2022–23 Belgian National Division 1

The 2022–23 Belgian National Division 1 is the seventh season of the third-tier football league in Belgium and the first one in which U23 teams are admitted into the league, due to the last minute bankruptcy of Roeselare. It is the third season under its new name after being renamed from First Amateur Division. The league began in 18 August 2022 and is scheduled to end in 21 May 2023.

Belgian National Division 1
Season2022–23
Dates18 August 2022 – 21 May 2023
PromotedPatro Eisden
RFC Liège
Francs Borains
RelegatedNinove
Rupel Boom
Mandel United
Top goalscorerTeddy Chevalier
(28 goals)

Team changes

Out

Two teams moved to another level:

In

Three teams were promoted from the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2:

Four U23 teams were added to the league as it was expanded. The teams joining were determined based on their finishing position in the 2021–22 Belgian U23 league:

Format changes

Four U23 teams were added to the league as part of a two-season trial, expanding the league from 16 to 20 teams. These twenty teams will play each other twice in a regular competition. At the end of season, the top three teams will be automatically promoted to the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League. Due to reduce the size back from 20 to 18 teams. The three bottom teams will be automatically relegated to 2023–24 Belgian Division 2. U23 teams can be promoted to Challenger Pro League. The 17th place will face relegation play-off.

Team information
Locations of the 2022–23 Belgian National Division 1 teams

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Patro Eisden (P) 37 25 8 4 81 23 +58 83 Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2 RFC Liège (P) 37 24 11 2 93 27 +66 83
3 Francs Borains (P) 37 22 8 7 76 46 +30 74
4 RAAL La Louvière 37 21 7 9 66 37 +29 70
5 Jong KAA Gent 37 18 10 9 55 41 +14 64
6 Olympic Charleroi CF 36 18 6 12 68 45 +23 60
7 Knokke 37 18 6 13 63 52 +11 60
8 Heist 37 16 12 9 66 56 +10 60
9 Visé 37 14 11 12 63 52 +11 53
10 Thes 37 13 14 10 57 50 +7 53
11 Tienen 37 12 10 15 50 57 −7 46
12 OH Leuven U-23 36 13 6 17 54 67 −13 44[lower-alpha 1]
13 Zébra Élites Charleroi 37 12 8 17 41 55 −14 44
14 Dessel 37 11 10 16 45 62 −17 43
15 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 37 11 9 17 44 54 −10 42
16 Hoogstraten 37 11 8 18 44 54 −10 41
17 Young Reds Antwerp 37 10 6 21 30 58 −28 36 Qualification for the Division 2 Promotion play-offs Final
18 Ninove[lower-alpha 2] (R) 37 9 5 23 37 74 −37 32 Relegation to Division 2
19 Rupel Boom (R) 37 6 5 26 26 78 −52 23
20 Mandel United (R) 37 4 2 31 16 85 −69 14
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2023. Source: RFBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.[2]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. OH Leuven U23 was deducted 1 point for not fielding a sufficient number of home-grown players in their home match against Olympic Charleroi.
  2. On 1 March 2023, the club released a statement that it was not applying for a football license and purposely decided to be relegated to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2. Irrespective of its finishing position, Ninove will now always take up one of the direct relegation spots.[1]

Results
Home \ Away PEM RFC LAL OLC HEI GNT TES KNO TIE OHL FRB SEW VIS YRA NIN ZEB RUP DES MAN HOO
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen — 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 5–0 4–0 0–0 21 May 2–0 1–1
RFC Liège 2–1 — 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 21 May 1–1 3–1 3–1 5–3 2–0 3–1 6–0 2–1 5–0 6–0 9–0 2–1
RAAL La Louvière 2–1 0–3 — 1–1 6–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–0 4–0
Olympic Charleroi CF 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 P–P 0–1 2–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1
Heist 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 — 3–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 6–2 2–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–2
Jong KAA Gent 0–2 2–2 0–1 21 May 0–2 — 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–1
Thes 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 3–1 2–1 — 2–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 6–0 2–3
Knokke 1–2 0–3 0–3 3–2 4–1 1–3 2–0 — 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 5–4
Tienen 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–4 2–0 2–0 — 4–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–6 2–0 1–1
OH Leuven U-23 1–2 1–4 0–3 2–2 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 2–2 21 May 0–4 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0
Francs Borains 0–5 3–2 5–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 — 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 3–0
Sint-Eloois-Winkel 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–4 2–1 — 1–3 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1
Visé 2–5 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–3 2–0 — 2–3 0–0 2–2 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–0
Young Reds Antwerp 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 21 May 2–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 — 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0
Ninove 0–2 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 21 May 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–1 — 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–4
Zébra Élites Charleroi 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–4 3–2 2–2 1–3 21 May 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 — 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Rupel Boom 0–2 0–4 0–3 1–3 21 May 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–5[lower-alpha 2] 0–2 4–4 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 — 2–1 1–2 1–1
Dessel 0–4 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 4–1 — 3–0 1–2
Mandel United 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–8 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–3 21 May 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 — 0–3
Hoogstraten 1–2 1–1 21 May 1–3 0–1 1–1 4–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2023. Source: Nationaal : 1st klasse (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match stopped with 88 minutes played as RAAL La Louvière supporters invaded the pitch. Francs Borains was leading 3-1 and was credited with a forfeit win 5-0.[3]
  2. Match stopped with 7 seconds played after one of the floodlights stopped working due to a fire in the fusebox and the home team was not able to repair the issue within 30 minutes. Rupel Boom hence lost the match with a 0–5 forfeit score.[4]

    Season statistics

    Top scorers
    As of 6 May 2023.
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 France Teddy Chevalier Francs Borains 28
    2 Belgium Adriano Bertaccini Thes Sport 25
    3 France Jérémy Perbet RFC Liège 24
    4 Albania Din Sula Royal Knokke 20
    5 Belgium Mohamed Soumaré La Louvière 17
    6 Belgium Olivier Romero Gómez Ninove 14
    Curaçao Joshua Zimmerman OH Leuven B
    8 Belgium Adrien Bongiovanni Charleroi II 13
    Belgium Roman Ferber Patro Eisden
    Belgium Corenthyn Lavie Francs Borains

    References
    1. https://www.facebook.com/KVKNinove/posts/pfbid02X1ADntsfBASyyr6aqH7YLjnPAE1y3nzTzWdU3oKu8U89X54Ug2jdTfJdNQ1euyQul
    2. "National Division 1 2022/2023 - Season rules" (in Dutch). vbal4. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
    3. "N1: le match entre les Francs Borains et La Louvière arrêté à 3-1 suite à l'envahissement de terrain des supporters de la RAAL (vidéos)" [N1: match between Francs Borains and La Louvière stopped at 3-1 due to pitch invasion by RAAL supporters (videos)] (in French). 12 November 2022.
    4. "DPG Media Privacy Gate".
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