2025–26 Belgian Pro League121st season of top-tier football in BelgiumFootball league seasonThe 2025–26 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 123rd season of top-tier football in Belgium. Format changeThe Belgian Pro League was scheduled to expand to 18 teams for the upcoming 2026–27 season.
Royale Union Saint-GilloiseBelgian professional football clubFootball clubCurrent seasonRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise (French: ), also known as Union Saint-Gilloise, Union SG, USG, RUSG or simply Union, is a Belgian professional football club from Brussels based in Forest.
Club Brugge KVAssociation football club in Bruges, BelgiumFootball clubCurrent seasonClub Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation:), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: Club Bruges), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They play in the Belgian Pro League, the top domestic league in Belgian football.
Promotion and relegationPromotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes called open leagues.Belgian football league systemThe Belgian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Belgium.
Royal Belgian Football AssociationThe Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA; Dutch: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond; French: Union royale belge des sociétés de football association; German: Königlicher Belgischer Fußballverband) is the governing body of football in Belgium. It was a founding member of FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954 and is based in Brussels, not far from the King Baudouin Stadium. Since October 2021, the headquarters of the RBFA are located in Tubize, next to its technical centre.RSC AnderlechtRoyal Sporting Club Anderlecht, commonly abbreviated to RSC Anderlecht, is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions, with five trophies, as well as in the Belgian domestic league, with 34 championship wins.
Challenger Pro LeagueThe Challenger Pro League, previously known as 1B Pro League is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, replacing the Belgian Second Division. From the season 2016–17 until 2019–20, the competition was named Proximus League, after the main sponsor Proximus.
Association footballTeam sport played with a ballAssociation football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who mostly use their feet to kick an inflated ball around a pitch (playing field). The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball into the rectangular-framed goal which that team defends. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes.
JupilerJupiler (French:, Flemish:or) is a Belgian beer introduced in 1966, now brewed by Anheuser–Busch InBev at Piedboeuf Brewery in the Jupille-sur-Meuse neighbourhood of Liège. Jupiler is the highest selling beer in Belgium, with around 40 percent share by volume. HistoryThe origins of Jupiler lie in 1853. In that year, brewery Piedbœuf was established in Jupille, Belgium. The first Jupiler was launched in 1950, under the name 'Jupiler Urtyp'.RFC LiègeRoyal Football Club de Liège (more commonly known as RFC Liège) is a professional football club based in Liège, capital of Liège Province, Belgium. The team currently play in Challenger Pro League, the second tier in Belgian football. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to register with the country's national federation (founded 1895), and the club was the first Belgian champion in history (5 Championships & 1 Cup).
BelgiumCountry in Northwestern EuropeBelgium, 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 southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.