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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.

Promoted teams

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

Relegated teams

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

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
Andres Mendoza 14 Club Brugge
Cédric Roussel 14 K.R.C. Genk

See also

References

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