A total of 79 association football clubs in Belgium have yet played in the Belgian First Division since its creation in 1895.[1] Those clubs are listed here alphabetically. The last spell in the first division is indicated in brackets. Teams in bold are teams playing in the 2022-23 season. Teams in italics stopped, went into liquidation or merged with or into another team.
| Club | Town or City | Last Promotion |
Last Relegation |
Most recent finish |
Highest finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons | Mons | 2010-11 | 2013-14 | Defunct (2014–15) |
9th |
| RSC Anderlecht | Anderlecht | 1934-35 | 1930-31 | 3rd | 1st |
| R Antwerp FC | Antwerp | 2016-17 | 2003-04 | 4th | 1st |
| Athletic and Running Club de Bruxelles | Brussels | 1895-96 | 1904-05 | Defunct (1908–09) |
3rd |
| K Beerschot VAV | Antwerp | 1981-82 | 1990-91 | Defunct (1998–99) |
1st |
| K Beerschot VA | Antwerp | 2019-20 | 2021-22 | 16th (relegated) |
9th |
| Belgica FC Edegem | Edegem | 1932-33 | 1934-35 | Belgian Provincial leagues | 12th |
| K Berchem Sport | Antwerp | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | Third Division 12th |
2nd |
| R Beringen FC | Beringen | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | Defunct (2001–02) |
2nd |
| KSK Beveren | Beveren | 1996-97 | 2006-07 | Defunct (2009–10) |
1st |
| FC Boom | Boom | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | Defunct (1997–98) |
7th |
| ESC de Bruxelles | Forest | 1907-08 | 1912-13 | Defunct (1913–14) |
7th |
| RC de Bruxelles | Uccle | 1953-54 | 1954-55 | Belgian Provincial leagues | 1st |
| SC de Bruxelles | Ixelles | 1895-96 | 1896-97 | Defunct (1896–97) |
3rd |
| Cercle Brugge KSV | Bruges | 2002-03 | 2014-15 | 15th (Relegated) |
1st |
| Club Brugge KV | Bruges | 1958-59 | 1950-51 | 2nd | 1st |
| R Charleroi SC | Charleroi | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 5th | 2nd |
| ROC de Charleroi | Charleroi | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | Promoted from Belgian Provincial leagues |
2nd |
| R Crossing Club de Schaerbeek | Schaerbeek | 1968-69 | 1972-73 | Belgian Provincial leagues | 12th |
| R Daring Club de Bruxelles | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 1958-59 | 1968-69 | Defunct (1972–73) |
1st |
| KSC Eendracht Aalst | Aalst | 1993-94 | 2001-02 | Second Division 9th (refused pro license) |
4th |
| KAS Eupen | Eupen | 2015-16 | 2010-11 | 15th | 12th |
| KRC Gent | Ghent | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | Third Division 10th |
5th |
| KRC Genk | Genk | 1995-96 | 1993-94 | 7th | 1st |
| KAA Gent | Ghent | 1988-89 | 1987-88 | 1st | 1st |
| KFC Germinal Beerschot |
Antwerp | 1988-89 | 2012-13 | Defunct (2012–13) |
3rd |
| KRC Harelbeke | Harelbeke | 1994-95 | 2000-01 | Defunct (2001–02) |
5th |
| SC Hasselt | Hasselt | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | Defunct (2000–01) |
18th (relegated) |
| K Heusden-Zolder | Heusden-Zolder | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | Defunct (2005–06) |
17th (relegated) |
| UFC d'Ixelles | Ixelles | 1895-96 | 1895-96 | Defunct (1900–01) |
7th (relegated) |
| R.C. Jet de Bruxelles | Jette | 1985-86 | 1987-88 | Belgian Provincial leagues | 12th |
| KV Kortrijk | Kortrijk | 2007-08 | 1998-99 | 6th | 5th |
| RCS La Forestoise | Forest | 1941-42 | 1946-47 | Defunct (1995–96) |
10th |
| Léopold Club de Bruxelles |
Uccle | 1912-13 | 1913-14 | Promotion 8th |
2nd |
| RFC Liégeois | Liège | 1944-45 | 1994-95 | Promotion 1st (promoted) |
1st |
| K Lierse SK | Lier | 2009-10 | 2014-15 | 16th relegated |
1st |
| KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen |
Lokeren | 1995-96 | 2018-19 | Defunct (2019-20) |
2nd |
| KFC Lommel SK | Lommel | 2000-01 | 2002-03 | Defunct (2002–03) |
