2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division

The 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division was the third season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. While Tessenderlo won the regular season, Virton became champions by virtue of winning the promotion play-offs. Defending champions Knokke finished last and were relegated together with Aalst and Geel. Oudenaarde was also relegated after losing the play-offs with teams from the Belgian Second Amateur Division.

Belgian First Amateur Division
Season2018–19
ChampionsVirton
PromotedVirton
RelegatedAalst, Geel, Knokke, Oudenaarde

Team information
Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division teams

In
  • Rupel Boom was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division A.
  • Tessenderlo was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division B.
  • RWDM47 was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division C.
  • RFC Liège was promoted after winning the Promotion play-offs.

Note that no team from the 2017–18 Belgian First Division B was relegated into the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division due to the fact that Lierse went bankrupt.

Out

Merger

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tessenderlo 30 19 5 6 62 28 +34 62 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
2 Deinze 30 17 8 5 53 30 +23 59
3 Virton 30 15 9 6 42 20 +22 54
4 Lierse Kempenzonen 30 13 9 8 42 36 +6 48
5 Rupel Boom 30 13 6 11 44 40 +4 45
6 RFC Liège 30 11 8 11 41 35 +6 41
7 Seraing 30 10 11 9 46 40 +6 41
8 RWDM47 30 11 7 12 39 45 −6 40
9 Dender EH 30 10 10 10 42 40 +2 40
10 Heist 30 10 8 12 29 44 −15 38
11 Châtelet[lower-alpha 1] 30 9 9 12 30 37 −7 36
12 Dessel 30 9 8 13 30 39 −9 35
13 Oudenaarde (R) 30 10 4 16 37 59 −22 34 Qualification for the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final
14 ASV Geel (R) 30 9 4 17 42 62 −20 31 Relegation to the Second Amateur Division
15 Aalst (R) 30 7 10 13 35 49 −14 31
16 Knokke (R) 30 6 6 18 35 45 −10 24
Updated to match(es) played on completed. 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]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. After the season, Châtelet merged with Olympic Charleroi to become Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes, officially a continuation of Olympic Charleroi which will take the place of Châtelet in the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division, while the team of Châtelet ceased to exist.

Results
Home \ Away AAL CHA DEI DEN DES GEE HEI KNO LIE OUD RFC RUP RWD SER TES VIR
Aalst — 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Châtelet 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–0
Deinze 3–2 3–1 — 2–2 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–0
Dender EH 2–0 1–1 0–2 — 2–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–4 0–2 2–1
Dessel 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 4–3 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–3
ASV Geel 1–2 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–1 — 5–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–3
Heist 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 — 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–4 1–3
Knokke 4–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 4–2 0–2 — 1–2 3–4 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 0–1
Lierse Kempenzonen 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 — 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–2
Oudenaarde 2–2 2–2 1–4 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 — 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–4 3–2
RFC Liège 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–5 0–1
Rupel Boom 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 — 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1
RWDM47 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–4 — 2–0 4–3 1–1
Seraing 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 3–3 1–1 — 2–1 1–1
Tessenderlo 5–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 — 1–2
Virton 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2019. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Promotion play-offs

    The teams finishing in the top four positions entered the promotion play-offs. The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff, as a result, Tessenderlo started with 31 points, Deinze with 30 points, Virton with 27 points and Lierse Kempenzonen with 24 points. Deinze was the only team for which the points were rounded up, therefore in case of equal points at the end of the playoffs they will always be ranked below the other teams. Going into the playoffs, only Deinze and Lierse had received a license, meaning that only those two teams are eligible for promotion, although Virton has successfully appealed the decision of not being handed a license and is thus also eligible for promotion.[2]

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIR TES LIE DEI
    1 Virton (C, P) 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 41 Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian First Division B — 2–2 3–1 2–0
    2 Tessenderlo 6 1 2 3 10 14 −4 36 0–2 — 2–4 4–1
    3 Lierse Kempenzonen 6 3 1 2 14 14 0 34 0–4 2–2 — 4–1
    4 Deinze 6 1 1 4 8 14 −6 34 1–1 3–0 2–3 —
    Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Belgian First Amateur Division, Soccerway
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.[3]
    (C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

    Number of teams by provinces
    Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
    5  AntwerpDessel, Geel, Heist, Lierse Kempenzonen and Rupel Boom
    4  East FlandersAalst, Dender EH, Deinze and Oudenaarde
    2  LiègeRFC Liège and Seraing
    1  BrusselsRWDM47
     LimburgTessenderlo
     LuxembourgVirton
     HainautChâtelet
     West FlandersKnokke

    References
    1. "First Division A 2017/2018 - Season rules". vbal4. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
    2. https://api.sporza.be/permalink/web/articles/1557515709344
    3. "Pro League 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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