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	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Top Scorer
Premier League	5th	38	18	10	10	61	41	Michael Owen (19)
Champions League	Group Stage	6	2	2	2	12	8	Michael Owen (4)
FA Cup	4th Round	3	1	1	1	1	2	Danny Murphy (1)
UEFA Cup	Quarter-Finals	6	4	1	1	6	3	Michael Owen (3)
League Cup	Winners	6	4	1	1	13	7	El Hadji Diouf (3)
Community Shield	Runners-Up	1	0	0	1	0	1	None
Overall	-	60	29	15	16	93	62	Michael Owen (28)

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

FA Cup

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

League Cup

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

Europe

Champions League

Group stage:

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
17 September 2002	Valencia	0-2	Away
25 September 2002	Basel	1-1	Home	Baros (34)
2 October 2002	Spartak Moscow	5-0	Home	Heskey (7, 89), Cheyrou (14), Hyypia (28), Diao (81)
22 October 2002	Spartak Moscow	3-1	Away	Owen (29, 70, 90)
30 October 2002	Valencia	0-1	Home
12 November 2002	Basel	3-3	Away	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	Venue	Scorers
3 (1st leg)	28 November 2002	Vitesse Arnhem	1-0	Away	Owen (26)
3 (2nd leg)	12 November 2002	Vitesse Arnhem	1-0	Home	Owen (21)
4 (1st leg)	20 February 2003	Auxerre	1-0	Away	Hyypia (73)
4 (2nd leg)	27 February 2003	Auxerre	2-0	Home	Owen (67), Murphy (73)
Quarter-final (1st leg)	13 March 2003	Celtic	1-1	Away	Heskey (17)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	20 March 2003	Celtic	0-2	Home

Other

Community Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
11 August 2002	Arsenal	0-1	Neutral

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			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