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2024–25 Challenger Pro League - Wikipedia

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Challenger Pro League
Season	2024–25
Relegated	Deinze
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season of the Challenger Pro League began on 16 August 2024 and is scheduled to end in May 2025. It is the third season under its new name after being renamed from First Division B.

Team changes

Incoming

La Louvière and Lokeren-Temse were promoted from the 2023–24 Belgian National Division 1. Both clubs will play their first-ever season at the second level, although they both represent new versions of older successful defunct teams which even played at the highest level: R.A.A. Louviéroise and K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.
Eupen and RWDM were relegated from the 2023–24 Belgian Pro League. Eupen returns after 8 years in the top flight, RWDM after just one.

Outgoing

Beerschot and Dender EH were promoted to the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League, respectively as champions and runners-up.
SL16 FC were relegated to the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1 after finishing in the bottom position.
Oostende dissolved at the end of last season.

Name change

Lierse Kempenzonen announced on 13 June 2024 that it had received approval to change the club name to Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring, thereby taking the same name Lierse as the former now defunct club Lierse SK.^[1]

Team information

Stadiums and locations

Patro Eisden Maasmechelen

Locations of the 2024–25 Challenger Pro League teams

Matricule	Club	City	First season of current spell at second level	Coming from	2023-24 result	Stadium	Capacity
4068	Beveren	Beveren	2021–22	Belgian First Division B	8th (CPL)	Freethiel Stadion	8,190
3	Club NXT	Bruges^[a]	2022–23	U23 competition	9th (CPL)	Schiervelde Stadion	8,340
818	Deinze	Deinze	2020–21	Belgian First Amateur Division	3rd (CPL)	Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion	7,515
4276	Eupen	Eupen	2024–25	Belgian Pro League	16th (BPL)	Kehrwegstadion	8,363
5192	Francs Borains	Boussu	2023–24	Belgian National Division 1	14th (CPL)	Stade Robert Urbain	6,000
322	Jong Genk	Genk	2022–23	U23 competition	10th (CPL)	Luminus Arena	24,956
94	La Louvière	La Louvière	2024–25	Belgian National Division 1	1st (NatD1)	Stade du Tivoli	12,500
3970	Lierse	Lier	2020–21	Belgian First Amateur Division	11th (CPL)	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion	14,538
4297	Lokeren-Temse	Lokeren	2024–25	Belgian National Division 1	2nd (NatD1)	Daknamstadion	12,136
2554	Lommel SK	Lommel	2018–19	Belgian First Amateur Division	4th (CPL)	Soevereinstadion	8,000
3434	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen	Maasmechelen	2023–24	Belgian National Division 1	6th (CPL)	Gemeentelijk Sportparkstadion	5,500
4	RFC Liège	Liège	2023–24	Belgian National Division 1	7th (CPL)	Stade de Rocourt	8,000
167	RFC Seraing	Seraing	2023–24	Belgian Pro League	15th (CPL)	Stade du Pairay	8,207
35	RSCA Futures	Anderlecht, Brussels	2022–23	U23 competition	12th (CPL)	King Baudouin Stadium	38,000
5479	RWD Molenbeek	Molenbeek, Brussels	2024–25	Belgian Pro League	15th (BPL)	Edmond Machtens Stadium	12,266
5381	Zulte Waregem	Waregem	2023–24	Belgian Pro League	5th (CPL)	Regenboogstadion	12,500

