2022–23 in Belgian football

Football in Belgium
Season	2022–23
Men's football
Pro League	Antwerp
Challenger Pro League	RWD Molenbeek
National Division 1	Patro Eisden
Division 2	Lokeren-Temse (VV A); Cappellen (VV B); Warnant (ACFF)
Division 3	Overijse (VV A); Wezel (VV B); Mons (ACFF A); Rochefort (ACFF B)
Cup	Antwerp
Super Cup	Club Brugge

The following article is a summary of the 2022–23 football season in Belgium, which is the 120th season of competitive football in the country and will run from July 2022 until June 2023.

National teams

Belgium national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

18 November 2022 (2022-11-18)	Belgium	1–2	Egypt	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:00	Openda 76'	Report	M. Mohamed 33' Trézéguet 46'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)	Germany	2–3	Belgium	Cologne, Germany
	Füllkrug 44' (pen.) Gnabry 87'	Report	Carrasco 6' Lukaku 9' De Bruyne 78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

UEFA Nations League

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands	6	5	1	0	14	6	+8	16	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	1–0	2–2	3–2
2	Belgium	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10		1–4	—	6–1	2–1
3	Poland	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	7		0–2	0–1	—	2–1
4	Wales (R)	6	0	1	5	6	11	−5	1	Relegation to League B	1–2	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)	Belgium	2–1	Wales	Brussels
20:45	De Bruyne 10' Batshuayi 37'	Report	Moore 50'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,463 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)	Netherlands	1–0	Belgium	Amsterdam
20:45	Van Dijk 73'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,314^[1] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

FIFA World Cup

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Advanced to knockout stage
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: FIFA

23 November 2022	Belgium	1–0	Canada	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00 AST (UTC+3)	Batshuayi 44'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 40,432 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

27 November 2022	Belgium	0–2	Morocco	Doha, Qatar
16:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report	Sabiri 73' Aboukhlal 90+2'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 43,738 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

1 December 2022	Croatia	0–0	Belgium	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 43,984 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	6	2	0	22	4	+18	20	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	1–1^[a]	5–0	5–0
2	Austria	8	6	1	1	17	7	+10	19	Qualify for final tournament	2–3	—	2–0	4–1	2–1
3	Sweden	8	3	1	4	14	12	+2	10		0–3	1–3	—	5–0	2–0
4	Azerbaijan	8	2	1	5	7	17	−10	7		0–1	0–1	3–0	—	1–1
5	Estonia	8	0	1	7	2	22	−20	1	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	0–3	0–2	0–5	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ The Belgium v Sweden match was abandoned at 1–1 at half-time for security reasons, as two Swedish supporters had been killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels prior to the match; the score was later confirmed as final.^[2]^[3]

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)	Sweden	0–3	Belgium	Solna
20:45		Report	Lukaku 35', 49', 83'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 49,296 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

17 June 2023 (2023-06-17)	Belgium	1–1	Austria	Brussels
20:45	Lukaku 61'	Report	Mangala 21' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)	Estonia	v	Belgium	Tallinn
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium

Belgium women's national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

12 November 2022

Belgium

7–0

Slovakia

7 April 2023	Austria	3–2	Belgium	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
20:30				Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt

11 April 2023

Belgium

2–2

Slovenia

UEFA Women's Euro

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Iceland	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

10 July 2022	Belgium	1–1	Iceland	Manchester, England
17:00	Vanhaevermaet 67' (pen.)	Report	Þorvaldsdóttir 50'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,859 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

14 July 2022	France	2–1	Belgium	Rotherham, England
20:00	Diani 6' Mbock Bathy 41'	Report	Cayman 36'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,173 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

18 July 2022	Italy	0–1	Belgium	Manchester, England
20:00		Report	De Caigny 49'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,919 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Knockout stage

22 July 2022 QF	Sweden	1–0	Belgium	Leigh, England
20:00	Sembrant 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 7,517 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	9	1	0	47	2	+45	28	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	4–0	2–1	5–0	5–1	10–0
2	Belgium	10	7	1	2	56	7	+49	22	Play-offs	0–1	—	4–0	7–0	7–0	19–0
3	Poland	10	6	2	2	28	9	+19	20		0–0	1–1	—	2–0	7–0	12–0
4	Albania	10	3	1	6	14	30	−16	10		0–7	0–5	1–2	—	1–1	5–0
5	Kosovo	10	2	1	7	8	35	−27	7		0–3	1–6	1–2	1–3	—	2–1
6	Armenia	10	0	0	10	1	71	−70	0		0–10	0–7	0–1	0–4	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2 September 2022	Belgium	0–1	Norway	Leuven, Belgium
20:30		Report	T. Hansen 61'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

