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2018–19 Belgian First Division B

The 2018–19 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2018 and ended in April 2019. It was the third season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division.

Belgian First Division B
Season2018–19
ChampionsMechelen
PromotedMechelen
RelegatedTubize
Top goalscorerLeonardo Rocha (16 goals)
Biggest home win9 matches (6x 3–0, 2x 4–1 & 1x 5–2)
Biggest away winMechelen vs Union SG, 0–5
Highest scoringBeerschot-Wilrijk vs Tubize, 5–2

The season was impacted by the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal which most notably involved Mechelen, as it was unclear upon completion of the season whether and how any involved clubs would be sanctioned and what the effect would be on the number of promotion and relegation places. As a result, Mechelen won the title and celebrated promotion on 16 March 2019, following a win over Beerschot Wilrijk in the promotion-playoffs, although the verdict on the investigation was still pending.[1] End of May, Mechelen was found guilty and not allowed to be promoted, with runners-up Beerschot Wilrijk taking their spot instead. Mechelen appealed the decision at the Belgian Court for Sportsarbitration, which confirmed the verdict of guilt in July, but also ruled that according to the rules of the Belgian Football FA Mechelen could not be penalized with relegation back to the Belgian First Division A as the violation occurred during a previous season, hence Mechelen was allowed to keep its promotion.

Team changes

In

Out

  • Cercle Brugge won the promotion play-offs against Beerschot-Wilrijk and was thus promoted after three seasons at the second level.
  • Lierse went bankrupt and dissolved as a team. Tubize had finished in last place in the relegation playoffs but were saved from relegation as a result of the bankruptcy of Lierse.

Team information

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B teams
MatriculeClubCityFirst season of
current spell at
second level		Coming from2017-18 resultStadiumCapacity
155FCO Beerschot WilrijkAntwerp2017–18Belgian First Amateur Division3rd (D1B)Olympic Stadium12,771
2554Lommel SKLommel2018–19Belgian First Amateur Division1st (D1Am) Soevereinstadion8,000
25MechelenMechelen2018–19Belgian First Division A16th (D1A) AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne16,672
18Oud-Heverlee LeuvenLeuven2016–17Belgian Pro League2nd (D1B)Den Dreef10,000
134K.S.V. RoeselareRoeselare2010–11Belgian Pro League5th (D1B)Schiervelde Stadion9,075
5632A.F.C. TubizeTubize2009–10Belgian Pro League8th (D1B)Stade Leburton9,000
10R. Union Saint-GilloiseSaint-Gilles, Brussels2015–16Belgian Third Division6th (D1B)Stade Joseph Marien5,500
2024K.V.C. WesterloWesterlo2017–18Belgian First Division A7th (D1B)Het Kuipje8,035

Personnel and kits

ClubManagerCaptainKit ManufacturerSponsors
Beerschot Wilrijk Stijn Vreven Tom PietermaatJomaDCA
Lommel Tom Van Imschoot Wouter ScheelenLegeaUnited Telecom
Mechelen Wouter Vrancken Seth De WitteKappaTelenet and AFAS
OH Leuven Vincent Euvrard Dimitri DaeseleireVermarcKing Power
Roeselare Juanito Raphaël LecomteJomaEuro Shop
Tubize Philippe Thys Quentin LaurentKappaNo shirt sponsor
Union SG Luka Elsner Charles MorrenPatrickCulture et Formation
Westerlo Bob Peeters Nicolas RommensSallerSoudal

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPositionReplaced byDate of appointment
Union SG Marc GrosjeanMutual consent8 May 2018 [2]Pre-season Luka Elsner23 May 2018 [3]
Beerschot Wilrijk Marc BrysSigned by Sint-Truiden21 May 2018 [4] Stijn Vreven25 May 2018 [5]
Mechelen Dennis van WijkSacked20 August 2018 [6]7th Wouter Vrancken21 August 2018 [7]
Roeselare Jordi Condom10 November 2018 [8]7th Nano12 November 2018 [9]
Roeselare NanoRelease fee paid by Shanghai Greenland Shenhua8 January 2019 [10]Closing tournament: 4th
Overall: 6th		 Juanito11 January 2019 [11]
OH Leuven Nigel PearsonSacked3 February 2019 [12]Closing tournament: 7th
Overall: 8th		 Vincent Euvrard8 February 2019 [13]

