2024–25 Belgian National Division 1

Belgian National Division 1

Season	2024–25
Dates	31 August 2024 - 29 May 2025
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The 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 is the ninth season of the third-tier football league. It is the first season in which the division is split into two groups VV and ACFF.

Team changes

Out

• RAAL La Louvière were promoted to the Challenger Pro League as champions.
• Lokeren-Temse were promoted to the Challenger Pro League as runners-up.
• Sint-Eloois-Winkel folded at the end of last season.
• Visé was refused a license and forced to relegate.

In

• SL16 FC were relegated from the Challenger Pro League.
• Belisia Bilzen and Mons as champions in the VV B and ACFF divisions of the Belgian Division 2.
• Ninove was automatically promoted as runners-up of the VV A division of the Belgian Division 2 as champions Eendracht Aalst had been refused a license.
• On VV-side, four teams were promoted via the Promotion play-offs VV: Jong Cercle, Hasselt, Lyra-Lierse Berlaar and Merelbeke.
• On ACFF-side, all four teams taking part in the Promotion play-offs ACFF were promoted: Binche, Rochefort, Tournai and Tubize-Braine.
• Furthermore, two more spots were available on ACFF side, awarded to highest eligible finishers Stockay and Union SG B.

Format changes

Expanding regionalization to all of amateur football for this season saw the league's twenty-eight teams split into two groups:

• VV consisting of sixteen teams, which will play 38 matches with no play-off.
• ACFF consisting of twelve teams, which will play 22 matches with play-off matches, as finishing top six clubs will battle for promotion play-off and bottom six clubs will battle for relegation play-off.

VV

Belisia

Cappellen

Dessel

Hasselt

Heist

Hoogstraten

Jong Cercle

Jong Gent

Knokke

Lyra-Lierse

Merelbeke

Ninove

OHL U-23

Tienen

Thes

YR Antwerp

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Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 VV teams

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tienen	8	6	1	1	16	5	11	19	Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2	Hasselt	8	5	2	1	16	6	10	17
3	Belisia	8	5	0	3	17	14	3	15
4	Jong KAA Gent	8	4	2	2	18	12	6	14
5	Hoogstraten	8	4	2	2	13	10	3	14
6	Thes	8	4	1	3	15	11	4	13
7	Ninove	8	4	1	3	11	8	3	13
8	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	8	3	4	1	19	13	6	13
9	Knokke	8	2	5	1	10	8	2	11
10	Young Reds Antwerp	8	2	3	3	10	16	−6	9
11	OH Leuven U-23	8	2	2	4	10	15	−5	8
12	Cappellen	8	2	2	4	11	19	−8	8
13	Dessel	8	2	1	5	14	15	−1	7
14	Heist	8	1	2	5	9	16	−7	5
15	Merelbeke	8	1	2	5	9	18	−9	5	Relegation to Division 2
16	Jong Cercle	8	1	2	5	8	20	−12	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.