^ Club NXT did not play its home matches at the same venue as the A-squad of Club Brugge (the Jan Breydel Stadium) but rather they moved to Roeselare to play in the Schiervelde Stadion.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zulte Waregem	14	11	1	2	32	15	+17	34	Promoted to Pro League
2	La Louvière	14	10	2	2	27	14	+13	32	Promoted to Pro League
3	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen	14	7	6	1	30	12	+18	27	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	RWD Molenbeek	14	8	3	3	27	16	+11	27	Qualification for promotion play-offs
5	Club NXT	14	6	4	4	23	18	+5	22	Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs
6	Beveren	14	5	5	4	15	15	0	20	Qualification for promotion play-offs
7	Lierse	14	5	4	5	23	22	+1	19	Qualification for promotion play-offs
8	Lommel	14	5	4	5	21	23	−2	19
9	Eupen	14	4	3	7	24	27	−3	15
10	Lokeren-Temse	14	4	3	7	13	19	−6	15
11	RSCA Futures	14	3	4	7	18	24	−6	13	Ineligible for promotion and promotion play-offs
12	RFC Liège	14	3	4	7	16	25	−9	13
13	Francs Borains	14	4	1	9	14	28	−14	13
14	Seraing	14	2	5	7	14	25	−11	11
15	Jong Genk	14	3	1	10	18	32	−14	10	Relegated to National Division 1
16	Deinze (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Relegated to National Division 1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Challenger Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals made.^[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ On 12 November 2024, Deinze were deducted 3 points for outstanding unpaid player wages.^[2] One month later, on 11 December 2024, the club was declared bankrupt and all its results were voided. The club will be considered last and only one other team will be relegated.^[3]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each round, with postponed matches and points deductions only included when occurring. Teams with fewer matches played are shown with their position underlined.

On 12 November, between matchdays 11 and 12, Deinze was deducted 3 points for outstanding unpaid player wages.^[2]
On 11 December, between matchdays 14 and 15, Deinze was declared bankrupt and all their results voided. The team will be classified last and only one other team will be relegated.^[3]

Colored cells refer to being promoted (green), in promotion play-offs (yellow) or relegation play-offs (red). Note that U23 teams are ineligible for promotion and playoffs, and the coloring is adjusted accordingly. Furthermore, if one of the mother clubs of these four teams is relegated, the U23 would automatically take up one of the relegation spots as U23 teams always have to remain at least one level below their mother club, this is not accounted for in the coloring until after the season.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
La Louvière	6	9	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Zulte Waregem	12	11	11	5	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	1
RWD Molenbeek	9	7	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen	8	6	8	11	7	4	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4
Club NXT^[a]	1	3	7	10	11	8	10	7	8	8	7	8	6	5
Beveren	5	8	9	3	8	9	11	11	10	11	9	7	7	8
Lierse	7	2	5	9	6	7	5	6	7	7	8	6	8	7
Lommel	10	13	12	7	5	6	7	8	5	4	5	5	5	6
Eupen	3	5	10	12	12	10	8	9	9	9	12	10	11	11
RSCA Futures^[a]	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	15
RFC Liège	15	16	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	10	11	9	9
Lokeren-Temse	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	15	13	10	11	12	12	14
Seraing	13	12	14	14	13	14	15	14	15	14	13	16	14	12
Jong Genk^[a]	4	1	4	6	9	11	9	10	12	13	14	13	15	16
Francs Borains	11	10	6	8	10	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	16	13
Deinze	2	4	1	4	3	5	6	5	6	5	6	9	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

^ ^a ^b ^c ineligible for promotion and playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2024. Source: vbal4.be