6 September 2022	Armenia	0–7	Belgium	Yerevan, Armenia
18:30 (20:30 AMT)		Report	Eurlings 10' Van Kerkhoven 24', 51', 55' Vanhaevermaet 31' Wullaert 41' Kees 80'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Referee: Tanja Subotič (Slovenia)

Play-offs

6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)	Portugal	2–1	Belgium	Vizela, Portugal
19:00 (18:00 WEST)	Di. Silva 29' C. Costa 89'	Report	Wullaert 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela Attendance: 2,645^[4] Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

2023 Arnold Clark Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England (H, C)	3	3	0	12	2	+10	9
2	Belgium	3	2	1	5	8	−3	6
3	Italy	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	South Korea	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

16 February 2023 (2023-02-16)	Italy	1–2	Belgium	Milton Keynes, England
16:45	Giugliano 64'	Report	Detruyer 16' Wullaert 90'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 8,705 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19)	Belgium	2–1	South Korea	Coventry, England
18:15	Wullaert 45+1' De Caigny 68'	Report	Lee Geum-min 10'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 5,609 Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22)	England	6–1	Belgium	Bristol, England
19:45	Kelly 12', 50' Williamson 42', 90+3' Biesmans 78' (o.g.) Bronze 89'	Report	Dhont 90+1'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 26,129 Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Saint-Gilloise	2–3	Rangers	2–0	0–3

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	BRU	LEV	ATM
1	Porto	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–4	2–0	2–1
2	Club Brugge	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	1–0	2–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	0–0	—	2–0
4	Atlético Madrid	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5^[a]		2–1	0–0	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Brugge	1–7	Benfica	0–2	1–5

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	0–4	Omonia	0–2	0–2

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USG	UBE	BRA	MAL
1	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	13	Advance to round of 16	—	0–1	3–3	3–2
2	Union Berlin	6	4	0	2	4	2	+2	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Braga	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Transfer to Europa Conference League	1–2	1–0	—	2–1
4	Malmö FF	6	0	0	6	3	11	−8	0		0–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Berlin	3–6	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–3	0–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayer Leverkusen	5–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–1	4–1

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Antwerp	2–0	Drita	0–0	2–0

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paide Linnameeskond	0–5	Anderlecht	0–2	0–3
Lillestrøm	1–5	Antwerp	1–3	0–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
İstanbul Başakşehir	4–2	Antwerp	1–1	3–1
Young Boys	1–1 (1–3 p)	Anderlecht	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WHU	AND	SIL	FCSB
1	West Ham United	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	1–0	3–1
2	Anderlecht	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Silkeborg	6	2	0	4	12	7	+5	6		2–3	0–2	—	5–0
4	FCSB	6	0	2	4	3	18	−15	2		0–3	0–0	0–5	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DJU	GNT	MOL	SHR
1	Djurgårdens IF	6	5	1	0	12	6	+6	16	Advance to round of 16	—	4–2	3–2	1–0
2	Gent	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	4–0	3–0
3	Molde	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7		2–3	0–0	—	3–0
4	Shamrock Rovers	6	0	2	4	1	10	−9	2		0–0	1–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout stage

Knockout round play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Qarabağ	1–1 (3–5 p)	Gent	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Ludogorets Razgrad	2–2 (0–3 p)	Anderlecht	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anderlecht	2–1	Villarreal	1–1	1–0
Gent	5–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	4–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	2–5	West Ham United	1–1	1–4
Anderlecht	2–2 (1–4p)	AZ	2–0	0–2

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATM	POR	BRU	LEV
1	Atlético Madrid	6	5	1	14	4	+10	15	Round of 16	—	1–0	1–2	4–0
2	Porto	6	4	2	11	7	+4	12	Play-offs	1–2	—	2–1	3–1
3	Club Brugge	6	3	3	10	9	+1	9		1–3	1–2	—	4–1
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	0	6	3	18	−15	0		0–3	1–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genk	5–4	Slavia Prague	1–2	4–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coleraine	1–10	Genk	0–4	1–6

Knockout phase

Play-offs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Genk	0–0 (4–3 p)	Juventus

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Atlético Madrid	4–1	Genk

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Anderlecht	3–2	UKS SMS Łódź

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Anderlecht	2–2 (3–4 p)	KuPS

Men's football

Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk (J)	34	23	6	5	78	37	+41	75	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I^[a]
2	Union SG	34	23	6	5	70	41	+29	75	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Antwerp (C)	34	22	6	6	59	26	+33	72
4	Club Brugge	34	16	11	7	61	36	+25	59
5	Gent (U)	34	16	8	10	64	38	+26	56	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Standard Liège	34	16	7	11	58	45	+13	55
7	Westerlo	34	14	9	11	61	53	+8	51
8	Cercle Brugge	34	13	11	10	50	46	+4	50
9	Charleroi	34	14	6	14	45	52	−7	48
10	OH Leuven	34	13	9	12	56	48	+8	48
11	Anderlecht	34	13	7	14	49	46	+3	46
12	Sint-Truiden	34	11	9	14	37	40	−3	42
13	Mechelen	34	11	7	16	49	63	−14	40
14	Kortrijk	34	8	7	19	37	61	−24	31
15	Eupen	34	7	7	20	40	75	−35	28
16	Oostende (R)	34	7	6	21	37	76	−39	27	Relegation to Challenger Pro League
17	Zulte Waregem (R)	34	6	9	19	50	78	−28	27
18	Seraing (R)	34	5	5	24	28	68	−40	20

