Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.
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Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years having a remarkable run to third place having only scored five goals more than it conceded The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten who was able to tighten up the defence and also helping out with scoring several important goals Without Marseille s goalscoring woes it could have sustained a more serious title assault Therefore it signed late blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs history Marseille2002 03 seasonChairmanRobert Louis DreyfusManagerAlain PerrinLigue 13rdCoupe de FranceRound of 32Coupe de la LigueSemi finalsTop goalscorerIbrahima Bakayoko 9 Home coloursAway coloursThird colours 2001 022003 04 Contents 1 Squad 1 1 Goalkeepers 1 2 Defenders 1 3 Midfielders 1 4 Attackers 2 Competitions 2 1 Ligue 1 2 1 1 League table 2 1 2 Results summary 2 1 3 Results by round 2 1 4 Matches 2 1 5 Top Scorers 3 SourcesSquad EditGoalkeepers Edit Vedran Runje Cedric CarrassoDefenders Edit Jerome Perez Manuel dos Santos Daniel Van Buyten Eduardo Tuzzio Sebastien Perez Abdoulaye Meite Franck Leboeuf Johnny Ecker Fabien Laurenti Loris ReinaMidfielders Edit Fabien Camus Brahim Hemdani Piotr Swierczewski Pascal Johansen Delfim Djamel Belmadi Salomon Olembe Mickael Marsiglia Benjamin Gavanon Michel Gafour Fabio Celestini Karim DahouAttackers Edit Fernandao Ibrahima Bakayoko Cyril Chapuis Lamine Sakho Dmitri Sychev Laurent MerlinCompetitions EditLigue 1 Edit Main article 2002 03 Ligue 1 League table Edit Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 Lyon C 38 19 11 8 63 41 22 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage2 Monaco 38 19 10 9 66 33 33 673 Marseille 38 19 8 11 41 36 5 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36 21 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31 15 64Source Ligue 1Rules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champion Results summary Edit Overall Home AwayPld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD38 19 8 11 41 36 5 65 12 4 3 26 14 12 7 4 8 15 22 7Source LFP fr Results by round Edit Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAResultLWDWDLWWWLWLWDDWLWWDLWDWLWWWDLWLDWWLWLPosition181012891084353534334411323132112223332323Source LFP frA Away H Home W Win D Draw L Loss Matches Edit Marseille v Nantes 3 August 2002 1Marseille0 2NantesLyonYepes 62 Berson 90 3 Stadium Stade Gerland AS Monaco v Marseille 10 August 2002 2AS Monaco0 1MarseilleMonacoFernandao 54 Stadium Stade Louis II Marseille v Lyon 16 August 2002 3Marseille1 1LyonMarseilleBakayoko 29 Govou 14 Stadium Stade Velodrome Rennes v Marseille 24 August 2002 4Rennes1 3MarseilleRennesPiquionne 10 Chapuis 35 70 Sakho 90 1 Stadium Stade de la Route de Lorient Marseille v Auxerre 1 September 2002 5Marseille0 0AuxerreMarseilleStadium Stade Velodrome Nice v Marseille 11 September 2002 6Nice2 0MarseilleNiceEverson 52 Olufade 82 Stadium Stade du Ray Marseille v Bordeaux 14 September 2002 7Marseille2 1BordeauxMarseilleLeboeuf 16 pen Bakayoko 75 Pauleta 52 Stadium Stade Velodrome Le Havre v Marseille 21 September 2002 8Le Havre1 3MarseilleLe HavreFauconnier 66 Sakho 45 2 Johansen 58 Celestini 