2002–03 Süper Lig

Süper Lig
The 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy.
Season	2002–03
Champions	Beşiktaş
Relegated	Altay Göztepe Kocaelispor
Champions League	Beşiktaş Galatasaray
UEFA Cup	Trabzonspor Gençlerbirliği Gaziantepspor Malatyaspor
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Okan Yılmaz (24 goals)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002-03 Turkish First Football League was the 45th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season celebrated the centenary of Beşiktaş J.K., who became eventual champions. Moreover, Malatyaspor qualified for the first time in a European cup competition after a 2-0 away win at Turkish Cup winners Trabzonspor combined with Fenerbahçe's draw at İzmir with relegated Göztepe, 1-1, despite being ahead in the first half. So far, they are the only team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.

Locations

Location of teams in Süper Lig 2002–03

Final league table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Beşiktaş !Beşiktaş (C)	34	26	7	1	63	21	+42	85	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Galatasaray !Galatasaray	34	24	5	5	61	27	+34	77	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Gençlerbirliği !Gençlerbirliği	34	19	9	6	76	40	+36	66	2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round
4	Gaziantepspor !Gaziantepspor	34	16	9	9	61	41	+20	57
5	Malatyaspor !Malatyaspor	34	14	10	10	56	45	+11	52
6	Fenerbahçe !Fenerbahçe	34	13	12	9	55	42	+13	51		FEN 3-2 TRA TRA 0-0 FEN
7	Trabzonspor !Trabzonspor	34	13	12	9	44	33	+11	51	2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round ¹	FEN 3-2 TRA TRA 0-0 FEN
8	MKE Ankaragücü !MKE Ankaragücü	34	15	4	15	44	42	+2	49
9	İstanbulspor !İstanbulspor	34	12	7	15	42	48	−6	43
10	Denizlispor !Denizlispor	34	10	10	14	37	42	−5	40		DEN 2-0 ADA ADA 2-1 DEN
11	Adanaspor A.Ş. !Adanaspor A.Ş.	34	10	10	14	44	54	−10	40		DEN 2-0 ADA ADA 2-1 DEN
12	Samsunspor !Samsunspor	34	10	9	15	42	59	−17	39
13	Elazığspor !Elazığspor	34	10	7	17	40	59	−19	37
14	Diyarbakırspor !Diyarbakırspor	34	9	9	16	34	47	−13	36		BUR 4-1 DİY DİY 4-0 BUR
15	Bursaspor !Bursaspor	34	9	9	16	42	62	−20	36		BUR 4-1 DİY DİY 4-0 BUR
16	Altay !Altay (R)	34	9	8	17	48	69	−21	35
17	Göztepe A.Ş. !Göztepe A.Ş. (R)	34	5	11	18	32	57	−25	26
18	Kocaelispor !Kocaelispor (R)	34	6	4	24	32	66	−34	22

Updated to games played on September 25, 2008.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹by winning 2002–03 Turkish Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Name	Team	Goals
Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor	24
Necati Ateş	Adanaspor	19
Augustine Ahinful	Ankaragücü	16
Ümit Karan	Galatasaray	16
Paulo Sérgio Rosa	Gaziantepspor	14
Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor / Gaziantepspor	14
Ahmed Hassan	Gençlerbirliği	13
Cenk Işler	Istanbulspor	13
Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	13
Fazlı Ulusoy	Malatyaspor	12

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References

Turkish-Soccer.com by Erdinç Sivritepe

↑ Goal records

Süper Lig

Milli Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63

1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Champions	Galatasaray (20) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (13) Trabzonspor (6) Bursaspor (1)

Current teams	Akhisar Belediyespor Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Bursaspor Çaykur Rizespor Eskişehirspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği İstanbul Başakşehir Kayserispor Kasımpaşa Konyaspor Mersin İ.Y. Osmanlıspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor

Former teams	Adaletspor Adana Demirspor Adanaspor Akçaabat Sebatspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Belediye Vanspor Beykozspor Beyoğluspor Boluspor Bucaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Erzurumspor Etimesgut Şekerspor Feriköy Giresunspor Göztepe Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karagümrük Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Ankaragücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Petrol Ofisi Spor PTT Sakaryaspor Samsunspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Vefa Yeşildirek Yimpaş Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

« 2001–02 2003–04 »

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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