- 2002–03 Manchester City F.C. season
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Manchester City Season 2002–03 Owner Publicly traded company
Chairmen David Bernstein (until 5 Mar. 2003)
John Wardle
Manager Kevin Keegan
Team captain Ali Benarbia
Home stadium Maine Road PremierLeague Ninth League Cup Third round FA Cup Third round Top goalscorer League: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)
(7th highest in Premier League)
All comps: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)Average home
attendance34,564 – over 19 PL home games
(11th highest in Premier League)Highest home
attendance35,141 v Liverpool
28 September 2002Highest away
attendance67,646 v Manchester United
9 February 2003Lowest home
attendance21,820 v Crewe Alexandra
1 October 2002Lowest away
attendance15,007 v Wigan Athletic
5 November 2002← 2001–02 2003–04 →
Results summary - all competitions Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 10 2 9 47.6% Away 6 4 10 30.0% Both 16 6 19 39.0% Results summary - Premier League Wins Draws Losses Win % Home 9 2 8 47.4% Away 6 4 9 31.6% Both 15 6 17 39.5% The 2002–03 season was Manchester City Football Club's first season back playing in the Premier League again after having been relegated from it at the end of the 2000–01 season. This was the club's sixth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football ten years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, this was Manchester City's 111th season playing in any division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.
Contents
Season review
This season was the team's first one playing in the Premier League under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan who, having taken over the helm as manager from Joe Royle after the club had been relegated to the Football League First Division fifteen months earlier, had led the club to an immediate promotion back to the top flight. In fact, the previous season had seen Manchester City promoted in style, with the team breaking many prior club records as it became the new First Division champions. This successful campaign allowed Keegan to delve into the transfer market in the summer and he brought in a number of high profile players - such as striker Nicolas Anelka, defender Sylvain Distin and goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel - in an effort to ensure that the team was strong enough to remain in the Premier League now that it was back there again.
By spending the £13m transfer fee required to bring Anelka to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain the club broke its previous transfer record. Sylvain Distin also transferred over to Manchester City from PSG for £5m, while Peter Schmeichel joined the club on a free transfer from Aston Villa. Some of the other players Keegan brought in during the newly introduced summer transfer window were Marc-Vivien Foé, who joined the club on a season-long loan from Lyon, Vicente Matías Vuoso (from Independiente) and Mikkel Bischoff. Additionally, Robbie Fowler, David Sommeil and Djamel Belmadi were also signed by Keegan a few months later during the 2003 January transfer window.
The new year would also see the man that had been the main impetus behind the hiring of Kevin Keegan, chairman David Bernstein, fall out with his new hire and leave the club following a boardroom dispute over finances and managerial structure that followed closely on the back of the previous week's resignation of the club's managing director. The initial cause of this dispute had occurred back in January concerning the protracted transfer saga of Robbie Fowler (which Bernstein had originally brokered).[1] He was succeeded as club chairman by former deputy chairman John Wardle.[2]
This season's campaign would finally see Manchester City win its first Manchester Derby in over 13 years, allowing Peter Schmeichel to establish an exceptional record where he has never been on the losing side in a derby game. During his nine years playing with Manchester United the Reds were unbeaten against Manchester City, while in his single final season playing with the Blues, City won the derby game played at Maine Road and drew the one played at Old Trafford. This was also to be Manchester City's last season playing at its historic Maine Road ground before moving to its current home at City of Manchester Stadium. Consequently, the last game of the season was also the last game ever played at the club's old ground, and Marc-Vivien Foé would have the distinction of being recorded in the soccer annals as the player who scored the last ever goal at Maine Road.
Team kit
The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice.[3]
Home Away Third
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Peter Schmeichel 2 DF David Sommeil 3 DF Niclas Jensen 4 DF Gerard Wiekens 5 DF Sylvain Distin 6 MF Kevin Horlock 7 FW Darren Huckerby 8 MF Ali Benarbia 9 FW Paulo Wanchope 10 FW Shaun Goater 11 FW Jon Macken 12 GK Nicky Weaver 13 MF Christian Negouai 14 DF Eyal Berkovic 15 DF Alf-Inge Haaland 16 DF Paul Ritchie 17 DF Sun Jihai 18 MF Jeff Whitley (until March) 19 MF Danny Tiatto 20 GK Carlo Nash 21 FW Vicente Matías Vuoso No. Position Player 22 DF Richard Dunne 23 MF Marc-Vivien Foé (on loan from Lyon) 24 DF Steve Howey 25 DF Lucien Mettomo 27 DF Mikkel Bischoff 28 DF Tyrone Loran 29 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 30 DF Paddy McCarthy 31 MF Djamel Belmadi (on loan from Marseille) 32 GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard 33 FW Chris Killen 33 GK Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City) 33 FW Robbie Fowler (from January) 34 DF Stephen Jordan 35 GK Brian Murphy 36 MF Glenn Whelan 37 MF Terry Dunfield 38 MF Rhys Day 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 40 MF Chris Shuker 41 MF Joey Barton Historical league performance
Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991-92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).
