Jupiler League 2001-02
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The 2001/02 season of the Jupiler League
began on August 11, 2001 and ended on May 5, 2002. Racing Genk
became champions.
at the start of the season:
Jupiler League
The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...
began on August 11, 2001 and ended on May 5, 2002. Racing Genk
K.R.C. Genk
Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
became champions.
Promoted teams
These teams were promoted from the second divisionBelgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...
at the start of the season:
- K.F.C. Lommel S.K.K.F.C. Lommel S.K.Koninklijke Football Club Lommelse Sportkring was a Belgian football club that existed between 1932 and 2003. It played two spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system: from 1992 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2003. Its best ranking was reached in 1997 when it finished...
(second division champion) - R.W.D. MolenbeekR.W.D. MolenbeekRacing White Daring Molenbeek was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the matricule n°47....
(playoff winner)
Relegated teams
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:- K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst (no licenseBelgian professional football licenseThe Belgian professional football license is a license that any team qualified to play the Belgian Pro League must have obtained. If a qualified team does not obtain the license, it is relegated to the third division. When the license was introduced, it was decided that a team without the license...
) - R.W.D. MolenbeekR.W.D. MolenbeekRacing White Daring Molenbeek was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the matricule n°47....
(no licenseBelgian professional football licenseThe Belgian professional football license is a license that any team qualified to play the Belgian Pro League must have obtained. If a qualified team does not obtain the license, it is relegated to the third division. When the license was introduced, it was decided that a team without the license...
)
Final league table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | Genk K.R.C. Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as... |
34 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 85 | 43 | 72 | |
| 2 | Club Brugge Club Brugge Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472.... |
34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 41 | 70 | ||
| 3 | Anderlecht R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the... |
34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 71 | 37 | 66 | ||
| 4 | Gent | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 51 | 58 | ||
| 5 | Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège.... |
34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 38 | 57 | ||
| 6 | Mouscron R.E. Mouscron R.E. Mouscron was a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and suspended operations soon after marking the end of professional football in Mouscron.-History:... |
34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 40 | 56 | ||
| 7 | Lokeren | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 33 | 55 | ||
| 8 | Sint-Truidense | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 47 | 53 | ||
| 9 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 68 | 51 | 49 | ||
| R | 10 | Molenbeek R.W.D. Molenbeek Racing White Daring Molenbeek was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the matricule n°47.... |
34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 50 | 59 | ||
| 44 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Louviéroise R.A.A. Louviéroise R.A.A. Louviéroise, sometimes referred to as La Louvière or RAAL, was a Belgian football club located in the city of La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. It had been playing its latest run in the Belgian First Division from 2000-01 to 2005-06 included... |
34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 52 | |||
| 44 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Charleroi R. Charleroi S.C. Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season... |
34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 63 | |||
| 39 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Lommel K.F.C. Lommel S.K. Koninklijke Football Club Lommelse Sportkring was a Belgian football club that existed between 1932 and 2003. It played two spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system: from 1992 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2003. Its best ranking was reached in 1997 when it finished... |
34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 66 | |||
| 39 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Westerlo K.V.C. Westerlo Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp. Westerlo has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since 1997–98. Their highest finish is a 6th place in 1999–2000, 2003–04 and 2008–09. They have won 1 Belgian... |
34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 61 | |||
| 36 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Lierse Lierse S.K. Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups... |
34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 55 | |||
| 35 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Antwerp | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 67 | |||
| 31 | ||||||||||
| R | 17 | Aalst | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 73 | ||
| 21 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Beveren K.S.K. Beveren Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren was a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens, and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have... |
34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 91 | |||
| 14 |
Top goal scorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Wesley Sonck Wesley Sonck Wesley Sonck is a Belgian football player, who currently plays as a striker for K. Lierse S.K. who signed him in August 2010 and the Belgium national football team. He played for KRC Genk in the Belgian First Division from where he joined AFC Ajax in 2003 for about £5 million... |
30 | K.R.C. Genk K.R.C. Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as... |
| Paul Kpaka Paul Kpaka Paul Kpaka is a Sierre Leonean footballer. He is a striker who last played for Germinal Beerschot in the Belgian first division. His contract with the club ran out on 1 July 2010.- Early life :... |
25 | K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot |
| Moumouni Dagano Moumouni Dagano Beli Moumouni Dagano is a Burkinabé footballer. He currently plays for Al-Khor in Qatar.-Career:Dagano began his career at Ivorian side Stella Club d'Adjamé, based in Abidjan. In 1999 he moved back to his homeland, with Etoile Filante, before making his move to Europe a year later, with Belgian... |
21 | K.R.C. Genk K.R.C. Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as... |
| Rune Lange Rune Lange Rune Lange is a retired Norwegian football striker.-Career:Lange hails from the city of Tromsø and joined the club Fløya at the age of five. As a 17-year-old, he became top scorer in the Third Division with 33 goals in 22 matches, and then moved on to play for Tromsdalen in the First Division... |
19 | Club Brugge Club Brugge Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472.... |
| Alexandros Kaklamanos Alexandros Kaklamanos Alexandros Kaklamanos is a football striker, who currently plays for R.U. Saint-Gilloise.- Career:He played in many teams such as Ialissos FC, Olympiacos FC, Athinaikos F.C., Panelefsiniakos F.C., R. Charleroi S.C., K.A.A. Gent, Standard Liège, APOEL, Ergotelis F.C., Kerkyra FC, Enosis Neon... |
17 | K.A.A. Gent |
| Patrick Goots | 16 | R. Antwerp F.C. |
| Andrés Augusto Mendoza Andrés Augusto Mendoza Andrés Augusto Mendoza Azevedo is a Peruvian footballer.-Club career:Mendoza started playing professionally with Sporting Cristal, which he helped become national champion in his first season.... |
15 | Club Brugge Club Brugge Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472.... |
| Marcin Żewłakow | 15 | R.E. Mouscron R.E. Mouscron R.E. Mouscron was a Belgian association football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and suspended operations soon after marking the end of professional football in Mouscron.-History:... |