2002–03 Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League
Season	2002–03
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	No relegation
Champions League	Rangers Celtic
UEFA Cup	Heart of Midlothian Dundee
Top goalscorer	Henrik Larsson (28)
Biggest home win	Celtic 7–0 Aberdeen (3 November)
Biggest away win	Dunfermline 0–6 Rangers (1 September)
Highest attendance	59,027 – Celtic v Rangers (6 October)
Lowest attendance	3,541 – Partick Thistle v Livingston (28 January)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers by a goal difference of 1.

On the final day of the season, Rangers defeated Dunfermline 6–1, while Celtic could only win 4–0 away at Kilmarnock.

As league champions, Rangers qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Celtic also qualifying. Third-placed Hearts qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Dundee, who took the Scottish Cup place despite losing the final against Rangers, who were also League Cup winners.

Motherwell were spared relegation, as Scottish First Division winners Falkirk's presentation of a groundshare proposal at Airdrie United's Excelsior Stadium was voted down at a meeting of all the SPL's member clubs.

Henrik Larsson was the top scorer with 28 goals for Celtic.

Promotion and relegation from 2001–02

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Partick Thistle

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

St Johnstone

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	38	31	4	3	101	28	+73	97	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	31	4	3	98	26	+72	97	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Hearts	38	18	9	11	57	51	+6	63	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
4	Kilmarnock	38	16	9	13	47	56	–9	57
5	Dunfermline Athletic	38	13	7	18	54	71	–17	46
6	Dundee	38	10	14	14	50	60	–10	44	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round

7	Hibernian	38	15	6	17	56	64	–8	51
8	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	41	54	–13	49
9	Livingston	38	9	8	21	48	62	–14	35
10	Partick Thistle	38	8	11	19	37	58	–21	35
11	Dundee United	38	7	11	20	35	68	–33	32
12	Motherwell	38	7	7	24	45	71	–26	28

Source: SPL official website

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Henrik Larsson	Celtic	28
Stevie Crawford	Dunfermline Athletic	19
John Hartson	Celtic	18
Ronald de Boer	Rangers	16
Alex Burns	Partick Thistle	16
Barry Ferguson	Rangers	16
Chris Sutton	Celtic	15
Shota Arveladze	Rangers	15
Mark de Vries	Hearts	15
Michael Mols	Rangers	13
James McFadden	Motherwell	13

Source: SPL official website

Attendances

The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2002/03 season are shown below:

Team	Average
Celtic	57,471
Rangers	48,814
Hearts	12,057
Aberdeen	11,774
Hibernian	10,157
Dundee United	7,665
Kilmarnock	7,407
Dundee	7,399
Livingston	6,663
Dunfermline Athletic	6,124
Motherwell	6,085
Partick Thistle	5,657

Source: SPL official website

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Premier League monthly awards

Month	Manager	Player	Young Player
August	John Lambie (Partick Thistle)	Mark de Vries (Hearts)	Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock)
September	Alex McLeish (Rangers)	Jean-Louis Valois (Hearts)	Mikel Arteta (Rangers)
October	Bobby Williamson (Hibernian)	Fernando Ricksen (Rangers)	Ian Murray (Hibernian)
November	Martin O'Neill (Celtic)	Henrik Larsson (Celtic)	Mark Wilson (Dundee United)
December	Jim Jefferies (Kilmarnock)	John Hartson (Celtic)	Shaun Dillon (Kilmarnock)
January	Jim Duffy (Dundee)	Barry Ferguson (Rangers)	Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock)
February	Alex McLeish (Rangers)	Lee Wilkie (Dundee)	Shaun Maloney (Celtic)
March	Jim Duffy (Dundee)	Thomas McManus (Hibernian)	Zurab Khizanishvili (Dundee)
April	Craig Levein (Hearts)	Bobo Baldé (Celtic)	Andy Webster (Hearts)

Scottish Premier League (1998–2013)

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Former teams	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren

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2002–03 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 2004 qualifying (Group 5)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers

First Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Airdrie United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Greenock Morton Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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