2002 in Swedish television
This is a list of Swedish television related events from 2002.


2002 in São Tomé and Príncipe
The following lists events that happened during 2002 in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.


2002 in Taiwan
Events from the year 2002 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 91 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


2002 in Thailand
The year 2002 was the 221st year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 57th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2545 in the Buddhist Era.


2002 in UFC
The year 2002 is the 10th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2002 the UFC held 7 events beginning with, UFC 35: Throwdown.


2002 in UFC, Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2002:


2002 in Universal Reality Combat Championship
The year 2002 is the 1st year in the history of the Universal Reality Combat Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Philippines. In 2002 the URCC held 1 event, URCC 1: Mayhem in Manila.


2002 in Universal Reality Combat Championship, URCC 1: Mayhem in Manila
URCC 1: Mayhem in Manila was an event held on November 23, 2002 at the Casino Filipino in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.


2002 in WEC
The year 2002 is the 2nd year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2002 WEC held 3 events beginning with, WEC 3: All or Nothing.


2002 in WEC, WEC 3: All or Nothing
WEC 3: All or Nothing was an event held on June 7, 2002 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.


2002 in WEC, WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun
WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun was an event held on August 31, 2002 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.


2002 in WEC, WEC 5: Halloween Havoc
WEC 5: Halloween Havoc was an event held on October 18, 2002 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.


2002 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2002 to Wales and its people.


2002 in anime, Accolades
At the Mainichi Film Awards, Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States won the Animation Film Award and Millennium Actress won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Internationally, Spirited Away became the first, and so far only, anime to win both the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. Kōji Yamamura's Mt. Head was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Spirited Away also won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film.


2002 in architecture
The year 2002 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


2002 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2002 throughout the world.


2002 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 2002  throughout the world.


2002 in baseball, Champions, Major League Baseball
Click on any series score to link to that series' page. Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series. The American League Champion has home field advantage during World Series as a result of the pre-2003 "alternating years" rule.


2002 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 2002  throughout the world.


2002 in chess, Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002;


2002 in comics
Notable events of 2002 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


2002 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2002.


2002 in country music, Events
The Statler Brothers retire from touring and singing together at their Farewell Concert in Salem, Virginia. Jimmy Fortune continued his career as a solo artist.


2002 in country music, Top hits of the year
The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2002:


2002 in country music, Top new album releases
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2002:


2002 in film, Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows:


2002 in film, Highest-grossing films
2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie).


2002 in film, Notable limited-release films
In addition to the wide-release films in the above list, the following films received a limited or regional release.


2002 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2002. For video games, see 2002 in video gaming.


2002 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2003 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 7, 2002. The women had their final two days later, on August 9, 2002.


2002 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in 2002.


2002 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2002.


2002 in home video
The following events occurred in the year 2002 in home video.


2002 in home video, Movie releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:


2002 in home video, TV show releases
The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:


2002 in ice hockey
The following is a chronicle of events during the year 2002 in ice hockey.


2002 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2002.


2002 in marathon running
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 2002 in the Marathon for both men and women. One of the main title events during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany. The world record was broken in both the men's and the women's competition.


2002 in modern pentathlon
This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2002.


2002 in motoring
2002 in motoring deals with developments in the automotive industry that occurred throughout the year 2002 by various automobile manufacturers, grouped by country.


2002 in motoring, United Kingdom
Ford ends 90 years of building cars in Britain when the Dagenham plant finishes Fiesta production in February, but it will remain open for the production of vans and the development of engines. The new fifth-generation Fiesta, will be built at the Valencia plant in Spain. The 5-door hatchback launched first with the 3-door launching in December. Its front-wheel drive chassis is used for an estate/MPV crossover called the Fusion. Another addition to the range will be a Peugeot-sourced 1.4 turbo-diesel engine. The Escort name was retired after 34 years when the last van models were produced and was replaced with the Transit Connect late in the year. The Puma coupe ends production after 5 years as the ST170 and RS versions of the Focus launch.


2002 in motoring, United Kingdom
Vauxhall introduces a second-generation Vectra which continues to be built in Britain, moving production to Ellesmere Port.


2002 in motoring, United Kingdom
Land Rover introduces new version of Range Rover at the start of the year while the smaller Discovery gets a facelift four years after the launch of the current generation with Range Rover styling cues.


2002 in motoring, France
The new Renault Mégane earns the European Car of the Year award, and offers a 1.9 direct-injection diesel engine. The initial bodystyles are three- and five-door hatchbacks.


2002 in motoring, France
The new Renault Mégane achieves the full 5 star Euro NCAP making it the first small family car in Europe to do so.


2002 in motoring, France
Renault has also re-entered the executive car sector with the Vel Satis, a five-door luxury hatchback.


2002 in motoring, France
Citroën Saxo production is winding down after six years following the launch of the new C3 - a five-door hatchback. Saxo production will continue for another year until the launch of the new C2.


2002 in motoring, France
The Eurovan venture between Peugeot, Citroën and Fiat has been renewed in an all-new format. Fiat retains the Ulysse nameplate, but the Citroën Synergie becomes the C8 and the Peugeot 806 becomes the 807. Left-hand drive markets will get the Lancia Phedra.


2002 in motoring, Germany
The Volkswagen Polo has been relaunched in a new fourth generation format, sharing its underpinnings with the Škoda Fabia that was launched two years ago.


2002 in motoring, Germany
The BMW 7 Series is updated. A similarly styled update for the smaller 5 Series is due for next year.


2002 in motoring, Germany
The latest Mercedes E Class is introduced, which looks very much like the smaller C Class and the larger S Class.


2002 in motoring, Spain
The third generation SEAT Ibiza goes on sale at the same time as the new Volkswagen Polo upon which it is mechanically based. A Córdoba saloon version comes with a boot.


2002 in motoring, Eastern Europe
The six-year-old Volkswagen Passat design has been tweaked to become the Czech-built Superb.


2002 in motoring, Japan
Honda also launched a new version of Accord large family car.


2002 in motoring, Japan
The Nissan Micra has a new version with styling that blends modern and retro.


2002 in motoring, Japan
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2002 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 2002 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


2002 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.


2002 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2002.


2002 in paleontology, Arthropods, Insects
A drepanepterygine brown lacewing. Moved to  Proneuronema wehri in 2016


2002 in paleontology, Arthropods, Insects
An ant form genus of uncertain placement.Type species K. whiteae


2002 in paleontology, Arthropods, Insects
An ant form genus of uncertain placement.Type species K. laticeps also includes K. gracilis and K. longiceps


2002 in paleontology, Arthropods, Insects
A ponerine ant form genus.Type species P. eocenicusAlso includes P. coloradensis, P. hypoponeroides,  & P. umbrus (moved from Ponera umbrus 1932)


2002 in paleontology, Conodonts, New taxa
An eopolygnathid conodont, type species E. dehiscens moved from Polygnathus dehiscens (1967)


2002 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Birds, New taxa
A confuciusornithidType species J. yixianensis, also included J. zhangjiyingiaGenus and species synonymized with Confuciusornis sanctus 2018


2002 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Plesiosaurs, New taxa
A cryptoclidid Type species V. caroli Moved from Cryptocleidus caroli (1949)


2002 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Pterosaurs
In October, a partial Mesadacylus wing was discovered in the Kingsview Quarry of Colorado. This find marks the first time that a Morrison pterosaur has been found at more than one site in the formation.


2002 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Pterosaurs, New taxa
At first thought to be a bird, but subsequently reinterpreted as a pterosaur, likely a member of Ornithocheiroidea.


2002 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian
A dinocephalian. Replacement name for Criocephalus Broom, 1928, preoccupied by Criocephalus Mulsant 1839.


2002 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian
Genus preoccupied by Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000, moved to the replacement Lanthanostegus in 2003


2002 in paleontology, Synapsids, Non-mammalian
A gorgonopsian. New genus for "Gorgonognathus" maximus von Huene, 1950.


2002 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


2002 in poetry, Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


2002 in poetry, Works published in English, New Zealand, Poets in Best New Zealand Poems
Best New Zealand Poems series, an annual online anthology, is started this year with Iain Sharp as the first annual editor. Twenty-five poems by 25 New Zealand poets are selected from the previous year. The first selection is called Best New Zealand Poetry 2001. Unlike The Best American Poetry series, the year named in each edition refers to the year the poems were originally published, not the following year, when the collection is put together and made public. Sharp chose poems published in 2001 from these poets:


2002 in poetry, Works published in English, United States, Poets in The Best American Poetry 2002
Poems from these 75 poets were in The Best American Poetry 2002, David Lehman, editor; Robert Creeley, guest editor:


2002 in poetry, Works published in other languages, India
In each section, listed in alphabetical order by first name:


2002 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


2002 in politics
Years in politics: 2000-2001-2002-2003-2004 - list of years in politics


2002 in professional wrestling
2002 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


2002 in professional wrestling, Title changes, WWF/E
Following the introduction of the brand extension in March, titles became exclusive to a brand. Only the promotion's original world championship and women's championship were non-exclusive until later in the year.


