- Final table
- Top goal scorers
- See also
{{unreferenced|date=November 2018}}{{Infobox football league season |competition= Israeli Premier League |season=2002–03 |winners=Maccabi Tel Aviv 18th title |relegated= Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Rishon LeZion |league topscorer= Shay Holtzman Yaniv Abargil (18) |matches= |total goals= |prevseason=2001–02 |nextseason=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. Final tablePos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ± | Pts | Comments | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (C) | 33 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 69 | UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round | 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 42 | +33 | 69 | UEFA Cup Qualifying Round | 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 67 | 4 | Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 54 | UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st Round | 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 51 | 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 50 | 7 | F.C. Ashdod | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 49 | -14 | 40 | 8 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 53 | -12 | 39 | 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 59 | -13 | 36 | 10 | Bnei Yehuda | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 63 | -24 | 34 | 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba (R) | 33 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 81 | -38 | 231 | Relegation to Liga Leumit | 12 | Ironi Rishon LeZion (R) | 33 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 35 | 67 | -32 | 18 | Source: Table Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points C = Champions; R = Relegated 1. Deducted 3 points.Top goal scorersPos | Nat | Player | Team | Goals |
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1st | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Shay Holtzman | Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod | 18 |
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{{flagicon|ISR}} | Yaniv Abargil | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 18 | 3rd | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Kobi Refua | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 15 |
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4th | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Alon Mizrahi | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 14 |
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{{flagicon|ISR}} | Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 14 | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Michael Zandberg | Maccabi Haifa | 14 | 7th | {{flagicon|BUL}} | Vladimir Andonov | Bnei Yehuda | 12 |
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{{flagicon|ISR}} | Manor Hassan | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | {{flagicon|POL}} | Andrzej Kubica | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | 10th | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Lior Asulin | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 11 |
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{{flagicon|CRO}} | Đovani Roso | Maccabi Haifa | 11 | {{flagicon|ISR}} | Itzik Zohar | Beitar Jerusalem | 11 |
See also{{Ligat ha'Al}}{{2002–03 in Israeli football}}{{2002–03 in European football (UEFA)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 Israeli Premier League}} 3 : Israeli Premier League seasons|2002–03 in European association football leagues|2002–03 in Israeli football leagues |