2020–21 Belgian First Division B

The 2020–21 season of the Belgian First Division B is scheduled to begin in August 2020 and end in April 2021.

Belgian First Division B
Season2020–21
2021–22 →

Team changes

In

Out
  • Due to the Belgian First Division A expanding from 16 to 18 teams, both finalists K Beerschot VA and Oud-Heverlee Leuven were promoted to Belgian First Division A for the next season.
  • Lokeren went bankrupt and folded. Temse moved to Lokeren and renamed themselves KSC Lokeren-Temse playing in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.
  • Both Roeselare and Virton were denied a professional license and forced to relegate to the Belgian First Amateur Division.

Format changes

Only in the 2020–21 season,[1] the league will no longer consist of two separate competitions but will be one single league in which all teams play each other four times. There will be no more playoffs, no teams will qualify for the Europa League playoffs and the bottom team will be relegated directly.

Team information

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B teams
Matricule Club City First season of
current spell at
second level		 Coming from 2019-20 result Stadium Capacity
3 Club NXT Brugge[lower-alpha 1] 2020–21 – – Daknamstadion[lower-alpha 1] 12,136
818 K.M.S.K. Deinze Deinze 2020–21 Belgian First Amateur Division 1st (D1Am) Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion 7,515
3970 Lierse Kempenzonen Lier 2020–21 Belgian First Amateur Division 13th (D1Am) Herman Vanderpoortenstadion 14,538
2554 Lommel SK Lommel 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division 6th (D1B) Soevereinstadion 8,000
5479 RWD Molenbeek Molenbeek 2020–21 Belgian First Amateur Division 6th (D1Am) Edmond Machtens Stadium 12,266
167 Seraing Seraing 2020–21 Belgian First Amateur Division 4th (D1Am) Stade du Pairay 14,234
10 Union SG Saint-Gilles, Brussels 2015–16 Belgian Third Division 4th (D1B) Stade Joseph Marien 5,500
2024 K.V.C. Westerlo Westerlo 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 1st (D1B) Het Kuipje 8,035
  1. Club Brugge NXT is not playing its home matches at the same venue as the A-squad of Club Brugge (the Jan Breydel Stadium) but rather they will move to Lokeren, thus moving from West-Flanders to East-Flanders.[2]

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Kit Manufacturer Sponsors
Club NXT Rik De Mil Macron Unibet
Deinze David Gevaert Legea Dakota Vastgoed & Declercq Stortbeton
Lierse Kempenzonen Tom Van Imschoot Jako Keukens Van Lommel
Lommel Liam Manning Masita United Telecom
RWD Molenbeek Vincent Euvrard Joma Symbio
RFC Seraing Emilio Ferrera Kappa VOO, Willy Naessens & Startpeople
Union SG Felice Mazzù Le Coq Sportif Culture et Formation
Westerlo Bob Peeters Saller Soudal

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Replaced by Date of appointment
Union SG Thomas Christiansen Contract not prolonged [3] End of 2019–20 season Pre-season Felice Mazzù 24 May 2020 [4]
Lommel Peter Maes Contract not prolonged [5] Liam Manning 10 July 2020 [6]
RWD Molenbeek Frédéric Stilmant (caretaker) Caretaker replaced Laurent Demol 11 June 2020 [7]
RWD Molenbeek Laurent Demol Sacked 2 December 2020 [8] 6th Frédéric Stilmant (caretaker) 2 December 2020
RWD Molenbeek Frédéric Stilmant (caretaker) Caretaker replaced 7 December 2020 6th Vincent Euvrard 7 December 2020 [9]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USG WES SER LOM DEI RWD LIE NXT USG WES SER LOM DEI RWD LIE NXT
1 Union SG 18 14 2 2 44 15 +29 44 Promotion to the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A — 0–0 3–2 4–2 3–0 2–1 5–0 6–0 — 2–1 2–1
2 Westerlo 17 8 6 3 27 19 +8 30 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off 1–4 — 1–1 2–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–0[lower-alpha 2] 0–0 2–1 — 4–3 2–0
3 Seraing 17 9 2 6 38 29 +9 29 1–0 0–2 — 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 6–1 — 2–1
4 Lommel 17 8 3 6 34 27 +7 27 0–1 1–1 3–5 — 1–2 4–0 3–2 3–1 — 4–2 3–2
5 Deinze 17 6 5 6 24 29 −5 23 0–2 2–2 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 1–1 — 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–4 0–0 —
6 RWDM47 17 7 1 9 23 27 −4 22 3–1 3–1 3–4 0–1 1–1 — 2–0[lower-alpha 4] 2–0 0–2 — 1–0
7 Lierse Kempenzonen 18 4 1 13 22 39 −17 13 Relegation to the 2021–22 Belgian National Division 1 0–2 0–1 2–5 1–3 3–4 4–2 — 2–1 — 3–1
8 Club NXT 17 1 4 12 13 40 −27 7 U23 teams are not eligible to be promoted or relegated from the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B 1–1 1–1[lower-alpha 5] 0–4 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 — 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: Belgian First Division B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[16]
  1. The match between Westerlo and Deinze was postponed due to the home team suffering from an excessive number of A-squad players being placed in quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test, initially from 20 September 2020 to 30 September 2020,[10] but on 28 September the match was postponed again and eventually it was played on 18 November 2020.[11]
  2. The match between Westerlo and RWDM47 was postponed from 1 October 2020 to 9 November 2020, due to the home team suffering from an excessive number of A-squad players being placed in quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test.[12]
  3. The match between Deinze and Seraing was postponed from 1 November 2020 to 15 November 2020 due to the home team suffering from an excessive number of A-squad players being placed in quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test.[13]
  4. The match between RWDM47 and Lierse Kempenzonen of 24 October 2020 was postponed to 14 November 2020 due to the home team suffering from an excessive number of A-squad players being placed in quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test.[14]
  5. The match between Club NXT and Westerlo was postponed from 25 September 2020 to 14 November 2020 due to the away team suffering from an excessive number of A-squad players being placed in quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test.[15]

