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 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	12	8	1	3	20	9	11	25	Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2	Hasselt	12	7	3	2	21	8	13	24
3	Jong KAA Gent	11	7	2	2	26	14	12	23
4	Belisia	12	7	2	3	23	16	7	23
5	Ninove	12	6	2	4	15	10	5	20
6	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	12	5	4	3	24	17	7	19
7	Thes	11	5	2	4	19	19	0	17
8	Hoogstraten	12	5	2	5	18	20	−2	17
9	Knokke	12	3	7	2	16	13	3	16
10	Dessel	12	4	2	6	25	20	5	14
11	Jong Cercle	12	4	2	6	17	24	−7	14
12	Young Reds Antwerp	12	3	5	4	15	23	−8	14
13	Cappellen	12	3	3	6	18	26	−8	12
14	OH Leuven U-23	12	3	2	7	13	22	−9	11
15	Merelbeke	12	2	3	7	14	24	−10	9	Relegation to Division 2
16	Heist	12	1	2	9	11	30	−19	5

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

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2024. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 17 November 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yacine Bentayeb	Dessel	8
	Nicolas Orye	Hasselt
	Laurens Symons	Cappellen
	Tibe Vanhaeren	Thes
5	Abubakar Abdullahi	Jong KAA Gent	6
	Umar Abubakar	Jong KAA Gent
	Vancy Mabanza	Tienen
	Jordy Peffer	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar
9	Seong-heon Baik	Belisia	5
	Franck Idumbo-Muzambo	OH Leuven U23
	Javan Ngoyi	Dessel
	Hannes Smolders	Dessel
	Bernd Stassen	Belisia
	Sam Valcke	Belisia

4 goals (11 players)

• Jef Colman (Heist)
• Jonathan Mfumu (Hoogstraten)
• Jassim Mazouz (Jong KAA Gent)
• Stan Braem (Knokke)
• Lucas Prudhomme (Knokke)
• Nico Binst (Merelbeke)
• Ilias Mjahed (Merelbeke)
• Maxim Meert (Ninove)
• Ilias Bouhlal (Tienen)
• Ayoub El Harrak (Tienen)
• Ivan Yagan (Tienen)

3 goals (15 players)

• Mehdi Bounou (Hasselt)
• Andy Dauwe (Hasselt)
• Jeroen Meeuwis (Hoogstraten)
• Jiri Struyf (Hoogstraten)
• Endrit Voca (Hoogstraten)
• Xander Martlé (Jong Cercle)
• Gyano Vanderdonck (Jong KAA Gent)
• Tomas Muyldermans (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Mathias Schils (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Lennert Versmissen (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Maxim Volant (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Alain-Jerry Luebo (Ninove)
• Amine Benfriha (OH Leuven U23)
• Tim Jeunen (Thes)
• Gerard Vandeplas (Young Reds Antwerp)

2 goals (26 players)

• Jordi Maus (Belisia)
• Tiemen Wijnen (Belisia)
• Mamadou Diallo (Cappellen)
• Thomas Van Zantvoort (Cappellen)
• Seppe Geukens (Dessel)
• Terry Osei-Berkoe (Hasselt)
• Mathieu Troonbeeckx (Heist)
• Fallou Fall (Hoogstraten)
• Ruben Tilburgs (Hoogstraten)
• Alama Bayo (Jong Cercle)
• Dré Callens (Jong Cercle)
• Gilles Degryse (Jong Cercle)
• Ono Vanackere (Jong Cercle)
• Tibe De Vlieger (Jong KAA Gent)
• Louange Muhire (Knokke)
• Jason Adesanya (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Youssef Boulaouali (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Seppe Kil (Lyra-Lierse Berlaar)
• Malik De Drie (Merelbeke)
• Yoshi Mariën (Ninove)
• Senda Mukandila (Thes)
• Yannick Reuten (Thes)
• Farouck Adekami (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Obed Agyapong (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Nelson Egah (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Luka Vereecken (Young Reds Antwerp)

1 goal (60 players)