2002 in race walking
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany. The world record was broken in 2002 in both the men's 20 km and 50 km race walk.


2002 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2002.


2002 in science
The year 2002 in science and technology involved some significant events


2002 in shot put
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in both the men's and the women's shot put. One of the main event during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday August 6, 2002. The women had their final four days later, on Saturday August 10, 2002.


2002 in spaceflight
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2002 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.


2002 in sports
2002 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


2002 in sports, Mixed martial arts
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2002 in chronological order.


2002 in sumo
The following are the events in professional sumo during 2002.


2002 in tennis
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2002. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.


2002 in tennis
Serena Williams triumphed in three top tennis contests in 2002: Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. Other champions that year included Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon and in the Tennis Masters Cup; Pete Sampras in the US Open; Jennifer Capriati and Thomas Johansson in the Australian Open; Albert Costa in the French Open; and Kim Clijsters in the WTA Tour Championships. In international team competitions, the Russian men's team beat France to win the Davis Cup, and the Slovak women's team beat Spain in the Fed Cup.


2002 in tennis, ITF, Davis Cup
First round losers compete in Qualifying Round ties with Zonal Group I Qualifiers.


2002 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The following lists events that happened during 2002 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


2002 in the Netherlands
This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2002.


2002 in the Philippines
2002 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2002.


2002 in the United Arab Emirates
Events from the year 2002 in the United Arab Emirates.


2002 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 2002 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.


2002 in the decathlon
This is the current revision of this page, as edited by JJMC89 bot III (talk | contribs) at 21:10, 9 April 2020 (Moving Category:Years in the decathlon to Category:Decathlon by year per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.


2002 in the decathlon
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, where the competition started on August 7, 2002 and ended on August 8, 2002. Roman Šebrle had broken the world record in the previous year, collecting 9026 points at the 2001 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria.


2002 in the environment
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2002. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.


2002 in the sport of athletics
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2002.


2002 in the sport of athletics
There was no primary championships that season, although continental championships were held in Africa, Asia and Europe. The foremost athletics competitions at games events occurred at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2002 Asian Games and the 2002 CAC Games. The 2002 IAAF World Cup was the major global outdoor track and field event.


2002 in the sport of athletics
Paula Radcliffe was among the season's top performers, having set world records at the London and Chicago Marathons, as well becoming European and Commonwealth champion on the track.


2002 in video games
The year 2002 in video games saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games such as The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and several new titles and franchises such as Battlefield 1942, Dungeon Siege, Kingdom Hearts, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Prime and Super Mario Sunshine.


2002 in video games, Trends
The market research company NPD estimated that video game hardware, software, and accessories sold about US$10.3 billion in 2002. This was a 10% increase over the 2001 figure.


2002 in video games, Trends, Handheld game systems
The dominant handheld systems in 2002 were Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and  Nintendo's Game Boy Color.


2002 in video games, Trends, Video game sales
The top 10 selling console video games in 2002 in the United States ranked by units sold, according to   April 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, were:


2002 in video games, Critically acclaimed titles
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.


2002 loya jirga
An emergency loya jirga (Pashto for "grand assembly") was held in Kabul, Afghanistan between 11 and 19 June 2002 to elect a transitional administration. The loya jirga was called for by the Bonn Agreement and Bush administration. The agreement (designed by Afghan leaders) was drawn up in December 2001 in Germany. Conducted under United Nations auspices, the talks at Bonn sought a solution to the problem of government in Afghanistan after the US ousted the Taliban government.


2002 loya jirga, Preparations
Then-UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, announced the composition of the Commission in charge of the loya jirga on 21 January 2002; it was to be chaired by Ismail Qasimyar, a legal and constitutional expert. One of his two deputies was Mahboba Hoqomal, a female lecturer in political science. The commission decided that the loya jirga would be open for 1450, of which 1051 would be chosen by an indirect elections. Each district elected 20 people, who then held a secret vote to select one person to represent the whole district.


2002 loya jirga, Preparations
Each of the country's 362 districts had at least one seat, with further seats allotted for every 22,000 people. The commission would reserve another 100 seats for refugees, 25 for nomads, 53 seats for members of the interim administration and the commission and 160 seats for women. It was the first time in the history of Afghanistan that women attended a loya jirga. In May, concern was being expressed that the armed factions in several provinces were influencing the selection of the members of the loya jirga and the commission had received numerous complaints of intimidation and also of violence.


2002 loya jirga, Delay
The loya jirga met in a large, air-conditioned and carpeted tent at the Polytechnic University campus in Kabul. Some 2,000 delegates, 500 more than the number invited, arrived at the beginning of June. These included 50 additional delegates to satisfy the demands of various warlords.


2002 loya jirga, Delay
The loya jirga's primary task was to choose a president for the Afghan Transitional Administration who would lead the country until the official presidential elections in 2004. At the beginning, there were two candidates who had declared to run: former president of Afghanistan Burhanuddin Rabbani and the US-backed chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration, Hamid Karzai. Karzai was also supported by Abdullah Abdullah and Mohammad Fahim, two important leaders of the Northern Alliance. A third possible candidate was Zahir Shah, former king of Afghanistan until 1973.


2002 loya jirga, Delay
He had spent years living in Rome but had returned to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime. Already at the Bonn Conference which installed the interim administration there was a group of supporters of Zahir Shah, called the Rome-group, who wanted to take the former king to take up the position of head of state.


2002 loya jirga, Delay
Upon arrival in Kabul, more than 800 delegates signed a petition urging the nomination of Zahir Shah as head of state, if only as a figurehead. In view of the speculation, which the petition aroused, US and UN representatives pressed the former king to withdraw. The start of the loya jirga was delayed from 10 to 11 June because of "logistical and preparatory problems." On 10 June, the US representative Zalmay Khalilzad gave a press conference in which he declared that Zahir Shah was not a candidate.


2002 loya jirga, Delay
The same day, in a press conference of Zahir Shah, the former king confirmed this and said "I have no intention of restoring the monarchy. I am not a candidate for any position in the Loya Jirga." Hamid Karzai, who sat next to Zahir Shah at the press conference, called Zahir Shah the "father of the nation" and thanked him for the "confidence His Majesty has put in me."


2002 loya jirga, Opening session
The loya jirga was formally opened by Zahir Shah, king of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973. Karzai proclaimed him Honorary Chairman of the National Assembly which would give the former king a supervisory role in writing the new constitution and would give him the position to preside over national celebrations.


2002 loya jirga, Opening session
The interim government was dominated by Tajik warlords from the Northern Alliance, so the Pashtun majority wanted the following transitional administration to be more representative. Because of this issue, Yunus Qanuni, one of the Northern Alliance leaders, told the opening session he would be resigning Interior Minister so Karzai could strengthen the national government by broadening its ethnic mix, while former president Burhanuddin Rabbani withdrew his candidacy in favour of Hamid Karzai "for the sake of national unity".


2002 loya jirga, Opening session
Karzai went into the race for head of government uncontested, but two other candidates emerged. To be on the ballot at the loya jirga, a candidate had to submit 150 signatures for his candidacy. Glam Fareq Majidi gathered only 101 signatures, so he was disqualified as candidate. Former mujahedeen fighter Mohammed Asef Mohsoni submitted a list with 1,050 names for Karzai and also Masooda Jalal, a doctor working with the World Food Programme, and Mahfoz Nadai, an army officer, poet and a deputy government minister, gathered enough signatures to be on the ballot.


2002 loya jirga, Electing the head of state
During the first day, several bodyguards, including aides of Ahmad Wali Masood, were arrested, after aiming weapons at International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) guarding the compound. The second day saw 60 to 70 delegates stage a walk out. They were disillusioned about the political maneuvering surrounding the loya jirga and frustrated over what they believed to be the lack of a free vote on the country's future.


2002 loya jirga, Electing the head of state
The election for president of the transitional administration was held by secret ballot on 13 June — with black-and-white photos of the candidates adjacent to their names. Hamid Karzai was chosen with an overwhelming majority of 83% and stayed in office as president.


2002 loya jirga, Intimidation by warlords
After pressure, Northern Alliance-controlled members of the National Directorate of Security were permitted free access to the loya jirga deliberations, even without being a delegate.


2002 loya jirga, Intimidation by warlords
As a response, delegates to the loya jirga were subjected to intimidation and surveillance by Afghan warlords and intelligence services, said Human Rights Watch: "Warlords not appointed to the assembly were allowed inside the tent where the Loya Jirga is in session, mingling with the delegates and threatening those who called for their exclusion or opposed their agenda" According to delegates interviewed by Human Rights Watch, "A number of the most prominent warlords gathered Monday night to divide power in the next government."


2002 loya jirga, Selecting members for the transitional administration
On 19 June, Hamid Karzai announced to the loya jirga the names of 14 ministers of the future Afghan transitional administration, as well as three Deputy Presidents and a Chief Justice. The same day he was sworn in as president. All three posts of vice-president were given to the Northern Alliance commanders though Karzai was careful to make sure none of the vice-presidents were from the same ethnic background. After Karzai had announced his list, he asked for approval by a show of hands. He then continued speaking with hardly a pause.


2002 loya jirga, Selecting members for the transitional administration
At the same day the loya jirga was closed. The reports about the loya jirga were positive. "Delegates from all backgrounds - Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks, urban and rural, Sunni and Shiite - sat together as if we belonged to a single village" delegates Omar Zakhilwal and Adeena Niazi the International Herald Tribune wrote. However, they were disappointed about the outcomes since the power of the warlords wasn't reduced in the new government. The move to promote Zahir Shah as Head of State had been an attempt to have someone independent enough to face up to the warlords.


2002 loya jirga, Aftermath: extra ministers
After the loya jirga there were some controversies about the government Karzai had named and several names were added to the list before the actual cabinet was sworn in on 24 June. Yunus Qanuni was unhappy with the post of Education Minister he had been assigned, since he had expected to become something like prime minister. Qanuni said he considered not joining the government at all.


2002 loya jirga, Aftermath: extra ministers
Kabul's traffic police staged two days of strikes, on 20 and 21 June, to express their offence at Qanuni's apparent demotion and the staff of the Interior Ministry initially refused to allow Mr Wardak to enter the ministry building. After Karzai appointed Qanuni special adviser on security he decided to join the administration anyway, but he also formed a party outside of the government and run for president in the next elections.


2002 loya jirga, Aftermath: extra ministers
There was also controversy around the post of minister for woman's affairs: Sima Samar had been very outspoken and threats made against her as well as complaints by the supreme court who eventually decided not to charge her with blasphemy. Because Samar was not on the list there was no minister appointed for woman's affairs. Karzai later appointed Mahbuba Huquqmal as representative in the Women's Affairs Ministry.


2002 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada
The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2002. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason. This list, however, does not include decisions on motions.


2002 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada
Of the 86 judgments released in 2002, 10 were oral, 56 were unanimous, and none were motions.


2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week
On August 10, 2002, the government of Turkmenistan adopted a law to rename all the months and most of the days of week. The names were chosen according to Turkmen national symbols, as described in the Ruhnama, a book written by Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's first and only President for Life. According to Arto Halonen's documentary film The Shadow of the Holy Book, Turkish businessman Ahmet Çalık came up with the idea to rename the months, as he was trying to befriend Niyazov in order to expand his business in the country.


2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week
After the law was passed the new names were used in all Turkmen state-owned media. Publications in languages other than Turkmen often use the new names too, especially those that were targeted at Russian-speaking citizens of Turkmenistan, with the old name sometimes written in brackets. The old month names were still used in popular speech, however.


2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week
Four years after the change, Niyazov died in 2006. On April 23, 2008 it was reported that the cabinet of ministers of Turkmenistan discussed restoring the old names of the months and days of week. The old names were finally restored in July 2008.


2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week
The original month names were taken from the Russian language. The adopted Turkmen month names were as follows:


2002 renaming of Turkmen months and days of week
The original names of the days of the week come from Persian. The adopted names were as follows:


2002 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
The 2002 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 7, 2002, and concluded October 5, 2003. The table illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.


2002 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2002 term membership and statistics
This was the seventeenth term of Chief Justice Rehnquist's tenure, and the ninth consecutive term in which the Court's membership had not changed.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down twelve per curiam opinions during its 2002 term, which began October 7, 2002 and concluded October 5, 2003.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Court membership
Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Early v. Packer
537 U.S. 3 Decided November 4, 2002. Ninth Circuit reversed.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, INS v. Ventura
537 U.S. 12 Decided November 4, 2002. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Woodford v. Visciotti
537 U.S. 19 Decided November 4, 2002. Ninth Circuit reversed.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Abdur'Rahman v. Bell
537 U.S. 88 Argued November 6, 2002.Decided December 10, 2002. The Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Kaupp v. Texas
538 U.S. 626 Decided May 5, 2003. Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, vacated and remanded.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Los Angeles v. David
538 U.S. 715 Decided May 19, 2003. Ninth Circuit reversed.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Bunkley v. Florida
538 U.S. 835 Decided May 27, 2003. Supreme Court of Florida vacated and remanded.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc.
539 U.S. 52 Decided June 2, 2003. Supreme Court of Alabama reversed and remanded.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Nike, Inc. v. Kasky
539 U.S. 654 Argued April 23, 2003.Decided June 26, 2003. The Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.


2002 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Nike, Inc. v. Kasky
Stevens filed a concurrence, joined by Ginsburg in full, and by Souter as to Part III. Kennedy filed a dissent. Breyer filed a dissent, joined by O'Connor.


2002 white supremacist terror plot
In 2002, a pair of white supremacists planned to bomb a series of institutions and people associated with African American and American Jewish communities.


2002 white supremacist terror plot, Crime
Leo Felton who is African-American and Erica Chase, a boyfriend and girlfriend team, planned to blow up a museum with a fertilizer bomb, as was used in the Oklahoma City bombing. Felton wanted to rid the United States of those he called "mud people"; Asians, Blacks, Latinos and Jews. A member of the White Order of Thule, Felton was also ironically part African American. Chase was a member of  the Creativity Movement.


2002 white supremacist terror plot, Crime
Felton then robbed a bank with a friend from prison and forged money in order to buy materials to create a fertilizer bomb.


2002 white supremacist terror plot, Crime
Targets included the United States Holocaust Museum, the New England Holocaust Memorial; well-known American Jews, including Steven Spielberg; and black leaders, including  Rev. Jesse Jackson. An attendant at a donut shop spotted a counterfeit $20 bill that Chase tried to pass him. He alerted an off-duty Boston police officer, who then arrested Chase and Felton.


2002 white supremacist terror plot, Crime
A subsequent search of Felton's apartment yielded large quantities of evidence, including self-drawn cartoons of Felton blowing up the Boston offices of the Anti-defamation League.


2002 white supremacist terror plot, Trial and sentencing
The trial resulted in a conviction for both Felton and Chase on charges of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and plotting to blow up landmarks associated with Jews and African-Americans. Felton was sentenced to 21 years in prison, while Chase was sentenced to 57 months, although Judge Nancy Gertner had set aside the jury's conviction on a gun possession charge.


2002 white supremacist terror plot, Trial and sentencing
A federal appeals court reinstated the gun charge in 2005, requiring Gertner to decide on appending longer sentences within a surplus of five years on Chase and Felton; in 2006, Gertner added a full five years to Felton's sentence (resulting in an increase from 21 years and 10 months to 26 years and 10 months), while only additional three months was appended to Chase's sentence, the judge stating that Chase had  "made a profound change in her life".


2002 Úrvalsdeild
The 2002 Úrvalsdeild was contested by 10 teams, and KR won the championship. Grindavík's Grétar Hjartarson was the top scorer with 13 goals.


