2002–03 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool

2002-03 season
Chairman	David Moores
Manager	Gérard Houllier
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Owen (19) All: Michael Owen (28)
Average home league attendance	42,768
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

During the 2002-03 English football season, Liverpool F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Having finished second the previous season, Liverpool had high hopes to win their first league title since 1990. Indeed, they topped the Premier League table after their first 12 games (including a seven-game winning streak), picking up 30 points out of a possible 36, a run which saw them four points clear at the top from reigning champions Arsenal. However, on 9 November 2002, they suffered a surprise 1-0 away defeat at the hands of high-fliers Middlesbrough. This wasn't completely disastrous; it did see their lead cut to one point but three days later, they completed a miserable week after they bowed out of the Champions League after failure to beat Basel. That week's two results started a miserable display of 13 matches without victory (including 11 league games) and a dismal run of only two wins in 16 league matches (both away at Southampton and West Ham United) which ended such title hopes. However, their first home league win in four months came in a 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on 8 March 2003, starting a more promising run of seven wins in eight league games which almost took the club to Campions League qualification anyway, but a defeat at the hands of Chelsea on the final game of the season buried those hopes. A League Cup win following a 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Manchester United was the sole glorious moment of a disappointing season.^[1]

Competition	Result	Top scorer
Premier League	5th	Michael Owen, 19
Champions League	First group stage	Michael Owen, 4
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals	Michael Owen, 3
FA Cup	Fourth round	Danny Murphy, 1
League Cup	Winners	El Hadji Diouf, 3
Overall		Michael Owen, 28

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Jerzy Dudek 2 DF Stéphane Henchoz 3 DF Abel Xavier 4 DF Sami Hyypiä (captain) 5 FW Milan Baroš 6 DF Markus Babbel 7 MF Vladimír Šmicer 8 FW Emile Heskey 9 FW El Hadji Diouf 10 FW Michael Owen 13 MF Danny Murphy 14 DF Vegard Heggem 15 MF Patrik Berger 16 MF Dietmar Hamann 17 MF Steven Gerrard 18 DF John Arne Riise 19 GK Pegguy Arphexad

No. Position Player 21 MF Salif Diao 22 GK Chris Kirkland 23 DF Jamie Carragher 24 MF Bernard Diomède 25 MF Igor Bišćan 26 MF Richie Partridge 27 DF Grégory Vignal 28 MF Bruno Cheyrou 30 DF Djimi Traoré[2] 31 DF Alou Diarra 32 MF John Welsh 33 FW Neil Mellor 34 MF Daniel Sjölund 35 DF Stephen Warnock 36 DF Jon Otsemobor 38 MF Michael Foley-Sheridan 39 GK Patrice Luzi 40 MF Robbie Foy

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 20 MF Nick Barmby (to Leeds United) 29 DF Stephen Wright (to Sunderland)

No. Position Player 37 MF Jari Litmanen (to Ajax)

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
28	MF	Bruno Cheyrou	Lille	£3,700,000	16 May 2002[3]
9	FW	El Hadji Diouf	Lens	£10,000,000	1 June 2002
–	MF	Alou Diarra	Bayern Munich	Free	9 July 2002[4]
39	GK	Patrice Luzi	AS Monaco	Free	29 July 2002
21	MF	Salif Diao	Sedan	£4,700,000	6 August 2002[5]

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
21	GK	Jørgen Nielsen	FC Nordsjælland	Free	1 July 2002
20	MF	Nick Barmby	Leeds United	£3,750,000	8 August 2002[6]
29	DF	Stephen Wright	Sunderland	£1,500,000	15 August 2002[7]
37	MF	Jari Litmanen	Ajax	Free	30 August 2002[8]

• In: £18,400,000
• Out: £5,250,000
• Total spending: £13,150,000

Results

Premier League

1 18 August 2002	Aston Villa	0–1	Liverpool	Birmingham
14:00		Report	Riise  47'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,183 Referee: Andy D'Urso

2 24 August 2002	Liverpool	3–0	Southampton	Liverpool
	Diouf  3', 51' Murphy  90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,058 Referee: Jeff Winter

3 28 August 2004	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Liverpool	Blackburn
	Dunn  15' Grabbi  83'	Report	Murphy  31' Riise  77'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 29,207 Referee: Steve Bennett

4 2 September 2002	Liverpool	2–2	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Hamann  53' Owen  73' (pen.)	Report	Speed  80' Shearer  88'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,241 Referee: Graham Poll

5 11 September 2002	Liverpool	2–2	Birmingham City	Liverpool
	Murphy  25' Gerrard  49'	Report	Morrison  61', 90'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,113 Referee: Neal Barry

6 14 September 2002	Bolton Wanderers	2–3	Liverpool	Bolton
	Gardner  54' Campo  87'	Report	Baroš  45', 72' Heskey  88'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,328 Referee: Rob Styles

7 21 September 2002	Liverpool	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
	Baroš  56' Riise  90'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,830 Referee: David Elleray

8 28 September 2002	Manchester City	0–3	Liverpool	Manchester
		Report	Owen  4', 64', 89'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 35,131 Referee: Paul Durkin

9 6 October 2002	Liverpool	1–0	Chelsea	Liverpool
	Owen  90'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,856 Referee: Graham Barber

10 19 October 2002	Leeds United	0–1	Liverpool	Leeds
		Report	Diao  66'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,187 Referee: Steve Dunn

11 26 October 2002	Liverpool	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
	Murphy  72' Owen  86' (pen.)	Report	Richards  82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,084 Referee: Mike Riley

12 2 November 2002	Liverpool	2–0	West Ham United	Liverpool
	Owen  28', 55'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

13 9 November 2002	Middlesbrough	1–0	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
	Southgate  82'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Attendance: 34,747 Referee: Mark Halsey

14 17 November 2002	Liverpool	0–0	Sunderland	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,074 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 23 November 2002	Fulham	3–2	Liverpool	London
	Sava  5', 68' Davis  38'	Report	Hamann  62' Baroš  86'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,144 Referee: Graham Poll

16 1 December 2002	Liverpool	1–2	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Hyypiä  82'	Report	Forlán  64', 67'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,250 Referee: Alan Wiley

17 7 December 2002	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Liverpool	London
	Euell  36' Konchesky  78'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,694 Referee: Mike Riley

18 15 December 2002	Sunderland	2–1	Liverpool	Sunderland
	McCann  36' Proctor  85'	Report	Baroš  68'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,118 Referee: Mark Halsey

19 22 December 2002	Liverpool	0–0	Everton	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,025 Referee: Graham Poll

20 26 December 2002	Liverpool	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Riise  17'	Report	Cole  77'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,075 Referee: Neale Barry

21 29 December 2002	Arsenal	1–1	Liverpool	London
	Henry  79' (pen.)	Report	Murphy  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,074 Referee: Jeff Winter

22 1 January 2003	Newcastle United	1–0	Liverpool	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	Robert  13'	Report	Diao  66'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,147 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

23 11 January 2003	Liverpool	1–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
	Owen  38'	Report	Dublin  49' (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,210 Referee: Paul Durkin

24 18 January 2003	Southampton	0–1	Liverpool	Southampton
		Report	Heskey  14'	Stadium: St. Mary's Attendance: 32,104 Referee: Steve Bennett

25 29 January 2003	Liverpool	2–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Riise  52' Heskey  90'	Report	Pirès  9' Bergkamp  63'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,668 Referee: Mark Halsey

26 3 February 2003	West Ham United	0–3	Liverpool	London
		Report	Baroš  7' Gerrard  9' Heskey  67'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Referee: Matt Messias

27 13 February 2003	Liverpool	1–1	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
	Riise  74'	Report	Geremi  27'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,247 Referee: Steve Bennett

28 23 February 2003	Birmingham City	2–1	Liverpool	Birmingham
	Clemence  34' Morrison  68'	Report	Owen  77'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,449 Referee: C Wilkes

29 8 March 2003	Liverpool	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Diouf  44' Owen  67'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,462 Referee: Graham Barber

30 16 March 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Liverpool	London
	Taricco  48' Sheringham  87'	Report	Owen  51' Heskey  72' Gerrard  82'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Referee: Uriah Rennie

31 23 March 2003	Liverpool	3–1	Leeds United	Liverpool
	Owen  12' Murphy  20' Gerrard  73'	Report	Viduka  44'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,021 Referee: Andy D'Urso

32 5 April 2003	Manchester United	4–0	Liverpool	Manchester
	van Nistelrooy  5' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Giggs  78' Solskjær  90'	Report	Hyppia  4'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,639 Referee: Mike Riley

33 12 April 2003	Liverpool	2–0	Fulham	Liverpool
	Heskey  36' Owen  59'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,120 Referee: Alan Wiley

34 19 April 2003	Everton	1–2	Liverpool	Liverpool
	Unsworth  58' (pen.)	Report	Owen  31' Murphy  54' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,162 Referee: Paul Durkin

35 21 April 2003	Liverpool	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Liverpool
	Hyypiä  86' Gerrard  90'	Report	Bartlett  47'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,010 Referee: Steve Dunn

36 26 April 2003	West Bromwich Albion	0–6	Liverpool	West Bromwich
		Report	Owen  15', 49', 61', 67' Baroš  47', 84'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 27,128 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

37 3 May 2003	Liverpool	1–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
	Baroš  59'	Report	Anelka  74' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,220 Referee: Neale Barry

38 11 May 2003	Chelsea	2–1	Liverpool	London
	Desailly  14' Grønkjær  27'	Report	Hyypiä  11'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,911 Referee: Alan Wiley

Champions League

Group stage

1 17 September 2002	Valencia	2–0	Liverpool	Valencia, Spain
	Pablo Aimar  20' Baraja  38'	Report	Hamann , 78'	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

2 25 September 2002	Liverpool	1–1	FC Basel	Liverpool
	Baroš  34'	Report	Rossi  42'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,634 Referee: Dick Van Egmond

3 2 October 2002	Liverpool	5–0	Spartak Moscow	Liverpool
	Heskey  7', 90' Cheyrou  15' Hyypiä  29' Diao  81'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,812 Referee: Alain Hamer

4 22 October 2002	Spartak Moscow	1–3	Liverpool	Moscow, Russia
	Danishevsky  23'	Report	Owen  29', 70', 90'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz

5 30 October 2002	Liverpool	0–1	Valencia	Liverpool
		Report	Rufete  34'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,831 Referee: Terje Hauge

6 12 November 2002	FC Basel	3–3	Liverpool	Basel, Switzerland
	Rossi  2' Giménez  22' Atouba  29'	Report	Murphy  61' Šmicer  64' Owen  85'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Claude Colombo

UEFA Cup

Third round First leg 28 November 2002	Vitesse	0–1	Liverpool	Arnhem, Netherlands
		Report	Owen  26'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Third round Second leg 12 December 2002	Liverpool	1–0	Vitesse	Liverpool, England
	Owen  21'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 23,576 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Fourth round First leg 20 February 2003	Auxerre	0–1	Liverpool	Auxerre, France
		Report	Hyypiä  72'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 20,452 Referee: Massimo De Santis

Fourth round Second leg 27 February 2003	Liverpool	2–0	Auxerre	Liverpool, England
	Owen  66' Danny Murphy  72'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 34,252 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto

Quarter-final First leg 13 March 2003	Celtic	1–1	Liverpool	Glasgow, Scotland
	Larsson  2'	Report	Heskey  17'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,759 Referee: Terje Hauge

Quarter-finals Second leg 20 March 2003	Liverpool	0–2	Celtic	Liverpool, England
		Report	Alan Thompson  45' John Hartson  82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,238 Referee: Markus Merk

FA Cup

Third round

• Manchester City–Liverpool 0-1
• 0-1 Danny Murphy (47 pen)

Fourth round

• Crystal Palace–Liverpool 0-0

• Liverpool–Crystal Palace 0-2
• 0-1 Julian Gray (55)
• 0-2 Stéphane Henchoz (79 og)

League Cup

Third round

• Liverpool–Southampton 3-1
• 1-0 Patrik Berger (45)
• 1-1 Agustín Delgado (55)
• 2-1 El Hadji Diouf (57)
• 3-1 Milan Baroš (60)

Fourth round

• Liverpool–Ipswich Town 5-4 (pens)
• 0-1 Tommy Miller (14)
• 1-1 El Hadji Diouf (54 pen)

Quarter finals

• Aston Villa–Liverpool 3-4
• 1-0 Darius Vassell (23 pen)
• 1-1 Danny Murphy (27)
• 1-2 Milan Baroš (54)
• 1-3 Steven Gerrard (67)
• 2-3 Thomas Hitzlsperger (72)
• 3-3 Stéphane Henchoz (84 og)
• 3-4 Danny Murphy (90)

Semi finals

• Sheffield United–Liverpool 2-1
• 0-1 Neil Mellor (36)
• 1-1 Michael Tonge (76)
• 2-1 Michael Tonge (81)

• Liverpool–Sheffield United 2-0 (ot)
• 1-0 El Hadji Diouf (9)
• 2-0 Michael Owen (107)

Final

• Liverpool–Manchester United 2-0
• 1-0 Steven Gerrard (39)
• 2-0 Michael Owen (86)

References

External links

• 2002–03 Liverpool F.C. season at LFCHistory.net

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