League table

Opening tournament

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationMECUSGB-WLOMWESOHLROETUB
1Mechelen14932299+2030Qualification to Promotion play-offs—2–13–01–22–03–03–01–0
2Union SG147342314+9242–2—2–0[a]1–12–01–22–03–2
3Beerschot Wilrijk1473419190241–01–0—1–31–13–12–11–0
4Lommel146442120+1220–31–01–2—0–11–13–12–2
5Westerlo146171620−4190–31–31–24–1—0–12–12–1
6OH Leuven144371924−5151–11–31–11–2[a][b]1–3—0–24–1
7Roeselare143471424−10132–21–12–12–20–1[a]0–4—2–1
8Tubize142391526−1190–3[a]0–23–30–22–03–10–0—
Source: Belgian First Division B (in French and Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[16]

Closing tournament

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationB-WMECUSGROEWESOHLTUBLOM
1Beerschot Wilrijk148602914+1530Qualification to Promotion play-offs—0–03–11–11–13–25–23–0
2Mechelen148512616+10291–1—0–52–23–02–13–13–2
3Union SG146351815+3211–11–2—1–20–02–11–01–0[c]
4Roeselare145541917+2201–20–01–1—1–13–10–14–2
5Westerlo143651217−5151–21–32–02–0—0–01–02–2
6OH Leuven144282124−3142–21–31–20–13–0—0–23–1
7Tubize144281322−9141–30–32–03–20–01–3—0–0
8Lommel142391529−1490–21–10–20–12–12–31–0—
Source: Belgian First Division B (in French and Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[16]

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Mechelen2817835525+3059Qualification to Promotion play-offs[a]
2Beerschot Wilrijk2815944833+1554
3Union SG2813694129+1245Qualification to Europa League play-offs
4Westerlo2897122837−934
5Roeselare2889113341−833Qualification to Relegation play-offs[b]
6Lommel2887133446−1231
7OH Leuven2885154048−829
8Tubize2865172848−2023
Source: Belgian First Division B (in French and Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[18]
Notes

Promotion play-offs

The winners of the opening tournament and the closing tournament will meet in a two-legged match to determine the division champion, who will promote to the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A. The team finishing highest in the aggregate table will be allowed to play the second leg at home. In case a single team wins both the opening and the closing tournament, that team will be promoted automatically and no play-offs will be organized.

On 9 November 2018, Mechelen won the opening tournament and was therefore assured of playing at least the promotion play-offs. On the final day of the closing tournament, Mechelen only managed a draw away to Lommel, allowing Beerschot Wilrijk to win the closing period. If Mechelen had won they would have assured direct promotion, instead they had to face Beerschot-Wilrijk in the promotion play-offs.

The first leg saw both teams having chances, with goalkeeper Michael Verrips making big saves in the first half to deny attempts by Erwin Hoffer and Gertjan De Mets, while in the second half Mechelen failed to take advantage of a red card for Jan Van den Bergh. In the second leg, Beerschot-Wilrijk again saw a player sent off following a vicious tackle by Marius Noubissi already after 32 minutes. Nikola Storm opened the score for Mechelen just after the start of the second half, but ten-men Beerschot-Wilrijk managed the equalizer through penalty kick and looked on its way to promote via the away goals rule, when substitute Clément Tainmont scored a volley just two minutes from time to win the match and send Mechelen back to the highest division after just one season in the Belgian First Division B. With that, Beerschot Wilrijk lost the promotion play-offs for the second consecutive year. Several weeks later, Mechelen was found guilty of match-fixing and not allowed to promote as a result, with Beerschot-Wilrijk taking their spot. Mechelen appealed the decision successfully, as per the rules of the Belgian FA they could no longer be punished for events of more than one year in the past.

