2002–03 Süper Lig

Süper Lig
The 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy.
Season2002–03
ChampionsBeşiktaş
12th title
RelegatedAltay
Göztepe
Kocaelispor
Champions LeagueBeşiktaş
Galatasaray
UEFA CupTrabzonspor
Gençlerbirliği
Gaziantepspor
Malatyaspor
Matches played306
Goals scored853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerOkan Yılmaz
(24 goals)

The 2002-03 Süper Lig was the 45th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season celebrated the centenary of Beşiktaş J.K., who became 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.

Locations

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former Players
Adanaspor Pachola Rosen Emilov Svetlin Simeonov Ohene Kennedy Marián Ľalík Milan Timko
Altay Buba Yohanna Ghislain Chameni Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona
Beşiktaş Ronaldo Guiaro Zago Óscar Córdoba Pascal Nouma Federico Giunti Daniel Pancu Marius Măldărășanu Amaral
Bursaspor Mirza Varešanović Glauber Júnior Antonio Franja Josip Bulat Radosław Majdan Marián Kelemen
Denizlispor Rafael Janne Hietanen Dirk Heinen Péter Kabát Henrich Benčík Roman Kratochvíl Jones Kusi-Asare
Diyarbakırspor Altin Rraklli Dida Gerino Moura Saliou Diallo
Elazığspor Marcio Jarro Robson Carioca Zé Roberto Mohammed Lawal Juraj Czinege Ľubomír Meszároš
Fenerbahçe Ariel Ortega Washington Milan Rapaić Samuel Johnson Miroslav Stević Zoran Mirković Vladimir Beschastnykh Serhiy Rebrov Haim Revivo
Galatasaray Elvir Baljić Fábio Pinto João Batista Faryd Mondragón Ali Lukunku Haim Revivo Sergio Almaguer Abel Xavier Christian
Felipe
Mohamed Sarr
Gaziantepspor Júlio César Régis Pitbull Viola Maksim Romaschenko Gustavo Victoria Yaw Preko Riadh Bouazizi
Gençlerbirliği Filip Daems Marcel Mbayo Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa Ahmed Hassan Souleymane Youla Tomasz Zdebel Damir Botonjič
Göztepe Rachid Djebaili Helman Mkhalele N'Dayi Kalenga
Joseph Amoah
Kamel Ouejdide
İstanbulspor Alban Bushi André Paulo Pinto Aleksandar Aleksandrov Ivaylo Petkov Zdravko Zdravkov Alioum Boukar Alioum Saidou Uche Okechukwu Andre Kona
Kocaelispor Con Blatsis Stanimir Georgiev Zdravko Lazarov Milorad Korać Givi Didava Grigol Imedadze Revaz Kemoklidze Zaza Janashia Viktor Paço
Capone
Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Malatyaspor Klodian Duro Johnson Macaba Martin Stankov Ayman Abdel-Aziz Arsim Abazi Petar Miloševski Paulo Isidoro
MKE Ankaragücü Rogério Belém Simão Augustine Ahinful Stephen Baidoo Radu Niculescu Stelian Carabaș
Samsunspor Juninho Cearense Milton do Ó Sandro Sousa Ike Shorunmu Mutiu Adepoju Stojan Ignatov Zoran Jovanovski Bekim Kuli
Sandro Yokota
Trabzonspor Michael Petkovic Hans Somers Marco Aurélio Oumar Dieng Lee Eul-yong Alban Bushi

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[a]
7 Trabzonspor 34 13 12 9 44 33 +11 51[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]
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[c]
11 Adanaspor 34 10 10 14 44 54 −10 40[c]
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[d]
15 Bursaspor 34 9 9 16 42 62 −20 36[d]
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: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Fenerbahçe were ahead of Trabzonspor on head-to-head record: Fenerbahçe–Trabzonspor 3–2, Trabzonspor–Fenerbahçe 0–0.
  2. ^ Trabzonspor have won the 2002–03 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
  3. ^ a b Denizlispor were ahead of Adanaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Denizlispor–Adanaspor 2–0, Adanaspor–Denizlispor 2–1.
  4. ^ a b Diyarbakırspor were ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Bursaspor–Diyarbakırspor 4–1, Diyarbakırspor–Bursaspor 4–0.

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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Okan Yılmaz Bursaspor 24
2 Necati Ateş Adanaspor 19
3 Augustine Ahinful Ankaragücü 16
Ümit Karan Galatasaray
5 Paulo Sérgio Rosa Gaziantepspor 14
Fatih Tekke Trabzonspor / Gaziantepspor
7 Ahmed Hassan Gençlerbirliği 13
Cenk Işler Istanbulspor
Serkan Aykut Samsunspor
10 Fazlı Ulusoy Malatyaspor 12

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