# List of football clubs in Belgium

This is a list of football clubs in Belgium by year of origin.

## List

| Year | Club | Division (2024–25) | Notes |
| 1880 | Royal Antwerp | Belgian Pro League | Oldest club in Belgium with matricule number 1. |
| 1891 | Club Brugge | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1892 | RFC Liège | Challenger Pro League | |
| 1897 | Union SG | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1898 | Standard Liège | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1899 | Cercle Brugge | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1899 | Beerschot | Challenger Pro League | created by the merger of KFCO Wilrijk and Beerschot AC in 2013. |
| 1900 | Gent | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1901 | Kortrijk | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1904 | Sporting Charleroi | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1904 | Mechelen | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1904 | Oostende | Dissolved due to Bankruptcy | created by the merger of AS Oostende and VG Oostende in 1981 |
| 1904 | RFC Seraing | Dissolved due to bankruptcy | the old RFC Seraing successor by new club, RFC Seraing |
| 1905 | Union Namur | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1906 | Royal Capellen | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1908 | Anderlecht | Belgian Pro League | Most successful club of Belgium |
| 1909 | RWD Molenbeek | Dissolved due to Bankruptcy | Strictly speaking, former RWDM is hence the successor of K. Standaard Wetteren in 1953 |
| 1912 | Olympic Charleroi CF | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1912 | KFC Turnhout | Belgian National Division 1 | Founded by chaplain Z.E. Janssens from St-Victor-institute in Turnhout |
| 1919 | RAAL La Louvière | Challenger Pro League | |
| 1921 | Roeselare | | Dissolved due to bankruptcy |
| 1921 | Tienen | Belgian National Division 1 | renamed from R.C. Tirlemont, due to French name in Tienen |
| 1922 | Excel Mouscron | | Dissolved due to bankruptcy |
| 1922 | RFC Seraing | Challenger Pro League | |
| 1922 | Virton | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1922 | UR La Louvière Centre | Belgian Division 2 | |
| 1923 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | | Dissolved due to bankruptcy, merged with KSV Temse and currently play as Lokeren-Temse |
| 1924 | Sint-Truiden | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1926 | K.M.S.K. Deinze | Challenger Pro League | |
| 1926 | K.F.C. Dessel Sport | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1926 | RFC Mandel United | Belgian Division 3 | |
| 1927 | URSL Visé | | |
| 1933 | K.V.C. Westerlo | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1935 | K.S.K. Beveren | 1st Provincial East Flanders | Merged with S.K. Beveren |
| 1935 | F.C.V. Dender E.H. | Belgian Pro League | |
| 1935 | K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | Challenger Pro League | |
| 1936 | K.V.K. Ninove | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1936 | S.K. Beveren | Challenger Pro League | renamed from Waasland-Beveren in 2022 |
| 1940 | K.S.K. Heist | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1940 | Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport | Dissolved as First team | |
| 1942 | K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo | Belgian National Division 1 | |
| 1943 | Lierse Kempenzonen | Challenger Pro League | created by the merger of FC Oosterzonen and Lierse in 2018 |
| 1945 | Eupen | Challenger Pro League | created by the merger of La Jeunesse d'Eupen and FC Eupen 1920 in 1945 |
| 1949 | Royal Francs-Borains | Challenger Pro League | |
| 1953 | Royale Union Tubize-Braine | Belgian National Division 1 | merged from A.F.C. Tubize and Royal Stade Brainois in 2021 |
| 1988 | Genk | Belgian Pro League | created by the merger of Waterschei and Winterslag in 1988 |
| 1998 | K. Rupel Boom F.C. | Belgian Division 2 | |
| 2001 | Zulte Waregem | Challenger Pro League | created by the merger of Zultse VV and Waregem in 2001. |
| 2002 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Belgian Pro League | Merger of 3 clubs. |
| 2003 | Lommel S.K. | Challenger Pro League | |
| 2015 | RWD Molenbeek | Challenger Pro League | Merger from two teams of Former RWD Molenbeek and Standard Wetteren has been dissolved when became a new club in 2015 |
| 2020 | Lokeren-Temse | Challenger Pro League | two clubs Sporting Lokeren has been dissolved on 20 April 2020 and KSV Temse was founded in 1945 merger into Lokeren-Temse in 2020 |
| 2021 | Belisia Bilzen | Belgian National Division 1 | two clubs Spouwen-Mopertingen merged with Bilzerse Waltwilder and a new club was formed named Belisia Bilzen, taking its name after the first football club of Bilzen named Belisia, founded in 1912 |