• Frederik Spruyt (Belisia)
• Falke Vandecaetsbeek (Belisia)
• David De Schutter (Cappellen)
• Robbe Kil (Cappellen)
• Dieter Vanhees (Cappellen)
• Faissal El Attabi (Dessel)
• Arne Naudts (Dessel)
• Robbe Quirynen (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)
• Glenn Van Hout (Heist)
• Senne Van Dooren (Hoogstraten)
• Søren Coens (Jong Cercle)
• Jef De Block (Jong Cercle)
• Noah De Ridder (Jong Cercle)
• Rayan El Bahri (Jong Cercle)
• Sebbe Gheerardyns (Jong Cercle)
• Joaquin Obambi (Jong Cercle)
• Tristan Demetrius (Jong KAA Gent)
• Gilles De Meyer (Jong KAA Gent)
• Rune Van Den Bergh (Jong KAA Gent)
• Briek Van Hoorick (Jong KAA Gent)
• Hannes Vernemmen (Jong KAA Gent)
• Lars Cooman (Knokke)
• Antoine De Bodt (Knokke)
• Amadu Jalloh (Knokke)
• Justin Pieters (Knokke)
• Basiru Mbye (Knokke)
• Ruben Vanraefelghem (Knokke)
• Richard Antwi Manu (Merelbeke)
• Max De Ruyver (Merelbeke)
• Ilias El Hamdaoui (Merelbeke)
• Lamin Soli (Merelbeke)
• Stéphane Chirishungu (Ninove)
• Nathan De Raes (Ninove)
• Jari De Vriendt (Ninove)
• Marco Hertveldt (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)
• Kevin Shkurti (OH Leuven U23)
• Andries Claes (Thes)
• Mitchel Keulen (Thes)
• Mehdi Naqqadi (Thes)
• Sam Vanaken (Thes)
• Senne Ceulemans (Tienen)
• Glodi Mbuyi-Mbayo (Tienen)
• Abdel-Malik Aziz (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Laurit Krasniqi (Young Reds Antwerp)
• Alexandre Stanic (Young Reds Antwerp)

2 own goals (1 player)

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

1 own goal (4 players)

• Nando Nöstlinger (Cappellen, scored for Hasselt)
• 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	Mons	13	9	2	2	29	11	18	29	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
2	Olympic Charleroi	13	8	3	2	34	16	18	27
3	Virton	13	8	1	4	20	16	4	25
4	Tubize-Braine	13	7	3	3	22	12	10	24
5	Stockay	13	6	1	6	21	24	−3	19
6	Zébra Élites	13	5	4	4	17	18	−1	19
7	Rochefort	13	4	5	4	16	18	−2	17	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Tournai	13	3	6	4	12	14	−2	15
9	Union SG B	13	3	4	6	16	21	−5	13
10	Binche	13	3	3	7	19	25	−6	12
11	Union Namur	13	3	2	8	15	28	−13	11
12	SL16 FC	13	1	2	10	6	24	−18	5

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 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	MON	OLC	VIR	TUB	STO	ZEB	ROC	TOU	USG	BIN	UNA	STL
Mons	—	2–2	0–1	25 Jan	2–0	14 Dec	1–0	2–0	16 Feb	5–0	3–1	1 Dec
Olympic Charleroi	18 Jan	—	14 Dec	3–2	7 Dec	8 Feb	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	3–1
Virton	7 Dec	0–2	—	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	23 Nov	8 Feb	18 Jan	11 Jan
Tubize-Braine	0–0	1 Dec	0–1	—	1–2	4–2	18 Jan	3–1	14 Dec	1–0	2–1	8 Feb
Stockay	9 Feb	1–4	2–3	24 Nov	—	3–2	2–1	1–1	19 Jan	15 Dec	5–1	2–1
Zébra Élites	3–2	0–4	16 Feb	11 Jan	25 Jan	—	0–0	1–2	30 Nov	23 Nov	1–0	0–0
Rochefort	12 Jan	2–1	26 Jan	1–1	1 Dec	2–2	—	9 Feb	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–0
Tournai	23 Nov	16 Feb	30 Nov	1–1	2–0	18 Jan	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	14 Dec	0–0
Union SG B	2–3	11 Jan	1–2	0–3	5–1	0–0	7 Dec	25 Jan	—	0–5	8 Feb	0–2
Binche	0–2	25 Jan	1–4	7 Dec	0–2	1–2	16 Feb	11 Jan	1–1	—	30 Nov	5–0
Union Namur	0–5	3–3	1–3	16 Feb	12 Jan	8 Dec	24 Nov	1–0	0–0	2–3	—	26 Jan
SL16 FC	1–2	24 Nov	1–2	0–1	16 Feb	0–3	15 Dec	8 Dec	0–3	19 Jan	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 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 17 November 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dylan De Belder	Mons	8
	Cristian Makaté	Union SG B
	Léandro Rousseau	Olympic Charleroi
4	Qendrim Bakija	Stockay	7
5	Mathieu Cornet	Rochefort	6
	Dieudonné Lwangi	Union Namur
7	Roman Ferber	Olympic Charleroi	5
	Jonathan Hendrickx	Tubize-Braine
	Sekou Koné	Stockay
	Jesse Mputu	Olympic Charleroi

