2002–03 Süper Lig

Süper Lig

The 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy.
Season	2002–03
Champions	Beşiktaş
Relegated	Altay Göztepe Kocaelispor
Champions League	Beşiktaş Galatasaray
UEFA Cup	Trabzonspor Gençlerbirliği Gaziantepspor Malatyaspor
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Okan Yılmaz (24 goals)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002-03 Turkish First Football League 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. So far, they are the only team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.

Locations

Beşiktaş

Galatasaray

Gençlerbirliği

Gaziantepspor

Malatyaspor

Fenerbahçe

Trabzonspor

Ankaragücü

İstanbulspor

Denizlispor

Adanaspor

Samsunspor

Elazığspor

Diyarbakırspor

Bursaspor

Altay

Göztepe

Kocaelispor

Location of teams in Süper Lig 2002–03

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	26	7	1	63	21	+42	85	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Galatasaray	34	24	5	5	61	27	+34	77	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Gençlerbirliği	34	19	9	6	76	40	+36	66	2003–04 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		FEN 3-2 TRA TRA 0-0 FEN
7	Trabzonspor	34	13	12	9	44	33	+11	51	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round 1
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		DEN 2-0 ADA ADA 2-1 DEN
11	Adanaspor A.Ş.	34	10	10	14	44	54	−10	40
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		BUR 4-1 DİY DİY 4-0 BUR
15	Bursaspor	34	9	9	16	42	62	−20	36
16	Altay (R)	34	9	8	17	48	69	−21	35
17	Göztepe A.Ş. (R)	34	5	11	18	32	57	−25	26
18	Kocaelispor (R)	34	6	4	24	32	66	−34	22

Updated to games played on September 25, 2008.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹by winning 2002–03 Turkish Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Name	Team	Nationality	Goals
Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor		24
Necati Ateş	Adanaspor		19
Augustine Ahinful	Ankaragücü		16
Ümit Karan	Galatasaray		16
Paulo Sérgio Rosa	Gaziantepspor		14
Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor / Gaziantepspor		14
Ahmed Hassan	Gençlerbirliği		13
Cenk Işler	Istanbulspor		13
Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor		13
Fazlı Ulusoy	Malatyaspor		12

References

• Turkish-Soccer.com by Erdinç Sivritepe