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2002–03 Livingston F.C. season

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Livingston
2002–03 season
ManagerJim Leishman
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
SPLNinth place
Scottish CupQuarter-final
League CupThird round
UEFA CupFirst 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

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

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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

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[3][4]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Premier League

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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 Yellow card 75' Red card
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

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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 Yellow card 73' Red card BBC Report Lilley 38', 73 pen.'
Smart Red card 74'
Attendance: 3,592
Referee: Mike McCurry

Scottish Cup

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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

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13 August 2002 Qualifying Round Liechtenstein 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.)
Liechtenstein 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 Austria 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.)
Austria 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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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:
  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.

References

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  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.