Belgian Pro League B
FM20 Update
97 / 200Reputation
—League games
8Clubs
£67,851,358Total squad value
Competition
- Code
- D1B
- Nation
- Belgium
- Confederation
- Europe
- Type
- Standard division
- Level
- 1
- Reputation
- 97 / 200
- Status
- Active
- Season
- — – —
- Colours
- —
- Short name
- Pro League B
- Parent competition
- —
- Crowd tendencies
- 0
- Sections and feeder divisions
- Belgian Pro League B Closing Stage, Belgian Pro League B Opening Stage
Format
Partial export
- Teams
- 8
- League games
- —
- Promoted in
- —
- Relegated
- —
- Champions League
- —
- Europa League
- —
- Conference League
- —
- Play-offs
- —
- Maximum games
- 28
- Joined since 2015–16
- K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen from Belgian Third Division B, KVC Westerlo from Belgian Pro League A, Oud-Heverlee Leuven from Belgian Pro League A, Sporting Lokeren from Belgian Pro League A
- Left since 2015–16
- AFC Tubize now in Belgian First Amateur Division, Allemaal Samen Verbroedering Geel now in Belgian Second Amateur Division B, K Lierse SK, K Patro Eisden Maasmechelen now in Belgian First Amateur Division, KAS Eupen now in Belgian Pro League A, KFC Dessel Sport now in Belgian First Amateur Division, KMSK Deinze now in Belgian First Amateur Division, KSK Heist now in Belgian First Amateur Division, KSV Cercle Brugge now in Belgian Pro League A, KVV Coxyde, R Antwerp FC now in Belgian Pro League A, RFC Seraing now in Belgian First Amateur Division, Royal White Star Bruxelles
Squad rules
Partial export
- Registered squad
- —
- Home-grown
- —
- Club-trained
- —
- Foreign players
- —
- Under-21
- —
- Loans
- —
Most titles
100 recorded titlesFMDB calculation
Season table
In the export
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal White Star Bruxelles | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 63 |
| 2 | KAS Eupen | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 69 | 34 | 35 | 62 |
| 3 | R Antwerp FC | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 20 | 32 | 62 |
| 4 | AFC Tubize | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 57 |
| 5 | KSV Cercle Brugge | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 54 |
| 6 | Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 51 |
| 7 | K Lierse SK | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 51 |
| 8 | Lommel SK | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 50 |
| 9 | KSV Roeselare | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 47 | -1 | 50 |
| 10 | KFC Dessel Sport | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 48 |
| 11 | RFC Seraing | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 50 | -5 | 44 |
| 12 | R Excelsior Virton | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 55 | -15 | 34 |
| 13 | Allemaal Samen Verbroedering Geel | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 56 | -16 | 31 |
| 14 | KMSK Deinze | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 58 | -22 | 29 |
| 15 | K Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 63 | -30 | 24 |
| 16 | KSK Heist | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 82 | -43 | 19 |
| 17 | KVV Coxyde | 32 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 67 | -38 | 16 |
Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.
2015–16 — full season table. Showing 17 of 17 recorded rows. Points are shown as stored.
League strength
FMDB calculation
Columns
| K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen | 5500 | 83 | 107 | 117 | 21.3 | £8,396,393 | £95,273 | — | 12296 | 8500 |
| KSV Roeselare | 5500 | 80 | 100 | 118 | 21.0 | £5,912,251 | £100,664 | — | 8950 | 1200 |
| KVC Westerlo | 5500 | 79 | 104 | 119 | 19.9 | £11,596,300 | £192,693 | — | 7783 | 6400 |
| Lommel SK | 4500 | 78 | 100 | 113 | 20.1 | £7,279,814 | £140,277 | — | 12500 | 2000 |
| Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 5500 | 81 | 108 | 122 | 20.8 | £10,835,142 | £136,680 | — | 10019 | 7500 |
| R Excelsior Virton | 3750 | 92 | 102 | 113 | 24.4 | £7,997,466 | £37,627 | — | 4087 | 1237 |
| Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | 5250 | 81 | 107 | 119 | 21.1 | £7,564,627 | £120,367 | — | 8081 | 2450 |
| Sporting Lokeren | 5700 | 81 | 107 | 119 | 20.7 | £8,269,365 | £196,772 | — | 12461 | 7800 |
Best in the league
FMDB calculation
Under-21s at 1 July 2019, the start of the 2019–20 season, ranked on recorded potential. Players without a full birth date, and coded potential bands, which cannot be ranked, are left out.
| # | Player | Club | Age | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tristan Daniel Borges | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 20 | 125 |
| 2 | Dylan Louis Ange Ouédraogo | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 20 | 124 |
| 3 | Thomas Nzinga Ngimbi | Sporting Lokeren | 20 | 105 |
| 4 | Ben Ronald Kifoumbi | Sporting Lokeren | 20 | 90 |
Squad value per club is in the league strength table above, summed from player.estimated_value over each club's whole squad. The competition total is the Total squad value figure in the header.
Roll of honour
Placings point at teams, not clubs
Across versions
Recorded
| Version | Reputation |
|---|---|
| CM0102 Release | 6 |
| CM0203 Release | 6 |
| CM0304 Release | 6 |
| CM0304 Update | 6 |
| FM05 Release | 70 |
| FM05 Update | 90 |
| FM06 Release | 90 |
| FM07 Release | 75 |
| FM07 Update | 75 |
| FM08 Release | 75 |
| FM09 Release | 75 |
| FM09 Update | 75 |
| FM10 Release | 75 |
| FM10 Update | 75 |
| FM11 Release | 75 |
| FM11 Update | 75 |
| FM12 Release | 75 |
| FM12 Update | 75 |
| FM13 Release | 75 |
| FM13 Update | 75 |
| FM14 Release | 75 |
| FM14 Update | 89 |
| FM15 Release | 89 |
| FM15 Update | 89 |
| FM16 Release | 92 |
| FM16 Update | 92 |
| FM17 Release | 94 |
| FM17 Update | 94 |
| FM18 Release | 97 |
| FM18 Update | 97 |
| FM19 Release | 96 |
| FM19 Update | 96 |
| FM20 Release | 97 |
| FM20 Update | 97 |
| FM21 Release | 97 |
| FM21 Update | 96 |
| FM22 Release | 95 |
| FM23 Release | 91 |
| FM24 Release | 96 |
| FM26 Release | 102 |
| FM26 Update | 102 |
| Version | Name as recorded |
|---|---|
| CM0102 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| CM0203 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| CM0304 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| CM0304 Update | Belgian Second Division |
| FM05 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| FM05 Update | Belgian Second Division |
| FM06 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| FM07 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| FM07 Update | Belgian Second Division |
| FM08 Release | Belgian Second Division |
| FM09 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM09 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM10 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM10 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM11 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM11 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM12 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM12 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM13 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM13 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM14 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM14 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM15 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM15 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM16 Release | Belgian Second League |
| FM16 Update | Belgian Second League |
| FM17 Release | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM17 Update | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM18 Release | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM18 Update | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM19 Release | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM19 Update | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM20 Release | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM20 Update | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM21 Release | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM21 Update | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM22 Release | Belgian Pro League B |
| FM23 Release | Belgian Challenger Pro League |
| FM24 Release | Belgian Challenger Pro League |
| FM26 Release | Belgian Challenger Pro League |
| FM26 Update | Belgian Challenger Pro League |
Recorded competition names are shown for each version where the identity resolves.
Awards
6 scoped to this competitionRecorded
| Award | Type | Editions | Latest | Latest winner | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Pro League B Top Goalscorer | Most goals scored | 30 | 2019 | Leonardo Miramar RochaLommel SK | 16 |
| Belgian Pro League B Manager of the Year | Best manager | 0 | — | — | — |
| Belgian Pro League B Player of the Year | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
| Belgian Pro League B Team of the Week | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
| Belgian Pro League B Team of the Year | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
| Belgian Pro League B Young Player of the Year | Highest average rating | 0 | — | — | — |
Media prediction
Recorded
| Predicted | Club | Last position |
|---|---|---|
| — | No member club carries a recorded prediction. | — |
Derbies in this division
0 between member clubs
| Derby | Clubs | W–D–L | National reputation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No derby in this version is between two of this competition's clubs. | |||
All-time records
FMDB calculation
Most goals and appearances in this division, summed from the playing history of every person this database records.
