2002–03 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland A.F.C.
2002–03 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid (until 7 October); Howard Wilkinson (from 10 October until 10 March); Mick McCarthy (from 12 March)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
FA Premier League	20th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin Phillips (6); All: ; Kevin Phillips (9)
Highest home attendance	47,586 (vs. Manchester United, 31 August)
Lowest home attendance	14,550 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 14 January)
Average home league attendance	36,885

During the 2002–03 season, Sunderland competed in the FA Premier League.

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
8 July 2002	MF	Sean Thornton	Tranmere Rovers	£225,000^[1]
15 August 2002	DF	Stephen Wright	Liverpool	£3,000,000
21 August 2002	MF	Matt Piper	Leicester City	£3,500,000
30 August 2002	FW	Tore Andre Flo	Rangers	£6,750,000
30 August 2002	FW	Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	£3,250,000
15 November 2002	GK	Mart Poom	Derby County	Loan

January

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
10 January 2003	GK	Mart Poom	Derby County	£2,500,000
31 January 2003	DF	Talal El Karkouri	Paris Saint Germain	Loan

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
31 October 2002	MF	John Oster	Grimsby Town	Loan
1 November 2002	FW	Michael Reddy	York City	Loan
7 November 2002	MF	Sean Thornton	Blackpool	Loan
22 November 2002	GK	Michael Ingham	Darlington	Loan

January

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
11 January 2003	FW	Dene Shields	Raith Rovers	£60,000
24 January 2003	GK	Michael Ingham	York City	Loan
30 January 2003	FW	Michael Reddy	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan
12 February 2003	DF	Stanislav Varga	Celtic	Free
21 February 2003	MF	John Oster	Grimsby Town	Loan
27 March 2003	FW	Keith Graydon	York City	Loan

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thomas Sørensen
2	DF	Stephen Wright
3	DF	Michael Gray (captain)
4	MF	Claudio Reyna
5	DF	Phil Babb^{[notes 1]}
6	DF	Emerson Thome
7	MF	Matt Piper
8	MF	Gavin McCann
9	FW	Tore André Flo
10	FW	Kevin Phillips
11	MF	Kevin Kilbane^{[notes 2]}
12	DF	Joachim Björklund
14	MF	Thomas Butler
15	FW	David Bellion
16	MF	Jason McAteer^{[notes 3]}
17	DF	Jody Craddock
18	DF	Darren Williams
19	FW	Kevin Kyle

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Stefan Schwarz
21	MF	Paul Thirlwell
22	DF	Talal El Karkouri (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
23	MF	Nicolás Medina
24	MF	Sean Thornton
25	DF	Ben Clark
26	GK	Thomas Myhre
27	DF	George McCartney
28	MF	John Oster^{[notes 4]}
29	MF	Chris Black
30	GK	Jürgen Macho
31	FW	Marcus Stewart
32	FW	Michael Proctor
33	DF	Julio Arca
34	DF	Mark Rossiter
36	MF	Richie Ryan
37	MF	Jonjo Dickman
40	GK	Mart Poom

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
22		DF	Stanislav Varga (to Celtic)
22		DF	Bernt Haas^{[notes 5]} (on loan to Basel)

No.		Position	Player
29		FW	Niall Quinn (retired)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Position	Player
13	GK	Michael Ingham^{[notes 6]}
35	DF	Cliff Byrne
38	GK	Craig Turns
41	DF	Patrick Collins
	GK	John Kennedy
	DF	Chris Scott
	DF	Craig James

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Stephen Capper
		DF	Baki Mercimek^{[notes 7]}
		MF	Grant Leadbitter
		MF	Carl Shippen
		FW	Dene Shields
		FW	Neil Teggart
		FW	Keith Graydon

Results

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 October 2002	Second round	Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	7-0	8,175	Reyna, McCann, Arca, Flo (2), Stewart (2)
6 November 2002	Third round	Arsenal	Highbury	3-2	19,059	Kyle, Stewart (2)
3 December 2002	Fourth round	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	0-2	27,068

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 January 2003	Third round	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	1-1	10,132	Phillips
14 January 2003	Third round replay	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	2-0	14,550	Arca, Proctor
25 January 2003	Fourth round	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	3-3	14,315	Stewart, Proctor and Phillips
5 February 2003	Fourth round replay	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	2-2 a.e.t. (won 3-0 on penalties)	15,745	McCann, Phillips
15 February 2003	Fifth round	Watford	Stadium of Light	0-1	26,916