Beerschot Wilrijk0–0Mechelen
Prychynenko  49'
Van den Bergh  54'   60'		ReportVan Damme  31'
Cornet  81'
Engvall  90+2'
Lemoine  90+3'
Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Mechelen2–1Beerschot Wilrijk
Storm 46'
Tainmont 88'
Engvall  90+3'		ReportNoubissi  32'
De Jonghe  45'
Vanzeir 64' (pen.)
Vanzeir  64'
Grisez  90+3'
Prychynenko  90+4'
Attendance: 16,298
Referee: Lawrence Visser

Mechelen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

The four bottom teams in the aggregate table took part in the relegation play-offs in which they kept half of the points they collected during the overall regular season (rounded up). As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Roeselare 17 points, Lommel 16, OH Leuven 15, and Tubize 12. As the points of all teams were rounded up, the half-point deduction was irrelevant in the case of ties. Tubize started the play-offs strongest, with 2 draws and a win, resulting in no team being safe after three matchdays. On matchday 4, Lommel became the first team to be certain of avoiding relegation following a 3–0 home win over Tubize. Standings after that matchday were Lommel at 23, OH Leuven at 22, Roeselare at 19, and Tubize at 17 (with Lommel ahead of Tubize in case of ties due to finishing higher in the regular season aggregate table). On matchday 5, Tubize was relegated as they first lost at home to OH Leuven 0–3, after which they needed Roeselare to drop points at Lommel two days later. A 0–1 away win of Roeselare meant Tubize was relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division and the final matchday was irrelevant, only for Roeselare to overtake Lommel in the final standings.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationOHLROELOMTUB
1OH Leuven6411113+828—3–01–00–1
2Roeselare622287+1252–2—0–14–0
3Lommel6213550230–20–1—3–0
4Tubize (R)6123312−917Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division0–31–11–1—
Source: Belgian First Division B (in French and Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained in the 2018–19 Aggregate table 4) Matches won; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Away matches won; 9) Play-off[19]
(R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of completion of the regular season.[20]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Leonardo RochaLommel16
2 Igor de CamargoMechelen13
Thomas HenryOH Leuven[nb 1]
Youssouf NiakatéUnion SG
Dante VanzeirBeerschot Wilrijk
6 Marius NoubissiBeerschot Wilrijk12
7 Faïz SelemaniUnion SG9
8 Gustav EngvallMechelen8
9 Jens NaessensWesterlo7
10 Kurt AbrahamsWesterlo6
Frédéric DuplusOH Leuven
Roman FerberUnion SG
Mathieu MaertensOH Leuven
Percy TauUnion SG
Tarik TissoudaliBeerschot Wilrijk
5 goals (6 players)
4 goals (3 players)
3 goals (16 players)
2 goals (17 players)
1 goal (32 players)
1 own goal (8 players)

Team of the season

Upon completion of the regular season a team of the season award was compiled, based upon the results of the team of the week results throughout the season, constructed based on nominations from managers, assistant-managers, journalists and analysts. The results were announced from 22 March 2019, with one player revealed each day.

PositionPlayerClubReference
GK Théo DefournyTubize[21]
RB Federico VegaUnion SG[22]
CB Thibault PeyreUnion SG & Mechelen[23]
CB Jan Van den BerghBeerschot Wilrijk[24]
LB Derrick TshimangaOH Leuven[25]
MF Onur KayaMechelen[26]
MF Lukas Van EenooWesterlo[27]
MF Robin HenkensLommel[28]
LW Nikola StormMechelen[29]
RW Percy TauUnion SG[30]
FW Igor de CamargoMechelen[31]

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teamsProvince or regionTeam(s)
3  AntwerpBeerschot Wilrijk, Mechelen and Westerlo
1  BrusselsUnion SG
 Flemish BrabantOH Leuven
 LimburgLommel
 Walloon BrabantTubize
 West FlandersRoeselare

Notes

References

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