2021–22 Belgian Division 3

Belgian Division 3
Season	2021–22
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Belgian Division 3 is the sixth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fifth-tier of football in Belgium. As the previous season was cancelled in January 2021 due to governmental measures against COVID-19 prohibiting amateur football,^[1] the division features nearly exactly the same teams.

The division consists of four separate leagues. Leagues VFV A and VFV B consist of teams with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VFV, the Flemish/Dutch speaking wing of the Belgian FA), while the leagues ACFF A and ACFF B contain teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French-speaking wing of the RBFA). The champions from each of the four leagues will be promoted to the 2022–23 Belgian Division 2.

Team changes[]

In[]

No new clubs entered as the previous season was cancelled.

Out[]

merged with AFC Tubize to become Royale Union Tubize-Braine, known as Tubize-Braine. As AFC Tubize was playing at a higher level (Belgian Division 2), the new club continued at this level, thus vacating the place of Stade Brainois in the Belgian Division 3.

Mergers[]

Bambrugge merged with neighbours Mere (which was playing at a lower level) to become Erpe-Mere United.

Belgian Division 3 VFV A[]

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Locations of the 2021–22 Belgian Division 3 VFV A teams

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		22	17	4	1	62	29	+33	55	Promotion to the 2022–23 Belgian Division 2
2		22	14	5	3	40	21	+19	47	Qualified for play-offs
3	Torhout	22	14	2	6	41	30	+11	44
4		22	11	5	6	40	26	+14	38
5	Erpe-Mere United	22	11	4	7	36	26	+10	37
6	Hamme	22	10	6	6	40	30	+10	36
7		22	10	5	7	44	34	+10	35
8		22	9	6	7	34	27	+7	33
9		22	8	4	10	36	37	−1	28
10		22	6	7	9	31	28	+3	25
11	Sint-Niklaas	22	5	5	12	26	45	−19	20
12		22	5	5	12	30	50	−20	20
13		22	5	4	13	30	46	−16	19
14		22	4	7	11	22	32	−10	19	Relegation to the 2022–23 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15		22	5	3	14	30	52	−22	18
16	Rhodienne-De Hoek	22	4	4	14	21	50	−29	16

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.^[2]

Belgian Division 3 VFV B[]

Diest

KRC Mechelen

Turnhout

Zwarte Leeuw

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Locations of the 2021–22 Belgian Division 3 VFV B teams

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Racing Mechelen	22	14	4	4	47	26	+21	46	Promotion to the 2022–23 Belgian Division 2
2		21	12	3	6	41	32	+9	39	Qualified for play-offs
3		22	10	8	4	41	21	+20	38
4	Diest	22	10	7	5	30	23	+7	37
5		22	10	5	7	35	26	+9	35
6		22	10	5	7	43	44	−1	35
7		22	10	4	8	38	33	+5	34
8		22	9	5	8	44	37	+7	32
9		22	8	8	6	34	31	+3	32
10	Zwarte Leeuw	22	9	4	9	49	32	+17	31
11		22	9	4	9	36	32	+4	31
12		22	8	5	9	33	33	0	29
13		21	8	3	10	32	36	−4	27
14		22	3	8	11	23	43	−20	17	Relegation to the 2022–23 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15		22	4	4	14	24	48	−24	16
16		22	2	1	19	20	73	−53	7

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2022. 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.^[3]

Belgian Division 3 ACFF A[]

Namur FLV

Ren. Mons

Tournai

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Locations of the 2021–22 Belgian Division 3 ACFF A teams

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Namur FLV	16	10	2	4	26	12	+14	32	Promotion to the 2022–23 Belgian Division 2
2		16	9	3	4	36	17	+19	30	Qualified for play-offs
3		16	9	3	4	27	20	+7	30
4		16	8	5	3	27	23	+4	29
5		15	7	5	3	26	17	+9	26
6	Tournai	16	7	4	5	20	16	+4	25
7		16	7	4	5	26	24	+2	25
8		15	7	3	5	23	13	+10	24
9	Mons	16	6	6	4	31	22	+9	24
10		16	6	4	6	25	26	−1	22
11		16	4	6	6	17	22	−5	18
12		16	4	3	9	26	34	−8	15
13		14	2	4	8	12	23	−11	10
14		16	1	7	8	13	30	−17	10	Relegation to the 2022–23 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15		16	0	3	13	10	46	−36	3	Relegation to the 2022–23 Belgian Provincial Leagues

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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.^[4]

Belgian Division 3 ACFF B[]

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Locations of the 2021–22 Belgian Division 3 ACFF B teams

League table[]

Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	17	11	3	3	42	25	+17	36	Promotion to the 2022–23 Belgian Division 2
2	17	10	3	4	33	23	+10	33	Qualified for play-offs
3	17	10	2	5	41	32	+9	32
4	17	9	1	7	41	33	+8	28
5	16	8	2	6	32	23	+9	26
6	16	8	2	6	26	23	+3	26
7	14	7	5	2	27	12	+15	26
8	17	6	5	6	39	44	−5	23
9	17	7	1	9	38	41	−3	22
10	16	6	4	6	29	26	+3	22
11	16	6	3	7	20	19	+1	21
12	17	6	0	11	31	52	−21	18
13	16	5	2	9	21	40	−19	17
14	17	4	4	9	26	35	−9	16	Relegation to the 2022–23 Belgian Provincial Leagues
15	17	3	5	9	18	25	−7	14
16	17	3	4	10	27	38	−11	13

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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.^[5]

Number of teams by provinces[]

Number of teams	Province or region	Team(s) in VFV A	Team(s) in VFV B	Team(s) in ACFF A	Team(s) in ACFF B
9	Antwerp	none	, , , KRC Mechelen, , , Turnhout, and Zwarte Leeuw	–	–
	East Flanders	Erpe-Mere, Hamme, , , , , Sint-Niklaas, and	none	–	–
	Hainaut	–	–	, , , , , Ren. Mons, , , Tournai	none
8	Liège	–	–	none	, , , , , , ,
6	Flemish Brabant	, , Rhode-De Hoek and	and Diest	–	–
5	Limburg	none	, , , and	–	–
	Luxembourg	–	–	none	, , , ,
	Namur	–	–	, Namur FLV and	,
4	Walloon Brabant	–	–	, and
3	West Flanders	, , Torhout	none	–	–
0	Brussels	none	none	none	none

References[]

^ "Amateurcompetities definitief stopgezet, jeugdvoetbal tot U13 blijft mogelijk" [Amateur leagues cancelled definitively, youth matches until U13 remain possible]. sporza (in Dutch). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV B 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division ACFF A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ "Belgian Third Amateur Division ACFF B 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[covid19-1] "Amateurcompetities definitief stopgezet, jeugdvoetbal tot U13 blijft mogelijk" [Amateur leagues cancelled definitively, youth matches until U13 remain possible]. sporza (in Dutch). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[2] "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[3] "Belgian Third Amateur Division VFV B 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[4] "Belgian Third Amateur Division ACFF A 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[5] "Belgian Third Amateur Division ACFF B 2020/2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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