The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started in August 2011 and is the second tier football league in

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. The league is played by 18 teams, with 34 matchdays of 9 matches each, so each team plays the 17 other teams twice. The season is divided into 3 periods, the first period of 10 matches, the second of 12 matches and the third of 12 matches. Each period winner qualifies for the Belgian Second Division Final Round. On 14 April 2012, Charleroi became champions without playing as closest rivals

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and Oostende both did not manage to win their matches and thereby could no longer mathematically overtake Charleroi in the standings.

Team changes

After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams remained in the league, with 5 other being replaced:

Out

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were promoted as champions of the previous season. * Mons ended third, but won the second division final round and was therefore also promoted to the Pro League. *

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ended 16th, but lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated. * Rupel Boom was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 17th. * Tournai was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 18th.

In

* Charleroi was directly relegated from the Pro League. *

lost the second division final round and as a result they were also relegated from the Pro League. * Aalst promoted as champions from Third Division A. * WS Woluwe promoted as champions from Third Division B. *

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was promoted after winning the third division playoffs.

Team information

Personnel and locations

Managerial changes

During summer break

During regular season

Regular season

League table

Period winners

The season is divided into three periods. The first ten matchdays together form the first period, matchdays 11 to 22 form period two and the last 12 form period three. The three period winners take part in the Belgian Second Division Final Round together with the winner of the

2011–12 Belgian Pro League The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as ''Jupiler Pro League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It began on 29 July 2011 with the first match of the regular season and ended in M ...

relegation playoff In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues. ...

. The winner of this final round gets to play in the

2012–13 Belgian Pro League The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as ''Jupiler Pro League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 28 July 2012 with the first match of the regular season between Kor ...

. In case one or more periods are won by the team winning the league or in case one team wins multiple periods, the extra places go the teams finishing the highest in the league not already qualified. So in the theoretical case that one team wins all three periods and becomes the league champion, then the teams in positions 2, 3 and 4 will take part in the final round.

Period 1

Already after the first nine matches of the season,

clinched the first period title.

Period 2

Period 3

Top goalscorers

''Including matches played on 29 April 2012; Sourc
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References

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