The 2002-03 Süper Lig was the 45th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season celebrated the centenary of Beşiktaş J.K., who became champions. Moreover, Malatyaspor qualified for the first time in a European cup competition after a 2–0 away win at Turkish Cup winners Trabzonspor combined with Fenerbahçe's draw at İzmir with relegated Göztepe, 1–1, despite being ahead in the first half. They are the first team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.
Locations
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former Players Adanaspor Pachola Rosen Emilov Svetlin Simeonov Ohene Kennedy Marián Ľalík Milan Timko Altay Buba Yohanna Ghislain Chameni Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona Beşiktaş Ronaldo Guiaro Zago Óscar Córdoba Pascal Nouma Federico Giunti Daniel Pancu Marius Măldărășanu Amaral Bursaspor Mirza Varešanović Glauber Júnior Antonio Franja Josip Bulat Radosław Majdan Marián Kelemen Denizlispor Rafael Janne Hietanen Dirk Heinen Péter Kabát Henrich Benčík Roman Kratochvíl Jones Kusi-Asare Diyarbakırspor Altin Rraklli Dida Gerino Moura Saliou Diallo Elazığspor Marcio Jarro Robson Carioca Zé Roberto Mohammed Lawal Juraj Czinege Ľubomír Meszároš Fenerbahçe Ariel Ortega Washington Milan Rapaić Samuel Johnson Miroslav Stević Zoran Mirković Vladimir Beschastnykh Serhiy Rebrov Haim Revivo Galatasaray Elvir Baljić Fábio Pinto João Batista Faryd Mondragón Ali Lukunku Haim Revivo Sergio Almaguer Abel Xavier Christian Felipe Mohamed Sarr Gaziantepspor Júlio César Régis Pitbull Viola Maksim Romaschenko Gustavo Victoria Yaw Preko Riadh Bouazizi Gençlerbirliği Filip Daems Marcel Mbayo Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa Ahmed Hassan Souleymane Youla Tomasz Zdebel Damir Botonjič Göztepe Rachid Djebaili Helman Mkhalele N'Dayi Kalenga Joseph Amoah Kamel Ouejdide İstanbulspor Alban Bushi André Paulo Pinto Aleksandar Aleksandrov Ivaylo Petkov Zdravko Zdravkov Alioum Boukar Alioum Saidou Uche Okechukwu Andre Kona Kocaelispor Con Blatsis Stanimir Georgiev Zdravko Lazarov Milorad Korać Givi Didava Grigol Imedadze Revaz Kemoklidze Zaza Janashia Viktor Paço Capone Aleksandar Aleksandrov Malatyaspor Klodian Duro Johnson Macaba Martin Stankov Ayman Abdel-Aziz Arsim Abazi Petar Miloševski Paulo Isidoro MKE Ankaragücü Rogério Belém Simão Augustine Ahinful Stephen Baidoo Radu Niculescu Stelian Carabaș Samsunspor Juninho Cearense Milton do Ó Sandro Sousa Ike Shorunmu Mutiu Adepoju Stojan Ignatov Zoran Jovanovski Bekim Kuli Sandro Yokota Trabzonspor Michael Petkovic Hans Somers Marco Aurélio Oumar Dieng Lee Eul-yong Alban Bushi
Final league table
Results
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Okan YılmazBursaspor242 Necati AteşAdanaspor193 Augustine AhinfulAnkaragücü16 Ümit KaranGalatasaray5 ViolaGaziantepspor14 Fatih TekkeTrabzonspor / Gaziantepspor7 Ahmed HassanGençlerbirliği13 Cenk IşlerIstanbulspor Serkan AykutSamsunspor10 Fazlı UlusoyMalatyaspor12 Goal records
References Turkish-Soccer.com by Erdinç Sivritepe