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2002–03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a shocking season, in which it went from being in the final of the UEFA Champions League the previous season, to finish 15th in Bundesliga, only just escaping relegation to the second tier. It also went out of the Champions League in the second group stage, not even clinching a single point.

Bayer Leverkusen
2002–03 season
ManagerKlaus Toppmöller
Thomas Hörster
Klaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga15th
Champions LeagueSecond group stage
DFB-PokalSemi-final
Top goalscorerDaniel Bierofka (7)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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   GER Hans-Jörg Butt
2 DF   GER Christoph Preuß (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
3 DF   BRA Lúcio
4 DF   BRA Juan
5 DF   GER Jens Nowotny
6 DF   CRO Boris Živković[notes 1]
8 MF   CZE Jan Šimák
9 FW   GER Ulf Kirsten
10 MF   TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 2]
11 FW   BRA França
12 FW   BUL Dimitar Berbatov
13 MF   GER Daniel Bierofka
14 MF   GER Hanno Balitsch
15 MF   CRO Jurica Vranješ
16 MF   GER Ioannis Masmanidis
17 MF   NGA Pascal Ojigwe
19 MF   CRO Marko Babić
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK   AUS Frank Jurić
21 MF   POL Radosław Kałużny
22 DF   BRA Cris (on loan from Cruzeiro)
23 FW   GER Thomas Brdarić
25 MF   GER Bernd Schneider
26 MF   GER Zoltán Sebescen
27 FW   GER Oliver Neuville[notes 3]
28 MF   GER Carsten Ramelow
31 GK   GER Tom Starke
33 MF   GER Anel Džaka[notes 4]
34 MF   GER Hüzeyfe Doğan[notes 5]
35 DF   ARG Diego Placente
46 DF   CRO Mile Božić[notes 6]
47 DF   GER Thomas Kleine
51 MF   MAR Nasir El Kasmi[notes 7]
57 FW   GER Sebastian Schoof

Out on loan 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 DF   USA Frankie Hejduk (at St Gallen)
24 DF   AUT Emanuel Pogatetz (at FC Aarau)
— DF   GER Michael Zepek (at LR Ahlen)
— MF   BRA Robson Ponte (at Wolfsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   USA Landon Donovan (at San Jose Earthquakes)
— FW   KOR Cha Du-ri[notes 8] (at Arminia Bielefeld)
— FW   GER Clemens Fritz (at Karlsruhe)

Reserve team 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
29 DF   GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
— GK   GER René Adler
— GK   GER Maurice Gillen
— DF   CZE Petr Čoupek
— DF   GER Fabian Käfer-Ewertz
— DF   GER Alexander Meyer
— DF   GER Sven Schaffrath
— MF   GER Domenico Cozza
— MF   GER Gall Dhompirom
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   GER Oliver Dittrich
— MF   CRO Michael Habljak
— MF   GER Tim Jerat
— MF   GER Tim Kruse
— MF   GER Erkan Öztürk
— FW   BRA Henrique Luizão
— FW   GER Pascal Olivier
— FW   GER Kenan Şahin[notes 9]
— FW   GER Danny Thönes

Bundesliga edit

Matches edit

Topscorers edit

Champions League edit

1st Group Stage edit

2nd Group Stage edit

Kits edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References edit

  1. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
  2. ^ Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1998.
  3. ^ Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Italy and Germany internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his international debut for Germany in September 1998.
  4. ^ Džaka was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
  5. ^ Doğan was born in Karakoçan, Turkey, and represented Turkey at U-19 level, but was raised in Germany and also represented Germany at U-20 level.
  6. ^ Božić was born in Leverkusen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-21 level.
  7. ^ El Kasmi was born in Wuppertal, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally.
  8. ^ Cha was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, but also qualified to represent South Korea internationally through his father and made his debut for South Korea in 2001.
  9. ^ Şahin was born in Cologne, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
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