The 1925–26 season was the 26th season of competitive football in Belgium. Beerschot AC won their 4th Division I title, which was also their 3rd consecutive Belgian title. At the end of the season, SC Anderlechtois, CS Verviétois and R Tilleur FC were relegated to the Promotion, while RC de Bruxelles, FC Malinois and CS La Forestoise were promoted.
For season 1926-27, major changes were brought to the league system. Division I was renamed Division d'Honneur (French for Premier Division), Promotion was renamed Division I with one division of 14 teams (instead of 2) and a third level was introduced, named Promotion and played as 3 divisions of 14 teams each. The bottom two teams in Division d'Honneur would be relegated to Division I (with the top two in Division I promoted, while the bottom 3 teams in Division I would be relegated to the Promotion, with the winners of the 3 Promotion divisions would be promoted to Division I.
Also, the Belgian Cup was played for the first time since World War I.
Season | 1925–26 | |
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National team
editDate | Venue | Opponents | Score* | Comp | Belgium scorers | Match Report |
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December 13, 1925 | Stade du Pont d'Ougrée, Liège (H) | Austria | 3-4 | F | Ivan Thys, Maurice Gillis, Raymond Braine | FA website |
February 14, 1926 | Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels (H) | Hungary | 0-2 | F | FA website | |
March 14, 1926 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) | The Netherlands | 1-1 | F | Ferdinand Adams | FA website |
April 11, 1926 | Pershing, Paris (A) | France | 3-4 | F | Michel Vanderbauwhede, Ivan Thys, Gérard Devos | FA website |
May 2, 1926 | Sportpark Oud-Roosenburgh, Amsterdam (A) | The Netherlands | 5-1 | F | Raymond Braine (2), Jan Diddens, Ferdinand Adams, Maurice Gillis | FA website |
May 24, 1926 | Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (H) | England | 3-5 | F | Ivan Thys, Raymond Braine (2) | FA website |
June 20, 1926 | Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels (H) | France | 2-2 | F | Maurice Gillis, Ferdinand Adams | FA website |
* Belgium score given first
Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = On neutral ground
- F = Friendly
- o.g. = own goal
Honours
editCompetition | Winner |
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Division I | Beerschot AC |
Promotion | RC de Bruxelles and FC Malinois |
Final league tables
editDivision I
editPromotion
editPromotion A
editPos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
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1 | RC de Bruxelles | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 96 | 22 | +74 | 45 | Promoted to Premier Division |
2 | CS La Forestoise | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 38 | |
3 | FC Turnhout | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 38 | |
4 | White Star AC | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 30 | |
5 | Saint-Ignace SC Antwerpen | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 83 | 57 | +26 | 29 | |
6 | Oude God Sport | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 29 | |
7 | SRU Verviers | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 53 | -3 | 27 | |
8 | Stade Louvaniste | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 68 | 69 | -1 | 25 | Relegated to form Promotion |
9 | Courtrai Sports | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 25 | |
10 | AS Renaisienne | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 64 | -22 | 25 | |
11 | FC Sérésien | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 66 | -14 | 23 | |
12 | RC de Vottem | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 81 | -42 | 17 | |
13 | ESC de Bruxelles | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 36 | 86 | -50 | 7 | |
14 | US Tournaisienne | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 27 | 94 | -67 | 6 |
Promotion B
editPos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | GF | GA | Pts | GD | Notes |
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1 | FC Malinois | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 106 | 32 | 43 | +74 | Promoted to Premier Division |
2 | Boom FC | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 34 | 37 | +19 | |
3 | Liersche SK | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 51 | 33 | +10 | |
4 | Uccle Sport | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 80 | 57 | 32 | +23 | |
5 | AS Herstalienne | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 46 | 31 | +10 | |
6 | RFC Liégeois | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 35 | 29 | +29 | |
7 | TSV Lyra | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 25 | 29 | +17 | |
8 | CS Tongrois | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 51 | 29 | +3 | Relegated to form Promotion |
9 | AS Ostendaise | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 25 | -11 | |
10 | R Léopold Club de Bruxelles | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 73 | 18 | -19 | |
11 | SR Dolhain FC | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 74 | 16 | -37 | |
12 | Albert Elisabeth Club de Mons | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 78 | 15 | -29 | |
13 | Vanneste Genootschap Oostende | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 75 | 13 | -40 | |
14 | Vilvorde FC | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 84 | 13 | -45 |
External links
edit- RSSSF archive - Final tables 1895-2002
- Belgian clubs history Archived 2015-11-01 at the Wayback Machine