# 2002–03 Belgian First Division

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

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 |
| 18 | Lommel (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ 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 | |

## 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 |