The 2018–19 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2018 and ended in April 2019. It was the third season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division.

The season was impacted by the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal which most notably involved Mechelen, as it was unclear upon completion of the season whether and how any involved clubs would be sanctioned and what the effect would be on the number of promotion and relegation places. As a result, Mechelen won the title and celebrated promotion on 16 March 2019, following a win over Beerschot Wilrijk in the promotion-playoffs, although the verdict on the investigation was still pending.^[1] End of May, Mechelen was found guilty and not allowed to be promoted, with runners-up Beerschot Wilrijk taking their spot instead. Mechelen appealed the decision at the Belgian Court for Sportsarbitration, which confirmed the verdict of guilt in July, but also ruled that according to the rules of the Belgian Football FA Mechelen could not be penalized with relegation back to the Belgian First Division A as the violation occurred during a previous season, hence Mechelen was allowed to keep its promotion.

Team changes

In

• Mechelen were relegated from the 2017–18 Belgian First Division A after finishing in last place and return to the second level of Belgian football for the first time since the 2006–07 season.
• Lommel were promoted as 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division winners, immediately returning after being relegated from the 2016–17 Belgian First Division B.

Out

• Cercle Brugge won the promotion play-offs against Beerschot-Wilrijk and was thus promoted after three seasons at the second level.
• Lierse went bankrupt and dissolved as a team. Tubize had finished in last place in the relegation playoffs but were saved from relegation as a result of the bankruptcy of Lierse.

Team information

Stadiums and locations

Beerschot Wilrijk

Lommel

Westerlo

Mechelen

Roeselare

Tubize

Union SG

OH Leuven

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Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B teams

Matricule	Club	City	First season of current spell at second level	Coming from	2017-18 result	Stadium	Capacity
155	FCO Beerschot Wilrijk	Antwerp	2017–18	Belgian First Amateur Division	3rd (D1B)	Olympic Stadium	12,771
2554	Lommel SK	Lommel	2018–19	Belgian First Amateur Division	1st (D1Am)	Soevereinstadion	8,000
25	Mechelen	Mechelen	2018–19	Belgian First Division A	16th (D1A)	AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne	16,672
18	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Leuven	2016–17	Belgian Pro League	2nd (D1B)	Den Dreef	10,000
134	K.S.V. Roeselare	Roeselare	2010–11	Belgian Pro League	5th (D1B)	Schiervelde Stadion	9,075
5632	A.F.C. Tubize	Tubize	2009–10	Belgian Pro League	8th (D1B)	Stade Leburton	9,000
10	R. Union Saint-Gilloise	Saint-Gilles, Brussels	2015–16	Belgian Third Division	6th (D1B)	Stade Joseph Marien	5,500
2024	K.V.C. Westerlo	Westerlo	2017–18	Belgian First Division A	7th (D1B)	Het Kuipje	8,035

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
Beerschot Wilrijk	Stijn Vreven	Tom Pietermaat	Joma	DCA
Lommel	Tom Van Imschoot	Wouter Scheelen	Legea	United Telecom
Mechelen	Wouter Vrancken	Seth De Witte	Kappa	Telenet and AFAS
OH Leuven	Vincent Euvrard	Dimitri Daeseleire	Vermarc	King Power
Roeselare	Juanito	Raphaël Lecomte	Joma	Euro Shop
Tubize	Philippe Thys	Quentin Laurent	Kappa	No shirt sponsor
Union SG	Luka Elsner	Charles Morren	Patrick	Culture et Formation
Westerlo	Bob Peeters	Nicolas Rommens	Saller	Soudal

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Union SG	Marc Grosjean	Mutual consent	8 May 2018 [2]	Pre-season	Luka Elsner	23 May 2018 [3]
Beerschot Wilrijk	Marc Brys	Signed by Sint-Truiden	21 May 2018 [4]		Stijn Vreven	25 May 2018 [5]
Mechelen	Dennis van Wijk	Sacked	20 August 2018 [6]	7th	Wouter Vrancken	21 August 2018 [7]
Roeselare	Jordi Condom		10 November 2018 [8]	7th	Nano	12 November 2018 [9]
Roeselare	Nano	Release fee paid by Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	8 January 2019 [10]	Closing tournament: 4th Overall: 6th	Juanito	11 January 2019 [11]
OH Leuven	Nigel Pearson	Sacked	3 February 2019 [12]	Closing tournament: 7th Overall: 8th	Vincent Euvrard	8 February 2019 [13]

League table

Opening tournament