2003–04 Belgian First Division
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Champions | Anderlecht |
Relegated | Heusden-Zolder Antwerp |
Champions League | Anderlecht Club Brugge |
UEFA Cup | Standard Liège Beveren |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 824 (2.69 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Luigi Pieroni (28 goals) |
← 2002–03 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.
Promoted teams
These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. (second division champions)
- K. Heusden-Zolder (playoff winner)
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anderlecht (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 77 | 27 | +50 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 31 | +46 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Standard Liège | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Genk | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
5 | Mouscron | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 64 | 42 | +22 | 59 | |
6 | Westerlo | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 52 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
7 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 44 | |
8 | La Louvière | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 44 | |
9 | Gent | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 40 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
10 | Sporting Lokeren | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 39 | |
11 | Lierse | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 39 | |
12 | Beveren | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
13 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 38 | |
14 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 35 | |
15 | Charleroi | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 33 | |
16 | Mons | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 33 | |
17 | Heusden-Zolder (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 28 | Relegation to 2004–05 Belgian Second Division |
18 | Antwerp (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 27 |
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | AND | ANT | GBA | BEV | CER | CLU | CHA | GNK | GNT | HZO | LIE | LOK | LOU | MON | MOU | STT | STA | WES |
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Anderlecht | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 5–1 | |
Antwerp | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
Germinal Beerschot | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
Beveren | 2–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
Cercle Brugge | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Club Brugge | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
Charleroi | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
Genk | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Gent | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
Heusden-Zolder | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
Lierse | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
Lokeren | 0–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
La Louvière | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Mons | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–9 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Mouscron | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
Sint-Truiden | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
Standard Liège | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Westerlo | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goal scorers
Scorer | Goals | Team |
---|---|---|
Luigi Pieroni | 28 | Mouscron |
Émile Mpenza | 21 | Standard Liège |
Tosin Dosunmu | 16 | Westerlo |
Aruna Dindane | 15 | Anderlecht |
Gert Verheyen | 15 | Club Brugge |
Andrés Mendoza | 14 | Club Brugge |
Cédric Roussel | 14 | Racing Genk |
See also
References
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