Belgian_Women's_First_Division

Belgian Women's First Division

Belgian Women's First Division

Football league

The Belgian Women's First Division (Dutch: Eerste Klasse, French: Première Division, German: Erste Division) is the second highest women's football league of Belgium.

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The league was the top level league until 2011–12. It was first played in 1973–74. From 2012 to 2013 to 2014–16 Belgium's best teams play in the joint league with the best Dutch teams in the BeNe League. The champion of the league qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

In 2015/16 the top level Super League was established above the First Division.[1]

Format

For the season 2014–15, 14 teams participate, playing a double round-robin schedule to decide the champion. The bottom team is relegated to the Belgian Women's Second Division, the 3rd level. The 13th-placed team played a relegation match against the 2nd-placed team of the second division.

2023-2024 teams

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Belgian champions

Main article: List of Belgian women's football champions

The winners of the first division were Belgian champions until 2012 when the league was superseded by the BeNe League.[2][3] The first two seasons featured local competitions, at the end of the season the winners played for the championship.

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League winners since 2013

Winners of the First Division as a second level league.

  • 2012/13: DVC Eva's Tienen
  • 2013/14: DVC Eva's Tienen
  • 2014/15: DVC Eva's Tienen
  • 2015/16: Standard Liège II
  • 2016/17: AA Gent II

Record champions

Listed are the number of championships from 1972 to 2012.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Royal Belgian FA".
  2. [2]
    "Landskampioenen (Dames)". footbel.be. 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Belgium – List of Women Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Standard Fémina de Liège is kampioen bij de vrouwen" (in Dutch). KBVB. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
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