Английская Википедия:Belgian National Division 1

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The Belgian National Division 1, commonly referred to as simply Eerste Nationale (in Dutch) or Nationale 1 (in French) is a semi-professional and the third-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Challenger Pro League. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, coming in at the third level and pushing all divisions one level down. Until the 2019–20 season, it was known as the Belgian First Amateur Division, but was renamed due to the negative connotation of the word amateur.

History

The Belgian First Amateur Division was created in 2016 following an overhaul of the Belgian football league system which saw the number of professional clubs reduced to 24. As a result, from the third level and below only amateur clubs remain. The two remaining levels above the Belgian Provincial leagues were reformed into three amateur levels, namely the Belgian First Amateur Division, the Belgian Second Amateur Division and the Belgian Third Amateur Division. As a result, the Belgian Provincial Leagues dropped to the sixth level of the league system. In 2020 the levels were renamed to Belgian National Division 1, Belgian Division 2, and Belgian Division 3 respectively. In 2022–23, the league was expanded to 20 teams but reduce to 18 teams from 2023–24.

Competition format

The season is a regular round-robin tournament with 18 teams. The top two teams automatically direct promotion to Challenger Pro League for 2024–25 season.

Regarding relegation, the bottom three teams are automatically demoted, while the team finishing in 17th place play a relegation playoff together with three teams from the Belgian Division 2 with the playoff winner obtaining a spot in the following season's Belgian National Division 1.

Past results overview

Season	Regular season winner	Promotion play-off participants	Champions	Promoted	Relegated
2016–17	Beerschot Wilrijk	Beerschot Wilrijk, Dessel Sport, Heist and Virton	Beerschot Wilrijk	Beerschot Wilrijk	Coxyde, Hasselt, Sprimont-Comblain and WS Bruxelles
2017–18	Lommel	Deinze, Dessel Sport, Knokke and Lommel	Knokke	Lommel	Berchem, Hamme and Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
2018–19	Tessenderlo	Deinze, Lierse Kempenzonen, Tessenderlo and Virton	Virton	Virton	Aalst, ASV Geel, Knokke and Oudenaarde
2019–20	Deinze	not held due to coronavirus pandemic	Deinze	Deinze, RWDM47 and Seraing	Tubize
2020–21	season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
2021–22	RFC Liège	Dender EH, Dessel Sport, Knokke and RFC Liège	Dender EH	Dender EH	La Louvière Centre
2022–23	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen	no playoffs this season	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen	Francs Borains, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen and RFC Liège	Mandel United, Ninove, Rupel Boom