2025–26 Belgian Pro League
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The 2025–26 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 123rd season of top-tier football in
Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
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Format change

The Belgian Pro League will expand to 18 teams for the 2026–27 season, after completion of the relegation play-offs, no teams will be relegated automatically and last team will be required to play a promotion/relegation decider against the winner of the
2025–26 Challenger Pro League The 2025–26 season of the Challenger Pro League is scheduled to begin in August 2025 and end in May 2026. It will be the fourth season under its new name after being renamed from ''First Division B''. Team changes This season, two teams automati ...
promotion play-offs. The winner of this decider will play in the 2026–27 Belgian Pro League.


Teams

Zulte Waregem and
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 ...
were promoted respectively as champions and runners-up of the
2024–25 Challenger Pro League The 2024–25 season of the Challenger Pro League began on 16 August 2024 and is scheduled to end in May 2025. It is the third season under its new name after being renamed from ''First Division B''. Team changes Incoming * La Louvière and Loker ...
. Zulte Waregem returned to the top level after just two seasons, while La Louvière play in top tier for the first time in their history for this season since folding of RAA Louviéroise (including four seasons playing at the third level). If counting the predecessor, they returned after a 19 year absence. They replaced
Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen (), or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the top tier Pro League after promotion from second tier in 2023–24 season. In 2013, KFCO Wil ...
and
Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...
who were relegated at the end of previous season.


Stadiums and locations


Number of teams by area


Managerial changes


Regular season


League table


Results


Notes


See also

*
2025–26 Challenger Pro League The 2025–26 season of the Challenger Pro League is scheduled to begin in August 2025 and end in May 2026. It will be the fourth season under its new name after being renamed from ''First Division B''. Team changes This season, two teams automati ...
* 2025–26 Belgian Division 1 *
2025–26 Belgian Division 2 The 2025–26 Belgian Division 2 will be the tenth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of association football, football in Belgium. Team changes In * Relegated from the 2024–25 Belgian Division 1, Belgian D ...
* 2025–26 Belgian Division 3 * 2025–26 Belgian Cup


References

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