# 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division

The 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division was the fourth season of the third-tier football league in Belgium. Mid-March all matches were temporarily postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, only to be canceled permanently two weeks later, with the standing as of March 12th counting as final. As a result, Deinze was crowned champions and promoted to the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B.

## Team information
### Team changes
#### In

* Tubize was relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B.
* Sint-Eloois-Winkel was promoted after winning the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division A.
* Patro Eisden Maasmechelen was promoted after winning the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division B.
* La Louvière Centre was promoted after winning the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division C.
* Visé was promoted after winning the Promotion play-offs.

#### Out

* Virton were promoted from the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division as champions.
* Aalst, ASV Geel and Knokke finished in the relegation zone (14th through 16th) in the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division and were therefore relegated to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division.
* Oudenaarde lost the relegation play-offs and were thus also relegated.

#### Merger

* Châtelet merged with Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne to become R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes, known as Olympic Charleroi CF. Strictly speaking, the new club is a continuation of Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne rather than Châtelet, as the latter club has been dissolved.

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Deinze (C, P) | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 62 | Promotion for the First Division B |
| 2 | Tessenderlo | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 42 | |
| 3 | Seraing (P) | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 41.74 | Promotion for the First Division B |
| 4 | Heist | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 38 | |
| 5 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 36 | |
| 6 | RWDM47 (P) | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 34 | Promotion for the First Division B |
| 7 | Dender EH | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Dessel | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 31 | |
| 9 | Rupel Boom | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 31 | |
| 10 | Olympic Charleroi CF | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 30 | |
| 11 | Visé | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 30 | |
| 12 | RFC Liège | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 28.17 | |
| 13 | Lierse Kempenzonen (P) | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 26 | Promotion for the First Division B |
| 14 | La Louvière Centre | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 26 | |
| 15 | Tubize (R) | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 23 | Relegation to the Second Amateur Division |
| 16 | Sint-Eloois-Winkel | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 4 Eligible for promotion. The deadline for requesting a license for professional football of mid-February revealed that only six teams (Deinze, La Louvière Centre, Lierse Kempenzonen, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, RWDM47 and Seraing) had applied. Only four of those actually obtained the license. Due to one club dissolving (Lokeren) and two clubs being refused a license (Roeselare and Virton), two extra teams were promoted, the two highest finishers: Seraing and RWDM47. Eventually on 31 July 2020 it was decided that the Belgian First Division A would expand to 18 teams, meaning no team would relegate from, while two teams would be promoted into this division. As a result, two more spots opened up in the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B, which went to Lierse Kempenzonen (highest finisher with license) and the Club Brugge U23 squad.
* 1 2 As both Seraing and RFC Liège had played one match less, their points were scaled up by a factor 24/23.
* 1 2 Both La Louvière Centre and Sint-Eloois Winkel were spared of relegation despite finishing in the relegation positions, due to Lokeren being dissolved and Virton being refused a license for the first Amateur Division.
* ↑ Tubize did not meet all the criteria to obtain a license and was penalized with a 3-point penalty for next season (in the Belgian Second Amateur Division).

### Results

| Home \ Away | DEI | DEN | DES | HEI | LAL | LIE | OLC | PEM | RFC | RUP | RWD | SER | SEW | TES | TUB | VIS |
| Deinze | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | – | 3–0 | 5–0 | – | – | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Dender EH | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | – | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 2–2 | 3–0 | – |
| Dessel | 0–4 | – | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | – | 4–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Heist | 0–3 | 0–2 | – | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| La Louvière Centre | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–6 | – | — | 2–1 | – | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Lierse Kempenzonen | 2–0 | 1–2 | – | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | – | 0–1 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Olympic Charleroi CF | 1–1 | – | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | – | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 0–1 | – | – | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| RFC Liège | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | – | – | – |
| Rupel Boom | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | – | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | – | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | – | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| RWDM47 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | – | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | – | 3–1 | – | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Seraing | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 1–2 | – | – | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | – | – |
| Sint-Eloois-Winkel | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | – | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | – | – | 1–1 |
| Tessenderlo | – | 0–3 | 1–1 | – | – | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Tubize | – | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | – | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Visé | – | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | – | 0–0 | – | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Matches cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.
* ↑ Match was stopped at a score of 1–2 due to a regional power outage with 20 minutes remaining. As the home club was not to blame, the match was originally scheduled to be replayed entirely, but in the end got cancelled as well.

## Number of teams by provinces

| Number of teams | Province or region | Team(s) |
| 4 | Antwerp | Dessel, Heist, Lierse Kempenzonen and Rupel Boom |
| 3 | Liège | RFC Liège, Seraing and Visé |
| 2 | East Flanders | Dender EH and Deinze |
| 2 | Limburg | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen and Tessenderlo |
| 2 | Hainaut | La Louvière Centre and Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes |
| 1 | Brussels | RWDM47 |
| 1 | Walloon Brabant | Tubize |
| 1 | West Flanders | Sint-Eloois-Winkel |