2002–03 Israeli Premier League

The 2002–03 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title. It took place from the first match on 14 September 2002 to the final match on 31 May 2003.

Israeli Premier League
Season2002–03
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
18th title
RelegatedHapoel Kfar Saba
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Top goalscorerShay Holtzman
Yaniv Abargil (18)

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Kiryat Gat.

Teams and Locations
Locations of the 2002–03 Israeli Premier League teams

Twelve teams took part in the 2002-03 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2001-02 season, as well as two teams that were promoted from the 2001-02 Liga Leumit.

Hapoel Kfar Saba were promoted as champions of the 2001-02 Liga Leumit. Bnei Yehuda were promoted as runners up. Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Kfar Saba returned to the top flight after an absence of one and two seasons respectively.

Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Kiryat Gat were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2001-02 season.

Club Stadium Capacity
Beitar JerusalemTeddy Stadium021,600
Bnei YehudaBloomfield Stadium015,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi HaifaKiryat Eliezer Stadium014,002
Hapoel Be'er ShevaVasermil Stadium013,000
F.C. AshdodYud-Alef Stadium07,800
Maccabi NetanyaSar-Tov Stadium07,500
Maccabi Petah TikvaPetah Tikva Municipal Stadium06,800
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Ironi Rishon LeZionHaberfeld Stadium06,000
Hapoel Kfar SabaLevita Stadium05,800
Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Yehuda
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv		 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Teddy Stadium
 Bloomfield Stadium
 Vasermil Stadium
Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva		 F.C. Ashdod
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
 Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium Yud-Alef Stadium
Maccabi Netanya Ironi Rishon LeZion Hapoel Kfar Saba
Sar-Tov Stadium Haberfeld Stadium Levita Stadium

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) 33 22 3 8 66 31 +35 69 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Maccabi Haifa 33 21 6 6 75 42 +33 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 19 10 4 53 22 +31 67
4 Maccabi Netanya 33 15 9 9 47 36 +11 54 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 33 15 6 12 56 41 +15 51
6 Maccabi Petah Tikva 33 13 11 9 45 37 +8 50
7 F.C. Ashdod 33 11 7 15 35 49 −14 40
8 Hapoel Petah Tikva 33 11 6 16 41 53 −12 39
9 Beitar Jerusalem 33 10 6 17 46 59 −13 36
10 Bnei Yehuda 33 9 7 17 39 63 −24 34
11 Hapoel Kfar Saba[lower-alpha 1] (R) 33 7 5 21 43 81 −38 23 Relegation to Liga Leumit
12 Ironi Rishon LeZion (R) 33 4 6 23 35 67 −32 18
Source: futbol24.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Deducted 3 points

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HBS HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 2–3 5–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–1
Bnei Yehuda 1–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–4 4–1 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–0
F.C. Ashdod 0–0 1–1 — 2–2 0–5 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–0 2–3 3–0 — 1–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 1–3 0–1 0–2 3–1 — 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–3
Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 — 2–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1
Ironi Rishon LeZion 4–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 — 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1
Maccabi Haifa 0–1 5–2 1–0 4–2 5–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 — 2–1 3–1 2–3
Maccabi Netanya 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 — 0–0 3–1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 — 0–1
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 1–0 4–1 0–3 3–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 5–0 4–2 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away BEI BnY ASH HBS HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA
Beitar Jerusalem — 4–1 — — 4–2 — — — 3–4 0–2 — 2–3
Bnei Yehuda — — 0–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–3 — — — 1–4 —
F.C. Ashdod 2–1 — — — — 2–1 — — 1–5 2–0 — 0–3
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–2 — 0–1 — — 1–2 0–1 5–1 — 3–3 — —
Hapoel Kfar Saba — 1–1 2–5 1–2 — — 1–6 — — — 0–1 —
Hapoel Petah Tikva 4–1 — — — 2–0 — — — 0–5 3–2 — 0–3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–1 — 1–0 — — 1–1 — 2–0 — 0–1 — 0–0
Ironi Rishon LeZion 1–1 1–2 2–4 — 5–2 0–3 — — — — — —
Maccabi Haifa — 2–2 — 3–1 5–1 — 1–1 2–1 — — 1–1 —
Maccabi Netanya — 2–0 — — 4–1 — — 2–0 2–0 — 1–1 2–0
Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 — 2–1 1–3 — 3–1 1–0 2–1 — — — —
Maccabi Tel Aviv — 5–0 — 2–1 2–2 — — 3–0 2–0 — 0–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Israel Shay Holtzman Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod 18
Israel Yaniv Abargil Hapoel Kfar Saba 18
3 Israel Kobi Refua Maccabi Petah Tikva 15
4 Israel Alon Mizrahi Hapoel Kfar Saba 14
Israel Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv 14
Israel Michael Zandberg Maccabi Haifa 14
7 Bulgaria Vladimir Andonov Bnei Yehuda 12
Israel Manor Hassan Hapoel Petah Tikva 12
Poland Andrzej Kubica Beitar Jerusalem 12
10 Israel Lior Asulin Maccabi Petah Tikva 11
Croatia Đovani Roso Maccabi Haifa 11
Israel Itzik Zohar Beitar Jerusalem 11

See also
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