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2025–26 Challenger Pro League

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Challenger Pro League
Season2025–26

The 2025–26 season of the Challenger Pro League is scheduled to begin in August 2025 and end in May 2026. It will be the fourth season under its new name after being renamed from First Division B.

Team changes

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This season, two teams automatically promoted to Belgian Pro League and promotion play-off winner will be matches against 16th place in top tier, no teams were directly relegated due to expand 18 teams from 2026–27.

Incoming

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  • Olympic Charleroi and Jong KAA Gent were promoted from the 2024–25 Belgian Division 1, respectively as ACFF (Francophone) and VV (Flemish) champions. Olympic Charleroi return to the second tier after 17 years absence, while Jong KAA Gent make their debut at this level.
  • Beerschot and Kortrijk were relegated from the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League. Beerschot immediately returned after just one season at the top level, while Kortrijk had been continuously at this level since 2008, ending their streak after 17 seasons.

Outgoing

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Name change

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  • RWDM announced on 6 June 2025 that it would change name to Daring Brussels, a reference to the former now defunct club Daring Club de Bruxelles.[1] However, following large protests by the fans, the club reinstated the letters RWDM and renamed itself again just one month later, to RWDM Brussels.[2]

Team information

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Stadiums and locations

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Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beerschot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to Pro League
2 Beveren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Club NXT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs
Ineligible for relegation, unless a U23 team from the same wing (ACFF/VV) finishes top-three in the Division 1
4 Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs
5 Francs Borains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jong Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs
Ineligible for relegation, unless a U23 team from the same wing (ACFF/VV) finishes top-three in the Division 1
7 Jong KAA Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs
9 Lierse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokeren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lommel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Olympic Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 RFC Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RSCA Futures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs
Ineligible for relegation, unless a U23 team from the same wing (ACFF/VV) finishes top-three in the Division 1
16 RWDM Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to Division 1
17 Seraing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Challenger Pro League
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.[3]


Number of teams by provinces

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Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
3 East Flanders Beveren, Jong KAA Gent and Lokeren
Liège Eupen, RFC Liège and Seraing
2 Antwerp Beerschot and Lierse
Brussels RSCA Futures and RWDM Brussels
Hainaut Francs Borains and Olympic Charleroi
Limburg Lommel and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
West Flanders Club NXT and Kortrijk

Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Voetbalclub RWDM verandert van naam en wordt opnieuw Daring Brussels" (in Dutch). vrt.be. 6 June 2025.
  2. ^ "De gulden middenweg? RWDM gaat na heel wat ophef voor RWDM Brussels als nieuwe naam" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 7 July 2025.
  3. ^ "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2017.