# 2002–03 Cypriot First Division

The 2002–03 Cypriot First Division was the 64th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 19th title.

## Format

Fourteen teams participated in the 2002–03 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last three teams were relegated to the 2003–04 Cypriot Second Division.
The champions ensured their participation in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed teams among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).

### Point system

Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

## Changes from previous season

Ethnikos Assia, Doxa Katokopias and Ermis Aradippou were relegated from previous season and played in the 2002–03 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division, Nea Salamina, Digenis Morphou and Aris Limassol.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium |
| AEK | GSZ Stadium |
| AEL | Tsirion Stadium |
| AEP | Pafiako Stadium |
| Alki | GSZ Stadium |
| Anorthosis | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium |
| APOEL | GSP Stadium |
| Apollon | Tsirion Stadium |
| Aris | Tsirion Stadium |
| Digenis | Makario Stadium |
| Ethnikos | Dasaki Stadium |
| ENP | Paralimni Stadium |
| Nea Salamina | Ammochostos Stadium |
| Olympiakos | GSP Stadium |
| Omonia | GSP Stadium |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Omonia (C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 22 | +46 | 60 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 30 | +35 | 59 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | APOEL | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 52 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | AEL Limassol | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 39 | |
| 6 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 37 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | AEP Paphos | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 37 | |
| 8 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 32 | |
| 9 | Digenis Morphou | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Apollon Limassol | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 31 | |
| 12 | Nea Salamina (R) | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 29 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 13 | Aris Limassol (R) | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 92 | −61 | 9 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
| 14 | Alki Larnaca (R) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 93 | −72 | 6 | Relegation to Cypriot Second Division |
* ↑ The third team, APOEL, qualified to 2003–04 UEFA Cup because the second team, Anorthosis, already qualified to the same competition as the winner of 2002–03 Cypriot Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | AEL | AEP | ALK | ANR | APN | APL | ARS | DGN | ETH | ENP | NSL | OLM | OMN |
| AEK | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| AEL | 4–2 | | 6–2 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| AEP | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–4 |
| Alki | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–7 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| Anorthosis | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 4–3 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| APOEL | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Apollon | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 |
| Aris | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 |
| Digenis | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 8–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Ethnikos | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| ENP | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Nea Salamina | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Olympiakos | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | | 0–1 |
| Omonia | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 11–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |