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[]

Anderlecht

Antwerp

Germinal Beerschot

Club Brugge

Sint-Truiden

Lokeren

Mechelen

Mons

Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2002–03

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

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

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) Champion; (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.

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