The 2002–03 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Scotland.[1]
League competitions
Scottish Premier League
The 2002–03 Scottish Premier League was won on goal difference by Rangers by a single goal over Celtic. Both Rangers and Celtic qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and Hearts got the UEFA Europa League place. Motherwell finished bottom, but there was no relegation from the SPL as Falkirk did not meet SPL stadium criteria. Celtic's trophyless season was in spite of being favourites to clinch the title and reaching the UEFA Cup final, losing in extra time to F.C. Porto.
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
- ^ As Rangers, the 2002–03 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee, the cup runners-up
- ^ As the First Division champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground for the SPL, bottom club Motherwell were spared from relegation.
Note: There was no relegation from the Scottish Premier League.
Scottish First Division
Source: "2002-2003 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Note: There was no promotion from the Scottish First Division.
Scottish Second Division
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Scottish Third Division
Source: "2002-2003 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Other honours
Cup honours
Individual honours
SPFA awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
Average coefficient – 7.375
Celtic
Rangers
Livingston
Aberdeen
Scotland national team
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- ECQG5 = European Championship Qualifying – Group 5
Notes and references
- ^ "2002/03 - The Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "2002/03 Scottish Division Two Table / Standings". ESPN. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d The score of the Scottish team is shown first.
- ^ Scotland's score is shown first.