It counts only the people the export carries, it can include seasons the source files under this competition from before it took its current form, and some players are listed by uid because their person record is missing. The page states each of these.
Member teams
Last position is club_team.last_position as stored. The manager is the current staff_history spell at the club — the one whose end date is absent or in the future, most recent join first — never club_team.manager_index, which is a raw internal index that joins to nothing.
| Team | Membership | Last position | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAEC Mons | Previous season | 7 | — |
| AFC Tubize | Previous season | 8 | Laurent Demol |
| FC RWDM Brussels | Previous season | 8 | — |
| Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Previous season | 1 | Wouter Vrancken |
| Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Previous season | 7 | Vincent Euvrard |
| Royale Union Saint-Gilloise | Previous season | 3 | Thomas Christiansen Tarín |
| KVC Westerlo | Previous season | 4 | Robert Peeters |
| K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen | Previous season | 2 | Hernán Pablo Losada |
| KSV Roeselare | Previous season | 5 | Christophe Gamel |
| Lommel SK | Previous season | 6 | Pieter Maes |
Data wishlist for this page
13 data pointsWhole site
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club_media_expectation, club_finance_detailMedia prediction and club balances across the division Now liveThe predicted finish of every member club and each club's authored cash balance, where the version exports them. -
player_history.division_uidAll-time goals and appearances in the division Now liveAn FMDB sum over the people this database records, on its own page. Players with no person record are listed by uid; seasons the source files under this competition before it took its current form are included and dated. -
derby, club.division_uidDerbies between member clubs Now livederby.competition_uid is empty in every export, so a derby belongs to a division when both its clubs name that division. -
comps_competition, comps_stage and stage promotion, relegation and play-off tablesFormat, promotion, relegation, play-offs and qualification Needs source dataThe comps.dbc archive tables are empty in every loaded export. The format panel shows the clubs that joined and left since the latest recorded season table as an FMDB comparison, which is not a count of promotion places. -
competition rules, nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreementRegistration size, home-grown quotas, foreign-player limits and age rules Partial exportNation foreign/non-foreign definitions and agreements are exported, but do not supply the complete competition registration rules. -
competition income and prize schedulesPrize money, television distributions and sponsor Needs source dataThe current catalog does not provide these competition-level schedules and contracts. -
competition.champions_club_uid, parent_division_uid, league_body_club_uidCurrent champions, parent division and organising body Needs source dataThe parent division is displayed. The champions and organising-body columns are empty in all 41 loaded databases. -
team_league_historyRecorded season tables Now liveSeason links are offered only where rows exist; stored points and missing results are preserved. -
club.division_uid, stadium and primary-team squadsLeague strength and leading players Now liveStrength and ability rankings use clubs naming this division, with a 100-club cap. League totals are withheld on overflow. -
person.date_of_birth, export_meta.game_start_yearBest young players in the league Now liveUnder-21s at 1 July of the exported game start year, ranked on recorded potential. Versions without a start year say so; coded potential bands are not ranked. -
award_scope, award_type, award_history_winnerTop scorer and player-of-season awards by season Now liveScoped awards are listed with their latest winner and the top scorer fills the roll of honour where exactly one most-goals award is scoped. No award type identifies a single player of the season, so that column stays empty. CSV-era exports have no award scope. -
comp_history and HonoursTitles per team over recorded history Now liveCounts use the bounded history query, not just the displayed page, and apply available edition and stage flags. Coverage is stated. -
competition across versions, export_value_scaleRecorded names and reputation across versions Now liveThese are real version records. Reputation is shown against its stated 1–200 scale where the export records one; the cross-version chart still plots raw values.