2002–03 Livingston F.C. season

Summary

Results & fixtures

Statistics

References

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UEFA Cup

League Cup

Scottish Cup

League Table

Livingston F.C.
2002–03 season
Manager	Jim Leishman
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Premier League	9th
UEFA Cup	First Round
Scottish Cup	Quarter Final
Co-operative Insurance Cup	Third Round
← 2001-02 2003-04 →

Season 2002-03 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the UEFA Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston competed in Europe for the first time in their history during season 2002–03 reaching the first round of the Uefa Cup.^[1] They finished 9th in the Scottish Premier League,^[2] reached the Quarter finals of the Scottish Cup and were knocked out by Dunfermline in the third round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup after a replay.

^[3]^[4] Win Draw Loss

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League

SPL 3 August 2002	Livingston	3– 2	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Rubio 8' Zarate 34' (47)	BBC Report	Leitch 50' Lehmann 64'	Attendance: 7,124 Referee: Rowbotham

SPL 10 August 2002	Dunfermline	2– 1	Livingston	East End Park
15:00	Crawford 28' Brewster 50'	Livi Mad Report	Xausa 90'	Attendance: 4,751

SPL 17 August 2002	Partick Thistle	2– 2	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Mitchell 33' (64)	Livi Mad Report	Rubio 31' (76)	Attendance: 4,255

SPL 25 August 2002	Livingston	0– 1	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Boyd 42'	Attendance: 7,416

SPL 1 September 2002	Celtic	2– 0	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Larsson 26' Balde 38'	BBC Report		Attendance: 56,988

SPL 11 September 2002	Dundee	2– 1	Livingston	Dens Park
19:30	Nacho Novo 52' Rae 77'	Livi Mad Report	Nemsadze 31' (Own Goal)	Attendance: 5,391

SPL 14 September 2002	Livingston	0– 2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Ross 61' Ferguson 87' (Penalty)	Attendance: 10,003

SPL 22 September 2002	Livingston	1– 2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Xausa 56'	BBC Report	Anderson 1' McNaughton 74'	Attendance: 7,513

SPL 28 September 2002	Hibernian	1– 0	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Murray 45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 9,541

SPL 6 October 2002	Livingston	1– 1	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Wilson 41'	BBC Report	Stamp 46'	Attendance: 6,512

SPL 19 October 2002	Dundee United	2– 3	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00	Lilley 45' McIntyre 59'	BBC Report	Bollan 69' Wilson 74' Dadi 78'	Attendance: 5,572

SPL 26 October 2002	Motherwell	1– 5	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00		BBC Report	Makel 9' Toure 48' (58) Bingham 81' Xausa 90'	Attendance: 4,342

SPL 2 November 2002	Livingston	1– 1	Dunfermline	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Toure 79'	BBC Report	Brewster 47'	Attendance: 6,324

SPL 9 November 2002	Livingston	3– 0	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Dadi 47' Andrews 49' Bingham 59'	BBC Report		Attendance: 6,218

SPL 16 November 2002	Kilmarnock	2– 0	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Di Giacomo 64' McSwegan 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,270

SPL 24 November 2002	Livingston	0– 2	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
12:15		BBC Report	Larsson 6' (Penalty), 83'	Attendance: 10,002

SPL 30 November 2002	Livingston	1– 1	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Juanjo 2'	BBC Report	Nacho Novo 72' (Penalty)	Attendance: 5,307

SPL 4 December 2002	Rangers	4– 3	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
19:30	8' Ferguson 10' Arveladze 18' Arveladze 46' Arveladze	BBC Report	50' Zárate 72' Wilson 75' Bollan 87' Zárate	Attendance: 45,992

SPL 7 December 2002	Heart of Midlothian	2– 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Kirk 5' (70), Penalty'	BBC Report	Zarate 63'	Attendance: 8,074

SPL 14 December 2002	Livingston	1– 2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Brinquin 90'	BBC Report	Murray 55' James 66'	Attendance: 6,501

SPL 26 December 2002	Livingston	3– 0	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Junajo 8' Andrews 51' Bingham 86'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,103

SPL 29 December 2002	Livingston	1– 0	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Zarate 87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 7,216

SPL 2 January 2003	Dunfermline	2– 0	Livingston	East End Park
15:00	Crawford 45' (57)	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,218

SPL 28 January 2003	Partick Thistle	1– 3	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
19:30	Burns 39'	Livi Mad Report	Andrews 35' Zarate 70' McMenamin 80'	Attendance: 3,541 Referee: Fyfe

SPL 1 February 2003	Livingston	0– 4	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McLaren 21' (70) Canero 34' Boyd 49'	Attendance: 4,144 Referee: Brown

