Football league
not to be confused with belgian Division 2 The Belgian Second Division ( known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons ) was the second-highest division in the belgian football league system, one level below the belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replaced by the Belgian First Division B.

history [edit ]

The second gear division was created in 1909 and was known as the Promotion dutch : bevordering at the fourth dimension. From 1923 on there were two leagues in that class ( called Promotion A and Promotion B ). In 1926, the organization changed, with alone one league of 14 clubs at the second-highest level now called Division I. At the end of the 1930-31 season, Division I was split into two leagues again ( of 14 clubs each ). Each year, the bottom two teams of each league were relegated to Division II and the crown two clubs were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1952, the division was renamed to Division II with 16 teams ( one league ). The first two clubs qualified for the first part. In 1974, play-offs were introduced to qualify a second team to the top degree. last, in 1994, the number of clubs was increased to 18 clubs. A gain earns three points since the 1993-94 season. In the seasons 2008-09 and 2009–10, the second division was played between 19 teams following the Namur – Geel character ( both teams claiming their rights to access the second part ). [ citation needed ] In June 2015, reforms in top three divisions were approved by the belgian FA, with the moment tier reformed and renamed Belgian First Division B starting in 2016. The belgian Second Division ceased to exist following the 2015–16 season. [ 1 ]

contest format and name [edit ]

contest [edit ]

The season consisted of a even season ( 18 teams, 34 matchdays ) and the play-offs. The regular season was a double round-robin tournament played between August and May, with an pause of 3 weeks in the winter. Beside the overall categorization of teams, 3 early period rankings were computed. The beginning period consisted of the first 10 matchdays, the second of the next 12 matchdays and the third base of the final examination 12 matchdays. At the begin of each period, all teams started with a blank record for the future period rank. The achiever of the overall regular season was promoted to the first division. The teams with the best record in each of the 3 periods qualified for the play-offs, together with the 15th-placed team in the first division. If one or respective periods were won by the regular season supporter or if another team won multiple periods, the best-placed teams in the overall rank qualified for the play-offs, to allow it to be played between 4 teams. The play-offs were a double round-robin, with the achiever earning a place in the first division. The standings, for both the regular season and the 3 periods, were determined by the stick to criteria, in club :

  1. number of points
  2. number of wins
  3. goal-average
  4. a play-off at a neutral venue (with extra time and penalty shootout if necessary)

The standings during the play-offs were determined following the lapp criteria except that the goal-average wes not taken into account. A team was besides not allowed to play in the first part unless it had a professional license. If it did not have its license, it was replaced by the adjacent highest team in the overall even season ranking. For the automatic forwarding spot ( as opposed to the play-offs ) the team must have finished in the exceed three clubs. When no team meets those conditions, the number of teams in the first division decreased.

The two lowest-placed teams relegated to the one-third division ( which is divided into 2 leagues of 18 clubs ) and were replaced by the two champions of that division. furthermore, the 16th-placed team in the second class played the third base division play-off with 6 teams from the third base division, entering in the moment round of those playoffs. The winner of this play-off remained or promoted to the second gear division. As part of changes in the league system to be implemented in the 2016–17 season, the 2015–16 transitional season saw the champions promoted and 9 teams relegated to the one-third division, while no team was promoted from the third class .

Naming [edit ]

  • 1905–1926: Promotion
  • 1926–1952: Division I
  • 1952–2008: Division II
  • 2008–2010: EXQI League
  • 2010–2012: Division II
  • 2012–2016: Belgacom League

past winners [edit ]

last 5 winners :

References [edit ]