The 2002–03 Cypriot First Division was the 64th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 19th title.
Format 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 the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2003 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).
Point system Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Changes from previous season Ethnikos Assia, Doxa Katokopias and Ermis Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Digenis Morphou and Aris Limassol.
Stadia and locations
TeamStadium AEK GSZ Stadium AEL Tsirion Stadium AEP Pafiako Stadium Alki GSZ Stadium Anorthosis Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium APOEL GSP Stadium Apollon Tsirion Stadium Aris Tsirion Stadium Digenis Makario Stadium Ethnikos Dasaki Stadium ENP Paralimni Stadium Nea Salamina Ammochostos Stadium Olympiakos GSP Stadium Omonia GSP Stadium
League standings
Results
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Omonoia 10,877 2 APOEL 8,205 3 Anorthosis 4,523 4 Apollon Limassol 3,699 5 AEL 3,204 6 Olympiakos Nicosia 2,761 7 AEP 2,266 8 Nea Salamina 2,131 9 AEK Larnaca 1,950 10 ENP 1,658 11 Alki 1,454 12 Digenis 1,401 13 Aris Limassol 1,374 14 Ethnikos Achnas 1,185
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See also Cypriot First Division 2002–03 Cypriot Cup List of top goalscorers in Cypriot First Division by season Cypriot football clubs in European competitions
References
Sources
1. DIVISION 2002/2003