The 2025–26 season of the

Challenger Pro League The Challenger Pro League, previously known as 1B Pro League is the second-highest division in the Football in Belgium, Belgian football Belgian football league system, league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the ...

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 automatically promoted to

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...

and promotion play-off winner will be matches against 16th place in top tier, no teams were directly relegated due to expand 18 teams from 2026–27.

Incoming

Olympic Charleroi Royal Olympic Club Charleroi, commonly referred to as Olympique Charleroi and abbreviated as ROCC, is a Belgian association football based in Charleroi, Hainaut. The club set to compete in the Challenger Pro League from 2025–26, the second t ...

and Jong KAA Gent were promoted from the

2024–25 Belgian Division 1 The 2024–25 Belgian Division 1 is the ninth season of the third-tier association football, football league. It is the first season in which the division is split into two groups VV and ACFF. Team changes Out *RAAL La Louvière were promoted to ...

, respectively as ACFF (Francophone) and VV (Flemish) champions. Olympic Charleroi return to the second tier after 17 years absence, while Jong KAA Gent make their debut at this level. *

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 ...

were relegated from the

2024–25 Belgian Pro League The 2024–25 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 122nd season of top-tier football in Belgium. Teams K Beerschot VA, Beerschot and F.C.V. Dender E.H., Dender EH were promoted respectiv ...

. Beerschot immediately returned after just one season at the top level, while Kortrijk had been continuously at this level since 2008, ending their streak after 17 seasons.

Outgoing

* 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 to the

2025–26 Belgian Pro League 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. Format change The Belgian Pro League will expand to 18 teams for the 2026–27 season, af ...

, respectively as champions and runners-up. * Jong Genk were relegated to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 1 after finishing in the 15th position. *

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 ...

dissolved mid-way through the last season.

Name change

* RWDM announced on 6 June 2025 that it would change name to Daring Brussels, a reference to the former now defunct club

Daring Club de Bruxelles Royal Daring Club Molenbeek was a football (soccer), football team from the city of Brussels, Belgium until . It was created in as Daring Club de Bruxelles and was the second club to register to the Belgian Football Association (it thus receiv ...

Team information

Stadiums and locations

Regular season

League table

Number of teams by provinces

Notes

References

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