2003–04 in Belgian football

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

National team

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

Competition	Winner
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

Jupiler League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	25	6	3	77	27	+50	81	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
2	Club Brugge	34	22	6	6	77	31	+46	72
3	Standard Liège	34	18	11	5	68	31	+37	65	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
4	K.R.C. Genk	34	17	8	9	58	40	+18	59	Qualified for 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5	R.E. Mouscron	34	15	14	5	64	42	+22	59
6	K.V.C. Westerlo	34	14	10	10	51	45	+6	52	Qualified for 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
7	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	34	11	11	12	34	40	−6	44
8	R.A.A. Louviéroise	34	10	14	10	45	46	−1	44
9	K.A.A. Gent	34	8	16	10	33	34	−1	40	Qualified for 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
10	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	10	9	15	45	54	−9	39
11	Lierse S.K.	34	8	15	11	33	40	−7	39
12	K.S.K. Beveren	34	11	5	18	45	58	−13	38	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
13	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	9	11	14	36	50	−14	38
14	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	34	7	14	13	28	52	−24	35
15	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	8	9	17	35	47	−12	33
16	R.A.E.C. Mons	34	7	12	15	29	52	−23	33
17	K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder	34	7	7	20	36	68	−32	28	Relegated to Division II
18	R. Antwerp F.C.	34	7	6	21	30	67	−37	27

Source:
Notes:

1. Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup First Round after being eliminated in the Champions League Third Qualifying Round.

Second division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

References

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