Division 1B 2018/19

Division 1B 2018/19
master	KV Mechelen
Climbers	KV Mechelen
Relegated	AFC Tubize
Teams	8th
Games	112 + 14 play-off games
Gates	337  (ø 2.67 per game)
Top scorer	Leonardo Miramar Rocha (19 goals, Lommel SK )
← Division 1B 2017/18 Division 1B 2019/20 →
↑ Division 1A 2018/19 1st Division Amateurs 2018/19 ↓

The Division 1B 2018/19 was the 102nd season of the second highest Belgian league for Men's Football and the third season as a professional Division 1B after restructuring of the leagues system for season 2016/17. The league's official name is Proximus League , named after the main sponsor Proximus .

mode

The season was played in two “ tranches ” of 14 match days each. The eight clubs played against each other twice in a round-trip round per tranche. The first tranche began on August 3, 2018 and ends on November 9, 2018. The second was carried out from November 16, 2018 to March 1, 2019.

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 places two to four of the overall table (except for the winners of the promotion games) played with nine clubs from division 1A, which occupied places seven to fifteen in two groups and in the final 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

Lommel Lions Mechelen Westerlo Wilrijk Roeselare Tubize Saint-Gilles

Clubs in Division 1B 2018/19

society	City / municipality	Stadion	capacity
Lommel SK	Lommel	Stadelijk sports stadium	12,500
Oud-Heverlee lions	Lions	Eneco stadium	09,016
KV Mechelen	Mechelen	AFAS stadium	17,500
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
KVC Westerlo	Westerlo	Het Kuipje	08,035
KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk	Wilrijk	Antwerp Olympic Stadium	12,771

Regular season

First installment

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. KV Mechelen (A)  14th  9  3  2 029: 900 +20 30th  2. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise  14th  7th  3  4th 023:140  +9 24  3. KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk  14th  7th  3  4th 019:190  ± 0 24  4th Lommel SK (N)  14th  6th  4th  4th 021:200  +1 22nd  5. KVC Westerlo  14th  6th  1  7th 016:200  −4 19th  6th Oud-Heverlee lions  14th  4th  3  7th 019:240  −5 15th  7th KSV Roeselare  14th  3  4th  7th 014:240 −10 13  8th. AFC Tubize  14th  2  3  9 015:260 −11 09 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference Participation in the promotion games (A) Relegated from Division 1A 2017/18 (N) Newcomers from the 1st Amateurs Division 2017/18

Crosstab First installment LOM MOVE Lommel SK 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 3: 1 Oud-Heverlee lions 1: 2 1: 3 1: 3 4: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 KVC Westerlo 4: 1 0: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 3: 2 2-0 2: 2 2-0 AFC Tubize 0: 2 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 3: 3 0: 3 0-0 KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk 1: 3 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 KV Mechelen 1: 2 3-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0 KSV Roeselare 2: 2 0: 4 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2

Second installment

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk  14th  8th  6th  0 029:140 +15 30th  2. KV Mechelen (A)  14th  8th  5  1 026:160 +10 29  3. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise  14th  6th  3  5 018:150  +3 21st  4th KSV Roeselare  14th  5  5  4th 019:170  +2 20th  5. KVC Westerlo  14th  3  6th  5 012:170  −5 15th  6th Oud-Heverlee lions  14th  4th  2  8th 021:240  −3 14th  7th AFC Tubize  14th  4th  2  8th 013:220  −9 14th  8th. Lommel SK (N)  14th  2  3  9 013:260 −13 09 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference Participation in the promotion games (A) Relegated from Division 1A 2017/18 (N) Newcomers from the 1st Amateurs Division 2017/18

Crosstab Second installment LOM MOVE Lommel SK 2: 3 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 Oud-Heverlee lions 3: 1 3-0 1: 2 0: 2 2: 2 1: 3 0: 1 KVC Westerlo 2: 2 0-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 3 2-0 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 AFC Tubize 0-0 1: 3 0-0 2-0 1: 3 0: 3 3: 2 KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk 3-0 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 5: 2 0-0 1: 1 KV Mechelen 3: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 5 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 KSV Roeselare 4: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0-0

Overall table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	KV Mechelen (A)	28	17th	8th	3	055:250	+30	59
2.	KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk	28	15th	9	4th	048:330	+15	54
3.	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	28	13	6th	9	041:290	+12	45
4th	KVC Westerlo	28	9	7th	12	028:370	−9	34
5.	KSV Roeselare	28	8th	9	11	033:410	−8	33
6th	Lommel SK (N)	28	8th	7th	13	034:460	−12	31
7th	Oud-Heverlee lions	28	8th	5	15th	040:480	−8	29
8th.	AFC Tubize	28	6th	5	17th	028:480	−20	23

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference

Participation in the promotion games as the winner of one of the two tranches ¹

Participation in the play-offs 2 of Division 1A 2018/19

Participation in the relegation round

(A)	Relegated from Division 1A 2017/18
(N)	Newcomers from the 1st Amateurs Division 2017/18

¹ The loser of the promotion games took part in the play-offs 2 of Division 1A.

Promotion Games

date		Result
Sat., March 9, 2019, 7:30 p.m.	KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk	0-0	KV Mechelen
Saturday, March 16, 2019, 4 p.m.	KV Mechelen	2: 1	KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk
Total:	KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk	1: 2	KV Mechelen

Decision of the Belgian Football Association

On June 1, 2019, the Appeals Committee of the Belgian Football Union decided to punish Mechelen for the manipulation of the game KV Mechelen against Waasland-Beveren on March 11, 2018 in the 2017/18 season in the first division by withdrawing promotion to the first division . Mechelen will remain in Division 1B in the 2019/20 season and will receive six points from each tranche. Instead of Mechelen, the loser of the promotion games, KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk , is promoted to the first division.

On June 6, 2019, the club appealed against this decision to the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport. The judgment cannot be enforced until its decision. On July 10, 2019, the arbitral tribunal ruled that withdrawing the ascent was not one of the possible sanctions. This means that KV Mechelen will play in the first division in the 2019/20 season.

Play-offs 2

→ Division 1A 2018/19

Relegation round

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total  1. Oud-Heverlee lions  6th  4th  1  1 011: 300  +8 13 15th 28  2. KSV Roeselare  6th  2  2  2 008: 700  +1 08th 17th 25th  3. Lommel SK (N)  6th  2  1  3 005: 500  ± 0 07th 16 23  4th AFC Tubize  6th  1  2  3 003:120  −9 05 12 17th Placement criteria: 1. Points - (2. Bonus points not rounded up) - 3. Wins - 4. Goal difference Point 2 was de facto not applicable this season, as half a point was rounded up at all four clubs. Relegation to the 1st division amateurs 2019/20 (N) Newcomers from the 1st Amateurs Division 2017/18

Crosstab Relegation round LOM KSV Roeselare 0: 1 2: 2 4-0 Lommel SK 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 Oud-Heverlee lions 3-0 1-0 0: 1 AFC Tubize 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Results and tables 2018/19. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Noah Fajersztajn: La Pro League acte prend. In: sport.be. Jupiler League, June 1, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019 (French). 
3. ↑ Match fixing process: Mechelen declines, Waasland-Beveren acquitted. Belgian Broadcasting, June 1, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019 . 
4. ↑ KV Mechelen in beroep bij het bas. KV Mechelen, June 6, 2019, accessed on June 6, 2019 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ Patrice Sintzen: Le FC Malines et Waasland-Beveren joueront en Jupiler Pro League. In: sport.be. Jupiler League, July 10, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 (French).