2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division

The 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the third season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division.

Belgian Third Amateur Division
Season2018–19

Team changes

In

Out
  • Menen was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division A.
  • Heur-Tongeren was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division B.
  • La Louvière was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division C.
  • Tilleur was promoted after winning the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division D.
  • Diegem, Dikkelvenne and Eppegem were promoted as winners of the Third Amateur Division promotion play-offs VFV.
  • Couvin-Mariembourg, Francs Borains and Visé were promoted as winners of the Third Amateur Division promotion play-offs ACFF.
  • Cointe-Liège, Diest, Grimbergen, Habay, Herentals, Hoeilaart, Mariekerke, Ninove, Solre, Spy, Sterrebeek, Vlamertinge and Waterloo were relegated to the Belgian Provincial Leagues.
  • Bertrix decided to restart at the bottom level of the Belgian football pyramid due to financial trouble.

Merger

Name change

Belgian Third Amateur Division A
Kampenhout
Lebbeke
Lede
Melsele
Merelbeke
Oostkamp
Pepingen-Halle
Stekene
Wervik
Wetteren
Wingene
W-M
Zelzate
Zwevezele
Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division A teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Merelbeke (C, P) 30 17 8 5 49 25 +24 59 Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 Wetteren 30 17 6 7 60 36 +24 57 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3 Zwevezele (P) 30 16 7 7 63 35 +28 55
4 Pepingen-Halle (P) 30 14 9 7 49 30 +19 51
5 Wingene 30 13 10 7 42 32 +10 49
6 Stekene 30 14 5 11 38 37 +1 47
7 Zelzate 30 13 8 9 49 37 +12 47
8 Lebbeke 30 12 8 10 41 40 +1 44
9 Melsele 30 11 8 11 32 36 −4 41
10 Lede 30 9 11 10 36 38 −2 38
11 Wolvertem Merchtem 30 10 5 15 35 45 −10 35
12 Torhout 30 9 7 14 50 56 −6 34
13 Oostkamp (R) 30 9 4 17 55 62 −7 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs VFV
14 Wervik (R) 30 8 6 16 30 56 −26 30 Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15 Kampenhout (R) 30 6 7 17 30 48 −18 25
16 Woluwe-Zaventem (R) 30 7 1 22 41 87 −46 22
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2019. Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p010241.htm
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Belgian Third Amateur Division B
Betekom
Bilzen
Bornem
Helson H
Houtvenne
Leopoldsburg
Lyra-Lierse
Nijlen
Esperanza Pelt
Sint-Lenaarts
Termien
Ternesse
Wellen
Zwarte Leeuw
Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division B teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tienen (C, P) 30 20 5 5 57 27 +30 65 Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 Houtvenne 30 15 8 7 54 37 +17 53 Qualification to Promotion play-offs VFV
3 Lyra-Lierse Berlaar 30 14 10 6 48 32 +16 52
4 Sint-Lenaarts 30 13 7 10 58 46 +12 46
5 Betekom 30 13 6 11 52 50 +2 45
6 Zwarte Leeuw 30 11 10 9 50 48 +2 43
7 Termien 30 11 10 9 45 45 0 43
