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2002–03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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

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.

Players

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First-team squad

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

Out on loan

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

Reserve team

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

Bundesliga

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Matches

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Topscorers

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Champions League

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1st Group Stage

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2nd Group Stage

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Kits

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Home
Home Alternate
Away
Third

References

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

Notes

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  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.