2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division
| Season | 2016–17 |
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← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
The 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division is the inaugural season of the newly created division at the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 23 June 2016.[1]
Participating teams
For the inaugural season the following teams will participate:
- The bottom eight teams from the 2015–16 Belgian Second Division: Dessel Sport, Seraing United, Virton, ASV Geel, Deinze, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, Heist and Coxyde
- WS Brussels who were refused a Belgian professional football license and were therefore relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division in spite of becoming champions in the 2015–16 Belgian Second Division. As a result, Roeselare avoided relegation and remained in the Belgian Second Division.
- The top two teams in both group A and group B of the 2015–16 Belgian Third Division that had applied and obtained a Belgian remunerated football license: Hamme, Oudenaarde, Beerschot Wilrijk and Oosterzonen Oosterwijk
- The three Promotion play-offs winners: Sprimont-Comblain, FCV Dender EH and Hasselt.
League table
Regular season
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beerschot Wilrijk | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 22 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Dessel | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 21 | |
| 3 | Virton | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 19 | |
| 4 | Deinze | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 17 | |
| 5 | ASV Geel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 14 | |
| 6 | Dender EH | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 14 | |
| 7 | WS Brussels | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | |
| 8 | Heist | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Hasselt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 | |
| 10 | Oudenaarde | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 11 | Seraing | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 10 | |
| 12 | Hamme | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 10 | |
| 13 | Oosterzonen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 7 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | Relegation to the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division |
| 15 | Sprimont-Comblain | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 5 | |
| 16 | Coxyde | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 5 |
Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
Source:
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.
Promotion play-offs
The teams finishing in the top four positions will enter the promotion play-offs. The points obtained during the regular season will be halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. The leading team after the play-offs gains promotion to the 2017–18 Belgian First Division B.
References
- ↑ "Kalender 1ste Klasse Amateurs 2016-2017". Belgian First Division B. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.