2002–03 Israeli Premier League

Israeli Premier League
Season	2002–03
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv ; 18th title
Relegated	Hapoel Kfar Saba ; Hapoel Rishon LeZion
Top goalscorer	Shay Holtzman; Yaniv Abargil (18)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Israeli Premier League season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title. It took place from the first match on 14 September 2002 to the final match on 31 May 2003.

Two teams from Liga Leumit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda. The two teams relegated were Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Kiryat Gat.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (C)	33	22	3	8	66	31	+35	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Maccabi Haifa	33	21	6	6	75	42	+33	69	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	19	10	4	53	22	+31	67	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Maccabi Netanya	33	15	9	9	47	36	+11	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	33	15	6	12	56	41	+15	51
6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	33	13	11	9	45	37	+8	50
7	F.C. Ashdod	33	11	7	15	35	49	−14	40
8	Hapoel Petah Tikva	33	11	6	16	41	53	−12	39
9	Beitar Jerusalem	33	10	6	17	46	59	−13	36
10	Bnei Yehuda	33	9	7	17	39	63	−24	34
11	Hapoel Kfar Saba[lower-alpha 1] (R)	33	7	5	21	43	81	−38	23	Relegation to Liga Leumit
12	Ironi Rishon LeZion (R)	33	4	6	23	35	67	−32	18	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: futbol24.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Deducted 3 points

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shay Holtzman	Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod	18
1	Yaniv Abargil	Hapoel Kfar Saba	18
3	Kobi Refua	Maccabi Petah Tikva	15
4	Alon Mizrahi	Hapoel Kfar Saba	14
	Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14
	Michael Zandberg	Maccabi Haifa	14
7	Vladimir Andonov	Bnei Yehuda	12
	Manor Hassan	Hapoel Petah Tikva	12
	Andrzej Kubica	Beitar Jerusalem	12
10	Lior Asulin	Maccabi Petah Tikva	11
	Đovani Roso	Maccabi Haifa	11
	Itzik Zohar	Beitar Jerusalem	11

Top division football seasons in Israel
Palestine League	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1937 1938–39 1939 1940 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49
Israeli League	1949–50 1950–51
Liga Alef	1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55
Liga Leumit	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 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 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
Israeli Premier League	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
List of Israeli football champions

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria 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

2002–03 Israeli Premier League

Final table

Top goal scorers

See also