2002–03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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Bayer Leverkusen
2002–03 season
Manager Klaus Toppmöller
Thomas Hörster
Klaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga 15th
Champions League Second group stage
DFB-Pokal Semi-final
Top goalscorer Daniel Bierofka (7)
  2001–02
2003–04  

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.

Contents

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [1]

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

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

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frankie Hejduk (at St Gallen)
24 DF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Emanuel Pogatetz (at FC Aarau)
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Zepek (at LR Ahlen)
7 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Robson Ponte (at Wolfsburg)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Landon Donovan (at San Jose Earthquakes)
FW Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Cha Du-ri [notes 8] (at Arminia Bielefeld)
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Clemens Fritz (at Karlsruhe)

Reserve team

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
29 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER René Adler
GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Maurice Gillen
DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petr Čoupek
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fabian Käfer-Ewertz
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alexander Meyer
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sven Schaffrath
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Domenico Cozza
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Gall Dhompirom
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Oliver Dittrich
MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Michael Habljak
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tim Jerat
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tim Kruse
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Erkan Öztürk
FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Henrique Luizão
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Pascal Olivier
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kenan Şahin [notes 9]
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Danny Thönes

Bundesliga

Matches

Topscorers

Champions League

1st Group Stage

2nd Group Stage

Kits

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References

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

Notes

  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.