2002–03 Süper Lig

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. They were the only team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.

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Locations

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 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 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 (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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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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

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