2015–16 Belgian Third Division

Belgian Third Divisions

Season	2015–16
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The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Third Divisions is the 89th season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, since it was established in 1926.

Participating teams

The league is composed of 37 teams split into two groups of 18 and 19. Teams will play only other teams in their own division.

As a part of changes in the Belgian league system to be implemented in 2016, the Third Division will be rebranded either as Amateur Superleague or Amateur First Division and contracted to 16 teams. The three-period rankings and promotion playoff between third and fourth tier teams are scrapped. The 7th to 17th (or 18th) placers in each group relegate to the restructured fourth division called Amateur Second Division, while the last placers also relegate to the new fifth division called Amateur Third Division.^[1][2]

For the 2016–17 season onwards, the Amateur Superleague will be made up of 16 teams, namely the nine relegated from the 2015–16 Second Division, the 2015–16 champion and runner-up of each Third Division group, the winner of qualifying playoffs contested by 3rd to 6th ranked teams in each group, and the winner of the match between losing playoff finalists. These teams must meet technical and administrative criteria.^[3]

Group A Acrenoise Bornem Eendracht Aalst FCV Dender EH Gent-Zeehaven FC Gullegem Hamme Izegem La Louvière Centre Londerzeel Olsa Brakel Oudenaarde Racing Mechelen Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sint-Niklase Sparta Petegem Temse Torhout

Group B Beerschot Wilrijk Berchem Sport Bocholter VV Cappellen Diegem Sport Grimbergen Hamoir Hasselt Hoogstraten Liège Oosterzonen Oosterwijk Rupel Boom Sprimont Comblain Tempo Overijse Tienen-Hageland Union La Calamine Walhain Wallonne Ciney Woluwe-Zaventem

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hamme (C) (P)	34	21	5	8	66	31	+35	68	Qualification to the Amateur First Division
2	Sint-Eloois-Winkel (P)	34	16	13	5	56	43	+13	61
3	Oudenaarde	34	17	9	8	70	45	+25	60	Qualification to the Qualifying Play-offs
4	FCV Dender EH	34	16	11	7	69	43	+26	59
5	Londerzeel	34	17	8	9	58	37	+21	59
6	Sparta Petegem	34	16	8	10	66	54	+12	56
7	Eendracht Aalst	34	15	9	10	66	55	+11	54	Relegation to the Amateur Second Division
8	Temse	34	15	8	11	60	48	+12	53
9	La Louvière Centre	34	14	8	12	54	44	+10	50
10	Olsa Brakel	34	11	13	10	56	46	+10	46
11	Gullegem	34	10	15	9	50	45	+5	45
12	Gent-Zeehaven	34	11	10	13	50	56	−6	43
13	Sint-Niklase	34	11	9	14	51	57	−6	42
12	Bornem	34	9	11	14	54	56	−2	38
15	Izegem	34	7	7	20	51	73	−22	28
16	Torhout	34	8	4	22	29	75	−46	28
17	Acrenoise	34	5	9	20	37	86	−49	24
18	Racing Mechelen	34	5	7	22	33	82	−49	22	Relegation to the Amateur Third Division

Updated to games played on 24 February 2016.
Source: Group A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beerschot Wilrijk (C) (P)	36	21	8	7	64	39	+25	71	Qualification to the Amateur First Division
2	Oosterzonen Oosterwijk (P)	36	19	14	3	68	38	+30	71
3	Bocholter	36	19	7	10	52	41	+11	64	Qualification to the Qualifying Play-offs
4	Hasselt	36	18	6	12	63	41	+22	60
5	Wallonne Ciney	36	17	6	13	57	42	+15	57
6	Sprimont-Comblain	36	16	8	12	56	43	+13	56
7	Liège	36	15	8	13	58	56	+2	53	Relegation to the Amateur Second Division
8	Hamoir	36	15	7	14	70	74	−4	52
9	Rupel Boom	36	15	6	15	65	55	+10	51
10	Berchem Sport	36	14	8	14	51	55	−4	50
11	Cappellen	36	14	7	15	51	56	−5	49
12	Hoogstraten	36	13	9	14	60	60	0	48
13	Walhain	36	12	11	13	48	57	−9	47
14	Tempo Overijse	36	12	9	15	47	56	−9	45
15	Union La Calamine	36	12	4	20	44	59	−15	40
16	Tienen-Hageland	36	10	10	16	52	56	−4	40
17	Grimbergen	36	9	7	20	38	55	−17	34
18	Woluwe-Zaventem	36	9	6	21	34	61	−27	33
19	Diegem Sport	36	8	7	21	33	67	−34	31	Relegation to the Amateur Third Division

Updated to games played on 24 February 2016.
Source: Group B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. Chenot, Vincent (10 June 2015). "VOICI LA NOUVELLE RÉFORME DES D3 ET PROMOTIONS: UN SEUL DESCENDANT PAR D3 ET PROMOTION POUR LA SAISON 2015-2016". sudinfo.be (in French).
2. Lecaillon, Stéphane (15 June 2015). "Le football belge réformé et régionalisé ce lundi". L'Avenir (in French).
3. "Licences 2016-2017 : mode d'emploi" (in French). SportBelge. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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