2022–23 Challenger Pro League
The 2022–23 season of the Challenger Pro League began in August 2022 and ended in May 2023. It was the first season under its new name after being renamed from First Division B.
Team changes
In
- Dender EH were promoted as champions of the 2021–22 Belgian National Division 1.
- Beerschot were relegated from the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A.
- RSCA Futures, Club NXT, Jong Genk and SL16 FC were added to the league as the league was expanded with four U23 teams and they finished as the top four teams in the 2021–22 Belgian U23 league.
Out
- Westerlo were promoted from the 2021–22 Belgian First Division B as champions.
- Royal Excel Mouscron folded as a team and ceased to exist.
Name change
- Waasland-Beveren found an agreement with the owners of the rights to the former club K.S.K. Beveren, which allowed it to change its name to S.K. Beveren.
Format changes
Four U23 teams were added to the league as part of a two-season trial, expanding the league from 8 to 12 teams. These twelve teams will play each other twice in a regular competition, after which the league is split, with the top and bottom six teams playing separate competitions from that point, continuing with the points gained. At the top end, only the champion is promoted as three teams are relegated from the 2022–23 Belgian First Division A to reduce the size back from 18 to 16 teams. At the bottom end, the team finishing last will be relegated. U23 teams cannot be promoted to the Belgian First Division A, but can suffer relegation, furthermore they always have to play at least one level below their A team counterparts, hence could be relegated despite not finishing last.Team information
Stadiums and locations
| Matricule | Club | City | First season of current spell at second level | Coming from | 2021-22 result | Stadium | Capacity |
| 35 | Anderlecht, Brussels | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 2nd U23 competition | King Baudouin Stadium | 38,000 | |
| 13 | Antwerp | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 18th | Olympic Stadium | 12,771 | |
| 4068 | Beveren | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division B | 3rd | Freethiel Stadion | 8,190 | |
| 3 | Bruges | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 3rd U23 competition | Schiervelde Stadion | 8,340 | |
| 818 | Deinze | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 4th | Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion | 7,515 | |
| 3900 | Denderleeuw | 2022–23 | Belgian National Division 1 | 1st | Van Roystadion | 6,429 | |
| 322 | Genk | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 1st U23 competition | Luminus Arena | 24,956 | |
| 3970 | Lier | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 5th | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion | 14,538 | |
| 2554 | Lommel | 2018–19 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 6th | Soevereinstadion | 8,000 | |
| 5479 | Molenbeek, Brussels | 2020–21 | Belgian First Amateur Division | 2nd | Edmond Machtens Stadium | 12,266 | |
| 16 | Liège | 2022–23 | U23 competition | 4th U23 competition | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | 30,023 | |
| 200 | Virton | 2021–22 | Belgian Division 2 | 8th | Stade Yvan Georges | 4,015 |
Managerial changes
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| Deinze |  League tablePositions by roundThe table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each matchday, even if due to postponed matches this means the teams have an unequal number of games played. Coloured cells for matchdays 1 through 22 refer to being in the promotion play-offs or relegation play-offs, after that only the 1st and last position are highlighted as these mean promotion and relegation respectively.Season statisticsTop scorers
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