2002–03 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2002–03 season
Manager	Jim Leishman
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
SPL	Ninth place
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Rolando Zárate (9); All: Rolando Zárate (10)
Highest home attendance	10,004, vs. Rangers, SPL, 2 March 2003
Lowest home attendance	3,592, vs. Dunfermline Athletic, Scottish Cup, 13 November 2002
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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[edit]

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 League Cup after a replay.

Results & fixtures[edit]

^[3]^[4] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League[edit]

3 August 2002 1	Livingston	3–2	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Rubio 8' Zárate 34', 47'	BBC Report	Leitch 50' Lehmann 64'	Attendance: 7,124 Referee: John Rowbotham

10 August 2002 2	Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	Livingston	East End Park
15:00	Crawford 28' Brewster 50'	Livi Mad Report	Xausa 90'	Attendance: 4,751

17 August 2002 3	Partick Thistle	2–2	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Mitchell 33', 64'	Livi Mad Report	Rubio 31', 76'	Attendance: 4,255

25 August 2002 4	Livingston	0–1	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Boyd 42'	Attendance: 7,416

1 September 2002 5	Celtic	2–0	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Larsson 26' Baldé 38'	BBC Report		Attendance: 56,988

11 September 2002 6	Dundee	2–1	Livingston	Dens Park
19:30	Novo 52' Rae 77'	Livi Mad Report	Nemsadze 31 o.g.'	Attendance: 5,391

14 September 2002 7	Livingston	0–2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Ross 61' Ferguson 87 pen.'	Attendance: 10,003

22 September 2002 8	Livingston	1–2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Xausa 56'	BBC Report	Anderson 1' McNaughton 74'	Attendance: 7,513

28 September 2002 9	Hibernian	1–0	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Murray 45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 9,541

6 October 2002 10	Livingston	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Wilson 41'	BBC Report	Stamp 46'	Attendance: 6,512

19 October 2002 11	Dundee United	2–3	Livingston	Tannadice Park
15:00	Lilley 45' McIntyre 59'	BBC Report	Bollan 69' Wilson 74' Dadi 78'	Attendance: 5,572

26 October 2002 12	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 13	Livingston	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Toure 79'	BBC Report	Brewster 47'	Attendance: 6,324

9 November 2002 14	Livingston	3–0	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Dadi 47' Andrews 49' Bingham 59'	BBC Report		Attendance: 6,218

16 November 2002 15	Kilmarnock	2–0	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Di Giacomo 64' McSwegan 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,270

24 November 2002 16	Livingston	0–2	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
12:15		BBC Report	Larsson 6', 83 pen.'	Attendance: 10,002

30 November 2002 17	Livingston	1–1	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Juanjo 2'	BBC Report	Novo 72 pen.'	Attendance: 5,307

4 December 2002 18	Rangers	4–3	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
19:30	Ferguson 8' Arveladze 10', 18', 46'	BBC Report	Zárate 50', 87' Wilson 72' Bollan 75'	Attendance: 45,992

7 December 2002 19	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Kirk 5' (70 pen.)	BBC Report	Zárate 63'	Attendance: 8,074

14 December 2002 20	Livingston	1–2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Brinquin 90'	BBC Report	Murray 55' James 66'	Attendance: 6,501

21 December 2002 21	Aberdeen	0–0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 11,253

26 December 2002 22	Livingston	3–0	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Junajo 8' Andrews 51' Bingham 86'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,103

29 December 2002 23	Livingston	1–0	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Zárate 87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 7,216

2 January 2003 24	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	Livingston	East End Park
15:00	Crawford 45', 57'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,218

28 January 2003 25	Partick Thistle	1–3	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
19:30	Burns 39'	Livi Mad Report	Andrews 35' Zárate 70' McMenamin 80'	Attendance: 3,541 Referee: Ian Fyfe

1 February 2003 26	Livingston	0–4	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McLaren 21', 70' Canero 34' Boyd 49'	Attendance: 4,144 Referee: Tom Brown

