2002-03 season

2002-03 season
General information
Manager	Gerard Houllier
Captain	Sami Hyypia
Performance
{{{division}}}	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

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.

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

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	Diouf (9), Owen (107)
Final|2003 League Cup FinalFinal	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
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
19	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Markus Babbel	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	7	0
5	FW	Milan Baros	27	9	1	0	4	2	10	1	42	12
15	MF	Patrik Berger	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	1
25	MF	Igor Biscan	6	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	13	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	35	0	3	0	5	0	11	0	54	0
28	MF	Bruno Cheyrou	19	0	2	0	2	0	6	1	29	1
21	MF	Salif Diao	26	1	2	0	4	0	8	1	40	2
24	MF	Bernard Diomede	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF	El Hadji Diouf	29	3	3	0	5	3	10	0	47	6
1	GK	Jerzy Dudek	30	0	2	0	2	0	12	0	46	0
17	MF	Steven Gerrard	34	5	2	0	6	2	12	0	54	7
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	30	2	1	0	1	0	10	0	42	2
2	DF	Stephane Henchoz	19	0	2	0	4	0	7	0	32	0
8	FW	Emile Heskey	32	6	3	0	5	0	12	3	52	9
4	DF	Sami Hyypia	36	3	3	0	4	0	13	2	56	5
22	GK	Chris Kirkland	8	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	15	0
33	FW	Neil Mellor	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	6	1
13	MF	Danny Murphy	36	7	3	1	4	2	13	2	56	12
36	DF	Jon Otsemobor	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	Michael Owen	35	19	2	0	4	2	13	7	54	28
18	DF	John Arne Riise	37	6	3	0	4	0	12	0	56	6
7	MF	Vladimir Smicer	21	0	1	0	5	0	7	1	34	1
30	DF	Djimi Traore	32	0	2	0	3	0	12	0	49	0
27	DF	Gregory Vignal	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
32	MF	John Welsh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Abel Xavier	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	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	1 July 2002
Anthony Le Tallec	Le Havre	Signed	1 July 2002
Florent Sinama-Pongolle	Le Havre	Signed	1 July 2002
Alou Diarra	Bayern Munich	Free	9 July 2002
Salif Diao	Sedan	£5,000,000	6 August 2002

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Jamie Redknapp	Tottenham	Free	1 July 2002
Jorgen Nielsen	Farum	Signed	1 July 2002
Nick Barmby	Leeds	£2,750,000	8 August 2002
Neil Prince	Torquay	Free	9 August 2002
Stephen Wright	Sunderland	£3,000,000	15 August 2002
Jari Litmanen	Ajax	Free	30 August 2002
Patrik Berger	Portsmouth	Free	6 June 2003
Mark Peers	Raith	Free	11 June 2003