Belgian Pro League: Dates, format, teams, venues and odds

Founded in 1895, the Pro League is Belgian football's top division.

Here is everything you need to know about the Belgian Pro League.

Belgian Pro League dates

The 2024/25 Belgian Pro League season started on 26th July 2024 and will conclude on 29th May 2025.

Belgian Pro League format

Unlike most top European leagues, the Belgian Pro League uses a post-season play-off structure to decide its national champion.

The regular season takes place over 30 games. The team who finish top of the league will qualify for the Europa league, with the rest of the top six progressing to the champions' play-offs.

Teams finishing 7th-12th will qualify for the Europe play-offs, and teams finishing 13th-16th will qualify for the relegation play-offs.

The top 12 teams have their points halved from the regular season (and rounded up if required) and play home and away.

In the champions' play-off, the top team qualifies for the UEFA Champions League league phase and the runners-up qualify for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Teams finishing in the next two spots qualify for the Europa League play-off round and the Europa League second qualifying round respectively, unless the Belgian Cup winner finishes outside the top three. If they do, they'll take the Europa League play-off place, and only the next-highest team reaches the second qualifying round.

The team finishing fifth (or fourth if the Belgian Cup winner hasn't already qualified for Europe) will take on the winners of the Europe play-offs for the final European spot. The game takes place at the home stadium of the team from the champions' play-off and is over one leg.

The relegation play-offs will see the bottom two sides automatically relegated. The team finishing second progresses to the final of the relegation play-offs, which teams finishing 3rd-6th in the Challenger Pro League will contest.

The final takes place over two legs, with the winner earning Pro League status for the following season.

Belgian Pro League teams

16 teams compete in the Belgian Pro League. The teams in the 2024/25 season are:

• Anderlecht

• Antwerp

• Beerschot

• Cercle Brugge

• Charleroi

• Club Brugge

• Dender EH

• Genk

• Gent

• Kortrijk

• Mechelen

• OH Leuven

• Sint-Truiden

• Standard Liège

• Union SG

• Westerlo

Belgian Pro League venues and stadiums

Club	Venue	Capacity
Anderlecht	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	21,500
Antwerp	Bosuilstadion	16,144
Beerschot	Olympisch Stadion	12,771
Cercle Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	14,000
Club Brugge	Jan Breydel Stadium	29,042
Dender EH	Van Roystadion	6,429
Genk	Cegeka Arena	24,956
Gent	Planet Group Arena	20,000
Kortrijk	Guldensporen Stadion	9,399
Mechelen	AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne	16,700
OH Leuven	Den Dreef	10,000
Sint-Truiden	Stayen	14,600
Standard Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,023
Union SG	Stade Joseph Marien	9,400
Westerlo	Het Kuipje	8,035

Belgian Pro League odds

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