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2002–03 Chelsea F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Chelsea |
| season | 2002–03 |
| manager | Claudio Ranieri |
| chairman | Ken Bates |
| league | Premier League |
| league result | [4th](2002-03-fa-premier-league) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | [Quarter-final](2002-03-fa-cup-quarter-final) |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | [Quarter-finals](2002-03-football-league-cup-quarter-finals) |
| cup3 | UEFA Cup |
| cup3 result | [First round](2002-03-uefa-cup-first-round) |
| league topscorer | |
| Gianfranco Zola (14) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Gianfranco Zola (16) | |
| average attendance | 39,784 (**Premier League**) |
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| prevseason | [2001–02](2001-02-chelsea-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [2003–04](2003-04-chelsea-f-c-season) |
Gianfranco Zola (14) Gianfranco Zola (16) The 2002–03 season was Chelsea's 89th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the Premier League and 97th year as a club. The club was managed by Claudio Ranieri.
In the Premier League, Chelsea finished fourth behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United. With the fourth-place finish, Chelsea secured a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
In the UEFA Cup, Chelsea took a first round exit, losing 5–4 on aggregate to Norwegian club Viking. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Football League Cup and the FA Cup, but lost 1–0 to Manchester United and 3–1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.
Final league table
Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League
First team squad
:Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Team kit
The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was the airline Emirates; the kit bore the "Fly Emirates" logo. Chelsea's home kit (all blue with a white trimmed collar) was carried over from the previous campaign. Their new away kit was all black with blue accents. The club's third kit for this season was the club's away kit from the previous season, all white with blue socks and accents.
Statistics
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Statistics taken from http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536 . Squad details and shirt numbers from http://www.zanziball.it/en/28/5af4.html and http://www.eufo.de/football/eng/2002/chela_fc.htm.
Results
FA Premier League
Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League
Rufus
C. Cole
Lampard
Babayaro
Desailly
Zenden
Zenden
Hasselbaink
Desailly
De Lucas
Giggs
P. Neville
Svensson
Telfer
Babayaro
Grønkjær
Zola
Zenden
Le Saux
De Lucas
Lampard
Grønkjær
Touré
Wiltord
Thompson
Johansson
Zola
Stanic
Morris
Babayaro
Zola
Zenden
Shearer
Speed
Bernard
Zola
Huth
Di Canio
Minto
Repka
Lomas
Grønkjær
Hasselbaink
Lampard
De Lucas
Le Saux
Sheringham
Keller
Morris
Zola
Desailly
Melchiot
Pedersen
Barness
Babayaro
Desailly
Melchiot
Desailly
Hasselbaink
Thirlwell
McCann
Unsworth
Stubbs
Hasselbaink
Grønkjær
De Lucas
Gallas
Lampard
Petit
Lampard
Hendrie
Staunton
Fernandes
Milner
Okon
Smith
van Bronckhorst
Henry
Petit
Gallas
Gudjohnsen
Le Saux
Petit
Desailly
Powell
Parker
Konchesky
Forlán
Gudjohnsen
Lampard
Matteo
Le Saux
Lucic
Bakke
Petit
Taricco
Johnson
Zola
Gudjohnsen
Hasselbaink
Terry
Desailly
Gallas
Hasselbaink
Gresko
Dunn
Bernard
Lampard
Zola
Terry
Stanic
Lampard
Gallas
Distin
Jihai
El Karkouri
Zola
Zenden
Laville
Leonhardsen
Hasselbaink
Grønkjær
De Lucas
Zola
Carsley
Grønkjær
Petit
Clark
Defoe
Repka
Sinclair
Grønkjær
Hasselbaink
Gallas
Le Saux
Gerrard
UEFA Cup
First Round
De Lucas
Kopteff
Nevland
Terry
FA Cup
Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup
Cudicini C. Cole Morris Grønkjær Henry Lampard Wiltord Cygan Lauren
League Cup
Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup
Petit Stanic
Transfers
In
| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | MF | ESP Enrique de Lucas | ESP Espanyol | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2012626.stm | title=Chelsea sign Spaniard | work=BBC Sport | access-date=2002-05-28 | date=2002-05-28}} | 27-05-2002 |
| 28 | FW | POR Filipe Oliveira | POR Porto | £500,000 | 01-10-2002 |
Out
| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | MF | ITA Roberto Di Matteo | N/A | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/1829753.stm | title=Di Matteo forced to quit | work=BBC Sport | access-date=2002-02-19 | date=2002-02-19}} | 01-07-2002 | |||
| 24 | MF | ITA Samuele Dalla Bona | ITA Milan | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2116652.stm | title=Dalla Bona joins AC Milan | work=BBC Sport | access-date=2002-07-08 | date=2002-07-08}} | 08-07-2002 | |||
| 10 | MF | SCG Slaviša Jokanović | Unattached | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2119573.stm | title=Jokanovic leaves Chelsea | work=BBC Sport | access-date=2002-07-10 | date=2002-07-10}} | 09-07-2002 | |||
| N/A | FW | SCO Sam Parkin | ENG Swindon Town | Undisclosed | 03-09-2002 | |||||||
| 31 | GK | AUS Mark Bosnich | Unattached | Released | 22-01-2003 | |||||||
| 32 | FW | FIN Mikael Forssell | GER Borussia Mönchengladbach | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2707921.stm | title=Forssell heads to Germany | work=BBC Sport | access-date=2003-01-29 | date=2003-01-29 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030207193122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2707921.stm | archive-date= 7 February 2003 | url-status= live}} | 29-01-2003 |
References
References
- "FootballSquads - Chelsea - 2002/03".
- (2002-05-28). "Chelsea sign Spaniard". BBC Sport.
- (2002-02-19). "Di Matteo forced to quit". BBC Sport.
- (2002-07-08). "Dalla Bona joins AC Milan". BBC Sport.
- (2002-07-10). "Jokanovic leaves Chelsea". BBC Sport.
- (2003-01-29). "Forssell heads to Germany". BBC Sport.
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