SPL 9 February 2003	Celtic	2– 1	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Sylla 77' Sutton 85'	Livi Mad Report	Zarate 52'	Attendance: 57,169 Referee: McCurry

SPL 2 March 2003	Livingston	1– 2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	90' Dadi	BBC Report	8' Amoruso 16' Arveladze	Attendance: 10,004

SPL 8 March 2003	Livingston	1– 1	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Ramos 61'	Livi Mad Report	Stamp 8'	Attendance: 7,531 Referee: Freeland

SPL 15 March 2003	Dundee United	0– 1	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00		BBC Report	Andrews 87'	Attendance: 6,247 Referee: Thompson

SPL 5 April 2003	Livingston	1– 2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lovell 2'	BBC Report	Young 29' Sheerin 31'	Attendance: 5,731 Referee: Dallas

SPL 12 April 2003	Hibernian	2– 2	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Orman 44' Riordan 53'	BBC Report	Wilson 87' O'Brien 89'	Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Rowbotham

SPL 26 April 2003	Aberdeen	1– 0	Livingston	Pittodrie
15:00	Hinds 25'	BBC Report		Attendance: 8,912 Referee: Underhill

SPL 3 May 2003	Livingston	3– 1	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Xausa 25' Zarate 44' Juanjo 50'	BBC Report	Lilley 45'	Attendance: 5,349 Referee: Somers

SPL 10 May 2003	Livingston	1– 2	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bingham 79'	BBC Report	McIntyre 2' Miller 90'	Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Clark

SPL 17 May 2003	Livingston	1– 2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Pasquinelli 87'	BBC Report	Brown 38' Brown 69'	Attendance: 5,423 Referee: Fyfe

SPL 24 May 2003	Motherwell	6– 2	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	Lasley 30' (90) Craig 57' McFadden 64' (74)	BBC Report	Makel 16' McMenamin 54'	Attendance: 4,790 Referee: McDonald

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

Qualifying round 13 August 2002	FC Vaduz	1– 1	Livingston	Rheinpark Stadion
19:30	Burgmeier 61'	BBC Report	Rubio 51'	Attendance: 1,322 Referee: Zrnic

First round 19 September 2002	SK Sturm Graz	5– 2	Livingston	Stadion Graz-Liebenau
19:30	Wetl 37' Szabics 50' Dag 51' Mujiri 57' (58)	Uefa Report	Lovell 90' Zarate 90'	Referee: Shebek

First round 3 October 2002	Livingston	4– 3	SK Sturm Graz	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Wilson 31' (90) Xausa 55' Andrews 78'	BBC Report	Szabics 45' (54) Mujiri 48'	Referee: Olsen

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup R3 5 November 2002	St. Johnstone	0– 1	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
19:45		Livi Mad Report	Dadi 60'	Attendance: 2,688

Scottish League Cup QF 13 November 2002	Livingston	0– 2	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	Rubio 73'	BBC Report	Lilley 38' (73), Penalty' Smart 74'	Attendance: 3,592 Referee: McCurry

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup R3 25 January 2003	Livingston	1– 1	Dunfermline	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bollan 26'	Livi Mad Report	Crawford 62'	Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Foy

Scottish Cup R3 Replay 4 February 2003	Dunfermline	2– 0	Livingston	East End Park
19:45	Brewster 67' (90)	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Foy

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	38	31	4	3	101	28	73	97	2003-04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	31	4	3	98	26	72	97	2003-04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Hearts	38	18	9	11	57	51	6	63	2003-04 UEFA Cup First round
4	Kilmarnock	38	16	9	13	47	56	-9	57
5	Dunfermline Athletic	38	13	7	18	54	71	-17	46
6	Dundee	38	10	14	14	50	60	-10	44	2003-04 UEFA Cup First round
7	Hibernian	38	15	6	17	56	64	-8	51
8	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	41	54	-13	49
9	Livingston	38	9	8	21	48	62	-14	35
10	Partick Thistle	38	8	11	19	37	58	-21	35
11	Dundee United	38	7	11	20	35	68	-33	32
12	Motherwell	38	7	7	24	45	71	-26	28

Source:^[5]^[6]

SPL 21 December 2002

Aberdeen

Livingston

BBC Report

Attendance: 11,253

↑ "2002/03 UEFA Cup Livingston". Uefa. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
↑ "2002-03 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
↑ "fixtures 2002-03". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
↑ "Livingston results 2002/2003". Livi Mad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
↑ "2002-03 First Division Table". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
↑ "2002-03 Table". Scot Prem. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

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