Season | 2002–03 |
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Dates | 22 August 2002 – 1 June 2003 |
Champions | Porto 19th title |
Relegated | Varzim Santa Clara Setúbal |
Champions League | Porto (group stage) Benfica (third qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Sporting CP (first round) Leiria (qualifying round) |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 806 (2.63 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Fary (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Benfica 7–0 Paços de Ferreira (10 November 2002) |
Biggest away win | Marítimo 0–5 Setúbal (22 September 2002) |
Highest scoring | 5–3 (2 times) 6–2 (1 time) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
The 2002–03 Primeira Liga was the 69th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 2002 with a match between Varzim and Paços de Ferreira, and ended on 1 June 2003. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Sporting CP as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the third round. Sporting and União de Leiria qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. In opposite, Varzim, Santa Clara and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Faye Fary was the top scorer with 18 goals.
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Teams relegated to Segunda Liga
[edit]Salgueiros, Farense and Alverca, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 2001–02 season.
Teams promoted from Segunda Liga
[edit]The other three teams were replaced by Moreirense, Académica and Nacional from the Segunda Liga.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]![2002–03 Primeira Liga is located in Portugal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Portugal_location_map.svg/250px-Portugal_location_map.svg.png)
![Azores: Santa Clara](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Black_triangle.svg/8px-Black_triangle.svg.png)
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Académica de Coimbra | ![]() |
26 October 2002 | 18th | ![]() |
26 October 2002 |
Santa Clara | ![]() |
17 November 2002 | 16th | ![]() |
18 November 2002 |
Benfica | ![]() |
24 November 2002 | 3rd | ![]() |
25 November 2002 |
Benfica | ![]() |
1 December 2002 | 3rd | ![]() |
2 December 2002 |
Vitória de Setúbal | ![]() |
3 February 2003 | 16th | ![]() |
4 February 2003 |
Belenenses | ![]() |
9 February 2003 | 10th | ![]() |
10 February 2003 |
Varzim | ![]() |
8 March 2003 | 10th | ![]() |
9 March 2003 |
Vitória de Setúbal | ![]() |
9 March 2003 | 17th | ![]() |
10 March 2003 |
Braga | ![]() |
6 April 2003 | 14th | ![]() |
20 April 2003 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 50 | |
5 | União de Leiria | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
6 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 45 | |
7 | Marítimo | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 44 | |
8 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 44 | |
9 | Belenenses | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 43 | |
10 | Boavista | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 43 | |
11 | Nacional | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 40 | |
12 | Moreirense | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 39 | |
13 | Beira-Mar | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 39 | |
14 | Braga | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 38 | |
15 | Académica | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 37 | |
16 | Varzim (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 36 | Relegation to Segunda Liga |
17 | Santa Clara (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 35 | |
18 | Vitória de Setúbal (R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Leiria qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Beira-Mar | 18 |
2 | ![]() |
Benfica | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Nacional | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Marítimo | 15 |
5 | ![]() |
Porto | 13 |
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Benfica | ||
7 | ![]() |
União de Leiria | 12 |
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Braga | ||
9 | ![]() |
Gil Vicente | 11 |
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Sporting | ||
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Académica | ||
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Beira-Mar |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Teams". Footballzz.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Primeira Liga 2002-03 – Top Scorers". Footballzz. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Statistics at Futebol365". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-12-11.