Results

Home \ Away	LAL	ZWA	RWD	PEM	NXT	BEV	LIE	LOM	EUP	AND	RFC	L-T	SER	GNK	FRB	DEI
La Louvière		2 Feb	21 Dec	0–2	1–1	2–0	14 Mar	5–1	28 Feb	18 Jan	3–1	2–0	15 Feb	2–1	6 Apr	~~12 Apr~~^[a]
Zulte Waregem	2–1		18 Apr	11 Jan	2–1	4–0	0–1	8 Mar	25 Jan	29 Mar	3–1	1–0	5–1	21 Feb	2–2	~~7 Feb~~^[a]
RWD Molenbeek	1–1	2–1		1–1	15 Dec	0–2	3–0	11 Apr	2–1	8 Feb	11 Jan	9 Mar	28 Mar	24 Jan	21 Feb	~~3–2~~^[b]
Patro Eisden Maasmechelen	23 Feb	0–1	4 Apr		2–2	9 Mar	3–3	4–0	18 Apr	3–1	2–0	17 Jan	22 Dec	8 Feb	4–1	~~3–1~~^[b]
Club NXT	26 Jan	20 Dec	16 Feb	1 Mar		2–0	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–0	5 Apr	4–0	1–1	14 Mar	18 Apr	~~12 Jan~~^[a]
Beveren	12 Jan	2 Mar	14 Mar	0–0	13 Apr		1–0	2–1	4 Apr	1–1	15 Feb	0–1	0–0	3–2	4–0	~~26 Jan~~^[a]
Lierse	1–2	14 Feb	1 Feb	11 Apr	19 Jan	29 Mar		22 Dec	3–0	8 Mar	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–2	4–0	~~0–1~~^[b]
Lommel	18 Apr	1–2	0–2	15 Mar	7 Feb	22 Feb	1–1		1–1	2–1	26 Jan	1–1	2 Mar	5 Apr	10 Jan	~~1–1~~^[b]
Eupen	3–4	1–3	18 Jan	0–4	30 Mar	2–2	9 Feb	1 Feb		22 Feb	21 Dec	0–1	12 Apr	3–1	8 Mar	~~14 Dec~~^[a]
RSCA Futures	1–2	2–3	2–1	25 Jan	1 Feb	18 Apr	2–0	15 Feb	2–2		1 Mar	6 Apr	15 Mar	11 Jan	0–1	~~1–4~~^[b]
RFC Liège	9 Mar	19 Jan	2–1	30 Mar	1–1	0–0	23 Feb	1–1	0–3	3–3		15 Dec	31 Jan	13 Apr	8 Feb	~~3–0~~^[b]
Lokeren-Temse	9 Feb	12 Apr	1–4	2–2	22 Feb	22 Dec	24 Jan	30 Mar	10 Jan	0–1	15 Mar		0–1	4–0	0–1	~~0–0~~^[b]
Seraing	0–1	6 Apr	4–4	0–0	7 Mar	9 Feb	12 Jan	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	18 Apr		0–2	25 Jan	~~23 Feb~~^[a]
Jong Genk	29 Mar	2–3	0–3	15 Dec	1–2	2 Feb	18 Apr	0–4	16 Feb	1–0	4–1	2 Mar	19 Jan		1–2	~~7 Mar~~^[a]
Francs Borains	0–1	15 Mar	1–2	2 Feb	1–2	18 Jan	28 Feb	1–3	3–2	13 Apr	1–2	16 Feb	0–1	20 Dec		~~28 Mar~~^[a]
Deinze	~~1–2~~^[b]	~~2–2~~^[b]	~~1 Mar~~^[a]	~~14 Feb~~^[a]	~~2–0~~^[b]	~~3–1~~^[b]	~~5 Apr~~^[a]	~~17 Jan~~^[a]	~~15 Mar~~^[a]	~~21 Dec~~^[a]	~~18 Apr~~^[a]	~~31 Jan~~^[a]	~~0–1~~^[b]	~~1–0~~^[b]	~~0–3~~^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Matches cancelled as Deinze was declared bankrupt on 11 December.^[3]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Results voided on 11 December as Deinze was declared bankrupt.^[3]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 13 December 2024^[5]

Note that following the bankruptcy of Deinze on 11 December, all goals made in matches involving Deinze were removed as these matches were voided.^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jelle Vossen	Zulte Waregem	11
2	Mouhamed Belkheir	La Louvière	8
	Piotr Parzyszek	RWDM
	Keano Vanrafelghem	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
5	Kaye Furo	Club NXT	6
6	Bryan Adinany	Lierse	5
	Shandre Campbell	Club NXT
	Regan Charles-Cook	Eupen
	Flavio Da Silva	RFC Liège
	Pape Moussa Fall	Seraing
	Emrehan Gedikli	Eupen
	Keisuke Goto	RSCA Futures
	Mohamed Guindo	La Louvière
	Robin Mirisola	Jong Genk
	Gaëtan Robail	RWDM
	Mathis Servais	Beveren
	Ilyes Ziani	RWDM

4 goals (7 players)

3 goals (14 players)

1 goal (76 players)

