2022–23 Belgian National Division 1

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Belgian National Division 1
Season2022–23

The 2022–23 Belgian National Division 1 will be the seventh season of the third-tier football league in Belgium and the first one in which U23 teams are admitted into the league, causing an expansion from 16 to 20 teams, although the previous season had been played with only 15 teams due to the last minute bankruptcy of Roeselare.

Team information

Team changes

Out

Two teams moved to another level:

In

Three teams were promoted from the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2:

Four U23 teams were added to the league as it was expanded. The teams joining were determined based on their finishing position in the 2021–22 Belgian U23 league:

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 9 7 1 1 27 4 +23 22 Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2 RAAL La Louvière 9 7 1 1 21 6 +15 22
3 Francs Borains 9 6 2 1 15 6 +9 20
4 RFC Liège 9 5 3 1 29 4 +25 18
5 Jong KAA Gent 9 5 3 1 19 7 +12 18
6 Tessenderlo 9 5 2 2 16 13 +3 17
7 Young Reds Antwerp 9 5 0 4 9 9 0 15
8 Olympic Charleroi CF 9 4 2 3 17 8 +9 14
9 Visé 9 4 2 3 17 13 +4 14
10 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 9 4 2 3 11 9 +2 14
11 Knokke 9 4 0 5 14 15 −1 12
12 Tienen 9 3 2 4 12 16 −4 11
13 OH Leuven U-23 9 3 2 4 11 18 −7 11
14 Zébra Élites Charleroi 9 3 1 5 9 15 −6 10
15 Ninove 9 3 1 5 10 17 −7 10
16 Heist 9 2 3 4 11 17 −6 9
17 Mandel United 9 2 0 7 3 30 −27 6 Qualification for the Division 2 Promotion play-offs Final
18 Dessel 9 1 2 6 6 23 −17 5 Relegation to Division 2
19 Hoogstraten 9 1 1 7 6 15 −9 4
20 Rupel Boom 9 0 2 7 5 23 −18 2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: Soccerway
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 PEM LAL FRB RFC GNT TES YRA OLC VIS SEW KNO TIE OHL ZEB NIN HEI MAN DES HOO RUP
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 2–0 3–0 5–0 0–0
RAAL La Louvière 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–0
Francs Borains 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0
RFC Liège 1–1 9–0 6–0 5–0
Jong KAA Gent 2–2 0–0 4–0 3–2
Tessenderlo 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1
Young Reds Antwerp 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1
Olympic Charleroi CF 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–0
Visé 2–5 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Sint-Eloois-Winkel 2–4 3–0 0–0 2–1
Knokke 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–2 4–1
Tienen 0–4 1–0 0–4 0–3 2–0
OH Leuven U-23 2–2 1–4 3–1 1–0
Zébra Élites Charleroi 0–2 1–4 3–2 2–2 0–1
Ninove 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–0
Heist 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Mandel United 0–3 0–2 0–8 0–2
Dessel 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–3
Hoogstraten 4–0 0–2 0–1 1–2
Rupel Boom 0–5[a] 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match stopped with 7 seconds played after one of the floodlights stopped working due to a fire in the fusebox and the home team was not able to repair the issue within 30 minutes. Rupel Boom hence lost the match with a 0–5 forfeit score.[2]

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
5  Antwerp Dessel, Heist, Hoogstraten, Rupel Boom and Young Reds Antwerp
4  Hainaut Francs Borains, Olympic Charleroi CF, RAAL La Louvière and Zébra Élites Charleroi
3  West Flanders Knokke, Mandel United and Sint-Eloois-Winkel
2  East Flanders Jong KAA Gent and Ninove
 Flemish Brabant OH Leuven U-23 and Tienen
 Liège RFC Liège and Visé
 Limburg Patro Eisden Maasmechelen and Tessenderlo

References

  1. ^ "National Division 1 2020/2021 - Season rules" (in Dutch). vbal4. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "DPG Media Privacy Gate".