Games
Premier League
Position in final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 7 Everton 38 17 8 13 48 49 −1 59 8 Southampton 38 13 13 12 43 46 −3 52 9 Manchester City 38 15 6 17 47 54 −7 51 10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 51 62 −11 50 11 Middlesbrough 38 13 10 15 48 44 +4 49 Updated to games played on 11 May 2003 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2002-03
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.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 15 6 17 47 54 −7 51 9 2 8 28 26 +2 6 4 9 19 28 −9 Last updated: 11 May 2003 (end of season)
Source: Premier League results 2002-03Points breakdown
Points at home: 29
Points away from home: 22Points against "Big Four" teams: 7
Points against promoted teams: 9- 6 points: Birmingham City, Fulham, Sunderland
- 4 points: Everton, Manchester United
- 3 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Leeds United, Liverpool,
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- Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion
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- 1 point: Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, West Ham United
- 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Southampton
Biggest & smallest
Biggest home win: 4–1 vs. Fulham, 29 January 2003
Biggest home defeat: 1–5 vs. Arsenal, 22 February 2003
Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Sunderland, 9 December 2002
Biggest away defeat: 5–0 vs. Chelsea, 22 March 2003
Biggest home attendance: 35,141 vs. Liverpool, 28 September 2002
Smallest home attendance: 33,260 vs. Fulham, 29 January 2003
Biggest away attendance: 67,646 vs. Manchester United, 9 February 2003
Smallest away attendance: 17,937 vs. Fulham, 28 September 2002Results 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 A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H A A H Result L W L W L D D L L L W W W L L W W D L W W D W L W L D L L W L L D W W L W L Last updated: 11 May 2003 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2002-03
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Individual match reports
17 August 2002
15:00Leeds United 3 – 0 Manchester City Elland Road
Leeds
Attendance: 40,195Barmby 15'
Viduka45'
Keane80'
Guardian report
24 August 2002
12:15Manchester City 1 – 0 Newcastle United Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,776Huckerby 36'
Guardian report
28 August 2002
19:45Aston Villa 1 – 0 Manchester City Villa Park
Birmingham
Attendance: 33,494Vassell 64'
Guardian report
31 August 2002
15:00Manchester City 3 – 1 Everton Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,835Radzinski 14' (o.g.)
Anelka16'
85'
Guardian report 29' (pen.) Unsworth
10 September 2002
15:00Arsenal 2 – 1 Manchester City Highbury
London
Attendance: 37,878Wiltord 26'
Henry42'
Guardian report 29' Anelka
15 September 2002
15:00Manchester City 2 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,130Anelka 80'
Goater90'
Tiatto67'
Guardian report 26' Thompson
54' Cole
21 September 2002
15:00West Ham United 0 – 0 Manchester City Boleyn Ground
London
Attendance: 35,550Guardian report
28 September 2002
15:00Manchester City 0 – 3 Liverpool Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 35,141Guardian report 4'
64'
89' Owen
5 October 2002
15:00Southampton 2 – 0 Manchester City St Mary's Stadium
Southampton
Attendance: 31,009Ormerod 2'
43'
Guardian report
19 October 2002
15:00Manchester City 0 – 3 Chelsea Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,953Guardian report 69'
84' Zola
85' Hasselbaink
26 October 2002
15:00Birmingham City 0 – 2 Manchester City St Andrew's Stadium
Birmingham
Attendance: 29,316Guardian report 24' Sun
87' Anelka
2 November 2002
15:00West Bromwich Albion 1 – 2 Manchester City The Hawthorns
West Bromwich
Attendance: 27,044Clement 62'
Guardian report 51' Anelka
71' Goater
9 November 2002
12:15Manchester City 3 – 1 Manchester United Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,649Anelka 5'
Goater26'
51'
Guardian report
MCFC video8' Solskjær
16 November 2002
15:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 33,455Guardian report 79' Bartlett
23 November 2002
15:00Middlesbrough 3 – 1 Manchester City Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough
Attendance: 31,510Ehiogu 53'
Bokšić62'
Geremi84'
Guardian report 68' Anelka
72' Wright-Phillips
30 November 2002
15:00Manchester City 2 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,860Howey 25'
Berkovic56'
Guardian report
9 December 2002
15:00Sunderland 0 – 3 Manchester City Stadium of Light
Sunderland
Attendance: 36,511Guardian report 44' Foé
62' Sun
87' Goater
14 December 2002
15:00Charlton Athletic 2 – 2 Manchester City The Valley
London
Attendance: 26,434Euell 50' (pen.)
Jensen63'
Guardian report 74'
86' Foé
23 December 2002
15:00Manchester City 2 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,563Howey 29'
Benarbia90'
Guardian report 38' Perry
48' Davies
83' Poyet
86' Ziege
26 December 2002
15:00Manchester City 3 – 1 Aston Villa Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 33,991Foé 15'
80'
Benarbia78'
Guardian report 41' Dublin
28 December 2002
15:00Fulham 0 – 1 Manchester City Loftus Road
London
Attendance: 17,937Guardian report 15' Anelka
1 January 2003
15:00Everton 2 – 2 Manchester City Goodison Park
Liverpool
Attendance: 40,163Watson 6'
Radzinski90'
Guardian report 33' Anelka
82' Foé
11 January 2003
15:00Manchester City 2 – 1 Leeds United Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,88429'
Jensen50'
Guardian report 90' Kewell
18 January 2003
15:00Newcastle United 2 – 0 Manchester City St James' Park
Newcastle
Attendance: 52,152
Referee: Graham PollShearer 1'
Bellamy64'
Guardian report
29 January 2003
15:00Manchester City 4 – 1 Fulham Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 33,260
Referee: Steve BennettAnelka 21'
Benarbia47'
Foé61'
Wright-Phillips70'
Guardian report 2' Malbranque
1 February 2003
15:00Manchester City 1 – 2 West Bromwich Albion Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,765
Referee: Neale BarryGilchrist 22' (o.g.)
Guardian report 18' Clement
79' Gregan
81' Roberts
9 February 2003
12:30Manchester United 1 – 1 Manchester City Old Trafford
Manchester
Attendance: 67,646
Referee: Alan Wileyvan Nistelrooy 18'
Guardian report 86' Goater
22 February 2003
15:00Manchester City 1 – 5 Arsenal Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,960
Referee: Paul DurkinAnelka 87'
Guardian report 4' Bergkamp
12' Pires
15' Henry
19' Campbell
53' Vieira
1 March 2003
15:00Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Manchester City Ewood Park
Blackburn
Attendance: 28,647
Referee: Steve DunnDunn 13'
Guardian report
16 March 2003
14:00Manchester City 1 – 0 Birmingham City Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,596
Referee: Matt MessiasFowler 72'
Jensen79'
Guardian report
22 March 2003
15:00Chelsea 5 – 0 Manchester City Stamford Bridge
London
Attendance: 41,105
Referee: Phil DowdHasselbaink 37'
Terry43'
Stanić58'
Lampard69'
Gallas79'
Guardian report 90' Sun
5 April 2003
12:00Bolton Wanderers 2 – 0 Manchester City Reebok Stadium
Bolton
Attendance: 26,949
Referee: Chris WilkesPedersen 32'
Iván Campo52'
Guardian report
12 April 2003
15:00Manchester City 0 – 0 Middlesbrough Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,793
Referee: Andy D'UrsoGuardian report
18 April 2003
15:00Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 2 Manchester City White Hart Lane
London
Attendance: 36,075
Referee: Mike RileyGuardian report 3' Sommeil
21' Barton
21 April 2003
15:00Manchester City 3 – 0 Sunderland Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,357
Referee: Graham BarberFoé 36'
80'
Fowler38'
Guardian report
MCFC video
27 April 2003
14:00Manchester City 0 – 1 West Ham United Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,815
Referee: Rob StylesGuardian report 81' Kanoute
3 May 2003
15:00Liverpool 1 – 2 Manchester City Anfield
Liverpool
Attendance: 44,220
Referee: Neale BarryBaroš 59'
Guardian report
MCFC video74' (pen.)
90+3' Anelka
11 May 2003
15:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Southampton Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 34,957
Referee: Mike DeanGuardian report 34' M. Svensson
League Cup
Second round
1 October 2002
19:45Manchester City 3 – 2 Crewe Alexandra Maine Road
Manchester
Attendance: 21,820
Referee: Roy PearsonBerkovic 69'
Walker84' (o.g.)
Huckerby87'
Guardian report 1' Jack
86' Hulse
Third round
5 November 2002
20:00Wigan Athletic 1 – 0 Manchester City JJB Stadium
Wigan
Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Mike DeanRoberts 35'
Guardian report
FA Cup
Third round
5 January 2003
13:00Manchester City 0 – 1 Liverpool City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 28,586
Referee: Uriah RennieGuardian report 47' (pen.) Murphy
Goal scorers
All competitions
Premier League
League Cup and FA Cup
Scorer Goals Eyal Berkovic
1 Darren Huckerby
Information current as of 11 May 2003 (end of season)
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee FW Craig Davies
Shrewsbury Town
n/a FW Stephen Elliott
Stella Maris
n/a Aug. 2002 DF Tyrone Loran
Volendam
£60,000[4][5] Transfers out
Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 17 Oct. 2002 DF Laurent Charvet
Sochaux
Released[6] 07 Mar. 2003 MF Jeff Whitley
Sunderland
Released[7][8] 15 May 2003 GK Peter Schmeichel
Retired[9] Loans in
Date from Date to Pos. Player From club 16 Aug. 2002 16 Nov. 2002 GK Tim Flowers
Leicester City[10]
03 Jan. 2003 11 May 2003 MF Djamel Belmadi
Olympique de Marseille[11]
Loans out
Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 20 Sep. 2002 22 Dec. 2002 DF Paul Ritchie
Portsmouth[12][13]
23 Nov. 2002 22 Feb. 2003 DF Paddy McCarthy
Boston United[14][15]
01 Jan. 2003 31 May 2003 DF Tyrone Loran
Tranmere Rovers[5]
27 Mar. 2003 27 Apr. 2003 DF Paddy McCarthy
Notts County[16]
27 Mar. 2003 05 May 2003 DF Paul Ritchie
Derby County[12]
See also
References
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