2002–03 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

2002–03 season

Chairman

Ken Bates

Manager

4th

Top goalscorer

League:
Gianfranco Zola (14)
All:
Gianfranco Zola (16)

Average home league attendance

39,784 (Premier League)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2001–02

2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 88th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the Premier League and 97th year as a club. Managed by Claudio Ranieri, the club did not manage to win any silverware.

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 FK. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Worthington Cup and the FA Cup, but lost 1-0 to Manchester United and 3-1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ed de Goey
2	DF	Albert Ferrer
3	DF	Celestine Babayaro
6	DF	Marcel Desailly
7	DF	Winston Bogarde
8	MF	Frank Lampard
9	FW	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
11	MF	Boudewijn Zenden
12	MF	Mario Stanić
13	DF	William Gallas
14	DF	Graeme Le Saux
15	DF	Mario Melchiot

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Emmanuel Petit
20	MF	Jody Morris
21	MF	Enrique de Lucas
22	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen
23	GK	Carlo Cudicini
25	FW	Gianfranco Zola
26	DF	John Terry
28	FW	Filipe Oliveira
29	DF	Robert Huth
30	MF	Jesper Grønkjær
36	MF	Joe Keenan
39	FW	Carlton Cole

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
31		GK	Mark Bosnich (released)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Sebastian Kneissl
19	DF	Valerio Di Cesare
24	MF	Gabriele Ambrosetti
27	MF	Alexis Nicolas
32	FW	Mikael Forssell
33	DF	Joel Kitamirike
34	DF	Scott Cousins
35	GK	Rhys Evans
37	MF	Danny Jeffreys
40	GK	Lenny Pidgeley
41	MF	Andy Ross

No.	Position	Player
42	MF	Billy Sentance
43	DF	Paul Thornton
44	DF	Sam Tillen
45	GK	Glenn Wizik
46	DF	Danny Woodards
	DF	Warren Cummings
	DF	Mauro Oscar Coelho Da Silva
	DF	Jean-Yves Anis
	MF	Rob Wolleaston
	MF	Mbark Boussoufa

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was Emirates Airline; 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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		UEFA Cup		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ed de Goeij	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
2	DF		Albert Ferrer	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Celestine Babayaro	24	1	16+3	1	0	0	3	0	2	0
6	DF		Marcel Desailly	33	2	30+1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	DF		Winston Bogarde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Frank Lampard	48	8	37+1	6	1+1	1	5	1	3	0
9	FW		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	44	15	27+9	11	2	1	4	1	2	2
11	MF		Boudewijn Zenden	27	1	11+10	1	0+1	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Mario Stanić	25	6	13+5	4	2	0	3	1	2	1
13	DF		William Gallas	48	4	36+2	4	2	0	5	0	3	0
14	DF		Graeme Le Saux	34	2	27+1	2	1	0	3	0	2	0
15	DF		Mario Melchiot	41	0	31+3	0	0	0	4+1	0	2	0
17	MF		Emmanuel Petit	31	2	23+1	1	1	0	5	0	1	1
20	MF		Jody Morris	33	1	19+6	0	1+1	0	2+1	1	2+1	0
21	MF		Enrique de Lucas	31	1	17+8	1	1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
22	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	44	10	20+15	10	1+1	0	3+2	0	0+2	0
23	GK		Carlo Cudicini	46	0	36	0	2	0	5	0	3	0
25	FW		Gianfranco Zola	46	16	30+8	14	2	0	3	2	3	0
26	DF		John Terry	30	4	16+4	2	2	0	5	2	3	0
28	MF		Filipe Oliveira	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	DF		Robert Huth	5	0	2	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	MF		Jesper Grønkjær	39	5	20+10	4	2	0	2+3	1	1+1	0
36	MF		Joe Keenan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Carlton Cole	16	6	2+11	3	0	0	0+2	1	1	2

Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from and .

