The 1925–26 season was the 26th season of competitive football in Belgium. Beerschot AC won their 4th Division I title, which was also their 3rd consecutive Belgian title. At the end of the season, SC Anderlechtois, CS Verviétois and R Tilleur FC were relegated to the Promotion, while RC de Bruxelles, FC Malinois and CS La Forestoise were promoted. For season 1926-27, major changes were brought to the league system. Division I was renamed Division d'Honneur (French for Premier Division), Promotion was renamed Division I with one division of 14 teams (instead of 2) and a third level was introduced, named Promotion and played as 3 divisions of 14 teams each. The bottom two teams in Division d'Honneur would be relegated to Division I (with the top two in Division I promoted, while the bottom 3 teams in Division I would be relegated to the Promotion, with the winners of the 3 Promotion divisions would be promoted to Division I. Also, the Belgian Cup was played for the first time since World War I.
National team DateVenueOpponentsScore*CompBelgium scorersMatch ReportDecember 13, 1925Stade du Pont d'Ougrée, Liège (H)Austria3-4FIvan Thys, Maurice Gillis, Raymond BraineFA websiteFebruary 14, 1926Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels (H)Hungary0-2FFA websiteMarch 14, 1926Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H)The Netherlands1-1FFerdinand AdamsFA websiteApril 11, 1926Pershing, Paris (A)France3-4FMichel Vanderbauwhede, Ivan Thys, Gérard DevosFA websiteMay 2, 1926Sportpark Oud-Roosenburgh, Amsterdam (A)The Netherlands5-1FRaymond Braine (2), Jan Diddens, Ferdinand Adams, Maurice GillisFA websiteMay 24, 1926Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp (H)England3-5FIvan Thys, Raymond Braine (2)FA websiteJune 20, 1926Oscar Bossaert Stadium, Brussels (H)France2-2FMaurice Gillis, Ferdinand AdamsFA website * Belgium score given first
Key H = Home match A = Away match N = On neutral ground F = Friendly o.g. = own goal
Honours CompetitionWinnerDivision IBeerschot ACPromotionRC de Bruxelles and FC Malinois
Final league tables
Division I
Promotion
Promotion A Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA GD Pts Notes1RC de Bruxelles2620519622+7445Promoted to Premier Division2CS La Forestoise2618267147+24383FC Turnhout2617458831+57384White Star AC2613495140+11305Saint-Ignace SC Antwerpen26133108357+26296Oude God Sport2611785246+6297SRU Verviers26115105053-3278Stade Louvaniste26105116869-125Relegated to form Promotion9Courtrai Sports26113124748-12510AS Renaisienne26105114264-222511FC Sérésien2695125266-142312RC de Vottem2673163981-421713ESC de Bruxelles2631223686-50714US Tournaisienne2622222794-676
Promotion B Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes1FC Malinois2621141063243+74Promoted to Premier Division2Boom FC261655533437+193Liersche SK261538615133+104Uccle Sport261448805732+235AS Herstalienne261439564631+106RFC Liégeois261178643529+297TSV Lyra261178422529+178CS Tongrois261097545129+3Relegated to form Promotion9AS Ostendaise2610511465725-1110R Léopold Club de Bruxelles268216557318-1911SR Dolhain FC266416377416-3712Albert Elisabeth Club de Mons265516497815-2913Vanneste Genootschap Oostende263716357513-4014Vilvorde FC264517398413-45
External links RSSSF archive - Final tables 1895-2002 Belgian clubs history