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2002–03 Manchester City F.C. season

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The 2002–03 season was Manchester City Football Club's first season back playing in the Premier League again after having been relegated from it at the end of the 2000–01 season. This was the club's sixth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football ten years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, this was Manchester City's 111th season playing in any division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Manchester City
2002–03 season
OwnerPublicly traded company
ChairmanDavid Bernstein (until 5 Mar. 2003)
John Wardle
ManagerKevin Keegan
StadiumMaine Road
Premier League9th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)
All: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)
Highest home attendance35,141 (v. Liverpool,
28 September 2002)
Lowest home attendance21,820 (v. Crewe Alexandra,
1 October 2002)
Average home league attendance34,564
Results summary - all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 10 2 9 47.6%
Away 6 4 10 30.0%
Both 16 6 19 39.0%
Results summary - Premier League
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 9 2 8 47.4%
Away 6 4 9 31.6%
Both 15 6 17 39.5%

Season review edit

This season was the team's first one playing in the Premier League under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan who, having taken over the helm as manager from Joe Royle after the club had been relegated to the Football League First Division fifteen months earlier, had led the club to an immediate promotion back to the top flight. In fact, the previous season had seen Manchester City promoted in style, with the team breaking many prior club records as it became the new First Division champions. This successful campaign allowed Keegan to delve into the transfer market in the summer and he brought in a number of high-profile players - such as striker Nicolas Anelka, defender Sylvain Distin and goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel - in an effort to ensure that the team was strong enough to remain in the Premier League now that it was back there again.

By spending the £13m transfer fee required to bring Anelka to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain the club broke its previous transfer record. Sylvain Distin also transferred over to Manchester City from PSG for £5m, while Peter Schmeichel joined the club on a free transfer from Aston Villa. Some of the other players Keegan brought in during the newly introduced summer transfer window were Marc-Vivien Foé, who joined the club on a season-long loan from Lyon, Vicente Matías Vuoso (from Independiente) and Mikkel Bischoff. Additionally, Robbie Fowler, David Sommeil and Djamel Belmadi were also signed by Keegan a few months later during the 2003 January transfer window.

The new year would also see the man that had been the main impetus behind the hiring of Kevin Keegan, chairman David Bernstein, fall out with his new hire and leave the club following a boardroom dispute over finances and managerial structure that followed closely on the back of the previous week's resignation of the club's managing director. The initial cause of this dispute had occurred back in January concerning the protracted transfer saga of Robbie Fowler (which Bernstein had originally brokered).[1] He was succeeded as club chairman by former deputy chairman John Wardle.[2]

This season's campaign would finally see Manchester City win its first Manchester Derby in over 13 years, allowing Peter Schmeichel to establish an exceptional record where he has never been on the losing side in a derby game. During his nine years playing with Manchester United the Reds were unbeaten against Manchester City, while in his single final season playing with the Blues, City won the derby game played at Maine Road and drew the one played at Old Trafford. This was also to be Manchester City's last season playing at its historic Maine Road ground before moving to its current home at City of Manchester Stadium. Consequently, the last game of the season was also the last game ever played at the club's old ground, and Marc-Vivien Foé would have the distinction of being recorded in the soccer annals as the player who scored the last ever goal for Manchester City at Maine Road.

Team kit edit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice.[3]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[4]

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   DEN Peter Schmeichel
2 DF   FRA David Sommeil
3 DF   DEN Niclas Jensen
4 DF   NED Gerard Wiekens
5 DF   FRA Sylvain Distin
6 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock
7 FW   ENG Darren Huckerby
8 MF   ALG Ali Benarbia
9 FW   CRC Paulo Wanchope
10 FW   BER Shaun Goater
11 FW   ENG Jon Macken
12 GK   ENG Nicky Weaver
13 MF   FRA Christian Negouai
14 DF   ISR Eyal Berkovic
15 DF   NOR Alfie Haaland
16 DF   SCO Paul Ritchie
17 DF   CHN Sun Jihai
19 MF   AUS Danny Tiatto
20 GK   ENG Carlo Nash
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   ARG Vicente Matías Vuoso
22 DF   IRL Richard Dunne
23 MF   CMR Marc-Vivien Foé (on loan from Lyon)
24 DF   ENG Steve Howey
25 DF   CMR Lucien Mettomo
27 DF   DEN Mikkel Bischoff
28 DF   NED Tyrone Loran
29 MF   ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips
30 DF   IRL Paddy McCarthy
31 MF   ALG Djamel Belmadi (on loan from Marseille)
32 GK   DEN Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard
33 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler
34 DF   ENG Stephen Jordan
35 GK   IRL Brian Murphy
36 MF   IRL Glenn Whelan
39 FW   FRA Nicolas Anelka
40 MF   ENG Chris Shuker
41 MF   ENG Joey Barton

