2002–03 Süper Lig

The 2002-03 Süper Lig was the 45th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season celebrated the centenary of Beşiktaş J.K., who became champions. Moreover, Malatyaspor qualified for the first time in a European cup competition after a 2–0 away win at Turkish Cup winners Trabzonspor combined with Fenerbahçe's draw at İzmir with relegated Göztepe, 1–1, despite being ahead in the first half. They are the first team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Former Players
Adanaspor	Template:Flagicon Pachola	Template:Flagicon Rosen Emilov	Template:Flagicon Svetlin Simeonov	Template:Flagicon Ohene Kennedy	Template:Flagicon Marián Ľalík	Template:Flagicon Milan Timko
Altay	Template:Flagicon Buba Yohanna	Template:Flagicon Ghislain Chameni	Template:Flagicon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona
Beşiktaş	Template:Flagicon Ronaldo Guiaro	Template:Flagicon Zago	Template:Flagicon Óscar Córdoba	Template:Flagicon Pascal Nouma	Template:Flagicon Federico Giunti	Template:Flagicon Daniel Pancu	Template:Flagicon Marius Măldărășanu		Template:Flagicon Amaral
Bursaspor	Template:Flagicon Mirza Varešanović	Template:Flagicon Glauber	Template:Flagicon Júnior	Template:Flagicon Antonio Franja	Template:Flagicon Josip Bulat	Template:Flagicon Radosław Majdan	Template:Flagicon Marián Kelemen
Denizlispor	Template:Flagicon Rafael	Template:Flagicon Janne Hietanen	Template:Flagicon Dirk Heinen	Template:Flagicon Péter Kabát	Template:Flagicon Henrich Benčík	Template:Flagicon Roman Kratochvíl	Template:Flagicon Jones Kusi-Asare
Diyarbakırspor	Template:Flagicon Altin Rraklli	Template:Flagicon Dida	Template:Flagicon Gerino Moura	Template:Flagicon Saliou Diallo
Elazığspor	Template:Flagicon Marcio Jarro	Template:Flagicon Robson Carioca	Template:Flagicon Zé Roberto	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Lawal	Template:Flagicon Juraj Czinege	Template:Flagicon Ľubomír Meszároš
Fenerbahçe	Template:Flagicon Ariel Ortega	Template:Flagicon Washington	Template:Flagicon Milan Rapaić	Template:Flagicon Samuel Johnson	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Stević	Template:Flagicon Zoran Mirković	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Beschastnykh	Template:Flagicon Serhiy Rebrov	Template:Flagicon Haim Revivo
Galatasaray	Template:Flagicon Elvir Baljić	Template:Flagicon Fábio Pinto	Template:Flagicon João Batista	Template:Flagicon Faryd Mondragón	Template:Flagicon Ali Lukunku	Template:Flagicon Haim Revivo	Template:Flagicon Sergio Almaguer	Template:Flagicon Abel Xavier	Template:Flagicon Christian Template:Flagicon Felipe Template:Flagicon Mohamed Sarr
Gaziantepspor	Template:Flagicon Júlio César	Template:Flagicon Régis Pitbull	Template:Flagicon Viola	Template:Flagicon Maksim Romaschenko	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Victoria	Template:Flagicon Yaw Preko	Template:Flagicon Riadh Bouazizi
Gençlerbirliği	Template:Flagicon Filip Daems	Template:Flagicon Marcel Mbayo	Template:Flagicon Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa	Template:Flagicon Ahmed Hassan	Template:Flagicon Souleymane Youla	Template:Flagicon Tomasz Zdebel	Template:Flagicon Damir Botonjič
Göztepe	Template:Flagicon Rachid Djebaili	Template:Flagicon Helman Mkhalele							Template:Flagicon N'Dayi Kalenga Template:Flagicon Joseph Amoah Template:Flagicon Kamel Ouejdide
İstanbulspor	Template:Flagicon Alban Bushi	Template:Flagicon André Paulo Pinto	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Template:Flagicon Ivaylo Petkov	Template:Flagicon Zdravko Zdravkov	Template:Flagicon Alioum Boukar	Template:Flagicon Alioum Saidou	Template:Flagicon Uche Okechukwu	Template:Flagicon Andre Kona
Kocaelispor	Template:Flagicon Con Blatsis	Template:Flagicon Stanimir Georgiev	Template:Flagicon Zdravko Lazarov	Template:Flagicon Milorad Korać	Template:Flagicon Givi Didava	Template:Flagicon Grigol Imedadze	Template:Flagicon Revaz Kemoklidze	Template:Flagicon Zaza Janashia	Template:Flagicon Viktor Paço Template:Flagicon Capone Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Malatyaspor	Template:Flagicon Klodian Duro	Template:Flagicon Johnson Macaba	Template:Flagicon Martin Stankov	Template:Flagicon Ayman Abdel-Aziz	Template:Flagicon Arsim Abazi	Template:Flagicon Petar Miloševski			Template:Flagicon Paulo Isidoro
MKE Ankaragücü	Template:Flagicon Rogério Belém	Template:Flagicon Simão	Template:Flagicon Augustine Ahinful	Template:Flagicon Stephen Baidoo	Template:Flagicon Radu Niculescu				Template:Flagicon Stelian Carabaș
Samsunspor	Template:Flagicon Juninho Cearense	Template:Flagicon Milton do Ó	Template:Flagicon Sandro Sousa	Template:Flagicon Ike Shorunmu	Template:Flagicon Mutiu Adepoju	Template:Flagicon Stojan Ignatov	Template:Flagicon Zoran Jovanovski		Template:Flagicon Bekim Kuli Template:Flagicon Sandro Yokota
Trabzonspor	Template:Flagicon Michael Petkovic	Template:Flagicon Hans Somers	Template:Flagicon Marco Aurélio	Template:Flagicon Oumar Dieng	Template:Flagicon Lee Eul-yong				Template:Flagicon Alban Bushi

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor	24
2	Template:Flagicon Necati Ateş	Adanaspor	19
3	Template:Flagicon Augustine Ahinful	Ankaragücü	16
	Template:Flagicon Ümit Karan	Galatasaray
5	Template:Flagicon Paulo Sérgio Rosa	Gaziantepspor	14
	Template:Flagicon Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor / Gaziantepspor
7	Template:Flagicon Ahmed Hassan	Gençlerbirliği	13
	Template:Flagicon Cenk Işler	Istanbulspor
	Template:Flagicon Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor
10	Template:Flagicon Fazlı Ulusoy	Malatyaspor	12

References

• Turkish-Soccer.com by Erdinç Sivritepe