| Season | 2022–23 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August 2022 – 21 May 2023 |
| Champions | Patro Eisden |
| Promoted | Patro Eisden RFC Liège Francs Borains |
| Relegated | Ninove Rupel Boom Mandel United |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1,125 (2.96 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Teddy Chevalier (31 goals) |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → | |
The 2022–23 Belgian National Division 1 is the seventh season of the third-tier football league in Belgium and the first one in which U23 teams are admitted into the league, due to the last minute bankruptcy of Roeselare. It is the third season under its new name after being renamed from First Amateur Division. The league began in 18 August 2022 and is scheduled to end in 21 May 2023.
Two teams moved to another level:
Three teams were promoted from the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2:
Four U23 teams were added to the league as it was expanded. The teams joining were determined based on their finishing position in the 2021–22 Belgian U23 league:
Four U23 teams were added to the league as part of a two-season trial, expanding the league from 16 to 20 teams. These twenty teams will play each other twice in a regular competition. At the end of season, the top three teams will be automatically promoted to the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League. Due to reduce the size back from 20 to 18 teams. The three bottom teams will be automatically relegated to 2023–24 Belgian Division 2. U23 teams can be promoted to Challenger Pro League. The 17th place will face relegation play-off.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patro Eisden (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 84 | 23 | +61 | 86 | Promoted to the Challenger Pro League |
| 2 | RFC Liège (P) | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 99 | 29 | +70 | 86 | |
| 3 | Francs Borains (P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 77 | |
| 4 | RAAL La Louvière | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 73 | |
| 5 | Jong KAA Gent | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 67 | |
| 6 | Heist | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 61 | |
| 7 | Olympic Charleroi CF | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 52 | +19 | 60 | |
| 8 | Knokke | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 60 | |
| 9 | Visé | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 56 | |
| 10 | Thes | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 53 | |
| 11 | OH Leuven U-23 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 50[a] | |
| 12 | Tienen | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 46 | |
| 13 | Zébra Élites Charleroi | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 44 | |
| 14 | Dessel | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 43 | |
| 15 | Sint-Eloois-Winkel | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 42 | |
| 16 | Hoogstraten | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 41 | |
| 17 | Young Reds Antwerp (O) | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 39 | Qualification for the Division 2 Promotion play-offs Final |
| 18 | Ninove[b] (R) | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 39 | 75 | −36 | 35 | Relegation to Division 2 |
| 19 | Rupel Boom (R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 83 | −54 | 24 | |
| 20 | Mandel United (R) | 38 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 88 | −72 | 14 |
| Home \ Away | PEM | RFC | LAL | OLC | HEI | GNT | TES | KNO | TIE | OHL | FRB | SEW | VIS | YRA | NIN | ZEB | RUP | DES | MAN | HOO |
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| Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| RFC Liège | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 9–0 | 2–1 |
| RAAL La Louvière | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Olympic Charleroi CF | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Heist | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Jong KAA Gent | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Thes | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 |
| Knokke | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–4 |
| Tienen | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| OH Leuven U-23 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Francs Borains | 0–5 | 3–2 | 5–0[a] | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Sint-Eloois-Winkel | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Visé | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Young Reds Antwerp | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Ninove | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Zébra Élites Charleroi | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rupel Boom | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–5[b] | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Dessel | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Mandel United | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 |
| Hoogstraten | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Teddy Chevalier
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Francs Borains | 31 |
| Jérémy Perbet
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RFC Liège | ||
| 2 |  Adriano Bertaccini
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Thes | 26 |
| 3 |  Din Sula
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Knokke | 22 |
| 4 | Mohamed Soumaré
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RAAL La Louvière | 17 |
| 5 | Olivier Romero Gómez
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Ninove | 16 |
| Corenthyn Lavie
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Francs Borains | ||
| 6 |  Joshua Zimmerman
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OH Leuven U23 | 15 |
| 7 | Adrien Bongiovanni
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Zébra Élites Charleroi | 14 |
| 8 | Roman Ferber
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Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 13 |
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