2002–03 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Chelsea 2002–03 Claudio Ranieri Ken Bates Premier League 4th FA Cup Quarter-final League Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Cup First round Gianfranco Zola (14) Gianfranco Zola (16) 39,784 (Premier League) _chelsea2001h _chelsea2001h _chelsea2001h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF _chelsea2002a _chelsea2002a _chelsea2002a _CFC 03 05 black 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 _chelsea2001a _chelsea2001 _chelsea2001 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF 2001–02 2003–04 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 2002–03 FA Premier League CHE First team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/faprem/chelsea.htm FootballSquads - Chelsea - 2002/03 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 NED GK Ed de Goey 2 ESP DF Albert Ferrer 3 NGA DF Celestine Babayaro 6 FRA DF Marcel Desailly 7 NED DF Winston Bogarde 8 ENG MF Frank Lampard 9 NED FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 11 NED MF Boudewijn Zenden 12 CRO MF Mario Stanić 13 FRA DF William Gallas 14 ENG DF Graeme Le Saux 15 NED DF Mario Melchiot 17 FRA MF Emmanuel Petit 20 ENG MF Jody Morris 21 ESP MF Enrique de Lucas 22 ISL FW Eiður Guðjohnsen 23 ITA GK Carlo Cudicini 25 ITA FW Gianfranco Zola 26 ENG DF John Terry 28 POR FW Filipe Oliveira 29 GER DF Robert Huth 30 DEN MF Jesper Grønkjær 36 ENG MF Joe Keenan 39 ENG FW Carlton Cole Left club during season 31 AUS GK Mark Bosnich released Reserve squad 18 GER FW Sebastian Kneissl 19 ITA DF Valerio Di Cesare 24 ITA MF Gabriele Ambrosetti 27 Cyprus MF Alexis Nicolas 32 FIN FW Mikael Forssell 33 ENG DF Joel Kitamirike 34 ENG DF Scott Cousins 35 ENG GK Rhys Evans 37 ENG MF Danny Jeffreys 40 ENG GK Lenny Pidgeley 41 SCO MF Andy Ross 42 ENG MF Billy Sentance 43 ENG DF Paul Thornton 44 ENG DF Sam Tillen 45 ENG GK Glenn Wizik 46 ENG DF Danny Woodards SCO DF Warren Cummings POR DF Mauro CIV DF Jean-Yves Anis ENG MF Rob Wolleaston NED MF Mbark Boussoufa 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 Premier League UEFA Cup FA Cup Football League Cup 1 Ed de Goeij GK NED 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 Albert Ferrer DF ESP 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Celestine Babayaro DF NGA 16+3 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 6 Marcel Desailly DF FRA 30+1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 Winston Bogarde DF NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 8 Frank Lampard MF ENG 37+1 6 1+1 1 5 1 3 0 9 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink FW NED 27+9 11 2 1 4 1 2 2 11 Boudewijn Zenden MF NED 11+10 1 0+1 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 12 Mario Stanić MF CRO 13+5 4 2 0 3 1 2 1 13 William Gallas DF FRA 36+2 4 2 0 5 0 3 0 14 Graeme Le Saux DF ENG 27+1 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 15 Mario Melchiot DF NED 31+3 0 0 0 4+1 0 2 0 17 Emmanuel Petit MF FRA 23+1 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 20 Jody Morris MF ENG 19+6 0 1+1 0 2+1 1 2+1 0 21 Enrique de Lucas MF ESP 17+8 0 1 1 1+1 0 2+1 0 22 Eiður Guðjohnsen FW ISL 20+15 10 1+1 0 3+2 0 0+2 0 23 Carlo Cudicini GK ITA 36 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 25 Gianfranco Zola FW ITA 30+8 14 2 0 3 2 3 0 26 John Terry DF ENG 16+4 3 2 0 5 2 3 0 28 Filipe Oliveira MF POR 