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The 2024–25 season of the Challenger Pro League began on 16 August 2024 and is scheduled to end in May 2025. It is the third season under its new name after being renamed from First Division B . Team changes
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.
Beerschot and Dender EH were promoted respectively as champions and runners-up of the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League.Beerschot returned to the top level after just two seasons, while Dender EH needed 15 seasons to return (including four seasons playing at the third level).
The 2024–25 season is the 99th season in the history of the K.M.S.K. Deinze, and the club's fifth consecutive season in Challenger Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup.
As the league expanded from 12 to 16 teams, this also involved a new format: a regular round-robin tournament of 30 matchdays. After this, the champions and runners-up will both be promoted to the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League and similarly, the two bottom finishers will be relegated to the 2024–25 Belgian National Division 1.
2016–17 Belgian First Division B; 2017–18 Belgian First Division B; 2018–19 Belgian First Division B; 2019–20 Belgian First Division B; 2020–21 Belgian First Division B; 2021–22 Belgian First Division B; 2022–23 Challenger Pro League; 2023–24 Challenger Pro League; 2024–25 Challenger Pro League
The 2023–24 Belgian Pro League (officially known as the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier football in Belgium. Club Brugge were crowned champions for the 19th time in their history having come back from fourth at the start of the title play-offs.
At the end of season, the top three teams will be automatically promoted to the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League. Due to reduce the size back from 20 to 18 teams. The three bottom teams will be automatically relegated to 2023–24 Belgian Division 2. U23 teams can be promoted to Challenger Pro League. The 17th place will face relegation play-off.