Belgian Second Division
The Second Division (Dutch: Tweede class, French: Division 2 ) is the second Belgian Football League. Between 2008 and 2010, the league which was first called promotion, named after its main sponsor, the pay- TV provider KNVB, which also owns the rights to TV broadcasting. Previously, the league changed its name from 1952 to 2008 under the name of Division II ( Dutch: Tweede class ), previously from 1926 to 1952 as Division I.
At the Second Division take part 18 teams. In mode, the league from most other football competitions distinguished by the division into three sections, determine the winners along with the runner-up in a play-off second climber next to the master. The two last- placed teams with direct access into the Derde class (French: Division III ) from.
The second Belgian football league looks back on a more than 100 -year tradition, the competition was played for the first time in the season 1905/ 06 release. First winner was the second team of the reigning Belgian champion, Union Saint -Gilloise. In the years 1914 to 1919 and again from 1939 to 1941 as well as 1944/45, due to the war, no competition was held.
History
The Belgian Football Association led in 1905 under the name of promotion a national second- highest division below the Division I a. As of 1923, the league was played in two seasons, Promotion A and Promotion B. Only three years later, the League was renamed to Division I - the highest league was now called the Division d' Honneur - and now consisted of only one season with 14 teams.
For the season 1930/31 the Football Association returned to the system with two squadrons with 14 clubs back. The two relay champions were promoted to the Division d'Honneur, while had to start the transition to the third tier, the two last placed athlete from each season. From 1952, the second highest Belgian league was known as the Division II and consisted of only 16 clubs.
From the season 1974/75, a play-off was introduced: During the Master ascended directly to Division I, the teams played in the squares two to five in the league mode from another climber. From the 1993/94 season, there were three points for a win, instead of just two. A year later, the number of participating teams was increased from 16 to 18.
Prior to the 2007/ 08 season, there was a further increase to 19 teams. Responsible for this was a dispute between the two finalists of the play-off of the third division, KFC Verbroedering Geel and UR Namur, was forced in consequence of the Belgian Football Association by a court decision to include both teams in the league. Between 2008 and 2010, was named the Liga KNVB -League.
Game Mode
The League includes eighteen teams that basically everyone against everyone even play in round-trip round against each other. At the end of each season to identify in the play-off games promoted and relegated the following season.
A season will be held between August and May of the following year a while a three-week winter break interrupts the return lap. The course of the season is divided into three sections. After the first ten or twelve the next two meetings a season is over. The winner in all three sections is entitled to direct promotion to the Jupiler Pro League. The best sections of each season will qualify for the play-off phase. The fourth team from the second division here comes added the second of the total playing time. To complete this field of 15 and 16 the first division.
The Play-Off mode designed so that these six team determined after return game the winner of which is fixed as a climber - or as non- relegated if it is a Erstligamannschaft. If necessary games to be decided by extra time and penalties. Clubs may only participate in the Jupiler Pro League, if they have an appropriate license. If this is not the case, the affected club is replaced by the next higher-ranked club with a license.
The two last-place teams in a season will be relegated to the 3rd Division twin-track. They are replaced by the two first of the Belgian third division the following year. The teams ranked 17 and 16 occur in the relegation against the teams that finished second show in the two seasons of the third division with four.