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 29 Robert Huth DF GER 2 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 30 Jesper Grønkjær MF DEN 20+10 4 2 0 2+3 1 1+1 0 36 Joe Keenan MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Carlton Cole FW ENG 2+11 3 0 0 0+2 1 1 2 |} Statistics taken from https://web.archive.org/web/20090520151010/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536 20 May 2009 . Squad details and shirt numbers from https://web.archive.org/web/20071124184546/http://www.zanziball.it/en/28/5af4.html 24 November 2007 and . Results FA Premier League 2002–03 FA Premier League 17 August 2002 15:00 BST 1 Charlton Athletic 2–3 Report Chelsea Konchesky 7 0 24Rufus 33 Zola 43C. Cole 84Lampard 89Babayaro 89Desailly 89Zenden 89 The Valley London 25,640 Graham Barber W 23 August 2002 20:00 BST 2 Chelsea 2–2 Report Manchester United Gallas 3Zenden 45Hasselbaink 84Desailly 89De Lucas 89 Beckham 26 89Giggs 65P. Neville 89 Stamford Bridge London 41,541 Graham Poll D 28 August 2002 19:45 BST 3 Southampton 1–1 Report Chelsea Fernandes 51Svensson 89Telfer 89 Lampard 80Babayaro 89Grønkjær 89 St. Mary's Stadium Southampton 31,208 Chris Foy D 1 September 2002 16:05 BST 4 Chelsea 1–1 Report Arsenal Melchiot 24Zola 34Zenden 45Le Saux 64De Lucas 89Lampard 89Grønkjær 89 Vieira 0 49Touré 59Wiltord 88 Stamford Bridge London 40,037 Andy D'Urso D 11 September 2002 20:00 BST 5 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Report Chelsea Dunn 18 pen.Thompson 45 89Johansson 81 Grønkjær 38Zola 52 80Stanic 71Morris 86Babayaro 89 Ewood Park Blackburn 22,999 Michael Riley W 14 September 2002 15:00 BST 6 Chelsea 3–0 Report Newcastle United Gudjohnsen 14 58Zola 26Zenden 89 Solano 76Shearer 89Speed 89Bernard 89 Stamford Bridge London 39,746 Barry Knight W 23 September 2002 20:00 BST 7 Fulham 0–0 Report Chelsea Ouaddou 89 Loftus Road London 16,503 Paul Durkin D 28 September 2002 15:00 BST 8 Chelsea 2–3 Report West Ham United Hasselbaink 21 pen.Zola 74Huth 89 Defoe 40Di Canio 48 84Minto 89Repka 89Lomas 89 Stamford Bridge London 38,929 Mike Dean L 6 October 2002 16:05 BST 9 Liverpool 1–0 Report Chelsea Owen 90 Stanic 71Grønkjær 89 Anfield Liverpool 43,856 Graham Barber L 19 October 2002 15:00 BST 10 Manchester City 0–3 Report Chelsea Benarbia 89 Zola 68 84Hasselbaink 85Lampard 89De Lucas 89 Maine Road Manchester 34,953 Dermot Gallagher W 26 October 2002 15:00 BST 11 Chelsea 2–0 Report West Bromwich Albion Hasselbaink 30Le Saux 55 Johnson 89 Stamford Bridge London 40,893 Stephen Dunn W 3 November 2002 15:00 BST 12 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Report Chelsea Acimovic 16Sheringham 88Keller 89 De Lucas 86Morris 89 White Hart Lane London 36,049 Mark Halsey D 9 November 2002 15:00 BST 13 Chelsea 3–0 Report Birmingham City Gudjohnsen 3 31Zola 42Desailly 75 Powell 42 Stamford Bridge London 35,237 David Pugh W 16 November 2002 16:00 BST 14 Chelsea 1–0 Report Middlesbrough Babayaro 47Melchiot 89 Boateng 89 Stamford Bridge London 39,064 Phil Dowd W 23 November 2002 15:00 BST 15 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Report Chelsea Tøfting 44Pedersen 63Barness 89 Hasselbaink 44 89Babayaro 0 75Desailly 89Melchiot 89 Macron Stadium Bolton 25,476 Mike Dean D 30 November 2002 16:00 BST 16 Chelsea 3–0 Report Sunderland Gallas 58Desailly 84Hasselbaink 89 Kilbane 70Thirlwell 89McCann 89 Stamford Bridge London 38,946 Stephen Bennett W 7 December 2002 16:00 BST 17 Everton 