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List of football clubs in Belgium

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This is a list of football clubs in Belgium by year of origin.

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Year Club Division (2024–25) Notes
1880 Royal Antwerp Belgian Pro League Oldest club in Belgium with matricule number 1.
1891 Club Brugge Belgian Pro League
1892 RFC Liège Challenger Pro League
1897 Union SG Belgian Pro League
1898 Standard Liège Belgian Pro League
1899 Cercle Brugge Belgian Pro League
1899 Beerschot Challenger Pro League created by the merger of KFCO Wilrijk and Beerschot AC in 2013.
1900 Gent Belgian Pro League
1901 Kortrijk Belgian Pro League
1904 Sporting Charleroi Belgian Pro League
1904 Mechelen Belgian Pro League
1904 Oostende Dissolved due to Bankruptcy created by the merger of AS Oostende and VG Oostende in 1981
1904 RFC Seraing Dissolved due to bankruptcy the old RFC Seraing successor by new club, RFC Seraing
1905 Union Namur Belgian National Division 1
1906 Royal Capellen Belgian National Division 1
1908 Anderlecht Belgian Pro League Most successful club of Belgium
1909 RWD Molenbeek Dissolved due to Bankruptcy Strictly speaking, former RWDM is hence the successor of K. Standaard Wetteren in 1953
1912 Olympic Charleroi CF Belgian National Division 1
1912 KFC Turnhout Belgian National Division 1 Founded by chaplain Z.E. Janssens from St-Victor-institute in Turnhout
1919 RAAL La Louvière Challenger Pro League
1921 Roeselare Dissolved due to bankruptcy
1921 Tienen Belgian National Division 1 renamed from R.C. Tirlemont, due to french name in Tienen
1922 Excel Mouscron Dissolved due to bankruptcy
1922 RFC Seraing Challenger Pro League
1922 Virton Belgian National Division 1
1922 UR La Louvière Centre Belgian Division 2
1923 K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen Dissolved due to bankruptcy, merged with KSV Temse and currently play as Lokeren-Temse
1924 Sint-Truiden Belgian Pro League
1926 K.M.S.K. Deinze Challenger Pro League
1926 K.F.C. Dessel Sport Belgian National Division 1
1926 RFC Mandel United Belgian Division 3
1927 URSL Visé
1933 K.V.C. Westerlo Belgian Pro League
1935 K.S.K. Beveren 1st Provincial East Flanders Merged with S.K. Beveren
1935 F.C.V. Dender E.H. Belgian Pro League
1935 K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen Challenger Pro League
1936 K.V.K. Ninove Belgian National Division 1
1936 S.K. Beveren Challenger Pro League renamed from Waasland-Beveren in 2022
1940 K.S.K. Heist Belgian National Division 1
1940 Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport Dissolved as First team
1942 K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo Belgian National Division 1
1943 Lierse Kempenzonen Challenger Pro League created by the merger of FC Oosterzonen and Lierse in 2018
1945 Eupen Challenger Pro League created by the merger of La Jeunesse d'Eupen and FC Eupen 1920 in 1945
1949 Royal Francs-Borains Challenger Pro League
1953 Royale Union Tubize-Braine Belgian National Division 1 merged from A.F.C. Tubize and Royal Stade Brainois in 2021
1988 Genk Belgian Pro League created by the merger of Waterschei and Winterslag in 1988
1998 K. Rupel Boom F.C. Belgian Division 2
2001 Zulte Waregem Challenger Pro League created by the merger of Zultse VV and Waregem in 2001.
2002 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Belgian Pro League Merger of 3 clubs.
2003 Lommel S.K. Challenger Pro League
2015 RWD Molenbeek Challenger Pro League Merger from two teams of Former RWD Molenbeek and Standard Wetteren has been dissolved when became a new club in 2015
2020 Lokeren-Temse Challenger Pro League two clubs Sporting Lokeren has been dissolved on 20 April 2020 and KSV Temse was founded in 1945 merger into Lokeren-Temse in 2020
2021 Belisia Bilzen Belgian National Division 1 two clubs Spouwen-Mopertingen merged with Bilzerse Waltwilder and a new club was formed named Belisia Bilzen, taking its name after the first football club of Bilzen named Belisia, founded in 1912