2015–16 Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division 2015–16 WS Brussels Eupen WS Brussels, Dessel Sport, Seraing United, Virton, ASV Geel, Deinze, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, Heist and Coxyde. Mamadou Diallo (15 goals) 160 462 Eupen 6–0 Patro Eisden (7 October 2015)Eupen 6–0 Patro Eisden https://web.archive.org/web/20151225081415/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_voetbal/tweede_klasse_1516/MG_speeldag_9?matchId=1987319&sport=FOOTBALL 2015-12-25 nl sporza.be Heist 1–6 Tubize (17 October 2015)Heist 1–6 Tubize https://web.archive.org/web/20151225072651/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_voetbal/tweede_klasse_1516/MG_speeldag_11?matchId=1987295&sport=FOOTBALL 2015-12-25 nl sporza.be Heist 1–6 Tubize (17 October 2015)Seraing 5–2 Heist (28 November 2015)Seraing 5–2 Heist https://web.archive.org/web/20151225054234/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_voetbal/tweede_klasse_1516/MG_speeldag_17?matchId=1987332&sport=FOOTBALL 2015-12-25 nl sporza.beEupen 3–4 Antwerp (16 December 2015)Eupen 3–4 Antwerp https://web.archive.org/web/20151225040554/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_voetbal/tweede_klasse_1516/MG_speeldag_17?matchId=1987334&sport=FOOTBALL 2015-12-25 nl sporza.beGeel 4–3 Roeselare (19 December 2015)Geel 4–3 Roeselare https://web.archive.org/web/20151224114808/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_voetbal/tweede_klasse_1516/MG_speeldag_20?matchId=1987420&sport=FOOTBALL 2015-12-24 nl sporza.be 2014–15 2016–17 Division 1-B The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) began on 8 August 2015 and ended in April 2016. Structural changes This season was the last under the name Second Division. Starting from 2016-17 the league is known as First Division B as a result of reforms in the Belgian league system. The champions were promoted and 9 teams relegated to the third division named Amateur First Division or Amateur Superleague, while no team was promoted from the lower division.La réforme du championnat approuvée: une grande lessive se prépare en D2 (INFOGRAPHIE) http://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/division1/la-reforme-du-championnat-approuvee-une-grande-lessive-se-prepare-en-d2-infographie-557f17fd3570dd0de7e13550 8 July 2015 dh.be 15 June 2015 French Promotion playoffs were not played and three-period rankings were not applied. Team changes After promotion and relegation, only 11 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 5 others being replaced. One team was not replaced, thus reducing the competition to 17 teams. Out STVV were promoted as champions of the previous season. Leuven were promoted after winning the promotion playoffs. Woluwe-Zaventem were relegated to the Third Division after finishing 18th and for not applying for a license. KRC Mechelen were relegated to the Third Division after finishing 17th and for not applying for a license. Eendracht Aalst were relegated after failing to obtain a license. Mons folded as a team. In Cercle Brugge were relegated from the Belgian Pro League after finishing in last place. Lierse were relegated from the Belgian Pro League after finishing third in the playoffs. Coxyde were promoted as champions from Third Division A. Union SG were promoted as runner-up from Third Division B, after champions Cappellen did not apply for a license. Deinze were promoted after winning the third division playoffs. Team information Belgium right 500 Locations of the 2015–16 Belgian Second Division teams Belgium 51.2247 4.4625 Antwerp left Belgium 51.083333 4.716667 Heist right Belgium 50.933333 3.116667 Roeselare top Belgium 50.694222 4.2044 Tubize bottom Belgium 51.233333 5.3 Lommel Belgium 51.193269 3.181311 Cercle Brugge left Belgium 50.983611 3.527778 Deinze right Belgium 50.633333 6.033333 Eupen right Belgium 51.106667 2.653889 Coxyde Belgium 51.233333 5.116667 Dessel left Belgium 51.16667 5 ASV Geel right Belgium 49.5675 5.5325 Virton top Belgium 51.144167 4.573611 Lierse Belgium 50.82417222 4.2984 Saint-Gilloise right Belgium 50.9909615 5.7045221 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen left Belgium 50.8869361 4.4782643 WS Brussels left Belgium 50.6007429 5.5038974 Seraing left Club City First season of current spell in second division</th> Coming from 2014-15 result Stadium CapacityAntwerp Royal Antwerp F.C.Antwerp2004–05Belgian Pro League21010th (D2)Bosuilstadion16,649Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge K.S.V.Bruges2015–16Belgian Pro League11515th (D1)Jan Breydel Stadium29,945Coxyde K.V.V. CoxydeKoksijde2015–16Belgian Third Division3011st (D3A)Henri Housaegerstadion2,500Deinze K.M.S.K. DeinzeDeinze2015–16Belgian Third Division3022nd (D3B)Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion7,515Dessel K.F.C. Dessel SportDessel2012–13Belgian Third Division21515th (D2)Lorzestraat5,000Eupen K.A.S. EupenEupen2011–12Belgian Pro League2033rd (D2)Kehrweg Stadion8,000Geel AS Verbroedering GeelGeel2013–14Belgian Third Division21313th (D2)De Leunen10,022Heist K.S.K. HeistHeist-op-den-Berg2010–11Belgian Third Division21414th (D2)Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum3,000Lierse Lierse S.K.Lier2015–16Belgian Pro League11616th (D1)Herman Vanderpoortenstadion14,538Lommel Lommel UnitedLommel2005–06Belgian Third Division2022nd (D2)Soevereinstadion12,500Patro Eisden Maasmechelen K. Patro Eisden MaasmechelenMaasmechelen2014–15Belgian Third Division21616th (D2)Patro-stadion5,000Roeselare K.S.V. RoeselareRoeselare2010–11Belgian Pro League21111th (D2)Schiervelde Stadion9,075Seraing Seraing UnitedSeraing2014–15Belgian Provincial Leagues2055th (D2)Stade Pairay6,744Tubize A.F.C. TubizeTubize2009–10Belgian Pro League2088th (D2)Stade Leburton9,000Woluwe R. White Star BruxellesBrussels2011–12Belgian Third Division21212th (D2)Stade Fallon2,500Virton R.E. VirtonVirton2013–14Belgian Third Division2066th (D2)Stade Yvan Georges4,000Saint-Gilles R. Union Saint-GilloiseSaint-Gilles, Brussels2015–16Belgian Third Division3022nd (D3B)Stade Joseph Marien6,000 Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Sponsors Antwerp BEL David Gevaert BEL Kappa ONE Antwerp Cercle BEL Frederik Vanderbiest BEL Masita ADMB Coxyde BEL Hugo Vandenheede BEL Jako Vandermeeren Dessel BEL Bart Wilmssen BEL Saller Tuytelaers Deinze NED Dennis Van Wijk BEL Nike Declercq Stortbeton Dakota Eupen ESP Tintín Márquez BEL Burrda Aspire Academy Geel BEL Vincent Euvrard BEL Olympic Tormans Heist BEL Francis Bosschaerts BEL Saller Kovera Lierse SER SLO Slaviša Stojanović BEL Jako Wadi Degla Lommel BEL Bart De Roover BEL Legea Belien Auto Derdaele+ Maasmechelen BEL Vacant BEL Jartazi e.Baillien Roeselare BEL Franky Van Der Elst BEL Joma Euro Shop Saint-Gilloise BEL Marc Grosjean BEL Patrick Culture et Formation Seraing BEL CRO Dražen Brnčić BEL Masita Startpeople VOO Tubize FRA Colbert Marlot BEL Kappa No sponsor Virton BEL Frank Defays BEL Jako Emond BMW White Star CMR John Bico BEL Nike No sponsor League table main WDL PR WSB RWS Brussels EUP Eupen ANT Antwerp TUB Tubize CER Cercle Brugge USG Union SG LIE Lierse LOM Lommel ROE Roeselare1 DES Dessel SER Seraing VIR Virton GEE ASV Geel DEI Deinze PEM Patro Eisden Maasmechelen HEI Heist COX Coxyde 19 6 7 53 28 C,R, D 18 8 6 69 34 P 18 8 6 52 20 17 6 9 51 34 14 12 6 56 35 15 6 11 50 34 14 9 9 53 41 14 8 10 43 29 14 8 10 46 47 14 6 12 38 40 R 13 5 14 45 50 R 8 10 14 40 55 R 6 13 13 40 56 R 6 11 15 36 58 R 5 9 18 33 63 R 4 7 21 39 82 R 2 10 20 29 67 R #FFCCCC Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division WS Brussels was refused a Belgian professional football license and is thus not allowed to play in the 2016-17 Belgian First Division A or Division B and is instead relegated to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division. As a result, runner-up Eupen was promoted instead and ninth placed Roeselare avoided relegation. R1 #ACE1AF Promotion to the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A R1 P inherit Qualification to the 2016–17 Belgian First Division B QB QB QB QB QB QB QB #FFCCCC Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division R R R R R R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey ANT CER COX DEI DES EUP GEE HEI LIE LOM PEM ROE SER TUB USG VIR WSB Antwerp 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 Cercle Brugge 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 Coxyde 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–4 0–3 3–2 2–3 3–3 0–5 Deinze 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–4 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 Dessel 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–3 Eupen 3–4 2–1 0–0 5–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 1–4 2–0 6–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 ASV Geel 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 Heist 1–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–6 1–3 4–1 1–0 Lierse 0–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 Lommel 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 2–0 0–3 4–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 1–4 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 Roeselare 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 Seraing United 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–5 1–2 0–3 4–1 5–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 3–0 0–5 Tubize 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 Virton 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–4 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 WS Brussels 0–4 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 4–1 4–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 WS Brussels was awarded a 5-0 victory because opponents Seraing United fielded an ilegible player. 13 March 2016 Belgian Second Division fr References Category:Belgian Second Division seasons Bel 2