2002–03 Süper Lig

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. They are the first team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.

Süper Lig
The 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy.
Season2002–03
ChampionsBeşiktaş
RelegatedAltay
Göztepe
Kocaelispor
Champions LeagueBeşiktaş
Galatasaray
UEFA CupTrabzonspor
Gençlerbirliği
Gaziantepspor
Malatyaspor
Matches played306
Goals scored853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerOkan Yılmaz
(24 goals)

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
1 Beşiktaş (C) 34 26 7 1 63 21 +42 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Galatasaray 34 24 5 5 61 27 +34 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Gençlerbirliği 34 19 9 6 76 40 +36 66 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Gaziantepspor 34 16 9 9 61 41 +20 57
5 Malatyaspor 34 14 10 10 56 45 +11 52
6 Fenerbahçe 34 13 12 9 55 42 +13 51[lower-alpha 1]
7 Trabzonspor 34 13 12 9 44 33 +11 51[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
8 MKE Ankaragücü 34 15 4 15 44 42 +2 49
9 İstanbulspor 34 12 7 15 42 48 −6 43
10 Denizlispor 34 10 10 14 37 42 −5 40[lower-alpha 3]
11 Adanaspor 34 10 10 14 44 54 −10 40[lower-alpha 3]
12 Samsunspor 34 10 9 15 42 59 −17 39
13 Elazığspor 34 10 7 17 40 59 −19 37
14 Diyarbakırspor 34 9 9 16 34 47 −13 36[lower-alpha 4]
15 Bursaspor 34 9 9 16 42 62 −20 36[lower-alpha 4]
16 Altay (R) 34 9 8 17 48 69 −21 35 Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A
17 Göztepe A.Ş. (R) 34 5 11 18 32 57 −25 26
18 Kocaelispor (R) 34 6 4 24 32 66 −34 22
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FEN 3-2 TRA; TRA 0-0 FEN
  2. by winning 2002–03 Turkish Cup
  3. DEN 2-0 ADA; ADA 2-1 DEN
  4. BUR 4-1 DİY; DİY 4-0 BUR

Results
Home \ Away ADA ALT BJK BUR DEN DYB ELA FNB GAL GAZ GEN GÖZ İST KOC MAL AGÜ SAM TRA
Adanaspor 5–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–7 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
Altay 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 5–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–3 4–2 4–3 5–0 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–4
Beşiktaş 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 7–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Bursaspor 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2
Denizlispor 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Diyarbakırspor 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0
Elazığspor 4–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Fenerbahçe 1–1 0–1 0–1 7–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 6–0 2–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–2
Galatasaray 2–2 5–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1
Gaziantepspor 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 4–2 4–2 0–0
Gençlerbirliği 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Göztepe 1–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2
İstanbulspor 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
Kocaelispor 1–2 3–0 0–5 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–2
Malatyaspor 1–0 6–0 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 5–4 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–2
MKE Ankaragücü 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 5–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0
Samsunspor 0–2 2–4 3–4 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–7 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3
Trabzonspor 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–1
Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Name Team Nationality 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
  1. Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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