2002 Úrvalsdeild, Results
Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
On the night of 1 July 2002, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757 cargo jet, collided in midair over Überlingen, a southern German town on Lake Constance, near the Swiss border. All 69 passengers and crew aboard the Tupolev and both crew members of the Boeing were killed.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
The official investigation by the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (German: Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung), (BFU), identified as the main cause of the collision a number of shortcomings on the part of the Swiss air traffic controller (ATC) service in charge of the sector involved, as well as ambiguities in the procedures regarding the use of the traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) on-board.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
A year and a half after the crash, on 24 February 2004, Peter Nielsen, the ATC on duty at the time of the collision, was murdered in an apparent act of revenge by Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian citizen whose wife and two children had been killed in the accident.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aircraft involved
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 was a chartered flight from Moscow, Russia, to Barcelona, Spain, carrying 60 passengers and nine crew. Forty-five of the passengers were Russian schoolchildren from the city of Ufa, in Bashkortostan, on a school trip organised by the local UNESCO committee to the Costa Daurada beach area of Catalonia. Most of the parents of the children were high-ranking officials in Bashkortostan. One of the fathers was the head of the local UNESCO committee.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aircraft involved
The aircraft, a 1995-built Tupolev Tu-154M registered as RA-85816, first delivered to Bashkirian Airlines until 1998 before being sold to Transeuropean Airlines. The aircraft was once again sold to Shaheen Air in 1999 before being returned to Bashkirian Airlines in January 2002. The flight was piloted by an experienced Russian crew: 52-year-old Captain Alexander Mikhailovich Gross (Russian: Александр Михайлович Гросс) and 40-year-old First Officer Oleg Pavlovich Grigoriev (Russian: Олег Павлович Григорьев). The captain had more than 12,000 flight hours (including 4,918 hours on the Tu-154) to his credit. Grigoriev, the chief pilot of Bashkirian Airlines, had 8,500 hours of flying experience (with 4,317 hours on the Tu-154) and his task was to evaluate Captain Gross's performance throughout the flight.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aircraft involved
Forty-one-year-old Murat Akhatovich Itkulov (Russian: Мурат Ахатович Иткулов), a seasoned pilot with close to 7,900 flight hours (with 4,181 of them on the Tu-154), who was normally the first officer, did not officially serve on duty, because this was the captain's assessment flight; 50-year-old Sergei Gennadyevich Kharlov (Russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Харлов), a flight navigator with approximately 13,000 flight hours (including 6,421 hours on the Tu-154), and 37-year-old Flight Engineer Oleg Irikovich Valeev (Russian: Олег Ирикович Валеев), who had almost 4,200 flight hours (all of which were on the Tu-154), joined the three pilots in the cockpit.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aircraft involved
DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757-23APF cargo aircraft built in 1990 and first delivered to Zambia Airways as 9J-AFO before being sold to Gulf Air as VH-AWE in late 1993. It was then sold to DHL International in 1996 under the same registration. The aircraft was once again sold to EAT Leipzig as OO-DLK in 2000 until 2002 before being returned to DHL International as A9C-DHL. The flight was being flown by two Bahrain-based pilots, 47-year-old British Captain Paul Phillips and 34-year-old Canadian First Officer Brant Campioni.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aircraft involved
Both pilots were very experienced — Phillips had logged close to 12,000 flight hours (including 4,145 hours on the Boeing 757) and Campioni had accumulated more than 6,600 flight hours, with 176 of them on the Boeing 757. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was en route from Bergamo, Italy, to Brussels, Belgium.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
The two aircraft were flying at flight level 360 (11,000 m (36,000 ft)) on a collision course. Despite being just inside the German border, the airspace was controlled from Zürich, Switzerland, by the private Swiss airspace control company Skyguide. The only ATC handling the airspace, Peter Nielsen, was working two workstations at the same time. Partly because of the added workload, and partly because of delayed radar data, he did not realize the problem in time and thus failed to keep the aircraft at a safe distance from each other.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
Less than a minute before the accident, he realized the danger and contacted Flight 2937, instructing the pilot to descend to flight level 350 to avoid collision with crossing traffic (Flight 611). Seconds after the Russian crew initiated the descent, their TCAS instructed them to climb, while at about the same time the TCAS on Flight 611 instructed the pilots of that aircraft to descend. Had both aircraft followed those automated instructions, the collision would not have occurred.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
Flight 611's pilots on the Boeing jet followed the TCAS instructions and initiated a descent, but could not immediately inform Nielsen because the controller was dealing with Flight 2937. About eight seconds before the collision, Flight 611's descent rate was about 12 m/s (2,400 ft/min), not quite as rapid as the 13 to 15 m/s (2,500 to 3,000 ft/min) range advised by that jet's TCAS; as for the Tupolev, the pilot disregarded his jet's TCAS instruction to climb, having already commenced his descent as instructed by the controller. Thus, both planes were now descending.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
Unaware of the TCAS-issued alerts, Nielsen repeated his instruction to Flight 2937 to descend, giving the Tupolev crew incorrect information as to the position of the DHL plane (telling them that the Boeing was to the right of the Tupolev when it was in fact to the left).


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
Eight seconds before the collision, Flight 2937's crew finally realised their actual position when they gained visual sight of Flight 611 incoming from the left. Flight 611, in response, increased its descent rate. Two seconds before the collision, Flight 2937's pilots finally obeyed the jet's TCAS instruction to climb and attempted to put the aircraft into a climb, but the collision was now inevitable.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
The aircraft collided at 23:35:32 local time (21:35 UTC), at almost a right angle at an altitude of 10,630 m (34,890 ft), with the Boeing's vertical stabiliser slicing completely through Flight 2937's fuselage just ahead of the Tupolev's wings.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
The Tupolev broke into several pieces, scattering wreckage over a wide area. The nose section of the aircraft fell vertically, while the tail section with the engines continued, stalled, and fell.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Accident
The crippled Boeing, now with 80% of its vertical stabiliser lost, struggled for a further 7 km (4.3 mi; 3.8 nmi) before crashing into a wooded area close to the village of Taisersdorf at a 70° downward angle. Each engine ended up several hundred metres away from the main wreckage, and the tail section was torn from the fuselage by trees just before impact. All 69 people on the Tupolev, and both crew members on board the Boeing, died.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Other factors in the crash
Only one ATC, Peter Nielsen of ACC Zurich, was controlling the airspace through which the aircraft were flying. The other controller on duty was resting in another room for the night. This was against Skyguide's regulations, but had been a common practice for years and was known and tolerated by management. Maintenance work was being carried out on the main radar image processing system, which meant that the controllers were forced to use a fallback system.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Other factors in the crash
The ground-based optical collision warning system, which would have alerted the controller to the pending collision about 21⁄2 minutes before it happened, had been switched off for maintenance. Nielsen was unaware of this. An aural short-term conflict alert warning system released a warning addressed to workstation RE SUED at 23:35:00 (32 seconds before the collision). This warning was not heard by anyone present at that time, although no error in this system could be found in a subsequent technical audit; however, whether or not this audible warning is functional is not something that is technically logged. Even if Nielsen had heard this warning, at that time finding a useful resolution order by the ATC was impossible.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Other factors in the crash, Deviating statements in the official report
All countries involved could add additional "deviating" statements to the official report. The Kingdom of Bahrain, Switzerland, and the Russian Federation did submit positions that were published with the official report. The U.S. did not submit deviating positions. The deviating statements were published verbatim as an appendix to the report by the BFU investigators.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Other factors in the crash, Deviating statements in the official report
The statement by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the home country of the DHL plane, mostly agrees with the findings of the report. It says that the report should have put less emphasis on the actions of individuals and more on the faults within Skyguide's organisation and management. Bahrain's statement also mentions the lack of crew resource management in the Tupolev's cockpit as a factor in the crash.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Other factors in the crash, Deviating statements in the official report
The Russian Federation states that the Russian pilots were unable to obey the TCAS advisory to climb; the advisory was given when they were already at 10,800 m (35,500 ft), while the controller wrongly stated  conflicting traffic was above them at 11,000 m (36,000 ft). Also, the ATC gave the wrong position of the DHL plane (2 o'clock instead of the actual 10 o'clock). Russia asserts that the DHL crew had a "real possibility" to avoid a collision, since they were able to hear the conversation between the Russian crew and the controller.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Other factors in the crash, Deviating statements in the official report
Switzerland notes that the Tupolev was about 33 m (108 ft) below the flight level ordered by the Swiss controller, and still descending at 580 m/min (1,900 ft/min). The Swiss say that this was also a cause of the accident. Switzerland also requested that the BFU make a formal finding that the TCAS advisories would have been useful if obeyed immediately; the BFU declined to do so.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath
Nielsen needed medical attention due to traumatic stress caused by the accident. At Skyguide, his former colleagues maintained a vase with a white rose over Nielsen's former workstation. Skyguide, after initially having blamed the Russian pilot for the accident, accepted full responsibility and asked relatives of the victims for forgiveness.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath
Skyguide paid compensation to the families of the dead children; the compensation amount was about CHF 30,000 ($34,087) to CHF 36,000. The Swiss Federal Court turned down appeals from some relatives for higher compensation in 2011.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath
On 27 July 2006, a court in Konstanz decided that the Federal Republic of Germany should pay compensation to Bashkirian Airlines. The court found that Germany was legally responsible for the actions of Skyguide. The government appealed the ruling, but in late 2013, Bashkirian Airlines and the Federal Republic of Germany reached a tacit agreement, ending the court case before a decision on the legal issues was reached.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath
In another case before the court in Konstanz, Skyguide's liability insurance is suing Bashkirian Airlines for 2.5 million euro in damages. The case was opened in March 2008; the legal questions are expected to be difficult, as the airline has filed for bankruptcy under Russian law.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath
A criminal investigation of Skyguide began in May 2004. On 7 August 2006, a Swiss prosecutor filed manslaughter charges against eight employees of Skyguide. The prosecutor called for prison terms up to 15 months if found guilty. The verdict was announced in September 2007. Three of the four managers convicted were given suspended prison terms and the fourth was ordered to pay a fine. Another four Skyguide employees were cleared of any wrongdoing.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath, Murder of Peter Nielsen
Devastated by the death of his wife and two children aboard flight 2937, Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian architect, held Peter Nielsen personally responsible for their deaths. He tracked down and stabbed Nielsen to death, in the presence of Nielsen's wife and three children, at his home in Kloten, near Zürich, on 24 February 2004. The Swiss police arrested Kaloyev at a local motel shortly afterward, and in 2005, he was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter. However, his sentence was later reduced after a Swiss judge ruled that he had acted with diminished responsibility.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Aftermath, Murder of Peter Nielsen
He was released in November 2007, having spent less than four years in prison, because his mental condition was not sufficiently considered in the initial sentence, and after lobbying by Russian president Vladimir Putin. In January 2008, he was appointed deputy construction minister of North Ossetia. Kaloyev was treated as a hero back home, and expressed no regret for his actions, instead blaming the murder victim for his own death. In 2016, Kaloyev was awarded the highest state medal by the government, the medal "To the Glory of Ossetia". The medal is awarded for the highest achievements, improving the living conditions of the inhabitants of the region,  educating the younger generation, and maintaining law and order.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders
The accident raised questions as to how pilots must react when they receive conflicting orders from TCAS and ATC. TCAS was a relatively new technology at the time of the accident, having been mandatory in Europe since 2000. When TCAS issues a resolution advisory (RA), the pilot flying should respond immediately by direct attention to RA displays and maneuver as indicated, unless doing so would jeopardise the safe operation of the flight, or unless the flight crew can assure separation with the help of definitive visual acquisition of the aircraft causing the RA.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders
In responding to a TCAS RA that directs a deviation from assigned altitude, the flight crew should communicate with ATC as soon as practicable after responding to the RA. When the RA is removed, the flight crew should advise ATC that they are returning to their previously assigned clearance or should acknowledge any amended clearance issued.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders
While TCAS is programmed to assume that both crews will promptly follow the system's instructions, the operations manual did not clearly state that TCAS should always take precedence over any ATC commands. The manual described TCAS as "a backup to the ATC system", which could be wrongly interpreted to mean that ATC instructions have higher priority. This ambiguity was replicated in the Tu-154 Flight Operations Manual, which contained contradictory sections. On the one hand, chapter 8.18.3.4 emphasised the role of ATC and describes TCAS as an "additional aid", while chapter 8.18.3.2 forbade manoeuvers contrary to TCAS. The BFU recommended that this ambiguity should be resolved in favor of obeying TCAS advisories even when these were in conflict with ATC instructions.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders, Prior incident
About 17 months before the Bashkirian Airlines-DHL collision, another incident had occurred involving confusion between conflicting TCAS and ATC commands. In 2001, two Japanese airliners nearly collided with each other in Japanese airspace. One of the aircraft had received conflicting orders from TCAS and ATC; one pilot followed the instructions of TCAS, while the other did not. A collision was only averted because one of the pilots made evasive maneuvers based on a visual judgement.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders, Prior incident
The aircraft missed each other by about 135 m (443 ft), and the abrupt maneuver necessary to avert disaster left 100 occupants injured on one aircraft, some seriously. In its report, published 11 days after the Überlingen accident, Japan called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to make it clear that TCAS advisories should always take precedence over ATC instructions. ICAO accepted this recommendation and amended its regulations in November 2003.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders, Technical solutions
Before this accident, a change proposal (CP 112) for the TCAS II system had been issued. This proposal would have created a "reversal" of the original warning – asking the DHL plane to climb and the Tupolev crew to descend. According to an analysis by Eurocontrol, this would have avoided the collision if the DHL crew had received and followed the new instructions and the Tupolev had continued to descend. All TCAS II equipped aircraft have been upgraded to support RA reversal.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders, Technical solutions
Additionally, an automatic downlink for TCAS, which would have alerted the controller that a TCAS advisory had been issued to the aircraft under his control, and notified him of the nature of that advisory, had not been deployed worldwide at the time of the accident.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, TCAS and conflicting orders, Recommendations after the accident
The investigation report contains a number of recommendations concerning TCAS, calling for upgrades and for better training and clearer instructions to the pilots. The TCAS II system was redesigned, with its ambiguous "Adjust Vertical Speed" RA voice command changed to "Level-Off", to increase proper responses from pilots.


