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Soccer Betting - Belgium Jupiler League
Facts - Teams - Winners
Important Facts
- Each of the 18 competitors in the Jupiler League plays each of its 17 opponents twice.
- The championship comprises 34 match days of 9 matches each one played between August and May.
- At the end of the season, the lowest-placed team is relegated to the second division and is replaced by the winner of that division.
- Currently, the Belgian champion is qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, while the runner-up must play the third preliminary round. The third-placed team qualifies for the last preliminary round of the UEFA Cup. If the cup winner is one of the three top championship clubs, the loser of the cup enters UEFA Cup.
- Since the 2005-06 season; the winner of the final round qualifies for or stays in the first division.
- Moreover, in recent years, televised games are played either on Friday or during the weekend at different times. The main reason is the new law that forbids televised matches to be played at the same time than other Jupiler League matches (to avoid stadium emptying for those matches).
Each team playing the Jupiler League (and second division) must have been granted the Belgian Football Association license guaranteeing the club has no excessive debts, has a secure stadium, etc. This was introduced in season 2001-02 to decrease the number of teams in the division.
Originally, clubs that could not get the license were supposed not to be replaced (and sent to the third division). However, it is still not effective as, for example, K.S.K. Beveren finished 18th in 2001-2002 but were saved as K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst (17th) and R.W.D. Molenbeek (10th) were refused their license.
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