2002–03 Süper Lig

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 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
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)

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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. Denizlispor were ahead of Adanaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Denizlispor–Adanaspor 2–0, Adanaspor–Denizlispor 2–1.
  4. 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 Turkey Okan Yılmaz Bursaspor 24
2 Turkey Necati Ateş Adanaspor 19
3 Ghana Augustine Ahinful Ankaragücü 16
Turkey Ümit Karan Galatasaray
5 Brazil Paulo Sérgio Rosa Gaziantepspor 14
Turkey Fatih Tekke Trabzonspor / Gaziantepspor
7 Egypt Ahmed Hassan Gençlerbirliği 13
Turkey Cenk Işler Istanbulspor
Turkey Serkan Aykut Samsunspor
10 Turkey Fazlı Ulusoy Malatyaspor 12

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References
  1. Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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