Primeira Liga 2002/03

Primeira Liga 2002/03
master	FC Porto
Champions League	FC Porto
Champions League qualification	Benfica Lisbon
Uefa cup	Sporting Lisbon União Leiria
Cup winners	FC Porto
Relegated	Varzim SC CD Santa Clara Vitória Setúbal
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	806  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Fary Faye ( SC Beira-Mar ) Simão (Benfica Lisbon) 18 goals each
← Primeira Liga 2001/02 Primeira Liga 2003/04 →
Segunda Liga 2002/03 ↓

The 2002/03 Primeira Liga was the 69th season of the Portuguese top division in men's football. It began on August 22, 2002 and ended on June 1, 2003. All three promoted from the Segunda Liga , Moreirense FC , Académica Coimbra and Nacional Funchal were able to hold the league.

FC Porto became Portuguese champions for the 19th time.

Attendees

Santa Clara Marítimo Nacional Benfica Sporting Belenenses FC Porto Boavista Braga Vit. Guimarães Académica Setubal Leiria Gil Vicente Moreirense Varzim Paços de Ferreira Beira-Mar Madeira Azores

Participant of the Primeira Divisão 2002/03

The 18 teams played against each other twice on a total of 34 match days, divided into a first and a second round.

	Teams	city
	Benfica Lisbon	Lisbon
	Sporting Lisbon	Lisbon
	Belenenses Lisbon	Lisbon
	FC Porto	postage
	Boavista Porto	postage
	Sporting Braga	Braga
	Académica Coimbra	Coimbra
	Vitória Guimarães	Guimarães
	Vitória Setúbal	Setubal
	União Leiria	Leiria
	FC Paços de Ferreira	Paços de Ferreira
	Gil Vicente FC	Barcelos
	Varzim SC	Póvoa de Varzim
	SC Beira-Mar	Aveiro
	Moreirense FC	Moreira de Cónegos
	CD Santa Clara	Ponta Delgada
	Marítimo Funchal	Funchal
	Nacional Funchal	Funchal

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Porto	34	27	5	2	073:260	+47	86
2.	Benfica Lisbon	34	23	6th	5	074:270	+47	75
3.	Sporting Lisbon (M, P)	34	17th	8th	9	052:380	+14	59
4th	Vitória Guimarães	34	14th	8th	12	047:460	+1	50
5.	União Leiria	34	13	10	11	049:470	+2	49
6th	FC Paços de Ferreira	34	12	9	13	040:470	−7	45
7th	Marítimo Funchal	34	13	5	16	042:530	−11	44
8th.	Gil Vicente FC	34	13	5	16	036:480	−12	44
9.	Boavista Porto	34	10	13	11	032:310	+1	43
10.	Belenenses Lisbon	34	11	10	13	047:480	−1	43
11.	Nacional Funchal (N)	34	9	13	12	040:460	−6	40
12.	Moreirense FC (N)	34	9	12	13	042:460	−4	39
13.	SC Beira Mar	34	10	9	15th	043:500	−7	39
14th	Sporting Braga	34	8th	14th	12	034:470	−13	38
15th	Académica Coimbra (N)	34	8th	13	13	038:480	−10	37
16.	Varzim SC	34	10	6th	18th	038:510	−13	36
17th	CD Santa Clara	34	8th	11	15th	039:540	−15	35
18th	Vitória Setúbal	34	6th	13	15th	040:530	−13	31

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Portuguese champion and participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup

Relegation to the Segunda League

(M)	reigning Portuguese champion
(P)	reigning Portuguese cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

2002/03

1.

FC Porto

2: 1

2-0

2: 1

2-0

2: 1

3: 1

1-0

1-0

2: 2

5: 2

2: 1

3-0

3-0

4: 1

3: 2

5-0

3-0

2.

Benfica Lisbon

0: 1

1: 2

4-0

3: 1

7-0

3: 1

3-0

1: 1

1-0

2-0

1: 1

1-0

3-0

1: 1

2: 1

1-0

1: 1

3.

Sporting Lisbon

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1: 1

4-0

0: 3

2-0

1: 1

2-0

2-0

3-0

1: 1

2-0

1-0

0-0

2: 1

3: 4

4th

Vitória Guimarães

0: 2

1: 1

1: 3

1: 2

1: 4

1: 1

2-0

3: 1

1-0

3: 2

1: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1-0

2: 3

5-0

1-0

5.

União Leiria

2: 2

0: 3

3: 2

1: 2

0: 1

4: 2

3-0

1-0

1: 4

1-0

2: 2

1-0

1: 1

0-0

3: 1

3: 1

1: 1

6th

FC Paços de Ferreira

1-0

1: 3

4-0

1: 2

1-0

2-0

0-0

3: 1

3: 2

3: 3

1: 1

1-0

0: 1

0-0

3: 1

3: 1

1: 2

7th

Marítimo Funchal

3: 5

0: 2

1-0

0: 2

3: 1

1: 1

0: 1

1-0

3: 1

2-0

2: 1

3: 1

3-0

1: 1

2: 1

1: 2

0: 1

8th.

Gil Vicente FC

2: 1

1: 2

0: 3

1-0

2-0

2-0

3: 1

0-0

2: 1

2: 3

3: 1

3-0

3-0

2: 1

2-0

1: 1

0: 5

9.

Boavista Porto

0: 1

0-0

1: 2

3: 1

0: 1

0-0

0: 1

3-0

1: 3

0-0

0-0

1-0

2: 1

4: 1

2: 1

1-0

1-0

10.

Belenenses Lisbon

1: 3

2: 4

1: 1

1-0

1: 3

1-0

1: 1

3: 1

0-0

0-0

1-0

3: 2

3: 2

2-0

4: 1

1: 1

0-0

11.

Nacional Funchal

1: 2

1-0

1: 1

0-0

2: 2

4-0

0: 1

0-0

0: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

0-0

3: 2

2-0

2: 1

1: 1

12.

Moreirense FC

0: 1

2: 3

1: 2

1: 2

2: 1

2-0

2: 1

2: 2

1: 1

3: 1

2-0

1: 2

2: 2

1-0

1-0

2: 2

2: 2

13.

SC Beira-Mar

1: 1

0: 2

1: 3

1: 1

2: 2

3: 1

5-0

1-0

3: 3

2: 1

0: 2

1: 2

2: 2

1-0

2: 1

2: 1

5: 3

14th

Sporting Braga

1: 1

1: 3

4: 2

2: 4

1: 1

1-0

0-0

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

4: 1

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

1-0

15th

Académica Coimbra

1: 1

1: 4

0: 2

2: 2

3: 2

2: 2

2-0

2-0

0: 1

2: 1

2: 2

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

2: 1

3: 2

1: 1

16.

Varzim SC

0: 2

2: 1

1: 1

0: 1

0: 2

0-0

3-0

4: 1

1: 1

0: 2

1-0

1-0

1-0

2-0

0: 3

0-0

3: 2

17th

CD Santa Clara

1: 3

1: 2

0: 1

2: 1

1: 3

0-0

4: 2

2: 1

1: 1

3: 1

2: 3

2-0

3: 1

0-0

0-0

2: 2

1-0

18th

Vitória Setúbal

0: 1

2: 6

1: 2

1: 2

0-0

0: 2

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

2: 2

0: 2

1: 1

2: 2

3: 1

2: 4

0-0

FC Porto champions team

1.

FC Porto

Goal: Vítor Baía (25 / -); Nuno (10 / -) Defense: Paulo Ferreira (30 / -); Pedro Emanuel (27 / -); Jorge Costa (26/2); Nuno Valente (22 / -); Ricardo Carvalho (18/1); Carlos Secretario (12 / -); Ricardo Costa (9 / -); Mário Silva (6 / -); Hugo Luz (2 / -); Elias (1 / -) Midfield: Deco (30/10); Maniche (29/6); Nuno Capucho (27/4); Costinha (23/5); Tiago (22/1); Dmitri Alenichev (19/4); César Peixoto (15/3); Marco Ferreira (9/1); Ákos Buzsáky (3 / -) Forward: Hélder Postiga (31/13); Edgaras Jankauskas (30/9); Such (26/7); Clayton (12/2); Paulinho Santos (4/1) Coach: José Mourinho

Cândido Costa (2 / -) and Bruno (1 / -) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Fary Faye	SC Beira-Mar	18th
	Simão	Benfica Lisbon
03.	Adriano	Nacional Funchal	16
04th	Eric Gaúcho	Marítimo Funchal	15th
05.	Hélder Postiga	FC Porto	13
	Tiago	Benfica Lisbon

Web links

• Match dates and tables on rsssf.com
• Statistics on fussballzz.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portugal 2002/03 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
2. ↑ weltfussball.de