Celtic 2002–03 football season
2002–03 season | ||
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Chairman | Brian Quinn | |
Manager | Martin O'Neill | |
Stadium | Celtic Park | |
Scottish Premier League | 2nd | |
Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals | |
Scottish League Cup | Finalists | |
UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | |
UEFA Cup | Finalists | |
Top goalscorer | League: Henrik Larsson (28) All: Henrik Larsson (44) | |
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← 2001–022003–04 → |
Celtic went into the 2002–03 season defending their Scottish Premier League title, which they won in 2001–02.
They also entered the UEFA Champions League at the qualifying stage, as well as taking part in the two domestic cup competitions, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.
Season overview
League campaign
Celtic lost out on the title on the last day of the season despite a 4–0 win at Kilmarnock, with a goal difference of 1 less than Rangers over the whole season.
European campaign
Celtic went into third qualifying stage of the Champions League but failed to beat Basel. They then dropped down into the UEFA Cup where they beat teams including Blackburn Rovers, Stuttgart and Liverpool to reach the final where they lost 2–3 after extra time to Porto.
Domestic cups
Celtic reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, but a late penalty miss by John Hartson meant the trophy went to Rangers. As the number of games to be played took its toll, an inexperienced Celtic side lost to Inverness CT in the Scottish Cup.
Competitions
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | SCO | Jonathan Gould | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | DF | SCO | Tom Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | GUI | Mohammed Sylla | 31 | 4 | 13+5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 |
4 | DF | SCO | Jackie McNamara | 28 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
5 | DF | BEL | Joos Valgaeren | 53 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
6 | DF | GUI | Dianbobo Balde | 53 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
7 | FW | SWE | Henrik Larsson | 51 | 44 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
8 | MF | ENG | Alan Thompson | 45 | 12 | 26+3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 10+2 | 3 |
9 | FW | ENG | Chris Sutton | 43 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11+1 | 4 |
10 | FW | WAL | John Hartson | 45 | 25 | 18+9 | 18 | 1+1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9+3 | 3 |
12 | FW | ESP | David Fernández | 19 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
14 | MF | SCO | Paul Lambert | 48 | 6 | 27+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10+3 | 2 |
15 | MF | NED | Bobby Petta | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16 | DF | DEN | Ulrik Laursen | 36 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
17 | DF | FRA | Didier Agathe | 40 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
18 | MF | NIR | Neil Lennon | 46 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
19 | MF | BUL | Stiliyan Petrov | 50 | 14 | 33+1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
20 | GK | SCO | Rab Douglas | 38 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
21 | GK | SWE | Magnus Hedman | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | GK | SCO | David Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | SVK | Stanislav Varga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | IRL | Colin Healy | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
26 | GK | ESP | Javier Broto | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | FW | SCO | Shaun Maloney | 30 | 5 | 5+15 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
30 | MF | ENG | Steve Guppy | 25 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
32 | FW | SCO | Simon Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
35 | DF | SWE | Johan Mjallby | 24 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
39 | MF | SCO | Jamie Smith | 25 | 1 | 3+10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
40 | DF | SCO | Stephen Crainey | 19 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
41 | DF | SCO | John Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
43 | MF | IRL | Liam Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 28 | +73 | 97 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Celtic | 38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 97 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 57 | |
5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 46 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
Transfers
In
Date | Player | From | Fee | Source |
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1 August 2002 | Magnus Hedman | Coventry City | 08 £1,000,000 | |
1 August 2002 | Ulrik Laursen | Hibernian | 08 £1,500,000 |
Out
Date | Player | To | Fee | Source |
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21 May 2002 | Dmitri Kharine | Hornchurch | 08 Free Transfer | |
9 January 2003 | Jonathan Gould | Preston North End | 08 Free Transfer |
References
- SPL goes down to the Wire BBC Sport, 25 May 2003
- ^ "Celtic make double signing". BBC Sport website. 1 August 2002.
- "Kharine to leave Celtic". BBC Sport website. 21 May 2002.
- "Gould joins Preston". BBC News. 9 January 2003.
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