2002–03 Irish League: Difference between revisions

Irish First Division
Champions	Dungannon Swifts
Promoted	Dungannon Swifts; Ballymena United; Limavady United; Larne
Relegated	Bangor; Carrick Rangers; Ballyclare Comrades; Armagh City
Matches played	112
Goals scored	377 (3.37 per match)

Irish Premier Division
Season	2002–2003
Champions	Glentoran; 21st Irish title
Matches played	228
Goals scored	597 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vinny Arkins (29)
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Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 2002-03 Irish League Premier Division

2002–03 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League Premier Division 2002-03

Location of teams in the 2002–03 Irish League First Division

The Irish League in season 2002–03 comprised two divisions, one of 12 teams and one of 8, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Premier Division

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Glentoran (C)	38	28	6	4	78	22	3.545	90	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Portadown	38	24	8	6	89	36	2.472	80	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Coleraine	38	21	10	7	66	38	1.737	73	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Linfield	38	17	12	9	70	41	1.707	63
5	Omagh Town	38	15	6	17	47	57	0.825	51	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Institute	38	12	6	20	44	75	0.587	42

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Relegation play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
7	Ards	38	12	10	16	27	39	0.692	46
8	Lisburn Distillery	38	12	6	20	39	49	0.796	42
9	Cliftonville	38	9	14	15	37	43	0.860	41
10	Glenavon	38	8	12	18	41	67	0.612	36
11	Crusaders	38	9	9	20	26	61	0.426	36
12	Newry Town	38	8	7	23	33	69	0.478	31	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off

Source: rsssf.com

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dungannon Swifts (C, P)	28	18	6	4	61	32	1.906	60	Promotion to the Irish Premier League
2	Ballymena United (P)	28	16	6	6	71	40	1.775	54
3	Limavady United (P)	28	15	5	8	53	37	1.432	50
4	Larne (P)	28	13	4	11	35	30	1.167	43
5	Bangor (R)	28	12	5	11	40	39	1.026	41	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
6	Carrick Rangers (R)	28	8	4	16	44	76	0.579	28	Relegation to the Intermediate League First Division
7	Ballyclare Comrades (R)	28	6	4	18	36	65	0.554	22
8	Armagh City (R)	28	4	6	18	37	58	0.638	18

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 2002–03 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup