2002 �03 OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS SEASON

Lyon
2002–03 season
Owner	OL Groupe
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Paul Le Guen
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	1st (champions)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Trophée des Champions	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Juninho (13); All: ; Sonny Anderson (17)
Average home league attendance	36,733
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the 104th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.^[2]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Grégory Coupet
2	DF	FRA	Eric Deflandre
3	DF	BRA	Edmílson
5	DF	BRA	Caçapa
6	MF	FRA	Philippe Violeau
7	MF	MLI	Mahamadou Diarra
8	MF	BRA	Juninho Pernambucano
9	FW	BRA	Sonny Anderson ( captain)
10	MF	FRA	Eric Carrière
13	DF	FRA	Jérémie Bréchet
14	FW	FRA	Sidney Govou
15	DF	BEL	Christophe Delmotte
18	FW	FRA	Péguy Luyindula
19	DF	FRA	Jean-Marc Chanelet
20	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller
21	FW	FRA	Frédéric Née
23	MF	FRA	Florent Balmont


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	FRA	Vikash Dhorasoo
25	GK	FRA	Rémy Vercoutre
27	MF	FRA	Alexandre Hauw
29	MF	FRA	Yohan Gomez
30	GK	FRA	Nicolas Puydebois
31	DF	FRA	Romain Sartre
32	MF	FRA	Bryan Bergougnoux
34	FW	FRA	Julien Viale
35	GK	FRA	Steve Legalle
36	DF	FRA	Alexis Genet
37	FW	FRA	Demba Touré
38	DF	FRA	Jérémy Berthod
39	FW	FRA	Kevin Jacmot
40	DF	FRA	Jamel Alioui
41	DF	FRA	Johan Truchet
42	DF	FRA	Gaël Genevier

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	FRA	Florent Laville (on loan to Bolton Wanderers)
11	FW	FRA	Tony Vairelles (on loan to Lens)
17	MF	CMR	Marc-Vivien Foé (on loan to Manchester City)
28	MF	FRA	Laurent Montoya (on loan to Lorient)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	2 August 2002	24 May 2003	Matchday 1	Winners	38	19	11	8	63	41	+22	050.00
Coupe de France	4 January 2003		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	7 December 2002	18 January 2003	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	050.00
Trophée des Champions	27 July 2002		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2002	12 November 2002	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	033.33
UEFA Cup	28 November 2002	12 December 2002	Third round	Third round	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					50	23	15	12	85	56	+29	046.00

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	19	11	8	63	41	+22	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Monaco	38	19	10	9	66	33	+33	67	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Marseille	38	19	8	11	41	36	+5	65	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	38	18	10	10	57	36	+21	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sochaux	38	17	13	8	46	31	+15	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	11	8	63	41	+22	68	12	5	2	40	19	+21	7	6	6	23	22	+1

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L
Position	7	2	6	3	5	3	6	10	10	9	6	4	5	2	2	2	1	2	4	5	2	5	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2002 1	Guingamp	3–3	Lyon	Guingamp
20:45 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

10 August 2002 2	Lyon	6–1	Sedan	Lyon
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

16 August 2002 3	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
20:45 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

24 August 2002 4	Lyon	4–1	Bastia	Lyon
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

31 August 2002 5	Sochaux	2–1	Lyon	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

10 September 2002 6	Lyon	1–0	Lens	Lyon
20:45 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

14 September 2002 7	Nantes	1–0	Lyon	Nantes
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

21 September 2002 8	Lyon	1–3	Monaco	Lyon
17:15 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

28 September 2002 9	Troyes	1–1	Lyon	Troyes
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Aube

5 October 2002 10	Rennes	0–1	Lyon	Rennes
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

19 October 2002 11	Lyon	3–0	Auxerre	Lyon
17:15 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

26 October 2002 12	Ajaccio	0–1	Lyon	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty

2 November 2002 13	Lyon	2–2	Nice	Lyon
17:15 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

7 November 2002 14	Le Havre	1–2	Lyon	Le Havre
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux

16 November 2002 15	Lyon	4–2	Bordeaux	Lyon
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

23 November 2002 16	Lille	2–1	Lyon	Lille
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

1 December 2002 17	Lyon	2–1	Strasbourg	Lyon
18:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

4 December 2002 18	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lyon	Paris
18:30 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

15 December 2002 19	Lyon	1–1	Montpellier	Lyon
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

20 December 2002 20	Sedan	1–1	Lyon	Sedan
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

10 January 2003 21	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
20:45 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

15 January 2003 22	Bastia	2–0	Lyon	Furiani
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

22 January 2003 23	Lyon	4–1	Sochaux	Lyon
18:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

29 January 2003 24	Lens	2–2	Lyon	Lens
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert

1 February 2003 25	Lyon	0–0	Nantes	Lyon
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

4 February 2003 26	Monaco	2–0	Lyon	Monaco
20:45 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II

8 February 2003 27	Lyon	0–0	Troyes	Lyon
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

22 February 2003 28	Lyon	4–1	Rennes	Lyon
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

2 March 2003 29	Auxerre	1–2	Lyon	Auxerre
20:45 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

8 March 2003 30	Lyon	3–1	Ajaccio	Lyon
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

23 March 2003 31	Nice	0–1	Lyon	Nice
20:45 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray

5 April 2003 32	Lyon	2–1	Le Havre	Lyon
17:15 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

11 April 2003 33	Bordeaux	0–1	Lyon	Bordeaux
20:45 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

19 April 2003 34	Lyon	0–0	Lille	Lyon
20:00 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

3 May 2003 35	Strasbourg	0–4	Lyon	Strasbourg
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)		Report	Anderson 4' Carrière 59' Luyindula 64' Violeau 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

11 May 2003 36	Lyon	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00 CEST ( UTC+2)	Anderson 25'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Referee: Laurent Duhamel

20 May 2003 37	Montpellier	1–1	Lyon	Montpellier
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

24 May 2003 38	Lyon	1–4	Guingamp	Lyon
20:30 CEST ( UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Coupe de France

4 January 2003 Round of 64	FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin	1–0	Lyon	Libourne
20:00 CET ( UTC+1)	Castant 76'			Stadium: Stade Jean-Antoine Moueix Attendance: 8,5000 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Coupe de la Ligue

Trophée des Champions

27 July 2002 Final	Lyon	5–1	Lorient	Cannes
20:45 CEST ( UTC+2)	Govou 8', 25', 74' Dhorasoo 40' Luyindula 79'	Report	Loko 27'	Stadium: Stade Pierre de Coubertin Attendance: 5,041 Referee: Bruno Coué

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Advance to second group stage
2	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to second group stage
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Rosenborg	6	0	4	2	4	12	−8	4

Source: RSSSF

UEFA Cup

References

^ "Ligue 1 2002/2003 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Lyon 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Lyon - 2002/03". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2002/2003 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[foot03-2] "Lyon 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[footballsquads-3] "Lyon - 2002/03". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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