applied.[1] Only four of those actually obtained the license. Due to one club dissolving (Lokeren) and two clubs being refused a license (Roeselare and Virton), two extra teams were promoted, the two highest finishers: Seraing and RWDM47. Eventually on 31 July 2020 it was decided that the Belgian First Division A would expand to 18 teams, meaning no team would relegate from, while two teams would be promoted into this division. As a result, two more spots opened up in the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B, which went to Lierse Kempenzonen (highest finisher with license) and the Club Brugge U23 squad.
  2. ^ a b As both Seraing and RFC Liège had played one match less, their points were scaled up by a factor 24/23.
  3. ^ a b Both La Louvière Centre and Sint-Eloois Winkel were spared of relegation despite finishing in the relegation positions, due to Lokeren being dissolved and Virton being refused a license for the first Amateur Division.
  4. ^ Tubize did not meet all the criteria to obtain a license and was penalized with a 3-point penalty for next season (in the Belgian Second Amateur Division).

Results[edit]

Home \ Away DEI DEN DES HEI LAL LIE OLC PEM RFC RUP RWD SER SEW TES TUB VIS
Deinze — 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 –[a] 3–0 5–0 –[a] –[a] 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 4–1
Dender EH 1–3 — 1–0 –[a] 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 –[a] 2–2 3–0 –[a]
Dessel 0–4 –[a] — 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 –[a] 4–0 –[a] 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0
Heist 0–3 0–2 –[a] — 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 –[a] 1–0 0–0 –[a] 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
La Louvière Centre 1–2 0–4 3–6 –[a] — 2–1 –[a] 0–0 3–2 3–3 –[a] 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–0
Lierse Kempenzonen 2–0 1–2 –[a] 0–1 2–1 — –[a] 0–1 1–1 –[a] 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2
Olympic Charleroi CF 1–1 –[a] 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 — 4–1 3–4 1–0 0–0 –[a] –[a] 0–1 3–0 1–0
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 0–1 –[a] –[a] 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 –[a] 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1
RFC Liège 1–3 4–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 — 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 –[a] –[a] –[a]
Rupel Boom 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 –[a] 2–2 2–0 1–0 –[a] — 0–0 2–0 –[a] 0–0 5–0 1–1
RWDM47 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 –[a] 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 — –[a] 3–1 –[a] 0–1 2–2
Seraing 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–2 5–3 1–2 –[a] –[b][a] 4–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–3 –[a] –[a]
Sint-Eloois-Winkel 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–3 –[a] 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–5 1–2 0–4 — –[a] –[a] 1–1
Tessenderlo –[a] 0–3 1–1 –[a] –[a] 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–0 2–2
Tubize –[a] 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 –[a] 1–2 –[a] 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 — 1–1
Visé –[a] 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 –[a] 0–0 –[a] 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Matches cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.
  2. ^ Match was stopped at a score of 1–2 due to a regional power outage with 20 minutes remaining. As the home club was not to blame, the match was originally scheduled to be replayed entirely, but in the end got cancelled as well.

Number of teams by provinces[edit]

Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
4  Antwerp Dessel, Heist, Lierse Kempenzonen and Rupel Boom
3  Liège RFC Liège, Seraing and Visé
2  East Flanders Dender EH and Deinze
 Limburg Patro Eisden Maasmechelen and Tessenderlo
 Hainaut La Louvière Centre and Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes
1  Brussels RWDM47
 Walloon Brabant Tubize
 West Flanders Sint-Eloois-Winkel

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Zes teams uit hoogste amateurliga vragen licentie voor 1B aan" [Six teams from highest amateur league apply for 1B license] (in Dutch). proximus-sports.be. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ^ "First Division Amateur Division 2019/2020 - Season rules". vbal4. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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