2002–03 Dundee F.C. season

Dundee
2002–03 season
Manager	Jim Duffy
Stadium	Dens Park
Scottish Premier League	6th
Scottish Cup	Runner-up
Scottish League Cup	Third round
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	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 6th position with 44 points.^[1] They also reached the 2003 Scottish Cup Final where they lost 1–0 to Rangers.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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^[b]

7	Hibernian	38	15	6	17	56	64	−8	51
8	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	41	54	−13	49

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ 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

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	3 August 2002	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	7,705	Caballero 65'
2	10 August 2002	Rangers	A	0–3	47,004
3	17 August 2002	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–4	5,901	Novo (2) 22', 58'
4	24 August 2002	Hibernian	H	2–1	6,411	Caballero 79', Lovell 90'
5	31 August 2002	Dundee United	A	0–0	12,402
6	11 September 2002	Livingston	H	2–1	5,391	Novo 52', Rae 77'
7	14 September 2002	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	4,552	Rae 50'
8	22 September 2002	Celtic	H	0–1	9,483
9	28 September 2002	Motherwell	A	1–1	4,025	Lovell 14'
10	5 October 2002	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	5,567	Rae 67', Caballero 90'
11	19 October 2002	Aberdeen	A	0–0	14,003
12	26 October 2002	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	10,169	Lovell (2) 26', 67'
13	2 November 2002	Rangers	H	0–3	10,124
14	12 November 2002	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–3	5,475	Nicholson 8' (o.g.), Lovell 19'
15	16 November 2002	Hibernian	A	1–2	8,870	Novo 90'
16	23 November 2002	Dundee United	H	3–2	11,539	Caballero (2) 11', 30', Hernández 55'
17	30 November 2002	Livingston	A	1–1	5,307	Novo 72'
18	4 December 2002	Partick Thistle	H	4–1	5,363	Brady 38', Sara 51', Lovell (2) 67', 75'
19	7 December 2002	Kilmarnock	A	0–2	4,810
20	14 December 2002	Motherwell	H	1–1	5,527	Sara 35'
21	21 December 2002	Celtic	A	0–2	56,162
22	26 December 2002	Aberdeen	H	1–2	8,574	Milne 87'
23	29 December 2002	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	7,340	Milne 57'
24	2 January 2003	Rangers	A	1–3	49,112	Lovell 23'
25	28 January 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	4,237	Nicholson 13'
26	9 February 2003	Dundee United	A	1–1	10,457	Novo 30'
27	25 February 2003	Hibernian	H	3–0	8,414	Rae 9', Milne 86', Murray 90' (o.g.)
28	1 March 2003	Partick Thistle	A	3–1	4,599	Milne 15', Mackay 26', Novo 78'
29	5 March 2003	Livingston	H	0–0	7,554
30	8 March 2003	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	6,531	Wilkie 39', Milne 41'
31	15 March 2003	Aberdeen	A	3–3	12,119	Lovell 16', Caballero 24', Wilkie 81'
32	6 April 2003	Celtic	H	1–1	9,013	Burchill 20'
33	12 April 2003	Motherwell	A	2–1	4,963	Burchill 2', Milne 24'
34	27 April 2003	Kilmarnock	H	0–1	5,964
35	4 May 2003	Rangers	H	2–2	9,195	Caballero (2) 17', 28'
36	10 May 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	5,411	Lovell (2) 17', 58'
37	14 May 2003	Celtic	A	2–6	57,542	Smith 26', Mair 90'
38	25 May 2003	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1	12,205

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	25 January 2003	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	4,825	Nemsadze 14', Rae 82'
R4	22 February 2003	Aberdeen	H	2–0	7,549	Lovell 22', Novo 41'
Quarter final	22 March 2003	Falkirk	A	1–1	7,403	Novo 66'
Quarter final Replay	9 April 2003	Falkirk	H	4–1 (AET)	9,562	Caballero 44', Burchill 94', Lovell (2) 99', 107'
Semi final	20 April 2003	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–0	14,429	Nemsadze 78'
Final	31 May 2003	Rangers	N	0–1	47,136

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	25 September 2002	Queen of the South	H	3–1	2,190	Sara (2) 17', 39', Caballero 21'
R3	22 October 2002	Partick Thistle	A	0–1	2,652

References

^ "Scotland 2002/03". RSSSF.

External links

Dundee 2002–03 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

[2] 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.

[table_note_res_UC20.9272780073468-3] 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

[1] "Scotland 2002/03". RSSSF.

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