2001–02 Belgian First Division

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

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^[a] (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^[b] (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: ^{[citation needed]}
(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: ^{[citation needed]}
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