2003–04 Belgian First Division

101st season of top-tier football in Belgium Belgian First Division 2003–04 Anderlecht Heusden-ZolderAntwerp Champions League AnderlechtClub Brugge UEFA Cup Standard LiègeBeveren Luigi Pieroni(28 goals) 306 824 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 season of the Belgian First Division was held between 8 August 2003 and 15 May 2004. Sporting Anderlecht became champions on 24 April 2004. Promoted teams Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2003–04 Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht bottom Belgium 51.2247 4.4625 Antwerp top Belgium 51.07441 5.218077 Beringen-Heusden-Zolder right Belgium 51.2 4.25 Beveren bottom Belgium 51.216667 4.4 Germinal Beerschot Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club BruggeCercle 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 50.466667 4.183333 La Louvière 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: Cercle Brugge K.S.V. (second division champions) K. Heusden-Zolder (playoff winner) Relegated teams These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: K. Heusden-Zolder R. Antwerp F.C. Anderlecht's title success The battle for the title was not great as Anderlecht had a big lead over their opponents (mainly Club Brugge). However, a bad finish from Anderlecht kept the suspense until the 31st matchday when Club Brugge drew with Mouscron while the team from Brussels also drew (1-1) at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, the homeground of Lierse. Battle for Europe The next week, Club Brugge was sure to enter the UEFA Champions League Preliminary Round with a 1-0 win against Standard Liège, then lying third. In spite of this defeat, Standard managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as they were 6 points ahead of Mouscron after the 32nd matchday. The suspense was killed after a 1-1 draw against Charleroi the next Saturday. The relegation dog fight The end of the league was thus centered on the battle against relegation. Four teams were concerned : R.A.E.C. Mons and Charleroi, which finally saved themselves, R. Antwerp F.C. and K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder finishing respectively 6 and 5 points adrift. Final league table main WDL 5 QR AND Anderlecht BRG Club Brugge STA Standard Liège GNK Genk MOU Mouscron WES Westerlo BEE Germinal Beerschot LOU La Louvière GNT Gent LOK Sporting Lokeren LIE Lierse BEV Beveren STV Sint-Truiden CER Cercle Brugge CHA Charleroi MON Mons BHZ Heusden-Zolder ANT Antwerp 25 6 3 77 27 C 22 6 6 77 31 18 11 5 68 31 17 8 9 58 40 15 14 5 64 42 14 10 10 51 45 11 11 12 34 40 10 14 10 45 46 8 16 10 33 34 10 9 15 45 54 8 15 11 33 40 11 5 18 45 58 9 11 14 36 50 7 14 13 28 52 8 9 17 35 47 7 12 15 29 52 7 7 20 36 68 R 7 6 21 30 67 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 IC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to 2004–05 Belgian Second Division R R complete Results main FBR grey AND ANT GBA BEV CER CLU CHA GNK GNT HZO LIE LOK LOU MON MOU STT STA WES Anderlecht 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–4 5–1 Antwerp 0–2 0–4 0–3 2–2 0–4 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–4 2–1 Germinal Beerschot 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 Beveren 2–3 5–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–4 0–2 0–3 Cercle Brugge 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 Club Brugge 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 Charleroi 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 Genk 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 Gent 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 Heusden-Zolder 2–4 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 Lierse 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–5 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 Lokeren 0–6 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 La Louvière 1–4 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–4 0–0 5–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 Mons 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–9 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–4 1–1 0–0 Mouscron 0–1 2–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 Sint-Truiden 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 Standard Liège 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 7–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 Westerlo 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 7–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–4 complete Top goal scorers ScorerGoalsTeamBEL Luigi Pieroni28MouscronBEL Émile Mpenza21Standard LiègeNGA Tosin Dosunmu16WesterloCIV Aruna Dindane15AnderlechtBEL Gert Verheyen15Club BruggePER Andrés Mendoza14Club BruggeBEL Cédric Roussel14Racing Genk Attendances No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Anderlecht 24,160 2,1% 26,311 2 Club Brugge 23,716 13,1% 27,900 3 Genk 23,627 -0,9% 25,061 4 Standard de Liège 16,888 14,5% 26,000 5 Charleroi 9,083 -9,0% 17,000 6 Gent 8,355 -4,3% 10,500 7 Mouscron 7,711 -5,8% 10,654 8 STVV 7,665 -3,1% 11,000 9 Germinal Beerschot 7,429 -1,8% 11,000 10 Lierse 7,253 -12,2% 11,250 11 Antwerp 6,735 -6,1% 13,000 12 Sporting Lokeren 5,570 -10,4% 7,000 13 Westerlo 5,282 -6,0% 10,000 14 Heusden-Zolder 5,105 153,9% 9,270 15 Cercle Brugge 5,103 103,6% 13,550 16 Beveren 4,941 9,4% 8,000 17 RAEC 4,582 -25,5% 7,000 18 RAAL 4,300 -17,0% 7,000 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel04.htm Attendances Belgium average European-football-statistics.co.uk July 15, 2026 See also 2003–04 in Belgian football References fr Sport.be website - Archive Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1