The 2002–03 Bundesliga was the 40th season of the Bundesliga. It began on 9 August 2002 and concluded on 24 May 2003.[1] This was the first season where the defending champions kicked–off the opening match.[2]

Bundesliga
Season2002–03
Dates9 August 2002 – 24 May 2003
ChampionsBayern Munich
17th Bundesliga title
18th German title
RelegatedArminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
Energie Cottbus
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
Stuttgart
Borussia Dortmund
UEFA CupHamburger SV
Hertha BSC
Kaiserslautern
Intertoto CupWerder Bremen
Schalke 04
Wolfsburg
Matches played306
Goals scored821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerThomas Christiansen
Giovane Élber
(21 goals each)

Teams

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Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were Hannover 96, Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum, returning to the top flight after an absence of thirteen, two and one years respectively. They replaced SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and FC St. Pauli after spending time in the top flight for four, two and one years respectively.

Team overview

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Stadiums

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Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000
Arminia Bielefeld* Bielefeld Stadion Alm 26,600
VfL Bochum* Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 36,000
FC Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 21,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600
Hamburger SV Hamburg AOL Arena 62,000
Hannover 96* Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 41,500
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 22,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Frankenstadion 44,700
FC Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke 61,973
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Volkswagen Arena1
21,600
30,000

(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

1 VfL Wolfsburg played their first seven home matches at the VfL Stadion before permanently moving to the Volkswagen Arena.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
TSV 1860 Munich   Falko Götz Nike Liqui Moly
Arminia Bielefeld   Benno Möhlmann Uhlsport KiK
Bayer 04 Leverkusen   Klaus Augenthaler Adidas RWE
FC Bayern Munich   Ottmar Hitzfeld Adidas T-Mobile
VfL Bochum   Peter Neururer Nike DWS
Borussia Dortmund   Matthias Sammer Goool.de E.ON
Borussia Mönchengladbach   Ewald Lienen Reebok Jever
FC Energie Cottbus   Eduard Geyer Jako enviaM
Hamburger SV   Kurt Jara Nike TV Spielfilm
Hannover 96   Ralf Rangnick Uhlsport TUI Group
FC Hansa Rostock   Armin Veh Jako Vita Cola
Hertha BSC   Huub Stevens Nike Arcor
1. FC Kaiserslautern   Eric Gerets Nike Deutsche Vermögensberatung
1. FC Nürnberg   Wolfgang Wolf Adidas Entrium Direct Bankers
FC Schalke 04   Marc Wilmots Adidas Victoria Versicherung
VfB Stuttgart   Felix Magath Puma Debitel
SV Werder Bremen   Thomas Schaaf Kappa Young Spirit
VfL Wolfsburg   Jürgen Röber Puma Volkswagen

League table

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The final table of the 1st Bundesliga, Season 2002/03

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 23 6 5 70 25 +45 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 VfB Stuttgart 34 17 8 9 53 39 +14 59
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 13 6 51 27 +24 58 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Hamburger SV 34 15 11 8 46 36 +10 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Hertha BSC 34 16 6 12 52 43 +9 54
6 Werder Bremen 34 16 4 14 51 50 +1 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Schalke 04 34 12 13 9 46 40 +6 49
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 7 14 39 42 −3 46 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9 VfL Bochum 34 12 9 13 55 56 −1 45
10 1860 Munich 34 12 9 13 44 52 −8 45
11 Hannover 96 34 12 7 15 47 57 −10 43
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 11 9 14 43 45 −2 42
13 Hansa Rostock 34 11 8 15 35 41 −6 41
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 10 10 14 40 42 −2 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
15 Bayer Leverkusen 34 11 7 16 47 56 −9 40
16 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 8 12 14 35 46 −11 36 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 8 6 20 33 60 −27 30
18 Energie Cottbus (R) 34 7 9 18 34 64 −30 30
Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BSC DSC BOC SVW FCE BVB HSV H96 FCK B04 BMG M60 FCB FCN ROS S04 VFB WOB
Hertha BSC 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 6–0 3–6 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 2–2
Arminia Bielefeld 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–0
VfL Bochum 3–0 0–3 1–4 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 4–2
Werder Bremen 4–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–2 5–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–1
Energie Cottbus 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–4 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–3 0–1
Borussia Dortmund 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2
Hamburger SV 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0
Hannover 96 0–1 0–0 2–2 4–4 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–2 4–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0
Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 3–1 2–4 3–0 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–2 3–0 2–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–0
1860 Munich 1–0 3–1 2–4 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–5 2–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–2
Bayern Munich 2–0 6–2 4–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
1. FC Nürnberg 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1
Hansa Rostock 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0
Schalke 04 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0
VfB Stuttgart 3–1 3–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 4–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Giovane Élber Bayern Munich 21
   Thomas Christiansen VfL Bochum
3   Aílton Werder Bremen 16
4    Kevin Kurányi VfB Stuttgart 15
   Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich
6   Marcelinho Hertha BSC 14
  Markus Schroth 1860 Munich
   Fredi Bobic Hannover 96
   Bernardo Romeo Hamburger SV
10   Benjamin Lauth 1860 Munich 13
  Jan Koller Borussia Dortmund

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
  Giovane Élber4 Bayern Munich Arminia Bielefeld 6-2 17 August 2002
  Thomas Christiansen VfL Bochum Energie Cottbus 5-0 17 August 2002
  Aílton Werder Bremen 1. FC Nürnberg 4-1 10 September 2002
  Kevin Kurányi VfB Stuttgart Arminia Bielefeld 3-0 22 September 2002
  Ionel Ganea VfB Stuttgart VfL Bochum 3-1 8 November 2002
  Markus Schroth 1860 Munich Hansa Rostock 4-1 25 January 2003
  Mohammadou Idrissou Hannover 96 1. FC Nürnberg 4-2 8 February 2003
  Mehmet Scholl Bayern Munich 1860 Munich 5-0 15 February 2003
  Mamadou Diabang Arminia Bielefeld Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-1 15 March 2003
  Giovane Élber Bayern Munich Hertha BSC 6-3 10 May 2003
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

References

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  1. ^ "Bundesliga 2002/2003 » Schedule". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ "FC Bayern eröffnet Saison gegen Wolfsburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 24 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
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