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[5]
(C) Play-off I winner; (J) Regular season winner; (R) Relegated; (U) Play-off II winner
Notes:

^ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs.^{[citation needed]}

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ANT	GNK	USG	CLU
1	Antwerp (C)	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	47	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round	—	2–1	1–1	3–2
2	Genk (K)	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	46^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	2–2	—	1–1	3–1
3	Union SG	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	46^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–2	3–0	—	1–3
4	Club Brugge	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–0	1–3	1–2	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[6]
(C) Champions; (K) Regular season winner
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Genk 1, Union SG 2.

Europe play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	CER	STA	WES
1	Gent (F)	6	5	1	0	17	6	+11	44	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	—	2–2	3–1	3–1
2	Cercle Brugge	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	36		0–4	—	0–0	2–0
3	Standard Liège	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	30^[a]		1–2	0–4	—	2–2
4	Westerlo	6	1	1	4	10	15	−5	30^[a]		1–3	3–5	3–0	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[7]
(F) Play-off II winner
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7

Challenger Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RWD Molenbeek	22	14	4	4	41	21	+20	46	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
2	Beveren	22	12	7	3	51	24	+27	43
3	Beerschot	22	12	2	8	33	28	+5	38
4	Lierse Kempenzonen	22	11	3	8	42	42	0	36
5	Club NXT^[a]	22	10	6	6	38	30	+8	36
6	RSCA Futures^[a]	22	9	7	6	41	34	+7	34
7	Lommel	22	10	2	10	33	36	−3	32	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
8	Deinze	22	9	3	10	29	33	−4	30
9	Jong Genk^[a]	22	5	5	12	27	39	−12	20
10	Dender EH	22	5	4	13	27	40	−13	19
11	SL16 FC^[a]	22	4	7	11	25	43	−18	19
12	Virton	22	2	8	12	21	38	−17	14

Source: Challengr Pro League
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.^[8]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ineligible for promotion.

Promotion play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion	RWD	BEV	NXT	BEE	LIE	AND
1	RWD Molenbeek (C, P)	10	7	2	1	24	8	+16	69	Promoted to Pro League	—	1–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	1–0
2	Beveren	10	8	1	1	24	9	+15	68		2–1	—	4–1	3–0	2–0	4–1
3	Club NXT^[a]	10	4	1	5	13	18	−5	49		1–3	3–0	—	2–1	0–1	0–0
4	Beerschot	10	3	2	5	10	13	−3	49		1–1	0–1	4–0	—	1–2	0–0
5	Lierse Kempenzonen	10	3	1	6	11	17	−6	46		0–3	2–3	1–2	0–1	—	2–0
6	RSCA Futures^[a]	10	0	3	7	4	21	−17	37		0–4	0–4	1–2	0–2	2–2	—

Source: Challenger Pro League
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.^[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ineligible for promotion

Relegation play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation	LOM	DEI	DEN	STA	GNK	VIR
1	Lommel	10	6	1	3	20	10	+10	51		—	4–1	1–0	6–1	2–0	1–2
2	Deinze	10	6	1	3	20	14	+6	49		1–1	—	3–2	5–0	1–3	3–1
3	Dender EH	10	6	2	2	14	7	+7	39		2–1	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–1
4	SL16 FC	10	1	5	4	6	17	−11	27		1–0	1–2	1–1	—	0–0	1–1
5	Jong Genk	10	1	3	6	8	18	−10	26		2–3	0–2	0–4	1–1	—	1–1
6	Virton (R)	10	3	2	5	11	13	−2	25	Relegated to National Division 1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	—

Source: Belgian First Division B
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.^[8]
(R) Relegated

