Belgium Tier 3

Belgian National Division 1

League Guide & Facts

The third tier of Belgian Football
15 teams
Teams play each other twice (28 games)
3 points for a win, 1 for a draw

Promotion

Top four teams play in a mini league play-off after the regular season in which they keep 50% of their points
Team with the most points after the play-off is promoted

Relegation

Bottom three automatically relegated
Team in 12th play a playoff with three teams from the league below to stay in the division

Other

League sorted by 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won
The match squad must have at least 2 under-21 players. (Born after 9/8/1999)
7 subs named, maximum 3 used

Location Of Clubs

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

All Bordering Countries

Netherlands
France
Germany
Top leagues from other major nations

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle. The setup above gives a nice regional feel.

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive

Media Prediction, Board Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save

Football Manager 2022 - Belgian National Division 1

Club Culture

Football Manager 2022 - Belgian National Division 1

Facilities

Facilities Explained

Training Facilities

The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Youth Facilities

The training facilities available for Juniors (only).

Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.

In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Junior Coaching

The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake

Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -

Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional

Youth Recruitment

This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.

Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.

Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -