2001–02 Belgian First Division

(Redirected from Belgian First Division 2001–02) 99th season of top-tier football in Belgium Football league season

Belgian First Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Genk
Relegated	Molenbeek Eendracht Aalst
Champions League	Genk Club Brugge
UEFA Cup	Anderlecht Mouscron
Matches played	306
Goals scored	973 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wesley Sonck (30 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season of the Jupiler League began on August 11, 2001, and ended on May 5, 2002. Racing Genk became champions.

Promoted teams

Westerloclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2001–02

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Lommel (second division champion)
R.W.D. Molenbeek (playoff winner)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

Eendracht Aalst (no license)
R.W.D. Molenbeek (no license)

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk (C)	34	20	12	2	85	43	+42	72	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Club Brugge	34	22	4	8	74	41	+33	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Anderlecht	34	18	12	4	71	37	+34	66	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Gent	34	16	10	8	62	51	+11	58	Qualified for Intertoto Cup second round
5	Standard Liège	34	15	12	7	57	38	+19	57
6	Mouscron	34	17	5	12	68	40	+28	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
7	Sporting Lokeren	34	15	10	9	43	33	+10	55	Qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
8	Sint-Truiden	34	16	5	13	52	47	+5	53
9	Germinal Beerschot	34	11	16	7	68	51	+17	49
10	Molenbeek (R)	34	13	5	16	50	59	−9	44	Relegation to 2002–03 Belgian Third Division
11	La Louvière	34	12	8	14	41	52	−11	44
12	Charleroi	34	11	6	17	40	63	−23	39
13	Lommel	34	10	9	15	54	66	−12	39
14	Westerlo	34	9	9	16	49	61	−12	36
15	Lierse	34	9	8	17	55	65	−10	35
16	Antwerp	34	7	10	17	47	67	−20	31
17	Eendracht Aalst (R)	34	4	9	21	32	73	−41	21	Relegation to 2002–03 Belgian Third Division
18	Beveren	34	2	8	24	30	91	−61	14

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

R.W.D. Molenbeek were relegated to the Third Division as they were refused a Belgian professional licence.
Eendracht Aalst were relegated to the Third Division as they were refused a Belgian professional licence.

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	AND	ANT	GBA	BEV	CLU	CHA	GNK	GNT	LIE	LOK	LOM	LOU	MOL	MOU	STV	STA	WES
Eendracht Aalst		1–5	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	0–5	1–1	1–2	0–1
Anderlecht	3–1		3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	7–1	0–0	2–0	5–2	2–2	4–2	0–2	0–0	3–3
Antwerp	2–0	2–2		2–3	4–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	3–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–1
Germinal Beerschot	4–0	1–1	2–0		4–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	8–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1
Beveren	0–4	1–4	2–3	1–1		0–4	1–1	1–6	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1
Club Brugge	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	6–1		1–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–4	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–2
Charleroi	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	0–4		0–3	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	4–2
Genk	5–0	1–1	2–1	4–4	5–1	3–2	3–2		2–1	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0
Gent	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–0		2–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–5	1–1	4–2	2–5	4–1
Lierse	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2		1–1	6–3	0–1	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	4–1
Lokeren	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1		1–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
Lommel	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	5–1	1–5	2–4	2–2	3–4		3–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0
La Louvière	1–3	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–3
Molenbeek	4–3	2–3	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–3	0–1	2–5	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1
Mouscron	6–1	1–1	5–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–4	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–1		3–0	2–0	1–2
Sint-Truiden	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	4–2	5–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–3	1–0	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–0
Standard Liège	2–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	6–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–3		2–2
Westerlo	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	3–3	0–0	3–1	5–4	0–1	6–0	0–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Wesley Sonck	30	Genk
Paul Kpaka	25	Germinal Beerschot
Moumouni Dagano	21	Genk
Rune Lange	19	Club Brugge
Alexandros Kaklamanos	17	Gent
Patrick Goots	16	Royal Antwerp
Andrés Mendoza	15	Club Brugge
Marcin Żewłakow	15	Mouscron

References

(in French) Sport.be website - Archive

Belgian Pro League

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v t e 2001–02 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '01 '02 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '01 '02 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '01 '02 Faroe Islands '01 '02 Finland '01 '02 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '01 '02 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '01 '02 Latvia '01 '02 Lithuania '01 '02 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '01 '02 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '01 '02 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '01 '02 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '01 '02 Finland '01 '02 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '01 '02 Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia '01 '02 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '01 '02 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '01 '02 France Germany Iceland '01 '02 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (qualifying, 1st round, 2nd round, final phase, final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

v t e 2001–02 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	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group 2) Robert Waseige

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