Results

Home \ Away	TIE	HAS	BEL	GNT	HOO	TES	NIN	LLB	KNO	YRA	OHL	CAP	DES	HEI	MER	CER
Tienen	—	8 Dec	26 Jan	24 Nov	12 Jan	9 Feb	10 Nov	0–3	16 Mar	13 Apr	23 Feb	4–0	2–1	27 Oct	2–0	6 Apr
Hasselt	8 Mar	—	26 Oct	14 Dec	22 Mar	5 Apr	1–0	15 Feb	18 Jan	3–0	9 Nov	16 Nov	30 Nov	25 Jan	12 Apr	1–1
Belisia	0–4	27 Apr	—	16 Mar	3 Nov	2–1	8 Dec	2–1	23 Feb	2 Feb	12 Jan	30 Mar	1–3	9 Feb	24 Nov	3–0
Jong KAA Gent	1 Feb	1–2	30 Nov	—	12 Apr	16 Nov	8 Mar	22 Mar	26 Oct	6 Dec	5 Apr	11 Jan	3–1	2–2	2–2	15 Feb
Hoogstraten	0–0	1–0	5 Apr	10 Nov	—	22 Feb	8 Feb	26 Oct	23 Nov	18 Jan	7 Dec	0–1	15 Mar	2–1	14 Dec	27 Apr
Thes	0–1	1 Nov	15 Feb	18 Jan	3–2	—	2–1	3–3	9 Nov	23 Nov	15 Mar	12 Apr	14 Dec	29 Mar	7 Dec	1 Feb
Ninove	29 Mar	15 Mar	12 Apr	3–1	30 Nov	11 Jan	—	1 Feb	1–0	0–1	2–0	18 Jan	16 Nov	22 Feb	2 Nov	2–1
Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	14 Dec	24 Nov	18 Jan	2 Nov	29 Mar	27 Apr	2–2	—	8 Feb	2–2	25 Jan	2–2	22 Feb	15 Mar	4–1	9 Nov
Knokke	3 Nov	2–2	17 Nov	26 Jan	2 Feb	23 Mar	16 Feb	1 Dec	—	1–0	2–0	2–2	12 Jan	13 Apr	30 Mar	9 Mar
Young Reds Antwerp	16 Nov	11 Jan	0–4	8 Feb	2–2	25 Jan	14 Dec	6 Apr	27 Apr	—	3–3	22 Feb	2–1	30 Nov	15 Mar	2 Nov
OH Leuven U23	1–3	30 Mar	4–2	0–2	16 Feb	1 Dec	27 Apr	17 Nov	15 Dec	9 Mar	—	2 Feb	3 Nov	19 Jan	1–0	23 Mar
Cappellen	22 Mar	9 Feb	1–3	2–3	25 Jan	2–1	27 Oct	9 Mar	5 Apr	10 Nov	24 Nov	—	27 Apr	13 Dec	15 Feb	8 Dec
Dessel	18 Jan	1 Feb	8 Mar	29 Mar	2–3	26 Oct	22 Mar	7 Dec	2–2	15 Feb	12 Apr	4–1	—	0–1	9 Nov	23 Nov
Heist	15 Feb	1–4	9 Nov	27 Apr	8 Mar	0–1	23 Nov	1–2	7 Dec	22 Mar	1–1	2 Nov	5 Apr	—	1 Feb	11 Jan
Merelbeke	27 Apr	0–3	22 Mar	22 Feb	1–3	8 Mar	5 Apr	11 Jan	1–1	26 Oct	8 Feb	30 Nov	25 Jan	16 Nov	—	4–2
Jong Cercle	1 Dec	23 Feb	15 Dec	0–4	17 Nov	0–4	26 Jan	13 Apr	0–0	30 Mar	27 Oct	16 Mar	9 Feb	4–2	19 Jan	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 20 October 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicolas Orye	Hasselt	7
2	Umar Abubakar	Jong KAA Gent	6
	Jordy Peffer	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar
	Laurens Symons	Cappellen
	Tibe Vanhaeren	Thes
6	Yacine Bentayeb	Dessel	5
	Vancy Mabanza	Tienen
	Sam Valcke	Belisia
9	Abubakar Abdullahi	Jong KAA Gent	4
	Ayoub El Harrak	Tienen
	Franck Idumbo-Muzambo	OH Leuven U23
	Ivan Yagan	Tienen

3 goals (12 players)

• Bernd Stassen (Belisia)
• Hannes Smolders (Dessel)
• Mehdi Bounou (Hasselt)
• Jef Colman (Heist)
• Jonathan Mfumu (Hoogstraten)
• Endrit Voca (Hoogstraten)
• Gyano Vanderdonck (Jong KAA Gent)
• Tomas Muyldermans (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Mathias Schils (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Maxim Volant (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Nico Binst (Merelbeke)
• Tim Jeunen (Thes)

2 goals (24 players)

• Seong-heon Baik (Belisia)
• Jordi Maus (Belisia)
• Tiemen Wijnen (Belisia)
• Javan Ngoyi (Dessel)
• Andy Dauwe (Hasselt)
• Fallou Fall (Hoogstraten)
• Jeroen Meeuwis (Hoogstraten)
• Dré Callens (Jong Cercle)
• Xander Martlé (Jong Cercle)
• Jassim Mazouz (Jong KAA Gent)
• Stan Braem (Knokke)
• Louange Muhire (Knokke)
• Lucas Prudhomme (Knokke)
• Jason Adesanya (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Malik De Drie (Merelbeke)
• Alain-Jerry Luebo (Ninove)
• Yoshi Mariën (Ninove)
• Maxim Meert (Ninove)
• Amine Benfriha (OH Leuven U23)
• Yannick Reuten (Thes)
• Ilias Bouhlal (Tienen)
• Farouck Adekami (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Obed Agyapong (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Nelson Egah (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Gerard Vandeplas (Young Reds Antwerp)

1 goal (52 players)

