2002–03 Hamburger SV season

Hamburger SV

2002–03 season
Manager	Kurt Jara
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	League: Bernardo Romeo (14) All: Bernardo Romeo (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Hamburger SV nearly qualified for the Champions League, only just falling short to Borussia Dortmund. Given that HSV had been mired in the midfield for the last few seasons, the season was regarded as a successful one.

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. Nation Player 1 GK   GER Martin Pieckenhagen 2 DF   GER Marcel Maltritz 3 MF   GER Christian Rahn 4 DF   GER Ingo Hertzsch 5 DF   NED Nico-Jan Hoogma 6 MF   SUI Raphaël Wicky 7 MF   GER Martin Groth 8 DF   AUT Michael Baur 9 FW   ARG Bernardo Romeo 11 FW   NED Erik Meijer 12 DF   DEN Lars Jacobsen 13 FW   DEN Kim Christensen 14 MF   BIH Sergej Barbarez

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia 16 MF   NAM Collin Benjamin 17 MF   AUT Richard Kitzbichler 18 DF   CZE Milan Fukal 19 MF   LBN Roda Antar [notes 1] (on loan from Tadamon Sour) 20 MF   GER Bernd Hollerbach 21 DF   CZE Tomáš Ujfaluši 22 MF   ARG Cristian Ledesma 24 DF   GER Stephan Kling 27 MF   ARG Rodolfo Cardoso 28 GK   GER Thomas Hillenbrand 29 GK   GER Stefan Wächter 32 FW   JPN Naohiro Takahara

Left club during season

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. Nation Player 10 MF   GER Jörg Albertz (to Shanghai Shenhua) 23 FW   CZE Marek Heinz (to Arminia Bielefeld)

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 GK   GER Carsten Wehlmann (to VfB Lübeck)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2002–03 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	8	9	53	39	+14	59	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	13	6	51	27	+24	58	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Hamburger SV	34	15	11	8	46	36	+10	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Hertha BSC	34	16	6	12	52	43	+9	54
6	Werder Bremen	34	16	4	14	51	50	+1	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

• Hamburg-Hannover 2–1
• 0–1 Dariusz Żuraw 6'
• 1–1 Jörg Albertz 82'
• 2–1 Jörg Albertz 84' (pen.)
• SV Werder Bremen-Hamburg 2–1
• 1–0 Angelos Charisteas (9)
• 1–1 Tomáš Ujfaluši (20)
• 2–1 Holger Wehlage (50)
• Hamburg-Bayern Munich 0–3
• 0–1 Claudio Pizarro (25)
• 0–2 Claudio Pizarro (85)
• 0–3 Alexander Zickler (88)
• Wolfsburg-Hamburg 2–1
• 1–0 Stefan Effenberg (51 pen)
• 1–1 Roda Antar (71)
• 2–1 Hans Sarpei (83)
• Hamburg-Kaiserslautern 2–0
• 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (66)
• 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (77)
• Hertha BSC-Hamburg 2–0
• 1–0 Marcelinho (50)
• 2–0 Bart Goor (52)
• Hamburg-Stuttgart 3–2
• 0–1 Jochen Seitz (9)
• 1–1 Bernardo Romeo (14)
• 2–1 Sergej Barbarez (22)
• 2–2 Alexander Hleb (25)
• 3–2 Bernardo Romeo (86)
• Schalke 04-Hamburg 3–0
• 1–0 Victor Agali (9)
• 2–0 Ebbe Sand (15)
• 3–0 Gerald Asamoah (45)
• Hamburg-Mönchengladbach 1–0
• 1–0 Erik Meijer (47)
• Arminia Bielefeld-Hamburg 2–1
• 1–0 Mamadou Diabang (14)
• 2–0 Mamadou Diabang (57)
• 2–1 Erik Meijer (66)
• Borussia Dortmund-Hamburg 1–1
• 1–0 Tomáš Rosický (68)
• 1–1 Kim Christensen (88)
• Hamburg-1860 Munich 1–0
• 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (29)
• Nürnberg-Hamburg 1–3
• 0–1 Sergej Barbarez (26)
• 1–1 Saša Ćirić (40 pen)
• 1–2 Marcel Maltritz (51)
• 1–3 Bernardo Romeo (66)
• Hamburg-Energie Cottbus 1–1
• 1–0 Rodolfo Cardoso (47)
• 1–1 Andrzej Juskowiak (90)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Hamburg 2–3
• 0–1 Bernardo Romeo (3)
• 1–1 Hanno Balitsch (11)
• 2–1 Yıldıray Baştürk (21)
• 2–2 Bernardo Romeo (52)
• 2–3 Sergej Barbarez (76)
• Hamburg-Bochum 1–1
• 1–0 Sergej Barbarez (56)
• 1–1 Peter Graulund (90)
• Hansa Rostock-Hamburg 0–0
• Hannover-Hamburg 2–2
• 1–0 Fredi Bobić (40)
• 2–0 Mohamadou Idrissou (50)
• 2–1 Tomáš Ujfaluši (63)
• 2–2 Erik Meijer (78)
• Hamburg-Werder Bremen 1–0
• 1–0 Sergej Barbarez (56)
• Bayern Munich-Hamburg 1–1
• 1–0 Claudio Pizarro (11)
• 1–1 Naohiro Takahara (90)
• Hamburg-Wolfsburg 2–0
• 1–0 Rodolfo Cardoso (38)
• 2–0 Collin Benjamin (90)
• Kaiserslautern-Hamburg 2–0
• 1–0 Vratislav Lokvenc (51)
• 2–0 Miroslav Klose (57)
• Hamburg-Hertha BSC 1–0
• 1–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma (56)
• Stuttgart-Hamburg 1–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (20)
• 1–1 Mehdi Mahdavikia (43)
• Hamburg-Schalke 04 3–1
• 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (29)
• 1–1 Marco van Hoogdalem (57)
• 2–1 Naohiro Takahara (85)
• 3–1 Bernardo Romeo (90)
• Mönchengladbach-Hamburg 2–0
• 1–0 Mikael Forssell (6)
• 2–0 Marcelo Pletsch (55)
• Hamburg-Arminia Bielefeld 1–0
• 1–0 Bastian Reinhardt (10 og)
• Hamburg-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (65)
• 1–1 Jan Koller (68)
• 1860 Munich-Hamburg 1–1
• 1–0 Martin Max (36)
• 1–1 Milan Fukal (65)
• Hamburg-Nürnberg 4–0
• 1–0 Milan Fukal (36)
• 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (43)
• 3–0 Mehdi Mahdavikia (55)
• 4–0 Naohiro Takahara (76)
• Energie Cottbus-Hamburg 0–0
• Hamburg-Bayer Leverkusen 4–1
• 1–0 Sergej Barbarez (18)
• 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (55)
• 2–1 Hanno Balitsch (88)
• 3–1 Lars Jacobsen (90)
• 4–1 Erik Meijer (90)
• Bochum-Hamburg 1–1
• 1–0 Thomas Christiansen (31)
• 1–1 Christian Rahn (82)
• Hamburg-Hansa Rostock 2–0
• 1–0 Rodolfo Cardoso (45)
• 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (53)

References

1. "FootballSquads - Hamburger SV - 2002/03".

Notes

1. Antar was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but also qualified to represent Lebanon internationally and represented Lebanon at U-21 level before making his international debut for Lebanon in 1998.