2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, In popular culture
In the U.S. off-Broadway play, My Eyes Went Dark, which opened 7 June 2017 and closed 2 July, playwright and director Matthew Wilkinson tells Kaloyev's story, which featured, among other characters, Declan Conlon as Kaloyev and Thusitha Jayasundera as his wife. It played at 59E59 Theaters in New York City.


2002 Ýokary Liga
The 2002 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season was the tenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. Nine teams competed in 2002.


2002-03 IFA Shield Final
The 2002-03 IFA Shield Final was the 108th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Churchill Brothers of Goa on 22 January 2003.


2002-03 IFA Shield Final
East Bengal won the final 5–4 via penalties after the game remained goal-less after extra-time, to claim their 27th IFA Shield title.


2002-03 IFA Shield Final, Route to the final, East Bengal
East Bengal entered the 2002-03 IFA Shield as the defending champions and were allocated into Group A alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami. In the opening game against Indian Bank, East Bengal won 2–1 with goals from Tushar Rakshit and Amjad Ali Khan. Joseph scored the only goal for Indian Bank. In the second game, East Bengal faced a setback as they lost 0–1 against Churchill Brothers with Aqueel Ansari scoring the only goal for the goan side in the 83rd minute. In the last group game against Tollygunge Agragami, East Bengal won 2–1 with goals from Trijit Das and Suley Musah as they secured their place in the semi-finals. In the Semi-Final, East Bengal defeated Vasco 2–0 with goals from Suley Musah and Jiten Rai as they entered the final.


2002-03 IFA Shield Final, Route to the final, Churchill Brothers
Churchill Brothers entered the 2002-03 IFA Shield as one of the NFL teams and were allocated into Group A alongside Indian Bank, East Bengal and Tollygunge Agragami. In the opening game against Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers drew 0–0. In their second game against Tollygunge Agragami, Churchill failed to win again as they drew 1–1 with Kasif Jamal scoring the Churchill but Mehtab Hossain equalised for Tollygunge. In their last group game, Churchill Brothers stunned the defending champions East Bengal as they won 1–0 with Aqueel Ansari scoring the only goal of the match as they reached the semis. In the Semi-Finals, Churchill Brothers defeated Tata Football Academy 3—2 in a thriller of a game. Kasif Jamal, Yusif Yakubu and Ratan Singh scored for Churchill Brothers while Bhola Prasad and Debadrata Roy scored for TFA.


2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
During the 2002–03 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.


2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Season summary
With Kaiserslautern in the relegation zone and eliminated from the Intertoto Cup, manager Andreas Brehme was sacked. After a brief caretaker spell under his assistant manager, Karl-Heinz Emig, former PSV Eindhoven manager Eric Gerets was recruited. Although the defense was improved, conceding only 3 goals more all season than in the championship season of 1998, the attacking record suffered and Kaiserslautern finished 14th, 4 points ahead of the relegation zone. However, the team did make a run to the final of the DFB-Pokal; despite a 3–1 defeat to double winners Bayern Munich, the team qualified again for the UEFA Cup.