9 February 2003 27	Celtic	2–1	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Sylla 77' Sutton 85'	Livi Mad Report	Zárate 52'	Attendance: 57,169 Referee: Mike McCurry

2 March 2003 28	Livingston	1–2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Dadi 90'	BBC Report	Amoruso 8' Arveladze 16'	Attendance: 10,004

5 March 2003 29	Dundee	0–0	Livingston	Dens Park
19:30		BBC Report		Attendance: 7,554 Referee: Willie Young

8 March 2003 30	Livingston	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Ramos 61'	Livi Mad Report	Stamp 8'	Attendance: 7,531 Referee: Mike Freeland

15 March 2003 31	Dundee United	0–1	Livingston	Tannadice Park
15:00		BBC Report	Andrews 87'	Attendance: 6,247 Referee: Thompson

5 April 2003 32	Livingston	1–2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lovell 2'	BBC Report	Young 29' Sheerin 31'	Attendance: 5,731 Referee: Hugh Dallas

12 April 2003 33	Hibernian	2–2	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Orman 44' Riordan 53'	BBC Report	Wilson 87' O'Brien 89'	Attendance: 8,150 Referee: John Rowbotham

26 April 2003 34	Aberdeen	1–0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Hinds 25'	BBC Report		Attendance: 8,912 Referee: John Underhill

3 May 2003 35	Livingston	3–1	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Xausa 25' Zárate 44' Juanjo 50'	BBC Report	Lilley 45'	Attendance: 5,349 Referee: David Somers

10 May 2003 36	Livingston	1–2	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bingham 79'	BBC Report	McIntyre 2' Miller 90'	Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Kenny Clark

17 May 2003 37	Livingston	1–2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Pasquinelli 87'	BBC Report	Brown 38', 69'	Attendance: 5,423 Referee: Ian Fyfe

24 May 2003 38	Motherwell	6–2	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	Lasley 30', 90' Craig 57' McFadden 64', 74', 75'	BBC Report	Makel 16' McMenamin 54'	Attendance: 4,790 Referee: Dougie McDonald

Scottish League Cup[edit]

5 November 2002 Third round	St Johnstone	0–1	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
19:45		Livi Mad Report	Dadi 60'	Attendance: 2,688

13 November 2002 Quarter-final	Livingston	0–2	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	Rubio 73'	BBC Report	Lilley 38', 73 pen.' Smart 74'	Attendance: 3,592 Referee: Mike McCurry

Scottish Cup[edit]

25 January 2003 Third round	Livingston	1–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bollan 26'	Livi Mad Report	Crawford 62'	Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Chris Foy

4 February 2003 Third round replay	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	Livingston	East End Park
19:45	Brewster 67', 90'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Chris Foy

UEFA Cup[edit]

13 August 2002 Qualifying Round	FC Vaduz	1–1	Livingston	Rheinpark Stadion
19:30	Burgmeier 61'	BBC Report	Rubio 51'	Attendance: 1,322 Referee: Sinisa Zrnic

29 August 2002 Qualifying round	Livingston	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	FC Vaduz	Almondvale Stadium
19:30		BBC Report		Attendance: 7,419 Referee: Ivan Novak
Note: 1–1 on aggregate. Livingston won on away goals.

19 September 2002 First round	SK Sturm Graz	5–2	Livingston	Liebenauer Stadium
19:30	Wetl 37' Szabics 50' Dağ 51' Mujiri 57', 58'	Uefa Report	Lovell 90' Zárate 90'	Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Sergey Shebek

3 October 2002 First round	Livingston	4–3 (6–8 agg.)	SK Sturm Graz	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Wilson 31', 90' Xausa 55' Andrews 78'	BBC Report	Szabics 45', 54' Mujiri 48'	Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Roy Olsen
Note: Sturm Graz won 8–6 on aggregate.

Statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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:

^ 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[edit]

^ "2002/03 UEFA Cup Livingston". Uefa. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
^ "2002-03 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "fixtures 2002-03". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ "Livingston results 2002/2003". Livi Mad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

[5] 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.

[1] "2002/03 UEFA Cup Livingston". Uefa. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

[2] "2002-03 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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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