Belgian National Division 1
Season2022–23
Dates18 August 2022 – 21 May 2023
ChampionsPatro Eisden
PromotedPatro Eisden
RFC Liège
Francs Borains
RelegatedNinove
Rupel Boom
Mandel United
Matches played380
Goals scored1,125 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerTeddy Chevalier
(31 goals)

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.

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

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Patro Eisden (C, P) 38 26 8 4 84 23 +61 86 Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2 RFC Liège (P) 38 25 11 2 99 29 +70 86
3 Francs Borains (P) 38 23 8 7 79 46 +33 77
4 RAAL La Louvière 38 22 7 9 72 39 +33 73
5 Jong KAA Gent 38 19 10 9 59 43 +16 67
6 Heist 38 16 13 9 69 59 +10 61
7 Olympic Charleroi CF 38 18 6 14 71 52 +19 60
8 Knokke 38 18 6 14 65 58 +7 60
9 Visé 38 15 11 12 66 52 +14 56
10 Thes 38 13 14 11 58 52 +6 53
11 OH Leuven U-23 38 15 6 17 61 68 −7 50[lower-alpha 1]
12 Tienen 38 12 10 16 50 60 −10 46
13 Zébra Élites Charleroi 38 12 8 18 41 58 −17 44
14 Dessel 38 11 10 17 45 65 −20 43
15 Sint-Eloois-Winkel 38 11 9 18 44 58 −14 42
16 Hoogstraten 38 11 8 19 46 60 −14 41
17 Young Reds Antwerp (O) 38 11 6 21 33 58 −25 39 Qualification for the Division 2 Promotion play-offs Final
18 Ninove[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 10 5 23 39 75 −36 35 Relegation to Division 2
19 Rupel Boom (R) 38 6 6 26 29 83 −54 24
20 Mandel United (R) 38 4 2 32 16 88 −72 14
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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 3–0 2–0 1–1
RFC Liège 2–1 — 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 6–2 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 1–3 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 4–2 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 4–0 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 3–0 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 2–1 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 0–3 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 3–3 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 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 — 0–3
Hoogstraten 1–2 1–1 2–6 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 —
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 21 May 2023.
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 France Teddy Chevalier Francs Borains 31
    France Jérémy Perbet RFC Liège
    2 Belgium Adriano Bertaccini Thes 26
    3 Albania Din Sula Knokke 22
    4 Belgium Mohamed Soumaré RAAL La Louvière 17
    5 Belgium Olivier Romero Gómez Ninove 16
    France Corenthyn Lavie Francs Borains
    6 Curaçao Joshua Zimmerman OH Leuven U23 15
    7 Belgium Adrien Bongiovanni Zébra Élites Charleroi 14
    8 Belgium Roman Ferber Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 13

    References

    1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/KVKNinove/posts/pfbid02X1ADntsfBASyyr6aqH7YLjnPAE1y3nzTzWdU3oKu8U89X54Ug2jdTfJdNQ1euyQul
    2. ↑ "National Division 1 2022/2023 - Season rules" (in Dutch). vbal4. Retrieved 21 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. ↑ De Munter, Kevin (2022-09-03). "Dreigt forfaitnederlaag voor Rupel Boom? Match tegen Tienen na zeven seconden gestaakt door brand aan lichtmast: "Te vroeg voor conclusies"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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