2003–04 in Belgian football

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The 2003–04 season was the 101st competitive season in Belgian football.

## National team

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Belgium ended their qualifying campaign for the 2004 UEFA European Championship at the third place in Group 8 and thus did not take part to the final tournament.

Date  | Venue  | Opponents  | Score*  | Comp  | Belgium scorers  | Match Report

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20 August 2003  | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)  | Netherlands | 1–1  | F  | Wesley Sonck |
10 September 2003  | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)  | Croatia | 2–1  | ECQ  | Wesley Sonck (2)  |
11 October 2003  | Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège (H)  | Estonia | 2–0  | ECQ  | Raio Piiroja (og), Thomas Buffel |
18 February 2004  | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)  | France | 0–2  | F  |  |
31 March 2004  | RheinEnergieStadion, Köln (A)  | Germany | 0–3  | F  |  |
28 April 2004  | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)  | Turkey | 2–3  | F  | Wesley Sonck, Grégory Dufer |
29 May 2004  | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven (A)  | Netherlands | 1–0  | F  | Bart Goor |

* Belgium score given first

Key

* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* F = Friendly
* ECQ = UEFA European Championship 2004 Qualifying, Group 8
* og = own goal

## Honours

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Competition  | Winner

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Jupiler League | R.S.C. Anderlecht
Cup | Club Brugge
Supercup | Club Brugge
Second division | Brussels
Third division A | Waasland
Third division B | Union

## Final tables

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### Jupiler League

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Pos | Team

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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

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

### Second division

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Brussels (C) | 34  | 21  | 7  | 6  | 79  | 29  | +50  | 70
2  | Oostende (P) | 34  | 18  | 11  | 5  | 69  | 43  | +26  | 65
3  | Roeselare | 34  | 19  | 6  | 9  | 59  | 38  | +21  | 63
4  | Tubize | 34  | 15  | 13  | 6  | 60  | 33  | +27  | 58
5  | Zulte-Waregem | 34  | 15  | 7  | 12  | 58  | 45  | +13  | 52
6  | Virton | 34  | 13  | 12  | 9  | 38  | 33  | +5  | 51
7  | Deinze | 34  | 15  | 5  | 14  | 45  | 46  | −1  | 50
8  | Maasmechelen | 34  | 13  | 10  | 11  | 47  | 50  | −3  | 49
9  | Dessel | 34  | 14  | 6  | 14  | 41  | 42  | −1  | 48
10  | Geel | 34  | 13  | 8  | 13  | 38  | 41  | −3  | 47
11  | Hamme | 34  | 11  | 13  | 10  | 43  | 44  | −1  | 46
12  | Aalst | 34  | 12  | 9  | 13  | 54  | 59  | −5  | 45
13  | Visé | 34  | 13  | 5  | 16  | 48  | 59  | −11  | 44
14  | Eupen | 34  | 8  | 13  | 13  | 32  | 41  | −9  | 37
15  | Ronse | 34  | 7  | 11  | 16  | 27  | 46  | −19  | 32
16  | Sporting West (R) | 34  | 7  | 10  | 17  | 41  | 61  | −20  | 31
17  | Tienen (R) | 34  | 6  | 7  | 21  | 30  | 64  | −34  | 25
18  | Denderleeuw (R) | 34  | 3  | 13  | 18  | 32  | 67  | −35  | 22

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## See also

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* Belgian First Division 2003-04
* 2003 Belgian Super Cup
* Belgian Second Division
* Belgian Third Division: divisions A and B
* Belgian Promotion: divisions A, B, C and D

## References

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* (in English) FA website \- International results
* (in French) www.sport.be \- 2nd division final table

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2003–04 in Belgian football

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League competitions|

* First Division
* Second Division

Cup competitions|

* Belgian Cup (Final)
* Super Cup

UEFA competitions|

* Champions League
* UEFA Cup

Related to national team|

* UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying (Group 8)
* Aimé Anthuenis

Club seasons

First Division|

* Anderlecht
* Antwerp
* Beveren
* Cercle Brugge
* Charleroi
* Club Brugge
* Genk
* Gent
* Germinal Beerschot
* Heusden-Zolder
* Lierse
* Lokeren
* La Louvière
* Mons
* Mouscron
* Sint-Truiden
* Standard Liège
* Westerlo

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*[GF]: Goals for
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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points