2002–03 Primeira Liga


The 2002–03 Primeira Liga was the 69th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 2002 with a match between Varzim and Paços de Ferreira, and ended on 1 June 2003. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Sporting CP as the defending champions.
Porto won the league and qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage, along with Benfica, who qualified for the third round. Sporting and União de Leiria qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. In opposite, Varzim, Santa Clara and Vitória de Setúbal were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Faye Fary was the top scorer with 18 goals.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to [Segunda Liga]

Salgueiros, Farense and Alverca, were consigned to the Segunda Liga following their final classification in 2001–02 season.

Teams promoted from Segunda Liga

The other three teams were replaced by Moreirense, Académica and Nacional from the Segunda Liga.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHead CoachCityStadium2001–02 finish
Académica de Coimbra João AlvesCoimbraEstádio Cidade de Coimbra2nd in Segunda Liga
Beira-Mar António SousaAveiroEstádio Mário Duarte11th
Belenenses Marinho PeresLisbonEstádio do Restelo5th
Benfica Jesualdo FerreiraLisbonEstádio Nacional4th
Boavista Jaime PachecoPortoEstádio do Bessa2nd
Braga Castro SantosBragaEstádio Primeiro de Maio10th
Marítimo Nelo VingadaFunchalEstádio dos Barreiros11th
Moreirense Manuel MachadoMoreira de CónegosParque de Jogos1st in Segunda Liga
Nacional José PeseiroFunchalEstádio da Madeira3rd in Segunda Liga
Paços de Ferreira José MotaPaços de FerreiraEstádio da Mata Real8th
Porto José MourinhoPortoEstádio das Antas3rd
Gil Vicente Vítor OliveiraBarcelosEstádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo12th
Santa Clara Manuel FernandesPonta DelgadaEstádio de São Miguel14th
Sporting CP László BölöniLisbonEstádio José Alvalade1st
União de Leiria Manuel CajudaLeiriaEstádio Municipal da Marinha Grande7th
Varzim José Alberto CostaPóvoa de VarzimEstádio do Varzim Sport Club15th
Vitória de Guimarães Augusto InácioGuimarãesEstádio D. Afonso Henriques9th
Vitória de Setúbal Luís CamposSetúbalEstádio do Bonfim13th

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Source: Footballzz

Footnotes