2002–03 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2002–03 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 5th position with 46 points.[1]

Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish Premier League	5th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-final

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Rangers	38	31	4	3	101	28	+73	97	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	31	4	3	98	26	+72	97	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	9	11	57	51	+6	63	Qualification for the 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	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
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	Spared from relegation[lower-alpha 3]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. As Rangers, the 2002–03 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee, the cup runners-up
3. As the First Division champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground for the SPL, bottom club Motherwell were spared from relegation.

Results

Dunfermline Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	3 August 2002	Celtic	A	1–2	57,415	Dempsey 74'
2	10 August 2002	Livingston	H	2–1	4,751	Crawford 28', Brewster 50'
3	17 August 2002	Dundee	H	4–2	5,901	Crawford (3) 34', 80', 85' Brewster 69'
4	24 August 2002	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	11,367
5	1 September 2002	Rangers	H	0–6	8,948
6	11 September 2002	Hibernian	A	4–1	9,837	Walker 11', Brewster (2) 24', 57', Crawford 32'
7	14 September 2002	Dundee United	A	2–1	6,041	Dempsey 9', Brewster 16'
8	21 September 2002	Motherwell	H	1–0	4,987	Bullen 74'
9	21 September 2002	Aberdeen	A	1–3	11,678	Bullen 41'
10	5 October 2002	Partick Thistle	H	4–1	5,522	Thomson 28', Nicholson 68', Crawford (2) 79', 90'
11	19 October 2002	Kilmarnock	A	2–2	5,515	Brewster 43', Bullen 58'
12	27 October 2002	Celtic	H	1–4	9,139	Brewster 56'
13	2 November 2002	Livingston	A	1–1	6,324	Brewster 47'
14	12 November 2002	Dundee	A	3–2	5,475	Brewster 25', Crawford 74', Dair 84'
15	17 November 2002	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1	4,800	Nicholson 65', Bullen 76', Crawford 90'
16	23 November 2002	Rangers	A	0–3	48,431
17	30 November 2002	Hibernian	H	1–1	7,515	Crawford 66'
18	4 December 2002	Dundee United	H	4–1	4,342	Brewster (2) 4', 38', Walker 41', Nicholson 55'
19	7 December 2002	Partick Thistle	A	0–4	4,110
20	15 December 2002	Aberdeen	H	3–0	4,835	Crawford 38', McAllister 46' (o.g.), Brewster 64'
21	26 December 2002	Kilmarnock	A	0–2	5,847
22	29 December 2002	Celtic	A	0–1	58,387
23	2 January 2003	Livingston	H	2–0	5,218	Crawford (2) 45', 57'
24	28 January 2003	Dundee	H	0–1	4,237
25	1 February 2003	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3	11,281
26	8 February 2003	Rangers	H	1–3	8,754	Brewster 49'
27	15 February 2003	Hibernian	A	3–1	9,175	Mason 20', Crawford (2) 39', 55'
28	19 February 2003	Motherwell	A	1–2	3,741	Crawford 52'
29	1 March 2003	Dundee United	A	0–3	6,004
30	9 March 2003	Partick Thistle	H	0–0	4,476
31	9 March 2003	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	4,021	Shields 57' (o.g.)
32	5 April 2003	Motherwell	H	3–0	4,086	Hampshire 18', Nicholson 50', Hunt 77'
33	12 April 2003	Aberdeen	A	0–1	10,003
34	26 April 2003	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1	6,986
35	3 May 2003	Celtic	H	1–4	8,923	McNicol 80'
36	10 May 2003	Dundee	A	2–2	5,411	Crawford 54', Bullen 90'
37	17 May 2003	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	6,869	Nicholson 5', Mason 11'
38	25 May 2003	Rangers	A	1–6	49,731	Dair 11'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	25 January 2003	Livingston	A	1–1	4,106	Crawford 26'
R3 Replay	4 February 2003	Livingston	H	2–0	3,158	Brewster (2) 67', 90'
R4	22 February 2003	Hibernian	H	1–1	6,619	Nicholson 58'
R4 Replay	6 March 2003	Hibernian	A	2–0	5,851	Crawford 57', Wilson 79'
QF	23 March 2003	Rangers	H	1–1	9,875	Grondin 23'
QF Replay	9 April 2003	Rangers	A	0–3	24,752

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	24 September 2002	Cowdenbeath	A	2–1	2,988	Thomson 80', Bullen 100'
R3	22 October 2002	Falkirk	H	2–0	6,933	Crawford (2) 2', 79'
QF	7 November 2002	Rangers	H	0–1	8,415

References

1. "Scotland 2002/03". RSSSF.

External links

• Dunfermline Athletic 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)