2015–16 Belgian Third Division

Belgian Third Divisions 2015–16 2014–15 2016–17 First Amateur The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Third Divisions is the 89th season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, since it was established in 1926. Participating teams The league is composed of 37 teams split into two groups of 18 and 19. Teams will play only other teams in their own division. As a part of changes in the Belgian league system to be implemented in 2016, the Third Division was rebranded as First Amateur Division and contracted to 16 teams. The three-period rankings and promotion playoff between third and fourth tier teams were scrapped. The 11 (or 12) teams in each group relegate to the restructured fourth division called Second Amateur Division, while the last placers also relegate to the new fifth division called Third Amateur Division.Chenot Vincent VOICI LA NOUVELLE RÉFORME DES D3 ET PROMOTIONS: UN SEUL DESCENDANT PAR D3 ET PROMOTION POUR LA SAISON 2015-2016 http://www.sudinfo.be/1307230/article/2015-06-09/voici-la-nouvelle-reforme-des-d3-et-promotions-un-seul-descendant-par-d3-et-prom sudinfo.be 10 June 2015 French 2 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084542/http://www.sudinfo.be/1307230/article/2015-06-09/voici-la-nouvelle-reforme-des-d3-et-promotions-un-seul-descendant-par-d3-et-prom 4 March 2016 dead dmy-allLecaillon Stéphane Le football belge réformé et régionalisé ce lundi http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20150614_00664324?pid=2318207 L'Avenir 15 June 2015 French For the 2016–17 season onwards, the Amateur Superleague is made up of 16 teams, namely the nine relegated from the 2015–16 Second Division, the 2015–16 champion and runner-up of each Third Division group, the winner of qualifying playoffs contested by four teams in each group, and the winner of the match between losing playoff finalists. These teams must meet technical and administrative criteria.Licences 2016-2017 : mode d'emploi http://www.sportbelge.be/licences-2016-2017-mode-demploi-9750.html 8 July 2015 SportBelge 17 June 2015 French 20 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150620181611/http://www.sportbelge.be/licences-2016-2017-mode-demploi-9750.html dead Group A Acrenoise Bornem Eendracht Aalst FCV Dender EH Gent-Zeehaven FC Gullegem Hamme Izegem La Louvière Centre Londerzeel Olsa Brakel Oudenaarde Racing Mechelen Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sint-Niklase Sparta Petegem Temse Torhout Group B Beerschot Wilrijk Berchem Sport Bocholter VV Cappellen Diegem Sport Grimbergen Hamoir Hasselt Hoogstraten Liège Oosterzonen Oosterwijk Rupel Boom Sprimont Comblain Tempo Overijse Tienen-Hageland Union La Calamine Walhain Wallonne Ciney Woluwe-Zaventem League tables Due to a reform in the Belgian football league, the Belgian Third Division ceases to exist and is replaced by the Belgian Second Amateur Division from the 2016–17 season, now at the fourth level of Belgian football. A newly created league, the Belgian First Amateur Division is formed at the third level, effectively pushing the teams in this division one level down the pyramid. Only the top two teams in each division and the two promotion playoff winners are "promoted" to the new league, meaning they will remain at the third level, while most of the teams effectively drop to the fourth level. The two teams finishing in last position in each group are relegated to the Belgian Third Amateur Division, which in fact means a drop from level 3 to level 5 of the pyramid. Group A main WDL Group A QR PET Normally, the teams finishing in positions 3 to 6 were set to participate in the promotion playoffs (together with the teams finishing in the same positions in Group B) for the three remaining places in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. Due to the fact that Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Sparta Petegem and Temse did not apply for a license and Oudenaarde was promoted, the playoff was contested by the four teams finishing highest in the league that did receive a licence, allowing Eendracht Aalst and La Louvière Centre to take part as well. PET PET PET HAM Hamme SEW Sint-Eloois-Winkel SEW Sint-Eloois-Winkel did not apply for a Belgian remunerated football license and is thus not allowed to play in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. As a result, third placed Oudenaarde was promoted instead. OUD Oudenaarde SEW DEN FCV Dender EH LON Londerzeel PET Sparta Petegem EEN Eendracht Aalst TEM Temse LLC La Louvière Centre OLS Olsa Brakel GUL Gullegem G-Z Gent-Zeehaven S-N Sint-Niklase BOR 12 Bornem IZE Izegem TOR Torhout ACR Acrenoise MEC Racing Mechelen 21 5 8 66 31 C,P 16 13 5 56 43 17 9 8 70 45 P 16 11 7 69 43 P 17 8 9 58 37 16 8 10 66 54 15 9 10 66 55 15 8 11 60 48 14 8 12 54 44 11 13 10 56 46 10 15 9 50 45 11 10 13 50 56 11 9 14 51 57 9 11 14 54 56 7 7 20 51 73 8 4 22 29 75 5 9 20 37 86 5 7 22 33 82 #CCFFCC Qualification to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division Q1A Q1A #FFCCCC Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A #D0F0C0 Qualification to the Promotion play-offs QPP QPP QPP QPP #FFC0DB Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division R3A 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 1 May 2016 Group A at Soccerway Group B main WDL Group B QR Ciney did not apply for a Belgian remunerated football license and is thus not allowed to play in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. As a result, seventh placed Liège was allowed to participate in the promotion playoffs for the three remaining places in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. CIN B-W Beerschot Wilrijk OOS Oosterzonen Oosterwijk BOC Bocholter HAS Hasselt CIN Wallonne Ciney SPR Sprimont-Comblain LIÈ Liège HAM Hamoir RUP Rupel Boom BER Berchem Sport CAP Cappellen HOO Hoogstraten WLH Walhain TEM Tempo Overijse ULC Union La Calamine T-H Tienen-Hageland GRI Grimbergen W-Z Woluwe-Zaventem DIE Diegem Sport 21 8 7 64 39 C,P 19 14 3 68 38 P 19 7 10 52 41 18 6 12 63 41 P 17 6 13 57 42 16 8 12 56 43 P 15 8 13 58 56 15 7 14 70 74 15 6 15 65 55 14 8 14 51 55 14 7 15 51 56 13 9 14 60 60 12 11 13 48 57 12 9 15 47 56 12 4 20 44 59 10 10 16 52 56 9 7 20 38 55 9 6 21 34 61 8 7 21 33 67 #CCFFCC Qualification to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division Q1A Q1A #D0F0C0 Qualification to the Promotion play-offs QPP QPP QPP QPP #FFCCCC Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A R2A #FFC0DB Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian Third Amateur Division R3A 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 1 May 2016 Group B at Soccerway Promotion play-offs The eight teams taking part in the promotion play-offs are playing to win one of the three remaining places in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. The final match between the winners of Round 2, Sprimont-Comblain and FCV Dender EH, was not played as both teams already achieved promotion by winning Round 2. Hasselt beat La Louvière Centre in the third place match and took the final promotion spot. The five losing teams will play in the 2016-17 Belgian Second Amateur Division, effectively one level lower than in the 2015-16 season. 2 n score y Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Bocholter 1 1 2 Sprimont-Comblain 2 3 4 Liège 1 0 1 Hasselt 1 0 1 (a) Londerzeel 1 1 2 FCV Dender EH 2 0 2 (a) La Louvière Centre 1 5 6 Eendracht Aalst 3 0 3 Sprimont-Comblain 3 3 6 Hasselt 0 0 0 FCV Dender EH 2 1 3 La Louvière Centre 0 1 1 La Louvière Centre 2 0 2 Hasselt 3 4 7 References autocollapse Category:Belgian Third Division Bel 3