2002-03 season

2002-03 season
General information
Manager	Gerard Houllier
Captain	Sami Hyypia
Performance
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	Winners
Europe	Champions League: Group stage; UEFA Cup: Quarter-final
Top scorers
League	Owen (19)
FA Cup	Murphy (1)
League Cup	Diouf (3)
Europe	Champions League: Owen (4); UEFA Cup: Owen (3)
Overall	Owen (28)
Attendances
Average	42,768
←2001-02	2003-04→

The 2002-03 season was Liverpool's 111th season of football since they were established. Having won the FA Cup the previous season, Liverpool qualified for the Charity Shield were they met Arsenal. They were beaten 1-0. This season was mixed, with Liverpool winning the 2003 League Cup Final but also failing to qualify for the following season's Champions League.

Competition performance[]

Competition	Result
Premier League	5th
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage
FA Cup	4th Round
UEFA Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Winners
Community Shield	Runners-up

Squad[]

1 Jerzy Dudek
2 Stephane Henchoz
3 Abel Xavier
4 Sami Hyypia
5 Milan Baros
6 Markus Babbel
7 Vladimir Smicer
8 Emile Heskey
9 El Hadji Diouf
10 Michael Owen
13 Danny Murphy
14 Vegard Heggem
15 Patrik Berger
16 Dietmar Hamann
17 Steven Gerrard
18 John Arne Riise
19 Pegguy Arphexad
21 Salif Diao
22 Chris Kirkland
23 Jamie Carragher
24 Bernard Diomede
25 Igor Biscan
26 Richie Partridge
27 Gregory Vignal
28 Bruno Cheyrou
29 Stephen Wright
30 Djimi Traore
32 John Welsh
33 Neil Mellor
37 Jari Litmanen
36 Jon Otsemobor
39 Patrice Luzi

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
19 July 2002	Le Havre	1-0	Baros (26)
26 July 2002	Swiss XI	5-1	Diouf, Baros, Mellor (2 goals), Vignal
27 July 2002	Wolfsburg	1-1	Diouf (38)
30 July 2002	Lazio	0-1
2 August 2002	Real Madrid	0-2
4 August 2002	AC Milan	2-1	Simic (og 30), Baros (35)
13 August 2002	Chester	0-1

Results[]

League[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
18 August 2002	Aston Villa	1-0	Riise (47)
24 August 2002	Southampton	3-0	Diouf (3, 51), Murphy (pen 90)
28 August 2002	Blackburn	2-2	Murphy (31), Riise (77)
2 September 2002	Newcastle	2-2	Hamann (53), Owen (pen 73)
11 September 2002	Birmingham	2-2	Murphy (25), Gerrard (49)
14 September 2002	Bolton	3-2	Baros (45, 72), Heskey (88)
21 September 2002	West Brom	2-0	Baros (56), Riise (90)
28 September 2002	Man City	3-0	Owen (4, 64, 89)
6 October 2002	Chelsea	1-0	Owen (90)
19 October 2002	Leeds	1-0	Diao (66)
26 October 2002	Tottenham	2-1	Murphy (72), Owen (pen 86)
2 November 2002	West Ham	2-0	Owen (28, 55)
9 November 2002	Middlesbrough	0-1
17 November 2002	Sunderland	0-0
23 November 2002	Fulham	2-3	Hamann (62), Baros (86)
1 December 2002	Man Utd	1-2	Hyypia (82)
7 December 2002	Charlton	0-2
15 December 2002	Sunderland	1-2	Baros (68)
22 December 2002	Everton	0-0
26 December 2002	Blackburn	1-1	Riise (17)
29 December 2002	Arsenal	1-1	Murphy (Pen 70)
1 January 2003	Newcastle	0-1
11 January 2003	Aston Villa	1-1	Owen (38)
18 January 2003	Southampton	1-0	Heskey (14)
29 January 2003	Arsenal	2-2	Riise (52), Heskey (90)
2 February 2003	West Ham	3-0	Baros (7), Gerrard (9), Heskey (67)
8 February 2003	Middlesbrough	1-1	Riise (74)
23 February 2003	Birmingham	1-2	Owen (77)
8 March 2003	Bolton	2-0	Diouf (44), Owen (67)
16 March 2003	Tottenham	3-2	Owen (51), Heskey (72), Gerrard (82)
23 March 2003	Leeds	3-1	Owen (12), Murphy (20), Gerrard (73)
5 April 2003	Man Utd	0-4
12 April 2003	Fulham	2-0	Heskey (36), Owen (59)
19 April 2003	Everton	2-1	Owen (31), Murphy (64)
21 April 2003	Charlton	2-1	Hyypia (86), Gerrard (90)
26 April 2003	West Brom	6-0	Owen (15, 49, 61, 67), Baros (47, 84)
3 May 2003	Man City	1-2	Baros (59)
11 May 2003	Chelsea	1-2	Hyypia (11)

