1925–26 in Belgian football

The 1925–1926 season was the 26th season of competitive football in Belgium. Beerschot AC won their 4th Division I title, which was also their 3rd consecutive Belgian title. At the end of the season, SC Anderlechtois, CS Verviétois and R Tilleur FC were relegated to the Promotion, while RC de Bruxelles, FC Malinois and CS La Forestoise were promoted.
For season 1926-27, major changes were brought to the league system. Division I was renamed Division d'Honneur (French for Premier Division), Promotion was renamed Division I with one division of 14 teams (instead of 2) and a third level was introduced, named Promotion and played as 3 divisions of 14 teams each. The bottom two teams in Division d'Honneur would be relegated to Division I (with the top two in Division I promoted, while the bottom 3 teams in Division I would be relegated to the Promotion, with the winners of the 3 Promotion divisions would be promoted to Division I.
Also, the Belgian Cup was played for the first time since World War I.

National team

Date Venue Opponents Score* Comp Belgium scorers Match Report
December 13, 1925 Stade du Pont d'Ougrée, Liège (H) Austria 3-4 F Ivan Thys, Maurice Gillis, Raymond Braine FA website
February 14, 1926 Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels (H) Hungary 0-2 F FA website
March 14, 1926 Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) The Netherlands 1-1 F Ferdinand Adams FA website
April 11, 1926 Pershing, Paris (A) France 3-4 F Michel Vanderbauwhede, Ivan Thys, Gérard Devos FA website
May 2, 1926 Sportpark Oud-Roosenburgh, Amsterdam (A) The Netherlands 5-1 F Raymond Braine (2), Jan Diddens, Ferdinand Adams, Maurice Gillis FA website
May 24, 1926 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (H) England 3-5 F Ivan Thys, Raymond Braine (2) FA website
June 20, 1926 Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels (H) France 2-2 F Maurice Gillis, Ferdinand Adams FA website

* Belgium score given first

Key

Honours

Competition Winner
Division I Beerschot AC
Promotion RC de Bruxelles and FC Malinois

Final league tables

Division I

Promotion

Promotion A

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1RC de Bruxelles2620519622+7445Promoted to Premier Division
2CS La Forestoise2618267147+2438
3FC Turnhout2617458831+5738
4White Star AC2613495140+1130
5Saint-Ignace SC Antwerpen26133108357+2629
6Oude God Sport2611785246+629
7SRU Verviers26115105053-327
8Stade Louvaniste26105116869-125Relegated to form Promotion
9Courtrai Sports26113124748-125
10AS Renaisienne26105114264-2225
11FC Sérésien2695125266-1423
12RC de Vottem2673163981-4217
13ESC de Bruxelles2631223686-507
14US Tournaisienne2622222794-676

Promotion B

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1FC Malinois2621141063243+74Promoted to Premier Division
2Boom FC261655533437+19
3Liersche SK261538615133+10
4Uccle Sport261448805732+23
5AS Herstalienne261439564631+10
6RFC Liégeois261178643529+29
7TSV Lyra261178422529+17
8CS Tongrois261097545129+3Relegated to form Promotion
9AS Ostendaise2610511465725-11
10R Léopold Club de Bruxelles268216557318-19
11SR Dolhain FC266416377416-37
12Albert Elisabeth Club de Mons265516497815-29
13Vanneste Genootschap Oostende263716357513-40
14Vilvorde FC264517398413-45

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