2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2002–03 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season
The 2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season happened between 10 August 2002 and 24 May 2003. Nürnberg were relegated after finishing the Bundesliga season in 17th place. Saša Ćirić finished the Bundesliga season tied for 12th place in goals scored  with 12 goals.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, August
Nürnberg faced VfL Bochum on matchday one on 10 August 2002. Bochum won the match 3–1. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Bochum got two goals from Thomas Christiansen and a goal from Vahid Hashemian. Nürnberg finished matchday one in 16th place. Nürnberg faced Hansa Rostock on matchday two on 17 August 2002. Hansa Rostock won the match 2–0 with two goals from René Rydlewicz. Nürnberg finished matchday two in 18th place. Nürnberg faced Hannover 96 on matchday three on 25 August 2002. Nürnberg won 3–1. Nürnberg got two goals from Saša Ćirić and a goal from Cacau. Babacar N'Diaye scored for Hannover. Nürnberg finished matchday three in 11th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, September
Nürnberg faced Werder Bremen on matchday four on 10 September 2002. Werder Bremen won the match 4–1. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Werder Bremen got three goals from Ailton and a goal from Johan Micoud. Nürnberg finished matchday four in 16th place. Nürnberg faced Bayern Munich on matchday five on 14 September 2002. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Michael Ballack scored twice for Bayern Munich. Nürnberg finished matchday five in 17th place. Nürnberg faced VfL Wolfsburg on matchday six on 21 September 2002. Nürnberg won 2–0 with goals from Anthony Sanneh and Dušan Petković. Nürnberg finished matchday six in 13th place. Nürnberg faced 1. FC Kaiserslautern on matchday seven on 29 September 2002. Nürnberg won the match 1–0 with a goal from Anthony Sanneh. Nürnberg finished matchday seven tied for 11th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, October
Nürnberg faced Hertha BSC on matchday eight on 5 October 2002. Hertha BSC won the match 2–1. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Marcelinho scored two goals for Hertha BSC. Nürnberg finished matchday eight in 13th place. Nürnberg faced VfB Stuttgart on matchday nine on 20 October 2002. Stuttgart won the match 2–1. David Jarolím scored for Nürnberg. Kevin Kurányi and Ioannis Amanatidis scored for Stuttgart. Nürnberg finished matchday nine in 15th place. Nürnberg faced FC Schalke on matchday 10 on 26 October 2002. The match finished in a 1–1 draw. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg and Sven Vermant scored for Schalke. Nürnberg finished matchday 10 in 15th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, November
Nürnberg faced Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday 11 on 2 November 2002. Nürnberg won the match 2–1. Marek Nikl and Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Jeff Strasser scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Stéphane Stassin was semt-off during the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 11 in 12th place. Nürnberg faced Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 12 on 9 November 2002. Nürnberg won the match 1–0 with a goal from Martin Driller. Nürnberg finished matchday 12 in 10th place. Nürnberg faced Hamburger SV on matchday 13 on 16 November 2002. Hamburg won the match 3–1. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, November
Sergej Barbarez, Marcel Maltritz, and Bernardo Romeo scored for Hamburg. Nürnberg finished matchday 13 in 12th place. Nürnberg faced 1860 Munich on matchday 14 on 24 November 2002. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. Thomas Stehle scored two goals for Nürnberg and Benjamin Lauth scored two goals for 1860 Munich. Nürnberg finished matchday 24 in 12th place. Nürnberg faced Borussia Dortmund on matchday 15 on 30 November 2002. Borussia Dortmund won the match 2–1. David Jarolím scored for Nürnberg. Lars Ricken and Ewerthon scored for Borussia Dortmund. Nürnberg finished matchday 15 in 14th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, December and January
Nürnberg faced Energie Cottbus on matchday 16 on 7 December 2002. The match finished in a 2–2 draw. Marek Nikl and Dušan Petković scored for Nürnberg. Radosław Kałużny and Lars Jungnickel scored for Energie Cottbus. Timo Rost was sent-off during the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 16 in 15th place. Nürnberg faced Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 17 on 14 December 2002. Nürnberg won the match 2–0 with goals from Saša Ćirić and Jésus Júnior. Nürnberg finished matchday 17 in 12th place. Nürnberg faced Bochum on matchday 18 on 25 January 2003. Bochum won the match 2–1. Cacau scored for Nürnberg. Thomas Christiansen and Paul Freier scored for Bochum. Nürnberg finished matchday 18 in 12th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, February
Nürnberg faced Hansa Rostock on matchday 19 on 1 February 2003. Hansa Rostock won the match 1–0 with a goal from Rade Prica. Nürnberg finished matchday 19 in 13th place. Nürnberg faced Hannover on matchday 20 on 8 February 2003. Hannover won the match 4–2. Jésus Júnior and Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Hannover got three goals from Mohammadou Idrissou and a goal from Danijel Štefulj. Saša Ćirić was sent-off in the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 20 in 14th place. Nürnberg faced Werder Bremen on matchday 21 on 15 February 2003.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, February
Nürnberg won the match 1–0 with a goal from Lars Müller. Markus Daun was sent-off during the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 21 in 13th place. Nürnberg faced Bayern Munich on matchday 22 on 22 February 2003. Bayern Munich won the match 2–0 with goals from Bixente Lizarazu and Giovane Élber. Nürnberg finished matchday 22 in 13th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, March
Nürnberg faced Wolfsburg on matchday 23 on 1 March 2003. The match finished in a 1–1. Lars Müller scored for Nürnberg and Tomislav Marić scored for Wolfsburg. Nürnberg finished matchday 23 in 15th place. Nürnberg faced Kaiserslautern on matchday 24 on 9 March 2003. Kaiserslautern won the match 5–0 with goals from Vratislav Lokvenc, Miroslav Klose, José Dominguez, Christian Timm, and Nenad Bjelica. Nürnberg finished matchday 24 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Hertha BSC on matchday 25 on 16 March 2003. Hertha BSC won the match 3–0 with goals from Michael Preetz, Thorben Marx, and Marcelinho. Nürnberg finished matchday 25 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Stuttgart on matchday 26 on 23 March 2003. Nürnberg won the match 2–0 with goals from David Jarolím and Jésus Júnior. Nürnberg finished matchday 26 in 16th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, April
Nürnberg faced Schalke on matchday 27 on 5 April 2003. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. Nürnberg finished matchday 27 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday 28 on 12 April 2003. Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 with goals from Ivo Ulich and Mikael Forssell. Nürnberg finished matchday 28 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 29 on 19 April 2003. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. David Jarolim was sent-off during the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 29 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Hamburg on matchday 30 on 26 April 2003. Hamburg won the match 4–0 with goals from Milan Fukal, Bernardo Romeo, Mehdi Mahdavikia, and Naohiro Takahara. Nürnberg finished matchday 30 in 17th place.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, May
Nürnberg faced 1860 Munich on 3 May 2003. 1860 Munich won the match 2–1. Martin Driller scored for Nürnberg. Benjamin Lauth scored two goals for 1860 Munich. Rodrigo Costa was sent-off in the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 31 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Borussia Dortmund on matchday 32 on 10 May 2003. Borussia Dortmund won the match 4–1. Saša Ćirić scored for Nürnberg. Borussia Dortmund got two goals from Lars Ricken, a goal from Giuseppe Reina, and a goal from Jan Koller. Nürnberg finished matchday 32 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Energie Cottbus on matchday 33 on 17 May 2003.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga summary, May
Energie Cottbus won the match 2–1. Jacek Krzynówek scored for Nürnberg. Marko Topić and Andrzej Juskowiak scored for Energie Cottbus. Stephan Paßlack was sent-off during the match. Nürnberg finished matchday 33 in 17th place. Nürnberg faced Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 34 on 24 May 2003. This was the final match of the season. Bayer Leverkusen won the match 1–0 with a goal from Yildiray Bastürk. Nürnberg finished the season in 17th place. Nürnberg were relegated after finishing the Bundesliga season in 17th place. Saša Ćirić was tied for 12th for goals scored in the Bundesliga.


2002–03 1. FC Nürnberg season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal summary
On 31 August 2002, Nürnberg faced Eintracht Trier in the first round. Nürnberg won 2–0 with goals from Milorad Popović and Saša Ćirić. Michael Prus was sent-off during the match. On 6 November 2002, Nürnberg faced Kickers Offenbach in the second round. Nürnberg won 3–2 in extra time. Saša Ćirić scored three goals for Nürnberg. Christian Müller and Michael Petry scored for Kickers Offenbach. On 4 December 2002, Nürnberg faced 1. FC Köln in the round of 16. Köln won the match 2–0 with two goals from Matthias Scherz.


2002–03 2. Bundesliga
The 2002–03 2. Bundesliga was the 29th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt were promoted to the Bundesliga while Eintracht Braunschweig, SSV Reutlingen, FC St. Pauli and Waldhof Mannheim were relegated to the Regionalliga.


2002–03 2. Bundesliga, League table
For the 2002–03 season Wacker Burghausen, Eintracht Trier, VfB Lübeck and Eintracht Braunschweig were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.


2002–03 2. Liga (Slovakia)
The 2002–03 season of the Slovak Second Football League (also known as 2. liga) was the tenth season of the league since its establishment. It began on 20 July 2002 and ended on 5 June 2003.


2002–03 A Group
Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 2002–03 season.


2002–03 A Group, Changes from last season
Beroe, Belasitsa Petrich, and Spartak Pleven were relegated at the end of the last season. The relegated teams were replaced by three teams from B PFG. These teams were Botev Plovdiv, Dobrudzha Dobrich, and Rilski Sportist Samokov. Botev return after a one-year absence, Dobrudzha return after a two-year absence, while Rilski Sportist made their debut in the top tier of Bulgarian football.


2002–03 A Group, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship. The Reds finished with 66 points in total, six points above archrivals Levski Sofia. CSKA Sofia qualified for the 2003-04 Champions League qualifying rounds, while Levski and third placed Litex Lovech qualified for the UEFA Cup for next season. Marek Dupnitsa qualified for the Intertoto Cup.


2002–03 A Group, Overview
At the end of the season, Dobrudzha Dobrich and Rilski Sportist were relegated after just one season in the elite. Only two teams were relegated, because the league was expanded the following season from 14 to 16 teams.


2002–03 A.C. ChievoVerona season
A.C. ChievoVerona played its second consecutive season in Serie A, and nearly equaled 5th place from the 2001-02 Serie A season. The club's second season in the premier division was played without Christian Manfredini and Bernardo Corradi, both ending up with Lazio. Due to passport troubles, it also lost key winger Eriberto, who turned out to be four years older and called Luciano, but had faked his identity since he was 21, in order to participate in a Brazilian youth team.


2002–03 A.C. ChievoVerona season
Despite the squad being thinned out, several key players, including Nicola Legrottaglie, Eugenio Corini and Simone Perrotta remained at the club, and those three proved to be the most important players for Chievo, since the absence of the previous starts hardly mattered in terms of results. In the end, only negative results against Udinese hindered Chievo from a second consecutive UEFA Cup qualification. Its European debut ended in a flop, though, as it lost to unfancied Serbian side Crvena Zvedza in the primary round.


2002–03 A.C. Milan season
In 2002–03, Associazione Calcio Milan enjoyed a triumphant season, winning both the UEFA Champions League and the Coppa Italia. In their 6th conquest of Europe's most prestigious competition, Milan defeated fierce rivals Juventus on penalties after a 0–0 draw in an all-Italian final, while in the Coppa Italia they overcame Roma. In the Serie A, Milan were top of the table in January, but would eventually finish 3rd behind Juventus and Inter, thus missing the chance to complete the treble.


2002–03 A.C. Milan season
This was Milan's first successful season since 1998–99. Important new arrivals included Italian international centre-back Alessandro Nesta (signed from Lazio for  €31 million –Milan's most expensive transfer in the summer of 2002) who strengthened a defence that was already among Europe's most formidable, versatile Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf (signed from cross-city rivals Inter for  €29 million) and Danish international striker Jon Dahl Tomasson, who was mainly used to back up regular starters Andriy Shevchenko and Filippo Inzaghi. Brazilian superstar Rivaldo, the most high-profile of the new signings, had a peripheral role in the Serie A, but was influential in the Champions League, appearing in 13 out of 17 matches, although not in the final, where he was an unused substitute.


2002–03 A.C. Milan season
This season also saw Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti beginning to utilise the unconventional 4–4–2 diamond (or 4–1–2–1–2) formation, which he would continue to employ on many occasions in later seasons. This formation allowed Ancelotti to field both Andrea Pirlo and Rui Costa in the starting eleven, with Pirlo as a deep-lying playmaker or regista and Rui Costa as an attacking midfielder or trequartista; the 4–1–2–1–2 worked well for Milan in large part thanks to the effectiveness, hard work and stamina of central midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Gennaro Gattuso.


2002–03 A.C. Milan season, Reserve squad
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2002–03 A.C. Milan season, Reserve squad, Left club during season
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2002–03 A.C. Perugia season
A.C. Perugia finished tenth in Serie A, and reached the semis of the Coppa Italia in a successful season by the club's standards.


2002–03 A.C. Perugia season
The season started off with much negative publicity for club president Luciano Gaucci, when he decided to let South Korean striker Ahn Jung-Hwan go, following the Korean's winning goal against Italy in the FIFA World Cup.


2002–03 A.C. Perugia season
In the season itself, Perugia fought in the middle of the table all year, but ended only four points above the dropzone, and in the end relied on inspired performances against top sides to seal the contract. Perugia's highlight of the season was a 4-1 victory against Inter, but it also beat Milan and drew at champions Juventus's home.


2002–03 A.C. Perugia season
Its two most fancied players, Fabrizio Miccoli and Manuele Blasi were both bought by Juventus following the season, Miccoli being hailed as one of the season's major breakthroughs. Despite interest from top clubs, Perugia was able to keep right-back Zé Maria, who grew in importance during the season.


2002–03 A.S. Roma season
Associazione Sportiva Roma crashed down to earth following its previous two remarkable seasons, where it had won Serie A in 2000–01 and finished a close second in 2001–02. Despite the acquisition of Pep Guardiola as central midfielder, he did not apparently fit into Fabio Capello's first-team plans. The squad was essentially the same as the year before, and Guardiola's absence from the starting XI spoke volumes about the reputation of the Roma players at the time. However, things began to go against Roma following its tense competition in Serie A with Juventus. Suspecting things were amiss, both chairman Franco Sensi and manager Capello publicly condemned the judgements, and given the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, chances are they had a point.


2002–03 A.S. Roma season
Due to all the 'misfortune' with decisions, Roma's season soon descended into complete darkness, the only highlight of the season being the qualification for the Coppa Italia final, which they lost to Milan. In the league, only a strong final third of the season saved eighth place, with only Francesco Totti reaching his normal level.


2002–03 ABA Goodyear League
12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Slovenia, and FR Yugoslavia participated in Goodyear League in its second season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Borac Nektar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Crvena zvezda.


2002–03 ABA Goodyear League
There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana since April 3 until April 5, 2003. According to the original plan the Final Tournament was to be played in Tel Aviv, but due to the deteriorating security situation there at that time, the tournament got moved to Ljubljana.


2002–03 ABA Goodyear League
Crvena Zvezda finished top of the table in regular season, although the club didn't play its last round match against Maccabi, since the Israeli club didn't travel to Belgrade due to the state of emergency proclaimed following the March 2003 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Đinđić. ABA awarded the game to Crvena Zvezda. In first match in Tel Aviv Crvena Zvezda defeated Maccabi.


2002–03 ABA Goodyear League, Regular season
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.


2002–03 ACB season
The 2002–03 ACB season was the 20th season of the Liga ACB.


2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season
AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 44th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 80th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 8 August 2002 and finished at 25 May 2003.


2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overwiew
For second season in a row with Makis Psomiadis at the wheel, who presented a very good team during the previous season. Despite the good performance in the last season, Fernando Santos quits due to the disrupted relationship with the administrative leader of the club.


2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overwiew
Psomiadis makes a decision that no one could initially believe, bringing Dušan Bajević back to the AEK. The Serbian-Greek coach accepts Psomiadis' proposal (having also received guarantees from Psomiadis that he will be protected from a portion of the people who do not want him back) and his big return becomes reality. The Bajević comeback received a divided reaction, as expected. Others did not want to see him in the club, others seemed to want him back due to his successful previous pass on the club, while many seemed to viewed him strictly as a professional. Eventually, despite the problems he faced from time to time from a large portion of the world, in general, Bajević was able to work in the team during his first season without much trouble.


2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overwiew
Finally, AEK Athens presented a good and spectacular team with a very good presence mainly in the UEFA Champions League making a record by drawing all six of the group stage games, while in the championship it had very good intervals. However, they were relatively behind in the league race and finally with an incredible streak of 12 wins in the last 12 games of the league, they re-entered the title race, but finished in third place, only 2 points behind Olympiacos and Panathinaikos who tied in first place with the first winning the championship.


2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overwiew
A notable event of the season was the fight against Makis Psomiadis, who generally, towards the end of 2002, started to have more and more "enemies" in the club. In January In 2003, Demis Nikolaidis filed a lawsuit against Psomiadis, who had came by his house at 3 a.m. to check if the international striker was staying overnight and also for blackmail, insult and threatening his life and physical integrity, while stating that in the incident that took place outside Nikolaidis' and his wife's, Despina Vandi, house, apart from Psomiadis, some of his bodyguards were also present. Psomiadis, having lost all of the support within the club, leaves and AEK Athens continues with the administration of the then president of Amateur AEK, Giannis Granitsas. The season was also punctuated by the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium at 5 May 2003, home to AEK Athens for 73 years.


2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season, Players, Squad statistics
NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2003.


2002–03 AFC Ajax season
During the 2002–03 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.


2002–03 AFC Ajax season, Season summary
Despite being the top scorers in the Eredivisie, Ajax were unable to defend their title and finished second. They also failed to retain the cup, but compensated by reaching the Champions League quarter-finals before being knocked out by eventual winners A.C. Milan.


2002–03 AFC Ajax season, First-team squad
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2002–03 AFC Ajax season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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2002–03 AFC Ajax season, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2002–03 AFC Champions League
The 2002–03 AFC Champions League was the twenty-second edition of Asia's premier football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and the first edition under the AFC Champions League title.


2002–03 AFC Champions League
Sixteen teams competed in this edition as they went through qualifying before going into four groups of four with only the winner of the group qualifying to the knockout-stage which went to two-legs instead of the single leg that the previous year competition had. In the final it was Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates beating BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand 2–1 on aggregate.


2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification
Following is a result of results from the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification rounds. The league was the 22nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 1st edition under the current AFC Champions League title.


2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification, Qualifying Zone 1 (West), Round 2
1. Köpetdag Aşgabat withdrew citing financial difficulties. 2 . AFC did not accept the participation of Busaiteen and Riffa as neither team met sportive qualification criteria. 3. Khujand disqualified following suspension of Tajik FA by FIFA and AFC.


2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification, Qualifying Zone 1 (West), Round 3
1. Regar-TadAZ disqualified following suspension of Tajik FA by FIFA and AFC. 2 . Al-Quds withdrew due to insecure situation in Palestine.


2002–03 AHL season
The 2002–03 AHL season was the 67th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs finished first overall in the regular season. The Houston Aeros won their first Calder Cup championship.


2002–03 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


2002–03 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2002–03 AHL season, All Star Classic
The 16th AHL All-Star Game was played on February 3, 2003 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. Team Canada defeated Team PlanetUSA 10-7. In the skills competition held the day before the All-Star Game, Team Canada won 15-13 over Team PlanetUSA.


2002–03 AJ Auxerre season
The 2002–03 season was the 97th season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Auxerre participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.


2002–03 AJ Auxerre season, Season summary
Auxerre missed out on only a second-ever league title by four points, finishing in sixth to qualify for the UEFA Cup. They were also knocked out of the Champions League in the first group stage, finishing behind Arsenal and Dortmund, and the UEFA Cup in the fourth round by Liverpool. Compensation came in the form of winning the Coupe de France.


2002–03 AJ Auxerre season, First team squad
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2002–03 AJ Auxerre season, First team squad, Left club during season
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2002–03 AS Monaco FC season
The 2002–03 season was AS Monaco FC's 46th season in Ligue 1. They finished second in Ligue 1, qualifying for the group stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. The club also competed in the Coupe de France, where it lost in the Round of 64 to Wasquehal Football, and the Coupe de la Ligue, defeating Sochaux in the final on 17 May 2003.


2002–03 AS Monaco FC season, Overview
Monaco finished the Ligue 1 season in second place, just 1 point behind league champions Lyon. Monaco were the highest scoring side in the division with 66 goals and striker Shabani Nonda was the golden boot winner with 26 goals. Winger Jérôme Rothen contributed 18 assists in the league campaign and also finished first in the league in that statistic. Both players were included in the end of season Ligue 1 team of the year.


2002–03 AS Monaco FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2002–03 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 2002–03 season was Aberdeen's 90th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 92nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and UEFA Cup.


2002–03 Aberdeen F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2002–03 Airdrie United F.C. season
Season 2002–03 was Airdrie United's first competitive season. They competed in the Second Division, Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2002–03 Airdrie United F.C. season, Summary
Airdrie United finished third in the Second Division. They reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the second round of the Scottish Challenge Cup.


2002–03 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The 2002–03 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2002–03 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his fifth season at Alabama. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 91st season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 17–12, 7–9 in SEC play, lost in the first round of the 2003 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. They were invited to the NCAA Tournament but lost in the first round.


2002–03 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season
The 2002–03 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Doug Ross who was in his twenty-first season as head coach. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center and were members of the College Hockey America conference.


2002–03 Albacete Balompié season
The 2002–03 season was the 62nd season in the existence of Albacete Balompié and the club's seventh consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Albacete participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003. The club achieved promotion to the top flight after finishing in third place.


2002–03 Albanian Cup
2002–03 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the fifty-first season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on 30 August 2002 with the First Round and ended on 31 May 2003 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2003–04 first round of the UEFA Europa League. KF Tirana were the defending champions, having won their twelfth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Dinamo Tirana.


2002–03 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


2002–03 Albanian Cup, First round
Games were played on 30 August – 6 September 2002.


2002–03 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals
In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round. Games were played on 22 February – 8 March 2003.


2002–03 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round. Games were played on 23 April – 7 May 2003.


2002–03 Albanian National Championship
The 2002–03 Albanian National Championship was the 64th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


2002–03 Algerian Championnat National
The 2002–03 Algerian Championnat National was the 41st season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with USM Alger as the defending champions, The Championnat started on August 22, 2002. and ended on May 13, 2003.


2002–03 Algerian Championnat National 2
The Algerian Championnat National 2 season 2002-03 is the thirteenth season of the league under its current title and fifteenth season under its current league division format. It started on 16 August 2008.


2002–03 Algerian Championnat National 2, League table
A total of 18 teams contested the division, including 12 sides remaining in the division from the previous season and three relegated from the Algerian Championnat National, and another three promoted from the Inter-Régions Ligue.


2002–03 Algerian Cup
The 2002–03 Algerian Cup was the 39th edition of the Algerian Cup. USM Alger won the Cup by defeating CR Belouizdad 2-1 in extra time in the final after the game ended 1-1. It was USM Alger's sixth Algerian Cup in its history.


2002–03 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
The 2002–03 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association.


2002–03 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
On 11 May 2003, Ballinhassig won the championship following a 4–15 to 1–6 defeat of Blacks and Whites in the final.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. The championship began on 27 October 2002 and ended on 17 March 2003.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Ballinderry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Errigal Ciarán in the Ulster Club Championship.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
On 17 March 2003, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 0-14 to 1-09 defeat of Crossmolina Deel Rovers in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It was their seventh championship title overall and their first title since 1994.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Nemo's Colin Corkery was the championship's top scorer with 2-23.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Team changes
The Donegal club champions did not contest the Ulster Club Championship due to a series of disputes and a delay in the completion of the Donegal County Championship.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 20 October 2002 and ended on 17 March 2002.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
On 17 March 2003 Birr won the championship following a 1-19 to 0-11 defeat of Dunloy in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title and their second title in succession.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Athenry's Eugene Cloonan was the championship's top scorer with 4-23.


2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, Pre-championship
The build-up to the opening of the championship was dominated by Birr and the possibility that they would retain their All-Ireland title and lead the all-time club roll of honour with four championships. Having secured their fourth successive county championship title, Birr were favourites to retain their provincial title for a second year-in-a-row. This would leave them only two wins away from hurling immortality.


2002–03 Allsvenskan (ice hockey) season
The 2002-03 Allsvenskan season was the fourth season of the Allsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 24 teams participated in the league, and Hammarby IF, Rögle BK, AIK, and Skellefteå AIK qualified for the Elitserien qualifier (Swedish: Kvalserien), with Hammarby finishing in first place in SuperAllsvenskan.


2002–03 Allsvenskan (ice hockey) season, Relegation round, Northern Group
Kiruna IF did not participate to the relegation round due to financial problems, and were relegated to the Swedish Division 1.


2002–03 Alpha Ethniki
The 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki was the 67th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 24 August 2002 and ended on 25 May 2003. Olympiacos won their seventh consecutive and 32nd Greek title. Olympiacos and Panathinaikos finished the League with the same points total but Olympiacos were crowned champions due to more favourable results between the two teams. It was a very dramatic end to the season, with the decisive game between the two clubs taking place in the penultimate round. The season was interrupted by strike action after television broadcaster Alpha Digital collapsed in September 2002, following which the players didn't play for a month.


2002–03 Angola Basketball Cup
The Angola Basketball Cup is a basketball tournament held each year in the African state of Angola. There are sections for men's and women's teams. In the 2002/3 season the women's tournament took place on 3–14 January 2003, and the men's tournament in early June of that year. In both sections the winning team was Primeiro de Agosto.


2002–03 Angola Basketball Cup, 2003 Angola Women's Basketball Cup
The 2003 Women's Basketball Cup was contested by four teams, played under a preliminary round robin system, the top four of which qualified for the knockout rounds (semifinals and final) Primeiro de Agosto was the winner.


2002–03 Angola Basketball Super Cup
The 2003 Angola Basketball Super Cup (10th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2002 league champion and Petro Atlético, the 2002 cup runner-up. Primeiro de Agosto was the winner, making its 3rd title.


2002–03 Angola Basketball Super Cup
The 2003 Women's Basketball Super Cup was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2002 Angolan women's league winner and Desportivo do Maculusso, the 2002 cup runner-up.


2002–03 Argentine Primera División
The 2002–03 Argentine Primera División was the 112th season of top-flight football in Argentina.


2002–03 Argentine Primera División, Torneo Clausura, Top scorers, Tournament review
River Plate, Boca Juniors and Velez Sarsfield were the teams who kept the league's lead for most of the tournament (except for Round 4, when the temporary leader was Rosario Central, who finished fourth), and those three teams were the ones who arrived at the last rounds with possibilities of winning the tournament.


2002–03 Argentine Primera División, Torneo Clausura, Top scorers, Tournament review
Velez Sarsfield started the tournament with three wins in a row, obtaining the lead at the end of Round 3.


2002–03 Argentine Primera División, Torneo Clausura, Top scorers, Tournament review
Boca Juniors went on a winning streak from rounds 3 to 7, winning five consecutive games, taking the lead at the end of Round 5.


2002–03 Argentine Primera División, Torneo Clausura, Top scorers, Tournament review
On May 4, 2003, during Round 11, Velez Sarsfield got a home win against leaders Boca Juniors and after three more consecutive wins, regained the top position in the league.


2002–03 Argentine Primera División, Torneo Clausura, Top scorers, Tournament review
On June 1, during Round 14, Boca Juniors and River Plate confronted each other in the Superclásico at Boca Juniors stadium. The game ended 2-2 and allowed Velez, who won their match, to be the sole leaders of the league.