The defending 2019 champions, Mechelen, lost their title to the Antwerp football team in the 2020 Belgian Cup which was the qualifier for the UEFA Europa League.
Antwerp The winners of the competition qualified for the 202021 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. KV Mechelen were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title as the club got banned from the competition for one season after being found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 201719 Belgian football fraud scandal. During the following season, while the club was very successful on the pitch, winning both the 201819 Belgian First Division B and the 201819 Belgian Cup, the 201719 Belgian football fraud scandal emerged in which the club was accused of match-fixing their final match of the 201718 season, allegedly having attempted to bribe certain players and officials of Waasland-Beveren. 
