2002–03 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	2002–03
Dates	9 August 2002 – 24 May 2003
Champions	Bayern Munich; 17th Bundesliga title; 18th German title
Relegated	Arminia Bielefeld; 1. FC Nürnberg; Energie Cottbus
Champions League	Bayern Munich; Stuttgart; Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Cup	Hamburger SV; Hertha BSC; Kaiserslautern
Intertoto Cup	Werder Bremen; Schalke 04; Wolfsburg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thomas Christiansen; Giovane Élber; (21 goals each)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Bundesliga was the 40th season of the Bundesliga. It began on 9 August 2002 and concluded on 24 May 2003.^[1] This was the first season where the defending champions kicked–off the opening match.^[2]

Teams[edit]

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were Hannover 96, Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum, returning to the top flight after an absence of thirteen, two and one years respectively. They replaced SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and FC St. Pauli after spending time in the top flight for four, two and one years respectively.

Team overview[edit]

Location of teams in Bundesliga 2002–03

Club	Location	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	76,000
Arminia Bielefeld*	Bielefeld	Stadion Alm	26,600
VfL Bochum*	Bochum	Ruhrstadion	36,000
SV Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	36,000
FC Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	21,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	68,600
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	AOL Arena	62,000
Hannover 96*	Hanover	Niedersachsenstadion	60,400
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz Walter Stadion	41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
TSV 1860 Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	63,000
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Frankenstadion	44,700
F.C. Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	25,850
FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Arena AufSchalke	61,973
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	53,700
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Volkswagen Arena¹	21,600 30,000

(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

¹ VfL Wolfsburg played their first seven home matches at the VfL Stadion before permanently moving to the Volkswagen Arena.

League table[edit]

The final table of the 1st Bundesliga, Season 2002/03

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	23	6	5	70	25	+45	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	8	9	53	39	+14	59	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	13	6	51	27	+24	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Hamburger SV	34	15	11	8	46	36	+10	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Hertha BSC	34	16	6	12	52	43	+9	54	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Werder Bremen	34	16	4	14	51	50	+1	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7	Schalke 04	34	12	13	9	46	40	+6	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	13	7	14	39	42	−3	46	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9	VfL Bochum	34	12	9	13	55	56	−1	45
10	1860 Munich	34	12	9	13	44	52	−8	45
11	Hannover 96	34	12	7	15	47	57	−10	43
12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	11	9	14	43	45	−2	42
13	Hansa Rostock	34	11	8	15	35	41	−6	41
14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	10	10	14	40	42	−2	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
15	Bayer Leverkusen	34	11	7	16	47	56	−9	40
16	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	8	12	14	35	46	−11	36	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	8	6	20	33	60	−27	30
18	Energie Cottbus (R)	34	7	9	18	34	64	−30	30

Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	BSC	DSC	BOC	SVW	FCE	BVB	HSV	H96	FCK	B04	BMG	M60	FCB	FCN	ROS	S04	VFB	WOB
Hertha BSC	—	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	6–0	3–6	2–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–2
Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	—	1–3	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–0
VfL Bochum	3–0	0–3	—	1–4	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	4–2
Werder Bremen	4–2	2–2	2–0	—	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	5–3	3–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–1
Energie Cottbus	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	—	0–4	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–4	0–2	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–3	0–1
Borussia Dortmund	2–2	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2
Hamburger SV	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0
Hannover 96	0–1	0–0	2–2	4–4	1–3	0–3	2–2	—	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–2	3–1	0–2	1–2	3–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0
Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	3–1	2–4	3–0	0–3	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	3–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	—	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–0
1860 Munich	1–0	3–1	2–4	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	—	0–5	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–2
Bayern Munich	2–0	6–2	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	—	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	—	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1
Hansa Rostock	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–0
Schalke 04	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	1–0
VfB Stuttgart	3–1	3–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	4–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0
VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall[edit]

Most wins - Bayern Munich (23)
Fewest wins - Energie Cottbus (7)
Most draws - Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 (13)
Fewest draws - Werder Bremen (4)
Most losses - 1. FC Nürnberg (20)
Fewest losses - Bayern Munich (5)
Most goals scored - Bayern Munich (70)
Fewest goals scored - 1. FC Nürnberg (33)
Most goals conceded - Energie Cottbus (64)
Fewest goals conceded - Bayern Munich (25)

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giovane Élber	Bayern Munich	21
1	Thomas Christiansen	VfL Bochum	21
3	Aílton	Werder Bremen	16
4	Kevin Kurányi	VfB Stuttgart	15
4	Claudio Pizarro	Bayern Munich	15
6	Marcelinho	Hertha BSC	14
	Markus Schroth	1860 Munich
	Fredi Bobic	Hannover 96
	Bernardo Romeo	Hamburger SV
10	Benjamin Lauth	1860 Munich	13
10	Jan Koller	Borussia Dortmund	13

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Giovane Élber⁴	Bayern Munich	Arminia Bielefeld	6-2	17 August 2002
Thomas Christiansen	VfL Bochum	Energie Cottbus	5-0	17 August 2002
Aílton	Werder Bremen	1. FC Nürnberg	4-1	10 September 2002
Kevin Kurányi	VfB Stuttgart	Arminia Bielefeld	3-0	22 September 2002
Ionel Ganea	VfB Stuttgart	VfL Bochum	3-1	8 November 2002
Markus Schroth	1860 Munich	Hansa Rostock	4-1	25 January 2003
Mohammadou Idrissou	Hannover 96	1. FC Nürnberg	4-2	8 February 2003
Mehmet Scholl	Bayern Munich	1860 Munich	5-0	15 February 2003
Mamadou Diabang	Arminia Bielefeld	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4-1	15 March 2003
Giovane Élber	Bayern Munich	Hertha BSC	6-3	10 May 2003

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References[edit]

^ "Bundesliga 2002/2003 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
^ "FC Bayern eröffnet Saison gegen Wolfsburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 24 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links[edit]

2002–03 Bundesliga on kicker.de

[1] "Bundesliga 2002/2003 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

[2] "FC Bayern eröffnet Saison gegen Wolfsburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 24 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[Vereinslexikon-3] Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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