A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Season | 2020–21 |
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Champions | Union SG |
Promoted | Union SG Seraing |
Relegated | none |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The 2020–21 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2020 and ended in April 2021. Union SG became champions on 13 March 2021, returning to the highest level of Belgian football for the first time since the 1972–73 season.
Team changes
In
- Deinze were promoted from the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division as champions.
- Seraing and RWD Molenbeek filled in the open spots left by the extra relegations of Roeselare and Virton, as highest finishing teams which had obtained a professional footballing licence.
- As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, no team was relegated from the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A and two teams were promoted from the 2019–20 Belgian First Division B, meaning two extra teams needed to be added to the league. From the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division only Lierse Kempenzonen remained as team which had obtained the necessary Belgian professional football licence (despite nearly relegating in that division), hence they were promoted and finally as no other team was eligible from that division, the youth squad of Club Brugge was added to again end up with 8 teams. This team will play under the name Club NXT.
Out
- Due to the Belgian First Division A expanding from 16 to 18 teams, both finalists Beerschot and OH Leuven were promoted to Belgian First Division A for the next season.
- Lokeren went bankrupt and folded. Temse moved to Lokeren and renamed themselves K.S.C. Lokeren-Temse playing in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.
- Both Roeselare and Virton were denied a professional licence and forced to relegate, Roeselare to the Belgian First Amateur Division, Virton to the Belgian Second Amateur Division as they were also refused a remunerated licence.
Format changes
Only in the 2020–21 season,[1] the league will no longer consist of two separate competitions but will be one single league in which all teams play each other four times. There will be no more playoffs, no teams will qualify for the Europa League playoffs and the bottom team will be relegated directly.
Team information
Stadiums and locations
Matricule | Club | City | First season of current spell at second level |
Coming from | 2019-20 result | Stadium | Capacity |
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3 | Club NXT | Brugge[a] | 2020–21 | – | – | Daknamstadion[a] | 12,136 |
818 | K.M.S.K. Deinze | Deinze | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 1st (D1Am) | Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion | 7,515 |
3970 | Lierse Kempenzonen | Lier | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 13th (D1Am) | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion | 14,538 |
2554 | Lommel SK | Lommel | 2018–19 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 6th (D1B) | Soevereinstadion | 8,000 |
5479 | RWD Molenbeek | Molenbeek | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 6th (D1Am) | Edmond Machtens Stadium | 12,266 |
167 | Seraing | Seraing | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 4th (D1Am) | Stade du Pairay | 14,234 |
10 | Union SG | Saint-Gilles, Brussels | 2015–16 | Belgian Third Division | 4th (D1B) | Stade Joseph Marien | 5,500 |
2024 | K.V.C. Westerlo | Westerlo | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 1st (D1B) | Het Kuipje | 8,035 |
- ^ a b Club Brugge NXT is not playing its home matches at the same venue as the A-squad of Club Brugge (the Jan Breydel Stadium) but rather they will move to Lokeren, thus moving from West Flanders to East Flanders.[2]
Personnel and kits
Club | Manager | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Club NXT | ![]() |
Macron | Alheembouw |
Deinze | ![]() |
Legea | Dakota Vastgoed & Declercq Stortbeton |
Lierse Kempenzonen | ![]() |
Jako | Keukens Van Lommel |
Lommel | ![]() |
Masita | United Telecom |
RWD Molenbeek | ![]() |
Joma | Symbio |
RFC Seraing | ![]() |
Kappa | VOO, Willy Naessens & Startpeople |
Union SG | ![]() |
Le Coq Sportif | Culture et Formation |
Westerlo | ![]() |
Saller | Soudal |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Union SG | ![]() |
Contract not prolonged [3] | End of 2019–20 season | Pre-season | ![]() |
24 May 2020 [4] |
Lommel | ![]() |
Contract not prolonged [5] | ![]() |
10 July 2020 [6] | ||
RWD Molenbeek | ![]() |
Caretaker replaced | ![]() |
11 June 2020 [7] | ||
RWD Molenbeek | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 December 2020 [8] | 6th | ![]() |
2 December 2020 |
RWD Molenbeek | ![]() |
Caretaker replaced | 7 December 2020 | 6th | ![]() |
7 December 2020 [9] |
Deinze | ![]() |
Sacked | 4 March 2021 [10] | 6th | ![]() |
4 March 2021 |
- ^ Wim De Decker was appointed the new manager of Deinze, but would only be observing and analysing the players for the remainder of the season. Assistant-manager Cédric Vlaeminck will take up the role of manager until the end of the season, leading the training sessions and being on the sideline during matches.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USG | SER | LOM | WES | DEI | RWD | LIE | NXT | USG | SER | LOM | WES | DEI | RWD | LIE | NXT | |
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1 | Union SG (C, P) | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 70 | Promotion to the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Seraing (O, P) | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to Promotion play-off | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 FF [a] | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | Lommel | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 43 | 0–1 | 3–5 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Westerlo | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 43 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0[b] | 3–0[c] | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
5 | Deinze | 28 | 10 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2020–21_Belgian_First_Division_B