2002–03 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup CIS Insurance Cup 2002–03 Northern Ireland 20 Glentoran (4th win) Linfield 47 146 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 3 December 2002 with the final. Linfield were the defending champions after their seventh League Cup win last season; a 3–1 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season both clubs met in the final again but this time Glentoran defeated Linfield 2–0 in the final to win their fourth League Cup overall, and second in three years. This was the fourth time in six years that the two clubs had met in the final, with Linfield coming out on top on all three of the previous occasions.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 26 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcup03.html Northern Ireland League Cup 2002/03 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 26 December 2012 The twenty clubs taking part were divided into four groups of five clubs based on region. The clubs in each group played each other once, either at home or away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final. Group stage Eastern Region main WDL n CLI Cliftonville CRU Crusaders CRK Carrick Rangers LRN Larne BCC Ballyclare Comrades 2 2 0 6 3 A 2 2 0 4 2 A 1 3 0 4 2 1 0 3 5 7 0 1 3 2 7 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 0–0 0–2 null null null 1–1 null 2–0 null null 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 null null 4–2 null null 0–1 complete rsssf.com Greater Belfast Region main WDL n LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran LIS Lisburn Distillery ARD Ards BGR Bangor 3 1 0 10 5 A 2 2 0 6 3 A 1 1 2 5 5 0 2 2 5 8 0 2 2 0 5 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 0–0 1–3 null null null 0–0 null 0–2 null null 1–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 null null 1–1 null null 1–2 complete rsssf.com Northern Region main WDL n BYM Ballymena United OMA Omagh Town COL Coleraine INS Institute LIM Limavady United 3 1 0 15 3 A 3 1 0 6 2 A 2 0 2 11 10 1 0 3 5 10 0 0 4 3 15 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 3–1 5–1 null null null 4–3 null 1–3 null null 1–0 0–1 1–7 1–5 null null 0–0 null null 2–1 complete rsssf.com Southern Region main WDL n POR Portadown GLA Glenavon DUN Dungannon Swifts NEW Newry Town ARM Armagh City 3 0 1 13 4 A 2 0 2 5 4 A 2 0 2 7 7 2 0 2 4 6 1 0 3 3 11 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 1–3 0–1 null null null 2–1 null 2–3 null null 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 null null 7–0 null null 1–2 complete rsssf.com Quarter-finals Ballymena United 2–0 Crusaders Cliftonville 0–5 Omagh Town Linfield 2–0 Glenavon Portadown 1–2 Glentoran Semi-finals Glentoran 5–3 Ballymena United Omagh Town 2–3 Linfield Final 3 December 2002 Glentoran 2 – 0 Report Linfield Halliday 27Smyth 63 Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup