The 2016–17 Belgian First Amateur Division is the inaugural season of the newly created division at the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 23 June 2016.
Participating teams
For the inaugural season the following teams will participate: The bottom eight teams from the 2015–16 Belgian Second Division: Dessel Sport, Seraing United, Virton, ASV Geel, Deinze, Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, Heist and Coxyde WS Brussels who were refused a Belgian professional football license and were therefore relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division in spite of becoming champions in the 2015–16 Belgian Second Division. As a result, Roeselare avoided relegation and remained in the Belgian Second Division. The top two teams in both group A and group B of the 2015–16 Belgian Third Division that had applied and obtained a Belgian remunerated football license: Hamme, Oudenaarde, Beerschot Wilrijk and Oosterzonen Oosterwijk The three Promotion play-offs winners: Sprimont-Comblain, FCV Dender EH and Hasselt.
Regular season
League table
Results
Promotion play-offs The teams finishing in the top four positions entered the promotion play-offs. The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As Beerschot-Wilrijk were the only team which requested and obtained a licence, they were already certain of promotion even before the start of the playoffs.
Number of teams by provinces Number of teams Province Team(s)5Beerschot Wilrijk, Dessel Sport, Geel, Heist and Oosterzonen4Dender, Deinze, Hamme and Oudenaarde2Seraing and Sprimont-ComblainEisden and Hasselt1White Star BruxellesVirtonCoxyde
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