2002–03 Chelsea F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Chelsea's 89th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the Premier League and 97th year as a club. Managed by Claudio Ranieri, the club did not manage to win any silverware.

Chelsea

2002–03 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
FA Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Gianfranco Zola (14) All: Gianfranco Zola (16)
Average home league attendance	39,784 (Premier League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

In the Premier League, Chelsea finished fourth behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United. With the fourth-place finish, Chelsea secured a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

In the UEFA Cup, Chelsea took a first round exit, losing 5–4 on aggregate to Norwegian club Viking FK. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Football League Cup and the FA Cup, but lost 1–0 to Manchester United and 3–1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	85	42	+43	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Newcastle United	38	21	6	11	63	48	+15	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	+30	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	+20	64	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	12	10	52	43	+9	60

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Since Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup via the league, their place in the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners reverted to the league and was awarded to Blackburn Rovers as the highest-placed team not already qualified for European competitions.

First team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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  NED Ed de Goey 2 DF  ESP Albert Ferrer 3 DF  NGA Celestine Babayaro 6 DF  FRA Marcel Desailly 7 DF  NED Winston Bogarde 8 MF  ENG Frank Lampard 9 FW  NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 11 MF  NED Boudewijn Zenden 12 MF  CRO Mario Stanić 13 DF  FRA William Gallas 14 DF  ENG Graeme Le Saux 15 DF  NED Mario Melchiot

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  FRA Emmanuel Petit 20 MF  ENG Jody Morris 21 MF  ESP Enrique de Lucas 22 FW  ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen 23 GK  ITA Carlo Cudicini 25 FW  ITA Gianfranco Zola 26 DF  ENG John Terry 28 FW  POR Filipe Oliveira 29 DF  GER Robert Huth 30 MF  DEN Jesper Grønkjær 36 MF  ENG Joe Keenan 39 FW  ENG Carlton Cole

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 31 GK  AUS Mark Bosnich (released)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  GER Sebastian Kneissl 19 DF  ITA Valerio Di Cesare 24 MF  ITA Gabriele Ambrosetti 27 MF  CYP Alexis Nicolas 32 FW  FIN Mikael Forssell 33 DF  ENG Joel Kitamirike 34 DF  ENG Scott Cousins 35 GK  ENG Rhys Evans 37 MF  ENG Danny Jeffreys 40 GK  ENG Lenny Pidgeley 41 MF  SCO Andy Ross

No. Pos. Nation Player 42 MF  ENG Billy Sentance 43 DF  ENG Paul Thornton 44 DF  ENG Sam Tillen 45 GK  ENG Glenn Wizik 46 DF  ENG Danny Woodards — DF  SCO Warren Cummings — DF  POR Mauro — DF  CIV Jean-Yves Anis — MF  ENG Rob Wolleaston — MF  NED Mbark Boussoufa

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was Emirates Airline; the kit bore the "Fly Emirates" logo. Chelsea's home kit (all blue with a white trimmed collar) was carried over from the previous campaign. Their new away kit was all black with blue accents. The club's third kit for this season was the club's away kit from the previous season, all white with blue socks and accents.

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		UEFA Cup		FA Cup		Football League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ed de Goeij	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
2	DF		Albert Ferrer	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Celestine Babayaro	24	1	16+3	1	0	0	3	0	2	0
6	DF		Marcel Desailly	33	2	30+1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	DF		Winston Bogarde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Frank Lampard	48	8	37+1	6	1+1	1	5	1	3	0
9	FW		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	44	15	27+9	11	2	1	4	1	2	2
11	MF		Boudewijn Zenden	27	1	11+10	1	0+1	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Mario Stanić	25	6	13+5	4	2	0	3	1	2	1
13	DF		William Gallas	48	4	36+2	4	2	0	5	0	3	0
14	DF		Graeme Le Saux	34	2	27+1	2	1	0	3	0	2	0
15	DF		Mario Melchiot	41	0	31+3	0	0	0	4+1	0	2	0
17	MF		Emmanuel Petit	31	2	23+1	1	1	0	5	0	1	1
20	MF		Jody Morris	33	1	19+6	0	1+1	0	2+1	1	2+1	0
21	MF		Enrique de Lucas	31	1	17+8	0	1	1	1+1	0	2+1	0
22	FW		Eiður Guðjohnsen	44	10	20+15	10	1+1	0	3+2	0	0+2	0
23	GK		Carlo Cudicini	46	0	36	0	2	0	5	0	3	0
25	FW		Gianfranco Zola	46	16	30+8	14	2	0	3	2	3	0
26	DF		John Terry	30	4	16+4	2	2	0	5	2	3	0
28	MF		Filipe Oliveira	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	DF		Robert Huth	5	0	2	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	MF		Jesper Grønkjær	39	5	20+10	4	2	0	2+3	1	1+1	0
36	MF		Joe Keenan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Carlton Cole	16	6	2+11	3	0	0	0+2	1	1	2

Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from and .

Results

FA Premier League

17 August 2002 1	Charlton Athletic	2–3	Chelsea	London
15:00 BST	Konchesky  7'  24' Rufus  33'	Report	Zola  43' C. Cole  84' Lampard  89' Babayaro  89' Desailly  89' Zenden  89'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,640 Referee: Graham Barber

23 August 2002 2	Chelsea	2–2	Manchester United	London
20:00 BST	Gallas  3' Zenden  45' Hasselbaink  84' Desailly  89' De Lucas  89'	Report	Beckham  26'  89' Giggs  65' P. Neville  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,541 Referee: Graham Poll

28 August 2002 3	Southampton	1–1	Chelsea	Southampton
19:45 BST	Fernandes  51' Svensson  89' Telfer  89'	Report	Lampard  80' Babayaro  89' Grønkjær  89'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,208 Referee: Chris Foy

1 September 2002 4	Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal	London
16:05 BST	Melchiot  24' Zola  34' Zenden  45' Le Saux  64' De Lucas  89' Lampard  89' Grønkjær  89'	Report	Vieira  49' Touré  59' Wiltord  88'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,037 Referee: Andy D'Urso

11 September 2002 5	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Chelsea	Blackburn
20:00 BST	Dunn  18' (pen.) Thompson  45'  89' Johansson  81'	Report	Grønkjær  38' Zola  52'  80' Stanic  71' Morris  86' Babayaro  89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,999 Referee: Michael Riley

14 September 2002 6	Chelsea	3–0	Newcastle United	London
15:00 BST	Gudjohnsen  14'  58' Zola  26' Zenden  89'	Report	Solano  76' Shearer  89' Speed  89' Bernard  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,746 Referee: Barry Knight

23 September 2002 7	Fulham	0–0	Chelsea	London
20:00 BST	Ouaddou  89'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,503 Referee: Paul Durkin

28 September 2002 8	Chelsea	2–3	West Ham United	London
15:00 BST	Hasselbaink  21' (pen.) Zola  74' Huth  89'	Report	Defoe  40' Di Canio  48'  84' Minto  89' Repka  89' Lomas  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,929 Referee: Mike Dean

6 October 2002 9	Liverpool	1–0	Chelsea	Liverpool
16:05 BST	Owen  90'	Report	Stanic  71' Grønkjær  89'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,856 Referee: Graham Barber

19 October 2002 10	Manchester City	0–3	Chelsea	Manchester
15:00 BST	Benarbia  89'	Report	Zola  68'  84' Hasselbaink  85' Lampard  89' De Lucas  89'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 34,953 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

26 October 2002 11	Chelsea	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	London
15:00 BST	Hasselbaink  30' Le Saux  55'	Report	Johnson  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,893 Referee: Stephen Dunn

3 November 2002 12	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Chelsea	London
15:00 BST	Acimovic  16' Sheringham  88' Keller  89'	Report	De Lucas  86' Morris  89'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,049 Referee: Mark Halsey

9 November 2002 13	Chelsea	3–0	Birmingham City	London
15:00 BST	Gudjohnsen  3'  31' Zola  42' Desailly  75'	Report	Powell  42'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 35,237 Referee: David Pugh

16 November 2002 14	Chelsea	1–0	Middlesbrough	London
16:00 BST	Babayaro  47' Melchiot  89'	Report	Boateng  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,064 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 November 2002 15	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Chelsea	Bolton
15:00 BST	Töfting  44' Pedersen  63' Barness  89'	Report	Hasselbaink  44'  89' Babayaro  75' Desailly  89' Melchiot  89'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 25,476 Referee: Mike Dean

30 November 2002 16	Chelsea	3–0	Sunderland	London
16:00 BST	Gallas  58' Desailly  84' Hasselbaink  89'	Report	Kilbane  70' Thirlwell  89' McCann  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,946 Referee: Stephen Bennett

