2002–03 Livingston F.C. season

Season 2002-03 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the UEFA Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston F.C.
2002–03 season
ManagerJim Leishman
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish Premier League9th
UEFA CupFirst Round
Scottish CupQuarter Final
Co-operative Insurance CupThird Round

Summary

Livingston competed in Europe for the first time in their history during season 2002–03 reaching the first round of the Uefa Cup.[1] They finished 9th in the Scottish Premier League,[2] reached the Quarter finals of the Scottish Cup and were knocked out by Dunfermline in the third round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup after a replay.

Results & fixtures

[3][4]   Win   Draw   Loss

Spl
Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League
3 August 2002 SPLLivingston3 – 2MotherwellAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Rubio  8'
Zarate  34' (47)		 BBC Report Leitch  50'
Lehmann  64'		 Attendance: 7,124
Referee: Rowbotham
10 August 2002 SPLDunfermline2 – 1LivingstonEast End Park
15:00 Crawford  28'
Brewster  50'		 Livi Mad Report Xausa  90' Attendance: 4,751
17 August 2002 SPLPartick Thistle2 – 2LivingstonFirhill Stadium
15:00 Mitchell  33' (64) Livi Mad Report Rubio  31' (76) Attendance: 4,255
25 August 2002 SPLLivingston0 – 1KilmarnockAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Boyd  42' Attendance: 7,416
1 September 2002 SPLCeltic2 – 0LivingstonCeltic Park
15:00 Larsson  26'
Balde  38'		 BBC Report Attendance: 56,988
11 September 2002 SPLDundee2 – 1LivingstonDens Park
19:30 Nacho Novo  52'
Rae  77'		 Livi Mad Report Nemsadze  31' (Own Goal) Attendance: 5,391
14 September 2002 SPLLivingston0 – 2RangersAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Ross  61'
Ferguson  87' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 10,003
22 September 2002 SPLLivingston1 – 2AberdeenAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Xausa  56' BBC Report Anderson  1'
McNaughton  74'		 Attendance: 7,513
28 September 2002 SPLHibernian1 – 0LivingstonEaster Road
15:00 Murray  45' BBC Report Attendance: 9,541
6 October 2002 SPLLivingston1 – 1Heart of MidlothianAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Wilson  41' BBC Report Stamp  46' Attendance: 6,512
19 October 2002 SPLDundee United2 – 3LivingstonTannadice
15:00 Lilley  45'
McIntyre  59'		 BBC Report Bollan  69'
Wilson  74'
Dadi  78'		 Attendance: 5,572
26 October 2002 SPLMotherwell1 – 5LivingstonFir Park
15:00 BBC Report Makel  9'
Toure  48' (58)
Bingham  81'
Xausa  90'		 Attendance: 4,342
2 November 2002 SPLLivingston1 – 1DunfermlineAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Toure  79' BBC Report Brewster  47' Attendance: 6,324
9 November 2002 SPLLivingston3 – 0Partick ThistleAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Dadi  47'
Andrews  49'
Bingham  59'		 BBC Report Attendance: 6,218
16 November 2002 SPLKilmarnock2 – 0LivingstonRugby Park
15:00 Di Giacomo  64'
McSwegan  90'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,270
24 November 2002 SPLLivingston0 – 2CelticAlmondvale Stadium
12:15 BBC Report Larsson  6' (Penalty), 83' Attendance: 10,002
30 November 2002 SPLLivingston1 – 1DundeeAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Juanjo  2' BBC Report Nacho Novo  72' (Penalty) Attendance: 5,307
4 December 2002 SPLRangers4 – 3LivingstonIbrox Stadium
19:30  8' Ferguson
 10' Arveladze
 18' Arveladze
 46' Arveladze		 BBC Report  50' Zárate
 72' Wilson
 75'  Bollan
 87' Zárate		 Attendance: 45,992
7 December 2002 SPLHeart of Midlothian2 – 1LivingstonTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Kirk  5' (70), Penalty' BBC Report Zarate  63' Attendance: 8,074
14 December 2002 SPLLivingston1 – 2HibernianAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Brinquin  90' BBC Report Murray  55'
James  66'		 Attendance: 6,501
21 December 2002 SPLAberdeen0 – 0LivingstonPittodrie
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 11,253
26 December 2002 SPLLivingston3 – 0Dundee UnitedAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Junajo  8'
Andrews  51'
Bingham  86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,103
29 December 2002 SPLLivingston1 – 0MotherwellAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Zarate  87' BBC Report Attendance: 7,216
2 January 2003 SPLDunfermline2 – 0LivingstonEast End Park
15:00 Crawford  45' (57) BBC Report Attendance: 5,218
28 January 2003 SPLPartick Thistle1 – 3LivingstonFirhill Stadium
19:30 Burns  39' Livi Mad Report Andrews  35'
Zarate  70'
McMenamin  80'		 Attendance: 3,541
Referee: Fyfe
1 February 2003 SPLLivingston0 – 4KilmarnockAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McLaren  21' (70)
Canero  34'
Boyd  49'		 Attendance: 4,144
Referee: Brown
9 February 2003 SPLCeltic2 – 1LivingstonCeltic Park
15:00 Sylla  77'
Sutton  85'		 Livi Mad Report Zarate  52' Attendance: 57,169
Referee: McCurry
2 March 2003 SPLLivingston1 – 2RangersAlmondvale Stadium
15:00  90' Dadi BBC Report  8' Amoruso
 16' Arveladze		 Attendance: 10,004
5 March 2003 SPLDundee0 – 0LivingstonDens Park
19:30 BBC Report Attendance: 7,554
Referee: Young
8 March 2003 SPLLivingston1 – 1Heart of MidlothianAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Ramos  61' Livi Mad Report Stamp  8' Attendance: 7,531
Referee: Freeland
15 March 2003 SPLDundee United0 – 1LivingstonTannadice
15:00 BBC Report Andrews  87' Attendance: 6,247
Referee: Thompson
5 April 2003 SPLLivingston1 – 2AberdeenAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Lovell  2' BBC Report Young  29'
Sheerin  31'		 Attendance: 5,731
Referee: Dallas
12 April 2003 SPLHibernian2 – 2LivingstonEaster Road
15:00 Orman  44'
Riordan  53'		 BBC Report Wilson  87'
O'Brien  89'		 Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Rowbotham
26 April 2003 SPLAberdeen1 – 0LivingstonPittodrie
15:00 Hinds  25' BBC Report Attendance: 8,912
Referee: Underhill
3 May 2003 SPLLivingston3 – 1Partick ThistleAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Xausa  25'
Zarate  44'
Juanjo  50'		 BBC Report Lilley  45' Attendance: 5,349
Referee: Somers
10 May 2003 SPLLivingston1 – 2Dundee UnitedAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Bingham  79' BBC Report McIntyre  2'
Miller  90'		 Attendance: 6,314
Referee: Clark
17 May 2003 SPLLivingston1 – 2HibernianAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Pasquinelli  87' BBC Report Brown  38'
Brown  69'		 Attendance: 5,423
Referee: Fyfe
24 May 2003 SPLMotherwell6 – 2LivingstonFir Park
15:00 Lasley  30' (90)
Craig  57'
McFadden  64' (74)		 BBC Report Makel  16'
McMenamin  54'		 Attendance: 4,790
Referee: McDonald

