2002–03 Ligue 1

Ligue 1
Season 2002–03
Champions Lyon
Relegated Le Havre
Sedan
Troyes
Champions League Lyon
Monaco
Marseille
UEFA Cup Bordeaux
Sochaux
Auxerre
Lens
Matches played 380
Goals scored 837 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Shabani Nonda
(26 goals)

For the 2002-03 season, the French Division 1 was renamed as Ligue 1 and was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons. Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1 season 2002/2003 of the French Association Football League with 68 points.

Participating teams

 

Final table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 19 11 8 63 41+22 68 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Monaco 38 19 10 9 66 33+33 67
3 Marseille 38 19 8 11 41 36+5 65 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36+21 64 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31+15 64
6 Auxerre 38 18 10 10 38 29+9 64
7 Guingamp 38 19 5 14 59 46+13 62 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Lens 38 14 16 8 43 31+12 58 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
9 Nantes 38 16 8 14 37 392 56 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
10 Nice 38 13 16 9 39 31+8 55 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
11 Paris Saint-Germain 38 14 11 13 47 36+11 53rowspan=7 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|
12 Bastia 38 12 11 15 40 488 47
13 Strasbourg 38 11 12 15 40 5414 45
14 Lille 38 10 12 16 29 4415 42
15 Rennes 38 10 10 18 35 4510 40
16 Montpellier 38 10 10 18 37 5417 40
17 Ajaccio 38 9 12 17 29 4920 39
18 Le Havre (R) 38 10 8 20 27 4720 38 Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2003-04 Ligue 2
19 Sedan (R) 38 9 9 20 41 5918 36
20 Troyes (R) 38 7 10 21 23 4825 31

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Ligue 1 season 2003/2004

Top goalscorers

Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Shabani Nonda Democratic Republic of the Congo D.R. Congo AS Monaco 26
2 Pedro Pauleta  Portugal Bordeaux 23
3 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast EA Guingamp 17
4 Djibril Cissé  France AJ Auxerre 14
4 Henri Camara  Senegal CS Sedan 14
6 Juninho Pernambucano  Brazil Olympique Lyonnais 13
7 Sonny Anderson  Brazil Olympique Lyonnais 12
7 Dado Pršo  Croatia AS Monaco 12
7 Kaba Diawara  Guinea OGC Nice 12
7 Antoine Sibierski  France RC Lens 12
11 Jean-Claude Darcheville  France Bordeaux 11
11 Ludovic Giuly  France AS Monaco 11
11 Péguy Luyindula  France Olympique Lyonnais 11
14 Stéphane Carnot  France EA Guingamp 10
14 Florent Malouda  France EA Guingamp 10
14 Florian Maurice  France SC Bastia 10
14 Frédéric Piquionne  France Stade Rennais 10
18 Mickaël Pagis  France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 9
18 Pierre-Alain Frau  France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 9

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