2002–03 Israeli Premier League

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 table

Pos	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 scorers

Pos	Nat	Player	Team	Goals
1st		Shay Holtzman	Ironi Rishon LeZion / F.C. Ashdod	18
		Yaniv Abargil	Hapoel Kfar Saba	18
3rd		Kobi Refua	Maccabi Petah Tikva	15
4th		Alon Mizrahi	Hapoel Kfar Saba	14
		Avi Nimni	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14
		Michael Zandberg	Maccabi Haifa	14
7th		Vladimir Andonov	Bnei Yehuda	12
		Manor Hassan	Hapoel Petah Tikva	12
		Andrzej Kubica	Beitar Jerusalem	12
10th		Lior Asulin	Maccabi Petah Tikva	11
		Đovani Roso	Maccabi Haifa	11
		Itzik Zohar	Beitar Jerusalem	11

See also

• 2002–03 Toto Cup Al