Super Lig 2002/03

Super Lig 2002/03
Autumn master	Beşiktaş Istanbul
master	Beşiktaş Istanbul
Champions League	Beşiktaş Istanbul
Champions League qualification	Galatasaray Istanbul
Uefa cup	Gençlerbirliği Ankara , Gaziantepspor , Malatyaspor , Trabzonspor
Cup winners	Trabzonspor
Relegated	Altay Izmir , Göztepe Izmir , Kocaelispor
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	853  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	Okan Yılmaz ( Bursaspor )
← Süper Lig 2001/02 Süper Lig 2003/04 →
2. Lig Aategorisi 2002/03 ↓

The 2002/03 Süper Lig was the 45th season of the top Turkish league in men's football . It started on August 9, 2002 with the game Trabzonspor against Fenerbahçe Istanbul and ended on May 31, 2002 with the 34th matchday. From December 23, 2002 to February 1, 2003 the season was interrupted by the winter break.

Beşiktaş Istanbul became the champion in the 100th anniversary year of its establishment, ahead of local rivals Galatasaray Istanbul . The relegated were Altay Izmir , Göztepe Izmir and Kocaelispor . Fenerbahçe Istanbul came in 6th place.

It was the first season after the 2002 World Cup that Turkey finished third. Many football fans hoped that the success would be reflected in the clubs in Europe.

Attendees

For the 2002/03 Süper Lig, the 15 clubs remaining from the previous season were joined by the three promoted teams from the last second division season . The climbers were the first to third place in the 2nd league Altay Izmir , Elazığspor and Adanaspor . While Altay Izmir returned after two years, Adanaspor managed to rise again immediately. For Elazığspor it was the first first division participation in their club history.

Istanbul Gaziantepspor Trabzonspor Ankaragücü Gençlerbirliği Samsunspor Denizlispor Bursaspor Malatyaspor Diyarbakırspor Adanaspor Elazığspor Goztepe Izmir Altay Izmir Kocaelispor Clubs in Istanbul: Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray İstanbulspor

Clubs of the Süper Lig 2002/03

society	city	Previous year
Galatasaray Istanbul	Istanbul	master
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Istanbul	2.
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Istanbul	3.
MKE Ankaragücü	Ankara	4th
Denizlispor	Denizli	5.
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	6th
Goztepe Izmir	Izmir	7th
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Ankara	8th.
İstanbulspor	Istanbul	9.
Bursaspor	Bursa	10.
Kocaelispor	İzmit	11.
Diyarbakirspor	Diyarbakır	12.
Malatyaspor	Malatya	13.
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	14th
Samsunspor	Samsun	15th
Altay Izmir	Izmir	Climbers
Elazığspor	Elazığ	Climbers
Adanaspor	Adana	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	34	26th	7th	1	063:210	+42	85
2.	Galatasaray Istanbul (M)	34	24	5	5	061:270	+34	77
3.	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	34	19th	9	6th	076:400	+36	66
4th	Gaziantepspor	34	16	9	9	061:410	+20	57
5.	Malatyaspor	34	14th	10	10	056:450	+11	52
6th	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	34	13	12	9	055:420	+13	51
7th	Trabzonspor	34	13	12	9	044:330	+11	51
8th.	MKE Ankaragücü	34	15th	4th	15th	044:420	+2	49
9.	İstanbulspor	34	12	7th	15th	042:470	−5	43
10.	Denizlispor	34	10	10	14th	037:420	−5	40
11.	Adanaspor (N)	34	10	10	14th	044:540	−10	40
12.	Samsunspor	34	10	9	15th	042:590	−17	39
13.	Elazığspor (N)	34	10	7th	17th	040:590	−19	37
14th	Diyarbakirspor	34	9	9	16	034:470	−13	36
15th	Bursaspor	34	9	9	16	042:620	−20	36
16.	Altay Izmir (N)	34	9	8th	17th	048:690	−21	35
17th	Goztepe Izmir	34	5	11	18th	032:570	−25	26th
18th	Kocaelispor (P)	34	6th	4th	24	032:660	−34	22nd

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

Turkish champions and participation in the group stage of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League : Beşiktaş Istanbul

Participation in the 3rd qualifying round for the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League: Galatasaray Istanbul

Participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup : Gençlerbirliği Ankara, Gaziantepsspor, Malatyaspor and Trabzonspor as cup winners

Relegation to the 2nd Lig A CATEGORY 2003/04 : Altay Izmir, Göztepe Izmir and Kocaelispor

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd Lig A Category 2001/02

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2002/03

DIY

1.

Beşiktaş Istanbul

1-0

1: 1

0-0

3-0

2-0

0-0

1-0

2: 1

2-0

3-0

2-0

3: 1

2-0

1-0

2-0

7: 3

2: 1

2.

Galatasaray Istanbul

0: 1

1: 1

2: 1

2: 1

2-0

2: 1

3-0

2-0

0: 1

2: 2

4: 1

3-0

1-0

2-0

5-0

3: 1

2-0

3.

Gençlerbirliği Ankara

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

3-0

1: 1

2: 1

0: 1

4: 1

0-0

0: 2

1: 1

2-0

3: 1

2-0

1-0

3: 1

5: 1

4th

Gaziantepspor

1: 1

1: 2

2-0

3-0

3: 3

0-0

4: 2

4: 3

1: 1

1: 1

4: 2

4-0

2-0

2: 1

2: 1

3: 1

2: 1

5.

Malatyaspor

1: 2

2: 2

5: 4

1: 1

2-0

2: 2

3: 1

1: 2

2: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 1

0: 1

4: 2

6-0

4: 1

2: 1

6th

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

0: 1

6-0

3: 3

2-0

2-0

3: 2

1-0

2-0

3: 2

1: 1

1: 1

4: 2

0-0

7: 1

0: 1

0-0

1-0

7th

Trabzonspor

1: 1

1: 2

1: 1

2: 1

0: 2

0-0

3-0

0-0

1-0

3: 1

0: 1

1: 1

3-0

3-0

0-0

0-0

2-0

8th.

MKE Ankaragücü

0: 1

1: 2

0: 1

5: 3

1: 1

0-0

2-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

3: 2

3: 1

3: 1

4-0

3-0

1-0

2-0

9.

İstanbulspor

1: 2

1: 2

1: 3

1: 3

0-0

2-0

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

2: 2

0: 1

2: 1

1-0

1: 1

0-0

3: 1

2: 1

10.

Denizlispor

1: 2

1: 3

1: 3

1-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

2: 1

2-0

0: 1

3: 1

2-0

2: 2

1: 1

0-0

1: 2

11.

Adanaspor

0: 1

0-0

2: 7

0: 2

1: 1

3: 1

0: 1

0: 2

0: 3

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

2: 1

2: 2

5: 2

1: 2

1-0

12.

Samsunspor

3: 4

0: 1

2: 7

2: 1

1: 1

1: 3

1: 3

1-0

1: 2

0-0

0: 2

4: 3

3: 1

1-0

2: 4

0-0

1: 2

13.

Elazığspor

0: 1

0-0

0: 3

1: 3

2: 1

3: 3

2-0

1-0

1-0

0: 2

4: 2

3: 1

0: 1

2: 1

2-0

0-0

0: 1

14th

Diyarbakirspor

1-0

1: 3

1: 4

0: 1

1: 1

3-0

2-0

3-0

1: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 1

1: 2

4-0

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

15th

Bursaspor

2: 2

0: 4

3: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

1: 2

0: 2

1: 2

2-0

3-0

2: 1

1: 1

4: 1

2: 1

1-0

4: 2

16.

Altay Izmir

0: 1

1: 2

3: 3

0-0

0: 2

1: 3

1: 4

2: 3

4: 3

3: 1

0: 4

2: 2

5: 1

2: 2

2: 1

4: 2

5-0

17th

Goztepe Izmir

2: 2

0: 1

0-0

2: 1

0: 3

1: 1

1: 2

0: 1

1: 1

2: 3

1: 4

0-0

2: 1

3-0

1: 1

0: 2

1: 2

18th

Kocaelispor

0: 5

0: 1

1: 3

0: 3

2: 3

1: 2

2: 2

3-0

0: 1

2: 1

1: 2

1: 2

1: 3

1: 1

0-0

3-0

1: 3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Okan Yilmaz	Bursaspor	24
2	Necati Ateş	Adanaspor	19th
3	Ümit Karan	Galatasaray Istanbul	16
	Augustine Ahinful	MKE Ankaragücü
5	viola	Gaziantepspor	14th
6th	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	13
	Cenk İşler	İstanbulspor
	Ahmed Hassan	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
	Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor
10	Fazlı Ulusoy	Malatyaspor	12

The Beşiktaş Istanbul championship team

1.

Beşiktaş Istanbul

Goal : Óscar Córdoba (31 games / no goal), Göksel Gencer (3 / -), Nuvit Yıldız (- / -) Defense : Carlos Zago (31/2), Ronaldo Guiaro (33/1), Ahmet Yıldırım (25/1), İbrahim Üzülmez (25/1), Ali Eren Beşerler (15 / -), Tolga Doğantez (17 / -) , Tamer Tuna (12 / -) Midfield : Tayfur Havutçu (31/4), Sergen Yalçın (28/11), Kaan Dobra (24/4), Yasin Sülün (24/1), Tümer Metin (21/3), Federico Giunti (16/1), Serdar Topraktepe (10/1), Niyazi Güney (6/1), Bayram Bektaş (5 / -), Marius Măldărășanu (3 / -) Attack : Daniel Pancu (31/7), Ahmet Dursun (23/8), İlhan Mansız (23/7), Pascal Nouma (19/4), Ali Begeçarslan (3/2), Eser Yağmur (3/1), Zafer Demiray (1 / -) Trainer: Mircea Lucescu ( )

* Amaral (11 / -) left the club during the season.

Web links

• 1. Lig - season 2002/03 on kicker.de
• Official website of the 1st Lig 2002/03 on tff.org (Turkish)
• Official website of the top division on tff.org (Turkish)
• Süper Lig 2002/03 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• 1. Lig 2002/03 angelfire.com (English)