2002–03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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.

Bayer Leverkusen
2002–03 season
ManagerKlaus Toppmöller
Thomas Hörster
Klaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga15th
Champions League2nd Group Stage
DFB-PokalSemi Final
Top goalscorerDaniel Bierofka (7)

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 GK Hans-Jörg Butt
2 DF Christoph Preuß
3 DF Lúcio
4 DF Juan
5 DF Jens Nowotny
6 DF Boris Živković
8 MF Jan Šimák
9 FW Ulf Kirsten
10 MF Yıldıray Baştürk
11 FW França
12 FW Dimitar Berbatov
13 MF Daniel Bierofka
14 MF Hanno Balitsch
15 MF Jurica Vranjes
16 FW Ioannis Masmanidis
17 MF Pascal Ojigwe
19 MF Marko Babić
No. Position Player
20 GK Frank Jurić
21 MF Radosław Kałużny
22 DF Cris (on loan from Cruzeiro)
23 FW Thomas Brdarić
25 MF Bernd Schneider
26 MF Zoltán Sebescen
27 FW Oliver Neuville
28 MF Carsten Ramelow
31 GK Tom Starke
33 FW Anel Džaka
34 FW Hüzeyfe Doğan
35 DF Diego Placente
46 DF Mile Božić
47 DF Thomas Kleine
51 MF Nasir El Kasmi
57 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
DF Markus Daun (at Werder Bremen)
DF Emanuel Pogatetz (at FC Aarau)
DF Michael Zepek (at LR Ahlen)
MF Robson Ponte (at VfL Wolfsburg)
No. Position Player
FW Thorsten Burkhardt (at SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
FW Landon Donovan (at San Jose Earthquakes)
FW Cha Doo-Ri (at Arminia Bielefeld)
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
GK René Adler
GK Maurice Gillen
DF Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
DF Petr Čoupek
DF Fabian Käfer-Ewertz
DF Alexander Meyer
DF Sven Schaffrath
MF Domenico Cozza
MF Gall Dhompirom
No. Position Player
MF Oliver Dittrich
MF Michael Habljak
MF Tim Jerat
MF Tim Kruse
MF Erkan Öztürk
FW Henrique Luizão
FW Pascal Olivier
FW Kenan Şahin
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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