2015–16 Belgian Second Division

The 2015–16 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) began on 8 August 2015 and ended in April 2016.

Belgian Second Division
Season2015–16
ChampionsWS Brussels
PromotedEupen
RelegatedWS Brussels, Dessel Sport, Seraing United, Virton, ASV Geel, Deinze, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, Heist and Coxyde.
Matches played160
Goals scored462 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerMamadou Diallo (15 goals)
Biggest home winEupen 6–0 Patro Eisden (7 October 2015)[1]
Biggest away winHeist 1–6 Tubize (17 October 2015)[2]
Highest scoringHeist 1–6 Tubize (17 October 2015)
Seraing 5–2 Heist (28 November 2015)[3]
Eupen 3–4 Antwerp (16 December 2015)[4]
Geel 4–3 Roeselare (19 December 2015)[5]

Structural changes

This season was the last under the name Second Division. Starting from 2016-17 the league is known as First Division B as a result of reforms in the Belgian league system. The champions were promoted and 9 teams relegated to the third division named Amateur First Division or Amateur Superleague, while no team was promoted from the lower division.[6] Promotion playoffs were not played and three-period rankings were not applied.

Team changes

After promotion and relegation, only 11 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 5 others being replaced. One team was not replaced, thus reducing the competition to 17 teams.

Out

In

Team information

ClubCityFirst season of
current spell in
second division
Coming from2014-15 resultStadiumCapacity
Royal Antwerp F.C.Antwerp2004–05Belgian Pro League10th (D2)Bosuilstadion16,649
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.Bruges2015–16Belgian Pro League15th (D1)Jan Breydel Stadium29,945
K.V.V. CoxydeKoksijde2015–16Belgian Third Division1st (D3A)Henri Housaegerstadion2,500
K.M.S.K. DeinzeDeinze2015–16Belgian Third Division2nd (D3B)Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion7,515
K.F.C. Dessel SportDessel2012–13Belgian Third Division15th (D2)Lorzestraat5,000
K.A.S. EupenEupen2011–12Belgian Pro League3rd (D2)Kehrweg Stadion8,000
AS Verbroedering GeelGeel2013–14Belgian Third Division13th (D2)De Leunen10,022
K.S.K. HeistHeist-op-den-Berg2010–11Belgian Third Division14th (D2)Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum3,000
Lierse S.K.Lier2015–16Belgian Pro League16th (D1)Herman Vanderpoortenstadion14,538
Lommel UnitedLommel2005–06Belgian Third Division2nd (D2)Soevereinstadion12,500
K. Patro Eisden MaasmechelenMaasmechelen2014–15Belgian Third Division16th (D2)Patro-stadion5,000
K.S.V. RoeselareRoeselare2010–11Belgian Pro League11th (D2)Schiervelde Stadion9,075
Seraing UnitedSeraing2014–15Belgian Provincial Leagues5th (D2)Stade Pairay6,744
A.F.C. TubizeTubize2009–10Belgian Pro League8th (D2)Stade Leburton9,000
R. White Star BruxellesBrussels2011–12Belgian Third Division12th (D2)Stade Fallon2,500
R.E. VirtonVirton2013–14Belgian Third Division6th (D2)Stade Yvan Georges4,000
R. Union Saint-GilloiseSaint-Gilles, Brussels2015–16Belgian Third Division2nd (D3B)Stade Joseph Marien6,000

Personnel and kits

ClubManagerCaptainKit ManufacturerSponsors
Antwerp David Gevaert KappaONE Antwerp
Cercle Frederik Vanderbiest MasitaADMB
Coxyde Hugo Vandenheede JakoVandermeeren
Dessel Bart Wilmssen SallerTuytelaers
Deinze Dennis Van Wijk NikeDeclercq Stortbeton
Dakota
Eupen Tintín Márquez BurrdaAspire Academy
Geel Vincent Euvrard OlympicTormans
Heist Francis Bosschaerts SallerKovera
Lierse Slaviša Stojanović JakoWadi Degla
Lommel Bart De Roover LegeaBelien Auto
Derdaele+
Maasmechelen Vacant Jartazie.Baillien
Roeselare Franky Van Der Elst JomaEuro Shop
Saint-Gilloise Marc Grosjean PatrickCulture et Formation
Seraing Dražen Brnčić MasitaStartpeople
VOO
Tubize Colbert Marlot KappaNo sponsor
Virton Frank Defays JakoEmond BMW
White Star John Bico NikeNo sponsor

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1RWS Brussels (C, R, D)3219675328+2563Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division[a]
2Eupen (P)3218866934+3562Promotion to the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A[a]
3Antwerp3218865220+3262Qualification to the 2016–17 Belgian First Division B
4Tubize3217695134+1757
5Cercle Brugge32141265635+2154
6Union SG32156115034+1651
7Lierse3214995341+1251
8Lommel32148104329+1450
9Roeselare[1]32148104647−150
10Dessel (R)32146123840−248Relegation to the 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division
11Seraing (R)32135144550−544
12Virton (R)32810144055−1534
13ASV Geel (R)32613134056−1631
14Deinze (R)32611153658−2229
15Patro Eisden Maasmechelen (R)3259183363−3024
16Heist (R)3247213982−4319
17Coxyde (R)32210202967−3816
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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Antwerp0–12–03–00–00–02–12–00–10–12–02–00–14–02–01–11–0
Cercle Brugge2–21–01–01–14–03–32–02–20–01–12–14–01–31–12–21–1
Coxyde0–32–22–20–10–20–22–21–10–12–22–40–33–22–33–30–5
Deinze1–11–41–00–21–10–04–41–00–31–01–22–20–22–12–11–2
Dessel0–30–31–12–02–21–23–10–11–04–00–10–31–01–32–00–3
Eupen3–42–10–05–10–14–13–11–42–06–04–02–00–10–02–13–1
ASV Geel1–13–32–22–21–10–31–12–11–10–04–30–22–12–10–12–2
Heist1–30–23–01–10–21–52–10–11–21–41–22–21–61–34–11–0
Lierse0–02–33–12–13–11–14–24–00–02–20–02–32–11–21–11–3
Lommel0–10–23–13–32–00–34–13–10–05–12–02–01–13–14–10–0
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen1–40–10–32–01–21–20–03–01–41–14–11–10–12–10–20–3
Roeselare0–11–14–12–21–12–22–13–22–11–03–20–20–01–10–30–0
Seraing United0–00–32–11–51–20–34–15–20–21–03–11–20–20–33–00–5[a]
Tubize2–12–02–02–11–21–11–03–31–22–01–00–13–12–11–12–2
Union Saint-Gilloise2–12–10–03–04–00–12–14–03–01–01–11–31–21–23–11–0
Virton1–22–13–00–01–41–40–01–12–31–22–21–42–12–10–02–1
WS Brussels0–41–02–02–01–04–22–14–14–21–03–02–01–00–21–01–0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2016. Source: Belgian Second Division (in French)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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