2002–03 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth led the First Division for most of the season, and eventually finished as champions, six points clear of second-placed Leicester City. As champions, Portsmouth gained promotion to the FA Premier League, returning to the top flight after an absence of 15 years.

Bulgarian striker Svetoslav Todorov silenced his critics by finishing top scorer in the division with 26 goals, overhauling Nottingham Forest's David Johnson with a hat-trick against Bradford City on the last day of the season, in the game that confirmed Portsmouth as Football League champions.

Kit

Portsmouth continue to produce their own kits under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport.

Final league table

Main article: 2002–03 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	17	3	3	52	22	12	8	3	45	23	97	45	+52	98
2	Leicester City	46	16	5	2	40	12	10	9	4	33	28	73	40	+33	92
3	Sheffield United	46	13	7	3	38	23	10	4	9	34	29	72	52	+20	80
4	Reading	46	13	3	7	33	21	12	1	10	28	25	61	46	+15	79
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	9	10	4	40	19	11	6	6	41	25	81	44	+37	76
6	Nottingham Forest	46	14	7	2	57	23	6	7	10	25	27	82	50	+32	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	10	5	8	49	39	9	8	6	31	25	80	64	+16	70
8	Norwich City	46	14	4	5	36	17	5	8	10	24	32	60	49	+11	69
9	Millwall	46	11	6	6	34	32	8	3	12	25	37	59	69	–10	66
10	Wimbledon	46	12	5	6	39	28	6	6	11	37	45	76	73	+3	65
11	Gillingham	46	10	6	7	33	31	6	8	9	23	34	56	65	–9	62
12	Preston North End	46	11	7	5	44	29	5	6	12	24	41	68	70	–2	61
13	Watford	46	11	5	7	33	26	6	4	13	21	44	54	70	–16	60
14	Crystal Palace	46	8	10	5	29	17	6	7	10	30	35	59	52	+7	59
15	Rotherham United	46	8	9	6	27	25	7	5	11	35	37	62	62	±0	59
16	Burnley	46	10	4	9	35	44	5	6	12	30	45	65	89	–24	55
17	Walsall	46	10	3	10	34	34	5	6	12	23	35	57	69	–12	54
18	Derby County	46	9	5	9	33	32	6	2	15	22	42	55	74	–19	52
19	Bradford City	46	7	8	8	27	35	7	2	14	24	38	51	73	–22	52
20	Coventry City	46	6	6	11	23	31	6	8	9	23	31	46	62	–16	50
21	Stoke City	46	9	6	8	25	25	3	8	12	20	44	45	69	–24	50
22	Sheffield Wednesday	46	7	7	9	29	32	3	9	11	27	41	56	73	–17	46
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	7	6	10	29	31	4	6	13	20	36	49	67	–18	45
24	Grimsby Town	46	5	6	12	26	39	4	6	13	22	46	48	85	–37	39

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Portsmouth's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 2002	Nottingham Forest	H	2-0	18,910	Burton, Péricard
13 August 2002	Sheffield United	A	1-1	16,093	Burton
17 August 2002	Crystal Palace	A	3-2	18,315	Foxe, Crowe (2)
24 August 2002	Watford	H	3-0	17,901	Merson, Todorov, Burton
26 August 2002	Grimsby Town	A	1-0	5,770	Burchill
31 August 2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4-2	19,031	Taylor, Merson (pen), Todorov, Crowe
7 September 2002	Gillingham	A	3-1	8,717	Merson, Burchill, O'Neil
14 September 2002	Millwall	H	1-0	17,201	Todorov
17 September 2002	Wimbledon	H	4-1	18,837	Péricard, Todorov, Williams (own goal), Taylor
21 September 2002	Norwich City	A	0-1	21,335
28 September 2002	Bradford City	H	3-0	18,459	Quashie (2), Péricard
5 October 2002	Rotherham United	A	3-2	8,604	Péricard, Todorov, Merson (pen)
19 October 2002	Coventry City	H	1-1	18,837	Péricard
26 October 2002	Burnley	A	3-0	15,788	Quashie, Todorov, Harper
29 October 2002	Preston North End	H	3-2	18,637	Stone, Merson, Taylor
2 November 2002	Leicester City	H	0-2	19,107
6 November 2002	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	27,022	Merson
9 November 2002	Derby County	A	2-1	26,587	Todorov, Burchill
16 November 2002	Stoke City	H	3-0	18,701	Burchill, Péricard, Todorov
23 November 2002	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1	16,602	Todorov (2), O'Neil
30 November 2002	Walsall	H	3-2	17,701	Quashie, Todorov, Taylor
7 December 2002	Reading	A	0-0	23,462
14 December 2002	Stoke City	A	1-1	13,330	Crowe
21 December 2002	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	19,130	Todorov
26 December 2002	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	19,217	Merson
28 December 2002	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	28,165	Taylor, Péricard
1 January 2003	Watford	A	2-2	15,048	Burton, Harper
13 January 2003	Sheffield United	H	1-2	18,872	O'Neil
18 January 2003	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-1	6,848	Todorov
1 February 2003	Grimsby Town	H	3-0	19,248	Yakubu, Ford (own goal), Quashie
8 February 2003	Derby County	H	6-2	19,503	Merson, Yakubu (2), Taylor, Todorov (2)
17 February 2003	Leicester City	A	1-1	31,775	Taylor
22 February 2003	Gillingham	H	1-0	19,521	de Zeeuw
1 March 2003	Millwall	A	5-0	9,697	Yakubu (2), Sherwood, Todorov, Merson (pen)
4 March 2003	Wimbledon	A	1-2	10,356	Merson
12 March 2003	Norwich City	H	3-2	19,221	Yakubu, Todorov (2)
15 March 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	19,558	Stone
19 March 2003	Coventry City	A	4-0	13,922	Caldwell (own goal), Stone, Harper, Merson
22 March 2003	Preston North End	A	1-1	16,665	Yakubu
5 April 2003	Walsall	A	2-1	7,899	Harper, Todorov
12 April 2003	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	19,524	Bradbury
15 April 2003	Burnley	H	1-0	19,221	Todorov
18 April 2003	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	29,396
21 April 2003	Reading	H	3-0	19,535	Péricard (2), Todorov
27 April 2003	Rotherham United	H	3-2	19,420	Merson (pen), Todorov (2)
4 May 2003	Bradford City	A	5-0	19,088	Festa, Todorov (3, 1 pen), Stone