7 December 2002 17	Everton	1–3	Chelsea	Liverpool
16:00 BST	Naysmith  44' Unsworth  88' Stubbs  89'	Report	Stanic  5'  60' Hasselbaink  28'  83' Grønkjær  28'  90' De Lucas  75' Gallas  89' Lampard  89'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,396 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

14 December 2002 18	Middlesbrough	1–1	Chelsea	Middlesbrough
16:00 BST	Geremi  32'	Report	Terry  42' Petit  89'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,160 Referee: Matt Messias

21 December 2002 19	Chelsea	2–0	Aston Villa	London
16:00 BST	Gudjohnsen  42' Lampard  57'	Report	Dublin  60' Hendrie  89' Staunton  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,284 Referee: Michael Riley

26 December 2002 20	Chelsea	0–0	Southampton	London
13:00 BST	Melchiot  85'	Report	Bridge  89' Fernandes  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,428 Referee: Paul Durkin

28 December 2002 21	Leeds United	2–0	Chelsea	Leeds
16:00 BST	Gallas  30' (o.g.) Milner  45' Okon  45' Smith  89'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,122 Referee: Graham Barber

1 January 2003 22	Arsenal	3–2	Chelsea	London
16:00 BST	Desailly  8' (o.g.) van Bronckhorst  81' Henry  83'	Report	Stanic  85' Petit  86'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,096 Referee: Uriah Rennie

11 January 2003 23	Chelsea	4–1	Charlton Athletic	London
15:00 BST	Hasselbaink  3' (pen.) Gallas  11' Gudjohnsen  34'  89' Le Saux  54'  78' Petit  89' Desailly  89'	Report	Euell  42' (pen.) Powell  44' Parker  89' Konchesky  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 37,284 Referee: Mike Dean

18 January 2003 24	Manchester United	2–1	Chelsea	Manchester
13:30 BST	Scholes  39' Forlán  90'	Report	Gudjohnsen  30'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,606 Referee: Paul Durkin

28 January 2003 25	Chelsea	3–2	Leeds United	London
15:00 BST	C. Cole  53' Gudjohnsen  57' Lampard  80' Matteo  80' (o.g.) Le Saux  89'	Report	Kewell  18' Lucic  44' Bakke  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,738 Referee: Jeff Winter

1 February 2003 26	Chelsea	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
16:00 BST	Zola  40' Petit  89'	Report	Sheringham  40' Taricco  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,384 Referee: Paul Durkin

8 February 2003 27	Birmingham City	1–3	Chelsea	Birmingham
16:00 BST	Savage  86' (pen.) Johnson  89'	Report	De Lucas  15' Zola  43' Gudjohnsen  49' Hasselbaink  68' (pen.) Terry  89' Desailly  89'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 29,475 Referee: Mark Halsey

22 February 2003 28	Chelsea	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	London
16:00 BST	Stanic  64' Gallas  89' Hasselbaink  90'	Report	Yorke  85' Gresko  89' Dunn  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,850 Referee: Graham Poll

1 March 2003 29	Newcastle United	2–1	Chelsea	Newcastle
13:30 BST	Hasselbaink  31' (o.g.) Bernard  53'	Report	C. Cole  12' Lampard  37'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 52,157 Referee: Brian Winter

16 March 2003 30	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Chelsea	West Bromwich
17:05 BST		Report	Stanic  38' Zola  55'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 27,024 Referee: Andy D'Urso

22 March 2003 31	Chelsea	5–0	Manchester City	London
17:05 BST	Hasselbaink  37' Terry  42'  89' Stanic  58' Lampard  69' Gallas  79'	Report	Benarbia  89' Distin  89' Jihai  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,105 Referee: Phil Dowd

5 April 2003 32	Sunderland	1–2	Chelsea	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Thornton  12' El Karkouri  89'	Report	C. Cole  44'  85' Zola  52'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,024 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

12 April 2003 33	Chelsea	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	C. Cole  58' Zenden  58'	Report	Bergsson  89' Laville  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,852 Referee: Graham Barber

19 April 2003 34	Aston Villa	2–1	Chelsea	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Allbäck  11'  78' Leonhardsen  89'	Report	Terry  89'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,358 Referee: Rob Styles