Amateur Leagues

Belgian National Division 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Patro Eisden (C, P)	38	26	8	4	84	23	+61	86	Promoted to the Challenger Pro League
2	RFC Liège (P)	38	25	11	2	99	29	+70	86
3	Francs Borains (P)	38	23	8	7	79	46	+33	77
4	RAAL La Louvière	38	22	7	9	72	39	+33	73
5	Jong KAA Gent	38	19	10	9	59	43	+16	67
6	Heist	38	16	13	9	69	59	+10	61
7	Olympic Charleroi CF	38	18	6	14	71	52	+19	60
8	Knokke	38	18	6	14	65	58	+7	60
9	Visé	38	15	11	12	66	52	+14	56
10	Thes	38	13	14	11	58	52	+6	53
11	OH Leuven U-23	38	15	6	17	61	68	−7	50^[a]
12	Tienen	38	12	10	16	50	60	−10	46
13	Zébra Élites Charleroi	38	12	8	18	41	58	−17	44
14	Dessel	38	11	10	17	45	65	−20	43
15	Sint-Eloois-Winkel	38	11	9	18	44	58	−14	42
16	Hoogstraten	38	11	8	19	46	60	−14	41
17	Young Reds Antwerp (O)	38	11	6	21	33	58	−25	39	Qualification for the Division 2 Promotion play-offs Final
18	Ninove^[b] (R)	38	10	5	23	39	75	−36	35	Relegation to Division 2
19	Rupel Boom (R)	38	6	6	26	29	83	−54	24
20	Mandel United (R)	38	4	2	32	16	88	−72	14

Source: RFBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won.^[10]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ OH Leuven U23 was deducted 1 point for not fielding a sufficient number of home-grown players in their home match against Olympic Charleroi.
^ On 1 March 2023, the club released a statement that it was not applying for a football license and purposely decided to be relegated to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2. Irrespective of its finishing position, Ninove will now always take up one of the direct relegation spots.^[9]

Belgian Division 2

Division VV A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokeren-Temse (C, P)	34	22	7	5	66	35	+31	73	Promotion to the 2023–24 Belgian National Division 1
2	Petegem	34	17	8	9	68	55	+13	59	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
3	Oostkamp	34	16	10	8	77	51	+26	58
4	Jong Cercle	34	16	7	11	54	43	+11	55
5	Racing Gent	34	15	8	11	63	51	+12	53
6	Merelbeke	34	14	11	9	47	36	+11	53
7	Aalst	34	15	6	13	55	44	+11	51	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
8	Jong Essevee	34	14	8	12	64	49	+15	50
9	Dikkelvenne	34	14	8	12	53	55	−2	50
10	Oudenaarde	34	13	10	11	60	64	−4	49
11	Zelzate	34	13	6	15	53	55	−2	45
12	Torhout	34	12	8	14	57	46	+11	44
13	Olsa Brakel	34	12	8	14	49	54	−5	44
14	Harelbeke	34	11	8	15	46	60	−14	41
15	Gullegem	34	10	11	13	57	53	+4	41
16	Wetteren (O)	34	9	8	17	41	67	−26	35	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Westhoek (R)	34	8	11	15	44	66	−22	35	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 3
18	Erpe-Mere (R)	34	2	3	29	23	93	−70	9	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 3

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[11]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division VV B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cappellen (C, P)	34	20	6	8	61	37	+24	66	Promotion to the 2023–24 Belgian National Division 1
2	Hades	34	18	8	8	51	32	+19	62	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
3	Hasselt	34	17	7	10	52	42	+10	58
4	Belisia	34	17	5	12	55	37	+18	56
5	Tongeren	34	17	5	12	61	56	+5	56
6	Lyra-Lierse Berlaar	34	16	7	11	64	45	+19	55
7	Jong KV Mechelen	34	15	9	10	60	48	+12	54
8	Diegem	34	14	10	10	56	51	+5	52
9	Bocholt	34	14	7	13	54	46	+8	49
10	Racing Mechelen	34	12	11	11	45	36	+9	47
11	Lille	34	13	7	14	55	59	−4	46
12	City Pirates	34	12	8	14	56	75	−19	44	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
13	Londerzeel	34	10	11	13	51	48	+3	41
14	Berchem	34	10	8	16	45	61	−16	38
15	Lebbeke	34	10	8	16	47	64	−17	38
16	Turnhout (R)	34	10	4	20	68	81	−13	34	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Pepingen-Halle (R)	34	7	7	20	36	66	−30	28	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 3
18	Beerschot U23 (R)	34	7	6	21	40	73	−33	27	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 3

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[12]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division ACFF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Warnant^[a] (C)	34	22	6	6	58	31	+27	72
2	Union Namur (P)	34	19	5	10	75	53	+22	62	Promotion to the 2023–24 Belgian National Division 1
3	Tubize-Braine	34	18	7	9	70	33	+37	61	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF
4	La Louvière Centre	34	18	5	11	62	46	+16	56^[b]
5	Meux	34	16	8	10	51	46	+5	56
6	Binche	34	15	10	9	54	43	+11	55
7	Rebecq	34	16	5	13	61	54	+7	53
8	Stockay	34	15	8	11	45	41	+4	53
9	Verlaine	34	15	6	13	55	41	+14	51
10	Dison	34	13	11	10	45	44	+1	50
11	Hamoir	34	12	9	13	47	64	−17	45
12	Acren-Lessines	34	14	2	18	54	66	−12	44
13	Ganshoren	34	11	11	12	47	47	0	44
14	Union SG B	34	10	8	16	53	53	0	38
15	Jette	34	9	8	17	45	56	−11	35
16	Solières (R)	34	8	7	19	54	77	−23	31	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 3
17	RFC Seraing U23 (R)	34	6	6	22	39	76	−37	24
18	Waremme (R)	34	3	10	21	30	74	−44	19

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[13]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Warnant did not apply for a license to be eligible for the Belgian National Division 1 and hence was not eligible for promotion.
^ La Louvière Centre was deducted 3 points for not obtaining a valid license during the previous season.

