The 2009–10 season of the

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Asso ...

(also known as EXQI League for sponsorship reasons) started on Wednesday 19 August and is the second tier football league in

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. The league was played by 19 teams, with 36 matchdays, so each team plays the 18 other teams twice. The season was divided into 2 periods. Each period winner qualifies for the

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Team changes

After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams remained in the league, with 6 other being replaced:

In

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relegated from the First Division * F.C. Tubize relegated from the First Division *

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lost the second division final round and as a result they were also relegated from the First Division. *

Standaard Wetteren Standaard Wetteren was a Belgian association football club team from Wetteren. Its matricule (5479) still exists as it was sold to investors who created a new team, RWDM47. History The club was founded as an amateur club named Standaard Molenho ...

promoted from Third Division A *

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promoted from Third Division B * Boussu Dour Borinage promoted after winning the third division playoffs

Out

* Sint-Truidense was promoted to the Pro League *

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lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated. *

Excelsior Virton Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province. The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They were ...

lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated. * K.F.C. V.W. Hamme lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated. *

K.M.S.K. Deinze Koninklijke Maatschappij Sportkring Deinze, or KMSK Deinze, is a Belgian football club founded in 1926 based in Deinze, East Flanders. The club colours are orange and black and the team currently plays in the Belgian First Division B, the seco ...

was relegated to the

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. * UR Namur was relegated to the

Team information

Personnel and locations

Regular season

League table

References

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