2002–03 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

Paris Saint-Germain
2002–03 season
President	Laurent Perpère
Head coach	Luis Fernández
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Runners-up
Coupe de la Ligue	Second round
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ronaldinho (8); Aloísio (8); All: ; Ronaldinho (11)
Highest home attendance	43,284; (vs Lens, 12 April 2003)
Lowest home attendance	17,459; (vs Național București, 14 November 2002)
Average home league attendance	38,481
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 33rd season in existence.^[1]^[2] PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 38,481 spectators per match.^[1]^[2]^[3] The club was presided by Laurent Perpère and the team was coached by Luis Fernández.^[1]^[2] Mauricio Pochettino was the team captain.^[4]

Players

As of the 2002–03 season.^[1]^[2]^[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	FRA	Lionel Letizi
2	DF	ARG	Gabriel Heinze
3	DF	FRA	Lionel Potillon
4	MF	FRA	Jérôme Leroy
5	DF	ARG	Mauricio Pochettino (captain)
7	MF	FRA	André Luiz
8	MF	FRA	Stéphane Pédron (on loan from Lens)
9	FW	ARG	Martín Cardetti
10	FW	BRA	Ronaldinho
11	FW	BRA	José Aloisio
14	FW	FRA	Fabrice Fiorèse
15	DF	BRA	Paulo César


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Jérôme Alonzo
17	MF	FRA	Francis Llacer
18	DF	FRA	Didier Domi
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana
20	MF	FRA	Hugo Leal
21	FW	FRA	Alioune Touré
22	DF	ESP	Cristóbal
26	FW	NGA	Bartholomew Ogbeche
27	MF	FRA	Romain Rocchi
28	MF	POR	Filipe Teixeira
30	GK	FRA	Stéphane Gillet

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

6 July 2002 Friendly	Xerez	1–10	Paris Saint-Germain	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
				Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo
Note: Match was played in four 20-minute parts.

10 July 2002 Friendly	Châteauroux	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Blois, France
				Stadium: Allées Jean Leroi Municipal Stadium

13 July 2002 Friendly	Amiens	3–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Amiens, France
				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

16 July 2002 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Le Petit-Quevilly, France
				Stadium: Stade Robert-Diochon Attendance: 3,000

20 July 2002 Friendly	Sporting CP	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Lisbon, Portugal
				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 8,255

23 July 2002 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lierse	Le Touquet, France
				Stadium: Stade Ferdi Petit

26 July 2002 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0 (5–6 p)	Porto	Paris, France
				Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 10,000

20 August 2002 Friendly	Celta Vigo	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Vigo, Spain
				Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 8,000

6 September 2002 Friendly	Créteil	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Créteil, France
				Stadium: Stade Dominique Duvauchelle Attendance: 4,000

28 March 2003 Friendly	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Bayonne, France
				Stadium: Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 5,000

15 April 2003 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (6–5 p)	Benfica	Paris, France
				Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 10,000

15 May 2003 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Équipe de France de la Police	Paris, France
				Stadium: Parc des Princes

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	3 August 2002	24 May 2002	Matchday 1	11th	38	14	12	12	47	36	+11	036.84
Coupe de France	5 January 2003	31 May 2003	Round of 64	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	8	3	+5	083.33
Coupe de la Ligue	8 December 2002		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup	19 September 2002	12 December 2002	First round	Third round	6	5	0	1	9	2	+7	083.33
Total					51	24	12	15	66	44	+22	047.06

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Nantes	38	16	8	14	37	39	−2	56	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
10	Nice	38	13	16	9	39	31	+8	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
11	Paris Saint-Germain	38	14	12	12	47	36	+11	54
12	Bastia	38	12	11	15	40	48	−8	47
13	Strasbourg	38	11	12	15	40	54	−14	45

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	12	12	47	36	+11	54	10	6	3	31	14	+17	4	6	9	16	22	−6

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	L
Position	5	6	9	4	4	9	4	6	6	3	3	2	2	3	4	7	10	7	10	8	10	8	10	8	8	8	10	12	9	9	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	11

