| Competition: | Divizia A |
| Season: | 2002–03 |
| Winners: | Rapid București[1] |
| Relegated: | Sportul Studențesc UTA Arad |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Rapid București |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Steaua București Dinamo București |
| Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Gloria Bistrița Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| League Topscorer: | Claudiu Răducanu (21) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Ceahlăul 6–0 UTA UTA 6–0 Bistrița |
| Biggest Away Win: | Farul 0–5 Național |
| Highest Scoring: | Sportul 5–6 Dinamo |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 627 |
| Longest Wins: | Rapid (6) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | FC U, Steaua (9) |
| Longest Losses: | Politehnica (9) |
| Prevseason: | 2001–02 |
| Nextseason: | 2003–04 |
The 2002–03 Divizia A was the eighty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. Rapid București became champions on 24 May 2003.
The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season:
The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
| Poli AEK Timișoara | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Rapid București | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | |
| Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 | |
| FCM Bacău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești | |
| Dumitru Sechelariu | Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin | |
| Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
| Sportul Studențesc | Național București | |||
| Regie | Cotroceni | |||
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 14,542 | |||
| Oțelul Galați | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | |||
| Oțelul | Ceahlăul | |||
| Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | |||
| FC Brașov | UTA Arad | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești | |
| Tineretului | UTA | Gloria | Astra | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 | |
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeș Pitești |  | Cristian Bălașa | Erreà | Pic | |
| Astra Ploiești | | Daniel Petroesc | Lotto | Petrom, InterAgro | |
| Brașov | | Cosmin Bodea | Joma | Prescon | |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | | Radu Lefter | Ancada | Rifil, Romalfa | |
| Dinamo București | | Giani Kiriță | Lotto | Cosmorom | |
| Farul Constanța | | Cristian Șchiopu | Erreà | Argus | |
| Universitatea Craiova | | Pavel Badea | Erreà | SIF Oltenia | |
| FCM Bacău | | Florin Prunea | Legea | Sonoma | |
| Gloria Bistrița | | Vasile Popa | Umbro | Darimex | |
| Național București |  | Petre Marin | Lotto | Astra Asigurări, LG Corporation | |
| Oțelul Galați | | Cătălin Tofan | Lotto | Ispat Sidex | |
| Poli AEK Timișoara | | Florin Constantinovici | Erreà | ARGIROM | |
| Rapid București | | Adrian Iencsi | Erreà | LaDorna | |
| Sportul Studențesc | | Laurențiu Diniță | Lotto | Omniasig | |
| Steaua București | | Mirel Rădoi | Nike | — | |
| UTA Arad | | Marius Popescu | Erreà | — |
The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the Divizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of the Divizia B. Politehnica AEK Timișoara and FC Oradea won the relegation play-offs.[2]
Even though Oțelul Galați lost the relegation play-off against FC Oradea, they kept their place in the Divizia A because Petrolul Ploiești, the club that won the Divizia B, Seria I, sold its promotion place to Oțelul Galați and merged with Astra Ploiești, the other team from the city of Ploiești, which finished on the 9th position this season.[3]