# 2002–03 TFF First League

The 2002–03 Turkish Second League Category A was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 40th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Konyaspor, Çaykur Rizespor and Akçaabat Sebatspor, which finished the league in the first three places, were promoted to the upper league, while Erzurumspor, Gümüşhane Doğanspor and Şekerspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Konyaspor (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 68 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 2 | Çaykur Rizespor (P) | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 66 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 3 | Akçaabat Sebatspor (P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 64 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 62 | |
| 5 | Kayserispor | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 59 | |
| 6 | Sakaryaspor | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 58 | |
| 7 | B.B. Ankaraspor | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 56 | |
| 8 | Manisaspor | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 52 | |
| 9 | Yozgatspor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 45 | |
| 10 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 42 | |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 42 | |
| 12 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 42 | |
| 13 | İzmirspor | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 41 | |
| 14 | İstanbul B.B. | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 40 | |
| 15 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 34 | |
| 16 | Erzurumspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 17 | Gümüşhane Doğanspor (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 29 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 18 | Şekerspor (R) | 34 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 13 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Adana Demirspor 10 pts, Antalyaspor 4 pts, Mersin İdman Yurdu 3 pts.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | AKÇ | ANT | ANK | ÇDA | ÇYR | ERZ | GDO | İBB | İZM | KAY | KON | MAN | MİY | SAK | SİV | ŞKR | YOZ |
| Adana Demirspor | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 9–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Akçaabat Sebatspor | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Antalyaspor | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 |
| B.B. Ankaraspor | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Erzurumspor | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Gümüşhane Doğanspor | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| İstanbul B.B. | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| İzmirspor | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Kayserispor | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Konyaspor | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Manisaspor | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Sakaryaspor | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Sivasspor | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Şekerspor | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–6 | | 0–3 |
| Yozgatspor | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yunus Altun | Çaykur Rizespor | 24 |
| 2 | Taner Demirbaş | Adana Demirspor | 19 |
| 3 | Halim Karaköse | İzmirspor | 16 |
| 4 | Burak Akdiş | Sivasspor | 15 |
| 5 | Mustafa Özsöğüt | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 14 |
| 5 | Okan Öztürk | Çaykur Rizespor | 14 |
| 7 | Adem Akın | Konyaspor | 12 |
| 7 | Bayram Çolak | B.B. Ankaraspor | 12 |
| 7 | Birol Aksancak | B.B. Ankaraspor | 12 |
| 7 | Orhan Kaynak | Kayserispor | 12 |