Division 1B 2019/20

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Division 1B 2019/20
master K Beerschot VA
Climbers K Beerschot VA
Oud-Heverlee Lions
Relegated Sporting Lokeren (insolvency)
KSV Roeselare (no new license)
Royal Excelsior Virton
(no new license)
Teams 8th
Games 112 + 2 play-off games
 (113 played)
Gates 296  (ø 2.62 per game)
Top scorer Thomas Henry
( Oud-Heverlee Löwen , 15 goals)
← Division 1B 2018/19
↑ Division 1A 2019/20
1st Division Amateurs 2019/20 ↓

The Division 1B 2019/20 was the 103rd time the second highest Belgian league for Men's Football and the fourth 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 .

Decision regarding the promoter 2018/19

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 was to remain in Division 1B in the 2019/20 season and received six points in each tranche. Instead of Mechelen, the loser of the promotion games, KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk , should move up to the first division.

On June 6, 2019, the club appealed against this decision to the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport. 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 and Beerschot Wilrijk will remain in the second.

mode

The season is played in two “ tranches ” of 14 match days each. The eight clubs play against each other twice in a round-trip round per tranche. The first tranche began on August 2, 2019 and ends on November 9, 2019. The second will run from November 16, 2019 to February 28, 2020.

The winners of the two tranches determine the champion in two games , who then rose to division 1A. If a team wins both tranches, it will advance with no playoffs.

By resolution of June 7, 2019 by the general assembly of the Pro League clubs (all clubs in the first and second division), the further mode was changed from this season.

Contrary to the previous regulation, the clubs in places 1 to 6 of the overall table (formed from the games of both tranches) of division 1B (including the promoted player) will then play together with the clubs in positions 7 to 16 of the first division (i.e. including the Relegated from the First Division) in four groups of four clubs each in a double round against each other. The winners of the four groups determine the participants in the play-off 2 final in two semi-finals. The semi-finals and finals are played with a home and away leg.

The winner of this Play-off 2 final continues unchanged in another play-off against the fourth or fifth place in Play-off 1 for the last international starting place. In the event of corresponding sporting success and a corresponding license, a team from Division 1B can thus enter the Europa League.

The teams in positions 7 and 8 of the overall table play against each other in five games against relegation to Division 1 amateurs. The team in seventh place first has home rights and a lead of three points. Then home rights are changed game by game. Games that end in a draw will not be extended or otherwise decided.

The team that has fewer points after five games or can no longer reach the leading team is relegated.

Effects of the corona pandemic

After the increased incidence of COVID-19 diseases in Belgium from March 5, 2020 , the government issued the first restrictions after a meeting of the National Security Council on March 10, 2020. At this point the main round of Division 1B had already been completed and the first promotion game had also taken place. The second promotion game, which should take place on March 14, 2020, as well as the play-off 2 together with clubs from Division 1A and the relegation games were open.

After these restrictions, outdoor events were still allowed without restrictions. Pro League therefore saw no need for restrictions for the second promotion game. If the stadiums are not sold out, the spectators should be asked to distribute themselves evenly over the blocks. If possible, mobile food and beverage stalls should also be set up to reduce the queues in front of them.

The press conference planned for March 16, 2020 to present the play-off schedule has also been canceled. The game plan should simply be published on the Internet.

Due to further developments, Pro League decided on the morning of March 12, 2020, after consulting with experts, to hold the game behind closed doors. On the afternoon of the same day, the National Security Council banned all sporting events until April 3, 2020.

On March 19, 2020, after consulting the regional associations for amateur sports and Pro League, the Belgian Football Association decided that no professional games would take place in Belgium up to and including April 30, 2020. Joint training of the players is prohibited until April 5, 2020 by decision of the government's national security council.

On April 2, the Pro League Board of Directors recommended that the season be canceled. The final decision should be made by the assembly of all clubs on April 15th. This meeting has meanwhile been postponed several times to May 15, 2020. The play-off 2 of division 1A would then not take place. The question of promotion from Division 1B (one of two promotion games has already taken place) has not yet been dealt with.

At its meeting on May 6, 2020, the National Security Council banned all sporting events (including those without spectators) until July 31, 2020. At the meeting of the clubs on May 15, 2020, only the sporting consequences of this decision regarding promotion from Division 1B had to be decided.

The relegation games had meanwhile been done due to the bankruptcy of Sporting Lokeren . Since Division 1A was canceled, Play-off 2 is also canceled.

With regard to the open promotion game, it was decided that K Beerschot VA and Oud-Heverlee Löwen should find a venue and date before May 31, 2020, which is before August 7, 2020 (start of the 2020/21 season in Division 1A) got to. If no game date is found by May 31, 2020 or the game does not take place by August 7, 2020, the KVC Westerlo should rise first in the overall table. After the mayor of Leuven initially announced that after the general ban on sporting events had expired on July 31, 2020, he would ban a possible ghost game in Leuven due to endangering public safety, he agreed on May 25, 2020 that a ghost game would be held on May 1, 2020. or August 2, 2020.

August 2, 2020 was set as the game date for the promotion game - one week before the planned start of the new season in Division 1A.

societies

Clubs in Division 1B 2019/20
society City / municipality Stadion capacity
Lommel SK Lommel Stadelijk sports stadium 12,500
Oud-Heverlee lions Lions Eneco stadium 09,016
Sporting Lokeren Lokeren Daknam Stadium 12,000
KSV Roeselare Roeselare Schiervelde Stadium 09,461
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis King Baudouin Stadium 50.122
Royal Excelsior Virton Virton Stade Yvan Georges 03,622
KVC Westerlo Westerlo Het Kuipje 08,035
K Beerschot VA Wilrijk Antwerp Olympic Stadium 12,771

Regular season

First installment

table
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Oud-Heverlee lions  14th  9  2  3 022:100 +12 29
 2. Royal Excelsior Virton (N)  14th  9  0  5 026:100 +16 27
 3. KVC Westerlo  14th  8th  2  4th 021:100 +11 26th
 4th Royale Union Saint-Gilloise  14th  6th  5  3 018:150  +3 23
 5. K Beerschot VA  14th  5  2  7th 013:190  −6 17th
 6th Sporting Lokeren (A)  14th  3  4th  7th 013:230 −10 13
 7th KSV Roeselare  14th  3  2  9 015:310 −16 11
 8th. Lommel SK  14th  2  5  7th 009:190 −10 11
As of November 9, 2019
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored
  • Participation in the promotion games
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1A 2018/19
    (N) Newcomers from the 1st division amateurs 2018/19
    		Crosstab
    First tranche
    as of November 9, 2019     		LOM Oud-Heverlee lions KVC Westerlo Royale Union Saint-Gilloise VIR BEE Sporting Lokeren KSV Roeselare
    Lommel SK 0: 2 0: 2 2: 2 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 2: 1
    Oud-Heverlee lions 1-0 2: 1 0: 0 2 1-0 3-0 2: 3 4-0
    KVC Westerlo 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 2-0 4: 1
    Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3-0
    Royal Excelsior Virton 1-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 3-0 4-0 3: 2
    K Beerschot VA 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 1
    Sporting Lokeren 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 2-0
    KSV Roeselare 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3-0 (0: 5) 1 1: 1 2: 1
    1On September 10, 2019, KSV Roeselare was declared bankrupt by the commercial court for the province of West Flanders in Kortrijk . The association stated that it contradicted this decision because it had meanwhile settled the corresponding outstanding claims. This objection was only dealt with by the court on September 17, 2019. Until then, the curateur ( German  insolvency administrator ) had forbidden the association from any activity. An attempt by Pro League , the association of clubs in Division 1A and 1B, to postpone the championship game against Royal Excelsior Virton scheduled for September 15, 2019, has been rejected by Virton, as Virton's coach at a UEFA- Participates in the course. So this game was lost for Roeselare without a fight.
    2The game was canceled on November 1, 2019 after several power outages. According to an examination by the responsible energy supplier at the request of the Belgian Football Association, these failures were the result of disruptions outside the stadium on the morning of the match day. After the association had rated the game as a 5-0 loss for Leuven, the club appealed to the Belgian Court of Arbitration for the sport. This decided that the game should be repeated. The rerun is scheduled for February 11, 2020.

    Second installment

    table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. K Beerschot VA  13  7th  5  1 018: 800 +10 26th
     2. KVC Westerlo  14th  7th  2  5 024:200  +4 23
     3. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise  14th  5  7th  2 025:170  +8 22nd
     4th Royal Excelsior Virton (N)  13  5  5  3 018:110  +7 20th
     5. Oud-Heverlee lions  14th  5  2  7th 023:300  −7 17th
     6th Lommel SK  14th  4th  4th  6th 012:180  −6 16
     7th KSV Roeselare  14th  2  9  3 022:230  −1 15th
     8th. Sporting Lokeren (A)  14th  1  4th  9 011:260 −15 07th
    As of February 27, 2020
    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored
  • Participation in the promotion games
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1A 2018/19
    (N) Newcomers from the 1st division amateurs 2018/19
    		Crosstab
    Second tranche
    as of February 27, 2020     		LOM Oud-Heverlee lions KVC Westerlo Royale Union Saint-Gilloise VIR BEE Sporting Lokeren KSV Roeselare
    Lommel SK 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0
    Oud-Heverlee lions 3-0 1: 3 3: 5 0: 2 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1
    KVC Westerlo 2: 1 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1
    Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 2: 2 2: 3 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 1: 1 3: 3
    Royal Excelsior Virton 3: 1 4: 1 1: 1 0-0 : 1 1: 2 1: 1
    K Beerschot VA 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Sporting Lokeren 0: 1 1: 1 0: 4 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 1: 3
    KSV Roeselare 3: 1 2: 2 3: 5 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2
    1 see separate section for this game

    Repetition of the game Virton – Beerschot (second installment)

    On February 21, 2020 the Appeals Committee of the Belgian Football Association decided to cancel the game Royal Excelsior Virton – K Beerschot VA at the request of Beerschot. The winning goal came in 75 minutes from a free kick that was shot before the referee released the ball. Still, he had given the gate. The game should be rescheduled on March 2, 2020 after the last matchday. Virton and, as a third party involved, also the KFC Westerlo have lodged a complaint against this decision with the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport.

    On February 26, 2020, it declared that it was not responsible as long as all legal recourse before the Belgian Football Association had not been exhausted. A voluntary arbitration procedure was again not possible due to the lack of consent from the football association. The civil court of the province of Luxembourg , to which Virton and Westerlo referred, issued an injunction on February 28, 2020, stating that the game may only be repeated once all opportunities to appeal to the football association and then to the arbitration tribunal have been exhausted.

    The results of the games of the last game day on the evening of February 28, 2020 led to a table status that any possible outcome of a possible replay has no influence on promotion or relegation. On April 4, 2020, the Appeals Committee of the Football Association determined that Virton's objection to the repetition was unfounded. All deadlines for appeal to the football association have expired, so the game would have to be repeated in principle. However, gaming operations were suspended at this point due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

    A complaint by Virton against the replay of the game before the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport was dismissed on June 6, 2020. After new resolutions of the National Security Council no longer banned the game without spectators in July, the game was rescheduled for July 26, 2020.

    Overall table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. KVC Westerlo  28  15th  4th  9 045:300 +15 49
     2. Royal Excelsior Virton (N)  27  14th  5  8th 044:210 +23 47
     3. Oud-Heverlee lions  28  14th  4th  10 045:400  +5 46
     4th Royale Union Saint-Gilloise  28  11  12  5 043:320 +11 45
     5. K Beerschot VA  27  12  7th  8th 031:270  +4 43
     6th Lommel SK  28  6th  9  13 021:370 −16 27
     7th KSV Roeselare  28  5  11  12 037:540 −17 26th
     8th. Sporting Lokeren (A)  28  4th  8th  16 024:490 −25 20th
    Stand: Final stand

    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

  • Participation in the promotion games as the winner of one of the two tranches
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • (A) Relegated from Division 1A 2018/19
    (N) Newcomers from the 1st division amateurs 2018/19

    Promotion Games

    In the first leg, the team that took the worse place in the overall table has home rights .

    date total First leg Return leg
    March 8, 2020 4 p.m. / August 2, 2020 7 p.m. K Beerschot VA 5: 1 Oud-Heverlee lions 1-0 4: 1

    Relegation games

    KSV Roeselare and Sporting Lokeren would have played against each other. As a result of the insolvency of Sporting Lokeren (pronounced on April 20, 2020) and the refusal to license KSV Roeselare, the relegation games are not required.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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