A total of 75 association football clubs in Belgium have yet played in the Belgian First Division since its creation in 1895. Those clubs are listed here alphabetically. The last spell in the first division is indicated between brackets. Teams in bold are teams playing in the 2013-14 season. Teams in italics stopped, went into liquidation or merged with or into another team.
| Club | Town or City | Last Promotion |
Last Relegation |
Most Recent Finish |
Highest Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Albert Elisabeth Club Mons |
Mons | 2010-11 | 2008-09 | 10th | 9th |
| RSC Anderlecht | Anderlecht | 1934-35 | 1930-31 | 1st | 1st |
| R Antwerp FC | Antwerp | 1999-2000 | 2003-04 | Second Division 8th |
1st |
| Athletic and Running Club de Bruxelles |
Brussels | 1895-96 | 1904-05 | Defunct (1908–09) |
3rd |
| K Beerschot VAV | Antwerp | 1981-82 | 1990-91 | Defunct (1998–99) |
1st |
| Belgica FC Edegem | Edegem | 1932-33 | 1934-35 | Antwerp Division Two 15th |
12th |
| K Berchem Sport | Antwerp | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | Promotion 12th |
2nd |
| R Beringen FC | Beringen | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | Defunct (2001–02) |
2nd |
| KSK Beveren | Beveren | 1996-97 | 2006-07 | Defunct (2009–10) |
1st |
| FC Boom | Boom | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | Defunct (1997–98) |
7th |
| ESC de Bruxelles | Forest | 1907-08 | 1912-13 | Defunct (1913–14) |
7th |
| RC de Bruxelles | Uccle | 1953-54 | 1954-55 | Brabant Division One 15th (relegated) |
1st |
| SC de Bruxelles | Ixelles | 1895-96 | 1896-97 | Defunct (1896–97) |
3rd |
| Cercle Brugge KSV | Bruges | 2002-03 | 1996-97 | 9th | 1st |
| Club Brugge KV | Bruges | 1958-59 | 1950-51 | 3rd | 1st |
| R Charleroi SC | Charleroi | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 16th | 2nd |
| ROC de Charleroi | Charleroi | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | Third Division 2nd |
2nd |
| R Crossing Club de Schaerbeek |
Schaerbeek | 1968-69 | 1972-73 | Brabant Division Three 13th |
12th |
| R Daring Club de Bruxelles |
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 1958-59 | 1968-69 | Defunct (1972–73) |
1st |
| KSC Eendracht Aalst | Aalst | 1993-94 | 2001-02 | Third Division 3rd |
4th |
| KAS Eupen | Eupen | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 15th | 15th (relegated) |
| RRC de Gand | Ghent | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | Promotion 4th |
5th |
| KRC Genk | Genk | 1995-96 | 1993-94 | 11th | 1st |
| KAA Gent | Ghent | 1988-89 | 1987-88 | 2nd | 2nd |
| KFC Germinal Beerschot |
Antwerp | 1988-89 | 2012-13 | Defunct (2012–13) |
3rd |
| KRC Harelbeke | Harelbeke | 1994-95 | 2000-01 | Defunct (2001–02) |
5th |
| SC Hasselt | Hasselt | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | Defunct (2000–01) |
18th (relegated) |
| K Heusden-Zolder | Heusden-Zolder | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | Defunct (2006–07) |
17th (relegated) |
| UFC d'Ixelles | Ixelles | 1895-96 | 1895-96 | Defunct (1900–01) |
7th (relegated) |
| R.C. Jet de Bruxelles | Jette | 1985-86 | 1987-88 | Promotion 13th |
12th |
| KV Kortrijk | Kortrijk | 2007-08 | 1998-99 | 5th | 5th |
| RCS La Forestoise | Forest | 1941-42 | 1946-47 | Defunct (1995–96) |
10th |
| Léopold Club de Bruxelles |
Uccle | 1912-13 | 1913-14 | Brabant Division One 1st (promoted) |
2nd |
| RFC Liégeois | Liège | 1944-45 | 1994-95 | Second Division 19th (relegated) |
1st |
| K Lierse SK | Lier | 2009-10 | 2006-07 | Second Division 1st |
1st |
| KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen |
Lokeren | 1995-96 | 1992-93 | 14th | 2nd |
