2001–02 Belgian First Division

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

Aalst

Anderlecht
Molenbeek

Antwerp

Beveren

Germinal Beerschot

Club Brugge

Charleroi

Sint-Truiden

Genk

Gent

Standard

Lierse

Lokeren

Lommel

La Louvière

Mouscron

Westerlo

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

^[1] Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup third round after finishing third in their Champions League group.

^[2] R.W.D. Molenbeek were relegated to the Third Division as they were refused a Belgian professional licence.

^[3] Eendracht Aalst were relegated to the Third Division as they were refused a Belgian professional licence.

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

See also

• 2001-02 in Belgian football

References

• Template:Fr icon Sport.be website - Archive