Left club during season edit

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 MF   NIR Jeff Whitley (released)
31 DF   FRA Laurent Charvet (to Sochaux)
33 FW   NZL Chris Killen (to Oldham Athletic)
33 GK   ENG Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF   CAN Terry Dunfield (to Bury)
38 MF   WAL Rhys Day (to Mansfield Town)
44 MF   ALG Karim Kerkar (released)

Historical league performance edit

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart–which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Football League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division

Games edit

Premier League edit

Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League

Position in final standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Everton 38 17 8 13 48 49 −1 59
8 Southampton 38 13 13 12 43 46 −3 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Manchester City 38 15 6 17 47 54 −7 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 51 62 −11 50
11 Middlesbrough 38 13 10 15 48 44 +4 49
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.
  2. ^ Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 6 17 47 54  −7 51 9 2 8 28 26  +2 6 4 9 19 28  −9

Last updated: 11 May 2003 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2002–03

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultLWLWLDDLLLWWWLLWWDLWWDWLWLDLLWLLDWWLWL
Source: Premier League results 2002–03
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports edit

17 August 2002 Leeds United 3–0 Manchester City Elland Road
Leeds
15:00 Barmby   15'
Viduka   45'
Keane   80'		 Guardian report Attendance: 40,195
24 August 2002 Manchester City 1–0 Newcastle United Maine Road
Manchester
12:15 Huckerby   36' Guardian report Attendance: 34,776
28 August 2002 Aston Villa 1–0 Manchester City Villa Park
Birmingham
19:45 Vassell   64' Guardian report Attendance: 33,494
31 August 2002 Manchester City 3–1 Everton Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Radzinski   14' (o.g.)
Anelka   16'   85'		 Guardian report   29' (pen.) Unsworth Attendance: 34,835
10 September 2002 Arsenal 2–1 Manchester City Highbury
London
15:00 Wiltord   26'
Henry   42'		 Guardian report   29' Anelka Attendance: 37,878
15 September 2002 Manchester City 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Anelka   80'
Goater   90'
Tiatto   67'		 Guardian report   26' Thompson
  54' Cole		 Attendance: 34,130
21 September 2002 West Ham United 0–0 Manchester City Boleyn Ground
London
15:00 Guardian report Attendance: 35,550
28 September 2002 Manchester City 0–3 Liverpool Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report   4'   64'   89' Owen Attendance: 35,141
5 October 2002 Southampton 2–0 Manchester City St Mary's Stadium
Southampton
15:00 Ormerod   2'   43' Guardian report Attendance: 31,009
19 October 2002 Manchester City 0–3 Chelsea Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report   69'   84' Zola
  85' Hasselbaink		 Attendance: 34,953
26 October 2002 Birmingham City 0–2 Manchester City St Andrew's
Birmingham
15:00 Guardian report   24' Sun
  87' Anelka		 Attendance: 29,316
2 November 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Manchester City The Hawthorns
West Bromwich
15:00 Clement   62' Guardian report   51' Anelka
  71' Goater		 Attendance: 27,044
9 November 2002 Manchester City 3–1 Manchester United Maine Road
Manchester
12:15 Anelka   5'
Goater   26'   51'		 Guardian report
MCFC video		   8' Solskjær Attendance: 34,649
16 November 2002 Manchester City 0–1 Charlton Athletic Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report   79' Bartlett Attendance: 33,455
23 November 2002 Middlesbrough 3–1 Manchester City Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough
15:00 Ehiogu   53'
Bokšić   62'
Geremi   84'		 Guardian report   68' Anelka
  72'   Wright-Phillips		 Attendance: 31,510
30 November 2002 Manchester City 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Howey   25'
Berkovic   56'		 Guardian report Attendance: 34,860
9 December 2002 Sunderland 0–3 Manchester City Stadium of Light
Sunderland
19:45 Guardian report   44' Foé
  62' Sun
  87' Goater		 Attendance: 36,511
14 December 2002 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Manchester City The Valley
