2002–03 Belgian First Division

Belgian First Division
Season2002–03
ChampionsClub Brugge
RelegatedMechelen
Lommel
Champions LeagueClub Brugge
Anderlecht
UEFA CupLokeren
La Louvière
Matches306
Goals868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerCédric Roussel
Wesley Sonck (22 each)

The 2002–03 season of the Jupiler League began on August 9, 2002, and ended on May 25, 2003. Club Brugge became champion.

Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2002–03

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge (C) 32 25 4 3 96 33 +63 79 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Anderlecht 32 23 2 7 72 33 +39 71 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Sporting Lokeren 32 18 6 8 69 51 +18 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Sint-Truiden 32 16 8 8 63 44 +19 56 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Lierse 32 16 8 8 51 41 +10 56 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Genk 32 16 7 9 73 52 +21 55
7 Standard Liège 32 14 8 10 53 39 +14 50
8 Gent 32 15 2 15 49 55 −6 47
9 Mons 32 13 4 15 45 45 0 43
10 Westerlo 32 12 4 16 39 46 −7 40
11 Beveren 32 12 2 18 52 69 −17 38
12 Antwerp 32 9 7 16 44 55 −11 34
13 Mouscron 32 9 5 18 42 72 −30 32
14 Germinal Beerschot 32 8 7 17 49 57 −8 31
15 La Louvière 32 7 9 16 34 44 −10 30 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
16 Charleroi 32 6 9 17 39 66 −27 27
17 Mechelen (R) 32 4 6 22 18 86 −68 18 Relegation to 2003–04 Belgian Third Division[a]
18 Lommel (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[b]
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Y.R. K.V. Mechelen were relegated to the Third Division after going into liquidation; they reformed as Geel Red KV Mechelen, starting the season on -9 points.
  2. ^ K.F.C. Lommel S.K. withdrew after 26 games as they only had 13 players remaining. All results were voided and the club was relegated to the Third Division after going into liquidation, where they merged with KVV Overpelt Fabriek to begin the 2003-04 season as KVSK United.

Results

Home \ Away AND ANT GBA BEV CLU CHA GNK GNT LIE LOK LOM LOU MEC MON MOU STV STA WES
Anderlecht 4–1 4–0 7–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 6–3 2–0 2–1 0–2
Antwerp 2–1 5–3 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–4 1–4 2–2 1–2 FFT 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–2
Germinal Beerschot 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–1
Beveren 5–0 3–1 3–1 2–7 3–0 1–4 0–3 7–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 6–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1
Club Brugge 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 4–2 5–0 1–1 4–2 3–0
Charleroi 1–3 1–1 1–6 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 4–3 FFT 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–0 2–2 3–3 1–0
Genk 0–1 2–0 5–2 4–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 5–2 2–3 4–1 1–0 9–0 2–0 5–4 2–2 1–5 1–1
Gent 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–3 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–5 3–2
Lierse 0–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1
Lokeren 0–5 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–5 4–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 5–0 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–3 4–0
Lommel FFT 0–2 2–1 3–2 FFT 1–1 1–3 FFT 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 FFT 1–3 1–0 5–1
La Louvière 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0
Mechelen 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–8 1–0 2–6 1–0 0–2 2–3 5–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–4
Mons 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 FFT 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Mouscron 1–0 1–0 1–6 0–0 0–4 6–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–4
Sint-Truiden 3–1 1–0 1–1 6–1 5–2 2–2 0–1 6–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 3–4 2–2 0–1 1–0
Standard Liège 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 3–0
Westerlo 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Cédric Roussel 22 Mons
Wesley Sonck 22 Genk
Nenad Jestrović 20 Anderlecht
Ole Martin Årst 19 Standard Liège
Paul Kpaka 18 Germinal Beershot
Sambegou Bangoura 17 Lokeren
Arnar Grétarsson 17 Lokeren
Stein Huysegems 15 Lierse
Désiré Mbonabucya 15 Sint-Truiden

Attendances

No. Club Average attendance Change Highest
1 Genk 23,851 14,7% 24,749
2 Anderlecht 23,653 0,1% 26,516
3 Club Brugge 20,976 17,5% 27,000
4 Standard de Liège 14,743 15,8% 19,755
5 Charleroi 9,980 2,5% 14,367
6 Gent 8,733 -2,6% 11,023
7 Lierse 8,265 23,6% 12,300
8 Mouscron 8,182 -3,7% 11,145
9 STVV 7,912 8,5% 12,500
10 Germinal Beerschot 7,562 -10,0% 10,000
11 Antwerp 7,172 25,6% 16,500
12 Sporting Lokeren 6,218 17,8% 10,500
13 Mechelen 6,204 31,8% 8,500
14 RAEC 6,150 166,7% 8,500
15 Westerlo 5,618 5,5% 9,000
16 Lommel 5,462 -9,7% 10,000
17 RAAL 5,182 2,4% 8,000
18 Beveren 4,518 6,4% 7,000

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