8 Wellen 30 11 9 10 45 42 +3 42
9 Helson Helchteren 30 11 7 12 47 54 −7 40
10 Esperanza Pelt 30 11 4 15 37 52 −15 37
11 Bornem 30 9 10 11 40 36 +4 37
12 Bilzen 30 8 11 11 53 58 −5 35
13 Ternesse (R) 30 9 6 15 38 52 −14 33 Qualification to Relegation play-offs VFV
14 Nijlen (R) 30 8 7 15 36 50 −14 31 Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15 Leopoldsburg (R) 30 8 6 16 35 56 −21 30
16 KRC Mechelen (R) 30 7 6 17 36 46 −10 27
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2019. Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p010242.htm
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Belgian Third Amateur Division C
Aische
Binche
CS Braine
Stade Braine
Ganshoren
Jette
Manage
Ostiches-Ath
Quévy-Mons
Stockel
Symphorinois
Tamines
Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division C teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Namur Fosses (C, P) 30 18 6 6 68 29 +39 60 Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 CS Braine 30 17 9 4 58 47 +11 60 Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3 Aische 30 16 6 8 59 47 +12 54
4 Tournai 30 14 10 6 46 25 +21 52
5 Léopold Uccle 30 14 6 10 53 36 +17 48
6 Ostiches-Ath 30 14 5 11 55 47 +8 47
7 Manageoise 30 13 8 9 50 38 +12 47
8 Quévy-Mons 30 13 5 12 45 45 0 44
9 Symphorinois 30 11 10 9 50 50 0 43
10 Stade Brainois 30 11 6 13 37 36 +1 39
11 Jette 30 9 7 14 48 56 −8 34
12 Wavre Sports 30 9 5 16 42 63 −21 32
13 Ganshoren 30 7 10 13 44 61 −17 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs ACFF
14 Tamines (R) 30 7 8 15 45 65 −20 29 Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15 Stockel (R) 30 6 5 19 38 69 −31 23
16 Binche (R) 30 4 8 18 33 73 −40 20
Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p020241.htm
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Belgian Third Amateur Division D
Aywaille
Condruzien
Givry
Herstal
Huy
Longlier
Meix-devant-Virton
Mormont
Onhaye
Oppagne-Wéris
Richelle
Sprimont
Stockay
La Calamine
Verlaine
Warnant
Locations of the 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division D teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stockay (C, P) 30 21 5 4 75 36 +39 68 Promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division
2 Givry (P) 30 20 5 5 59 31 +28 65 Qualification to Promotion play-offs ACFF
3 Richelle 30 18 9 3 61 23 +38 63
4 Verlaine (P) 30 16 7 7 52 35 +17 55
5 Onhaye (P) 30 13 10 7 64 47 +17 49
6 Warnant 30 14 6 10 54 40 +14 48
7 Aywaille 30 12 9 9 48 41 +7 45
8 Meix-devant-Virton 30 12 7 11 46 43 +3 43
9 Sprimont 30 12 6 12 53 51 +2 42
10 Herstal 30 12 6 12 56 61 −5 42
11 Mormont 30 9 10 11 48 56 −8 37
12 Huy 30 8 9 13 46 59 −13 33
13 Oppagne-Wéris 30 8 7 15 46 63 −17 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs ACFF
14 Longlier (R) 30 5 2 23 40 79 −39 17 Relegation to the 2019–20 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15 Union La Calamine (R) 30 3 6 21 30 61 −31 15
16 Condruzien (R) 30 3 4 23 26 78 −52 13
Source: https://www.vbal4.be/p020242z9.htm
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Championship matches

