| Country: | Belgium |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Division1: | Pro League |
| Champions1: | Club Brugge |
| Division2: | Second Division |
| Champions2: | WS Bruxelles |
| Division3: | Third Division A |
| Champions3: | Beerschot Wilrijk |
| Division4: | Third Division B |
| Champions4: | Hamme |
| Domestic: | Cup |
| Dchampions: | Standard Liège |
| Supercup: | Super Cup |
| Schampions: | Gent |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
The following article is a summary of the 2015–16 football season in Belgium, which is the 113th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2015 until June 2016.
| League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro League | |||
| Second Division | |||
| Third Division |
|
See main article: Belgium national football team.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group B.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016.
See main article: Belgium women's national football team.
See main article: 2016 Algarve Cup.
See main article: 2015–16 Belgian Pro League.
See main article: 2015–16 Belgian Second Division.
Due to a reform in the Belgian football league, the Belgian Second Division ceases to exist and is replaced by the Belgian First Division B from the 2016–17 season which will only contain 8 teams instead of the current 17. As a result, the bottom nine teams in the league are set to relegate to the newly created league at the third level of the Belgian football pyramid, the Belgian First Amateur Division. Due to the fact that WS Brussels did not receive a licence, they were relegated instead of Roeselare.
See main article: 2015–16 Belgian Third Division.
Due to a reform in the Belgian football league, the Belgian Third Division ceases to exist and is replaced by the Belgian Second Amateur Division from the 2016–17 season, now at the fourth level of Belgian football. A newly created league, the Belgian First Amateur Division is formed at the third level, effectively pushing the teams in this division one level down the pyramid. Only the top two teams in each division and the two promotion playoff winners are "promoted" to the new league, meaning they will remain at the third level, while most of the teams effectively drop to the fourth level. The two teams finishing in last position in each group are relegated to the Belgian Third Amateur Division, which in fact means a drop from level 3 to level 5 of the pyramid.
The eight teams taking part in the promotion play-offs are playing to win one of the three remaining places in the 2016-17 Belgian First Amateur Division. The final match between the winners of Round 2, Sprimont-Comblain and FCV Dender EH, was not played as both teams already achieved promotion by winning Round 2. Hasselt beat La Louvière Centre in the third place match and took the final promotion spot. The five losing teams will play in the 2016-17 Belgian Second Amateur Division, effectively one level lower than in the 2015–16 season.
See main article: List of Belgian football transfers summer 2015, List of Belgian football transfers winter 2015–16 and List of Belgian football transfers summer 2016.
Champions Gent qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, while runners-up Club Brugge started in the qualifying rounds. As third-place finisher, Anderlecht qualified directly for the group stage of the Europa League, while Standard Liège and Charleroi started in the qualifying rounds.
| Competition | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Cup | Standard Liège | |
| Supercup | Gent | |
| Third division A | Hamme | |
| Third division B | Beerschot Wilrijk | |
| Promotion A | Knokke | |
| Promotion B | Olympic Charleroi | |
| Promotion C | Hades | |
| Promotion D | Meux |
| Competition | Qualifiers | Reason for Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Club Brugge | 1st in Jupiler Pro League | |
| UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round for Non-Champions | Anderlecht | 2nd in Jupiler Pro League | |
| UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Standard Liège | Cup winner | |
| UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round | Gent | 3rd in Jupiler Pro League | |
| UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round | Genk | Europa League Playoff winner |
