2003–04 Belgian First Division

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Belgian First Division
Season2003–04
Champions Anderlecht
Relegated Heusden-Zolder
Antwerp
Champions League Anderlecht
Club Brugge
UEFA Cup Standard Liège
Beveren
Matches played306
Goals scored824 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Luigi Pieroni
(28 goals)
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.

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2003–04

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:

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C)3425637727+5081Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Club Brugge 3422667731+4672Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Standard Liège 34181156831+3765Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Genk 3417895840+1859Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Mouscron 34151456442+2259
6 Westerlo 341410105145+652Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7 Germinal Beerschot 341111123440−644
8 La Louvière 341014104546−144
9 Gent 34816103334−140Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
10 Sporting Lokeren 34109154554−939
11 Lierse 34815113340−739
12 Beveren 34115184558−1338Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
13 Sint-Truiden 34911143650−1438
14 Cercle Brugge 34714132852−2435
15 Charleroi 3489173547−1233
16 Mons 34712152952−2333
17 Heusden-Zolder (R)3477203668−3228Relegation to 2004–05 Belgian Second Division
18 Antwerp (R)3476213067−3727
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AND ANT GBA BEV CER CLU CHA GNK GNT HZO LIE LOK LOU MON MOU STT STA WES
Anderlecht 3–14–01–03–21–13–22–12–06–02–12–11–14–10–03–01–45–1
Antwerp 0–20–40–32–20–43–13–10–11–13–10–31–30–03–11–20–42–1
Germinal Beerschot 1–01–02–12–12–03–12–20–21–31–12–10–01–02–20–01–20–2
Beveren 2–35–20–01–11–31–03–12–42–00–11–11–02–00–31–40–20–3
Cercle Brugge 0–21–21–00–40–23–20–01–02–30–02–22–10–11–12–12–00–0
Club Brugge 1–04–02–13–05–01–01–01–13–03–02–13–32–04–22–11–04–0
Charleroi 0–10–10–10–10–01–14–32–02–10–11–22–21–01–01–10–13–1
Genk 0–13–11–11–03–11–02–01–04–12–03–11–10–02–04–01–11–0
Gent 1–31–11–12–11–10–11–11–12–01–11–13–00–00–00–10–00–2
Heusden-Zolder 2–40–02–01–40–04–23–12–31–10–02–31–32–01–10–11–10–1
Lierse 1–11–00–01–00–01–11–13–50–04–02–11–10–22–21–10–10–1
Lokeren 0–63–00–11–20–22–00–22–11–13–02–03–00–01–10–01–11–3
La Louvière 1–41–10–03–22–00–40–05–22–22–00–13–21–11–20–03–21–1
Mons 0–21–03–02–20–00–92–20–10–11–21–31–11–03–33–41–10–0
Mouscron 0–12–03–25–04–01–13–03–12–12–11–13–02–13–22–12–23–2
Sint-Truiden 1–32–10–01–10–03–21–20–30–22–13–21–21–21–21–11–20–0
Standard Liège 1–13–02–14–07–03–11–10–22–04–11–11–00–24–03–31–13–0
Westerlo 0–02–13–13–21–12–32–11–12–22–02–17–30–00–11–13–02–4
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

ScorerGoalsTeam
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luigi Pieroni 28 Mouscron
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Émile Mpenza 21 Standard Liège
Flag of Nigeria.svg Tosin Dosunmu 16 Westerlo
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Aruna Dindane 15 Anderlecht
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gert Verheyen 15 Club Brugge
Flag of Peru.svg Andrés Mendoza 14 Club Brugge
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cédric Roussel 14 Racing Genk

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