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2002–03 Newcastle United F.C. season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Newcastle United |
| season | [2002–03](2002-03-in-english-football) |
| manager | Sir Bobby Robson |
| chairman | Freddie Shepherd |
| stadium | St James' Park |
| league | Premier League |
| league result | [3rd](2002-03-premier-league) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | [Third round](2002-03-fa-cup-third-round-proper) |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | [Third round](2002-03-football-league-cup-third-round) |
| cup3 | UEFA Champions League |
| cup3 result | [Second group stage](2002-03-uefa-champions-league-second-group-stage) |
| league topscorer | |
| Alan Shearer (17) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Alan Shearer (25) | |
| highest attendance | 52,181 |
| (vs. Sunderland) | |
| lowest attendance | 34,067 |
| (vs. Željezničar) | |
| average attendance | 51,923 |
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| socks2 | 071b45 |
| prevseason | [2001–02](2001-02-newcastle-united-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [2003–04](2003-04-newcastle-united-f-c-season) |
Alan Shearer (17) Alan Shearer (25) (vs. Sunderland) (vs. Željezničar) During the 2002–03 English football season, Newcastle United F.C. participated in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary
After a slow start, the club began putting together the wins and, by the end of March, were in a three-way title race with Manchester United and Arsenal. Consecutive defeats to a resurgent Everton and a 6–2 home thrashing by Alex Ferguson's side killed off Newcastle's title hopes, but Bobby Robson and his team was able to brush off the challenge from Chelsea to finish 3rd in the Premier League, entering the qualification rounds for the Champions League in the 2003–04 season.
The 2002–03 season was a particularly colourful one for Newcastle on the European stage. In the first group stage, Newcastle lost their first three matches in a row, then, in an astonishing reversal, shocked Italian giants Juventus 1–0 at St James' Park. They then controversially beat Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 in Newcastle before winning the crucial last match, away to Feyenoord, 3–2 in injury time, with striker Craig Bellamy scoring the injury time winner. With Dynamo Kyiv losing at home to Juventus, Newcastle progressed to the second round, in a 'group of death' with Internazionale, Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen.
Bellamy was sent off for lashing out at Inter defender Marco Materazzi in an off-the-ball incident during the opening minutes of the match. Bellamy was punished further by a three-match ban. Compounding the disaster for Newcastle was the suspension of influential captain Alan Shearer for a similar incident, although the punishment was just a two-match ban. Newcastle went on to lose 1–4 at home.
Shearer returned in the fourth game in the 4-team group, scoring all three goals in a 3–1 demolition of Bayer Leverkusen at home. Despite a superb performance against Inter in the famous San Siro, only to draw 2–2, Newcastle lost at home 2–0 to Barcelona and dropped out of the Champions League.
Final league table
Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League
Team kit
The team kit for the 2002–03 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was NTL.
Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2002 | MF | POR Hugo Viana | POR Sporting CP | £8,500,000 |
| 12 July 2002 | DF | ENG Titus Bramble | ENG Ipswich Town | £5,000,000 |
| 13 February 2003 | DF | ENG Jonathan Woodgate | ENG Leeds United | £9,000,000 |
| 25 March 2003 | MF | ENG Darren Ambrose | ENG Ipswich Town | £1,000,000 |
- Total spending: £23.5m
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | GK | ENG Jonny Brain | Unattached | Free |
| April 2002 | DF | SCO Ryan McGuffie | SCO Gretna | Free |
| 27 May 2002 | MF | ENG Mark Boyd | ENG Port Vale | Free |
| April 2002 | FW | SCO Colin McMenamin | SCO Livingston | Free |
| 3 July 2002 | DF | ENG James Coppinger | ENG Exeter City | Released |
| 30 August 2002 | DF | ENG David Cowan | SCO Motherwell | Free |
| February 2003 | MF | ENG Stuart Green | ENG Hull City | £150,000 |
| January 2003 | MF | ENG Tommy English | SCO Livingston | Released |
| January 2003 | MF | ENG Neale McDermott | ENG Fulham | Free |
| January 2003 | MF | ARG Christian Bassedas | ARG Newell's Old Boys | Released |
| March 2003 | GK | NED John Karelse | NED AGOVV Apeldoorn | Free |
| March 2003 | MF | IRE Joe Kendrick | GER 1860 Munich | Free |
| January 2003 | MF | ENG Damon Robson | Unattached | Free |
- Total spending: £150,000
Players
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
:The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.
Trialists
Coaching staff
Appearances, goals and cards
:(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total | Discipline | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | [[File:Yellow card.svg | 13px]] | [[File:Red card.svg | 13px]] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | IRL Shay Given | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG Robbie Elliott | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | PER Nolberto Solano | 29+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10+2 | 1 | 40+5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | DF | IRL Andy O'Brien | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 38+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | CHI Clarence Acuña | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG Jermaine Jenas | 23+9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31+9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG Kieron Dyer | 33+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 45+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG Alan Shearer | 35 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 25 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | FW | WAL Craig Bellamy | 27+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 34+2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | WAL Gary Speed | 23+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 35+1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | DF | ENG Andy Griffin | 22+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 35+5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 | GK | ENG Steve Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | DF | ENG Wayne Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | FW | ENG Carl Cort | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | MF | ENG Darren Ambrose | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | DF | NIR Aaron Hughes | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 47+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | DF | ENG Titus Bramble | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | FW | COD Lomana LuaLua | 5+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+4 | 2 | 11+11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | MF | ENG Jamie McClen | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | FW | NGA Shola Ameobi | 8+20 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+6 | 3 | 12+27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | MF | SCO Brian Kerr | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 27 | DF | ENG Jonathan Woodgate | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 | FW | ENG Michael Chopra | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | DF | SCO Steven Caldwell | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 14+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 32 | MF | FRA Laurent Robert | 25+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 35+5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 34 | DF | GRE Nikos Dabizas | 13+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 35 | DF | FRA Olivier Bernard | 24+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 34+8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 45 | MF | POR Hugo Viana | 11+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+5 | 2 | 17+17 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Matches
Pre-season
Ameobi Solano Griffin Shearer Robert Marcelino Bollen Bassedas Viana Robert Speed Shearer Lester Bopp Saviola Luis Enrique
[[2002–03 FA Premier League|Premier League]]
Shearer Solano Owen Shearer Smith Zola Shearer Ameobi Taylor Griffin Shearer Robert S. Caldwell Hughes Van Nistelrooy Solskjær Shearer Bellamy Li Tie Yobo Bellamy Gardner Ricketts Ameobi Shearer Defoe Jenas Bellamy Shearer Bernard Solano Robert Jenas Greško Bellamy Unsworth Ameobi Scholes Giggs Van Nistelrooy Clark Griffin Viana
[[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
LuaLua Viana Shearer Khatskevich Shearer Lurling Viana Solano Almeyda Crespo Recoba Kluivert Motta LuaLua Córdoba Motta
[[2002–03 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
Kennedy Ndah Shearer
[[2002–03 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
Pistone Watson Unsworth Solano Viana Chopra Robert Watson Rooney Campbell
References
References
- "Statistics".
- Ingle, Sean. (23 October 2002). "Newcastle 1 - 0 Juventus". The Guardian.
- Rookwood, Dan. (29 October 2002). "Newcastle United 2 - 1 Dynamo Kyiv". The Guardian.
- (13 November 2002). "Newcastle go through". BBC News.
- Johnson, William. (19 December 2002). "Bellamy is given second three-match suspension". The Daily Telegraph.
- [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-2252321-shearer-faces-uefa-charge.do]{{dead link. (August 2013{{dead link). (June 2017)
- (27 November 2002). "Newcastle swept aside". BBC News.
- Glendenning, Barry. (26 February 2003). "Newcastle United 3 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen". The Guardian.
- Glendenning, Barry. (19 March 2003). "Newcastle 0 - 2 Barcelona". The Guardian.
- (20 June 2002). "Newcastle seal Viana deal". BBC News.
- (12 July 2002). "Bramble ties up Magpies move". BBC News.
- (13 February 2003). "Robson hails 'perfect' Woodgate". BBC News.
- (25 March 2003). "Ambrose signs for Magpies". BBC News.
- (27 May 2002). "Boyd joins Vale". BBC News.
- (3 July 2002). "Exeter's Coppinger swoop". BBC News.
- (30 August 2002). "Motherwell add three new faces". BBC News.
- [http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/faprem/newcas.htm Newcastle United squad 2002-2003]. ''FootballSquads''. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- [https://archive.today/20130222115723/http://www.worldfootball.net/team_einsaetze/newcastle-united/champions-league-2002-2003/ Newcastle United Appearances: Champions League 2002/2003]. ''worldfootball.net''. Retrieved 15 August 2013
- [http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10278~200210278,00.html Newcastlre United domestic appearances 2002/03]. ''nufc.co.uk''. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- [http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10278~200210278,00.html Newcastle United goal scorers 2002/03]. ''nufc.co.uk''. Retrieved 15 August 2013
- [http://toon1892.co.uk/detail_season.php?sid=102 Season Details : 2002–03 FA Barclaycard Premiership, Final standings]. ''toon1892.co.uk''. Retrieved 15 August 2013
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