FA Premier League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 2002	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	0-0		27,122
24 August 2002	Everton	Stadium of Light	0-1		37,698
28 August 2002	Leeds United	Elland Road	1-0	Jason McAteer 46'	39,929
31 August 2002	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	1-1	Flo 70'	47,586
10 September 2002	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	0-3		32,155
14 September 2002	Fulham	Stadium of Light	0-3		35,432
21 September 2002	Newcastle United	St James' Park	0-2		52,181
28 September 2002	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	1-0	David Bellion 70'	40,492
6 October 2002	Arsenal	Highbury	1-3	Jody Craddock 83'	37,902
19 October 2002	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	0-1		44,352
28 October 2002	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	1-1	Michael Gray 45'	23,036
3 November 2002	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	1-1	Flo 15'	26,284
10 November 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	Stadium of Light	2-0	Kevin Phillips 60', Flo 62'	40,024
17 November 2002	Liverpool	Anfield	0-0		43,074
23 November 2002	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	0-1		38,803
30 November 2002	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0-3		38,946
9 December 2002	Manchester City	Stadium of Light	0-3		36,511
15 December 2002	Liverpool	Stadium of Light	2-1	Gavin McCann 36', Michael Proctor 85'	37,118
21 December 2002	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	2-2	Kevin Phillips 56', 64'	26,703
26 December 2002	Leeds United	Stadium of Light	1-2	Michael Proctor 34'	44,029
28 December 2002	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	1-2	Flo 77'	36,242
1 January 2003	Manchester United	Old Trafford	1-2	Juan Sebastián Verón 4' o.g.	67,609
11 January 2003	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	0-0		36,529
18 January 2003	Everton	Goodison Park	1-2	Kevin Kilbane 34'	37,409
28 January 2003	Southampton	Stadium of Light	0-1		34,102
1 February 2003	Charlton Athletic	Stadium of Light	1-3	Kevin Phillips 81' pen.	36,042
8 February 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	1-4	Kevin Phillips 26'	36,075
22 February 2003	Middlesbrough	Stadium of Light	1-3	Kevin Phillips 56'	42,134
1 March 2003	Fulham	Loftus Road	0-1		16,286
15 March 2003	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	0-2		42,124
22 March 2003	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0-2		35,033
5 April 2003	Chelsea	Stadium of Light	1-2	Sean Thornton 12'	40,011
12 April 2003	Birmingham City	St. Andrew's	0-2		29,132
19 April 2003	West Bromwich Albion	Stadium of Light	1-2	Marcus Stewart 70'	36,025
21 April 2003	Manchester City	Maine Road	0-3		34,357
26 April 2003	Newcastle United	Stadium of Light	0-1		45,067
3 May 2003	Aston Villa	Villa Park	0-1		36,963
11 May 2003	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	0-4		40,188

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Aston Villa	38	12	9	17	42	47	−5	45
17	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	14	14	41	51	−10	44
18	West Ham United (R)	38	10	12	16	42	59	−17	42	Relegation to 2003–04 Football League First Division
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	6	8	24	29	65	−36	26
20	Sunderland (R)	38	4	7	27	21	65	−44	19

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Thomas Sørensen	25	0	21	0	4	0	0	0
26	GK		Thomas Myhre	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK		Jürgen Macho	16	0	12+1	0	1	0	2	0
40	GK		Mart Poom	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Stephen Wright	29	0	25+1	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Michael Gray	36	1	32	1	4	0	0	0
5	DF		Phil Babb	30	0	26	0	3	0	1	0
6	DF		Emerson Thome	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
12	DF		Joachim Björklund	22	0	19+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	DF		Jody Craddock	30	1	25	1	4	0	1	0
18	DF		Darren Williams	21	1	12+4	0	2	0	3	1
22	DF		Talal El Karkouri	9	0	8	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	DF		Ben Clark	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF		George McCartney	30	0	16+8	0	1+2	0	2+1	0
33	DF		Julio Arca	18	2	7+6	0	4	1	1	1
34	DF		Mark Rossiter	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
37	DF		Jonjo Dickman	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Claudio Reyna	12	1	11	0	0	0	1	1
7	MF		Matthew Piper	14	0	8+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Gavin McCann	35	3	29+1	1	3	1	2	1
11	MF		Kevin Kilbane	34	1	30	1	3	0	1	0
14	MF		Thomas Butler	8	0	7	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	MF		Jason McAteer	10	1	9	1	1	0	0	0
21	MF		Paul Thirlwell	21	0	12+6	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	MF		Nicolás Medina	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF		Sean Thornton	14	1	11	1	3	0	0	0
28	MF		John Oster	5	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
29	MF		Chris Black	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Richie Ryan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Tore André Flo	32	6	23+6	4	1+1	0	1	2
10	FW		Kevin Phillips	36	9	32	6	4	3	0	0
15	FW		David Bellion	14	1	5+6	1	0+1	0	2	0
19	FW		Kevin Kyle	22	1	9+8	0	2+1	0	2	1
31	FW		Marcus Stewart	24	5	9+10	1	2	1	3	3
32	FW		Michael Proctor	28	3	11+10	2	3+2	1	2	0
Players transferred out during the season
22	DF		Stanislav Varga	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0
29	FW		Niall Quinn	8	0	0+8	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	FA Premier League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
FW		10	Kevin Phillips	6	0	3	9
FW		31	Marcus Stewart	1	4	1	6
FW		9	Tore André Flo	4	2	0	6
FW		32	Michael Proctor	2	0	2	4
MF		8	Gavin McCann	1	1	1	3
MF		33	Julio Arca	0	1	1	2
DF		3	Micky Gray	1	0	0	1
DF		17	Jody Craddock	1	0	0	1
MF		24	Sean Thornton	1	0	0	1
MF		11	Kevin Kilbane	1	0	0	1
FW		15	David Bellion	1	0	0	1
MF		16	Jason McAteer	1	0	0	1
FW		19	Kevin Kyle	0	1	0	1
MF		4	Claudio Reyna	0	1	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	Total	21	10	8	39

References

↑ The fee was compensation agreed at an FA tribunal.

Notes

↑ Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.
↑ Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
↑ McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.
↑ Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.
↑ Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.
↑ Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.
↑ Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and would represent them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.

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[1] The fee was compensation agreed at an FA tribunal.

[2] Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.

[3] Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997.

[4] McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.

[5] Oster was born in Boston, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1997.

[6] Haas was born in Vienna, Austria, but also qualified to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in 1996.

[7] Ingham was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in June 2005.

[8] Mercimek was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and would represent them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2006.