# 2002–03 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Kilmarnock's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Summary
### Season

In their first full season under Jim Jefferies, Kilmarnock finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League with 57 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Airdrie United, and the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Motherwell.

## Results and fixtures

Kilmarnock's score comes first
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 3 August 2002 | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 13,972 | McLaren 80’ |
| 2 | 10 August 2002 | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | 6,366 | Dargo 78’ Boyd 82’ |
| 3 | 17 August 2002 | Motherwell | H | 0–3 | 6,164 | |
| 4 | 18 August 2001 | Livingston | A | 1–0 | 6,480 | Boyd 42' |
| 5 | 31 August 2002 | Hearts | A | 1–1 | 11,912 | Boyd 45’ |
| 6 | 11 September 2001 | Partick Thistle | H | 1–0 | 6,848 | Canero 42’ |
| 7 | 14 September 2002 | Aberdeen | H | 2–2 | 6,538 | Mahood 56’ McLaughlin 90’ |
| 8 | 21 September 2002 | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 8,680 | |
| 9 | 28 September 2002 | Celtic | A | 0–5 | 57,469 | |
| 10 | 5 October 2002 | Dundee | A | 1–2 | 5,567 | Boutal 66' |
| 11 | 19 October 2002 | Dunfermline | H | 2–2 | 5,515 | Shields 43’ Boyd 76’ |
| 12 | 27 October 2002 | Rangers | A | 1–6 | 48,368 | Fulton 44’ |
| 13 | 2 November 2002 | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | 5,417 | Fulton 24’ |
| 14 | 9 November 2002 | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | 4,439 | Boyd 90’ |
| 15 | 16 November 2002 | Livingston | H | 2–0 | 5,270 | Di Giacomo 64’, McSwegan 90’ |
| 16 | 23 November 2002 | Hearts | H | 0–1 | 6,511 | |
| 17 | 30 November 2002 | Partick Thistle | A | 0–3 | 5,055 | |
| 18 | 3 December 2002 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 8,861 | McSwegan 66’, |
| 19 | 7 December 2002 | Dundee | H | 2–0 | 4,810 | Fulton 57’ Boyd 90’ |
| 20 | 15 December 2002 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 9,225 | Andy McLaren 19’ |
| 21 | 21 December 2002 | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | 5,814 | McSwegan 63’, Fulton 88’ |
| 22 | 26 December 2002 | Dunfermline | A | 2–0 | 5,847 | McSwegan 70’ Boyd 88’ |
| 23 | 29 December 2002 | Rangers | H | 0–1 | 13,396 | |
| 24 | 2 January 2003 | Dundee United | A | 2–2 | 7,183 | Canero 21’, McLaren 67’ |
| 25 | 29 January 2003 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 4,457 | Boyd 81’ (Pen.) |
| 26 | 1 February 2003 | Livingston | A | 4–0 | 4,144 | McLaren 21’, Canero 34’ Boyd 49’ McLaren 70’ |
| 27 | 8 February 2003 | Hearts | A | 0–3 | 10,426 | |
| 28 | 23 February 2003 | Partick Thistle | H | 1–0 | 5,651 | Canero 45’ |
| 29 | 1 March 2003 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 5,769 | McSwegan 58’ Canero 63’ |
| 30 | 8 March 2003 | Dundee | A | 2–2 | 6,531 | Canero 51’ McSwegan 85’ |
| 31 | 16 March 2003 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | 4,021 | Boyd 81’ |
| 32 | 5 April 2003 | Hibernian | H | 6–2 | 5,558 | McDonald 11’ McSwegan 24’, 42’, 47’, 62’, Boyd 90’ (Pen.) |
| 33 | 13 April 2003 | Celtic | A | 0–2 | 56,966 | |
| 34 | 27 April 2003 | Dundee | A | 1-0 | 5,964 | Chris Innes 76’ |
| 35 | 13 April 2002 | Hearts | H | 1–0 | 9,091 | McSwegan 29’ |
| 36 | 11 May 2003 | Rangers | A | 0–4 | 49,036 | |
| 37 | 17 May 2003 | Dunfermline | A | 2–2 | 6,896 | McDonald 21’ Boyd 90’ |
| 38 | 25 May 2003 | Celtic | H | 0–4 | 16,722 | |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Second Round | 24 September 2002 | Airdrie United | H | 0–0 (3–4 pens) | 4,150 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third Round | 25 January 2003 | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | 6,882 | |

## Player statistics

    As of 25 May 2003 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Gordon Marshall | 32 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Greg Shields | 35 | 1 | 34+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Sean Hessey | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Barry McLaughlin | 22 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SCO | Gary Locke | 22 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Dindeleux | 27 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Andy McLaren | 26 | 5 | 23+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Steve Fulton | 38 | 4 | 36+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Craig Dargo | 16 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ally Mitchell | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Colin Meldrum | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Alan Mahood | 37 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Peter Canero | 33 | 6 | 31+2 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 22 | 0 | 12+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | James Fowler | 34 | 0 | 25+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Jesús Sanjuán | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Stevie Murray | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Paul Di Giacomo | 22 | 1 | 6+14 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Chris Innes | 22 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Kris Boyd | 40 | 12 | 17+21 | 12 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Mark Canning | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Gary McDonald | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Gary McSwegan | 33 | 11 | 25+7 | 11 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO | Colin Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ANG | José Quitongo | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Emilio Jaconelli | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Samuel Boutal | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Shaun Dillon | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Stevie Murray | 21 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Celtic | 38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 97 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 57 | |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 46 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ As Rangers, the 2002–03 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee, the cup runners-up

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |