2024–25 Belgian National Division 1

Belgian National Division 1
Season	2024–25
Dates	31 August 2024 - 29 May 2025
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 will be the ninth season of the third-tier football league. This is first season was 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

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	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	3	Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2	Hasselt	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3
3	Jong Cercle	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	3
4	Jong KAA Gent	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
5	Hoogstraten	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	3
6	Cappellen	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
7	Knokke	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
8	Ninove	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
9	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
10	Dessel	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
11	Thes	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
12	Young Reds Antwerp	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
13	Heist	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	0
14	OH Leuven U-23	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
15	Merelbeke	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to Division 2
16	Belisia	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0	Relegation to Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 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.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	TIE	HAS	CER	GNT	HOO	CAP	KNO	NIN	LLB	DES	TES	YRA	HEI	OHL	MER	BEL
Tienen	—
Hasselt		—
Jong Cercle			—										4–2
Jong KAA Gent				—
Hoogstraten					—
Cappellen						—					2–1
Knokke							—					1–0
Ninove								—
Lyra-Lierse Berlaar								2–2	—
Dessel					2–3					—
Thes											—
Young Reds Antwerp												—
Heist													—
OH Leuven U-23				0–2										—
Merelbeke		0–3													—
Belisia	0–4															—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 September 2024.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abubakar Abdullahi	Jong KAA Gent	2
	Alain-Jerry Luebo	Ninove
	Vancy Mabanza	Tienen

1 goal (22 players)

ACFF

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	Virton	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	6	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
2	Union SG B	2	1	1	0	5	3	2	4
3	Olympic Charleroi	2	1	1	0	5	3	2	4
4	Tubize-Braine	2	1	1	0	5	3	2	4
5	Stockay	2	1	0	1	5	2	3	3
6	SL16 FC	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
7	Mons	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Zébra Élites	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	3
9	Binche	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
10	Tournai	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
11	Union Namur	2	0	1	1	4	8	−4	1
12	Rochefort	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 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.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	VIR	USG	OLC	TUB	STO	STL	MON	ZEB	BIN	TOU	UNA	ROC
Virton	—		14 Sep	28 Sep	1–0			19 Oct		5 Oct
Union SG B	7 Sep	—		12 Oct	6 Oct			21 Sep	2–2
Olympic Charleroi		19 Oct	—	11 Sep		5 Oct				2–0		21 Sep
Tubize-Braine				—	14 Sep		5 Oct	4–2	21 Sep		19 Oct
Stockay			29 Sep		—	13 Oct				22 Sep	5–1	11 Sep
SL16 FC	1–2	29 Sep				—	20 Oct	8 Sep			22 Sep
Mons	21 Sep		12 Oct		26 Oct		—			11 Sep		1–0
Zébra Élites			26 Oct				3–2	—		12 Oct	14 Sep	28 Sep
Binche	26 Oct				19 Oct	1–2	14 Sep	5 Oct	—
Tournai		14 Sep		1–1		26 Oct			28 Sep	—		19 Oct
Union Namur	13 Oct	27 Oct	3–3				29 Sep		11 Sep		—
Rochefort		1–3		27 Oct		15 Sep			13 Oct		6 Oct	—

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 September 2024.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristian Makaté	Union SG B	4
2	Oumar Traoré	Binche	3
3	Raymond Asante	Zébra Élites	2
	Loris Brogno	Mons
	Tyron Crame	Tubize-Braine
	Mahamadou Diawara	SL16 FC
	Tom Panepinto	Stockay
	Adel Sbaa	Union Namur
	Massamba Sow	Zébra Élites