2002–03 SC Bastia season

SC Bastia

2002–03 season
Chairman	François Nicolaï
Manager	Gérard Gili
Stadium	Stade Armand Cesari
Ligue 1	12th
Coupe de France	End of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	End of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Florian Maurice (10) All: Florian Maurice (10)
Highest home attendance	10,055 vs AS Monaco (17 August 2002)[1]
Lowest home attendance	5,747 vs Guingamp (16 November 2002)[2]
Average home league attendance	7,579
Home colours Away colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

French football club SC Bastia's 2002–03 season. Finished 12th place in league. Top scorer of the season, including 10 goals in 10 league matches have been Florian Maurice. Was eliminated to Coupe de France end of 64, the Coupe de la Ligue was able to be among the final 32 teams.

Transfers

In Summer Hassan Ahamada from Nantes Jocelyn Gourvennec from Rennes Samir Beloufa from G. Beerschot Anthar Yahia from Inter Florian Maurice from Celta Vigo Paul Essola from Créteil Benjamin Longue from Bastia B team Chaouki Ben Saada from Bastia B team Nicolas Alnoudji from Çaykur Rizespor Lilian Laslandes from Sunderland Winter Laurent Batlles from Rennes Franck Silvestre from Montpellier Grégory Vignal from Liverpool Philippe Billy from Lecce

Out Summer Stéphane Odet to Beauvais Benjamin Ajiboye to EP Manosque Pierre Deblock to Auxerre Patrick Beneforti to Udinese Tony Vairelles to Lyon Damian Manso to Newell's Old Boys Daniel Popovic to NK Osijek Ishmael Addo to Maccabi Netanya Christophe Deguerville to free Ousmane Soumah to retired Lilian Nalis to Chievo Winter Prince Daye to Club Africain Cyril Jeunechamp to Rennes Nicolas Dieuze to Toulouse Reynald Pedros to Maccabi Nazareth Fabrice Jau to St. Etienne Bernard Lambourde to Nancy Price Jolibois to Beauvais

Squad

As of 27 May 2012^[3]

Goalkeepers 1 Nicolas Penneteau 16 Ali Boumnijel 30 Arnaud Paoli

Defenders 2 Patrick Moreau 3 Morlaye Soumah 4 Cédric Uras 5 Demetrius Ferreira 13 Grégory Vignal 21 Anthar Yahia 22 Samir Beloufa 23 Adel Guemari 24 Franck Silvestre 27 Benjamin Longue 28 Greg Vanney

Midfielders 6 Reynald Pedros 7[4] Cyril Jeunechamp 7[5] Laurent Batlles 8 Paul Essola 10 Jocelyn Gourvennec 12 Sébastien Piocelle 14 Frédéric Mendy 15 Nicolas Dieuze 17 Franck Matingou 20 Fabrice Jau 23 Price Jolibois 25 Michael Essien 26 Nicolas Alnoudji 29 Chaouki Ben Saada - Samir Bertin d'Avesnes

Forwards 9 Lilian Laslandes 11 Hassan Ahamada 18 Prince Daye 19 Florian Maurice - Hervé Guy

Ligue 1

League table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
11	Paris Saint-Germain	54	38	14	12	12	47	36	+11	38481
12	SC Bastia	47	38	12	11	15	40	48	-8	7579
13	Racing Club de Strasbourg	45	38	11	12	15	40	54	-14	14759

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	11	15	40	48	−8	47	10	5	4	28	17	+11	2	6	11	12	31	−19