90 Stadium Stade Jules Deschaseaux Marseille v Ajaccio 27 September 2002 9Marseille3 1AjaccioMarseilleVan Buyten 41 Chapuis 45 Bakayoko 77 pen Destruhaut 15 Stadium Stade Velodrome Lille v Marseille 5 October 2002 10Lille3 0MarseilleLilleTapia 15 Brunel 55 Cheyrou 65 Stadium Stade Grimonprez Jooris Marseille v Strasbourg 20 October 2002 11Marseille1 0StrasbourgMarseille20 45 Fernandao 24 Stadium Stade Velodrome Paris SG v Marseille 26 October 2002 12Paris SG3 0MarseilleParis17 15 Ronaldinho 15 37 pen Cardetti 82 Stadium Stade Parc des Princes Marseille v Montpellier 2 November 2002 13Marseille2 0MontpellierMarseille20 00 Bakayoko 32 F Silvestre 61 o g Stadium Stade Velodrome Guingamp v Marseille 9 November 2002 14Guingamp0 0MarseilleGuingamp20 00 Stadium Stade du Roudourou Marseille v Troyes 16 November 2002 15Marseille0 0TroyesMarseille20 00 Stadium Stade Velodrome Marseille v Lens 23 November 2002 16Marseille1 0LensMarseille17 15 Olembe 12 Stadium Stade Velodrome Bastia v Marseille 30 November 2002 17Bastia2 0MarseilleBastiaBen Saada 74 87 Stadium Stade Armand Cesari Marseille v Sochaux 4 December 2002 18Marseille1 0SochauxMarseilleFernandao 40 Stadium Stade Velodrome Sedan v Marseille 14 December 2002 19Sedan1 2MarseilleSedanH Camara 70 dos Santos 39 Bakayoko 49 Stadium Stade Louis Dugauguez Marseille v AS Monaco 20 December 2002 20Marseille1 1AS MonacoMarseilleVan Buyten 60 Prso 40 Stadium Stade Velodrome Lyon v Marseille 10 January 2003 21Lyon1 0MarseilleLyonLuyindula 41 Stadium Stade Gerland Referee Pierluigi Collina Marseille v Rennes 14 January 2003 22Marseille2 0RennesMarseilleBakayoko 7 Van Buyten 19 Stadium Stade Velodrome Auxerre v Marseille 21 January 2003 23Auxerre0 0MarseilleAuxerreStadium Stade Abbe Deschamps Marseille v Nice 28 January 2003 24Marseille2 0NiceMarseilleVan Buyten 45 3 Sychev 87 Stadium Stade Velodrome Bordeaux v Marseille 2 February 2003 25Bordeaux3 1MarseilleBordeauxFeindouno 56 Darcheville 63 pen Savio 90 6 Van Buyten 88 Stadium Stade Chaban Delmas Marseille v Le Havre 5 February 2003 26Marseille2 0Le HavreMarseilleSychev 16 Van Buyten 52 Stadium Stade Velodrome Ajaccio v Marseille 8 February 2003 27Ajaccio0 2MarseilleAjaccioBakayoko 35 Sakho 79 pen Stadium Stade Francois Coty Marseille v Lille 28Marseille2 0LilleBakayoko 13 Johansen 75 Strasbourg v Marseille 29Strasbourg0 0Marseille Marseille v Paris SG 30Marseille0 3Paris SGLeroy 28 83 Ronaldinho 55 Montpellier v Marseille 31Montpellier1 2MarseilleRouviere 71 Sakho 22 Van Buyten 83 Marseille v Guingamp 32Marseille0 2GuingampBah 12 Drogba 16 Troyes v Marseille 33Troyes0 0Marseille Lens v Marseille 34Lens0 1MarseilleLeboeuf 33 pen Marseille v Bastia 35Marseille2 1BastiaSychev 45 Van Buyten 87 Batlles 90 3 Sochaux v Marseille 36Sochaux3 0MarseilleSantos 28 Frau 65 Isabey 86 Marseille v Sedan 37Marseille4 2SedanPerez 10 Chapuis 43 Hemdani 83 Sakho 89 N Diefi 57 Perez 61 o g Nantes v Marseille 38Nantes1 0MarseilleQuint 84 Top Scorers Edit Ibrahima Bakayoko 9 1 Daniel Van Buyten 8 Cyril Chapuis 4 Lamine Sakho 4 1 Fernandao 4 Dmitri Sychev 3Sources EditRSSSF France 2002 03 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 03 Olympique de Marseille season amp oldid 1130002290, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
