| 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 | 306 |
| Goals | 806 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fary (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Benfica 7–0Paços de Ferreira (10 November 2002) |
| Biggest away win | Marítimo 0–5Setúbal (22 September 2002) |
| Highest scoring | 5–3 (2 times) 6–2 (1 time) |
2003–04 → | |
The2002–03 Primeira Liga was the69th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 2002 with a match betweenVarzim andPaços de Ferreira, and ended on 1 June 2003. The league was contested by 18 clubs withSporting CP as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage, along withBenfica, who qualified for the third round. Sporting andUnião de Leiria qualified for the2003–04 UEFA Cup. In opposite,Varzim,Santa Clara andVitória de Setúbal were relegated to theSegunda Liga.Faye Fary was the top scorer with 18 goals.
Salgueiros, Farense and Alverca, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in2001–02 season.
The other three teams were replaced by Moreirense, Académica and Nacional from the Segunda Liga.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Académica de Coimbra | 26 October 2002 | 18th | 26 October 2002 | ||
| Santa Clara | 17 November 2002 | 16th | 18 November 2002 | ||
| Benfica | 24 November 2002 | 3rd | 25 November 2002 | ||
| Benfica | 1 December 2002 | 3rd | 2 December 2002 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | 3 February 2003 | 16th | 4 February 2003 | ||
| Belenenses | 9 February 2003 | 10th | 10 February 2003 | ||
| Varzim | 8 March 2003 | 10th | 9 March 2003 | ||
| Vitória de Setúbal | 9 March 2003 | 17th | 10 March 2003 | ||
| Braga | 6 April 2003 | 14th | 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 toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 75 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 59 | Qualification toUEFA 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 toUEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
| 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 toSegunda 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 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beira-Mar | 18 | |
| 2 | Benfica | 18 | |
| 3 | Nacional | 16 | |
| 4 | Marítimo | 15 | |
| 5 | Porto | 13 | |
| Benfica | |||
| 7 | União de Leiria | 12 | |
| Braga | |||
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 11 | |
| Sporting | |||
| Académica | |||
| Beira-Mar |
| # | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 28,248 |
| 2 | Benfica | 22,541 |
| 3 | Sporting | 14,789 |
| 4 | Os Belenenses | 5,382 |
| 5 | Braga | 5,194 |
| 6 | Boavista | 5,147 |
| 7 | Marítimo | 5,147 |
| 8 | Académica | 5,059 |
| 9 | Beira-Mar | 4,735 |
| 10 | Vitória SC | 4,729 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 4,706 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | 3,971 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 3,500 |
| 14 | Varzim | 3,353 |
| 15 | CD Nacional | 3,000 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 2,294 |
| 17 | União de Leiria | 2,206 |
| 18 | Gil Vicente | 2,206 |
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