FA Cup

Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 2003	Manchester United	A	1-4	67,222	Stone

League Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 September 2002	Peterborough United	H	2-0	8,581	Quashie, Primus
R2	1 October 2002	Wimbledon	H	1-3	11,754	Péricard

First-team squad

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	Shaka Hislop^[2]
2	DF	Jason Crowe
4	DF	Eddie Howe
5	DF	Hayden Foxe
6	DF	Arjan de Zeeuw
7	MF	Kevin Harper^[3]
8	FW	Mark Burchill
9	FW	Svetoslav Todorov
10	FW	Paul Merson
11	MF	Nigel Quashie^[4]
13	MF	Lassina Diabaté
14	MF	Matthew Taylor
16	MF	Carl Robinson
17	FW	Vincent Péricard^[5] (on loan from Juventus)

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Lee Bradbury
19	MF	Steve Stone
20	FW	Yakubu Aiyegbeni (on loan from Maccabi Haifa)
21	DF	Lewis Buxton
22	GK	Saša Ilić^[6]
23	DF	Carl Tiler
25	MF	Richard Hughes
26	MF	Gary O'Neil
29	GK	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
30	DF	Linvoy Primus
34	FW	Deon Burton^[7]
35	DF	Gianluca Festa
38	MF	Tim Sherwood

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
19	FW	Steve Lovell (to Dundee)
20	FW	Rory Allen (released)
22	MF	Tom Curtis (to Mansfield Town)
22	DF	Efstathios Tavlaridis (on loan from Arsenal)

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Scott Hiley (to Exeter City)
24	DF	Markus Heikkinen (on loan from HJK Helsinki)
38	DF	Paul Ritchie (on loan from Manchester City)

Reserve squad

The following players had squad numbers and/or professional contracts but did not make a first-team appearance during the season^[8]

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Jamie Vincent
15	MF	Courtney Pitt
27	MF	Neil Barrett
28	DF	Shaun Cooper
31	FW	Luke Nightingale

No.	Position	Player
32	FW	Rowan Vine
33	GK	Chris Tardif
37	MF	Carl Pettefer
39	MF	Chris Clark
	DF	Justin Edinburgh

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[9]

GK: #1, Shaka Hislop, 49
RWB: #30, Linvoy Primus, 42
CB: #4, Hayden Foxe, 31
CB: #6, Arjan de Zeeuw, 26
CB: #35, Gianluca Festa, 29
LWB: #14, Matthew Taylor, 38
CM: #7, Kevin Harper, 23
CM: #10, Paul Merson, 47
CM: #11, Nigel Quashie, 44
CF: #9, Svetoslav Todorov, 46
CF: #17, Vincent Péricard, 19 (#19, Steve Stone, also has 19 starts, as a right wing-back)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/portsmouth/2002-2003/results
↑ Hislop was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in Trinidad and Tobago and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1999, having previously been an unused substitute for England.
↑ Harper was born in Oldham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
↑ Quashie was born in Southwark, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in May 2004.
↑ Péricard was born in Efok, Cameroon, but was raised in France and represented them at U-21 level.
↑ Ilić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1998.
↑ Burton was born in Berkshire, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2003
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2003

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