The 2018–19

Belgian Second Amateur Division The Belgian Division 2, commonly referred to as simply Tweede Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 2 (in French) is the fourth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian National Division 1. It was created by ...

is the third season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of

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. The division consists of three separate leagues, each containing 16 teams. Leagues A and B consist of teams with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VFV, the Flemish/Dutch speaking wing of the Belgian FA), while league C contains teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French speaking wing of the RBFA). The champions from each of the three leagues will promote to the

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. The fixtures were announced in July 2018.

Team changes

In

Berchem Berchem () is a southern Districts of Antwerp, district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Berchem is located along the old ''Grote Steenweg'' (Dutch language, Dutch for 'Big Paved Road') that has connected ...

and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division. *

Hamme Hamme () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the settlements of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. ...

was also relegated from the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division after losing the Second Amateur Division promotion play-offs, where the team failed to regain its place in the First Amateur Division. *

Menen Menen (; ; or ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe (Belgium), Lau ...

was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division A. * Heur-Tongeren was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division B. *

La Louvière La Louvière (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussoit, Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pie ...

was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division C. * Tilleur was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division D. *

Diegem Diegem is a town in the municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Machelen, in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Diegem's postal code is 1831. The official language of Diegem is Dutch language, Dutch, as in the res ...

, Dikkelvenne and Eppegem were promoted as winners of the Third Amateur Division promotion play-offs VFV. * Couvin-Mariembourg, Francs Borains and

Visé Visé (; , ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, located on the river Meuse in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Argenteau, Cheratte, Lanaye, Lixhe, Richelle, and Visé. In the ...

were promoted as winners of the Third Amateur Division promotion play-offs ACFF.

Out

* Rupel Boom was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division A. *

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was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division B. * RWDM was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division C. *

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was promoted after winning the Second Amateur Division promotion play-offs. *

Bornem Bornem (; old spelling: ''Bornhem'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality comprises the village of Bornem proper, Hingene, and Weert, Antwerp, Weer ...

, La Calamine, Pepingen-Halle, Sint-Lenaarts, Sprimont Comblain,

Tienen Tienen (; ) is a city and municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises Tienen itself and the towns of Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Margriete-Houtem and Viss ...

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, WS Brussels and Zwarte Leeuw were all relegated after finishing in the relegation positions the previous season.

Belgian Second Amateur Division A

League table

Belgian Second Amateur Division B

League table

Belgian Second Amateur Division C

League table

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs VFV

The teams finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division A and Second Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. In division A, champions Sint-Eloois Winkel and runners-up Mandel United together won all periods. As a result, Mandel United was joined in the play-offs by the next three teams in the standings: Petegem, Gent-Zeehaven and Wijgmaal. In division B, only Hasselt and Bocholt has received a licence, with the two other spots remaining vacant. Overall this meant only six out of eight teams took part, therefore two teams were drawn to receive a bye into the second round: Gent-Zeehaven and Wijgmaal.

VFV Round 1

Bocholt and Ronse qualified for the VFV second round promotion play-offs.

VFV Round 2

Ronse and Wijgmaal qualified for the promotion play-offs Final.

Promotion play-offs ACFF

The team finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division C will take part in the promotion playoff first round together with three period winners. These 4 teams will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with the winner qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. As champions La Louvière Centre won all three periods, this implied that normally the teams in positions 2 through 5 would take part in the playoffs, however both

Hamoir Hamoir (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Hamoir had a total population of 3,592. The total area is 27.80 km2 which gives a population ...

and Rebecq were replaced as they did not receive (or apply for) a licence. Tilleur and

took their spot instead.

ACFF Round 1

The two winning teams meet each other in round 2, the losing teams remain in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.

ACFF Round 2

Visé qualified for the promotion play-offs Final.

Promotion play-offs Final

The two winners of the Promotion play-offs on the VFV side ( Ronse and

Wijgmaal Wijgmaal () is a village of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. Before the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, it was a part of the municipality of Herent. On 1 January 1977, it was ...

) and the winning team from the ACFF Promotion play-offs (

) will play a final tournament together with the team that finished in 14th place in the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division (

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). The winner of this play-off promotes to (or remains in) the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division. As Oudenaarde is a team from the VFV side, there will be an extra VFV team relegating from the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division in case a team from the ACFF side (Visé) gets promoted.

Final Round 1

2–2 on aggregate. Ronse won on away goals. ---- Visé won 8–4 on aggregate, Oudenaarde was relegated to the

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Final Round 2

---- 2–2 on aggregate. Visé won on away goals and is promoted to the

Relegation play-offs

The number of teams relegating from the Belgian Amateur Second Division in each wing (VFV and ACFF) depends on the number of teams of each wing relegating from the Belgian First Amateur Division. Upon completion of the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division, with three VFV teams were relegated automatically, it was already known there would be at least one additional VFV team relegating from the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division. In case Oudenaarde, taking part in the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final and also from VFV side is also relegated and is replaced by a team from ACFF side, then a second VFV team will be relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division. On ACFF side on the other hand, no extra relegations would be necessary and only the three bottom teams in division C would be relegated.

Relegation play-offs VFV

The teams finishing 14th in divisions A and B played each other in a single match to avoid relegation, with the losing team relegated and the winning team having to await the result of the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final. City Pirates were relegated, three weeks later Eppegem was relegated as well as ACFF team Visé got promoted, resulting in an extra team from VFV to be relegated.

Relegation play-offs ACFF

As there is only one division no playoff was organised. However due to the fact that only teams from the VFV side were being relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division, no extra relegations took place.

References

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