| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Omonia (19th title) |
| Relegated | Nea Salamina Aris Alki |
| Champions League | Omonia (2nd qualifying round) |
| UEFA Cup | Anorthosis (qualifying round) APOEL (qualifying round; viaCypriot Cup) |
| Intertoto Cup | Ethnikos Achna (1st round) |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 628 (3.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marios Neophytou (33 goals)[1] |
2003–04 → | |
The2002–03 Cypriot First Division was the 64th season of the Cypriot top-levelfootball league.Omonia won their 19th title.
Fourteen teams participated in the 2002–03 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last three teams were relegated to the2003–04 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the2003–04 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the2003–04 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed teams among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Ethnikos Assia,Doxa Katokopias andErmis Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the2002–03 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the2001–02 Cypriot Second Division,Nea Salamina,Digenis Morphou andAris Limassol.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omonia(C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 22 | +46 | 60 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 30 | +35 | 59 | Qualification forUEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | APOEL | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 55 | |
| 4 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 52 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 39 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 37 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 37 | |
| 8 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 32 | |
| 9 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 31 | |
| 12 | Nea Salamina(R) | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 29 | Relegation toCypriot Second Division |
| 13 | Aris Limassol(R) | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 92 | −61 | 9 | |
| 14 | Alki Larnaca(R) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 93 | −72 | 6 |
| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AEP | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | ARS | DGN | ETH | ENP | NSL | OLM | OMN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| AEL | 4–2 | 6–2 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| AEP | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–4 | |
| Alki | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | |
| Anorthosis | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| APOEL | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Apollon | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | |
| Aris | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | |
| Digenis | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 8–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Ethnikos | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | |
| ENP | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Nea Salamina | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Olympiakos | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| Omonia | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 11–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |