The 2002–03 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 3 December 2002 with the final.
Linfield were the defending champions after their seventh League Cup win last season; a 3–1 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season both clubs met in the final again but this time Glentoran defeated Linfield 2–0 in the final to win their fourth League Cup overall, and second in three years. This was the fourth time in six years that the two clubs had met in the final, with Linfield coming out on top on all three of the previous occasions.[1][2]
The twenty clubs taking part were divided into four groups of five clubs based on region. The clubs in each group played each other once, either at home or away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.
2002, irish, league, known, insurance, sponsorship, reasons, 17th, edition, northern, ireland, secondary, football, knock, competition, concluded, december, 2002, with, final, insurance, cupcountry, northern, irelandteams20championsglentoran, runners, uplinfie. The 2002 03 Irish League Cup known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons was the 17th edition of Northern Ireland s secondary football knock out cup competition It concluded on 3 December 2002 with the final 2002 03 Irish League CupCIS Insurance CupCountry Northern IrelandTeams20ChampionsGlentoran 4th win Runners upLinfieldMatches played47Goals scored146 3 11 per match 2001 022003 04 Linfield were the defending champions after their seventh League Cup win last season a 3 1 victory over Glentoran in the previous final This season both clubs met in the final again but this time Glentoran defeated Linfield 2 0 in the final to win their fourth League Cup overall and second in three years This was the fourth time in six years that the two clubs had met in the final with Linfield coming out on top on all three of the previous occasions 1 2 The twenty clubs taking part were divided into four groups of five clubs based on region The clubs in each group played each other once either at home or away The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter finals where they played a single knock out tie against another quarter finalist The semi finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final Contents 1 Group stage 1 1 Eastern Region 1 2 Greater Belfast Region 1 3 Northern Region 1 4 Southern Region 2 Quarter finals 3 Semi finals 4 Final 5 ReferencesGroup stage EditEastern Region Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CLI CRU CRK LRN BCCCliftonville 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 8 1 1 2 1Crusaders 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 8 1 1 1 0Carrick Rangers 4 1 3 0 4 2 2 6 1 1 2 0Larne 4 1 0 3 5 7 2 3 0 1 4 2Ballyclare Comrades 4 0 1 3 2 7 5 1 0 2 0 0Source rsssf com Greater Belfast Region Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIN GLT LIS ARD BGRLinfield 4 3 1 0 10 5 5 10 4 3 3 0Glentoran 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 8 1 1 2 1Lisburn Distillery 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4 1 2 1 1Ards 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 2 1 3 0 0Bangor 4 0 2 2 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 2Source rsssf com Northern Region Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BYM OMA COL INS LIMBallymena United 4 3 1 0 15 3 12 10 3 1 5 1Omagh Town 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 10 0 0 2 1Coleraine 4 2 0 2 11 10 1 6 1 3 4 3Institute 4 1 0 3 5 10 5 3 0 1 1 0Limavady United 4 0 0 4 3 15 12 0 1 7 1 5Source rsssf com Southern Region Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts POR GLA DUN NEW ARMPortadown 4 3 0 1 13 4 9 9 1 2 7 0Glenavon 4 2 0 2 5 4 1 6 0 2 3 0Dungannon Swifts 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6 2 3 2 1Newry Town 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 6 2 0 0 2Armagh City 4 1 0 3 3 11 8 3 0 1 1 3Source rsssf comQuarter finals EditTeam 1 Score Team 2Ballymena United 2 0 CrusadersCliftonville 0 5 Omagh TownLinfield 2 0 GlenavonPortadown 1 2 GlentoranSemi finals EditTeam 1 Score Team 2Glentoran 5 3 Ballymena UnitedOmagh Town 2 3 LinfieldFinal Edit3 December 2002Glentoran2 0LinfieldHalliday 27 Smyth 63 ReportWindsor Park BelfastReferences Edit Northern Ireland List of League Cup Finals Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF Retrieved 26 December 2012 Northern Ireland League Cup 2002 03 Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF Retrieved 26 December 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 03 Irish League Cup amp oldid 1138106779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