Belgian Division 3

Division VV A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Overijse (C, P)	28	20	3	5	67	30	+37	63	Promotion to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2
2	Voorde-Appelterre (P)	28	16	5	7	54	39	+15	53	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
3	Hamme	28	15	8	5	51	34	+17	53
4	Kalken	28	13	8	7	47	32	+15	47
5	Wielsbeke	28	12	5	11	55	49	+6	41
6	Lede	28	11	6	11	44	37	+7	39
7	Roeselare-Daisel	28	9	11	8	39	37	+2	38
8	Stekene	28	9	9	10	43	40	+3	36
9	Wolvertem Merchtem	28	10	5	13	34	45	−11	35
10	Wervik	28	9	8	11	50	52	−2	35
11	Elene Grotenberge	28	8	10	10	46	48	−2	34
12	Aalter	28	9	5	14	38	60	−22	32
13	Drongen (R)	28	7	11	10	27	36	−9	32	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs VV
14	Rumbeke (R)	28	6	4	18	30	57	−27	22	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Eppegem (R)	28	4	6	18	19	48	−29	18
16	Anzegem^[a] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[15]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Due to financial difficulties Anzegem was forced to hand in a general forfait for the remainder of the league on 22 February 2023, with still 9 matchdays to go.^[14] As per the rules of the Belgian FA, Anzegem was removed from the league, the result of all matches played declared void, and the matches still to be played were cancelled. The club will only be able to restart at the very bottom of the league for the coming season.

Division VV B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wezel (C, P)	30	20	5	5	75	39	+36	65	Promotion to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2
2	Termien	30	19	7	4	63	32	+31	64	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs VV
3	Houtvenne (P)	30	18	9	3	80	26	+54	63
4	Geel	30	15	12	3	64	37	+27	57
5	Wellen	30	16	5	9	58	53	+5	53
6	Sint-Lenaarts	30	13	9	8	49	36	+13	48
7	Betekom	30	10	11	9	53	54	−1	41
8	Diest	30	11	5	14	37	46	−9	38
9	Zwarte Leeuw	30	10	6	14	51	60	−9	36
10	Pelt	30	8	11	11	36	41	−5	35
11	Schoonbeek-Beverst	30	8	9	13	28	49	−21	33
12	Nijlen	30	7	9	14	39	60	−21	30
13	Witgoor (O)	30	7	6	17	42	56	−14	27	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs VV
14	Kampenhout (R)	30	7	6	17	40	67	−27	27	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Wijgmaal (R)	30	6	5	19	33	67	−34	23
16	Beringen (R)	30	5	5	20	37	62	−25	20

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division ACFF A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mons (C, P)	30	21	4	5	61	19	+42	67	Promotion to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2
2	Onhaye	30	17	6	7	55	34	+21	57	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF
3	Symphorinois	30	15	8	7	45	38	+7	53
4	Tournai (O, P)	30	13	10	7	48	34	+14	49
5	Crossing Schaerbeek	30	13	9	8	43	33	+10	48
6	Aische	30	13	8	9	62	44	+18	47
7	Ostiches-Ath	30	13	7	10	40	37	+3	46
8	Manageoise	30	12	6	12	39	41	−2	42	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF
9	Monceau	30	11	9	10	46	44	+2	42
10	Tamines	30	9	9	12	33	37	−4	36
11	CS Braine	30	8	9	13	40	44	−4	33
12	Jodoigne	30	8	8	14	42	52	−10	32
13	Couvin-Mariembourg	30	8	7	15	37	50	−13	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs ACFF
14	Saint-Ghislain (R)	30	7	10	13	42	60	−18	31	Relegation to the 2023–24 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Gosselies (R)	30	5	8	17	34	62	−28	23
16	Léopold (R)	30	6	4	20	23	61	−38	22

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[17]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division ACFF B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rochefort (C, P)	30	22	3	5	63	23	+40	69	Promotion to the 2022–23 Belgian Division 2
2	Raeren-Eynatten	30	16	8	6	60	32	+28	56	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs ACFF
3	Richelle	30	16	7	7	55	33	+22	55
4	Habay	30	13	13	4	51	32	+19	52
5	La Calamine (O, P)	30	13	8	9	57	43	+14	47
6	Mormont	30	13	8	9	56	52	+4	47
7	Sprimont	30	14	4	12	66	46	+20	46
8	Huy	30	11	12	7	49	31	+18	45
9	Aywaille	30	9	15	6	47	40	+7	42
10	Ciney	30	10	11	9	55	52	+3	41
11	Marloie	30	10	8	12	40	47	−7	38
12	Meix-dt-Virton	30	8	6	16	39	52	−13	30
13	Herstal (O)	30	7	7	16	45	65	−20	28	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs ACFF
14	Libramont (R)	30	4	13	13	42	63	−21	25	Relegation to the 2022–23 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	Durbuy (R)	30	5	5	20	46	85	−39	20
16	Givry (R)	30	4	2	24	33	108	−75	14

Source: vbal4
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Goal difference in away matches; 7) Away goals scored.^[18]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2022–23 Belgian Cup	Antwerp	2–0	Mechelen
2022 Belgian Super Cup	Club Brugge	1–0	Gent

Transfers

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within Belgian professional league football:

First Division A

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Anderlecht	Vincent Kompany	Mutual consent	End of 2021–22 season^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]	Pre-season	Felice Mazzù	31 May 2022^[27]
Antwerp	Brian Priske	Sacked			Mark van Bommel	26 May 2022^[29]
Club Brugge	Alfred Schreuder	Signed for Ajax			Carl Hoefkens	25 May 2022^[30]
Eupen	Michael Valkanis	End of contract			Bernd Storck	25 May 2022^[31]
Genk	Bernd Storck	Mutual consent			Wouter Vrancken	28 May 2022^[32]
Mechelen	Wouter Vrancken	Signed for Genk			Danny Buijs	1 June 2022^[33]
Seraing	Jean-Louis Garcia	Resigned			José Jeunechamps	20 May 2022^[34]
Standard Liège	Luka Elsner	Sacked			Ronny Deila	13 June 2022^[35]
Union SG	Felice Mazzù	Signed for Anderlecht			Karel Geraerts	9 June 2022^[36]
Zulte Waregem	Davy De fauw & Timmy Simons	Replaced			Mbaye Leye	17 May 2022^[28]
Kortrijk	Karim Belhocine	Sacked	29 August 2022^[37]	17th	Adnan Čustović	1 September 2022^[38]
Cercle Brugge	Dominik Thalhammer	Replaced	19 September 2022^[39]	17th	Miron Muslic	19 September 2022^[39]
Mechelen	Danny Buijs	Sacked	17 October 2022^[40]	13th	Steven Defour	17 October 2022^[40]
Charleroi	Edward Still		22 October 2022^[41]	11th	Frank Defays (caretaker)	28 November 2022 ^{[n 1]}
Eupen	Bernd Storck		23 October 2022^[42]	14th	Kristoffer Andersen and Mario Kohnen (caretakers) ^[43]
Anderlecht	Felice Mazzù		24 October 2022^[44]	12th	Robin Veldman (caretaker)	24 October 2022
Oostende	Yves Vanderhaeghe		31 October 2022^[45]	14th	Dominik Thalhammer
Seraing	José Jeunechamps		31 October 2022^[46]	17th	Jean-Sébastien Legros (caretaker)
Kortrijk	Adnan Čustović		14 November 2022^[47]	17th	Bernd Storck	18 November 2022 ^[48]
Eupen	Kristoffer Andersen and Mario Kohnen	End of caretaker spell	24 November 2022^[49]	15th	Edward Still	24 November 2022 ^[49]
Charleroi	Frank Defays		28 November 2022^[50]^{[n 1]}	12th	Felice Mazzù	28 November 2022 ^[50]^{[n 1]}
Anderlecht	Robin Veldman		2 December 2022^[51]	11th	Brian Riemer	2 December 2022 ^[51]
Club Brugge	Carl Hoefkens	Sacked	28 December 2022^[52]	4th	Scott Parker	31 December 2022^[53]
Club Brugge	Scott Parker		8 March 2023^[54]	4th	Rik De Mil (caretaker) ^{[n 2]}	8 March 2023
Zulte Waregem	Mbaye Leye		15 March 2023^[55]	17th	Frederik D’Hollander & Davy De fauw	15 March 2023^[55]
Standard Liège	Ronny Deila	Signed for Club Brugge	25 May 2023^[56]	7th	Geoffrey Valenne (caretaker)	25 May 2023^[56]

First Division B

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deinze	Wim De Decker	Mutual consent ^[57]	End of 2021–22 season	Pre-season	Takahisa Shiraishi	19 May 2022 ^[58]
Beerschot	Greg Vanderidt	Replaced ^[59]			Andreas Wieland	23 May 2022 ^[59]
Lommel	Brian Eastick	End of contract ^[60]			Steve Bould	3 June 2022 ^[60]
Beveren	Jordi Condom	End of contract ^[61]			Wim De Decker	5 June 2022 ^[61]
Club NXT	Rik De Mil	Promoted to Club Brugge as assistant ^[62]			Nicky Hayen	15 June 2022 ^[61]
Virton	Pablo Correa	End of contract ^[63]			Christian Bracconi	9 July 2022 ^[63]
SL16 FC	Geoffrey Valenne	Replaced ^[64]			Joseph Laumann	11 July 2022 ^[64]
Deinze	Takahisa Shiraishi	Resigned ^[65]	29 September 2022	12th	Antonio Calderón (caretaker)	30 September 2022 ^[66]
Deinze	Antonio Calderón (caretaker)	Caretaker replaced^[67]	24 October 2022	12th	Marc Grosjean	24 October 2022^[67]
RSCA Futures	Robin Veldman	Promoted to Anderlecht as caretaker ^[68]	24 October 2022	5th	Guillaume Gillet	24 October 2022 ^[69]
Dender EH	Regi Van Acker	Sacked ^[70]	7 February 2023	9th	Pieter De Bot (caretaker)	7 February 2023 ^[70]
Virton	Christian Bracconi	Sacked ^[70]	7 February 2023	12th	José Jeunechamps	7 February 2023 ^[70]
Dender EH	Pieter De Bot	Caretaker replaced ^[71]	13 February 2023	10th	Timmy Simons	13 February 2023 ^[71]
Club NXT	Nicky Hayen	Promoted to Club Brugge as assistant ^[72]	15 March 2023	4th	Hayk Milkon	15 March 2023 ^[73]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The announcement of Felice Mazzù returning to Charleroi was already made on 12 November 2022, but Mazzù would only officially take up the role during the 2022 FIFA World Cup-break, on 28 November 2022.
^ On 25 May 2023, Ronny Deila signed for Club Brugge as new manager. While he left Standard Liège immediately, caretaker Rik De Mil remained in charge at Club Brugge for the remainder of the season.

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^ "Seraing moet op zoek naar nieuwe coach, Jean-Louis Garcia gaat weg na behoud" [Seraing must look for new manager, Jean-Louis Garcia leaves after avoiding relegation] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-04.
^ "Standard eindigt zijn lijkbleek seizoen met trainersontslag" [Standard ends its pallid season with managerial sacking] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-04-20.
^ ^a ^b "OFFICIEEL: Felice Mazzu is de opvolger van Vincent Kompany bij Anderlecht" [OFFICIAL: Felice Mazzu successor of Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-31.
^ ^a ^b "Zulte Waregem legt zijn lot in handen van clubicoon Mbaye Leye" [Zulte Waregem puts its fate in the hands of club icon Mbaye Leye] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-17.
^ "Mark van Bommel officieel trainer van Antwerp voor twee seizoenen" [Mark van Bommel officially manager of Antwerp for two seasons] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-26.
^ "Officieel: Club Brugge kiest voor Carl Hoefkens als nieuwe hoofdcoach" [Official: Club Brugge chooses Carl Hoefkens as new manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-25.
^ "Bernd Storck blijft in België en wordt trainer van Eupen" [Bernd Storck stays in Belgium and becomes Eupen manager] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-25.
^ "Racing Genk bevestigt de komst van Wouter Vrancken: "Bouwen aan een nieuw succesverhaal"". 28 May 2022.
^ "OFFICIEEL: Nederlander Danny Buijs is de nieuwe trainer van KV Mechelen: "Meteen een goed gevoel"". June 2022.
^ "Seraing plukt oude bekende José Jeunechamps weg bij Moeskroen" [Seraing snatches old familiar José Jeunechamps from Mouscron] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-05-20.
^ "Standard legt zijn lot in handen van de Noorse coach Ronny Deila" [Standard puts its fate into the hands of Norwegian manager Ronny Deila] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-06-13.
^ "Karel Geraerts volgt Felice Mazzu op bij Union: "Al bewezen dat hij sterke leider is"". 9 June 2022.
^ "KV Kortrijk neemt na 6 speeldagen afscheid van Karim Belhocine" [KV Kortrijk says goodbye to Karim Belhocine after 6 matchdays] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-08-29.
^ "KV Kortrijk legt zijn lot in handen van oude bekende Adnan Custovic" [KV Kortrijk puts fate into hands of old familiar Adnan Custovic] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-09-01.
^ ^a ^b "CERCLE BRUGGE BEËINDIGT DE SAMENWERKING MET DOMINIK THALHAMMER" [CERCLE BRUGGE ENDS COOPERATION WITH DOMINIK THALHAMMER] (in Dutch). cerclebrugge.be. 2022-09-19.
^ ^a ^b "Stoelendans bij KV Mechelen: Danny Buijs buiten, Steven Defour neemt over als T1" [Musical chairs at KV Mechelen: Danny Buijs out, Steven Defour takes over as head coach] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-10-17.
^ "Charleroi zet coach Edward Still op de keien na zwakke reeks" [Charleroi sacks manager Edward Still after poor run] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-10-22.
^ "Daar is al een nieuw trainersontslag: Eupen gooit Bernd Storck buiten". 23 October 2022.
^ "De trainerscarrousel in de JPL draait door: Adnan Custovic komt er al 2 keer in voor dit seizoen". 14 November 2022.
^ "Officieel: Anderlecht zet coach Felice Mazzu op straat, Veldman neemt tijdelijk over". 24 October 2022.
^ "Ze vallen als vliegen: KV Oostende breekt met Yves Vanderhaeghe". 31 October 2022.
^ "Ook Seraing grijpt in: José Jeunechamps moet zijn koffers pakken". 31 October 2022.
^ "Daar is trainersontslag nr. 9: Adnan Custovic krijgt na 2,5 maanden de bons bij KV Kortrijk" [Here comes sacking number 9: Adnan Custovic asked to leave after 2,5 months at KV Kortrijk] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-11-14.
^ "KV Kortrijk legt zijn lot in handen van Bernd Storck". 18 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Edward Still ziet een duidelijk doel bij Eupen: "Ons verzekeren van het behoud"". 24 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Charleroi en Felice Mazzu slaan de handen weer in elkaar". 12 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Brian Riemer officieel nieuwe coach Anderlecht: "Werk aan de winkel om team te krijgen waar het hoort"" [Brian Riemer officially new Anderlecht manager: "Will work to get the team where it belongs"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-12-02.
^ "Het geduld is op: Club Brugge neemt afscheid van coach Carl Hoefkens" [Out of patience: Club Brugge says goodbye to manager Carl Hoefkens] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2022-12-28.
^ "Scott Parker nieuwe hoofdcoach Club Brugge". 30 December 2022.
^ "Scott Parker: Club Bruges sack manager after just 12 games in charge". BBC Sport. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Zulte Waregem hoopt op schokeffect: coach Mbaye Leye moet opkrassen" [Zulte Waregem hoping for shock effect: manager Mbaye Leye forced to leave] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2023-03-15.
^ ^a ^b "Nu ook officieel aangekondigd: Ronny Deila verlaat Standard en wordt nieuwe coach Club Brugge" [Now also officially announced: Ronny Deila is leaving Standard and will be the new coach of Club Brugge] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2023-05-25.
^ "De wegen van Wim De Decker en Deinze scheiden na dit seizoen" [Ways of Wim De Decker and Deinze part after this season]. Sporza (in Dutch). 2022-04-18.
^ "Deinze maakt opmerkelijke trainerskeuze: onbekende Japanner hoofdcoach, volledig buitenlandse staf" [Deinze makes remarcable choice: unknown Japanese manager, entirely foreign staff]. Sporza (in Dutch). 2022-05-19.
^ ^a ^b "Oostenrijkse coach Andreas Wieland moet Beerschot weer naar 1A stuwen" [Austrian manager Andreas Wieland to push Beerschot back to 1A]. Sporza (in Dutch). 2022-06-03.
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[table_note_BEL_SWE0.32097355058462-4] The Belgium v Sweden match was abandoned at 1–1 at half-time for security reasons, as two Swedish supporters had been killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels prior to the match; the score was later confirmed as final.^[2]^[3]

[table_hth_LEV0.29353160098825-6] Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

[table_note_res_RW0.63219211931908-7] The regular season winners will qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs.^{[citation needed]}

[table_hth_GNK0.78107127490503-9] Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Genk 1, Union SG 2.

[table_hth_STA0.22528627106235-11] Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7

[table_note_AND0.35853265149451-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ineligible for promotion.

[table_note_AND0.51264090766788-15] Ineligible for promotion

[table_hth_OHL0.42562632794754-16] OH Leuven U23 was deducted 1 point for not fielding a sufficient number of home-grown players in their home match against Olympic Charleroi.

[table_note_NIN0.42562632794754-18] On 1 March 2023, the club released a statement that it was not applying for a football license and purposely decided to be relegated to the 2023–24 Belgian Division 2. Irrespective of its finishing position, Ninove will now always take up one of the direct relegation spots.^[9]

[table_note_WRN0.33486200325883-22] Warnant did not apply for a license to be eligible for the Belgian National Division 1 and hence was not eligible for promotion.

[table_hth_LAL0.33486200325883-23] La Louvière Centre was deducted 3 points for not obtaining a valid license during the previous season.

[table_note_ANZ0.9035552702395-26] Due to financial difficulties Anzegem was forced to hand in a general forfait for the remainder of the league on 22 February 2023, with still 9 matchdays to go.^[14] As per the rules of the Belgian FA, Anzegem was removed from the league, the result of all matches played declared void, and the matches still to be played were cancelled. The club will only be able to restart at the very bottom of the league for the coming season.

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