2002–03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen
2002–03 season
Manager Klaus Toppmöller
Thomas Hörster
Bundesliga 15th
Champions League 2nd Group Stage
DFB-Pokal Semi Final
Top goalscorer Daniel Bierofka (7)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

Squad

First team

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Hans-Jörg Butt
2 Germany DF Christoph Preuß
3 Brazil DF Lúcio
4 Brazil DF Juan
5 Germany DF Jens Nowotny
6 Croatia DF Boris Živković
8 Czech Republic MF Jan Šimák
9 Germany FW Ulf Kirsten
10 Turkey MF Yıldıray Baştürk
11 Brazil FW França
12 Bulgaria FW Dimitar Berbatov
13 Germany MF Daniel Bierofka
14 Germany MF Hanno Balitsch
15 Croatia MF Jurica Vranjes
16 Germany FW Ioannis Masmanidis
17 Nigeria MF Pascal Ojigwe
19 Croatia MF Marko Babić
No. Position Player
20 Australia GK Frank Jurić
21 Poland MF Radosław Kałużny
22 Brazil DF Cris (on loan from Cruzeiro)
23 Germany FW Thomas Brdarić
25 Germany MF Bernd Schneider
26 Germany MF Zoltán Sebescen
27 Germany FW Oliver Neuville
28 Germany MF Carsten Ramelow
31 Germany GK Tom Starke
33 Germany FW Anel Džaka
34 Germany FW Hüzeyfe Doğan
35 Argentina DF Diego Placente
46 Croatia DF Mile Božić
47 Germany DF Thomas Kleine
51 Morocco MF Nasir El Kasmi
57 Germany FW 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. Position Player
Germany DF Markus Daun (at Werder Bremen)
Austria DF Emanuel Pogatetz (at FC Aarau)
Germany DF Michael Zepek (at LR Ahlen)
Brazil MF Robson Ponte (at VfL Wolfsburg)
No. Position Player
Germany FW Thorsten Burkhardt (at SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
United States FW Landon Donovan (at San Jose Earthquakes)
South Korea FW Cha Doo-Ri (at Arminia Bielefeld)
Germany FW Clemens Fritz (at Karlsruher SC)

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Bundesliga

Matches

Topscorers

Champions League

1st Group Stage

2nd Group Stage

Kits

Home
Home Alternate
Away
Third

References

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