The following article is a summary of the 2021–22
football season in Belgium, which is the 119th season of competitive football in the country and will run from August 2021 until June 2022.
Men's football
League season
Promotion and relegation
The following teams had achieved promotion or suffered relegation going into the 2021–22 season.
Belgian First Division A
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Belgian First Division B
Amateur Leagues
=Belgian National Division 1
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=Belgian Division 2
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Division VFV A
Division VFV B
Division ACFF
Belgian Division 3
=Division VFV A
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=Division VFV B
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=Division ACFF A
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=Division ACFF B
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Cup competitions
Transfers
UEFA competitions
Champions
Club Brugge qualified directly for the group stage of the
Champions League, while runners-up
Genk
Genk () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the town of Genk itself. It is one of the most important industrial towns in Flanders, located on the Albert Canal, ...
started in the qualifying rounds where they lost out, causing them to drop into the
Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
. Third-placed
Antwerp also played the Europa League after coming through one qualifying round. Fourth and fifth from the previous season,
Anderlecht and
Gent
Gent is a shortened form of the word gentleman. It may also refer to:
* Ghent (Dutch language, Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city
** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent
** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent
** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghen ...
respectively, had the change to qualify for the
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA.
The final was played at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania, with Ro ...
, but only Gent succeeded, while Anderlecht were eliminated in the last round of qualifying.
European qualification for 2022–23 summary
Managerial changes
This is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football:
First Division A
First Division B
See also
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2021–22 Belgian First Division A
The 2021–22 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier football in Belgium.
Team changes
On the final matchday of the previous season, Royal Excel Mouscron wa ...
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2021–22 Belgian First Division B
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2021–22 Belgian National Division 1
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2021–22 Belgian Division 2
The 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 is the sixth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium. As the previous season was cancelled in January 2021 due to governmental measures against COVID-19 prohib ...
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2021–22 Belgian Division 3
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2021–22 Belgian Cup
The 2021–22 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 67th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 25 July 2021 and ended with the final on 18 April 2022. The winners of the competi ...
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2021 Belgian Super Cup
The 2021 Belgian Super Cup is a Association football, football match that took place on 17 July 2021 between Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge, the winners of the 2020–21 Belgian First Division A, and K.R.C. Genk, Genk, the winners of the 2020–21 Bel ...
Notes
References
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...