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
Manager	Klaus Toppmöller Thomas Hörster Klaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga	15th
Champions League	Second group stage
DFB-Pokal	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	Daniel Bierofka (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

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

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

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

Matches

• Energie Cottbus-Bayer Leverkusen 1–1
• 0–1 Jan Šimák (63)
• 1–1 Vilmos Sebők (80)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 1–0 Diego Placente (23)
• 1–1 Jan Koller (61)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Bochum 2–4
• 1–0 Jan Šimák (8)
• 1–1 Thordur Gudjonsson (13)
• 1–2 Dariusz Wosz (33)
• 1–3 Frank Fahrenhorst (44)
• 1–4 Thomas Christiansen (60)
• 2–4 França (76)
• Hansa Rostock-Bayer Leverkusen 1–3
• 0–1 Oliver Neuville (5)
• 0–2 Thomas Brdarić (22)
• 1–2 Jochen Kientz (75)
• 1–3 Bernd Schneider (88)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Hannover 1–3
• 1–0 Yıldıray Baştürk (11)
• 1–1 Fredi Bobić (41)
• 1–2 Fredi Bobić (80)
• 1–3 Mohamadou Idrissou (83)
• Werder Bremen-Bayer Leverkusen 3–2
• 0–1 Thomas Brdarić (11)
• 1–1 Ailton (25 pen)
• 2–1 Angelos Charisteas (27)
• 3–1 Angelos Charisteas (32)
• 3–2 Paul Stalteri (42 og)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Bayern Munich 2–1
• 1–0 Lúcio (9)
• 2–0 Daniel Bierofka (63)
• 2–1 Hasan Salihamidžić (89)
• Wolfsburg-Bayer Leverkusen 2–0
• 1–0 Tomislav Marić (6)
• 2–0 Stefan Effenberg (64)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Kaiserslautern 1–0
• 1–0 Thomas Brdarić (19)
• Hertha Berlin-Bayer Leverkusen 1–1
• 1–0 Arne Friedrich (20)
• 1–1 Juan (54)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner (19)
• Schalke 04-Bayer Leverkusen 0–1
• 0–1 Bernd Schneider (90 pen)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Mönchengladbach 2–2
• 0–1 Igor Demo (25)
• 1–1 Daniel Bierofka (29)
• 1–2 Bernd Korzynietz (70)
• 2–2 Daniel Bierofka (87)
• Arminia Bielefeld-Bayer Leverkusen 2–2
• 0–1 Thomas Brdarić (17)
• 1–1 Artur Wichniarek (26)
• 1–2 Boris Živković (69)
• 2–2 Artur Wichniarek (83)
• 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)
• 1860 Munich-Bayer Leverkusen 0–3
• 0–1 Daniel Bierofka (10)
• 0–2 Dimitar Berbatov (51)
• 0–3 Oliver Neuville (89)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Nürnberg 0–2
• 0–1 Saša Ćirić (59)
• 0–2 Júnior (88)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Energie Cottbus 0–3
• 0–1 Marcel Gebhardt (15)
• 0–2 Marko Topić (32)
• 0–3 Andrzej Juskowiak (85)
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayer Leverkusen 2–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon (3)
• 2–0 Jan Koller (29)
• Bochum-Bayer Leverkusen 2–1
• 1–0 Vahid Hashemian (69)
• 1–1 Marko Babić (78)
• 2–1 Vahid Hashemian (84)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Hansa Rostock 1–2
• 0–1 Bachirou Salou (35)
• 1–1 Marko Babić (38)
• 1–2 Bachirou Salou (41)
• Hannover-Bayer Leverkusen 1–2
• 1–0 Gheorghe Popescu (14)
• 1–1 Sebastian Schoof (80)
• 1–2 Jan Šimák (90)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Werder Bremen 3–0
• 1–0 Daniel Bierofka (11)
• 2–0 Sebastian Schoof (50)
• 3–0 Juan (61)
• Bayern Munich-Bayer Leverkusen 3–0
• 1–0 Claudio Pizarro (2)
• 2–0 Giovane Élber (22)
• 3–0 Giovane Élber (75)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Wolfsburg 1–1
• 1–0 Carsten Ramelow (68)
• 1–1 Tomislav Marić (81)
• Kaiserslautern-Bayer Leverkusen 1–0
• 1–0 Miroslav Klose (40)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Hertha Berlin 4–1
• 1–0 Hans-Jörg Butt (14)
• 2–0 Bernd Schneider (32)
• 3–0 Oliver Neuville (41)
• 4–0 Oliver Neuville (70)
• 4–1 Michael Preetz (76)
• Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 3–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (9)
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb (17)
• 3–0 Ioan Ganea (50)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Schalke 04 1–3
• 1–0 Dimitar Berbatov (9)
• 1–1 Jörg Böhme (12)
• 1–2 Ebbe Sand (61)
• 1–3 Gerald Asamoah (90)
• Mönchengladbach-Bayer Leverkusen 2–2
• 1–0 Igor Demo (6)
• 1–1 Daniel Bierofka (17)
• 1–2 Dimitar Berbatov (47)
• 2–2 Morten Skoubo (89)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Arminia Bielefeld 3–1
• 0–1 Ansgar Brinkmann (34 pen)
• 1–1 Lúcio (38)
• 2–1 Lúcio (69)
• 3–1 Hanno Balitsch (71)
• 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)
• Bayer Leverkusen-1860 Munich 3–0
• 1–0 Daniel Bierofka (8)
• 2–0 Dimitar Berbatov (44)
• 3–0 Marko Babić (48)
• Nürnberg-Bayer Leverkusen 0–1
• 0–1 Yıldıray Baştürk (35)

Topscorers

•   Daniel Bierofka 7
•   Dimitar Berbatov 4
•   Oliver Neuville 4

Champions League

1st Group Stage

• Olympiacos-Bayer Leverkusen 6–2
• 0–1 Bernd Schneider (22)
• 1–1 Giovanni (27)
• 2–1 Stelios Giannakopoulos (38)
• 3–1 Predrag Đorđević (44)
• 4–1 Predrag Đorđević (64 pen)
• 5–1 Predrag Đorđević (73)
• 5–2 Bernd Schneider (78 pen)
• 6–2 Pär Zetterberg (87)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Manchester United 1–2
• 0–1 Ruud van Nistelrooy (31)
• 0–2 Ruud van Nistelrooy (44)
• 1–2 Dimitar Berbatov (52)
• Maccabi Haifa-Bayer Leverkusen 0–2
• 0–1 Marko Babić (31)
• 0–2 Marko Babić (62)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Maccabi Haifa 2–1
• 1–0 Marko Babić (45)
• 1–1 Nenad Pralija (53)
• 2–1 Juan (67)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Olympiacos 2–0
• 1–0 Juan (15)
• 2–0 Bernd Schneider (89 pen)
• Manchester United-Bayer Leverkusen 2–0
• 1–0 Juan Sebastián Verón (42)
• 2–0 Ruud van Nistelrooy (69)

2nd Group Stage

• Bayer Leverkusen-Barcelona 1–2
• 1–0 Dimitar Berbatov (39)
• 1–1 Javier Saviola (48)
• 1–2 Marc Overmars (88)
• Inter-Bayer Leverkusen 3–2
• 1–0 Luigi Di Biagio (14)
• 2–0 Luigi Di Biagio (27)
• 2–1 Boris Živković (62)
• 3–1 Hans-Jörg Butt (80 og)
• 3–2 França (90)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Newcastle 1–3
• 0–1 Shola Ameobi (5)
• 0–2 Shola Ameobi (15)
• 1–2 França (25)
• 1–3 Lomana Lua Lua (32)
• Newcastle-Bayer Leverkusen 3–1
• 1–0 Alan Shearer (5)
• 2–0 Alan Shearer (11)
• 3–0 Alan Shearer (36 pen)
• 3–1 Marko Babić (73)
• Barcelona-Bayer Leverkusen 2–0
• 1–0 Javier Saviola (16)
• 2–0 Thomas Kleine (49 og)
• Bayer Leverkusen-Inter 0–2
• 0–1 Obafemi Martins (36)
• 0–2 Emre Belözoğlu (90)

Kits

Home

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Away

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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.