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 1 February 2021[17]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georges Mikautadze Seraing 16
2 Dante Vanzeir Union SG 15
3 Manfred Ugalde Lommel 10
4 Lennart Mertens Deinze 9
Deniz Undav Union SG
6 Atabey Çiçek Westerlo 7
7 Thibo Baeten Club NXT 6
Lukas Van Eenoo Westerlo
Igor Vetokele Westerlo
Anass Zaroury Lommel
5 goals (2 players)
4 goals (10 players)
3 goals (8 players)
2 goals (11 players)
1 goal (36 players)
1 own goal (2 players)

Number of teams by provinces

While Club NXT is a team from West Flanders, they are playing their home matches in Lokeren, which is located in East Flanders.

Number of teams Province or region Team(s)
2  AntwerpLierse Kempenzonen and Westerlo
 BrusselsRWD Molenbeek and Union SG
1  East FlandersDeinze
 LiègeSeraing
 LimburgLommel
 West FlandersClub NXT

References
  1. "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". jupilerproleague.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  2. "Beloften van Club Brugge spelen hun thuismatchen in 1B op Daknam" [Youngsters of Club Brugge will play their 1B home games at Daknam] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. "THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN : FIN DE LA COLLABORATION" [THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN : END OF COOPERATION.] (in French). rusg.brussels. 2020-05-22.
  4. "Officieel: Felice Mazzu moet Union naar 1A loodsen " [Confirmed: Felice Mazzu must bring Union to 1A.] (in Dutch). sporza. 2020-05-24.
  5. "Lommel SK verlengt overeenkomst met Peter Maes niet" [Lommel SK does not prolong agreement with Peter Maes] (in Dutch). lommelsk.be. 2020-05-28.
  6. "Lommel SK benoemt Liam Manning tot nieuwe hoofdcoach" [Lommel SK appoints Liam Manning to new head manager] (in Dutch). lommelsk.be. 2020-07-10.
  7. "RWDM vat avontuur in 1B aan met trainer Laurent Demol" [RWDM commences adventures in 1B with coach Laurent Demol] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-06-11.
  8. "RWDM zet samenwerking met coach Laurent Demol stop" [RWDM ends cooperation with manager Laurent Demol] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-02.
  9. "Vincent Euvrard neemt roer bij 1B-club RWDM over" [Vincent Euvrard takes over control at 1B-club RWDM] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2020-12-07.
  10. "10 positieve coronagevallen bij Westerlo, match tegen Deinze uitgesteld" [10 positive Coronacases at Westerlo, match against Deinze postponed] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. "Competitieduel Westerlo-Deinze in 1B is om coronaredenen opnieuw uitgesteld" [League fixture Westerlo-Deinze in 1B postponed for Coronareasons again] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  12. "Weer match van Westerlo uitgesteld: "Maar quarantaine heeft effect"" [Yet another Westerlo match postponed: "But quarantine has its effect"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  13. "Moeskroen-STVV en Deinze-Seraing worden uitgesteld" [Mouscron-STVV and Deinze-Seraing postponed] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  14. "RWDM - Lierse Kempenzonen wordt uitgesteld door corona-uitbraak bij RWDM" [RWDM - Lierse Kempenzonen postponed due to Corona-outbreak at RWDM] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  15. "Meer dan 7 coronagevallen bij Westerlo: match tegen Club NXT uitgesteld" [More than 7 coronacases at Westerlo: match against Club NXT postponed] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  16. "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  17. "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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