• Falke Vandecaetsbeek (Belisia)
• Mamadou Diallo (Cappellen)
• David De Schutter (Cappellen)
• Robbe Kil (Cappellen)
• Thomas Van Zantvoort (Cappellen)
• Faissal El Attabi (Dessel)
• Seppe Geukens (Dessel)
• Mauro Trari (Dessel)
• Yassin Gueroui (Hasselt)
• Keone Maho (Hasselt)
• Livio Milts (Hasselt)
• Japhet Muanza (Hasselt)
• Yannis Augustijnen (Heist)
• Mathis Heyselberghs (Heist)
• Kobe Lemmens (Heist)
• Mike Smet (Heist)
• Mathieu Troonbeeckx (Heist)
• Glenn Van Hout (Heist)
• Jiri Struyf (Hoogstraten)
• Ruben Tilburgs (Hoogstraten)
• Senne Van Dooren (Hoogstraten)
• Noah De Ridder (Jong Cercle)
• Rayan El Bahri (Jong Cercle)
• Joaquin Obambi (Jong Cercle)
• Ono Vanackere (Jong Cercle)
• Tristan Demetrius (Jong KAA Gent)
• Gilles De Meyer (Jong KAA Gent)
• Tibe De Vlieger (Jong KAA Gent)
• Antoine De Bodt (Knokke)
• Amadu Jalloh (Knokke)
• Justin Pieters (Knokke)
• Basiru Mbye (Knokke)
• Youssef Boulaouali (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Seppe Kil (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Richard Antwi Manu (Merelbeke)
• Ilias El Hamdaoui (Merelbeke)
• Ilias Mjahed (Merelbeke)
• Lamin Soli (Merelbeke)
• Stéphane Chirishungu (Ninove)
• Nathan De Raes (Ninove)
• Jari De Vriendt (Ninove)
• Jarno Jourquin (Ninove)
• Andriy Vieru (Ninove)
• Hasan Bulut (OH Leuven U23)
• Hugo Eugène (OH Leuven U23)
• Soufiane Hassouan (OH Leuven U23)
• Eli Honnof (OH Leuven U23)
• Andries Claes (Thes)
• Mitchel Keulen (Thes)
• Mehdi Naqqadi (Thes)
• Sam Vanaken (Thes)
• Senne Ceulemans (Tienen)
• Luka Vereecken (Young Reds Antwerp)

2 own goals (1 player)

• Maxim Volant (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, scored for Belisia and Young Reds Antwerp)

1 own goal (3 players)

• Seppe Somers (Cappellen, scored for Dessel)
• Gianni Vets (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar, scored for Cappellen)
• Sam Vanaken (Thes, scored for Belisia)

ACFF

Mons

Ol. Charleroi

SL16 FC

Union Namur

Virton

Zébra Élites

Tubize-Braine

Tournai

Stockay

Binche

Union SG B

Rochefort

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Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 ACFF teams

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympic Charleroi	9	5	3	1	22	13	9	18	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
2	Tubize-Braine	9	5	2	2	17	9	8	17
3	Mons	9	5	2	2	16	8	8	17
4	Zébra Élites	9	5	2	2	13	9	4	17
5	Stockay	9	5	1	3	16	15	1	16
6	Virton	9	5	1	3	11	10	1	16
7	Binche	9	3	2	4	16	11	5	11	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Union SG B	9	3	2	4	13	15	−2	11
9	Tournai	9	2	5	2	9	10	−1	11
10	Rochefort	9	2	3	4	8	13	−5	9
11	Union Namur	9	2	1	6	13	22	−9	7
12	SL16 FC	9	0	0	9	4	23	−19	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2024. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.

Results

Home \ Away	OLC	TUB	MON	ZEB	STO	VIR	BIN	USG	TOU	ROC	UNA	STL
Olympic Charleroi	—	3–2	18 Jan	8 Feb	7 Dec	14 Dec	2 Nov	1–1	2–0	2–3	16 Nov	3–1
Tubize-Braine	1 Dec	—	0–0	4–2	1–2	9 Nov	1–0	14 Dec	16 Nov	18 Jan	2–1	8 Feb
Mons	2–2	25 Jan	—	14 Dec	26 Oct	0–1	16 Nov	16 Feb	2–0	1–0	9 Nov	1 Dec
Zébra Élites	26 Oct	11 Jan	3–2	—	25 Jan	16 Feb	23 Nov	30 Nov	1–2	0–0	1–0	10 Nov
Stockay	1–4	24 Nov	9 Feb	3 Nov	—	17 Nov	15 Dec	19 Jan	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–1
Virton	0–2	0–3	7 Dec	0–1	1–0	—	8 Feb	23 Nov	1–1	2 Nov	18 Jan	11 Jan
Binche	25 Jan	7 Dec	0–2	1–2	0–2	26 Oct	—	9 Nov	11 Jan	16 Feb	30 Nov	5–0
Union SG B	11 Jan	0–3	2 Nov	0–0	5–1	1–2	0–5	—	25 Jan	7 Dec	8 Feb	16 Nov
Tournai	16 Feb	1–1	23 Nov	18 Jan	9 Nov	30 Nov	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	14 Dec	26 Oct
Rochefort	10 Nov	27 Oct	12 Jan	17 Nov	1 Dec	26 Jan	1–1	1–3	9 Feb	—	0–3	1–0
Union Namur	3–3	16 Feb	0–5	8 Dec	12 Jan	1–3	2–3	27 Oct	3 Nov	24 Nov	—	26 Jan
SL16 FC	24 Nov	3 Nov	1–2	0–3	16 Feb	1–2	19 Jan	0–3	8 Dec	15 Dec	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2024. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 19 October 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristian Makaté	Union SG B	7
2	Mathieu Cornet	Rochefort	6
3	Qendrim Bakija	Stockay	5
4	Tyron Crame	Tubize-Braine	4
	Curtis Kabeya	Union Namur
	Jérémy Kumbi	Mons
	Dieudonné Lwangi	Union Namur
	Jesse Mputu	Olympic Charleroi
	Léandro Rousseau	Olympic Charleroi
	Oumar Traoré	Binche

