2002–03 Bundesliga

Bundesliga

Season	2002–03
Champions	Bayern Munich 17th Bundesliga title 18th German title
Relegated	Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Nürnberg Energie Cottbus
Champions League	FC Bayern Munich Stuttgart Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Cup	Hamburger SV Hertha BSC Kaiserslautern
Intertoto Cup	Werder Bremen Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	821 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	2 players (21)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Bundesliga, the 40th season of the Bundesliga, was the first season where the defending champions kicked–off the season.^[1]

Team overview

Hertha BSC

Bielefeld

Bochum

Bremen

Cottbus

Dortmund

Hamburg

Hannover

Kaiserslautern

Leverkusen

Mönchengladbach

1860
Bayern

Nuremberg

Rostock

Schalke

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Location of teams in Bundesliga 2002–03

Club	Location	Ground[2]	Capacity[2]
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 Nuremberg	Nuremberg	Frankenstadion	44,700
F.C. 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	21,600

League table

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	34	23	6	5	70	25	+45	75	2003–04 UEFA 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	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Hamburger SV	34	15	11	8	46	36	+10	56	2003–04 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	2003 UEFA 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	2003 UEFA 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	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
15	Bayer Leverkusen	34	11	7	16	47	56	−9	40
16	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	12	14	35	46	−11	36	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	1. FC Nürnberg	34	8	6	20	33	60	−27	30
18	Energie Cottbus	34	7	9	18	34	64	−30	30

Updated to games played on 25 September 2008.
Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

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

Champion squad

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (33); Stefan Wessels (1). Defenders: Thomas Linke (32); Bixente Lizarazu (26 / 2); Robert Kovač (24); Willy Sagnol (23 / 2); Samuel Kuffour (20 / 1). Midfielders: Zé Roberto (31 / 1); Jens Jeremies (29); Michael Ballack (26 / 10); Owen Hargreaves (25 / 1); Mehmet Scholl (18 / 4); Niko Kovač (18 / 1); Hasan Salihamidžić (12 / 2); Michael Tarnat (11); Markus Feulner (10); Thorsten Fink (10); Sebastian Deisler (8); Pablo Thiam (4). Forwards: Giovane Élber (33 / 21); Claudio Pizarro (31 / 15); Roque Santa Cruz (14 / 5); Bastian Schweinsteiger (14); Alexander Zickler (12 / 4); Piotr Trochowski (3); Zvjezdan Misimović (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Dreher, Philipp Lahm. Transferred out during the season: Pablo Thiam (to VfL Wolfsburg).

References

1. "FC Bayern eröffnet Saison gegen Wolfsburg" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
2. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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