5th |
| RAA Louviéroise | La Louvière | 1999-2000 | 2005-06 | Defunct (2008–09) |
7th |
| K Lyra | Lier | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | Defunct (1971–72) |
6th |
| KRC Mechelen | Mechelen | 1987-88 | 1989-90 | Second Division 17th (relegated) |
2nd |
| FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek |
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 2003-04 | 2007-08 | Defunct (2013–14) |
10th |
| RFC Montegnée | Saint-Nicolas | 1929-30 | 1930-31 | Defunct (2013–14) |
13th (relegated) |
| RE Mouscron | Mouscron | 1995-96 | 2009-10 | Defunct (2009–10) |
3rd |
| R Mouscron-Péruwelz | Mouscron | 2013-14 | 2020-21 | Defunct (2021-22) |
13th |
| Olympia Club de Bruxelles | Brussels | 1902-03 | 1903-04 | Defunct (1908–09) |
5th |
| AS Oostende | Ostend | 1973-74 | 1976-77 | Defunct (1980–81) |
12th |
| KV Oostende | Ostend | 2012-13 | 2004-05 | 10th | 7th |
| Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Leuven | 2019-20 | 2015-16 | 11th | 11th |
| VV Patro Eisden | Maasmechelen | 1959-60 | 1960-61 | Second Division 16th |
16th (relegated) |
| KSV Roeselare | Roeselare | 2004-05 | 2009-10 | Second Division 11th |
11th |
| RU Saint-Gilloise | Forest | 2020-21 | 1972-73 | 2nd | 1st |
| RFC Sérésien | Seraing | 1992-93 | 1995-96 | Defunct (1995–96) |
3rd |
| RFC Seraing | Seraing | 2020-21 | Never relegated |
16th | 16th |
| K Sint-Niklase SK | Sint-Niklaas | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | Defunct (1999–2000) |
13th |
| K Sint-Truidense VV | Sint-Truiden | 2014-15 | 2011-12 | Second Division 1st (promoted) |
2nd |
| Skill FC de Bruxelles | Brussels | 1898-99 | 1901-02 | Defunct (1901–02) |
5th |
| R Stade Louvaniste | Leuven | 1948-49 | 1949-50 | Defunct (2001–02) |
16th (relegated) |
| Standard Liège | Liège | 1920-21 | 1913-14 | 4th | 1st |
| K Tesamen Hogerop Diest | Diest | 1969-70 | 1974-75 | Brabant Division Two | 7th |
| R Tilleur FC | Saint-Nicolas | 1963-64 | 1966-67 | Defunct (1994–95) |
4th |
| RFC Tirlemont-Hageland | Tienen | 1936-37 | 1937-38 | Third Division 13th |
14th (relegated) |
| KSK Tongeren | Tongeren | 1980-81 | 1982-83 | Defunct (2014–15) |
10th |
| RRC Tournaisien | Tournai | 1957-58 | 1958-59 | Defunct (2001–02) |
15th (relegated) |
| RUS Tournaisienne | Tournai | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | Third Division 18th (relegated) |
16th (relegated) |
| Tubantia FAC | Antwerp | 1929-30 | 1931-32 | Antwerp Division One | 11th |
| AFC Tubize | Tubize | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | Second Division 8th |
17th (relegated) |
| FC Turnhout | Turnhout | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | Third Division 18th (relegated) |
13th (relegated) |
| R Uccle Sport | Uccle | 1946-47 | 1947-48 | Defunct (2006–07) |
10th |
| FC Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem |
Dendermonde | 2006-07 | 2008-09 | Third Division 9th |
15th |
| KFC Verbroedering Geel | Geel | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | Defunct (2007–08) |
17th (relegated) |
| RCS Verviétois | Verviers | 1955-56 | 1960-61 | Defunct (2014–15) |
4th |
| Waasland-Beveren | Beveren | 2011-12 | 2020-21 | Second Division 3rd |
13th |
| KSV Waregem | Waregem | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | Defunct (2000–01) |
4th |
| KSV Waterschei Thor | Genk | 1977-78 | 1985-86 | Defunct (1987–88) |
3rd |
| KVC Westerlo | Westerlo | 1996-97 | 2013-14 | 11th | 6th |
| R White Daring Molenbeek | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | Defunct (2002–03) |
1st |
| Yellow Red KV Mechelen | Mechelen | 2006-07 | 2002-03 | 9th | 1st |
| SV Zulte Waregem | Waregem | 2004-05 | Never Relegated |
12th | 2nd |