Results

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 2002	Charlton Athletic	A	2-3	25,640	Zola, Cole, Lampard
23 August 2002	Manchester United	H	2-2	41,541	Gallas, Zenden
28 August 2002	Southampton	A	1-1	31,208	Lampard
1 September 2002	Arsenal	H	1-1	40,037	Zola
11 September 2002	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-3	22,999	Gronkjaer, Zola (2)
14 September 2002	Newcastle United	H	3-0	39,746	Guðjohnsen (2), Zola
23 September 2002	Fulham	A	0-0	16,503
28 September 2002	West Ham United	H	2-3	38,929	Hasselbaink, Zola
6 October 2002	Liverpool	A	1-0	43,856
19 October 2002	Manchester City	A	0-3	34,956	Zola (2), Hasselbaink
26 October 2002	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	40,893	Hasselbaink, Le Saux
3 November 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	36,049
9 November 2002	Birmingham City	H	3-0	35,237	Guðjohnsen (2), Zola
16 November 2002	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	39,064	Babayaro
23 November 2002	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	25,476	Hasselbaink
30 November 2002	Sunderland	H	3-0	38,946	Gallas, Desailly, Hasselbaink
7 December 2002	Everton	A	1-3	39,396	Stanić, Hasselbaink, Grønkjær
14 December 2002	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	29,160	Terry
21 December 2002	Aston Villa	H	2-0	38,284	Guðjohnsen, Lampard
26 December 2002	Southampton	H	0-0	39,428
28 December 2002	Leeds United	A	2-0	40,122
1 January 2003	Arsenal	A	3-2	38,096	Stanić, Petit
11 January 2003	Charlton Athletic	H	4-1	37,284	Hasselbaink (pen), Gallas, Guðjohnsen, Le Saux
18 January 2003	Manchester United	A	2-1	67,606	Guðjohnsen
28 January 2003	Leeds United	H	3-2	39,738	Guðjohnsen, Lampard, Matteo o.g.
1 February 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	41,384	Zola
8 February 2003	Birmingham City	A	1-3	29,475	Zola, Guðjohnsen, Hasselbaink (pen)
22 February 2003	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	40,850	Hasselbaink
1 March 2003	Newcastle United	A	2-1	52,157	Lampard
16 March 2003	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	27,024	Stanić, Zola
22 March 2003	Manchester City	H	5-0	41,105	Hasselbaink, Terry, Stanić, Lampard, Gallas
5 April 2003	Sunderland	A	1-2	40,011	Zola, Cole
12 April 2003	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	39,852	Cole
19 April 2003	Aston Villa	A	2-1	39,358	Terry
21 April 2003	Everton	H	4-1	40,875	Guðjohnsen, Hasselbaink, Gronkjaer, Zola
26 April 2003	Fulham	H	1-1	40,792	Goma o.g.
3 May 2003	West Ham United	A	1-0	35,042
11 May 2003	Liverpool	H	2-1	41,911	Desailly, Gronkjaer

UEFA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 September 2002	R1	Viking FK	H	2-1	15,772	Hasselbaink, de Lucas
3 October 2002	R1	Viking FK	A	4-2	5,500	Lampard, Terry

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 January 2003	R3	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	29,796	Stanić
26 January 2003	R4	Shrewsbury Town	A	4-0	7,950	Zola (2), Cole, Morris
16 February 2003	R5	Stoke City	A	0-2	26,615	Hasselbaink, Grønkjær
8 March 2003	QF	Arsenal	A	2-2	38,104	Terry, Lampard
25 March 2003	QF Replay	Arsenal	H	1-3	41,456	Terry

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 November 2002	R3	Gillingham	H	2-1	28,033	Cole (2)
4 December 2002	R4	Everton	H	4-1	32,322	Hasselbaink (2), Petit, Stanić
17 December 2002	QF	Manchester United	A	1-0	57,985

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
21	MF	Enrique de Lucas	Espanyol	Free^[2]	27-05-2002
28	FW	Filipe Oliveira	Porto	£500,000	01-10-2002

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
16	MF	Roberto Di Matteo	N/A	Retired^[3]	01-07-2002
24	MF	Samuele Dalla Bona	Milan	£1,000,000^[4]	08-07-2002
10	MF	Slaviša Jokanović	Unattached	Released^[5]	09-07-2002
N/A	FW	Sam Parkin	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	03-09-2002
31	GK	Mark Bosnich	Unattached	Released	22-01-2003
32	FW	Mikael Forssell	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6-month loan^[6]	29-01-2003

References

↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/faprem/chelsea.htm
↑ "Chelsea sign Spaniard". BBC Sport. 2002-05-28. Retrieved 2002-05-28.
↑ "Di Matteo forced to quit". BBC Sport. 2002-02-19. Retrieved 2002-02-19.
↑ "Dalla Bona joins AC Milan". BBC Sport. 2002-07-08. Retrieved 2002-07-08.
↑ "Jokanovic leaves Chelsea". BBC Sport. 2002-07-10. Retrieved 2002-07-10.
↑ "Forssell heads to Germany". BBC Sport. 2003-01-29. Archived from the original on 7 February 2003. Retrieved 2003-01-29.

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