# 2000–01 Belgian First Division

The 2000–01 season of the Jupiler League began on August 12, 2000, and ended on May 20, 2001. Anderlecht became champions.

## Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:
* Antwerp (second division champion)
* Louviéroise (playoff winner)

## Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
* Harelbeke
* KV Mechelen

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 88 | 25 | +63 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 24 | +59 | 78 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Sporting Lokeren | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 54 | |
| 7 | Mouscron | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 53 | |
| 8 | Westerlo | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Charleroi | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 47 | |
| 10 | Lierse | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 43 | |
| 11 | Genk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 42 | |
| 12 | Antwerp | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 40 | |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 35 | |
| 14 | Beveren | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 35 | |
| 15 | La Louvière | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 30 | |
| 16 | Eendracht Aalst | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 29 | |
| 17 | Harelbeke (R) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 79 | −43 | 28 | Relegation to 2001–02 Belgian Second Division |
| 18 | Mechelen (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to 2001–02 Belgian Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | ANT | GBA | BEV | CLU | CHA | GNK | GNT | HAR | LIE | LOK | LOU | MEC | MOU | STV | STA | WES |
| Eendracht Aalst | | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Anderlecht | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Antwerp | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Germinal Beerschot | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Beveren | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| Club Brugge | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | | 1–0 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Charleroi | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Genk | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Gent | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Harelbeke | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 |
| Lierse | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Lokeren | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| La Louvière | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 |
| Mechelen | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Mouscron | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 |
| Sint-Truiden | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Standard Liège | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 5–3 |
| Westerlo | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–6 | 2–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Tomasz Radzinski | 23 | Anderlecht |
| Jan Koller | 22 | Anderlecht |
| Nenad Jestrović | 20 | Mouscron |
| Gert Verheyen | 17 | Club Brugge |
| Marcin Żewłakow | 16 | Mouscron |
| Ole Martin Årst | 14 | Standard Liège |