2002–03 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool 2002–03 Gérard Houllier David Moores Premier League 5th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Winners UEFA Champions League Group stage UEFA Cup Quarter-finals FA Community Shield Runners-up Michael Owen (19) Michael Owen (28) 42,768 _liverpool0204h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a CCCCCC 000000 CCCCCC CCCCCC 000000 _liverpool0102a _liverpool0102a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–2003 season was Liverpool Football Club's 111th season in existence and their 41st consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. Season summary Having finished second the previous season, Liverpool had high hopes to win their first league title since 1990. Indeed, they topped the Premier League table after their first 12 games (including a seven-game winning streak), picking up 30 points out of a possible 36, a run which saw them four points clear at the top from reigning champions Arsenal. However, on 9 November 2002, they suffered a surprise 1–0 away defeat at the hands of high-fliers Middlesbrough. This wasn't completely disastrous; it did see their lead cut to one point but three days later, they completed a miserable week after they bowed out of the Champions League after failure to beat Basel. That week's two results started a freefall of 13 matches without victory (including 11 league games) and a dismal run of only two wins in 16 league matches (both away at Southampton and West Ham United) which ended such title hopes. They were, in fact, out of the top four altogether, never to return after a shock 2–1 defeat at struggling Sunderland. However, their first home league win in four months came in a 2–0 win over Bolton Wanderers on 8 March 2003, starting a more promising run of seven wins in eight league games which almost took the club to Champions League qualification anyway, but defeats at the hands of Manchester City and Chelsea in the final two games of the season buried those hopes. A League Cup win following a 2–0 victory over arch-rivals Manchester United was the sole glorious moment of a disappointing season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/2811805.stm Liverpool lift Worthington Cup 2003-03-02 BBC Sport 2010-09-26 Competition Result Top scorer Premier League 5th ENG Michael Owen, 19 Champions League First group stage ENG Michael Owen, 4 UEFA Cup Quarter-finals ENG Michael Owen, 3 FA Cup Fourth round ENG Danny Murphy, 1 League Cup Winners SEN El Hadji Diouf, 3 Overall ENG Michael Owen, 28 First-team squad 1 POL Jerzy Dudek GK 2 SUI Stéphane Henchoz DF 3 POR Abel XavierXavier was born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique), which was then an overseas territory of Portugal, and made his international debut for Portugal in March 1993. DF 4 FIN Sami Hyypiä DF captain 5 CZE Milan Baroš FW 6 GER Markus Babbel DF 7 CZE Vladimír Šmicer MF 8 ENG Emile Heskey FW 9 SEN El Hadji Diouf FW 10 ENG Michael Owen FW 13 ENG Danny Murphy MF 14 NOR Vegard Heggem DF 15 CZE Patrik Berger MF 16 GER Dietmar Hamann MF 17 ENG Steven Gerrard MF 18 NOR John Arne Riise DF 19 Guadeloupe Pegguy Arphexad GK 21 SEN Salif Diao MF 22 ENG Chris Kirkland GK 23 ENG Jamie Carragher DF 24 FRA Bernard Diomède MF 25 CRO Igor Bišćan MF 26 IRL Richie Partridge MF 27 FRA Grégory Vignal DF 28 FRA Bruno Cheyrou MF 30 FRA Djimi TraoréTraoré was born in Saint-Ouen, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and would make his international debut for Mali in 2004. DF 31 FRA Alou Diarra DF 32 ENG John Welsh MF 33 ENG Neil Mellor FW 34 FIN Daniel Sjölund MF 35 ENG Stephen Warnock DF 36 ENG Jon Otsemobor DF 38 IRL Michael Foley-Sheridan MF 39 FRA Patrice Luzi GK 40 SCO Robbie Foy MF Left club during season 20 ENG MF Nick Barmby to Leeds United 29 ENG DF Stephen Wright to Sunderland 37 FIN Jari Litmanen MF to Ajax Statistics Appearances As of end of seasonhttp://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/players/season/2003/ All Liverpool players: 2003 Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions LeagueUEFA Cup Community Shield 1 Jerzy Dudek GK POL 30 0 1+1 0 2 0 11 0 1 0 2 Stéphane Henchoz DF SUI 19 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 3 Abel Xavier DF POR 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Sami Hyypiä DF FIN 36 3 3 0 4 0 12 2 1 0 5 Milan Baroš FW CZE 17+10 9 0+1 0 2+2 2 3+6 1 0+1 0 6 Markus Babbel DF GER 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0+1 0 7 Vladimír Šmicer MF CZE 10+11 0 1 0 4+1 0 3+3 1 0+1 0 8 Emile Heskey FW ENG 22+10 6 2 1 2+3 0 10+1 3 1 0 9 El Hadji Diouf FW SEN 21+8 3 3 0 5 3 5+4 0 1 0 10 Michael Owen FW ENG 32+3 19 2 0 3+1 2 11+1 7 1 0 13 Danny Murphy MF ENG 36 7 3 1 4 2 11 2 0+1 0 15 Patrik Berger MF CZE 0+2 0 0 0 1 1 0+1 0 0 0 16 Dietmar Hamann MF GER 29+1 2 1 0 1 0 7+2 0 1 0 17 Steven Gerrard MF ENG 32+2 5 2 0 6 2 11 0 1 0 18 John Arne Riise DF NOR 31+6 6 2 1 4 0 10+1 0 1 0 21 Salif Diao MF SEN 13+13 1 1+1 0 6+3 1 2+1 0 0 0 22 Chris Kirkland GK ENG 8 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 23 Jamie Carragher DF ENG 34+1 0 3 0 9+2 0 5 0 0 0 25 Igor Bišćan MF CRO 3+3 0 0+1 0 2+2 0 0+2 0 0 0 27 Gregory Vignal DF FRA 0+1 0 1 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 28 Bruno Cheyrou MF FRA 8+11 0 2 0 1+1 0 3+2 1 0+1 0 30 Djimi Traoré DF FRA 30+2 0 2 0 2+1 0 10+1 0 1 0 32 John Welsh MF ENG 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 33 Neil Mellor FW ENG 1+2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 36 Jon Otsemobor DF ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 March 2016 Transfers In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate28MFFRA Bruno CheyrouFRA Lille£3,700,00016 May 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1990875.stm BBC News Cheyrou joins Liverpool 16 May 20029FWSEN El Hadji DioufFRA Lens£10,000,0001 June 2002–MFFRA Alou DiarraGER Bayern MunichFree9 July 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/2088822.stm BBC News Liverpool sign Diarra 9 July 200239GKFRA Patrice LuziFRA MonacoFree29 July 200221MFSEN Salif DiaoFRA Sedan£4,700,0006 August 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/2062527.stm BBC News Diao confirms Liverpool move 24 June 2002 Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate21GKDEN Jørgen NielsenDEN NordsjællandFree1 July 200220MFENG Nick BarmbyENG Leeds United£3,750,0008 August 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/2181229.stm BBC News Barmby lands at Leeds 8 August 200229DFENG Stephen WrightENG Sunderland£1,500,00015 August 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/2191025.stm BBC News Phil McNulty Wright agrees Sunderland deal 14 August 200237MFFIN Jari LitmanenNED AjaxFree30 August 2002https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/2225139.stm BBC News Ajax sign Litmanen 30 August 2002 In: £18,400,000 Out: £5,250,000 Total spending: £13,150,000 Competitions Premier League 2002–03 FA Premier League League table LIV Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/W/D/D/D/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/D/L/L/L/L/D/D/D/L/D/W/D/W/D/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/L Position 6/2/2/3/4/5/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/4/6/6/6/6/7/7/6/6/6/6/7/6/6/5/6/6/5/5/5/5/5 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Competitive Matches May 2010 Matches 1 18 August 2002 14:00 BST Aston Villa 0–1 Report Liverpool Riise 47 Birmingham Villa Park 41,183 Andy D'Urso W 2 24 August 2002 15:00 BST Liverpool 3–0 Report Southampton Diouf 3 51Murphy 90 pen. Liverpool Anfield 43,058 Jeff Winter W 3 28 August 2002 20:00 BST Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Report Liverpool Dunn 15Grabbi 83 Murphy 31Riise 77 Blackburn Ewood Park 29,207 Steve Bennett D 4 2 September 2002 20:00 BST Liverpool 2–2 Report Newcastle United Hamann 53Owen 73 pen. Speed 80Shearer 88 Liverpool Anfield 43,241 Graham Poll D 5 11 September 2002 20:00 BST Liverpool 2–2 Report Birmingham City Murphy 25Gerrard 49 Morrison 61 90 Liverpool Anfield 43,113 Neale Barry D 6 14 September 2002 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Report Liverpool Gardner 54Campo 87 Baroš 45 72Heskey 88 Bolton Reebok Stadium 27,328 Rob Styles W 7 21 September 2002 15:00 BST Liverpool 2–0 Report West Bromwich Albion Baroš 56Riise 90 Liverpool Anfield 43,830 David Elleray W 8 28 September 2002 15:00 BST Manchester City 0–3 Report Liverpool Owen 4 64 89 Manchester Maine Road 35,131 Paul Durkin W 9 6 October 2002 16:00 BST Liverpool 1–0 Report Chelsea Owen 90 Liverpool Anfield 43,856 Graham Barber W 10 19 October 2002 12:00 BST Leeds United 0–1 Report Liverpool Diao 66 Leeds Elland Road 40,187 Steve Dunn W 11 26 October 2002 15:00 BST Liverpool 2–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Murphy 72Owen 86 pen. Richards 82 Liverpool Anfield 44,084 Mike Riley W 12 2 November 2002 15:00 GMT Liverpool 2–0 Report West Ham United Owen 28 55 Liverpool Anfield 44,048 Eddie Wolstenholme W 13 9 November 2002 15:00 GMT Middlesbrough 1–0 Report Liverpool Southgate 82 Middlesbrough Riverside 34,747 Mark Halsey L 14 17 November 2002 14:00 GMT Liverpool 0–0 Report Sunderland Liverpool Anfield 43,074 Andy D'Urso D 15 23 November 2002 15:00 GMT Fulham 3–2 Report Liverpool Sava 5 68Davis 38 Hamann 62Baroš 86 London Loftus Road 18,144 Graham Poll L 16 1 December 2002 12:15 GMT Liverpool 1–2 Report Manchester United Hyypiä 82 Forlán 64 67 Liverpool Anfield 44,250 Alan Wiley L 17 7 December 2002 15:00 GMT Charlton Athletic 2–0 Report Liverpool Euell 36Konchesky 78 London The Valley 26,694 Mike Riley L 18 15 December 2002 16:00 GMT Sunderland 2–1 Report Liverpool McCann 36Proctor 85 Baroš 68 Sunderland Stadium of Light 37,118 Mark Halsey L 19 22 December 2002 16:00 GMT Liverpool 0–0 Report Everton Liverpool Anfield 44,025 Graham Poll D 20 26 December 2002 Liverpool 1–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Riise 17 Cole 77 Liverpool Anfield 43,075 Neale Barry D 21 29 December 2002 16:00 GMT Arsenal 1–1 Report Liverpool Henry 79 pen. Murphy 70 pen. London Highbury 38,074 Jeff Winter D 22 1 January 2003 Newcastle United 1–0 Report Liverpool Robert 13 Diao 0 66 Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park 52,147 Dermot Gallagher L 23 11 January 2003 15:00 GMT Liverpool 1–1 Report Aston Villa Owen 38 Dublin 49 pen. Liverpool Anfield 43,210 Paul Durkin D 24 18 January 2003 15:00 GMT Southampton 0–1 Report Liverpool Heskey 14 Southampton St. Mary's 32,104 Steve Bennett W 25 29 January 2003 Liverpool 2–2 Report Arsenal Riise 52Heskey 90 Pires 9Bergkamp 63 Liverpool Anfield 43,668 Mark Halsey D 26 2 February 2003 West Ham United 0–3 Report Liverpool Baroš 7Gerrard 9Heskey 67 London Boleyn Ground 35,033 Matt Messias W 27 8 February 2003 15:00 GMT Liverpool 1–1 Report Middlesbrough Riise 74 Geremi 27 Liverpool Anfield 42,247 Steve Bennett D 28 23 February 2003 16:00 GMT Birmingham City 2–1 Report Liverpool Clemence 34Morrison 68 Owen 77 Birmingham St Andrew's 29,449 C Wilkes L 29 8 March 2003 Liverpool 2–0 Report Bolton Wanderers Diouf 44Owen 67 Liverpool Anfield 41,462 Graham Barber W 30 16 March 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 Report Liverpool Taricco 48Sheringham 87 Owen 51Heskey 72 Gerrard 82 London White Hart Lane 36,077 Uriah Rennie W 31 23 March 2003 Liverpool 3–1 Report Leeds United Owen 12Murphy 20Gerrard 73 Viduka 44 Liverpool Anfield 43,021 Andy D'Urso W 32 5 April 2003 Manchester United 4–0 Report Liverpool van Nistelrooy 5 pen. 65 pen.Giggs 78Solskjær 90 Hyypia 0 4 Manchester Old Trafford 67,639 Mike Riley L 33 12 April 2003 15:00 BST Liverpool 2–0 Report Fulham Heskey 36Owen 59 Liverpool Anfield 42,120 Alan Wiley W 34 19 April 2003 15:00 BST Everton 1–2 Report Liverpool Unsworth 58 pen. Owen 31Murphy 54 Liverpool Goodison Park 40,162 Paul Durkin W 35 21 April 2003 Liverpool 2–1 Report Charlton Athletic Hyypiä 86Gerrard 90 Bartlett 47 Liverpool Anfield 42,010 Steve Dunn W 36 26 April 2003 15:00 BST West Bromwich Albion 0–6 Report Liverpool Owen 15 49 61 67Baroš 47 84 West Bromwich The Hawthorns 27,128 Dermot Gallagher W 37 3 May 2003 Liverpool 1–2 Report Manchester City Baroš 59 Anelka 74 pen. 90 Liverpool Anfield 44,220 Neale Barry L 38 11 May 2003 15:00 BST Chelsea 2–1 Report Liverpool Desailly 14Grønkjær 27 Hyypiä 11 London Stamford Bridge 41,911 Alan Wiley L FA Cup Matches 3 5 January 2003 Manchester City 0–1 Report Liverpool Murphy 47 pen. Manchester Maine Road 28,586 Uriah Rennie W 4 26 January 2003 Crystal Palace 0–0 Report Liverpool London Selhurst Park 26,054 Rob Styles D 4Replay 5 February 2003 Liverpool 0–2 Report Crystal Palace Gray 55Henchoz 79 o.g. Liverpool Anfield 35,109 Phil Dowd L League Cup Matches 3 6 November 2002 Liverpool 3–1 Report Southampton Berger 45Diouf 57Baroš 60 Delgado 55 Liverpool Anfield 35,870 Phil Dowd W 4 4 December 2002 Liverpool 1–1 yes Report Ipswich Town Diouf 54 pen. Miller 14 Liverpool Anfield 26,305 Dermot Gallagher W Gerrard Baroš Riise Carragher Diouf 5–4 Holland Clapham Magilton Miller Armstrong Quarter-final 18 December 2002 Aston Villa 3–4 Report Liverpool Vassell 23 pen.Hitzlsperger 72Henchoz 88 o.g. Murphy 27 90Baroš 54Gerrard 67 Birmingham Villa Park 38,530 Graham Barber W Semi-finalFirst leg 8 January 2003 Sheffield United 2–1 Report Liverpool Tonge 76 82 Mellor 35 Sheffield Bramall Lane 30,095 Mike Dean L Semi-finalSecond leg 21 January 2003 Liverpool 2–0 yes Report Sheffield United Diouf 9Owen 107 Liverpool Anfield 43,837 Alan Wiley W Final 2 March 2003 Liverpool 2–0 Report Manchester United Gerrard 39Owen 86 Cardiff Millennium Stadium 74,500 Paul Durkin W Champions League 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage Group B Group B y Matches 1 17 September 2002 20:45 CEST Valencia ESP 2–0 Report Liverpool Pablo Aimar 20Baraja 38 Hamann 22 78 Valencia, Spain Mestalla 43,000 GER Herbert Fandel L 2 25 September 2002 19:45 BST Liverpool 1–1 Report SUI Basel Baroš 34 Rossi 42 Liverpool Anfield 37,634 NED Dick Van Egmond D 3 2 October 2002 19:45 BST Liverpool 5–0 Report RUS Spartak Moscow Heskey 7 90Cheyrou 15Hyypiä 29Diao 81 Liverpool Anfield 40,812 Luxembourg Alain Hamer W 4 22 October 2002 20:00 MSD Spartak Moscow RUS 1–3 Report Liverpool Danishevsky 23 Owen 29 70 90 Moscow, Russia Dynamo Stadium 15,000 AUT Konrad Plautz W 5 30 October 2002 19:45 GMT Liverpool 0–1 Report ESP Valencia Rufete 34 Liverpool Anfield 41,831 NOR Terje Hauge L 6 12 November 2002 20:45 CET Basel SUI 3–3 Report Liverpool Rossi 2Giménez 22Atouba 29 Murphy 61Šmicer 64Owen 85 Basel, Switzerland St. Jakob-Park 35,000 FRA Claude Colombo D UEFA Cup 2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase Matches Third roundFirst leg 28 November 2002 Vitesse NED 0–1 Report Liverpool Owen 26 Arnhem, Netherlands GelreDome 28,500 ESP Manuel Mejuto González W Third roundSecond leg 12 December 2002 Liverpool 1–0 Report NED Vitesse Owen 21 Liverpool, England Anfield 23,576 GER Wolfgang Stark W Fourth roundFirst leg 20 February 2003 Auxerre FRA 0–1 Report Liverpool Hyypiä 72 Auxerre, France Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 20,452 ITA Massimo De Santis W Fourth roundSecond leg 27 February 2003 Liverpool 2–0 Report FRA Auxerre Owen 66Murphy 72 Liverpool, England Anfield 34,252 ESP Antonio Jesús López Nieto W Quarter-finalFirst leg 13 March 2003 Celtic SCO 1–1 Report Liverpool Larsson 2 Heskey 17 Glasgow, Scotland Celtic Park 59,759 NOR Terje Hauge D Quarter-finalsSecond leg 20 March 2003 Liverpool 0–2 Report SCO Celtic Thompson 45Hartson 82 Liverpool, England Anfield 44,238 GER Markus Merk L References Notes notes External links 2002–03 Liverpool F.C. season at LFCHistory.net 2002-2003 Liverpool