Division 1B 2016/17

	Division 1B 2016/17
master	Royal Antwerp
Climbers	Royal Antwerp
Relegated	Lommel United
Teams	8th
Games	112 + 14 play-off games ;
Gates	334 (ø 2.65 per game)
Top scorer	Dylan De Belder; ( Lierse SK ) 21 goals
	← 2nd division 2015/16 Division 1B 2017/18 →
	↑ Division 1A 2016/17 1st Division Amateurs 2016/17 ↓

The Division 1B 2016/17 was the 100th season of the second highest Belgian league for men's soccer and the first season as a professional Division 1B after restructuring of the leagues system for season 2016/17. The official name of the league was Proximus League , named after the main sponsor Proximus .

mode

The season was played in two stages, so-called ( tranches ) of 14 game days each. The eight clubs played against each other twice in a round-trip round per tranche. The first tranche began on August 5, 2016 and ended on November 6, 2016. The second was carried out from November 11, 2016 to February 26, 2017.

The winners of the two tranches determined the master in two games , who then rose to Division 1A. If a team won both tranches, it rose without a playoff.

The three clubs in positions two to four of the overall table (except for the winners of the promotion games) played with nine clubs from Division 1A, which occupied positions seven to fifteen in two groups and subsequent finals from one participant who then competed against fourth the Division 1A could qualify for the Europa League .

The teams in places five to eight played a relegated team in the relegation round . The points from the overall table were halved and added as bonus points. In the event of a tie, the team whose points were not rounded up was better placed.

societies

Clubs in Division 1B 2016/17

society	City / municipality	Stadion	Capacity ^*
Royal Antwerp	Antwerp	Bosuil Stadium	12,975
Cercle Brugge	Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,945
Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Lions	Eneco stadium	09,016
Lierse SK	Lier	Herman Vanderpoorten Stadium	14,538
Lommel United	Lommel	Soevereinstadion	08,000
KSV Roeselare	Roeselare	Schiervelde Stadium	09,461
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis	King Baudouin Stadium	50.122
AFC Tubize	Tubize	Stade Leburton	08,100

^* All capacities, unless stated on the respective club website, come from www.europlan-online.de.

Regular season

First installment

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	KSV Roeselare	14th	9	3	2	024:150	+9	30th
2.	Lierse SK	14th	8th	4th	2	026:140	+12	28
3.	Royal Antwerp	14th	5	5	4th	019:150	+4	20th
4th	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	14th	5	3	6th	022:220	± 0	18th
5.	AFC Tubize	14th	5	2	7th	023:290	−6	17th
6th	Oud-Heverlee Leuven (A)	14th	3	6th	5	018:210	−3	15th
7th	Lommel United	14th	3	4th	7th	020:270	−7	13
8th.	Cercle Brugge	14th	3	3	8th	018:270	−9	12
Status: end of season

Participation in the promotion games

(A)	A bsteiger from the 1. Division 2015/16 : Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Table history

1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th

1	7th	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th	5	6th	7th	4th	5	6th
7th	4th	5	5	6th	7th	7th	4th	3	4th	3	3	3	3
1	8th	8th	6th	4th	6th	6th	3	4th	3	4th	5	6th	5
7th	6th	4th	4th	3	4th	4th	7th	7th	7th	5	7th	8th	8th
1	2	2	2	5	2	3	5	6th	5	6th	6th	4th	4th
1	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
1	1	1	1	2	3	5	6th	8th	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th
1	5	6th	8th	7th	5	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1

Crosstab

First installment
Oud-Heverlee Leuven		1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 3	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1
Royal Antwerp	2: 1		2-0	2: 1	4-0	1: 2	0: 1	1-0
AFC Tubize	0: 1	2: 2		4: 1	2: 2	1: 3	0: 4	4: 1
Cercle Brugge	2: 4	1: 1	4: 1		2: 1	0-0	3: 1	0: 3
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2		2: 2	3: 1	1: 2
Lierse SK	2: 2	2-0	5: 1	2-0	2: 1		0: 2	0: 2
Lommel United	2: 2	1: 1	3: 6	1: 1	1: 2	0: 3		1: 2
KSV Roeselare	2: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0