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:

Relegated teams

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

Final league table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1Club Brugge322543963379+63Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Champions League.[1]
2R.S.C. Anderlecht322327723371+39
3K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen321868695160+18Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Cup.
4K. Sint-Truidense V.V.321688634456+19Qualified for 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
5Lierse S.K.321688514156+10
6K.R.C. Genk321679735255+21
7Standard Liège3214810533950+14
8K.A.A. Gent3215215495547-6
9R.A.E.C. Mons32134154545430
10K.V.C. Westerlo3212416394640-7
11K.S.K. Beveren3212218526938-17
12R. Antwerp F.C.329716445534-11
13R.E. Mouscron329518427232-30
14K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot328717495731-8
15R.A.A. Louviéroise327916344430-10Qualified for 2003-04 UEFA Cup.
16R. Charleroi S.C.326917396627-27
17Y.R. K.V. Mechelen324622188618-68Relegated to Division III. [2]
18K.F.C. Lommel S.K.00000000[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
Belgium Cédric Roussel 22 Mons
Belgium Wesley Sonck 22 Genk
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Jestrović 20 Anderlecht
Norway Ole Martin Årst 19 Standard Liège
Sierra Leone Paul Kpaka 18 Germinal Beershot
Guinea Sambegou Bangoura 17 Lokeren
Iceland Arnar Grétarsson 17 Lokeren
Belgium Stein Huysegems 15 Lierse
Rwanda Désiré Mbonabucya 15 Sint-Truiden

See also

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, May 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.