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2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division
The 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the second season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division. Team changes In * Menen, Grimbergen, Woluwe-Zaventem, Couvin-Mariembourg, Givry and Namur were all relegated from the 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division. * Ternesse, Termien, Melsele and Wingene were promoted as champions of the Flemish Belgian Provincial Leagues, respectively in Antwerp, Limburg, East Flanders and West Flanders. * Binche, Stockay, Habay, Spy were promoted as champions of the Walloon Belgian Provincial Leagues, respectively in Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur. * Kampenhout was promoted as champion of the region matching the old Province of Brabant, comprising all Flemish and French speaking teams in both Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Brussels. * Hoeilaart was the runner up of the Province of Brabant region and was also promoted as Halle folded as a team and an extra place became availabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Third Amateur Division
The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in French) is the fifth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Division 2. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016 as a new layer at the fifth level of the league system, at that time named ''Belgian Third Amateur Division''. From the 2020–21 season on it was renamed to Belgian Division 3, due to the negative connotation of the word amateur. The division consists of four separate leagues with 16 teams each, two of these leagues consist of teams playing with a license from the ''Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen'' (VFV, the Dutch-speaking wing of the RBFA) and two with teams with a license from the ''Association des Clubs Francophones de Football'' (ACFF, the French-speaking wing of the RBFA). History The Belgian Third Amateur Division was created in 2016 following an overhaul of the Belgian football league system which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |