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2003–04 Belgian First Division

101st season of top-tier football in Belgium

Field	Value
competition	Belgian First Division
season	2003–04
winners	Anderlecht
relegated	Heusden-Zolder
Antwerp
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Anderlecht
Club Brugge
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Standard Liège
Beveren
league topscorer	Luigi Pieroni
(28 goals)
matches	306
total goals	824
prevseason	2002–03
nextseason	2004–05

Antwerp Club Brugge Beveren (28 goals) Note: If dates are given, these must be sourced (typically by the official match report).

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:

K. Heusden-Zolder
R. Antwerp F.C.

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

Results

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
BEL Luigi Pieroni	28	Mouscron
BEL Émile Mpenza	21	Standard Liège
NGA Tosin Dosunmu	16	Westerlo
CIV Aruna Dindane	15	Anderlecht
BEL Gert Verheyen	15	Club Brugge
PER Andrés Mendoza	14	Club Brugge
BEL Cédric Roussel	14	Racing Genk

Attendances

No.	Club	Average attendance	Change	Highest
1	Anderlecht	24,160	2,1%	26,311
2	Club Brugge	23,716	13,1%	27,900
3	Genk	23,627	-0,9%	25,061
4	Standard de Liège	16,888	14,5%	26,000
5	Charleroi	9,083	-9,0%	17,000
6	Gent	8,355	-4,3%	10,500
7	Mouscron	7,711	-5,8%	10,654
8	STVV	7,665	-3,1%	11,000
9	Germinal Beerschot	7,429	-1,8%	11,000
10	Lierse	7,253	-12,2%	11,250
11	Antwerp	6,735	-6,1%	13,000
12	Sporting Lokeren	5,570	-10,4%	7,000
13	Westerlo	5,282	-6,0%	10,000
14	Heusden-Zolder	5,105	153,9%	9,270
15	Cercle Brugge	5,103	103,6%	13,550
16	Beveren	4,941	9,4%	8,000
17	RAEC	4,582	-25,5%	7,000
18	RAAL	4,300	-17,0%	7,000

Source:

References

Sport.be website - Archive

References

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel04.htm

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