2012–13 Belgian Second Division

Belgian Second Division
Season	2012–13
Champions	Oostende
Promoted	Oostende
Relegated	Oudenaarde; Sint-Niklaas
Matches played	306
Goals scored	803 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hervé Onana; (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Dessel Sport 5–0 Antwerp; Sint-Truiden 5–0 Sint-Niklaas
Biggest away win	Sint-Niklaas 0–5 Tubize
Highest scoring	Tubize 4–4 Eendracht Aalst; Westerlo 4–4 Sint-Niklaas
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Belgacom League for sponsorship reasons) began on 22 August 2012 and ended in April 2013. The season was won by Oostende, who were thus promoted to the Belgian Pro League. Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe played the second division final round but lost this to Cercle Brugge, resulting in no other team gaining promotion. At the bottom end of the table, Sint-Niklaas and Oudenaarde were relegated, while Heist were saved due to the bankruptcy of Beerschot AC.

Team changes

After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 5 others being replaced:

Out

Charleroi were promoted as champions of the previous season.
Waasland-Beveren ended second, but won the second division final round and was therefore also promoted to the Pro League.
Tienen ended 16th, but lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated.
Dender EH was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 17th.
Wetteren was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 18th.

In

Sint-Truiden was directly relegated from the Pro League.
Westerlo lost the second division final round and as a result they were also relegated from the Pro League.
Mouscron-Péruwelz promoted as champions from Third Division A.
Dessel Sport promoted as champions from Third Division B.
Oudenaarde was promoted after winning the third division playoffs.

Team information

Club	City	Current manager	First season of current spell in second division	Coming from	2011–12 result	Stadium	Capacity
SC Eendracht Aalst	Aalst	Bart Van Renterghem	2011–12	Belgian Third Division	7th (D2)	Pierre Cornelisstadion	7,500
Royal Antwerp F.C.	Antwerp	Dennis van Wijk	2004–05	Belgian Pro League	10th (D2)	Bosuilstadion	16,649
Boussu Dour Borinage	Boussu	Arnauld Mercier	2009–10	Belgian Third Division	11th (D2)	Stade Robert Urbain	2,000
FC Brussels	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	Noureddine Zaiour	2008–09	Belgian Pro League	14th (D2)	Edmond Machtens Stadium	11,000
K.F.C. Dessel Sport	Dessel	Stijn Vreven	2012–13	Belgian Third Division	1st (D3B)	Lorzestraat	5,000
K.A.S. Eupen	Eupen	Tintín Márquez	2011–12	Belgian Pro League	3rd (D2)	Kehrweg Stadion	8,000
K.S.K. Heist	Heist-op-den-Berg	Francis Bosschaerts	2010–11	Belgian Third Division	8th (D2)	Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum	3,000
Lommel United	Lommel	Philip Haagdoren	2005–06	Belgian Third Division	5th (D2)	Soevereinstadion	12,500
Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz	Mouscron	Arnaud Dos Santos	2012–13	Belgian Third Division	1st (D3A)	Stade Le Canonnier	10,800
K.V. Oostende	Ostend	Frederik Vanderbiest	2005–06	Belgian Pro League	4th (D2)	Albertpark	8,000
K.S.V. Oudenaarde	Oudenaarde	Stefan Leleu	2012–13	Belgian Third Division	3rd (D3A)	Burgemeester Thienpontstadion	5,000
K.S.V. Roeselare	Roeselare	Serhiy Serebrennikov	2010–11	Belgian Pro League	13th (D2)	Schiervelde Stadion	9,075
F.C.N. Sint-Niklaas	Sint-Niklaas	Alex Czerniatynski	2011–12	Belgian Third Division	15th (D2)	Stedelijk Sportcentrum Meesterstraat	3,000
K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	Sint-Truiden	Guido Brepoels	2012–13	Belgian Pro League	16th (D1)	Stayen	11,250
A.F.C. Tubize	Tubize	Dante Brogno	2009–10	Belgian Pro League	12th (D2)	Stade Leburton	9,000
C.S. Visé	Wezet	Manuele Domenicali	2010–11	Belgian Third Division	9th (D2)	Stade de la Cité de l'Oie	6,000
K.V.C. Westerlo	Westerlo	Frank Dauwen	2012–13	Belgian Pro League	15th (D1)	Het Kuipje	7,982
White Star Woluwe F.C.	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	Felice Mazzu	2011–12	Belgian Third Division	6th (D2)	Stade Fallon	2,500

