Belgian Division 3
Founded | 2016 |
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Country | Belgium |
Belgian Provincial leagues | |
Domestic cup(s) | Belgian Cup |
Current champions | Westhoek (A), Termien (B), Onhaye (C), Hutoise (D) (2023–24) |
Current: 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 |
The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in French) is the fifth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Division 2. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016 as a new layer at the fifth level of the league system, at that time named Belgian Third Amateur Division. From the 2020–21 season on it was renamed to Belgian Division 3, due to the negative connotation of the word amateur. The division consists of four separate leagues with 16 teams each, two of these leagues consist of teams playing with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VFV, the Dutch-speaking wing of the RBFA) and two with teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French-speaking wing of the RBFA).
History
The Belgian Third Amateur Division was created in 2016 following an overhaul of the
In 2020, the levels three to five were renamed to Belgian National Division 1, Belgian Division 2 and Belgian Division 3 respectively.
Competition format
In each of the four separate leagues, the season is a regular round-robin tournament with 16 teams. The winners of each league is promoted to the
Past winners
Season | Division A winner (VV) | Division B winner (VV) | Division C winner (ACFF) | Division D winner (ACFF) | Promotion play-off VFV winners | Promotion play-off ACFF winner(s) |
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2016–17 | Ingelmunster |
Turnhout | RWDM47 |
Durbuy | Ronse, City Pirates, Vosselaar, Sint-Lenaarts, Pepingen | Rebecq |
2017–18 | Menen | Heur-Tongeren | La Louvière | Tilleur | Diegem, Dikkelvenne, Eppegem | Couvin-Mariembourg, Francs Borains, Visé |
2018–19 | Merelbeke |
Tienen | Namur Fosses |
Stockay-Warfusee | Zwevezele |
Givry, Onhaye, Verlaine |
2019–20 | Zelzate | Lyra-Lierse Berlaar | Ganshoren | Warnant | not held due to Houtvenne, Jette
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2020–21 | season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3] | |||||
2021–22 | Oostkamp | Racing Mechelen | Namur FLV |
Dison | Erpe-Mere United, Lebbeke, Turnhout, Lille, Torhout | Binche |
2022–23 | Overijse | Wezel | Mons | Rochefort | Voorde-Appelterre, Houtvenne | Tournai, La Calamine |
2023–24 | Westhoek | Termien | Onhaye | Hutoise | ||
2024–25 |
References
- ^ "La réforme du championnat approuvée: une grande lessive se prépare en D2 (INFOGRAPHIE)" (in French). dh.be. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ "Bondsreglement" (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Amateurcompetities definitief stopgezet, jeugdvoetbal tot U13 blijft mogelijk" [Amateur leagues cancelled definitively, youth matches until U13 remain possible] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.