4 goals (7 players)

• Oumar Traoré (Binche)
• Loris Brogno (Mons)
• Jérémy Kumbi (Mons)
• Mohamed Medfai (Olympic Charleroi)
• Tyron Crame (Tubize-Braine)
• Martins Toutou (Tubize-Braine)
• Curtis Kabeya (Union Namur)

3 goals (11 players)

• Leslie Bamona Lubelu (Mons)
• Drin Sula (Mons)
• Simon Paulet (Olympic Charleroi)
• Nelson Azevedo-Janelas (Rochefort)
• Grégory Perseo (Rochefort)
• Edoly Lukoki (SL16 FC)
• Alessio Sternon (Stockay)
• Mohamed Asri (Union SG B)
• Ibtoihi Hadari (Virton)
• Florentin Pogba (Virton)
• Ahmed Mulumba (Zébra Élites)

2 goals (24 players)

• Simon Franquin (Binche)
• Nabil Hassaïni (Binche)
• Gabriel Lemoine (Binche)
• Axel Benoît (Mons)
• Louka Franco (Mons)
• Lucas Walbrecq (Mons)
• Thierno Gaye (Olympic Charleroi)
• Mehdi Terki (Olympic Charleroi)
• Mahamadou Diawara (SL16 FC)
• Tom Panepinto (Stockay)
• Sam Sylla (Stockay)
• Malory Destrain (Tournai)
• Sasha Henry (Tournai)
• Cheick Holuigue (Tournai)
• Maxime Migliore (Tubize-Braine)
• Adel Sbaa (Union Namur)
• Yari Stevens (Union SG B)
• Kélil Benkahlouche (Virton)
• Iliasse Errahmouni (Virton)
• Eric N'Jo (Virton)
• Raymond Asante (Zébra Élites)
• Quentin Benaets (Zébra Élites)
• Nathan Okumu (Zébra Élites)
• Massamba Sow (Zébra Élites)

1 goal (48 players)

• Grégory Grisez (Binche)
• Arnaud Mukota (Binche)
• Jordan Dauchy (Mons)
• Geoffrey Ghesquière (Olympic Charleroi)
• Karl Ndedi (Olympic Charleroi)
• Pierre-Alain Laloux (Rochefort)
• Guillaume Robail (Rochefort)
• Carlos Uhía (Rochefort)
• Marten Wilmots (Rochefort)
• Faroukou Cissé (SL16 FC)
• Mathis Hannedouche (SL16 FC)
• Junior van Beveren (SL16 FC)
• Isaac Kambuania (Stockay)
• Jordan Kerstenne (Stockay)
• Alessio Caufriez (Tournai)
• Gianni Cordaro (Tournai)
• Gaëtan Missi Mezu (Tournai)
• David Perreira-Bofomua (Tournai)
• Quentin Pieraert (Tournai)
• Lemuel Ntalu (Tournai)
• Shean Garlito (Tubize-Braine)
• Kylian Hazard (Tubize-Braine)
• Axel Lauwrensens (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)
• Mohamed Asaidi (Union SG B)
• Soulaimane Berradi (Union SG B)
• Mateo Delph Rivera (Union SG B)
• Loïc Lapoussin (Union SG B)
• Mayron de Almeida (Virton)
• Maxime Guillaume (Virton)
• Valentin Guillaume (Virton)
• Bilel Hassaini (Virton)
• Anyss Larbes (Virton)
• Yanis Mbombo (Virton)
• Liamine Mokdad (Virton)
• Amine Boukamir (Zébra Élites)
• José Capon (Zébra Élites)
• Jason Dalle Molle (Zébra Élites)
• Yoan Djongambo (Zébra Élites)
• Noam Mayoka-Tika (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)