2024–25 Challenger Pro League
Season | 2024–25 |
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← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
The 2024–25 season of the Challenger Pro League began on 16 August 2024 and is scheduled to end in May 2025. It is the third season under its new name after being renamed from First Division B.
Team changes
[edit]Incoming
[edit]- La Louvière and Lokeren-Temse were promoted from the 2023–24 Belgian National Division 1. Both clubs will play their first-ever season at the second level, although they both represent new versions of older successful defunct teams which even played at the highest level: R.A.A. Louviéroise and K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.
- Eupen and RWDM were relegated from the 2023–24 Belgian Pro League. Eupen returns after 8 years in the top flight, RWDM after just one.
Outgoing
[edit]- Beerschot and Dender EH were promoted to the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League, respectively as champions and runners-up.
- SL16 FC were relegated to the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 after finishing in the bottom position.
- Oostende dissolved at the end of last season.
Name change
[edit]- Lierse Kempenzonen announced on 13 June 2024 that it had received approval to change the club name to Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring, thereby taking the same name Lierse as the former now defunct club Lierse SK.[1]
Team information
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]Matricule | Club | City | First season of current spell at second level |
Coming from | 2023-24 result | Stadium | Capacity |
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4068 | Beveren | Beveren | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division B | 8th (CPL) | Freethiel Stadion | 8,190 |
3 | Club NXT | Bruges[a] | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 9th (CPL) | Schiervelde Stadion | 8,340 |
818 | Deinze | Deinze | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 3rd (CPL) | Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion | 7,515 |
4276 | Eupen | Eupen | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 16th (BPL) | Kehrwegstadion | 8,363 |
5192 | Francs Borains | Boussu | 2023–24 | Belgian National Division 1 | 14th (CPL) | Stade Robert Urbain | 6,000 |
322 | Jong Genk | Genk | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 10th (CPL) | Luminus Arena | 24,956 |
94 | La Louvière | La Louvière | 2024–25 | Belgian National Division 1 | 1st (NatD1) | Stade du Tivoli | 12,500 |
3970 | Lierse | Lier | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 11th (CPL) | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion | 14,538 |
4297 | Lokeren-Temse | Lokeren | 2024–25 | Belgian National Division 1 | 2nd (NatD1) | Daknamstadion | 12,136 |
2554 | Lommel SK | Lommel | 2018–19 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 4th (CPL) | Soevereinstadion | 8,000 |
3434 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | Maasmechelen | 2023–24 | Belgian National Division 1 | 6th (CPL) | Gemeentelijk Sportparkstadion | 5,500 |
4 | RFC Liège | Liège | 2023–24 | Belgian National Division 1 | 7th (CPL) | Stade de Rocourt | 8,000 |
167 | RFC Seraing | Seraing | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 15th (CPL) | Stade du Pairay | 8,207 |
35 | RSCA Futures | Anderlecht, Brussels | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 12th (CPL) | King Baudouin Stadium | 38,000 |
5479 | RWD Molenbeek | Molenbeek, Brussels | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 15th (BPL) | Edmond Machtens Stadium | 12,266 |
5381 | Zulte Waregem | Waregem | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 5th (CPL) | Regenboogstadion | 12,500 |
- ^ Club NXT did not play its home matches at the same venue as the A-squad of Club Brugge (the Jan Breydel Stadium) but rather they moved to Roeselare to play in the Schiervelde Stadion.
Regular season
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | RWD Molenbeek | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 23 | Promoted to Pro League |
2 | La Louvière | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 23 | |
3 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 20 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
4 | Lommel | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 19 | |
5 | Deinze | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 18 | |
6 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 17 | |
7 | Club NXT | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 16 | Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs |
8 | Lierse | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 15 | |
9 | Beveren | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 13 | |
10 | RFC Liège | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 13 | |
11 | Eupen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 12 | |
12 | Lokeren-Temse | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 12 | |
13 | Jong Genk | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 9 | Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs |
14 | Seraing | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 9 | |
15 | Francs Borains | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 7 | Relegated to National Division 1 |
16 | RSCA Futures | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals made.[2]
Positions by round
[edit]The table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each round, with postponed matches and points deductions only included when occurring. Teams with fewer matches played are shown with their position underlined.
Colored cells refer to being promoted (green), in promotion play-offs (yellow) or relegation play-offs (red). Note that U23 teams are ineligible for promotion and playoffs, and the coloring is adjusted accordingly. Furthermore, if one of the mother clubs of these four teams is relegated, the U23 would automatically take up one of the relegation spots as U23 teams always have to remain at least one level below their mother club, this is not accounted for in the coloring until after the season.
