2002–03 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Kilmarnock's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Kilmarnock

2002–03 season
Manager	Jim Jefferies
Stadium	Rugby Park
SPL	Fourth place
Scottish Cup	Third round, lost to Motherwell
League Cup	Second round, lost to Airdrie United
Top goalscorer	League: Boyd (12) All: Boyd (12)
Highest home attendance	16,722 v Celtic, SPL, 25 May 2003
Lowest home attendance	4,021 v Dunfermline, SPL, 16 March 2003
Average home league attendance	7,408
Home colours Away colours

Summary

Season

In their first full season under Jim Jefferies, Kilmarnock finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League with 57 points.[1] They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Airdrie United,[2] and the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Motherwell.[3]

Results and fixtures

Kilmarnock's score comes first

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	3 August 2002	Rangers	H	1–1	13,972	McLaren 80’
2	10 August 2002	Dundee United	A	2–1	6,366	Dargo 78’ Boyd 82’
3	17 August 2002	Motherwell	H	0–3	6,164
4	18 August 2001	Livingston	A	1–0	6,480	Boyd 42'
5	31 August 2002	Hearts	A	1–1	11,912	Boyd 45’
6	11 September 2001	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	6,848	Canero 42’
7	14 September 2002	Aberdeen	H	2–2	6,538	Mahood 56’ McLaughlin 90’
8	21 September 2002	Hibernian	A	0–2	8,680
9	28 September 2002	Celtic	A	0–5	57,469
10	5 October 2002	Dundee	A	1–2	5,567	Boutal 66'
11	19 October 2002	Dunfermline	H	2–2	5,515	Shields 43’ Boyd 76’
12	27 October 2002	Rangers	A	1–6	48,368	Fulton 44’
13	2 November 2002	Dundee United	H	1–2	5,417	Fulton 24’
14	9 November 2002	Motherwell	A	1–0	4,439	Boyd 90’
15	16 November 2002	Livingston	H	2–0	5,270	Di Giacomo 64’, McSwegan 90’
16	23 November 2002	Hearts	H	0–1	6,511
17	30 November 2002	Partick Thistle	A	0–3	5,055
18	3 December 2002	Aberdeen	A	1–0	8,861	McSwegan 66’,
19	7 December 2002	Dundee	H	2–0	4,810	Fulton 57’ Boyd 90’
20	15 December 2002	Celtic	H	1–1	9,225	Andy McLaren 19’
21	21 December 2002	Hibernian	H	2–1	5,814	McSwegan 63’, Fulton 88’
22	26 December 2002	Dunfermline	A	2–0	5,847	McSwegan 70’ Boyd 88’
23	29 December 2002	Rangers	H	0–1	13,396
24	2 January 2003	Dundee United	A	2–2	7,183	Canero 21’, McLaren 67’
25	29 January 2003	Motherwell	H	1–0	4,457	Boyd 81’ (Pen.)
26	1 February 2003	Livingston	A	4–0	4,144	McLaren 21’, Canero 34’ Boyd 49’ McLaren 70’
27	8 February 2003	Hearts	A	0–3	10,426
28	23 February 2003	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	5,651	Canero 45’
29	1 March 2003	Aberdeen	H	2–0	5,769	McSwegan 58’ Canero 63’
30	8 March 2003	Dundee	A	2–2	6,531	Canero 51’ McSwegan 85’
31	16 March 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	4,021	Boyd 81’
32	5 April 2003	Hibernian	H	6–2	5,558	McDonald 11’ McSwegan 24’, 42’, 47’, 62’, Boyd 90’ (Pen.)
33	13 April 2003	Celtic	A	0–2	56,966
34	27 April 2003	Dundee	A	1-0	5,964	Chris Innes 76’
35	13 April 2002	Hearts	H	1–0	9,091	McSwegan 29’
36	11 May 2003	Rangers	A	0–4	49,036
37	17 May 2003	Dunfermline	A	2–2	6,896	McDonald 21’ Boyd 90’
38	25 May 2003	Celtic	H	0–4	16,722

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	24 September 2002	Airdrie United	H	0–0 (3–4 pens)	4,150

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	25 January 2003	Motherwell	H	0–1	6,882

Player statistics

As of 25 May 2003 (UTC)[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Gordon Marshall	32	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Greg Shields	35	1	34+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Sean Hessey	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Barry McLaughlin	22	1	17+3	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
5	MF		Gary Locke	22	0	15+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Frédéric Dindeleux	27	0	27+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Andy McLaren	26	5	23+2	5	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Steve Fulton	38	4	36+0	4	1+0	0	1+0	0
10	FW		Craig Dargo	16	1	10+5	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF		Ally Mitchell	11	0	4+6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK		Colin Meldrum	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Alan Mahood	37	1	35+0	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
15	DF		Peter Canero	33	6	31+2	6	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF		Garry Hay	22	0	12+9	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF		James Fowler	34	0	25+7	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Jesús Sanjuán	9	0	5+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Stevie Murray	11	0	4+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Paul Di Giacomo	22	1	6+14	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
21	DF		Chris Innes	22	1	19+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	FW		Kris Boyd	40	12	17+21	12	1+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF		Mark Canning	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF		Gary McDonald	7	0	1+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
25	FW		Gary McSwegan	33	11	25+7	11	0+0	0	0+1	0
26	GK		Colin Stewart	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		José Quitongo	9	0	4+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	FW		Emilio Jaconelli	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW		Samuel Boutal	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF		Shaun Dillon	15	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	MF		Stevie Murray	21	2	16+3	2	0+0	0	2+0	0
37	GK		Craig Samson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
2	Celtic	38	31	4	3	98	26	+72	97	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	9	11	57	51	+6	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Kilmarnock	38	16	9	13	47	56	−9	57
5	Dunfermline Athletic	38	13	7	18	54	71	−17	46
6	Dundee	38	10	14	14	50	60	−10	44	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. As Rangers, the 2002–03 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee, the cup runners-up

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L
Position	6	4	7	4	4	3	4	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Greg Shields Charlton Athletic Free[6] Barry McLaughlin St. Mirren Undisclosed Gary McSwegan Hearts Free Steve Fulton Hearts Free José Quitongo St. Mirren Free[7] Gary Locke Bradford City Free[8] Samuel Boutal Troyes Free

Players out Player To Fee Ian Durrant Retired[9] Michel Ngonge Retired Antonio Calderón Raith Rovers Free Christophe Cocard Chongqing Lifan Free Martin Baker St Mirren Free David Merdy SO Romorantin Loan Kevin McGowne Dundee United Free Tommy Johnson Gillingham Free Colin Stewart Queen's Park Loan Gary McCutcheon Dumbarton Free Robbie Henderson Greenock Morton Free Ally Mitchell St. Mirren Free Jesús García Sanjuán Released Free Samuel Boutal Shanghai Cosco Free[10] José Quitongo Dibba Al-Hisn Free[11]

References

1. "2002/03 Scottish Premier League Table". espnfc.com. ESPN FC. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. "Kilmarnock vs. Airdrieonians". espnfc.com. ESPN. 24 September 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
3. "Kilmarnock vs. Motherwell". espnfc.com. ESPN. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
4. "Kilmarnock 2002/03 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
5. "Scottish Premiership 2002/2003". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
6. "Shields signs for Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 June 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
7. "Killie sign Locke and Quitongo". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
8. "Killie sign Locke and Quitongo". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
9. "Durrant quits over knee injury". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 April 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
10. "Boutal and Quitongo leave Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 January 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
11. "Boutal and Quitongo leave Killie". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 January 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

External links

• Kilmarnock 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)