The Belgian Pro League, officially the Jupiler Pro League for sponsor Jupiler, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023–24 season onwards, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Challenger Pro League.
Carl Hoefkens is a Belgian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of Eredivisie club NAC Breda.
Anthony Limbombe Ekango is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Challenger Pro League club Beveren.
Matz Willy Els Sels is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Belgium national team.
Anas Tahiri is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Almere City. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at youth international level.
Amir Selmane Ramy Bensebaïni is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Algeria national team.
Manuel Benson Hedilazio is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Burnley. Born in Belgium, he represented it on junior international levels, before choosing to play for the Angola national team on senior level.
Hamari Traoré is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for La Liga club Real Sociedad, and captains the Mali national team.
Béni Badibanga Diata is a footballer who plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League. Born in DR Congo, he represented Belgium at youth international level. He spent most of his career in Belgium, with over 100 appearances in the Belgian top flight and has also played professionally in Morocco and Canada.
Racing White Daring Molenbeek, also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM, is a Belgian professional football club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. The club will play in the second flight in 2024–25 after relegation from the 2023–24 Belgian Pro League, the club's first season back in the top flight. The club is seen in Belgium as a continuation of previous clubs with the same name that went out of business.
The Challenger Pro League, previously known as 1B Pro League is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, replacing the Belgian Second Division. From the season 2016–17 until 2019–20, the competition was named Proximus League, after the main sponsor Proximus.
The 2017–18 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2017 and ended in April 2018. It was the second season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division. The fixtures were announced near the end of June 2017. Cercle Brugge won the title and promotion on 10 March 2018. Although Tubize lost the relegation play-offs and therefore would have been relegated, they were saved as Lierse went bankrupt.
Eric Ocansey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia as a winger.
Aristote Nkaka Bazunga is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lierse. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre back.
Alexandre De Bruyn is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Challenger Pro League side Lierse as an attacking midfielder.
The 2020–21 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2020 and ended in April 2021. Union SG became champions on 13 March 2021, returning to the highest level of Belgian football for the first time since the 1972–73 season.
Maxim Peter M. De Cuyper is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Belgium national team.
William Still is a Belgian-born English professional football manager. He is currently the manager of Ligue 1 side Lens. He played youth and amateur football in Belgium before beginning coaching at age 17. In 2017, aged 24, he managed Lierse in the Belgian First Division B, and also led Beerschot in the same league four years later. In Ligue 1, he has managed Reims and Lens.
The 2021–22 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2021 and ended in April 2022, with Westerlo winning the title by a considerable margin over RWDM, the latter losing the promotion play-off and hence not promoted together with Westerlo. Virton ended in last place and would have been relegated, were it not for the fact that after the season Excel Mouscron was not awarded a licence, causing them to be relegated instead.
The 2022–23 season was the 125th in the history of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup,UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
