JUPILER LEAGUE 2003-04

The '2003/04' season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 2003 and May 15, 2004. Sporting Anderlecht became champions on April 24, 2004.

Contents

Promoted teams

Relegated teams

Anderlecht's title success

Battle for Europe

The relegation dog fight

Final league table

Top goal scorers

See also

References

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:

★ K. Heusden-Zolder

★ R. Antwerp F.C.

Anderlecht's title success

The battle for the title was not so long since Anderlecht had respectable advance on their opponents (mainly Club Brugge). Though, a bad finish from Anderlecht kept the suspense until the 31st matchday when Club Brugge drew with Mouscron while the team from Brussels made the same result (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 third-placed team. In spite of this defeat, Standard managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup as it was 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 beyond.

Final league table

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
'C'	1	Anderlecht	34	25	6	3	77	27	+50	81
	2	Club Brugge	34	22	6	6	77	31	+46	72
	3	Standard Liège	34	18	11	5	68	31	+37	65
	4	Genk	34	17	8	9	58	40	+18	59
	5	Mouscron	34	15	14	5	64	42	+22	59
	6	Westerlo	34	14	10	10	51	45	+6	52
	7	Germinal Beerschot	34	11	11	12	34	40	-6	44
	8	Louviéroise	34	10	14	10	45	46	-1	44
	9	Gent	34	8	16	10	33	34	-1	40
	10	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
	13	Sint-Truidense	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
'R'	17	Heusden-Zolder	34	7	7	20	36	68	-32	28
'R'	18	Antwerp	34	7	6	21	30	67	-37	27

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Luigi Pieroni	28	R.E. Mouscron
Emile Mpenza	21	Standard Liège
Tosin Dosunmu	16	K.V.C. Westerlo
Aruna Dindane	15	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Gert Verheyen	15	Club Brugge
Andrés Augusto Mendoza	14	Club Brugge
Cédric Roussel	14	K.R.C. Genk

See also

★ 2003-04 in Belgian football

References

★ Sport.be website - Archive