2002–03 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division 2002–03 Bohemians (9th title) Bray Wanderers UEFA Champions League Bohemians UEFA Cup ShelbourneDerry City UEFA Intertoto Cup Shamrock Rovers Glen Crowe: 18(Bohemians)https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html Ireland - List of Topscorers 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html 6 April 2012 Graham Alex Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005 Soccer Books Limited 1-86223-135-4 2001–02 2003 The 2002–03 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 18th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 10 teams. Bohemians were declared champions. Regular season The 2003 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division change from a winter league to a summer league. To facilitate this change, the 2002–03 season was a shortened season. This saw each team play three rounds of games, totalling 27 games each.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierhist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html 21 February 2008 Final table main WDL QR BOH Bohemians SHE Shelbourne SHM Shamrock Rovers COR Cork City LON Longford Town UCD UCD StP St Patrick's Athletic DER Derry City DRO Drogheda United BRW Bray Wanderers 15 9 3 47 27 C 15 4 8 44 26 12 7 8 42 29 11 6 10 37 34 8 11 8 25 29 8 9 10 23 25 8 9 10 27 33 8 7 12 31 37 8 6 13 26 40 O 4 8 15 31 53 R Longford Town had 9 points deducted for fielding Avery John against Cork City, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers but this decision was revoked on appeal. green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1Q blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCCQR Derry City qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round after winning the 2002–03 FAI Cup. red2 Qualification to Relegation play-off RPO red1 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division REL complete www.rsssf.com 5 Results Matches 1–18 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DRO LON SHM SHE StP UCD Bohemians 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 Shelbourne 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 Shamrock Rovers 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 5–0 2–1 Cork City 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 Longford Town 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 UCD 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 Derry City 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 Drogheda United 0–2 0–3 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 Bray Wanderers 1–1 1–5 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–3 3–2 complete Matches 19–27 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DRO LON SHM SHE StP UCD Bohemians null 3–2 2–0 null 1–1 null 2–2 1–1 null Shelbourne 0–1 null null 1–1 null 2–0 null 0–1 3–1 Shamrock Rovers null 0–1 null 3–2 0–1 2–1 null null 3–1 Cork City null 2–1 1–1 null 0–1 null 2–1 null 3–1 Longford Town 1–0 null null 1–0 0–2 null null 0–0 null UCD null 0–2 null null null 0–0 1–0 null 0–0 St Patrick's Athletic 2–0 null null 1–0 0–2 null null null 1–4 Derry City null 0–1 0–0 null 1–1 null 2–0 null null Drogheda United null null 0–2 0–0 null 0–1 0–0 3–1 null Bray Wanderers 1–3 null null null 2–0 null null 1–2 0–2 complete Promotion/relegation play-off The promotion/relegation play-off format was changed this season. It now featured four teams, the second, third and fourth placed teams from the 2002–03 League of Ireland First Division plus the ninth placed team from the Premier Division. Semi-final 1st Legs 29 January 2003 Galway United 2–0 Finn Harps 29 January 2003 Cobh Ramblers 2–2 Drogheda United 2nd Legs 1 February 2003 Finn Harps 1–0 Galway United Galway United win 2–1 on aggregate 1 February 2003 Drogheda United 2–0 Cobh Ramblers Drogheda United win 4–2 on aggregate Final 5 February 2003 Galway United 2–0 Drogheda United 8 February 2003 Drogheda United 3–0 Galway United Drogheda United win 3–2 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier Division. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier2hist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level 10 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20090603033056/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier2hist.html 3 June 2009 Ireland Map of the Republic of Ireland with the ten League of Ireland Premier Division teams Locations of the Premier Division teams right 280 Ireland Cork City #FFFFFF 51.897 -8.47 Ireland Longford Town left #FFFFFF 53.727 -7.799 Ireland Bray Wanderers bottom #FFFFFF 53.2 -6.11 Ireland Drogheda United #FFFFFF right 53.713 -6.35 Ireland Derry City #FFFFFF right 54.995 -7.30 Ireland Dublin 12 #FFFFFF left N 53 20 52 W 6 15 35 Ireland TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 N 55 24 W 10 57 right #FFFFFF Dublin teamsBohemiansShamrock RoversShelbourneSt Patrick's AthleticUCD See also 2002–03 Shelbourne F.C. season 2002–03 League of Ireland First Division References Ireland Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons