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2002–03 Portsmouth F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Portsmouth
season	2002–03
manager	Harry Redknapp
chairman	Milan Mandarić
stadium	Fratton Park
league	First Division
league result	1st (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer	Svetoslav Todorov (26)
season topscorer	Svetoslav Todorov (26)
highest attendance	19,558 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers
(15 March 2003)
lowest attendance	17,201 vs. Millwall
(14 September 2002)
average attendance	18,379
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

(15 March 2003) (14 September 2002) During the 2002–03 English football season, Portsmouth competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Portsmouth led the First Division for most of the season, and eventually finished as champions, six points clear of second-placed Leicester City. As champions, Portsmouth gained promotion to the FA Premier League, returning to the top flight after an absence of 15 years.

Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov silenced his critics by finishing top scorer in the division with 26 goals, overhauling Nottingham Forest's David Johnson with a hat-trick against Bradford City on the last day of the season, in the game that confirmed Portsmouth as Football League champions.

Kit

Portsmouth continue to produce their own kits under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport.

Final league table

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	18,910	Burton, Péricard
13 August 2002	Sheffield United	A	1–1	16,093	Burton
17 August 2002	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	18,315	Foxe, Crowe (2)
24 August 2002	Watford	H	3–0	17,901	Merson, Todorov, Burton
26 August 2002	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	5,770	Burchill
31 August 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–2	19,031	Taylor, Merson (pen), Todorov, Crowe
7 September 2002	Gillingham	A	3–1	8,717	Merson, Burchill, O'Neil
14 September 2002	Millwall	H	1–0	17,201	Todorov
17 September 2002	Wimbledon	H	4–1	18,837	Péricard, Todorov, Williams (own goal), Taylor
21 September 2002	Norwich City	A	0–1	21,335
28 September 2002	Bradford City	H	3–0	18,459	Quashie (2), Péricard
5 October 2002	Rotherham United	A	3–2	8,604	Péricard, Todorov, Merson (pen)
19 October 2002	Coventry City	H	1–1	18,837	Péricard
26 October 2002	Burnley	A	3–0	15,788	Quashie, Todorov, Harper
29 October 2002	Preston North End	H	3–2	18,637	Stone, Merson, Taylor
2 November 2002	Leicester City	H	0–2	19,107
6 November 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	27,022	Merson
9 November 2002	Derby County	A	2–1	26,587	Todorov, Burchill
16 November 2002	Stoke City	H	3–0	18,701	Burchill, Péricard, Todorov
23 November 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	16,602	Todorov (2), O'Neil
30 November 2002	Walsall	H	3–2	17,701	Quashie, Todorov, Taylor
7 December 2002	Reading	A	0–0	23,462
14 December 2002	Stoke City	A	1–1	13,330	Crowe
21 December 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	19,130	Todorov
26 December 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	19,217	Merson
28 December 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	28,165	Taylor, Péricard
1 January 2003	Watford	A	2–2	15,048	Burton, Harper
13 January 2003	Sheffield United	H	1–2	18,872	O'Neil
18 January 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–1	6,848	Todorov
1 February 2003	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	19,248	Yakubu, Ford (own goal), Quashie
8 February 2003	Derby County	H	6–2	19,503	Merson, Yakubu (2), Taylor, Todorov (2)
17 February 2003	Leicester City	A	1–1	31,775	Taylor
22 February 2003	Gillingham	H	1–0	19,521	de Zeeuw
1 March 2003	Millwall	A	5–0	9,697	Yakubu (2), Sherwood, Todorov, Merson (pen)
4 March 2003	Wimbledon	A	1–2	10,356	Merson
12 March 2003	Norwich City	H	3–2	19,221	Yakubu, Todorov (2)
15 March 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	19,558	Stone
19 March 2003	Coventry City	A	4–0	13,922	Caldwell (own goal), Stone, Harper, Merson
22 March 2003	Preston North End	A	1–1	16,665	Yakubu
5 April 2003	Walsall	A	2–1	7,899	Harper, Todorov
12 April 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	19,524	Bradbury
15 April 2003	Burnley	H	1–0	19,221	Todorov
18 April 2003	Ipswich Town	A	0–3	29,396
21 April 2003	Reading	H	3–0	19,535	Péricard (2), Todorov
27 April 2003	Rotherham United	H	3–2	19,420	Merson (pen), Todorov (2)
4 May 2003	Bradford City	A	5–0	19,088	Festa, Todorov (3, 1 pen), Stone

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	4 January 2003	Manchester United	A	1–4	67,222	Stone

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R1	10 September 2002	Peterborough United	H	2–0	8,581	Quashie, Primus
	R2	1 October 2002	Wimbledon	H	1–3	11,754	Péricard

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

:The following players had squad numbers and/or professional contracts but did not make a first-team appearance during the season

Statistics

Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

GK: #1, TRI Shaka Hislop, 49
RWB: #30, ENG Linvoy Primus, 42
CB: #4, AUS Hayden Foxe, 31
CB: #6, NED Arjan de Zeeuw, 26
CB: #35, ITA Gianluca Festa, 29
LWB: #14, ENG Matthew Taylor, 38
CM: #7, SCO Kevin Harper, 23
CM: #10, ENG Paul Merson, 47
CM: #11, SCO Nigel Quashie, 44
CF: #9, BUL Svetoslav Todorov, 46
CF: #17, FRA Vincent Péricard, 19 (#19, ENG Steve Stone, also has 19 starts, as a right wing-back)

References

"Portsmouth results for the 2002-2003 season - Statto.com".
Hislop was born in [[London Borough of Hackney. Hackney]], [[England]], but was raised in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and made his international debut for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team. Trinidad and Tobago]] in 1999, having previously been an unused substitute for [[England national football team. England]].
Harper was born in [[Oldham]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Scotland]] internationally and represented them at [[Scotland national under-21 football team. U-21]] level.
Quashie was born in [[London Borough of Southwark. Southwark]], [[England]], but qualified to represent [[Scotland]] internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for [[Scotland national football team. Scotland]] in May 2004.
Péricard was born in Efok, [[Cameroon]], but was raised in [[France]] and represented them at [[France national under-21 football team. U-21]] level.
Ilić was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], but also qualified to represent [[Serbia and Montenegro]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team. Serbia and Montenegro]] in 1998.
Burton was born in [[Reading, Berkshire. Berkshire]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Jamaica]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Jamaica national football team. Jamaica]] in 1997.
"All Portsmouth players: 2003".
"All Portsmouth players: 2003".

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