3 goals (8 players)

• Leslie Bamona Lubelu (Mons)
• Loris Brogno (Mons)
• Dylan De Belder (Mons)
• Roman Ferber (Olympic Charleroi)
• Mohamed Medfai (Olympic Charleroi)
• Sekou Koné (Stockay)
• Jonathan Hendrickx (Tubize-Braine)
• Martins Toutou (Tubize-Braine)

2 goals (14 players)

• Gabriel Lemoine (Binche)
• Nelson Azevedo-Janelas (Rochefort)
• Mahamadou Diawara (SL16 FC)
• Edoly Lukoki (SL16 FC)
• Tom Panepinto (Stockay)
• Alessio Sternon (Stockay)
• Sam Sylla (Stockay)
• Cheick Holuigue (Tournai)
• Adel Sbaa (Union Namur)
• Mohamed Asri (Union SG B)
• Yari Stevens (Union SG B)
• Kélil Benkahlouche (Virton)
• Raymond Asante (Zébra Élites)
• Massamba Sow (Zébra Élites)

1 goal (51 players)

• Grégory Grisez (Binche)
• Nabil Hassaïni (Binche)
• Simon Franquin (Binche)
• Axel Benoît (Mons)
• Jordan Dauchy (Mons)
• Lucas Walbrecq (Mons)
• Thierno Gaye (Olympic Charleroi)
• Geoffrey Ghesquière (Olympic Charleroi)
• Karl Ndedi (Olympic Charleroi)
• Simon Paulet (Olympic Charleroi)
• Mehdi Terki (Olympic Charleroi)
• Faroukou Cissé (SL16 FC)
• Junior van Beveren (SL16 FC)
• Isaac Kambuania (Stockay)
• Jordan Kerstenne (Stockay)
• Alessio Caufriez (Tournai)
• Gianni Cordaro (Tournai)
• Malory Destrain (Tournai)
• Sasha Henry (Tournai)
• David Perreira-Bofomua (Tournai)
• Quentin Pieraert (Tournai)
• Lemuel Ntalu (Tournai)
• Shean Garlito (Tubize-Braine)
• Axel Lauwrensens (Tubize-Braine)
• Maxime Migliore (Tubize-Braine)
• Lorenzo Prso (Tubize-Braine)
• Visar Shala (Tubize-Braine)
• Serhat Tepe (Tubize-Braine)
• Zacharie Iscaye (Union Namur)
• El Mehdi Khaida (Union Namur)
• Junior Nzila (Union Namur)
• Soulaimane Berradi (Union SG B)
• Mateo Delph Rivera (Union SG B)
• Loïc Lapoussin (Union SG B)
• Iliasse Errahmouni (Virton)
• Maxime Guillaume (Virton)
• Ibtoihi Hadari (Virton)
• Bilel Hassaini (Virton)
• Anyss Larbes (Virton)
• Yanis Mbombo (Virton)
• Eric N'Jo (Virton)
• Florentin Pogba (Virton)
• Quentin Benaets (Zébra Élites)
• Amine Boukamir (Zébra Élites)
• José Capon (Zébra Élites)
• Jason Dalle Molle (Zébra Élites)
• Yoan Djongambo (Zébra Élites)
• Noam Mayoka-Tika (Zébra Élites)
• Ahmed Mulumba (Zébra Élites)
• Nathan Okumu (Zébra Élites)
• Nikola Štulić (Zébra Élites)

1 own goal (4 players)

• Karl Ndedi (Olympic Charleroi, scored for Union SG B)
• Tom Panepinto (Stockay, scored for Olympic Charleroi)
• Jérémie Mugabo (Union Namur, scored for Virton)
• Florentin Pogba (Virton, scored for Tubize-Braine)