2024–25 Challenger Pro League
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 season of the Challenger Pro League is scheduled to begin in August 2024 and end in May 2025. It will be the third season under its new name after being renamed from First Division B.
Team changes[edit]
Incoming[edit]
- La Louvière and Lokeren-Temse were promoted from the 2023–24 Belgian National Division 1.
Outgoing[edit]
- Beerschot and Dender EH were promoted to the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League, respectively as champions and runners-up.
- Seraing and SL16 FC were relegated to the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 after finishing in the bottom two positions.
Team information[edit]
Stadiums and locations[edit]
Locations of the 2024–25 Challenger Pro League teams
| Matricule | Club | City | First season of current spell at second level |
Coming from | 2023-24 result | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | RSCA Futures | Anderlecht, Brussels | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 12th (CPL) | King Baudouin Stadium | 38,000 |
| 4068 | S.K. Beveren | Beveren | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division B | 8th (CPL) | Freethiel Stadion | 8,190 |
| 3 | Club NXT | Bruges[a] | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 9th (CPL) | Schiervelde Stadion | 8,340 |
| 5192 | Francs Borains | Boussu | 2023–24 | Belgian National Division 1 | 14th (CPL) | Stade Robert Urbain | 6,000 |
| 322 | Jong Genk | Genk | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 10th (CPL) | Luminus Arena | 24,956 |
| 94 | La Louvière | La Louvière | 2024–25 | Belgian National Division 1 | 1st (NatD1) 
|
Stade du Tivoli | 12,500 |
| 3970 | Lierse Kempenzonen | Lier | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 11th (CPL) | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion | 14,538 |
| 94 | Lokeren-Temse | Lokeren | 2024–25 | Belgian National Division 1 | 2nd (NatD1)
|
Daknamstadion | 12,136 |
| 31 | Oostende | Ostend | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 13th (CPL) | Diaz Arena | 8,432 |
| 3434 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | Maasmechelen | 2023–24 | Belgian National Division 1 | 6th (CPL) | Gemeentelijk Sportparkstadion | 5,500 |
| 4 | RFC Liège | Liège | 2023–24 | Belgian National Division 1 | 7th (CPL) | Stade de Rocourt | 8,000 |
| 5381 | Zulte Waregem | Waregem | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 5th (CPL) | Regenboogstadion | 12,500 |
Regular season[edit]
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beveren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promoted to Pro League |
| 2 | Club NXT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Francs Borains | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promoted to Pro League |
| 4 | Jong Genk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs |
| 5 | La Louvière | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lokeren-Temse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Oostende | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | RFC Liège | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | RSCA Futures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs |
| 12 | Zulte Waregem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | to be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | to be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | to be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to National Division 1 |
| 16 | to be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2024. Source: Challenger Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]
- ^ Club NXT did not play its home matches at the same venue as the A-squad of Club Brugge (the Jan Breydel Stadium) but rather they moved to Roeselare to play in the Schiervelde Stadion.
Number of teams by provinces[edit]
Note: only 12 out of 16 teams known
| Number of teams | Province or region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |  West Flanders |
Club NXT, Oostende and Zulte Waregem |
| 2 |  East Flanders |
Beveren and Lokeren-Temse |
 Hainaut |
Francs Borains and La Louvière | |
 Limburg |
Jong Genk and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | |
| 1 |  Antwerp |
Lierse Kempenzonen |
 Brussels |
RSCA Futures | |
 Liège |
RFC Liège |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2017.