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 9 November 2024[3]
- Yutaka Michiwaki (Beveren)
- Mathis Servais (Beveren)
- Lenn De Smet (Club NXT)
- Zakaria Fdaouch (Deinze)
- Emrehan Gedikli (Eupen)
- Alessio Curci (Francs Borains)
- Mondy Prunier (Francs Borains)
- Glenn Claes (Lierse)
- Álvaro Santos (Lommel)
- Lucas Schoofs (Lommel)
- Jason van Duiven (Lommel)
- Simon Bammens (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Bafodé Dansoko (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Lynnt Audoor (Club NXT)
- Erdon Daci (Deinze)
- Tuur Dierckx (Deinze)
- Lennart Mertens (Deinze)
- Regan Charles-Cook (Eupen)
- Yentl Van Genechten (Eupen)
- Saïdou Touré (Jong Genk)
- Adrien Bongiovanni (La Louvière)
- Ousmane Sow (Lierse)
- Sebastiaan Brebels (Lokeren-Temse)
- Samuel Ntamack (Lokeren-Temse)
- Kevin Kis (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Ryan Merlen (RFC Liège)
- Mohamed Moulhi (RFC Liège)
- Lilian Vergeylen (RSCA Futures)
- Shuto Abe (RWDM)
- Kwasi Poku (RWDM)
- Maxime Allione (Seraing)
- Pape Moussa Fall (Seraing)
- Youssef Challouk (Zulte Waregem)
- Pape Diop (Zulte Waregem)
- Sander Coopman (Beveren)
- Dylan Dassy (Beveren)
- Jay-Dee Geusens (Beveren)
- Liam Kerrigan (Beveren)
- Ahmed Khatir (Beveren)
- Anthony Limbombe (Beveren)
- Hadji Issa Moustapha (Beveren)
- Sem Audoor (Club NXT)
- Liam De Smet (Club NXT)
- Benjamin Faraas (Club NXT)
- Hugo Siquet (Club NXT)
- Gaëtan Hendrickx (Deinze)
- Christophe Janssens (Deinze)
- Thibaut Van Acker (Deinze)
- Jellert Van Landschoot (Deinze)
- Jannes Vansteenkiste (Deinze)
- Bertan Caliskan (Eupen)
- Jérôme Déom (Eupen)
- Jan Gorenc (Eupen)
- Isaac Nuhu (Eupen)
- Corenthyn Lavie (Francs Borains)
- Kays Ruiz-Atil (Francs Borains)
- Adrian Troć (Francs Borains)
- Michiel Cauwel (Jong Genk)
- Thomas Claes (Jong Genk)
- Wilson Da Costa (Jong Genk)
- Nolan Martens (Jong Genk)
- Cédric Nuozzi (Jong Genk)
- Yumeki Yoshinaga (Jong Genk)
- Joël Ito (La Louvière)
- Owen Maës (La Louvière)
- Niklo Dailly (Lierse)
- Pieter De Schrijver (Lierse)
- Maksim Kireev (Lierse)
- Che Krabbendam (Lierse)
- Brent Laes (Lierse)
- Luc Marijnissen (Lierse)
- Pietro Perdichizzi (Lierse)
- Aske Sampers (Lierse)
- Emmanuel Tshimbalanga (Lierse)
- Indy Boonen (Lokeren-Temse)
- Toon Janssen (Lokeren-Temse)
- Sam Van Aerschot (Lokeren-Temse)
- Gil Van Moerzeke (Lokeren-Temse)
- Sam De Grand (Lommel)
- Dries Wouters (Lommel)
- Adnane Abid (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Kjetil Borry (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Papa Demba Ndior (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Vicky Kiankaulua (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Lukas Van Eenoo (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Reno Wilmots (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
- Zakaria Atteri (RFC Liège)
- Jordan Bustin (RFC Liège)
- Alessio Cascio (RFC Liège)
- Jonathan D'Ostilio (RFC Liège)
- Alexis Lefebvre (RFC Liège)
- Nilson Angulo (RSCA Futures)
- Ismaël Baouf (RSCA Futures)
- Tristan Degreef (RSCA Futures)
- Joren Dom (RSCA Futures)
- Milan Robberechts (RSCA Futures)
- Gassimou Sylla (RSCA Futures)
- Pjotr Kestens (RWDM)
- Christ Makosso (RWDM)
- Marsoni Sambu (RWDM)
- David Sousa (RWDM)
- Mohamed Camara (Seraing)
- Saliou Faye (Seraing)
- Nils Schouterden (Seraing)
- Atli Barkarson (Zulte Waregem)
- Stavros Gavriil (Zulte Waregem)
- Benoît Nyssen (Zulte Waregem)
- Joseph Opoku (Zulte Waregem)
- Nicolas Rommens (Zulte Waregem)
- Abdoulaye Traoré (Zulte Waregem)
- Yentl Van Genechten (Eupen, scored for Lokeren-Temse)
- Liam De Smet (Club NXT, scored for La Louvière)
- Alfred Caicedo (Jong Genk, scored for Lokeren-Temse)
- Nunzio Engwanda (RSCA Futures, scored for RFC Liège)
- Amando Lapage (RSCA Futures, scored for La Louvière)
- Marvin Tshibuabua (Seraing, scored for Lierse)
Number of teams by provinces
[edit]Number of teams | Province or region | Team(s) |
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3 | East Flanders | Beveren, Deinze and Lokeren-Temse |
Liège | Eupen, RFC Liège and Seraing | |
Limburg | Jong Genk, Lommel and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | |
2 | Brussels | RSCA Futures and RWDM |
Hainaut | Francs Borains and La Louvière | |
West Flanders | Club NXT and Zulte Waregem | |
1 | Antwerp | Lierse |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://www.lierse.com/nieuws/welkom-terug-klsk
- ^ "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 18 August 2024.