Belgian Pro League
Football league in Belgium
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| 2025 | Relegation play-offs to determine teams relegated to the 2025–26 Challenger Pro League and play-off match for potential league promotion will be conducted. |
| March 4 2025 | Mechelen parts with Besnik Hasi and promotes Frederik Vanderbiest as caretaker. |
| March 4 2025 | Antwerp hires Andries Ulderink as manager following De Roeck's departure. |
| March 3 2025 | Antwerp parts ways with Jonas De Roeck. |
| March 2 2025 | League table updated as of March 2, 2025, showing the current standings in the 2024-25 Belgian Pro League regular season, with Genk leading the table with 19 wins, 5 draws, and 4 losses. |
| February 20 2025 | Kortrijk hires Bernd Storck as manager following Vanderhaeghe's sacking. |
| February 19 2025 | Kortrijk sacks Yves Vanderhaeghe from his managerial position. |
| February 2025 | Decision made to return to a system without playoffs from the 2026–27 season, expanding the top division from 16 to 18 teams. |
| January 21 2025 | Gent parts ways with Wouter Vrancken by mutual consent and promotes Danijel Milićević as caretaker. |
| 2024 | A special qualification rule is implemented where if a top-four team wins the 2024–25 Belgian Cup, they are automatically guaranteed a European football ticket, with the fifth-placed Champions' play-offs team replacing them in the playoff match. |
| 2024 | Belgian Pro League introduces a single-match playoff system to determine European football qualification between the fourth place finisher of the Champions' play-offs and the winner of the Europe play-offs. |
| 2024 | The 2024–25 Belgian Pro League season begins, featuring 16 teams competing across Belgium, including clubs like Anderlecht, Antwerp, Club Brugge, and Union SG. |
| 2024 | Beerschot was promoted to the Belgian Pro League as champions of the 2023–24 Challenger Pro League, returning to the top level after two seasons. |
| December 18 2024 | Kortrijk hires Yves Vanderhaeghe as manager following Alexandersson's sacking. |
| December 17 2024 | Kortrijk sacks Freyr Alexandersson from his managerial position. |
| December 10 2024 | Cercle Brugge hires Ferdinand Feldhofer, replacing caretaker Jimmy De Wulf. |
| December 2 2024 | Cercle Brugge sacks Miron Muslić and promotes Jimmy De Wulf as caretaker. |
| December 2 2024 | OH Leuven hires Chris Coleman, replacing caretaker Hans Somers. |
| November 23 2024 | Christos Tzolis from Greece helps Club Brugge secure a massive 7-0 win over Sint-Truiden |
| November 22 2024 | OH Leuven parts with Óscar García and promotes Hans Somers as caretaker. |
| November 10 2024 | Kasper Dolberg from Denmark witnesses Anderlecht's comprehensive 0-5 away win against Cercle Brugge |
| September 19 2024 | Anderlecht parts ways with Brian Riemer and promotes David Hubert. |
| September 5 2024 | Sint-Truiden hires Felice Mazzù as manager following Lattanzio's sacking. |
| September 3 2024 | Sint-Truiden sacks Christian Lattanzio from his managerial position. |
| August 2024 | The 122nd season of the Belgian Pro League (Jupiler Pro League) begins, marking the start of the top-tier football competition for the 2024-25 season. |
| August 11 2024 | Jacob Ondrejka from Sweden scores in a dominant 6-1 victory for Antwerp against Sint-Truiden |
| July 7 2024 | Union SG appoints Sébastien Pocognoli as manager after Alexander Blessin leaves for St. Pauli. |
| June 14 2024 | Sint-Truiden hires Christian Lattanzio as manager, replacing Thorsten Fink who moves to Genk. |
| June 5 2024 | Genk brings in Thorsten Fink as manager, replacing previous caretaker managers Domenico Olivieri, Michel Ribeiro, and Eddy Vanhemel. |
| June 5 2024 | Gent appoints Wouter Vrancken as new manager, replacing Hein Vanhaezebrouck after his contract ends on 30 June 2024. |
| June 4 2024 | Antwerp appoints Jonas De Roeck after Mark van Bommel's contract ends. |
| May 31 2024 | Dender appoints Vincent Euvrard as manager after Timmy Simons signs with Westerlo. |
| May 23 2024 | Westerlo changes management with Timmy Simons replacing Bart Goor. |
| January 2024 | Beerschot and Dender EH are set to join the top division of the Belgian Pro League for the 2024-25 season, further expanding the league's competitive roster. |
| 2023 | Relegation playoff format is modified again. Now played between 13th and 16th-ranked teams after the regular season. Two teams are directly relegated to Challenger Pro League, and one team plays against the 3rd place Challenger Pro League team to avoid relegation. |
| July 2023 | The league restructured to include 16 clubs for the 2023–24 season, with plans to expand to 18 teams from 2026–27 onwards. |
| 2022 | Royal Antwerp FC wins its fifth championship in the 2022-23 season, marking a notable recent success. |
| 2022 | Final name change to Belgian Pro League, marking the most recent rebranding of the top-tier Belgian football competition. |
| January 2022 | Westerlo first returned to the top division of the Belgian Pro League, completing their promotion journey. |
| 2021 | Union Saint-Gilloise, in their first season back in the top flight after 48 years, nearly won the league title but came just short of denying Club Brugge their third consecutive championship. |
| January 2021 | Union Saint-Gilloise first re-established themselves in the top division of the Belgian Pro League, marking a significant return to top-tier football. |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic led to some seasons not being fully held or completed as normal. |
| 2020 | The number of professional teams in the Belgian Pro League was reduced to 16 teams. |
| June 12 2020 | Eleven Sports and the Pro League signed a new media contract for domestic and international rights, covering all Pro League competitions for five seasons from 2020-21 to 2024-25, with public broadcasters Play 4 and RTBF retaining highlight rights. |
| January 2020 | OH Leuven first joined the top division of the Belgian Pro League, expanding the league's competitive landscape. |
| January 2019 | KV Mechelen first returned to the top division of the Belgian Pro League after previous relegations. |
| January 2018 | Cercle Brugge first established a consistent presence in the top division of the Belgian Pro League. |
| January 2017 | Royal Antwerp FC first joined the top division of the Belgian Pro League, returning to the premier football competition. |
| 2016 | League renamed to First Division A, potentially indicating a further evolution of the competition format. |
| 2016 | The Belgian Pro League significantly changed its Europa League playoff format. Teams ranked 7 to 16 were now joined by six teams from the Belgian First Division B, divided into four groups of four teams. The playoff winner determination method was also modified, with group winners now playing a single match to decide the overall playoff winner. |
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