List of winners of Belgian Third Division

The Belgian Third Division winners were winners of the third-highest level in Belgian football.^[1]^[2]^[3] The third division was established in 1926 with three leagues of 14 clubs each as the Promotion. In 1931, a fourth league was added. From 1948 on, a play-off is introduced to determine the Promotion champion. In 1952 the Belgian league system was changed and the Promotion became the Third Division with 2 leagues of 16 teams each. A play-off was introduced in 1993 in order to determine a third team to qualify for the second division. From 1998 on, the play-off to determine the third division champion was played no more. In 2016 the Third Division was rebranded and restructured to become Belgian First Amateur Division.

Promotion A, Promotion B and Promotion C (1926-1931)

Year	Winner Promotion A	Winner Promotion B	Winner Promotion C
1926-27	Courtrai Sport	CS Tongrois	Fléron FC
1927-28	AS Renaisien	Vilvorde FC	Tubantia AC
1928-29	SK Roulers	R Charleroi SC	RC Montegnée
1929-30	CS Schaerbeek	FC Belgica Edegem	EFC Hasselt
1930-31	AS Ostende	Hoboken SK	RC Tirlemont

Promotion A, Promotion B, Promotion C and Promotion D (1931-1952)

Year	Champion	Winner Promotion A	Winner Promotion B	Winner Promotion C	Winner Promotion D
1931-32		SV Blankenberghe	Oude God Sport	Union Hutoise FC	Stade Waremmien
1932-33		CS Saint-Josse	Cappellen FC	Wallonia Namur	Patria Tongres
1933-34		ARA Termonde	Oude God Sport	RC Montegnée	AS Herstal
1934-35		VG Ostende	FC Duffel	US Centre	Waterschei SV
1935-36		R Union Hutoise	OC Charleroi	R Stade Louvain	SC Eendracht Alost
1936-37		R Charleroi SC	FC Wilryck	R Vilvorde FC	AS Renaix
1937-38		CS Visétois	RE Hasselt	Racing Club de Bruxelles	AS Ostende
1938-39		R Fléron FC	RCS Hallois	RRC Tournai	Herenthals SK
1939-41	Leagues suspended due to World War II
1941-42		Vigor Hamme	Verbroedering Geel	CS Andennais	Tongerse Club
1942-43		RFC Liégeois	Stade Nivellois	Sint-Niklaas SK	R Courtrai Sport
1943-44		RCS Hallois	RC Lokeren	UR Namur	Beringen FC
1944-45	Leagues suspended due to World War II
1945-46		SC Meenen	Mol Sport	Cappellen FC	Stade Waremmien
1946-47		Winterslag FC	Gosselies Sport	FC Bressoux	SK Roeselare
1947-48	US Tournai	US Tournai	CS Verviers	US Centre	Sint-Truiden
1948-49	unknown	R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons	AS Ostende	AS Herstal	Union Hutoise
1949-50	Tubantia FC	FC Izegem	Dendermonde	Tubantia FC	Helzold
1950-51	RRC de Gand	Daring Leuven	RRC de Gand	Waterschei Thor	Rupel SK
1951-52	UR Namur	UR Namur	RC Tournai	Tubantia AC	Patria Tongeren

Third division A and Third division B (1952-1998)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Play-off winner
1952-53	R Uccle Sport	Tubantia FC
1953-54	KFC Izegem	SRU Verviers
1954-55	KFC Herentals	RRC Tournaisien
1955-56	RCS Brugeois	Patro Eisden
1956-57	KFC Diest	KSC Eendracht Aalst
1957-58	RFC Sérésien	RFC Renaisien
1958-59	KOLSE Merksem SC	RRC de Bruxelles
1959-60	KFC Turnhout¹	UR Namur¹
1960-61	KFC Herentals	AS Oostende KM
1961-62	KRC Mechelen	R Crossing Club Molenbeek
1962-63	K Boom FC	KSV Waregem
1963-64	K Sint-Niklaasse SK	K Waterschei Thor Genk
1964-65	K Willebroekse SV	RFC Sérésien
1965-66	KRC Mechelen	SK Beveren-Waas
1966-67	RRC Tournaisien	RRC Tirlemont
1967-68	FC Turnhout²	CS Brugeois²
1968-69	KRC Mechelen	KSV Sottegem
1969-70	RAA Louviéroise	AS Eupen
1970-71	KSK Tongeren	K Boom FC
1971-72	KFC Winterslag	KSC Lokeren
1972-73	AS Oostende KM³	KOLSE Merksem SC³
1973-74	K Waterschei SV Thor Genk⁴	KVG Oostende⁴
1974-75	VV Patro Eisden	KAA Gent
1975-76	KAS Eupen	RU Saint-Gilloise
1976-77	KSC Hasselt	KSC Eendracht Aalst
1977-78	KRC Harelbeke	VC Rotselaar
1978-79	R Jet de Bruxelles²	Hoeselt VV²
1979-80	FC Sérésien	SV Oudenaarde
1980-81	KFC Witgoor Sport Dessel	Stade Leuven
1981-82	K. Sint-Niklase S.K.	VV Overpelt Fabriek
1982-83	R Jet de Bruxelles	K Wuustwezel FC
1983-84	VV Patro Eisden	RU Saint-Gilloise
1984-85	AEC Mons²	Verbroedering Geel²
1985-86	FC Assent	RC Harelbeke
1986-87	KFC Lommel SK	KFC Eeklo
1987-88	KFC Germinal Ekeren	K Stade Leuven
1988-89	K Sint-Niklase SK	FC Zwarte Leeuw
1989-90	KRC Harelbeke	FC Turnhout
1990-91	RE Mouscron	RFC Sérésien
1991-92	K Beerschot VAV	KV Oostende
1992-93	KMSK Deinze	VC Westerlo
1993-94	RAA Louviéroise	Patro Eiden	KVV Overpelt Fabriek
1994-95	R Cappellen FC	KFC Tielen	KFC Turnhout
1995-96	R Tilleur FC Liégeois⁵	ROC Charleroi⁵	FC Denderleeuw⁵
1996-97	KFC Dessel Sport	KFC Vigor Wuitens Hamme	K Sint-Niklase SKE
1997-98	KFC Herentals	KSK Roeselare	RCS Visétois

^[1] — The result of the final game is unknown (the team shown under champion is the winner of the third division A and the team shown under runner-up is the winner of the third division B).
^[2] — No final game was played (the team shown under champion is the winner of the third division A and the team shown under runner-up is the winner of the third division B).
^[3] — Following the fusion between R Daring Club Molenbeek (second division) and R Racing White (first division), KV Kortrijk (second-placed team of the third division B) had promoted to the second division after a play-off game against Waterschei SV Thor Genka (second-placed team of the third division A).
^[4] — Following the increase from 16 to 20 clubs in the first division, 3 extra clubs were promoted to the second division: R Tilleur FC (2nd in the third division A), RAEC Mons (2nd in the third division B) and AA La Louvière (3rd in the third division B).
^[5] — Following the merger between Standard Liège and RFC Sérésien (both playing in the first division), RU Saint-Gilloise (2nd in the third division A and play-off finalist) also promoted.

Third division A and Third division B (1998-2016)

Year	Third division A winner	Third division B winner	Play-off winner
1998-99	KSV Ingelmunster	KVK Tienen	KMSK Deinze (2nd division)
1999-2000	KFC Strombeek	R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons	K Heusden-Zolder SK
2000-01	KSK Ronse	RESC Virton	KV Kortrijk⁶
2001-02	SV Zulte-Waregem	KAS Eupen	KFC Vigor Wuitens Hamme
2002-03	K Berchem Sport	AFC Tubize	VC Eendracht Aalst 2002
2003-04	KV Red Star Waasland	RU Saint-Gilloise	KV Kortrijk
2004-05	Yellow-Red KV Mechelen	KVSK United Overpelt-Lommel	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2005-06	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	KVK Tienen	K Racing Waregem
2006-07	RFC Tournai	ROC de Charleroi-Marchienne	KFC Verbroedering Geel
2007-08	KSK Ronse	RFC de Liège	VC Eendracht Aalst 2002
2008-09	K Standaard Wetteren	KFC Turnhout	R Boussu Dour Borinage
2009-10	KSK Heist	CS Visé	K Rupel Boom FC
2010-11	Eendracht Aalst	WS Woluwe	Sint-Niklaas
2011-12	Dessel Sport	Mouscron Péruwelz	Oudenaarde
2012-13	Hoogstraten	Virton	Geel-Meerhout
2013-14	KRC Mechelen	Woluwe-Zaventem	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
2014-15	KVV Coxyde	Cappellen	Play-off not contested
2015-16	VW Hamme	Beerschot Wilrijk	Play-off abolished

^[6] — Due to financial problems, KV Kortrijk did not promote, allowing play-off finalist RCS Visétois to be promoted instead.

References

^ "Classements finals des divisions supérieures". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
^ "Belgium - Third Level History 1952-2000".
^ "soccer". Archived from the original on 2003-01-04.

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

Level 1	Pro League
Level 2	Challenger Pro League
Level 3	National Division 1
Level 4	Division 2 (3 groups)
Level 5	Division 3 (4 groups)
Levels 6–9	Provincial Leagues (10 groups: Antwerp, Flemish teams from Brabant (unified Brussels Capital Region, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant division), Francophone teams from Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, and West Flanders)
Defunct	Belgian Second Division, Belgian Third Division, Belgian Fourth Division

Women's League system

Level 1	Super League
Level 2	First Division
Level 3	Second Division
Level 4+	Provincial Leagues (10 groups: Antwerp, Flemish teams from Brabant (unified Brussels Capital Region, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant division), Francophone teams from Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, and West Flanders)
Defunct	BeNe League, Third Division