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2002–03 Primeira Liga

69th season of top-tier Portuguese football

Field	Value
competition	Primeira Liga
season	2002–03
dates	22 August 2002 – 1 June 2003
winners	Porto
19th title
relegated	Varzim
Santa Clara
Setúbal
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Porto (group stage)
Benfica (third qualifying round)
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Sporting CP (first round)
Leiria (qualifying round)
league topscorer	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)
matches	306
total goals	806
prevseason	[2001–02](2001-02-primeira-liga)
nextseason	[2003–04](2003-04-primeira-liga)

19th title Santa Clara Setúbal Benfica (third qualifying round) Leiria (qualifying round) (10 November 2002) (22 September 2002) (2 times) 6–2 (1 time) 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.

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.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to [[Segunda Liga]]

Salgueiros
Farense
Alverca

Salgueiros, Farense and Alverca, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 2001–02 season.

Teams promoted from Segunda Liga

Moreirense
Académica de Coimbra
Nacional

The other three teams were replaced by Moreirense, Académica and Nacional from the Segunda Liga.

Teams

Stadia and locations

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

Managerial changes

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

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

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

Source: Footballzz

Attendances

#	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

Source:

Footnotes

References

(May 2020). "Teams". Footballzz}}{{Dead link.
"Primeira Liga 2002-03 – Top Scorers". Footballzz.
"Statistics at Futebol365".
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/prt/aveprt03.htm

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