2002–03 Belgian First Division

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	Club Brugge	32	25	4	3	96	33	79	+63	Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Champions League.^[1]
2	R.S.C. Anderlecht	32	23	2	7	72	33	71	+39	Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Champions League.^[1]
3	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	32	18	6	8	69	51	60	+18	Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Cup.
4	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	32	16	8	8	63	44	56	+19	Qualified for 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
5	Lierse S.K.	32	16	8	8	51	41	56	+10	Qualified for 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
6	K.R.C. Genk	32	16	7	9	73	52	55	+21
7	Standard Liège	32	14	8	10	53	39	50	+14
8	K.A.A. Gent	32	15	2	15	49	55	47	-6
9	R.A.E.C. Mons	32	13	4	15	45	45	43	0
10	K.V.C. Westerlo	32	12	4	16	39	46	40	-7
11	K.S.K. Beveren	32	12	2	18	52	69	38	-17
12	R. Antwerp F.C.	32	9	7	16	44	55	34	-11
13	R.E. Mouscron	32	9	5	18	42	72	32	-30
14	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	32	8	7	17	49	57	31	-8
15	R.A.A. Louviéroise	32	7	9	16	34	44	30	-10	Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Cup.
16	R. Charleroi S.C.	32	6	9	17	39	66	27	-27
17	Y.R. K.V. Mechelen	32	4	6	22	18	86	18	-68	Relegated to Division III. ^[2]
18	K.F.C. Lommel S.K.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[3]

^[1] Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup Third Round after finishing third in their Champions League Group.

^[2] 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.

^[3] 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.

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

References

(French) Sport.be website - Archive

First League/Pro League

2015–16 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Leuven Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Competition	Teams (winners) Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–present)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

Men	Pro League Second division Third division (A, B) Fourth Division (A, B, C, D) Belgian Provincial leagues

Women	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal First Division Second Division Third Division BeNe League (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup Belgian League Cup (defunct)

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Awards

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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