2002–03 Ligue 1

For the 2002–03 season, the French Division 1 was renamed as Ligue 1 and was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons. Lyon won the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season of the French Association Football League with 68 points.

Ligue 1
Season2002–03
ChampionsLyon
RelegatedLe Havre
Sedan
Troyes
Champions LeagueLyon
Monaco
Marseille
UEFA CupBordeaux
Sochaux
Auxerre
Lens
Matches played380
Goals scored837 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerShabani Nonda
(26 goals)

Participating teams
Location of teams in 2002–03 Ligue 1

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 19 11 8 63 41 +22 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Monaco 38 19 10 9 66 33 +33 67
3 Marseille 38 19 8 11 41 36 +5 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36 +21 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31 +15 64
6 Auxerre 38 18 10 10 38 29 +9 64
7 Guingamp 38 19 5 14 59 46 +13 62 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Lens 38 14 15 9 43 31 +12 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
9 Nantes 38 16 8 14 37 39 −2 56 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
10 Nice 38 13 16 9 39 31 +8 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
11 Paris Saint-Germain 38 14 12 12 47 36 +11 54
12 Bastia 38 12 11 15 40 48 −8 47
13 Strasbourg 38 11 12 15 40 54 −14 45
14 Lille 38 10 12 16 29 44 −15 42
15 Rennes 38 10 10 18 35 45 −10 40
16 Montpellier 38 10 10 18 37 54 −17 40
17 Ajaccio 38 9 12 17 29 49 −20 39
18 Le Havre (R) 38 10 8 20 27 47 −20 38 Relegation to Ligue 2
19 Sedan (R) 38 9 9 20 41 59 −18 36
20 Troyes (R) 38 7 10 21 23 48 −25 31
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in 2003–04 Ligue 1

Top goalscorers
Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Shabani Nonda DR Congo Monaco 26
2 Pauleta  Portugal Bordeaux 23
3 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast Guingamp 17
4 Djibril Cissé  France Auxerre 14
4 Henri Camara  Senegal Sedan 14
6 Juninho  Brazil Lyon 13
7 Sonny Anderson  Brazil Lyon 12
7 Dado Pršo  Croatia Monaco 12
7 Kaba Diawara  Guinea Nice 12
7 Antoine Sibierski  France Lens 12
11 Jean-Claude Darcheville  France Bordeaux 11
11 Ludovic Giuly  France Monaco 11
11 Péguy Luyindula  France Lyon 11
14 Stéphane Carnot  France Guingamp 10
14 Florent Malouda  France Guingamp 10
14 Florian Maurice  France Bastia 10
14 Frédéric Piquionne  France Rennes 10
18 Mickaël Pagis  France Sochaux 9
18 Pierre-Alain Frau  France Sochaux 9

Overall
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