the play-offs, together with the 15th-placed team in the first division. If one or several periods were won by the regular season champion or if another team won multiple periods, the best-placed teams in the overall ranking qualified for the play-offs, to allow it to be played between 4 teams. The play-offs were a double round-robin, with the winner earning a place in the first division. The standings, for both the regular season and the 3 periods, were determined by the following criteria, in order: number of points number of wins goal-average a play-off at a neutral venue (with extra time and penalty shootout if necessary) The standings during the play-offs were determined following the same criteria except that the goal-average wes not taken into account. A team was also not allowed to play in the first division unless it had a professional license. If it did not have its license, it was replaced by the next highest team in the overall regular season ranking. For the automatic promotion spot (as opposed to the play-offs) the team must have finished in the top three clubs. When no team meets those conditions, the number of teams in the first division decreased. The two lowest-placed teams relegated to the third division (which is divided into 2 leagues of 18 clubs) and were replaced by the two champions of that division. Furthermore, the 16th-placed team in the second division played the third division play-off with 6 teams from the third division, entering in the second round of those playoffs. The winner of this play-off remained or promoted to the second division. As part of changes in the league system to be implemented in the 2016–17 season, the 2015–16 transitional season saw the champions promoted and 9 teams relegated to the third division, while no team was promoted from the third division. Naming 1905–1926: Promotion 1926–1952: Division I 1952–2008: Division II 2008–2010: EXQI League 2010–2012: Division II 2012–2016: Belgacom League Past winners Last 5 winners: References External links Second Division results, fixtures and table at Soccerway RSSSF archive – Second division tables from 1910 to 2002 (archive link) Tweedeklasse.be – All info about the Belgian 2nd division Sports leagues established in 1909 1909 establishments in Belgium 2016 disestablishments in Belgium Defunct second level football leagues in Europe