Sander Coopman (Beveren)
Dylan Dassy (Beveren)
Jay-Dee Geusens (Beveren)
Liam Kerrigan (Beveren)
Ahmed Khatir (Beveren)
Anthony Limbombe (Beveren)
Hadji Issa Moustapha (Beveren)
Dries Wuytens (Beveren)
Sem Audoor (Club NXT)
Liam De Smet (Club NXT)
Benjamin Faraas (Club NXT)
Hugo Siquet (Club NXT)
Siebe Wylin (Club NXT)
Teddy Alloh (Eupen)
Bertan Caliskan (Eupen)
Jan Gorenc (Eupen)
Pape Niang (Eupen)
Isaac Nuhu (Eupen)
Yanis Massolin (Francs Borains)
Kays Ruiz-Atil (Francs Borains)
Adrian Troć (Francs Borains)
Michiel Cauwel (Jong Genk)
Thomas Claes (Jong Genk)
Wilson Da Costa (Jong Genk)
Cédric Nuozzi (Jong Genk)
Matthias Oyatambwe (Jong Genk)
Raphaël Eyongo (La Louvière)
Samuel Gueulette (La Louvière)
Joël Ito (La Louvière)
Owen Maës (La Louvière)
Maxence Maisonneuve (La Louvière)
Kenny Nagera (La Louvière)
Victor Daguin (Lierse)
Niklo Dailly (Lierse)
Pieter De Schrijver (Lierse)
Maksim Kireev (Lierse)
Che Krabbendam (Lierse)
Brent Laes (Lierse)
Luc Marijnissen (Lierse)
Beni Mpanzu (Lierse)
Pietro Perdichizzi (Lierse)
Aske Sampers (Lierse)
Emmanuel Tshimbalanga (Lierse)
Indy Boonen (Lokeren-Temse)
Toon Janssen (Lokeren-Temse)
Sam Van Aerschot (Lokeren-Temse)
Cederick Van Daele (Lokeren-Temse)
Gil Van Moerzeke (Lokeren-Temse)
Sam De Grand (Lommel)
Filip Stevanović (Lommel)
Kjetil Borry (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
Papa Demba Ndior (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
Jordan Renson (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
William Simba (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
Lukas Van Eenoo (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
Reno Wilmots (Patro Eisden Maasmechelen)
Zakaria Atteri (RFC Liège)
Jordan Bustin (RFC Liège)
Alessio Cascio (RFC Liège)
Jonathan D'Ostilio (RFC Liège)
Alexis Lefebvre (RFC Liège)
Ismaël Baouf (RSCA Futures)
Tristan Degreef (RSCA Futures)
Joren Dom (RSCA Futures)
Milan Robberechts (RSCA Futures)
Islamdine Halifa (RWDM)
Marsoni Sambu (RWDM)
David Sousa (RWDM)
Mohamed Camara (Seraing)
Yannis Lawson (Seraing)
Nils Schouterden (Seraing)
Atli Barkarson (Zulte Waregem)
Joseph Opoku (Zulte Waregem)
Nicolas Rommens (Zulte Waregem)
Anton Tanghe (Zulte Waregem)
Abdoulaye Traoré (Zulte Waregem)

1 own goal (7 players)

Luca Dalla Costa (Eupen, scored for Francs Borains)
Yentl Van Genechten (Eupen, scored for Lokeren-Temse)
Liam De Smet (Club NXT, scored for La Louvière)
Alfred Caicedo (Jong Genk, scored for Lokeren-Temse)
Nunzio Engwanda (RSCA Futures, scored for RFC Liège)
Amando Lapage (RSCA Futures, scored for La Louvière)
Marvin Tshibuabua (Seraing, scored for Lierse)

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams	Province or region	Team(s)
3	East Flanders	Beveren, Deinze and Lokeren-Temse
	Liège	Eupen, RFC Liège and Seraing
	Limburg	Jong Genk, Lommel and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
2	Brussels	RSCA Futures and RWDM
	Hainaut	Francs Borains and La Louvière
	West Flanders	Club NXT and Zulte Waregem
1	Antwerp	Lierse

Notes

References

^ https://www.lierse.com/nieuws/welkom-terug-klsk
^ ^a ^b "Valse (door)start in Deinze: club krijgt puntenaftrek en ontkent "staking" van de spelers" [False (re)start in Deinze: club gets points deduction and denies "strike" of players]. Sporza. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e https://sporza.be/nl/2024/12/09/het-doek-is-definitief-gevallen-over-deinze-tweedeklasser-failliet-verklaard-na-mislukte-overname~1733771488819/
^ "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "Spelersstatistieken". Retrieved 18 August 2024.

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