2002–03 Belgian First Division

100th season of top-tier football in Belgium Belgian First Division 2002–03 Club Brugge MechelenLommel Champions League Club BruggeAnderlecht UEFA Cup LokerenLa Louvière Cédric RousselWesley Sonck (22 each) 306 868 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 season of the Jupiler League began on August 9, 2002, and ended on May 25, 2003. Club Brugge became champion. Promoted teams Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2002–03 Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht bottom Belgium 51.2247 4.4625 Antwerp right Belgium 51.2 4.25 Beveren bottom Belgium 51.216667 4.4 Germinal Beerschot top Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club Brugge bottom Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi Belgium 50.833333 5.2 Sint-Truiden bottom Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Genk bottom Belgium 51.05 3.733333 Gent bottom Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 Standard Belgium 51.116667 4.583333 Lierse bottom Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 51.233333 5.3 Lommel bottom Belgium 50.466667 4.183333 La Louvière Belgium 51.056667 4.386667 Mechelen bottom Belgium 50.733333 3.216667 Mouscron Belgium 50.45 3.95 Mons bottom Belgium 51.083333 4.916667 Westerlo bottom These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season: K.V. Mechelen (second division champion) R.A.E.C. Mons (playoff winner) Relegated teams These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: K.V. Mechelen K.F.C. Lommel S.K. (withdrew before the end of the season) Final league table main WDL 5 QR BRG Club Brugge AND Anderlecht LOK Sporting Lokeren STV Sint-Truiden LIE Lierse GNK Genk STA Standard Liège GNT Gent MON Mons WES Westerlo BEV Beveren ANT Antwerp MOU Mouscron BEE Germinal Beerschot LOU La Louvière CHA Charleroi MEC Mechelen LOM Lommel 25 4 3 96 33 C 23 2 7 72 33 18 6 8 69 51 16 8 8 63 44 16 8 8 51 41 16 7 9 73 52 14 8 10 53 39 15 2 15 49 55 13 4 15 45 45 12 4 16 39 46 12 2 18 52 69 9 7 16 44 55 9 5 18 42 72 8 7 17 49 57 7 9 16 34 44 6 9 17 39 66 4 6 22 18 86 R 0 0 0 0 0 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL1 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQ blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to 2003–04 Belgian Third Division 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. R red1 Withdrew 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. WD complete Results main FBR grey 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 complete Top goal scorers ScorerGoalsTeamBEL Cédric Roussel22MonsBEL Wesley Sonck22GenkSerbia and Montenegro Nenad Jestrović20AnderlechtNOR Ole Martin Årst19Standard LiègeSLE Paul Kpaka18Germinal BeershotGUI Sambegou Bangoura17LokerenISL Arnar Grétarsson17LokerenBEL Stein Huysegems15LierseRWA Désiré Mbonabucya15Sint-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 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel03.htm Attendances Belgium average www.european-football-statistics.co.uk July 15, 2026 See also 2002–03 in Belgian football References fr Sport.be website - Archive Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1 Category:Long stubs with short prose