2002–03 Israeli Premier League

October 2025 October 2025 Israeli Premier League 2002–03 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18th title Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Rishon LeZion Shay Holtzman / Yaniv Abargil (18 goals) 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.Bleicher Yaniv 2002-09-30 Israel 2001/02 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra02.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20260217030710/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra02.html 2026-02-17 2026-03-12 RSSSF Teams and Locations March 2026Israel Locations of the 2002–03 Israeli Premier League teams right 400 Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Ashdod left Hapoel Be'er Sheva right Hapoel Kfar Saba right Hapoel Rishon LeZion 0.6em left Maccabi Haifa left Maccabi Petah Tikva right Hapoel Petah Tikva 0.9em right Bnei Yehuda 0.9em left Hapoel Tel Aviv left Maccabi Tel Aviv 0.9em left Maccabi Netanya left Twelve teams took part in the 2002-03 Israeli Premier League season, including ten teams from the 2001-02 season, as well as two teams that were promoted from the 2001-02 Liga Leumit. Hapoel Kfar Saba were promoted as champions of the 2001-02 Liga Leumit. Bnei Yehuda were promoted as runners up. Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Kfar Saba returned to the top flight after an absence of one and two seasons respectively.January 2026 Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Kiryat Gat were relegated after finishing in the bottom two places in the 2001-02 season. Club Stadium Capacity Beitar Jerusalem Teddy Stadium 21,600 Bnei Yehuda Bloomfield Stadium 15,700Hapoel Tel AvivMaccabi Tel AvivMaccabi Haifa Kiryat Eliezer Stadium 14,002 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Vasermil Stadium 13,000 F.C. Ashdod Yud-Alef Stadium 7,800 Maccabi Netanya Sar-Tov Stadium 7,500 Maccabi Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Municipal Stadium 6,800Hapoel Petah Tikva Ironi Rishon LeZion Haberfeld Stadium 6,000 Hapoel Kfar Saba Levita Stadium 5,800 Beitar JerusalemBnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel AvivHapoel Be'er ShevaTeddy Stadium Bloomfield StadiumVasermil Stadium200px200px200pxMaccabi HaifaMaccabi Petah TikvaHapoel Petah TikvaF.C. AshdodKiryat Eliezer Stadium Petah Tikva Municipal StadiumYud-Alef Stadium200px200px200pxMaccabi NetanyaIroni Rishon LeZionHapoel Kfar SabaSar-Tov StadiumHaberfeld StadiumLevita Stadium200px200px200px Final table main WDL QR MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv MHA Maccabi Haifa HTA Hapoel Tel Aviv MNE Maccabi Netanya HBS Hapoel Be'er Sheva MPT Maccabi Petah Tikva ASH F.C. Ashdod HPT Hapoel Petah Tikva BEI Beitar Jerusalem BnY Bnei Yehuda HKS Hapoel Kfar Saba IRZ Ironi Rishon LeZion 22 3 8 66 31 C 21 6 6 75 42 19 10 4 53 22 15 9 9 47 36 15 6 12 56 41 13 11 9 45 37 11 7 15 35 49 11 6 16 41 53 10 6 17 46 59 9 7 17 39 63 7 5 21 43 81 R 4 6 23 35 67 R -3 Deducted 3 points green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round UC UC #ccccff Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red1 Relegation to Liga Leumit R R complete RSSSF;Bleicher Yaniv 2003-09-22 Israel 2002/03 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra03.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20250621024350/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra03.html 2025-06-21 2026-03-12 RSSSF Futbol24.com Israel - Premier League - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics - Futbol24 https://www.futbol24.com/national/Israel/Premier-League/2002-2003/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20250427001754/https://www.futbol24.com/national/Israel/Premier-League/2002-2003/ 2025-04-27 2026-03-12 Futbol24.com en Results First and second round main FBR BEI BnY ASH HBS HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–1 1–0 5–0 0–3 4–2 4–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 Maccabi Haifa 2–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–2 5–0 4–3 Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 Maccabi Netanya 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 Maccabi Petah Tikva 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 5–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 F.C. Ashdod 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–5 2–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–3 Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–3 5–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 Bnei Yehuda 2–0 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 4–1 Hapoel Kfar Saba 0–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 Ironi Rishon LeZion 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 4–0 2–3 2–2 complete RSSSF Third round main FBR BEI BnY ASH HBS HKS HPT HTA IRZ MHA MNE MPT MTA Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 null null 2–1 0–0 null null null 5–0 2–2 3–0 Maccabi Haifa null 1–1 null 3–1 1–1 null null null 2–2 5–1 2–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–0 null 0–1 null null 1–0 1–1 4–1 null null 2–0 Maccabi Netanya 2–0 2–0 null null 1–1 null null null 2–0 4–1 2–0 Hapoel Be'er Sheva null null 0–1 3–3 null 0–1 1–2 3–2 null null 5–1 Maccabi Petah Tikva null null 1–0 null 1–3 2–1 3–1 0–1 null null 2–1 F.C. Ashdod 0–3 1–5 null 2–0 null null 2–1 2–1 null null null Hapoel Petah Tikva 0–3 0–5 null 3–2 null null null 4–1 null 2–0 null Beitar Jerusalem 2–3 3–4 null 0–2 null null null null 4–1 4–2 null Bnei Yehuda null null 1–3 null 2–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 null null null Hapoel Kfar Saba null null 1–6 null 1–2 0–1 2–5 null null 1–1 null Ironi Rishon LeZion null null null null null null 2–4 0–3 1–1 1–2 5–2 complete RSSSF Top goal scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ISR Shay HoltzmanIroni Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod18ISR Yaniv AbargilHapoel Kfar Saba183ISR Kobi RefuaMaccabi Petah Tikva154ISR Alon MizrahiHapoel Kfar Saba14ISR Avi NimniMaccabi Tel Aviv14ISR Michael ZandbergMaccabi Haifa147BUL Vladimir AndonovBnei Yehuda12ISR Manor HassanHapoel Petah Tikva12POL Andrzej KubicaBeitar Jerusalem1210ISR Lior AsulinMaccabi Petah Tikva11CRO Đovani RosoMaccabi Haifa11ISR Itzik ZoharBeitar Jerusalem11 Source: RSSSF See also 2002–03 Toto Cup Al References Category:Israeli Premier League seasons Israel 1