1–3 Report Chelsea Naysmith 44Unsworth 0 88Stubbs 89 Stanic 5 60Hasselbaink 28 83Grønkjær 28 90De Lucas 75Gallas 89Lampard 89 Goodison Park Liverpool 39,396 Eddie Wolstenholme W 14 December 2002 16:00 BST 18 Middlesbrough 1–1 Report Chelsea Geremi 32 Terry 42Petit 89 Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough 29,160 Matt Messias D 21 December 2002 16:00 BST 19 Chelsea 2–0 Report Aston Villa Gudjohnsen 42Lampard 57 Dublin 60Hendrie 89Staunton 89 Stamford Bridge London 38,284 Michael Riley W 26 December 2002 13:00 BST 20 Chelsea 0–0 Report Southampton Melchiot 85 Bridge 89Fernandes 89 Stamford Bridge London 39,428 Paul Durkin D 28 December 2002 16:00 BST 21 Leeds United 2–0 Report Chelsea Gallas 30 o.g.Milner 45Okon 45Smith 89 Elland Road Leeds 40,122 Graham Barber L 1 January 2003 16:00 BST 22 Arsenal 3–2 Report Chelsea Desailly 8 o.g.van Bronckhorst 81Henry 83 Stanic 85Petit 86 Highbury London 38,096 Uriah Rennie L 11 January 2003 15:00 BST 23 Chelsea 4–1 Report Charlton Athletic Hasselbaink 3 pen.Gallas 11Gudjohnsen 34 89Le Saux 54 78Petit 89Desailly 89 Euell 42 pen.Powell 44Parker 89Konchesky 89 Stamford Bridge London 37,284 Mike Dean W 18 January 2003 13:30 BST 24 Manchester United 2–1 Report Chelsea Scholes 39Forlán 90 Gudjohnsen 30 Old Trafford Manchester 67,606 Paul Durkin L 28 January 2003 15:00 BST 25 Chelsea 3–2 Report Leeds United C. Cole 53Gudjohnsen 57Lampard 80Matteo 83 o.g.Le Saux 89 Kewell 18Lucic 66Bakke 89 Stamford Bridge London 39,738 Jeff Winter W 1 February 2003 16:00 BST 26 Chelsea 1–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Zola 40Petit 89 Sheringham 17Taricco 89 Stamford Bridge London 41,384 Paul Durkin D 8 February 2003 16:00 BST 27 Birmingham City 1–3 Report Chelsea Savage 86 pen.Johnson 89 De Lucas 15Zola 43Gudjohnsen 49Hasselbaink 68 pen.Terry 89Desailly 89 St Andrew's Birmingham 29,475 Mark Halsey W 22 February 2003 16:00 BST 28 Chelsea 1–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Stanic 64Gallas 89Hasselbaink 90 Yorke 85Gresko 89Dunn 90 Stamford Bridge London 40,850 Graham Poll L 1 March 2003 13:30 BST 29 Newcastle United 2–1 Report Chelsea Hasselbaink 31 o.g.Bernard 53 C. Cole 12Lampard 37 St. James' Park Newcastle 52,157 Brian Winter L 16 March 2003 17:05 BST 30 West Bromwich Albion 0–2 Report Chelsea Stanic 38Zola 55 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 27,024 Andy D'Urso W 22 March 2003 17:05 BST 31 Chelsea 5–0 Report Manchester City Hasselbaink 37Terry 42 89Stanic 58Lampard 69Gallas 79 Benarbia 89Distin 89Jihai 0 89 Stamford Bridge London 41,105 Phil Dowd W 5 April 2003 15:00 BST 32 Sunderland 1–2 Report Chelsea Thornton 12El Karkouri 89 C. Cole 44 85Zola 52 Stadium of Light Sunderland 27,024 Dermot Gallagher W 12 April 2003 15:00 BST 33 Chelsea 1–0 Report Bolton Wanderers C. Cole 58Zenden 58 Bergsson 89Laville 89 Stamford Bridge London 39,852 Graham Barber W 19 April 2003 15:00 BST 34 Aston Villa 2–1 Report Chelsea Allbäck 11 78Leonhardsen 89 Terry 89 Villa Park Birmingham 39,358 Rob Styles L 21 April 2003 15:00 BST 35 Chelsea 4–1 Report Everton Gudjohnsen 25Hasselbaink 48Grønkjær 61De Lucas 89Zola 90 Gravesen 36Carsley 77 Stamford Bridge London 40,875 Michael Riley W 26 April 2003 15:00 BST 36 Chelsea 1–1 Report Fulham Goma 37 o.g.Grønkjær 58Petit 89 Boa Morte 66 82Clark 89 Stamford Bridge London 40,792 David Elleray D 3 May 2003 15:00 BST 37 West Ham United 1–0 Report Chelsea Di