2002–03 Livingston F.C. season

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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 goalscorerLeague: Rolando Zárate (9)
All: Rolando Zárate (10)
Highest home attendance10,004, vs. Rangers, SPL, 2 March 2003
Lowest home attendance3,592, vs. Dunfermline Athletic, Scottish Cup, 13 November 2002
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Season 2002-03 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the UEFA Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

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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 League Cup after a replay.

Results & fixtures

[3] [4]   Win  Draw  Loss

Scottish Premier League

3 August 20021 Livingston 3–2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Rubio Soccerball shade.svg8'
Zárate Soccerball shade.svg34', 47'		 BBC Report Leitch Soccerball shade.svg50'
Lehmann Soccerball shade.svg64'		Attendance: 7,124
Referee: John Rowbotham
10 August 20022 Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Crawford Soccerball shade.svg28'
Brewster Soccerball shade.svg50'		 Livi Mad Report Xausa Soccerball shade.svg90'Attendance: 4,751
17 August 20023 Partick Thistle 2–2 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Mitchell Soccerball shade.svg33', 64' Livi Mad Report Rubio Soccerball shade.svg31', 76'Attendance: 4,255
25 August 20024 Livingston 0–1 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Boyd Soccerball shade.svg42'Attendance: 7,416
1 September 20025 Celtic 2–0 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Larsson Soccerball shade.svg26'
Baldé Soccerball shade.svg38'		 BBC Report Attendance: 56,988
11 September 20026 Dundee 2–1 Livingston Dens Park
19:30 Novo Soccerball shade.svg52'
Rae Soccerball shade.svg77'		 Livi Mad Report Nemsadze Soccerball shade.svg31 o.g.'Attendance: 5,391
14 September 20027 Livingston 0–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Livi Mad Report Ross Soccerball shade.svg61'
Ferguson Soccerball shade.svg87 pen.'		Attendance: 10,003
22 September 20028 Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Xausa Soccerball shade.svg56' BBC Report Anderson Soccerball shade.svg1'
McNaughton Soccerball shade.svg74'		Attendance: 7,513
28 September 20029 Hibernian 1–0 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Murray Soccerball shade.svg45' BBC Report Attendance: 9,541
6 October 200210 Livingston 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Wilson Soccerball shade.svg41' BBC Report Stamp Soccerball shade.svg46'Attendance: 6,512
19 October 200211 Dundee United 2–3 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 Lilley Soccerball shade.svg45'
McIntyre Soccerball shade.svg59'		 BBC Report Bollan Soccerball shade.svg69'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg74'
Dadi Soccerball shade.svg78'		Attendance: 5,572
26 October 200212 Motherwell 1–5 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Makel Soccerball shade.svg9'
Toure Soccerball shade.svg48' (58)
Bingham Soccerball shade.svg81'
Xausa Soccerball shade.svg90'		Attendance: 4,342
2 November 200213 Livingston 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Toure Soccerball shade.svg79' BBC Report Brewster Soccerball shade.svg47'Attendance: 6,324
9 November 200214 Livingston 3–0 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Dadi Soccerball shade.svg47'
Andrews Soccerball shade.svg49'
Bingham Soccerball shade.svg59'		 BBC Report Attendance: 6,218
16 November 200215 Kilmarnock 2–0 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Di Giacomo Soccerball shade.svg64'
McSwegan Soccerball shade.svg90'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,270
24 November 200216 Livingston 0–2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:15 BBC Report Larsson Soccerball shade.svg6', 83 pen.'Attendance: 10,002
30 November 200217 Livingston 1–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Juanjo Soccerball shade.svg2' BBC Report Novo Soccerball shade.svg72 pen.'Attendance: 5,307
4 December 200218 Rangers 4–3 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
19:30 Ferguson Soccerball shade.svg8'
Arveladze Soccerball shade.svg10', 18', 46'		 BBC Report Zárate Soccerball shade.svg50', 87'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg72'
Bollan Yellow card.svg 75' Red card.svg		Attendance: 45,992
7 December 200219 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 Kirk Soccerball shade.svg5' (70 pen.) BBC Report Zárate Soccerball shade.svg63'Attendance: 8,074
14 December 200220 Livingston 1–2 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Brinquin Soccerball shade.svg90' BBC Report Murray Soccerball shade.svg55'
James Soccerball shade.svg66'		Attendance: 6,501
21 December 200221 Aberdeen 0–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 11,253
26 December 200222 Livingston 3–0 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Junajo Soccerball shade.svg8'
Andrews Soccerball shade.svg51'
Bingham Soccerball shade.svg86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,103
29 December 200223 Livingston 1–0 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Zárate Soccerball shade.svg87' BBC Report Attendance: 7,216
2 January 200324 Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Crawford Soccerball shade.svg45', 57' BBC Report Attendance: 5,218
28 January 200325 Partick Thistle 1–3 Livingston Firhill Stadium
19:30 Burns Soccerball shade.svg39' Livi Mad Report Andrews Soccerball shade.svg35'
Zárate Soccerball shade.svg70'
McMenamin Soccerball shade.svg80'		Attendance: 3,541
Referee: Ian Fyfe
1 February 200326 Livingston 0–4 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McLaren Soccerball shade.svg21', 70'
Canero Soccerball shade.svg34'
Boyd Soccerball shade.svg49'		Attendance: 4,144
Referee: Tom Brown
9 February 200327 Celtic 2–1 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Sylla Soccerball shade.svg77'
Sutton Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Livi Mad Report Zárate Soccerball shade.svg52'Attendance: 57,169
Referee: Mike McCurry
2 March 200328 Livingston 1–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Dadi Soccerball shade.svg90' BBC Report Amoruso Soccerball shade.svg8'
Arveladze Soccerball shade.svg16'		Attendance: 10,004
5 March 200329 Dundee 0–0 Livingston Dens Park
19:30 BBC Report Attendance: 7,554
Referee: Willie Young
8 March 200330 Livingston 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Ramos Soccerball shade.svg61' Livi Mad Report Stamp Soccerball shade.svg8'Attendance: 7,531
Referee: Mike Freeland
15 March 200331 Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 BBC Report Andrews Soccerball shade.svg87'Attendance: 6,247
Referee: Thompson
5 April 200332 Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Lovell Soccerball shade.svg2' BBC Report Young Soccerball shade.svg29'
Sheerin Soccerball shade.svg31'		Attendance: 5,731
Referee: Hugh Dallas
12 April 200333 Hibernian 2–2 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Orman Soccerball shade.svg44'
Riordan Soccerball shade.svg53'		 BBC Report Wilson Soccerball shade.svg87'
O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg89'		Attendance: 8,150
Referee: John Rowbotham
26 April 200334 Aberdeen 1–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hinds Soccerball shade.svg25' BBC Report Attendance: 8,912
Referee: John Underhill
3 May 200335 Livingston 3–1 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Xausa Soccerball shade.svg25'
Zárate Soccerball shade.svg44'
Juanjo Soccerball shade.svg50'		 BBC Report Lilley Soccerball shade.svg45'Attendance: 5,349
Referee: David Somers
10 May 200336 Livingston 1–2 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Bingham Soccerball shade.svg79' BBC Report McIntyre Soccerball shade.svg2'
Miller Soccerball shade.svg90'		Attendance: 6,314
Referee: Kenny Clark
17 May 200337 Livingston 1–2 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pasquinelli Soccerball shade.svg87' BBC Report Brown Soccerball shade.svg38', 69'Attendance: 5,423
Referee: Ian Fyfe
24 May 200338 Motherwell 6–2 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Lasley Soccerball shade.svg30', 90'
Craig Soccerball shade.svg57'
McFadden Soccerball shade.svg64', 74', 75'		 BBC Report Makel Soccerball shade.svg16'
McMenamin Soccerball shade.svg54'		Attendance: 4,790
Referee: Dougie McDonald

Scottish League Cup

5 November 2002Third round St Johnstone 0–1 Livingston McDiarmid Park
19:45 Livi Mad Report Dadi Soccerball shade.svg60'Attendance: 2,688
13 November 2002Quarter-final Livingston 0–2 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
19:30 Rubio Yellow card.svg 73' Red card.svg BBC Report Lilley Soccerball shade.svg38', 73 pen.'
Smart Red card.svg 74'		Attendance: 3,592
Referee: Mike McCurry

Scottish Cup

25 January 2003Third round Livingston 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Bollan Soccerball shade.svg26' Livi Mad Report Crawford Soccerball shade.svg62'Attendance: 4,106
Referee: Chris Foy
4 February 2003Third round replay Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Livingston East End Park
19:45 Brewster Soccerball shade.svg67', 90' Livi Mad Report Attendance: 3,158
Referee: Chris Foy

UEFA Cup

13 August 2002Qualifying Round Flag of Liechtenstein.svg FC Vaduz 1–1 Livingston Rheinpark Stadion
19:30 Burgmeier Soccerball shade.svg61' BBC Report Rubio Soccerball shade.svg51'Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Sinisa Zrnic
29 August 2002Qualifying round Livingston 0–0
(1–1 agg.)		 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg 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 2002First round Flag of Austria.svg SK Sturm Graz 5–2 Livingston Liebenauer Stadium
19:30 Wetl Soccerball shade.svg37'
Szabics Soccerball shade.svg50'
Dağ Soccerball shade.svg51'
Mujiri Soccerball shade.svg57', 58'		 Uefa Report Lovell Soccerball shade.svg90'
Zárate Soccerball shade.svg90'		Attendance: 2,785
Referee: Sergey Shebek
3 October 2002First round Livingston 4–3
(6–8 agg.)		 Flag of Austria.svg SK Sturm Graz Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Wilson Soccerball shade.svg31', 90'
Xausa Soccerball shade.svg55'
Andrews Soccerball shade.svg78'		 BBC Report Szabics Soccerball shade.svg45', 54'
Mujiri Soccerball shade.svg48'		Attendance: 5,208
Referee: Roy Olsen
Note: Sturm Graz won 8–6 on aggregate.

Statistics

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation [lower-alpha 1]
7 Hibernian 38156175664−851
8 Aberdeen 381310154154−1349
9 Livingston 3898214862−1435
10 Partick Thistle 38811193758−2135
11 Dundee United 38711203568−3332
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.

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References

  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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