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2002-03 Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Season 2002–03
Champions Porto
19th title
Relegated Varzim
Santa Clara
Setúbal
Champions League Porto (group stage)
Benfica (third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Sporting CP (first round)
Leiria (qualifying round)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 806 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Fary (18 goals)
Biggest home win Benfica 7–0 Paços de Ferreira
(10 November 2002)
Biggest away win Marítimo 0–5 Setúbal
(22 September 2002)
Highest scoring 5–3
(2 times)
6–2
(1 time)

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 Vitórida de Setúbal were relegated to the Segunda Liga. Faye Fary was the top scorer with 18 goals.

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

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


Source: Primeira Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
1 Leiria qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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