| KFC Lommel SK | Lommel | 2000-01 | 2002-03 | Defunct (2002–03) |
5th |
| RAA Louviéroise | La Louvière | 1999-2000 | 2005-06 | Defunct (2008–09) |
7th |
| K Lyra | Lier | 1952-53 | 1953-54 | Defunct (1971–72) |
6th |
| KRC Mechelen | Mechelen | 1987-88 | 1989-90 | Third Division 18th (relegated) |
2nd |
| FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek |
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 2003-04 | 2007-08 | Second Division 14th |
10th |
| RFC Montegnée | Saint-Nicolas | 1929-30 | 1930-31 | Liège Division One 5th (promoted) |
13th (relegated) |
| RE Mouscron | Mouscron | 1995-96 | 2009-10 | Defunct (2009–10) |
3rd |
| Olympia Club de Bruxelles |
Brussels | 1902-03 | 1903-04 | Defunct (1908–09) |
5th |
| AS Oostende | Ostend | 1973-74 | 1976-77 | Defunct (1980–81) |
12th |
| KV Oostende | Ostend | 2012-13 | 2004-05 | Second Division 1st (promoted) |
7th |
| Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Leuven | 2010-11 | Never relegated |
14th | 14th |
| VV Patro Eisden | Maasmechelen | 1959-60 | 1960-61 | Promotion 6th |
16th (relegated) |
| KSV Roeselare | Roeselare | 2004-05 | 2009-10 | 15th (relegated) |
11th |
| RU Saint-Gilloise | Forest | 1967-68 | 1972-73 | Third Division 14th |
1st |
| RFC Sérésien | Seraing | 1992-93 | 1995-96 | Defunct (1995–96) |
3rd |
| K Sint-Niklase SK | Sint-Niklaas | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | Defunct (1999–2000) |
13th |
| K Sint-Truidense VV | Sint-Truiden | 2008-09 | 2011-12 | 16th | 2nd |
| Skill FC de Bruxelles | Brussels | 1898-99 | 1901-02 | Defunct (1901–02) |
5th |
| R Stade Louvaniste | Leuven | 1948-49 | 1949-50 | Defunct (2001–02) |
16th (relegated) |
| Standard Liège | Liège | 1920-21 | 1913-14 | 8th | 1st |
| K Tesamen Hogerop Diest |
Diest | 1969-70 | 1974-75 | Brabant Division Two 2nd (promoted) |
7th |
| R Tilleur FC | Saint-Nicolas | 1963-64 | 1966-67 | Defunct (1994–95) |
4th |
| RC Tirlemont | Tienen | 1936-37 | 1937-38 | Second Division 12th |
14th (relegated) |
| KSK Tongeren | Tongeren | 1980-81 | 1982-83 | Third Division 16th (relegated) |
10th |
| RRC Tournaisien | Tournai | 1957-58 | 1958-59 | Defunct (2001–02) |
15th (relegated) |
| RUS Tournaisienne | Tournai | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | Second Division 11th |
16th (relegated) |
| Tubantia FAC | Antwerp | 1929-30 | 1931-32 | Antwerp Division One 16th (relegated) |
11th |
| AFC Tubize | Tubize | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | Second Division 15th |
17th (relegated) |
| FC Turnhout | Turnhout | 1962-63 | 1963-64 | Second Division 16th |
13th (relegated) |
| R Uccle Sport | Uccle | 1946-47 | 1947-48 | Defunct (2006–07) |
10th |
| FC Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem |
Dendermonde | 2006-07 | 2008-09 | Second Division 13th |
15th |
| KFC Verbroedering Geel | Geel | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | Defunct (2007–08) |
17th (relegated) |
| RCS Verviétois | Verviers | 1955-56 | 1960-61 | Third Division 7th |
4th |
| Waasland-Beveren | Beveren | 2011-12 | Never Relegated |
Second Division 2th |
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| KSV Waregem | Waregem | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | Defunct (2000–01) |
4th |
| KSV Waterschei Thor | Genk | 1977-78 | 1985-86 | Defunct (1987–88) |
3rd |
| KVC Westerlo | Westerlo | 1996-97 | 2011-12 | 15th | 6th |
| R White Daring Molenbeek |
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | Defunct (2002–03) |
1st |
| Yellow Red KV Mechelen |
Mechelen | 2006-07 | 2002-03 | 7th | 1st |
| SV Zulte Waregem | Waregem | 2004-05 | Never Relegated |
6th | 6th |
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