Locations of the 2012–13 Belgian Second Division teams

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Oostende (C, P)	34	24	5	5	64	25	+39	77	Belgian First Division
2	Mouscron-Péruwelz (Q)	34	20	7	7	58	29	+29	67	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Westerlo (Q)	34	17	12	5	54	29	+25	63	Qualification for Promotion play-off
4	Sint-Truiden	34	17	6	11	54	36	+18	57
5	Borinage	34	15	10	9	44	34	+10	55
6	Lommel	34	14	8	12	50	48	+2	50
7	Woluwe (Q)	34	14	7	13	41	49	−8	49	Qualification for Promotion play-off
8	Eupen	34	13	10	11	44	37	+7	49
9	Tubize	34	12	10	12	43	42	+1	46
10	Antwerp	34	12	9	13	42	44	−2	45
11	Roeselare	34	10	12	12	44	47	−3	42
12	Dessel	34	11	8	15	35	42	−7	41
13	Aalst	34	10	11	13	38	52	−14	41
14	Brussels	34	9	6	19	34	49	−15	33
15	Visé	34	8	9	17	47	57	−10	33
16	Heist	34	8	6	20	39	57	−18	30^[a]
17	Oudenaarde (Q)	34	8	9	17	36	60	−24	30^[b]	Qualification for Relegation play-off
18	Sint-Niklaas (R)	34	7	9	18	34	64	−30	30	Relegation to 2013–14 Belgian Third Division

Source: Belgian Second Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Beerschot, who were relegated from the Belgian Pro League, went bankrupt just after the season. As a result the 16th placed team (Heist) was able to remain in the Second Division, while Oudenaarde had to play the relegation round instead of directly relegating.
^ During Oudenaarde-Woluwe, Woluwe substituted one of their players for an unregistered player and initially lost the game with a 5-0 score due to forfeit. The Belgian FA later decided that Oudenaarde would not gain 3 points and the result would be cancelled. Oudenaarde then refused to play the relegation round and forfeited their playoff matches, causing them to be relegated.

Period winners

Like before, the season was divided into three periods. The first ten matchdays together form the first period, matchdays 11 to 22 form period two and the last 12 form period three. The three period winners take part in the Belgian Second Division final round together with the winner of the 2012–13 Belgian Pro League relegation playoff. The winner of this final round gets to play in the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League.

The first period was won by WS Woluwe and the second and third by Oostende. As Oostende won the title, Mouscron-Péruwelz and Westerlo were given the right to take part in the Final Round as the two highest finishing teams not yet entitled.

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Woluwe (Q)	10	6	4	0	17	6	+11	22	Belgian Second Division final round
2	Westerlo	10	6	3	1	14	7	+7	21
3	Borinage	10	5	2	3	14	10	+4	17
4	Antwerp	10	4	5	1	14	13	+1	17
5	Tubize	10	4	4	2	17	11	+6	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Period 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oostende (Q)	12	10	1	1	22	7	+15	31	Belgian Second Division final round
2	Mouscron-Péruwelz	12	9	1	2	23	9	+14	28
3	Sint-Truiden	12	8	1	3	24	10	+14	25
4	Eupen	12	7	2	3	17	13	+4	23
5	Lommel	12	6	1	5	19	17	+2	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Period 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oostende (Q)	12	10	1	1	29	8	+21	31	Belgian Second Division final round
2	Mouscron-Péruwelz	12	8	1	3	22	10	+12	25
3	Westerlo	12	7	4	1	22	8	+14	25
4	Lommel	12	6	2	4	21	17	+4	20
5	Borinage	12	5	5	2	14	12	+2	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source: Belgcom League

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hervé Onana	Tubize	17
2	Bart Webers	Heist	15
3	Laurent Depoitre	Oostende	14
	Daniel Oliveira	WS Woluwe	14
	John Jairo Ruiz	Mouscron-Péruwelz	14
6	Koffi	Boussu Dour	13
6	Hans Vanaken	Lommel	13
8	Kamel Ouejdide	Borinage	12
9	Yohan Brouckaert	Oostende	11
	Stavros Glouftsis	Aalst	11
	Bart Goor	Westerlo	11
	Frédéric Gounongbe	Brussels	11
	Hiroshi Ibusuki	Eupen	11