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
Attendances
Average	42,768

The 2002-03 season was Liverpool's 111th season of football since they were established.

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	2 March 2003	Man Utd	2-0	Gerrard (39), Owen (86)

Europe

Champions League

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers

Europa League

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

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers