Irish League 2002/03
master
Glentoran FC
Champions League
Glentoran FC
Uefa cup
Coleraine FC , Portadown FC
UI cup
Omagh Town FC
Cup winners
Coleraine FC
Relegation ↓
Newry Town
Relegated
none
Teams
12
Games
198 + 30 play-off games
Gates
597 (ø 2.62 per game)
Top scorer
Vinny Arkins ( Portadown FC )
← Irish League 2001/02
The Irish League 2002/03 was the 102nd season of the highest Northern Irish football league . It began on August 10, 2002 and ended on May 1, 2003 with the last games of the master playoffs and relegation playouts. Glentoran FC became champions for the 21st time.
mode
The twelve teams initially played against each other three times. After 33 game days, the league divided into a master playoff and a relegation playout with six teams each, in which each team competed once against each team in the group. The bottom of the table played in relegation against relegation.
societies
Clubs of the Irish League 2002/03
society
Stadion
city
capacity
Ards FC
Clandeboye Park
Newtownards
1,895
Cliftonville FC
Solitude
Belfast
2,180
Coleraine FC
The Showgrounds
Coleraine
2,496
Crusaders FC
Seaview
Belfast
1,977
Glenavon FC
Mourneview Park
Lurgan
9,000
Glentoran FC
The oval
Belfast
5,056
Institute FC
Riverside Stadium
Derry
1,570
Linfield FC
Windsor Park
Belfast
12,3420
Lisburn Distillery
New Grosvenor Stadium
Lisburn
8,000
Newry Town
The Showgrounds
Newry
7,949
Omagh Town FC
St. Julian's Road
Omagh
5,000
Portadown FC
Shamrock Park
Portadown
2,227
Preliminary round
table
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
Participation in the master playoff
Participation in the relegation playout
Crosstab
Match days 1–22
Glentoran FC
0: 1
2-0
3: 2
2-0
4: 1
2-0
3-0
3-0
4-0
2-0
3: 1
Portadown FC
2-0
1: 2
3: 1
3: 1
4: 1
3-0
1: 1
1-0
1-0
6-0
4: 2
Coleraine FC
0-0
1-0
3: 1
0: 1
3-0
1: 4
2-0
1: 1
3: 3
3: 2
3-0
Linfield FC
1: 1
0: 1
2-0
3: 1
2: 3
1: 4
3: 1
2: 2
2-0
1: 1
3-0
Omagh Town FC
0: 2
1: 1
0: 3
1: 1
3: 2
3-0
0: 1
2: 1
2: 1
3: 1
0: 2
Institute FC
1: 5
3: 3
1: 3
1-0
0-0
0: 1
2-0
1: 1
2-0
0-0
3: 2
Lisburn Distillery
1: 3
2: 4
1: 1
0: 2
1: 2
1: 2
1-0
0: 3
2: 1
0: 2
2: 1
Ards FC
1: 2
0: 2
0: 1
1: 2
0-0
3-0
1-0
0-0
2: 2
1: 1
2: 1
Cliftonville FC
0: 1
0: 3
1: 1
2: 2
2: 1
2-0
0: 2
1-0
0: 1
3: 1
1-0
Crusaders FC
2: 4
0: 4
0-0
1: 3
0: 3
1-0
0: 2
0: 2
0-0
0: 2
0-0
Glenavon FC
0: 3
0: 5
2: 2
0-0
1: 3
3: 1
1: 2
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
3: 2
Newry Town
0: 2
0-0
0: 2
0: 6
1: 4
1-0
1-0
1: 3
0: 3
0: 3
2: 2
Master playoff
The results from the preliminary round were included
Relegation playout
The results from the preliminary round were included
Closing table
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
Participation in the relegation
Crosstab
Relegation
Web links
Individual evidence
^ Northern Ireland 2002/03. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
European Football Championships 2003
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