2002–03 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	2002–03
Champions	Bohemians
Relegated	Bray Wanderers
UEFA Champions League	Bohemians
UEFA Cup	Shelbourne Derry City
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Shamrock Rovers
Top goalscorer	Glen Crowe: 18 (Bohemians) ^[1]^[2]
← 2001–02 2003 →

The 2002–03 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 18th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 10 teams. Bohemians were declared champions.

Regular season

The 2003 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division change from a winter league to a summer league. To facilitate this change, the 2002–03 season was a shortened season. This saw each team play three rounds of games, totalling 27 games each. ^[2]^[3]

Final Table

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Bohemians	54	15	9	3	47	27	+20	Qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Champions League
2	Shelbourne	49	15	4	8	44	26	+18	Qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
3	Shamrock Rovers	43	12	7	8	42	29	+13	Qualified for 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
4	Cork City	39	11	6	10	37	34	+3
5	Longford Town ^{[note 1]}	35	8	11	8	25	29	+-4
6	University College Dublin	33	8	9	10	23	25	-2
7	St Patrick's Athletic	33	8	9	10	27	33	-6
8	Derry City ^{[note 2]}	31	8	7	12	31	37	-6	Qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
9	Drogheda United	30	8	6	13	26	40	-14	Won promotion/relegation play-off
10	Bray Wanderers	20	4	8	15	31	53	-22	Relegated to First Division

Notes

↑ Longford Town had 9 points deducted for fielding Avery John against Cork City, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers but this decision was revoked on appeal.
↑ Derry City qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Cup after winning the 2002–03 FAI Cup.

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

The promotion/relegation play-off format was changed this season. It now featured four teams, the second, third and fourth placed teams from the 2002–03 League of Ireland First Division plus the ninth placed team from the Premier Division.

Semi-final

1st Legs

29 January 2003	Galway United	2–0	Finn Harps

29 January 2003	Cobh Ramblers	2–2	Drogheda United

2nd Legs

1 February 2003	Finn Harps	1–0	Galway United

Galway United win 2–1 on aggregate

1 February 2003	Drogheda United	2–0	Cobh Ramblers

Drogheda United win 4–2 on aggregate

Final

5 February 2003	Galway United	2–0	Drogheda United

8 February 2003	Drogheda United	3–0	Galway United

Drogheda United win 3–2 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier Division. ^[2]^[4]

Dublin

Dublin teams
Bohemians
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne
St Patrick's Athletic
UCD

Locations of the Premier Division teams

References

↑ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
↑ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

League of Ireland Premier Division

2017 clubs

Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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