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2002 1	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Auxerre	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aloísio 51' (pen.)			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,077 Referee: Stéphane Bré

9 August 2002 2	Bordeaux	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Bordeaux
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,566 Referee: Éric Poulat

17 August 2002 3	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Ajaccio	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cardetti 44' Aloísio 45'		Granon 70' Alicarte 90'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,539 Referee: Thierry Auriac

25 August 2002 4	Le Havre	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Le Havre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)			Aloísio 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 15,632 Referee: Bertrand Layec

31 August 2002 5	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Nice	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cardetti 73'		Everson 61'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,326 Referee: Pascal Viléo

11 September 2002 6	Lille	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lille
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Manchev 28', 74'		Ronaldinho 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 17,447 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

14 September 2002 7	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Strasbourg	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fiorèse 7' Cardetti 14', 47'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,494 Referee: Damien Ledentu

22 September 2002 8	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Bastia	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulo César 77'		Laslandes 57'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,169 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

28 September 2002 9	Montpellier	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamogo 13'		Paulo César 65'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 18,456 Referee: Bruno Coué

6 October 2002 10	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Guingamp	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulo César 12', 62' Aloísio 15', 24' Cardetti 30'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,604 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

19 October 2002 11	Troyes	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saïfi 18'		Cardetti 3' Ronaldinho 8'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 13,976 Referee: Stéphane Bré

26 October 2002 12	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Marseille	Paris
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Ronaldinho 15', 37' (pen.) Cardetti 81'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,949 Referee: Éric Poulat

3 November 2002 13	Sedan	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Sedan
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Noro 8' Asuar 50', 67'		Déhu 33'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Attendance: 18,652 Referee: Pascal Viléo

9 November 2002 14	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Sochaux	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ogbeche 64'		Mathieu 48'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,992 Referee: Bertrand Layec

17 November 2002 15	Lens	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Lens
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sibierski 29' Moreira 60' Utaka 68'		Heinze 39' André Luiz 48'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 39,393 Referee: Damien Ledentu

22 November 2002 16	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Nantes	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)			Armand 30'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,827 Referee: Claude Colombo

30 November 2002 17	Monaco	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Monaco
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nonda 40', 70' Márquez 80'		Ronaldinho 25'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,685 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

4 December 2002 18	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lyon	Paris
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Heinze 37' El Karkouri 52'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,645 Referee: Stéphane Bré

15 December 2002 19	Rennes	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arribagé 69'			Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 22,503 Referee: Thierry Auriac

19 December 2002 20	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Bordeaux	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Fiorèse 12'		Feindouno 40'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,485 Referee: Damien Ledentu

11 January 2003 21	Ajaccio	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Ajaccio
20:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 7,040 Referee: Alain Hamer

15 January 2003 22	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Le Havre	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aloísio 36'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 33,438 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

22 January 2003 23	Nice	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 15,838 Referee: Éric Poulat

29 January 2003 24	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Lille	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pochettino 48'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 34,576 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

1 February 2003 25	Strasbourg	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Strasbourg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)			Aloísio 60'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 16,406 Referee: Claude Colombo

5 February 2003 26	Bastia	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Furiani
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maurice 37'			Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 8,065 Referee: Alain Sars

8 February 2003 27	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	Montpellier	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leroy 3'		Mézague 14', 19' Mansaré 74'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,657 Referee: Philippe Kalt

22 February 2003 28	Guingamp	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Guingamp
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 60' Drogba 67', 89'		Ronaldinho 20' Leroy 57'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 15,616 Referee: Damien Ledentu

1 March 2003 29	Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Troyes	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pédron 35' Aloísio 58' Fiorèse 69' Leroy 90'		Adam 10' Benachour 28'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,961 Referee: Pascal Viléo

9 March 2003 30	Marseille	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)			Leroy 27', 84' Ronaldinho 56'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,982 Referee: Bertrand Layec

22 March 2003 31	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Sedan	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pochettino 68' Pédron 85'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,666 Referee: Améziane Khendek

5 April 2003 32	Sochaux	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,682 Referee: Claude Colombo

12 April 2003 33	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Lens	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Moreira 46'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,284 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

19 April 2003 34	Nantes	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gillet 48'		Touré 66'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 36,101 Referee: Éric Poulat

4 May 2003 35	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Monaco	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fiorèse 58' Ronaldinho 76' (pen.)		Nonda 39'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,450 Referee: Stéphane Bré

11 May 2003 36	Lyon	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Anderson 25'			Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,823 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

20 May 2003 37	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Rennes	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,619 Referee: Claude Colombo

24 May 2003 38	Auxerre	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kapo 8', 27'			Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,999 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de France

5 January 2003 Round of 64	Besançon RC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Montbéliard
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Khelfa 34' Maire 119'	Report	Ogbeche 55' Déhu 60' Teixeira 62' Potillon 112'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,220 Referee: Philippe Kalt

25 January 2003 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pochettino 14' 18' Ogbeche 59' Déhu 71' Fiorèse 102' El Karkouri 108' 120+1' Llacer 112'	Report	Meïté 9' Bakayoko 29' Leboeuf 33' Hemdani 54' Van Buyten 62' 64' Sytchev 105' Dos Santos 90+1'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,150 Referee: Stéphane Bré

16 February 2003 Round of 16	Laval	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Laval
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Néva 40'	Report	Heinze 47' Fiorèse 53'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 14,483 Referee: Claude Colombo

15 March 2003 Quarter-finals	Martigues	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Martigues
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hamga 35' Magalhaes 85'	Report	Ronaldinho 76'	Stadium: Stade Francis Turcan Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

27 April 2003 Semi-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Bordeaux	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ronaldinho 21', 80' Fiorèse 67' Luiz 90+2'	Report	Costa 32' Caneira 56' Afanou 90+2'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,122 Referee: Claude Colombo

31 May 2003 Final	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Auxerre	Saint-Denis
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Leal 21' 66' Fiorèse 56'	Report	Faye 43' Kapo 74' Cissé 76' Boumsong 89'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,315 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Coupe de la Ligue

8 December 2002 Second round	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Nantes	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nyarko 43' Heinze 50' Cristóbal 67' Heinze 76' Ronaldinho 83'		Yepes 27' Armand 35' Laspalles 64' Djemba-Djemba 67' Alonzo 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 23,176 Referee: Bruno Coué

UEFA Cup

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 30 August 2002.

19 September 2002 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Újpest	Paris, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ronaldinho 13' Pochettino 24' Cardetti 44'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 21,495 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

3 October 2002 Second leg	Újpest	0–1 (0–4 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Újpest, Hungary
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Benachour 60'	Stadium: Megyeri úti Stadion Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Karel Vidlák (Czech Republic)

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 8 October 2002.

31 October 2002 First leg	Național București	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Bucharest, Romania
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	L. Leroy 5' 32' 63' André Luiz 69'	Stadium: Stadionul Cotroceni Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

14 November 2002 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Național București	Paris, France
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	L. Leroy 56'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 17,459 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Final phase

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 15 November 2002.

26 November 2002 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Boavista	Paris, France
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nyarko 16' Déhu 32' Fiorese 45'	Report	Luiz Cláudio 75'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 20,012 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

12 December 2002 Second leg	Boavista	1–0 (2a–2 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Porto, Portugal
22:30 CET (UTC+1)	Silva 56' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 5,592 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saison 2002-2003". Histoire du PSG. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paris S-G 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Average Team Attendances Paris-SG". Stadium and Attendances. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Descriptif saisons par saisons". PSG70. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

External links

Official websites

PSG.FR - Site officiel du Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain - Ligue 1 Archived 2020-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com

[saison03-1] "Saison 2002-2003". Histoire du PSG. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[foot03-2] "Paris S-G 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[3] "Average Team Attendances Paris-SG". Stadium and Attendances. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[captain-4] "Descriptif saisons par saisons". PSG70. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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