2002–03 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 2002–03
Champions Bayern Munich
17th Bundesliga title
18th German title
Relegated Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
Energie Cottbus
Champions League FC Bayern Munich
Stuttgart
Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Cup Hamburger SV
Hertha BSC
Kaiserslautern
Intertoto Cup Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
Wolfsburg
Matches played 306
Goals scored 821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer 2 players (21)

The 2002–03 Bundesliga, the 40th season of the Bundesliga, was the first season where the defending champions kicked–off the season.[1]

Team overview

Club Location Ground[2] Capacity[2]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadion Alm 26,600
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
FC Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 21,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600
Hamburger SV Hamburg AOL Arena 62,000
Hannover 96 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
1. FC Nuremberg Nuremberg Frankenstadion 44,700
F.C. Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke 61,973
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600

League table

The final table of the 1st Bundesliga, Season 2002/03

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 34 23 6 5 70 25+45 75 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 VfB Stuttgart 34 17 8 9 53 39+14 59
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 13 6 51 27+24 58 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Hamburger SV 34 15 11 8 46 36+10 56 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
5 Hertha BSC 34 16 6 12 52 43+9 54
6 Werder Bremen 34 16 4 14 51 50+1 52 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
7 Schalke 04 34 12 13 9 46 40+6 49
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 7 14 39 42−3 46 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9 VfL Bochum 34 12 9 13 55 56−1 45
10 1860 Munich 34 12 9 13 44 52−8 45
11 Hannover 96 34 12 7 15 47 57−10 43
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 11 9 14 43 45−2 42
13 Hansa Rostock 34 11 8 15 35 41−6 41
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 10 10 14 40 42−2 40 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
15 Bayer Leverkusen 34 11 7 16 47 56−9 40
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 8 12 14 35 46−11 36 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 1. FC Nürnberg 34 8 6 20 33 60−27 30
18 Energie Cottbus 34 7 9 18 34 64−30 30

Updated to games played on 25 September 2008.
Source: bundesliga.de
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.

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
21 Brazil Giovane Élber Bayern Munich
Spain Thomas Christiansen VfL Bochum
16 Brazil Aílton Werder Bremen
15 Germany Kevin Kurányi VfB Stuttgart
Peru Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich
14 Brazil Marcelinho Hertha BSC
Germany Markus Schroth TSV 1860 München
Germany Fredi Bobic Hannover 96
Argentina Bernardo Romeo Hamburger SV
13 Germany Benjamin Lauth 1860 Munich
Czech Republic Jan Koller Borussia Dortmund

Champion squad

1. FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (33); Stefan Wessels (1).
Defenders: Thomas Linke (32); Bixente Lizarazu France (26 / 2); Robert Kovač Croatia (24); Willy Sagnol France (23 / 2); Samuel Kuffour Ghana (20 / 1).
Midfielders: Zé Roberto Brazil (31 / 1); Jens Jeremies (29); Michael Ballack (26 / 10); Owen Hargreaves England (25 / 1); Mehmet Scholl (18 / 4); Niko Kovač Croatia (18 / 1); Hasan Salihamidžić Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 / 2); Michael Tarnat (11); Markus Feulner (10); Thorsten Fink (10); Sebastian Deisler (8); Pablo Thiam Guinea (4).
Forwards: Giovane Élber Brazil (33 / 21); Claudio Pizarro Peru (31 / 15); Roque Santa Cruz Paraguay (14 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (14); Alexander Zickler (12 / 4); Piotr Trochowski (3); Zvjezdan Misimović Bosnia and Herzegovina (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher, Philipp Lahm.

Transferred out during the season: Pablo Thiam Guinea (to VfL Wolfsburg).

References

  1. ↑ "FC Bayern eröffnet Saison gegen Wolfsburg" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
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