Livingston F.C.
2002–03 season
ManagerJim Leishman
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish Premier League9th
UEFA CupFirst round
Scottish CupQuarter-final
Co-operative Insurance CupThird round

Season 2002-03 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the UEFA Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston competed in Europe for the first time in their history during season 2002–03 reaching the first round of the Uefa Cup.[1] They finished 9th in the Scottish Premier League,[2] reached the Quarter finals of the Scottish Cup and were knocked out by Dunfermline in the third round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup after a replay.

Results & fixtures

[3][4]   Win   Draw   Loss

Spl

3 August 2002 SPL Livingston 3–2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Rubio 8'
Zarate 34' (47)		 BBC Report Leitch 50'
Lehmann 64'		 Attendance: 7,124
Referee: Rowbotham
10 August 2002 SPL Dunfermline 2–1 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Crawford 28'
Brewster 50'		 Livi Mad Report Xausa 90' Attendance: 4,751
17 August 2002 SPL Partick Thistle 2–2 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Mitchell 33' (64) Livi Mad Report Rubio 31' (76) Attendance: 4,255
25 August 2002 SPL Livingston 0–1 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Boyd 42' Attendance: 7,416
1 September 2002 SPL Celtic 2–0 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Larsson 26'
Balde 38'		 BBC Report Attendance: 56,988
11 September 2002 SPL Dundee 2–1 Livingston Dens Park
19:30 Nacho Novo 52'
Rae 77'		 Livi Mad Report Nemsadze 31' (Own Goal) Attendance: 5,391
14 September 2002 SPL Livingston 0–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Ross 61'
Ferguson 87' (Penalty)		 Attendance: 10,003
22 September 2002 SPL Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Xausa 56' BBC Report Anderson 1'
McNaughton 74'		 Attendance: 7,513
28 September 2002 SPL Hibernian 1–0 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Murray 45' BBC Report Attendance: 9,541
19 October 2002 SPL Dundee United 2–3 Livingston Tannadice
15:00 Lilley 45'
McIntyre 59'		 BBC Report Bollan 69'
Wilson 74'
Dadi 78'		 Attendance: 5,572
26 October 2002 SPL Motherwell 1–5 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Makel 9'
Toure 48' (58)
Bingham 81'
Xausa 90'		 Attendance: 4,342
2 November 2002 SPL Livingston 1–1 Dunfermline Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Toure 79' BBC Report Brewster 47' Attendance: 6,324
9 November 2002 SPL Livingston 3–0 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Dadi 47'
Andrews 49'
Bingham 59'		 BBC Report Attendance: 6,218
16 November 2002 SPL Kilmarnock 2–0 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Di Giacomo 64'
McSwegan 90'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,270
24 November 2002 SPL Livingston 0–2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:15 BBC Report Larsson 6' (Penalty), 83' Attendance: 10,002
30 November 2002 SPL Livingston 1–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Juanjo 2' BBC Report Nacho Novo 72' (Penalty) Attendance: 5,307
4 December 2002 SPL Rangers 4–3 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
19:30 8' Ferguson
10' Arveladze
18' Arveladze
46' Arveladze		 BBC Report 50' Zárate
72' Wilson
Yellow card 75' Red card Bollan
87' Zárate		 Attendance: 45,992
7 December 2002 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Kirk 5' (70), Penalty' BBC Report Zarate 63' Attendance: 8,074
14 December 2002 SPL Livingston 1–2 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Brinquin 90' BBC Report Murray 55'
James 66'		 Attendance: 6,501
21 December 2002 SPL Aberdeen 0–0 Livingston Pittodrie
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 11,253
26 December 2002 SPL Livingston 3–0 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Junajo 8'
Andrews 51'
Bingham 86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,103
29 December 2002 SPL Livingston 1–0 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Zarate 87' BBC Report Attendance: 7,216
2 January 2003 SPL Dunfermline 2–0 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Crawford 45' (57) BBC Report Attendance: 5,218
28 January 2003 SPL Partick Thistle 1–3 Livingston Firhill Stadium
19:30 Burns 39' Livi Mad Report Andrews 35'
Zarate 70'
McMenamin 80'		 Attendance: 3,541
Referee: Fyfe
1 February 2003 SPL Livingston 0–4 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McLaren 21' (70)
Canero 34'
Boyd 49'		 Attendance: 4,144
Referee: Brown
9 February 2003 SPL Celtic 2–1 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Sylla 77'
Sutton 85'		 Livi Mad Report Zarate 52' Attendance: 57,169
Referee: McCurry
2 March 2003 SPL Livingston 1–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 90' Dadi BBC Report 8' Amoruso
16' Arveladze		 Attendance: 10,004
5 March 2003 SPL Dundee 0–0 Livingston Dens Park
19:30 BBC Report Attendance: 7,554
Referee: Young
8 March 2003 SPL Livingston 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Ramos 61' Livi Mad Report Stamp 8' Attendance: 7,531
Referee: Freeland
15 March 2003 SPL Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice
15:00 BBC Report Andrews 87' Attendance: 6,247
Referee: Thompson
5 April 2003 SPL Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Lovell 2' BBC Report Young 29'
Sheerin 31'		 Attendance: 5,731
Referee: Dallas
12 April 2003 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Orman 44'
Riordan 53'		 BBC Report Wilson 87'
O'Brien 89'		 Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Rowbotham
26 April 2003 SPL Aberdeen 1–0 Livingston Pittodrie
15:00 Hinds 25' BBC Report Attendance: 8,912
Referee: Underhill
3 May 2003 SPL Livingston 3–1 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Xausa 25'
Zarate 44'
Juanjo 50'		 BBC Report Lilley 45' Attendance: 5,349
Referee: Somers
10 May 2003 SPL Livingston 1–2 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Bingham 79' BBC Report McIntyre 2'
Miller 90'		 Attendance: 6,314
Referee: Clark
17 May 2003 SPL Livingston 1–2 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pasquinelli 87' BBC Report Brown 38'
Brown 69'		 Attendance: 5,423
Referee: Fyfe
24 May 2003 SPL Motherwell 6–2 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Lasley 30' (90)
Craig 57'
McFadden 64' (74)		 BBC Report Makel 16'
McMenamin 54'		 Attendance: 4,790
Referee: McDonald

UEFA Cup

13 August 2002 Qualifying round FC Vaduz 1–1 Livingston Rheinpark Stadion
19:30 Burgmeier 61' BBC Report Rubio 51' Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Zrnic
19 September 2002 First round SK Sturm Graz 5–2 Livingston Stadion Graz-Liebenau
19:30 Wetl 37'
Szabics 50'
Dag 51'
Mujiri 57' (58)		 Uefa Report Lovell 90'
Zarate 90'		 Referee: Shebek

League Cup

13 November 2002 Scottish League Cup QF Livingston 0–2 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
19:30 Rubio Yellow card 73' Red card BBC Report Lilley 38' (73), Penalty'
Smart Red card 74'		 Attendance: 3,592
Referee: McCurry

Scottish Cup

25 January 2003 Scottish Cup R3 Livingston 1–1 Dunfermline Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Bollan 26' Livi Mad Report Crawford 62' Attendance: 4,106
Referee: Foy
4 February 2003 Scottish Cup R3 Replay Dunfermline 2–0 Livingston East End Park
19:45 Brewster 67' (90) Livi Mad Report Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Foy

Statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hibernian 38 15 6 17 56 64 −8 51
8 Aberdeen 38 13 10 15 41 54 −13 49
9 Livingston 38 9 8 21 48 62 −14 35
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 11 19 37 58 −21 35
11 Dundee United 38 7 11 20 35 68 −33 32
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

References

  1. ↑ "2002/03 UEFA Cup Livingston". Uefa. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "2002-03 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "fixtures 2002-03". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Livingston results 2002/2003". Livi Mad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
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