21 April 2003 35	Chelsea	4–1	Everton	London
15:00 BST	Gudjohnsen  25' Hasselbaink  48' Grønkjær  61' De Lucas  89' Zola  90'	Report	Gravesen  36' Carsley  77'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,875 Referee: Michael Riley

26 April 2003 36	Chelsea	1–1	Fulham	London
15:00 BST	Goma  37' (o.g.) Grønkjær  58' Petit  89'	Report	Boa Morte  66'  82' Clark  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,792 Referee: David Elleray

3 May 2003 37	West Ham United	1–0	Chelsea	London
15:00 BST	Di Canio  71' Defoe  89' Repka  89' Sinclair  89'	Report	Morris  76'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 35,042 Referee: Andy D'Urso

11 May 2003 38	Chelsea	2–1	Liverpool	London
15:00 BST	Desailly  13' Grønkjær  27' Hasselbaink  79' Gallas  89' Le Saux  89'	Report	Hyypiä  11' Gerrard  88'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,911 Referee: Alan Wiley

First Round

19 September 2002 First leg	Chelsea	2–1	Viking FK	London
18:00 GMT	Hasselbaink  43' De Lucas  69'	Report	Wright  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 15,772 Referee: Ben Tokat (Turkey)

3 October 2002 Second leg	Viking FK	4–2	Chelsea	Stavanger, Norway
18:00 GMT	Berre  9' Kopteff  34' Nevland  60'  87'	Report	Lampard  45' Terry  62'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: J Van Hulten (Norway)

FA Cup

4 January 2003 Third round	Chelsea	1–0	Middlesbrough	London
15:00	Stanic  38' Cudicini  64'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 29,796 Referee: Mark Halsey

26 January 2003 Fourth round	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Chelsea	Shrewsbury
21:00		Report	Zola  40'  75' C. Cole  53' Morris  80'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 7,950 Referee: Michael Riley

16 February 2003 Fifth round	Stoke City	0–2	Chelsea	Stoke-on-Trent
16:00		Report	Hasselbaink  51' Grønkjær  75'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 26,615 Referee: Rob Styles

8 March 2003 Quarter final	Arsenal	2–2	Chelsea	London
17:00	Jeffers  35' Henry  45'	Report	Terry  3' Lampard  83'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 38,104 Referee: Paul Durkin

25 March 2003 Replay-Quarter final	Chelsea	1–3	Arsenal	London
15:00	Terry  79'	Report	Terry  25' (o.g.) Wiltord  33' Cygan  66' Lauren  82'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,456 Referee: David Elleray

League Cup

6 November 2002 Third round	Chelsea	2–1	Gillingham	London
20:00	C. Cole  20'  52'	Report	King  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 28,033 Referee: Andy D'Urso

4 December 2002 Fourth round	Chelsea	4–1	Everton	London
19:30	Hasselbaink  26'  71' Petit  44' Stanic  69'	Report	Naysmith  80'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 32,322 Referee: Paul Durkin

17 December 2002 Fifth round	Manchester United	1–0	Chelsea	Manchester
20:00	Forlan  80'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 57,985 Referee: Steve Bennett

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
21	MF	Enrique de Lucas	Espanyol	Free[2]	27-05-2002
28	FW	Filipe Oliveira	Porto	£500,000	01-10-2002

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
16	MF	Roberto Di Matteo	N/A	Retired[3]	01-07-2002
24	MF	Samuele Dalla Bona	Milan	£1,000,000[4]	08-07-2002
10	MF	Slaviša Jokanović	Unattached	Released[5]	09-07-2002
N/A	FW	Sam Parkin	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	03-09-2002
31	GK	Mark Bosnich	Unattached	Released	22-01-2003
32	FW	Mikael Forssell	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6-month loan[6]	29-01-2003

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2002-2003/faprem/chelsea.htm
2. "Chelsea sign Spaniard". BBC Sport. 28 May 2002. Retrieved 28 May 2002.
3. "Di Matteo forced to quit". BBC Sport. 19 February 2002. Retrieved 19 February 2002.
4. "Dalla Bona joins AC Milan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2002.
5. "Jokanovic leaves Chelsea". BBC Sport. 10 July 2002. Retrieved 10 July 2002.
6. "Forssell heads to Germany". BBC Sport. 29 January 2003. Archived from the original on 7 February 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2003.

External links

• Chelsea FC Official Website
• Chelsea FC on Soccerbase
• Chelsea FC on BBC