2002–03_Primeira_Liga

Primeira Liga
Season	2002–03
Dates	22 August 2002 – 1 June 2003
Champions	Porto; 19th title
Relegated	Varzim; Santa Clara; Setúbal
Champions League	Porto (group stage); Benfica (third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Sporting CP (first round); Leiria (qualifying round)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fary (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Benfica 7–0 Paços de Ferreira; (10 November 2002)
Biggest away win	Marítimo 0–5 Setúbal ; (22 September 2002)
Highest scoring	5–3 ; (2 times) ; 6–2 ; (1 time)
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2002–03 Primeira Liga

69th season of top-tier Portuguese football

The 2002–03 Primeira Liga was the 69th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 2002 with a match between Varzim and Paços de Ferreira, and ended on 1 June 2003. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Sporting CP as the defending champions.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Porto won the league and qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the third round. Sporting and União de Leiria qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. In opposite, Varzim, Santa Clara and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Faye Fary was the top scorer with 18 goals.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACA ...

Home \ Away	ACA	BEM	BEL	BEN	BOA	BRA	GVI	MAR	MOR	NAC	PAÇ	POR	STC	SCP	ULE	VAR	VGU	VSE
Académica		1–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1
Beira-Mar	1–0		2–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	5–3
Belenenses	2–0	3–2		2–4	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–1	1–0	0–0
Benfica	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	7–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–1
Boavista	4–1	1–0	1–3	0–0		2–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0
Braga	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0		0–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–4	1–0
Gil Vicente	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–0		0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–5	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1
Marítimo	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–1		3–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–5
Moreirense	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2		2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2
Nacional	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1		4–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1
Paços de Ferreira	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–3		1–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–2
Porto	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	2–1		5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–0
Santa Clara	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	1–3		0–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–0
Sporting CP	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	3–4
União de Leiria	0–0	1–0	1–4	0–3	1–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–2		3–1	1–2	1–1
Varzim	0–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–2		0–1	3–2
Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	5–0	1–3	1–2	2–3		1–0
Vitória de Setúbal	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–6	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–4	1–2

Source: Foradejogo (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Team	Head Coach	City	Stadium	2001–02 finish
Académica de Coimbra	João Alves	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	2nd in Segunda Liga
Beira-Mar	António Sousa	Aveiro	Estádio Mário Duarte	11th
Belenenses	Marinho Peres	Lisbon	Estádio do Restelo	5th
Benfica	Jesualdo Ferreira	Lisbon	Estádio Nacional	4th
Boavista	Jaime Pacheco	Porto	Estádio do Bessa	2nd
Braga	Castro Santos	Braga	Estádio Primeiro de Maio	10th
Marítimo	Nelo Vingada	Funchal	Estádio dos Barreiros	11th
Moreirense	Manuel Machado	Moreira de Cónegos	Parque de Jogos	1st in Segunda Liga
Nacional	José Peseiro	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	3rd in Segunda Liga
Paços de Ferreira	José Mota	Paços de Ferreira	Estádio da Mata Real	8th
Porto	José Mourinho	Porto	Estádio das Antas	3rd
Gil Vicente	Vítor Oliveira	Barcelos	Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo	12th
Santa Clara	Manuel Fernandes	Ponta Delgada	Estádio de São Miguel	14th
Sporting CP	László Bölöni	Lisbon	Estádio José Alvalade	1st
União de Leiria	Manuel Cajuda	Leiria	Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande	7th
Varzim	José Alberto Costa	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim Sport Club	15th
Vitória de Guimarães	Augusto Inácio	Guimarães	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	9th
Vitória de Setúbal	Luís Campos	Setúbal	Estádio do Bonfim	13th

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Académica de Coimbra	João Alves	26 October 2002	18th	Artur Jorge	26 October 2002
Santa Clara	Manuel Fernandes	17 November 2002	16th	Carlos Alberto Silva	18 November 2002
Benfica	Jesualdo Ferreira	24 November 2002	3rd	Fernando Chalana	25 November 2002
Benfica	Fernando Chalana	1 December 2002	3rd	Camacho	2 December 2002
Vitória de Setúbal	Luís Campos	3 February 2003	16th	Diamantino Miranda	4 February 2003
Belenenses	Marinho Peres	9 February 2003	10th	Manuel José	10 February 2003
Varzim	José Alberto Costa	8 March 2003	10th	Luís Campos	9 March 2003
Vitória de Setúbal	Diamantino Miranda	9 March 2003	17th	Carlos Cardoso	10 March 2003
Braga	Castro Santos	6 April 2003	14th	Jesualdo Ferreira	20 April 2003

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	27	5	2	73	26	+47	86	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	23	6	5	74	27	+47	75	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	17	8	9	52	38	+14	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	34	14	8	12	47	46	+1	50
5	União de Leiria	34	13	10	11	49	47	+2	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Paços de Ferreira	34	12	9	13	40	47	−7	45
7	Marítimo	34	13	5	16	36	48	−12	44
8	Gil Vicente	34	13	5	16	42	53	−11	44
9	Belenenses	34	11	10	13	47	48	−1	43
10	Boavista	34	10	13	11	32	31	+1	43
11	Nacional	34	9	13	12	40	46	−6	40
12	Moreirense	34	9	12	13	42	46	−4	39
13	Beira-Mar	34	10	9	15	43	50	−7	39
14	Braga	34	8	14	12	34	47	−13	38
15	Académica	34	8	13	13	38	48	−10	37
16	Varzim (R)	34	10	6	18	38	51	−13	36	Relegation to Segunda Liga
17	Santa Clara (R)	34	8	11	15	39	54	−15	35
18	Vitória de Setúbal (R)	34	6	13	15	40	53	−13	31

2002–03_Primeira_Liga

2002–03 Primeira Liga

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to Segunda Liga

Teams promoted from Segunda Liga

Teams

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Footnotes

External links

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Faye Fary	Beira-Mar	18
2	Simão	Benfica	18
3	Adriano	Nacional	16
4	Gaúcho	Marítimo	15
5	Hélder Postiga	Porto	13
5	Tiago	Benfica	13
7	Maciel	União de Leiria	12
7	José Barroso	Braga	12
9	Paulo Alves	Gil Vicente	11
	Mário Jardel	Sporting
	Dário	Académica
	Ricardo Sousa	Beira-Mar