London
15:00 Euell   50' (pen.)
Jensen   63'		 Guardian report   74'   86' Foé Attendance: 26,434
23 December 2002 Manchester City 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Maine Road
Manchester
19:45 Howey   29'
Benarbia   90'		 Guardian report   38' Perry
  48' Davies
  83' Poyet
  86'   Ziege		 Attendance: 34,563
26 December 2002 Manchester City 3–1 Aston Villa Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Foé   15'   80'
Benarbia   78'		 Guardian report   41' Dublin Attendance: 33,991
28 December 2002 Fulham 0–1 Manchester City Loftus Road
London
15:00 Guardian report   15' Anelka Attendance: 17,937
1 January 2003 Everton 2–2 Manchester City Goodison Park
Liverpool
15:00 Watson   6'
Radzinski   90'		 Guardian report   33' Anelka
  82' Foé		 Attendance: 40,163
11 January 2003 Manchester City 2–1 Leeds United Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Goater  29'
Jensen   50'		 Guardian report   90' Kewell Attendance: 34,884
18 January 2003 Newcastle United 2–0 Manchester City St James' Park
Newcastle
15:00 Shearer   1'
Bellamy   64'		 Guardian report Attendance: 52,152
Referee: Graham Poll
29 January 2003 Manchester City 4–1 Fulham Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Anelka   21'
Benarbia   47'
Foé   61'
Wright-Phillips   70'		 Guardian report   2' Malbranque Attendance: 33,260
Referee: Steve Bennett
1 February 2003 Manchester City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Gilchrist   22' (o.g.) Guardian report   18' Clement
  79' Gregan
  81' Roberts		 Attendance: 34,765
Referee: Neale Barry
9 February 2003 Manchester United 1–1 Manchester City Old Trafford
Manchester
12:30 van Nistelrooy   18' Guardian report   86' Goater Attendance: 67,646
Referee: Alan Wiley
22 February 2003 Manchester City 1–5 Arsenal Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Anelka   87' Guardian report   4' Bergkamp
  12' Pires
  15' Henry
  19' Campbell
  53' Vieira		 Attendance: 34,960
Referee: Paul Durkin
1 March 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Manchester City Ewood Park
Blackburn
15:00 Dunn   13' Guardian report Attendance: 28,647
Referee: Steve Dunn
16 March 2003 Manchester City 1–0 Birmingham City Maine Road
Manchester
14:00 Fowler   72'
Jensen    79'		 Guardian report Attendance: 34,596
Referee: Matt Messias
22 March 2003 Chelsea 5–0 Manchester City Stamford Bridge
London
15:00 Hasselbaink   37'
Terry   43'
Stanić   58'
Lampard   69'
Gallas   79'		 Guardian report   90'   Sun Attendance: 41,105
Referee: Phil Dowd
5 April 2003 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Manchester City Reebok Stadium
Bolton
12:00 Pedersen   32'
Iván Campo   52'		 Guardian report Attendance: 26,949
Referee: Chris Wilkes
12 April 2003 Manchester City 0–0 Middlesbrough Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report Attendance: 34,793
Referee: Andy D'Urso
18 April 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Manchester City White Hart Lane
London
15:00 Guardian report   3' Sommeil
  21' Barton		 Attendance: 36,075
Referee: Mike Riley
21 April 2003 Manchester City 3–0 Sunderland Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Foé   36'   80'
Fowler   38'		 Guardian report
MCFC video		 Attendance: 34,357
Referee: Graham Barber
27 April 2003 Manchester City 0–1 West Ham United Maine Road
Manchester
14:00 Guardian report   81' Kanoute Attendance: 34,815
Referee: Rob Styles
3 May 2003 Liverpool 1–2 Manchester City Anfield
Liverpool
15:00 Baroš   59' Guardian report
MCFC video		 Anelka   74' (pen.)   90+3' Attendance: 44,220
Referee: Neale Barry
11 May 2003 Manchester City 0–1 Southampton Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report   34' M. Svensson Attendance: 34,957
Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup edit

Second round edit

1 October 2002 Manchester City 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Maine Road
Manchester
19:45 Berkovic   69'
Walker   84' (o.g.)
Huckerby   87'		 Guardian report   1' Jack
  86' Hulse		 Attendance: 21,820
Referee: Roy Pearson

Third round edit

5 November 2002 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Manchester City JJB Stadium
Wigan
20:00 Roberts   35' Guardian report Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup edit

Third round edit

5 January 2003 Manchester City 0–1 Liverpool Maine Road
Manchester
13:00 Guardian report   47' (pen.) Murphy Attendance: 28,586
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   DEN Peter Schmeichel 31 0 29 0 1 0 1 0
20 GK   ENG Carlo Nash 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   FRA David Sommeil 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF   DEN Niclas Jensen 36 1 32+1 1 1 0 2 0
4 DF   NED Gerard Wiekens 8 0 5+1 0 1 0 0+1 0
5 DF   FRA Sylvain Distin 36 0 34 0 1 0 1 0
17 DF   CHN Sun Jihai 31 2 25+3 2 1 0 2 0
22 DF   IRL Richard Dunne 26 0 24+1 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF   ENG Steve Howey 26 2 24 2 0 0 2 0
25 DF   CMR Lucien Mettomo 6 0 3+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF   DEN Mikkel Bischoff 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   ENG Stephen Jordan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   NIR Kevin Horlock 33 0 22+8 0 1 0 1+1 0
8 MF   ALG Ali Benarbia 36 3 21+12 3 1 0 2 0
14 MF   ISR Eyal Berkovic 29 2 27 1 0+1 0 1 1
19 MF   AUS Danny Tiatto 13 0 10+3 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF   CMR Marc-Vivien Foé 38 9 35 9 1 0 2 0
31 MF   ALG Djamel Belmadi 8 0 2+6 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF   ENG Chris Shuker 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF   ENG Joey Barton 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   ENG Darren Huckerby 19 2 6+10 1 0+1 0 0+2 1
9 FW   CRC Paulo Wanchope 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   BER Shaun Goater 29 7 14+12 7 0+1 0 2 0
11 FW   IRL Jon Macken 5 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips 34 1 23+8 1 1 0 1+1 0
33 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler 13 2 12+1 2 0 0 0 0
39 FW   FRA Nicolas Anelka 41 14 38 14 1 0 2 0

Last updated: 31 June 2003
Source: [5][6]

Goal scorers edit

Information current as of 11 May 2003 (end of season)

Transfers and loans edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Player From club Transfer fee
20 May 2002 DF   Sylvain Distin   PSG £4,000,000[7]
24 May 2002 FW   Nicolas Anelka   PSG £13,000,000[8]
June 2002 GK   Peter Schmeichel   Aston Villa Free[9][10]
August 2002 DF   Tyrone Loran   Volendam £60,000[11][12]

Transfers out edit

Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee
17 October 2002 DF   Laurent Charvet   Sochaux Released[13]
7 March 2003 MF   Jeff Whitley   Sunderland Released[14][15]
15 May 2003 GK   Peter Schmeichel Retired[16]

Loans in edit

Date from Date to Pos. Player From club
16 August 2002 16 November 2002 GK   Tim Flowers   Leicester City[17]
3 January 2003 11 May 2003 MF   Djamel Belmadi   Olympique de Marseille[18]

Loans out edit

Date from Date to Pos. Player To club
20 September 2002 22 December 2002 DF   Paul Ritchie   Portsmouth[19][20]
23 November 2002 22 February 2003 DF   Paddy McCarthy   Boston United[21][22]
1 January 2003 31 May 2003 DF   Tyrone Loran   Tranmere Rovers[12]
27 Mar. 2003 27 April 2003 DF   Paddy McCarthy   Notts County[23]
27 Mar. 2003 5 May 2003 DF   Paul Ritchie   Derby County[19]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Man City chairman quits". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 March 2003. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Man City takes First Advice in £5m shirt deal". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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  5. ^ "Manchester City players: League Cup 2003".
  6. ^ "Manchester City in FA Premier League 2002/2003 analysis and predictions".
  7. ^ Staff (20 May 2002). "'Mercenary' Distin signs for Man City". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ^ Burnton, Simon (24 May 2002). "Anelka agrees move to Maine Road". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Peter Schmeichel signs for Man City". The Irish Times. 13 April 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Schmeichel in shock City move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Man City preview". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Tranmere snap up Loran". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 January 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  13. ^ "Charvet leaves Maine Road". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Whitley leaves Maine Road". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Whitley joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  16. ^ "Schmeichel announces retirement". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 April 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  17. ^ "Flowers joins Man City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  18. ^ "Belmadi makes Man City switch". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  19. ^ a b "Paul Ritchie - Career". soccerbase.com. (Racing Post). Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  20. ^ "Pompey eye Scots pair". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 September 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  21. ^ "Thompson seeks more signings". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  22. ^ "Boston bid for McCarthy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  23. ^ "Deadline-day transfers". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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