The 2019–20

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was the fourth season of the third-tier

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league in

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. Mid-March all matches were temporarily postponed due to the

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, only to be canceled permanently two weeks later, with the standing as of March 12th counting as final. As a result,

Deinze Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Lei ...

was crowned champions and promoted to the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B.

Team information

Team changes

In

Tubize Tubize (; ) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Tubize had a total population of 22,335. The total area is 32.66 km2 which gives a population density of 684 inhabita ...

was relegated from the

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. * Sint-Eloois-Winkel was promoted after winning the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division A. * Patro Eisden Maasmechelen was promoted after winning the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division B. * La Louvière Centre was promoted after winning the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division C. *

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 ...

was promoted after winning the

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Out

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were promoted from the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division as champions. * Aalst, ASV Geel and

Knokke Knokke () is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants (2007), while the municipality of Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants (2009). ...

finished in the relegation zone (14th through 16th) in the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division and were therefore relegated to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. *

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lost the relegation play-offs and were thus also relegated.

Merger

* Châtelet merged with Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne to become R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes, known as ''Olympic Charleroi CF''. Strictly speaking, the new club is a continuation of Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne rather than Châtelet, as the latter club has been dissolved.

Regular season

League table

Results

Number of teams by provinces

References

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