2002–03 Belgian First Division

Belgian First Division
Season	2002–03
Champions	Club Brugge
Relegated	Mechelen; Lommel
Champions League	Club Brugge; Anderlecht
UEFA Cup	Lokeren; La Louvière
Matches played	306
Goals scored	868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cédric Roussel; Wesley Sonck (22 each)
	← 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

Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2002–03

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	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: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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.
^ 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: ^{[citation needed]}
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