Both the two VFV and two ACFF teams winning their leagues can arrange a title match to determine the overall VFV and ACFF champions of the Belgian Third Division. This season, the overall ACFF champion was supposed to be determined over two legs, however Namur forfeited the return match after losing the first leg. On VFV side, Merelbeke and Tienen decided not to play a championship match. There was also no match between the overall VFV and ACFF champions.

Championship match ACFF

First Leg
Namur Fosses1–4Stockay
Rosmolen  42' report M. Lambert  13', 74', 83'
Saglam  90+1' (pen.)

Second Leg
Stockay5–0 FFNamur Fosses

Namur did not show up for the return match and lost 1-9 on aggregate. Stockay was crowned overall ACFF champion in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs VFV

The teams finishing in second place in the Third Amateur Division A and Third Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams promoting to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. Depending on the number of VFV teams relegating from the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division and possible mergers and bankruptcies, more teams might get promoted.

In Division A, Wetteren (2nd place overall) and Zwevezele (won two periods) qualified directly, while Pepingen-Halle and Wingene were awarded a place based on their league finish. In a similar fashion in Division B, Houtvenne (2nd place overall) and Lyra-Lierse (won one period) were joined by Sint-Lenaarts and Betekom.

VFV Round 1
Houtvenne1–0Wingene
Pepingen-Halle0–0 (a.e.t.)Wetteren
Penalties
3–0
Zwevezele3–0Sint-Lenaarts
Lyra-Lierse1–0Betekom

The four winners will continue into the VFV Round 2 to play for the two extra promotion places.

VFV Round 2
Pepingen-Halle3–1Houtvenne
Zwevezele2–0Lyra-Lierse

Pepingen-Halle and Zwevezele are promoted to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. Lyra-Lierse and Houtvenne moved to the third place match in case extra promotion places become available.

Third place match
Lyra-Lierse1–2Houtvenne
Flebus Van Asten
Naqqadi

By winning, Houtvenne is first in line to promote in case an extra spot opens up.

Promotion play-offs ACFF

The team finishing in second place in the Third Amateur Division C and Third Amateur Division D will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the ACFF will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams promoting to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division although more places could come up which is why the third round also features a match between the losers of the second round.

In Division C, CS Braine won two periods with the other being won by champion Namur Fosses. The three remaining spots were taken by third, fourth and fifth placed teams, respectively Aische, Tournai and Léopold Uccle. In Division D, Givry and Verlaine had each managed to win a period. Richelle and Onhaye also qualified as the two highest finishers.

ACFF Round 1
Léopold Uccle1–3Onhaye
Sow  6' report Granville  45+2'
Th. Delplank  52'
Lambert  90+2'
Givry5–1Aische
Tchamdjou  34'
Hinck  48', 78'
Sylla  53'
Rémy  90'		 Report Marrazza  63'
Richelle2–1[1]Tournai
Busarello  78' (pen.)
Weber  90'		 report Salmi  76'
replay
Richelle1–3Tournai
Renauld  30'
Niro  50'
Deghaye  72'
Marly  90'		 report El Ghandor  3'
Ndiaye  45'
Hassan  90+2' (pen.)
Verlaine2–1CS Braine
Guillaume  81', 87' report Bilstein  90+2'

The four winners moved on to round 2 to contend for promotion, while the losing teams remain in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.

ACFF Round 2

The two winning teams will be promoted to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division, the losing teams will play a match to determine third and fourth place in case extra promotion places would come up.

Givry1–2Verlaine
Schinckus  72' (pen.) Collée  61' (pen.), 88' (pen.)
Tournai0–2Onhaye
Lambert  37', 90+2'

Verlaine and Onhaye won promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. A third team will be promoted in case Visé, playing in the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs, wins promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division. Therefore, Givry and Tournai will play a third-place match.

Third place match
Givry3–1Tournai
Sylla  72'
Remy  45' (pen.)
Fondaire  84' (pen.)		 Tandoh  84'

By winning, Givry was first in line to promote in case an extra available spot. As Visé won promotion to the Belgian First Amateur Division, an extra ACFF team was promoted, resulting in Givry moving up.

Relegation play-offs

ACFF
Oppagne-Wéris3–1Ganshoren

Due to the results in higher leagues, prior to the match it was certain the winner of this ACFF play-off would avoid relegation. Ganshoren was eventually spared as well.

VFV
Oostkamp2–1Ternesse

At the time of the match, it was yet uncertain whether there would be one or two extra VFV teams relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division. Ternesse faced relegation by losing the match, Oostkamp also faced relegation three weeks later as ACFF team Visé got promoted, resulting in an extra team from VFV to be relegated.

References
  1. The match between Richelle and Tournai played on 5 May was stopped for about 45 minutes due to a serious injury, after which it was continued. After the match, Tournai successfully appealed the result as regulations specify any match stopped for 30 minutes or more should be abandoned and replayed in full at a later date.
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