Canio 71Defoe 89Repka 89Sinclair 89 Morris 76 Boleyn Ground London 35,042 Andy D'Urso L 11 May 2003 15:00 BST 38 Chelsea 2–1 Report Liverpool Desailly 13Grønkjær 27Hasselbaink 79Gallas 89Le Saux 89 Hyypiä 11Gerrard 0 88 Stamford Bridge London 41,911 Alan Wiley W UEFA Cup First Round First leg 19 September 2002 18:00 GMT Chelsea ENG 2–1 Report NOR Viking FK Hasselbaink 43De Lucas 69 Wright 90 London Stamford Bridge 15,772 Ben Tokat (Turkey) W Second leg 3 October 2002 18:00 GMT Viking FK NOR 4–2 Report ENG Chelsea Berre 9Kopteff 34Nevland 60 87 Lampard 45Terry 62 Stavanger, Norway Stavanger Stadion 5,555 Jack Van Hulten (Netherlands) L FA Cup 2002–03 FA Cup Third round 4 January 2003 15:00 Chelsea 1–0 Report Middlesbrough Stanic 38Cudicini 0 64 Stamford Bridge London 29,796 Mark Halsey W Fourth round 26 January 2003 21:00 Shrewsbury Town 0–4 Report Chelsea Zola 40 75C. Cole 53Morris 80 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 7,950 Michael Riley W Fifth round 16 February 2003 16:00 Stoke City 0–2 Report Chelsea Hasselbaink 51Grønkjær 75 Bet365 Stadium Stoke-on-Trent 26,615 Rob Styles W Quarter final 8 March 2003 17:00 Arsenal 2–2 Report Chelsea Jeffers 35Henry 45 Terry 3Lampard 83 Highbury Stadium London 38,104 Paul Durkin D Quarter final replay 25 March 2003 15:00 Chelsea 1–3 Report Arsenal Terry 79 Terry 25 o.g.Wiltord 33Cygan 0 66Lauren 82 Stamford Bridge London 41,456 David Elleray L League Cup 2002–03 Football League Cup Third round 6 November 2002 20:00 Chelsea 2–1 Report Gillingham C. Cole 20 52 King 90 Stamford Bridge London 28,033 Andy D'Urso W Fourth round 4 December 2002 19:30 Chelsea 4–1 Report Everton Hasselbaink 26 71Petit 44Stanic 69 Naysmith 80 Stamford Bridge London 32,322 Paul Durkin W 17 December 2002 20:00 Fifth round Manchester United 1–0 Report Chelsea Forlan 80 Old Trafford Manchester 57,985 Steve Bennett L Transfers In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate21 MFESP Enrique de Lucas ESP Espanyol Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2012626.stm Chelsea sign Spaniard BBC Sport 2002-05-28 2002-05-28 27-05-200228 FWPOR Filipe Oliveira POR Porto £500,000 01-10-2002 Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate16 MFITA Roberto Di Matteo N/A Retiredhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/1829753.stm Di Matteo forced to quit BBC Sport 2002-02-19 2002-02-19 01-07-200224 MFITA Samuele Dalla Bona ITA Milan £1,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2116652.stm Dalla Bona joins AC Milan BBC Sport 2002-07-08 2002-07-08 08-07-200210 MFSCG Slaviša Jokanović Unattached Releasedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2119573.stm Jokanovic leaves Chelsea BBC Sport 2002-07-10 2002-07-10 09-07-2002N/A FWSCO Sam Parkin ENG Swindon Town Undisclosed 03-09-200231 GKAUS Mark Bosnich Unattached Released 22-01-200332 FWFIN Mikael Forssell GER Borussia Mönchengladbach 6-month loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2707921.stm Forssell heads to Germany BBC Sport 2003-01-29 2003-01-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20030207193122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2707921.stm 7 February 2003 live 29-01-2003 References External links Chelsea FC Official Website Chelsea FC on Soccerbase https://web.archive.org/web/20070627030941/http://www.soccerbase.com/teams2.sd?teamid=536 2007-06-27 Chelsea FC on BBC Category:Chelsea F.C. seasons Chelsea