Source: LFP

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L
Position	12	14	11	15	11	12	15	15	12	14	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Last updated: 26 May 2012.
Source: LFP
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
3 August 2002	Lens	H	1 - 1	Essien  61', Maurice  89'	9,139
10 August 2002	Nantes	A	1 - 0		34,336
17 August 2002	AS Monaco	H	1 - 0	Maurice  59', Prince  67'	10,055
24 August 2002	Lyon	A	4 - 1	Ahamada  23'	38,777
31 August 2002	Rennes	H	3 - 1	Gourvennec  12', Ahamada  22' -  42', Maurice  70'	6,758
11 September 2002	Auxerre	A	1 - 0	Uras  88'	7,461
15 September 2002	Ajaccio	H	1 - 2	Laslandes  27'	8,488
22 September 2002	Paris SG	A	1 - 1	Laslandes  56'	36,169
28 September 2002	Bordeaux	H	2 - 1	Maurice  15' (pen.), Laslandes  62'	7,167
5 October 2002	Nice	A	2 - 0		13,060
19 October 2002	Le Havre	H	3 - 1	F. Mendy  2', Maurice  5', Gourvennec  57'	6,018
26 October 2002	Strasbourg	A	2 - 0	Yahia  29'	11,134
2 November 2002	Lille	H	1 - 0	Laslandes  24'	6,278
9 November 2002	Troyes	A	3 - 0	Jeunechamp  79'	10,424
16 November 2002	Guingamp	H	0 - 2		5,747
23 November 2002	Montpellier	A	2 - 2	Essien  51', Uras  82'	10,304
30 November 2002	Marseille	H	2 - 0	Ben Saada  74', 86'	9,008
4 December 2002	Sedan	H	0 - 1		7,219
14 December 2002	Sochaux	A	2 - 0		10,934
20 December 2002	Nantes	H	3 - 1	Batlles  34', Essien  73', Laslandes  86'	7,706
11 January 2003	AS Monaco	A	0 - 0		5,632
15 January 2003	Lyon	H	2 - 0	Essien  65', Maurice  80'	6,516
22 January 2003	Rennes	A	0 - 1	Ben Saada  57'	14,624
29 January 2003	Auxerre	H	2 - 0	Silvestre  69', Maurice  80'	6,506
1 February 2003	Ajaccio	A	1 - 1	Silvestre  76'	7,910
5 February 2003	Paris SG	H	1 - 0	Maurice  37'	8,065
8 February 2003	Bordeaux	A	0 - 2	Essien  20', Laslandes  52'	26,862
22 February 2003	Nice	H	1 - 1	Maurice  45'	9,165
1 March 2003	Le Havre	A	2 - 0		10,659
8 March 2003	Strasbourg	H	1 - 1	Batlles  14'	7,262
22 March 2003	Lille	A	1 - 1	Essien  88'	13,737
5 April 2003	Troyes	H	1 - 1	Maurice  39' (pen.)	7,448
12 April 2003	Guingamp	A	3 - 0	Essien  79'	15,548
19 April 2003	Montpellier	H	1 - 2	Maurice  69'	7,522
3 May 2003	Marseille	A	2 - 1	Penneteau  27', Batlles  88'	55,356
10 May 2003	Sedan	A	2 - 2	Batlles  9', Maurice  35' (pen.)	21,982
20 May 2003	Sochaux	H	2 - 2	Laslandes  18', 61'	7,943
24 May 2003	Lens	A	2 - 0		37,988

Coupe de France

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
4 January 2003	Marseille	A	2 - 0		35,000

Coupe de la Ligue

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
7 December 2002	Lyon	A	2 - 0		26,332

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 May 2012^[6]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	FW		Florian Maurice	10	0	0	10
2	FW		Lilian Laslandes	8	0	0	8
3	MF		Michael Essien	6	0	0	6
4	MF		Laurent Batlles	4	0	0	4
5	MF		Chaouki Ben Saada	3	0	0	3
6	FW		Hassan Ahamada	2	0	0	2
=	DF		Franck Silvestre	2	0	0	2
=	MF		Jocelyn Gourvennec	2	0	0	2
9	MF		Prince Daye	1	0	0	1
=	MF		Frédéric Mendy	1	0	0	1
=	DF		Cédric Uras	1	0	0	1

League top assists

As of 26 May 2012^[7]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Assists
1	MF		Jocelyn Gourvennec	5
=	MF		Laurent Batlles	5
3	FW		Florian Maurice	4
=	DF		Demetrius Ferreira	4
5	MF		Chaouki Ben Saada	3
=	FW		Lilian Laslandes	3
7	MF		Cyril Jeunechamp	2
=	FW		Hassan Ahamada	2
=	MF		Reynald Pedros	2
10	DF		Grégory Vignal	1
=	DF		Philippe Billy	1
=	MF		Fabrice Jau	1
=	MF		Michael Essien	1
=	MF		Sébastien Piocelle	1

References

1. Bastia 1-0 Monaco, LFP, Retrieved 27 May 2012.
2. Bastia 0-2 Guingamp, LFP, Retrieved 27 May 2012.
3. Bastia 2002-03, Footballdatabase.eu, Retrieved 27 May 2012.
4. August–December 2002.
5. January–May 2003.
6. Bastia 2002-03 buts, LFP, Retrieved 26 May 2012.
7. Bastia 2002-03, stat2foot, Retrieved 26 May 2012.

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