2002–03 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham F.C.
2002-03
League Premier League
Manager Jean Tigana (until April)
Chris Coleman (caretaker)
League position 14th
Top goalscorer League:
Steed Malbranque (6)
All competitions:
Steed Malbranque (13)
FA Cup Fifth round
Carling Cup Fourth round
Previous season ← 2001–02
Next season 2003–04 →

The 2002-03 season was Fulham F.C.'s 105th season in professional football and second consecutive season in the FA Premier League. It was also the first season in over 115 years where Fulham did not play at Craven Cottage. Due to pending decisions on re-vamping the cottage, all home games (apart from two early-season fixtures) were played at Loftus Road, the home of QPR. Jean Tigana remained as Fulham manager up until his sacking in April 2003. Former Fulham player Chris Coleman had not long been retired from the game since suffering a career-ending injury in a car crash when he was appointed caretaker manager for the rest of the season.

Concerning the league, it was another relatively disappointing season for Fulham. Finishing in 14th place, it was seeming Fulham were finding top flight football more of a struggle than was originally anticipated two years ago. However, an invitation to the Intertoto Cup after the 2001-02 campaign meant that Fulham could play European football for the first time in their history. Upon entering, Fulham went on to be one of the three winners of the competition - allowing them into the first round draw of the UEFA Cup. Performing better than most expected, Fulham reached the third round before being knocked out by German club Hertha Berlin.

Contents

Squad

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Edwin van der Sar
2 DF Steve Finnan
3 DF Rufus Brevett
4 DF Andy Melville
5 DF Chris Coleman
6 MF Junichi Inamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
7 FW Steve Marlet
8 MF Lee Clark
9 FW Facundo Sava
10 MF John Collins
11 FW Luis Boa Morte
12 GK Maik Taylor
13 GK Ross Flitney
14 MF Steed Malbranque
15 FW Barry Hayles
16 DF Zat Knight
17 DF Martin Djetou (on loan from Parma)
18 MF Sylvain Legwinski
No. Position Player
19 FW Bjarne Goldbaek
20 FW Louis Saha
21 GK Martín Herrera
23 MF Sean Davis
24 DF Alain Goma
25 DF Abdeslam Ouaddou
26 DF Jon Harley
27 DF Pierre Wome (on loan from Bologna)
30 GK Glyn Thompson
31 MF Darren Pratley
33 FW Calum Willock
34 FW Elvis Hammond
35 DF Kieran McAnespie
36 DF Mark Hudson
38 FW Luke Cornwall
39 DF Dean Leacock
40 MF Andrejs Stolcers

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts

Transfers

Summer

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
FW Facundo Sava (from Gimnasia (LP) - £2,000,000)
GK Martin Herrera (from Alavés - free)
DF Martin Djetou (two-year loan from Parma)
No. Position Player
MF Junichi Inamoto (season-long loan from Gamba Osaka)
DF Pierre Wome (season-long loan from Bologna)
Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Marcus Hahnemann (released)
MF Paul Trollope (to Northampton Town - free)
No. Position Player
MF Eddie Lewis (to Preston - undisclosed)

Winter

In

n/a

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
FW Luke Cornwall (one-month loan to Lincoln)
No. Position Player
DF Rufus Brevett (to West Ham - undisclosed)

League table

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Pts Comments
1
 Manchester United
38
25
8
5
74
34
40
83
Champions League Group Stage
2
 Arsenal
38
23
9
6
85
42
43
78
3
 Newcastle United
38
21
6
11
63
48
15
69
Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
4
 Chelsea
38
19
10
9
68
38
30
67
5
 Liverpool
38
18
10
10
61
41
20
64
UEFA Cup 1st Round1
6
 Blackburn Rovers
38
16
12
10
52
43
9
60
7
 Everton
38
17
8
13
48
49
-1
59
8
 Southampton
38
13
13
12
43
46
-3
52
UEFA Cup 1st Round2
9
 Manchester City
38
15
6
17
47
54
-7
51
UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
10
 Tottenham Hotspur
38
14
8
16
51
62
-11
50
11
 Middlesbrough
38
13
10
15
48
44
4
49
12
 Charlton Athletic
38
14
7
17
45
56
-11
49
13
 Birmingham City
38
13
9
16
41
49
-8
48
14
 Fulham
38
13
9
16
41
50
-9
48
15
 Leeds United
38
14
5
19
58
57
1
47
16
 Aston Villa
38
12
9
17
42
47
-5
45
17
 Bolton Wanderers
38
10
14
14
41
51
-10
44
18
 West Ham United
38
10
12
16
42
59
-17
42
Relegated to Division 1
19
 West Bromwich Albion
38
6
8
24
29
65
-36
26
20
 Sunderland
38
4
7
27
21
65
-44
19

Matches

FA Premier League

2002-08-17
 Fulham 4 – 1 Bolton Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 16,338
Referee: Alan Wiley
Saha  11' (pen)
Legwinski  34'  79'
Marlet  38'		 (Report) Ricketts  3' (pen)
2002-08-24
 Middlesbrough 2 – 2 Fulham Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 28,588
Referee: Mike Dean
Maccarone  20, 28' (Report) Davis  90'
Sava  90'
2002-08-31
 WBA 1 – 0 Fulham The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 25,461
Referee: Rob Styles
Moore  48' (Report)
2002-09-11
 Fulham 3 – 2 Tottenham Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 16,757
Referee: Mark Halsey
Inamoto  68'
Malbranque  84' (pen)
Legwinski  90'		 (Report) Richards  36'
Sheringham  44'
2002-09-14
 Sunderland 0 – 3 Fulham Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 35,432
Referee: Chris Foy
(Report) Inamoto  34'
Hayles  54'
Marlet  78'
2002-09-23
 Fulham 0 – 0 Chelsea Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 16,503
Referee: Paul Durkin
(Report)
2002-09-28
 Everton 2 – 0 Fulham Goodison Park, Liverpool
Attendance: 34,371
Referee: Steve Dunn
Gravesen  45'
Campbell  45'		 (Report)
2002-10-06
 Fulham 1 – 0 Charlton Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 14,775
Referee: Jeff Winter
Sava  36' (Report)
2002-10-19
 Fulham 1 – 1 Man Utd Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 18,103
Referee: Mike Dean
Marlet  35' (Report) Solskjaer  62'
2002-10-23
 Fulham 0 – 1 West Ham Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 15,858
Referee: Rob Styles
Knight  90' (Report) Di Canio  90' (pen)
2002-10-27
 Southampton 4 – 2 Fulham St. Mary's, Southampton
Attendance: 26,188
Referee: Mark Halsey
Beattie  27' (pen), 42' (53)
Ormerod  72'		 (Report) Clark  15'
Malbranque  25'
2002-11-03
 Fulham 0 – 1 Arsenal Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 18,800
Referee: Jeff Winter
(Report) Marlet  31' (og)
2002-11-09
 Aston Villa 3 – 1 Fulham Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 29,563
Referee: Andy D'Urso
Angel  20'
Allback  66'
Leonhardsen  83'		 (Report) Boa Morte  51'

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Carling Cup

2002-11-06
 Fulham 3 – 1 Bury Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: David Pugh
Stolcers  40' (53)
Clark  73'		 (Report) Newby  90'
2002-12-04
 Wigan 2 – 1 Fulham JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 7,651
Referee: Mark Halsey
Ellington  20' (28) (Report) Boa Morte  86'

FA Cup

2003-01-05
 Fulham 3 – 1 Birmingham Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Neale Barry
Sava  11'
Goldbaek  23'
Saha  46'		 (Report) John  90'
2003-01-26
 Fulham 3 – 0 Charlton Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 12,203
Referee: Paul Durkin
Malbranque  59' (66), pen' (87), pen' (Report) Fish  86'
2003-02-16
 Fulham 1 – 1 Burnley Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 13,062
Referee: Graham Poll
Malbranque  45' (Report) Moore  4'
2003-02-26
 Burnley 3 – 0 Fulham Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,635
Referee: Phil Dowd
Taylor  27'
Moore  35'
Diallo  52'		 (Report) Davis  49'

UEFA Intertoto Cup

2002-07-06
15:00
 Fulham 0 – 0 FC Haka Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 7,908
Referee: Ladislav Gadosi
(Report)
2002-07-14
19:00
 FC Haka 1 – 1 Fulham Tehtaan Kenttä, Valkeakoski
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Emil Laursen
Ristilä  66' (Report) Marlet  47'
2002-07-20
17:00
 Fulham 1 – 0 Egaleo Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 5,199
Referee: Ver Eecke
Saha  77' (Report)
2002-07-27
21:00
 Egaleo 1 – 1 Fulham Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ruud Bossen
Chloros  24' (Report) Marlet  34'
2002-07-31
19:45
 Fulham 1 – 0 Sochaux Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 4,717
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
Davis  90+2' (Report)
2002-08-07
21:30
 Sochaux 0 – 2 Fulham Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
(Report) Legwinski  64'
Hayles  72'
2002-08-13
20:30
 Bologna 2 – 2 Fulham Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Attendance: 23,620
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez
Signori  53' (pen)  76' (pen) (Report) Inamoto  63'
Legwinski  87'
2002-08-27
19:30
 Fulham 3 – 1 Bologna Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 13,756
Referee: Massimo Busacca
Inamoto  12' (47), 50' (Report) Locatelli  34'

UEFA Cup

2002-09-19
 Hajduk Split 0 – 1 Fulham Poljud Stadium, Split
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Fernando Carmona Mendez
(Report) Malbranque  50'
2002-10-03
 Fulham 2 – 2 Hajduk Split Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Stefano Farina
Marlet  24'
Malbranque  44'		 (Report)
2002-10-31
 Dinamo Zagreb 0 – 3 Fulham Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez
Polovanec  32' (Report) Boa Morte  35'
Marlet  59'
Hayles  77'
2002-11-14
 Fulham 2 – 1 Dinamo Zagreb Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
Malbranque  89'
Boa Morte  90'		 (Report) Olic  52'
2002-11-26
 Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Fulham Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 14,477
Referee: Dick Van Egmond
Beinlich  26'
Sava  68' (og)		 (Report) Marlet  53'
2002-12-12
 Fulham 0 – 0 Hertha BSC Loftus Road, London
Attendance: 15,161
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
(Report)

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