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	5 January 2003	Man City	1-0	Murphy (pen 47)
4	26 January 2003	Crystal Palace	0-0
4 (R)	5 February 2003	Crystal Palace	0-2

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	6 November 2002	Southampton	3-1	Berger (45), Diouf (57), Baros (60)
4	4 December 2002	Ipswich	1-1	Diouf (pen 54)
Quarter-final	18 December 2002	Aston Villa	4-3	Murphy (27, 90), Baros (54), Gerrard (67)
Semi-final (1st leg)	8 January 2003	Sheffield United	1-2	Mellor (35)
Semi-final (2nd leg)	21 January 2003	Sheffield United	2-0^[1]	Diouf (9), Owen (107)
Final	2 March 2003	Man Utd	2-0	Gerrard (39), Owen (86)

Europe[]

Champions League[]

Group stage:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
17 September 2002	Valencia	0-2
25 September 2002	Basel	1-1	Baros (34)
2 October 2002	Spartak Moscow	5-0	Heskey (7, 89), Cheyrou (14), Hyypia (28), Diao (81)
22 October 2002	Spartak Moscow	3-1	Owen (29, 70, 90)
30 October 2002	Valencia	0-1
12 November 2002	Basel	3-3	Murphy (61), Smicer (64), Owen (85)

UEFA Cup[]

After finishing third in their Champions League group, Liverpool were demoted to the UEFA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3 (1st leg)	28 November 2002	Vitesse Arnhem	1-0	Owen (26)
3 (2nd leg)	12 November 2002	Vitesse Arnhem	1-0	Owen (21)
4 (1st leg)	20 February 2003	Auxerre	1-0	Hyypia (73)
4 (2nd leg)	27 February 2003	Auxerre	2-0	Owen (67), Murphy (73)
Quarter-final (1st leg)	13 March 2003	Celtic	1-1	Heskey (17)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	20 March 2003	Celtic	0-2

Other[]

Charity Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
11 August 2002	Arsenal	0-1

Player stats[]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jerzy Dudek	30	0	2	0	2	0	12	0	46	0
2	DF	Stephane Henchoz	19	0	2	0	4	0	7	0	32	0
3	DF	Abel Xavier	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
4	DF	Sami Hyypia	36	3	3	0	4	0	13	2	56	5
5	FW	Milan Baros	27	9	1	0	4	2	10	1	42	12
6	DF	Markus Babbel	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	7	0
7	MF	Vladimir Smicer	21	0	1	0	5	0	7	1	34	1
8	FW	Emile Heskey	32	6	3	0	5	0	12	3	52	9
9	MF	El Hadji Diouf	29	3	3	0	5	3	10	0	47	6
10	FW	Michael Owen	35	19	2	0	4	2	13	7	54	28
13	MF	Danny Murphy	36	7	3	1	4	2	13	2	56	12
15	MF	Patrik Berger	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	1
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	30	2	1	0	1	0	10	0	42	2
17	MF	Steven Gerrard	34	5	2	0	6	2	12	0	54	7
18	DF	John Arne Riise	37	6	3	0	4	0	12	0	56	6
21	MF	Salif Diao	26	1	2	0	4	0	8	1	40	2
22	GK	Chris Kirkland	8	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	15	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	35	0	3	0	5	0	11	0	54	0
25	MF	Igor Biscan	6	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	13	0
27	DF	Gregory Vignal	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
28	MF	Bruno Cheyrou	19	0	2	0	2	0	6	1	29	1
30	DF	Djimi Traore	32	0	2	0	3	0	12	0	49	0
32	MF	John Welsh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	Neil Mellor	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	6	1
36	DF	Jon Otsemobor	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Tables[]

League[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	30	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	20	64
6	Blackburn	38	16	12	10	52	43	9	60

Europe[]

Champions League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Valencia	6	5	1	0	17	4	13	16
2	Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9
3	Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	8	4	8
4	Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Fee	Date
Bruno Cheyrou	Lille	£3,700,000	16 May 2002
El Hadji Diouf	Lens	£10,000,000	1 June 2002
Alou Diarra	Bayern Munich	Free	9 July 2002
Patrice Luzi	Monaco	Free	29 July 2002
Salif Diao	Sedan	£4,700,000	6 August 2002

Out[]

Player	To	Fee	Date
Jorgen Nielsen	Farum	Free	1 July 2002
Nick Barmby	Leeds	£3,750,000	8 August 2002
Stephen Wright	Sunderland	£3,000,000	15 August 2002
Jari Litmanen	Ajax	Free	30 August 2002

Notes[]

↑ After extra time.

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[1] After extra time.

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