2024–25 Belgian Division 3

Football league season

Belgian Division 3
Season	2024–25
Dates	August 2024 – May 2025
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 is scheduled to be the ninth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fifth tier of football in Belgium.

Team changes

In

Promoted from the Belgian Provincial Leagues were:
- Champions for each of the provincial leagues: Bevel (Antwerp), Sporting Bruxelles (Brabant ACFF), Rotselaar (Brabant VV), St-Ghislain Tertre Hautrage (Hainaut), Geer (Liège), Achel (Limburg), Harre-Manhay (Luxembourg), Biesme (Namur)
- In East-Flanders, Drongen took over the promotion spot of champions Munkzwalm, who did not ask for a license and were hence ineligible for promotion.
- In West-Flanders, provincial league champion K.S.V. Diksmuide merged with neighbours Oostende who ceased to exist after going bankrupt. The new club continues with the matricule number of Diksmuide under the name Diksmuide-Oostende.
- Due to teams folding or voluntarily relegating at this and higher levels, extra spots opened up:
  - Two extra teams were promoted from Liège: Aubel and Eupen 1963
  - One extra team was promoted from West-Flanders: Lauwe.
- Winner of the interprovincial round on VV side: De Kempen.
- Winners of the interprovincial round on ACFF side: Buzet, Evere, Libramont, Loyers, Tilff and R.A.FC Oppagne-Weris
Clubs relegated based on their finishing position in the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2: City Pirates, Hamoir, Londerzeel, Mandel United, Overijse, Rebecq and Wetteren.

Out

The four division champions were directly promoted to the Belgian Division 2: Westhoek (VV A), Termien (VV B), Onhaye (ACFF A) and Union Hutoise (ACFF D).
Also promoted via promotion play-offs were Aywaille, Berg en Dal, Crossing Schaerbeek, Habay-la-Neuve, Manageoise, Ostiches-Ath, Raeren-Eynatten, Pelt, Roeselare and Wellen.
To increase the number of U23 teams in the Belgian Division 2 Seraing II were also promoted.
Relegated to the Belgian Provincial Leagues based on their finishing position were: Aalter, Couvin-Mariembourg, Diest, Eksel, Herstal, Longlier, Pepingen-Halle, Symphorinois, Tamines, Wambeek Ternat, Wanze/Bas-Oha, Witgoor and Wolvertem Merchtem.

Belgian Division 3 VV A

Beerschot U23

Blankenberge

Diksmuide-Oostende

Drongen

Elene Grotenberge

Erpe-Mere

Hamme

Kalken

Lauwe

Lede

Mandel United

St-Denijs

Stekene

Wervik

Wetteren

Wielsbeke

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Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 VV A teams

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Beerschot U23	Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2
2	Blankenberge	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
3	Diksmuide-Oostende
4	Drongen
5	Elene Grotenberge
6	Erpe-Mere
7	Hamme
8	Kalken
9	Lauwe
10	Lede
11	Mandel United
12	St-Denijs Sport
13	Stekene	Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues
14	Wervik
15	Wetteren
16	Wielsbeke

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[1]

Belgian Division 3 VV B

Achel

Betekom

Bevel

City Pirates

De Kempen

Geel

Lommel SK B

Londerzeel

Nijlen

Overijse

Rotselaar

Schoonbeek-Beverst

Sint-Lenaarts

Turnhout

Zepperen-Brustem

Zwarte Leeuw

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Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 VV B teams

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Achel	Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2
2	Betekom	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
3	Bevel
4	City Pirates
5	De Kempen
6	Geel
7	Lommel SK B
8	Londerzeel
9	Nijlen
10	Overijse
11	Rotselaar
12	Schoonbeek-Beverst
13	Sint-Lenaarts	Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues
14	Turnhout
15	Zepperen-Brustem
16	Zwarte Leeuw

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[2]

Belgian Division 3 ACFF A

Braine

Jodoigne

Rebecq

St-Ghislain-Tertre-Hautrage

Perwez

Aische

Monceau

Arquet

Belœil

Biesme

Loyers

SC Bruxelles

Buzet

Ciney

Evere

Flénu

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Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 ACFF A teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rebecq	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2
2	Monceau	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF
3	Flénu	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
4	Loyers	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	Sporting Bruxelles	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	St-Ghislain Tertre Hautrage	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
7	Evere	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
8	Braine	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	Biesme	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
10	Arquet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	Buzet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
12	Perwez	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
13	Jodoigne	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues
14	Aische	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
15	Belœil	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
16	Ciney	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2024. Source: RBFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[3]

Belgian Division 3 ACFF B

Tilff

Waremmien

Sprimont

Geer

Libramont

Oppagne

Aubel

Hamoir

Meix-dt-Virton

Gouvy

Harre-Manhay

Mormont

Marloie

Elsautoise

Eupen 1963

Richelle

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Locations of the 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 ACFF B teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sprimont	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Promotion to the 2025–26 Belgian Division 2
2	Meix-dt-Virton	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF
3	Richelle United	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3
4	Aubel	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	Eupen 1963	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	Gouvy	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
7	Mormont	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	Oppagne-Weris	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	Libramont	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
10	Harre-Manhay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	Du Geer	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
12	Elsautoise	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
13	Hamoir	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Relegation to the 2025–26 Belgian Provincial Leagues
14	Tilff	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0
15	Waremmien	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0
16	Marloie	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0

References

^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2022.