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup
13 August 2002 Qualifying roundFC Vaduz1 – 1LivingstonRheinpark Stadion
19:30 Burgmeier  61' BBC Report Rubio  51' Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Zrnic
29 August 2002 Qualifying roundLivingston0 – 0FC VaduzAlmondvale Stadium
19:30 BBC Report Referee: Novak
19 September 2002 First roundSK Sturm Graz5 – 2LivingstonStadion Graz-Liebenau
19:30 Wetl  37'
Szabics  50'
Dag  51'
Mujiri  57' (58)		 Uefa Report Lovell  90'
Zarate  90'		 Referee: Shebek
3 October 2002 First roundLivingston4 – 3SK Sturm GrazAlmondvale Stadium
19:45 Wilson  31' (90)
Xausa  55'
Andrews  78'		 BBC Report Szabics  45' (54)
Mujiri  48'		 Referee: Olsen

League Cup
Main article: 2002–03 Scottish League Cup
5 November 2002 Scottish League Cup R3St Johnstone0 – 1LivingstonMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Livi Mad Report Dadi  60' Attendance: 2,688
13 November 2002 Scottish League Cup QFLivingston0 – 2Dundee UnitedAlmondvale Stadium
19:30 Rubio  73'  BBC Report Lilley  38' (73), Penalty'
Smart  74'		 Attendance: 3,592
Referee: McCurry

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Cup
25 January 2003 Scottish Cup R3Livingston1 – 1DunfermlineAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Bollan  26' Livi Mad Report Crawford  62' Attendance: 4,106
Referee: Foy
4 February 2003 Scottish Cup R3 ReplayDunfermline2 – 0LivingstonEast End Park
19:45 Brewster  67' (90) Livi Mad Report Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Foy

Statistics

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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
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.

References
  1. "2002/03 UEFA Cup Livingston". Uefa. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. "2002-03 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. "fixtures 2002-03". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. "Livingston results 2002/2003". Livi Mad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
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