2002–03 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 2002–03
Champions Bayern Munich
Relegated Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
Energie Cottbus
Top goalscorer 2 players (21)

The 2002–03 Bundesliga, the 40th season of the Bundesliga, was the first season where the defending champions kicked–off the season.[1]

Team overview

Club Ground[2] Capacity[2]
Hertha BSC Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld Stadion Alm 26,600
VfL Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,000
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
FC Energie Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 21,000
Borussia Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600
Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion 62,000
Hannover 96 Niedersachsenstadion 60,400
1. FC Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
1. FC Nuremberg Frankenstadion 44,700
F.C. Hansa Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
VfL Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg 21,600

League table

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 34 23 6 5 70 25+45 75 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 VfB Stuttgart 34 17 8 9 53 39+14 59
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 13 6 51 27+24 58 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Hamburger SV 34 15 11 8 46 36+10 56 2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round
5 Hertha BSC 34 16 6 12 52 43+9 54
6 Werder Bremen 34 16 4 14 51 50+1 52 2003 UEFA Intertoto CupThird round
7 Schalke 04 34 12 13 9 46 40+6 49
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 7 14 39 423 46 2003 UEFA Intertoto CupSecond round
9 VfL Bochum 34 12 9 13 55 561 45
10 1860 München 34 12 9 13 44 528 45
11 Hannover 96 34 12 7 15 47 5710 43
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 11 9 14 43 452 42
13 Hansa Rostock 34 11 8 15 35 416 41
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 10 10 14 40 422 40 2003–04 UEFA CupFirst round
15 Bayer Leverkusen 34 11 7 16 47 569 40
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 8 12 14 35 4611 36 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 1. FC Nürnberg 34 8 6 20 33 6027 30
18 Energie Cottbus 34 7 9 18 34 6430 30

Updated to games played on 25 September 2008.
Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
21 Brazil Giovane Élber Bayern Munich
Spain Thomas Christiansen VfL Bochum
16 Brazil Aílton Werder Bremen
15 Germany Kevin Kurányi VfB Stuttgart
Peru Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich
14 Brazil Marcelinho Hertha BSC
Germany Markus Schroth TSV 1860 München
Germany Fredi Bobic Hannover 96
Argentina Bernardo Romeo Hamburger SV
13 Germany Benjamin Lauth 1860 Munich
Czech Republic Jan Koller Borussia Dortmund

Champion squad

1. FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (33); Stefan Wessels (1).
Defenders: Thomas Linke (32); Bixente Lizarazu France (26 / 2); Robert Kovač Croatia (24); Willy Sagnol France (23 / 2); Samuel Kuffour Ghana (20 / 1).
Midfielders: Zé Roberto Brazil (31 / 1); Jens Jeremies (29); Michael Ballack (26 / 10); Owen Hargreaves England (25 / 1); Mehmet Scholl (18 / 4); Niko Kovač Croatia (18 / 1); Hasan Salihamidžić Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 / 2); Michael Tarnat (11); Markus Feulner (10); Thorsten Fink (10); Sebastian Deisler (8); Pablo Thiam Guinea (4).
Forwards: Giovane Élber Brazil (33 / 21); Claudio Pizarro Peru (31 / 15); Roque Santa Cruz Paraguay (14 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (14); Alexander Zickler (12 / 4); Piotr Trochowski (3); Zvjezdan Misimović Bosnia and Herzegovina (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher, Philipp Lahm.

Transferred out during the season: Pablo Thiam Guinea (to VfL Wolfsburg).

References

  1. "FC Bayern eröffnet Saison gegen Wolfsburg" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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