Ligat ha'Al 2002-03

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Ligat ha'Al is the football (soccer) premier league in Israel. The 2002/03 season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title. It took place from the first match on September 14, 2002 to the final match on May 31, 2003.

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Kiryat Gat.

1 Final Table
2 Results
3 Top Goalscorers
4 See also

[edit] Final Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Comments
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	33	22	3	8	66	31	+35	69	UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
2	Maccabi Haifa	33	21	6	6	75	42	+33	69	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	19	10	4	53	22	+31	67	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
4	Maccabi Netanya	33	15	9	9	47	36	+11	54	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	33	15	6	12	56	41	+15	51
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	13	11	9	45	37	+8	50
7	F.C. Ashdod	33	11	7	15	35	49	-12	40
8	Hapoel Petah Tikva	33	11	6	16	41	53	-12	39
9	Beitar Jerusalem	33	10	6	17	46	59	-13	36
10	Bnei Yehuda	33	9	7	17	39	63	-24	34
11	Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)	33	7	5	21	43	81	-38	23¹	Relegation to Liga Leumit
12	Ironi Rishon LeZion (R)	33	4	6	23	35	67	-32	18	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated
1. Deducted 3 points.

Ligat ha'Al 2002-03 Winners
Maccabi Tel Aviv 18th Title

[edit] Results

[edit] Top Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1st	Shay Holtzman	F.C. Ashdod	18
	Yaniv Abarjil	Hapoel Kfar Saba	18
3rd	Kobi Refua	Maccabi Petah Tikva	15
4th	Alon Mizrahi	Hapoel Kfar Saba	14
	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14
	Michael Zandberg	Maccabi Haifa	14
7th	Vladimir Andonov	Bnei Yehuda	12
	Manor Hassan	Hapoel Petah Tikva	12
	Andrzej Kubica	Beitar Jerusalem	12
10th	Lior Asulin	Maccabi Petah Tikva	11
	Giovanni Rosso	Maccabi Haifa	11
	Itzik Zohar	Beitar Jerusalem	11