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2002–03 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	2002–03
manager	Ebbe Skovdahl (to December)
Gardner Speirs (1 game in December)
Steve Paterson (from December)
mgrtitle	Managers
chairman	Stewart Milne
chrtitle	Chairman
stadium	Pittodrie Stadium
league	Scottish Premier League
league result	8th
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Quarter-final
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	First round
league topscorer	Paul Sheerin (8)
season topscorer	Paul Sheerin (8)
highest attendance	17,284 vs Celtic 10 August 2002
lowest attendance	6,068 vs Queen of the South 18 February 2003
average attendance	11,744
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

Gardner Speirs (1 game in December) Steve Paterson (from December)

The 2002–03 season was Aberdeen's 90th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and UEFA Cup.

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
1	3 August	Hibernian	A	2–1	Mackie, Clark	13,340	AFC Heritage
2	10 August	Celtic	H	0–4		17,284	AFC Heritage
3	18 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	D'Jaffo	12,825	AFC Heritage
4	25 August	Rangers	A	0–2		42,219	AFC Heritage
5	1 September	Partick Thistle	H	0–1		12,591	AFC Heritage
6	11 September	Dundee United	H	1–2	Mackie	10,724	AFC Heritage
7	14 September	Kilmarnock	A	2–2	D'Jaffo, Darren Young	6,538	AFC Heritage
8	22 September	Livingston	A	2–1	Anderson, McNaughton	7,513	AFC Heritage
9	28 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	Billio, D'Jaffo, Derek Young	11,678	AFC Heritage
10	5 October	Motherwell	A	2–1	Derek Young, Deloumeaux	6,104	AFC Heritage
11	19 October	Dundee	H	0–0		14,003	AFC Heritage
12	27 October	Hibernian	H	0–1		12,321	AFC Heritage
13	3 November	Celtic	A	0–7		58,526	AFC Heritage
14	9 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		11,920	AFC Heritage
15	16 November	Rangers	H	2–2	Mike, Mackie	14,915	AFC Heritage
16	23 November	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Mike	6,182	AFC Heritage
17	30 November	Dundee United	A	1–1	McGuire	8,261	AFC Heritage
18	3 December	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		8,816	AFC Heritage
19	7 December	Motherwell	H	1–1	Derek Young	9,569	AFC Heritage
20	15 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–3		4,835	AFC Heritage
21	21 December	Livingston	H	0–0		11,253	AFC Heritage
22	26 December	Dundee	A	2–1	McGuire, Smith	8,574	AFC Heritage
23	29 December	Hibernian	A	0–2		11,604	AFC Heritage
24	2 January	Celtic	H	1–1	Anderson	16,331	AFC Heritage
25	28 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		9,322	AFC Heritage
26	1 February	Rangers	A	1–2	Tosh	49,667	AFC Heritage
27	8 February	Partick Thistle	H	0–1		11,334	AFC Heritage
28	16 February	Dundee United	H	3–0	Sheerin (2), McGuire	9,146	AFC Heritage
29	1 March	Kilmarnock	A	0–2		5,769	AFC Heritage
30	8 March	Motherwell	A	1–0	Sheerin	5,636	AFC Heritage
31	15 March	Dundee	H	3–3	Sheerin (2), McGuire	12,119	AFC Heritage
32	5 April	Livingston	A	2–1	Derek Young, Sheerin	5,731	AFC Heritage
33	12 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	Sheerin	10,030	AFC Heritage
34	26 April	Livingston	H	1–0	Hinds	8,912	AFC Heritage
35	3 May	Hibernian	A	1–3	Tiernan	7,904	AFC Heritage
36	10 May	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Hinds, McGuire	9,960	AFC Heritage
37	17 May	Motherwell	A	3–2	Hinds, Deloumeaux, Sheerin	4,731	AFC Heritage
38	24 May	Dundee United	A	2–0	Mackie, Tosh	8,516	AFC Heritage

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R3	6 November	Motherwell	H	3–1	Mike, Deloumeaux, Michie	6,557	AFC Heritage
QF	12 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		7,576	AFC Heritage

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R3	25 January	Queen of the South	A	0–0		5,716	AFC Heritage
R3R	18 February	Queen of the South	H	4–1	D'Jaffo (2), Derek Young, Anderson	6,068	AFC Heritage
R4	22 February	Dundee	A	0–2		7,549	AFC Heritage

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
PR2 L1	15 August	MDA Nistru Otaci	H	1–0	Mackie	9,894	AFC Heritage
PR2 L2	29 August	MDA Nistru Otaci	A	0–0		4,000	AFC Heritage
R1 L1	17 September	GER Hertha Berlin	H	0–0		10,180	AFC Heritage
R1 L2	1 October	GER Hertha Berlin	A	0–1		30,770	AFC Heritage

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total	SPL	Scottish Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Apps	Goals	Apps
1	GK	DEN	Peter Kjær	23	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
2	DF	SCO	Kevin McNaughton	22	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	SCO	Jamie McAllister	29	0	3	0	2	0	4	0
4	MF	SCO	Fergus Tiernan	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson (c)	33	2	3	1	2	0	4	0
6	DF	SCO	Phil McGuire	36	5	3	0	2	0	4	0
7	MF	BEL	Roberto Bisconti	11	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
8	MF	SCO	Darren Young	24	1	0	0	2	0	4	0
9	FW	ENG	Leon Mike	24	2	1	0	2	1	3	0
10	MF	SCO	Derek Young	29	4	3	1	2	0	4	0
11	FW	SCO	Darren Mackie	30	4	1	0	1	0	4	1
12	MF	ENG	Ben Thornley	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF	SCO	Steve Tosh	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	SCO	Mark Peat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Chris Clark	25	1	3	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	SCO	Kevin Rutkiewicz	20	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
16	MF	SCO	Ross O'Donoghue	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	FRA	Éric Deloumeaux	32	2	2	0	2	1	4	0
19	FW	FRA	Laurent D'Jaffo	18	3	3	2	0	0	4	0
20	MF	FRA	Nicolas Fabiano	12	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
22	FW	SCO	Scott Michie	21	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
23	GK	SCO	Ryan Esson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Stephen Payne	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ITA	Patrizio Billio	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
26	MF	SCO	Paul Sheerin	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	SCO	Michael Hart	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Leigh Hinds	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	David Preece	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Richard Foster	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Scott Morrison	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Muirhead	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Zander Diamond	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin Souter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

AFC Heritage Trust

References

Aberdeen's score is shown first.
The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.

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