- 2002–03 Chelsea F.C. season
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Chelsea 2002-03 season Chairman 
Ken BatesManager 
Claudio RanieriFA Premier League 4th FA Cup Sixth round Worthington Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Cup First round Top goalscorer League:
Gianfranco Zola (14)
All:
Gianfranco Zola (16)← 2001–02 2003–04 → The 2002-03 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 88th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the Premier League and 97th year as a club. Managed by Claudio Ranieri, the club did not manage to win any silverware.
In the Premier League, Chelsea finished fourth behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United. With the fourth place finish, Chelsea secured a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
In the UEFA Cup, Chelsea took a first round exit, losing 5-4 on aggregate to Norwegian club Viking FK. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Worthington Cup and the FA Cup, but lost 1-0 to Manchester United and 3-1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.
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Team kit
The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was Emirates Airline; the kit bore the "Fly Emirates" logo. Chelsea's home kit (all blue with a white trimmed collar) was carried over from the previous campaign. Their new away kit was all black with blue accents. The club's third kit for this season was the club's away kit from the previous season, all white with blue socks and accents.
Home 
Away Third Statistics
No. Nat Pos Player Total Premier League UEFA Cup FA Cup Football League Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 
GK Ed de Goeij 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 
DF Celestine Babayaro 24 1 16+3 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 6 
DF Marcel Desailly 33 2 30+1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 DF Winston Bogarde 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 MF Frank Lampard 48 8 37+1 6 2 1 5 1 3 0 9 FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 44 15 27+9 11 2 1 4 1 2 2 11 MF Boudewijn Zenden 27 1 11+10 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 12 
MF Mario Stanić 25 6 13+5 4 2 0 3 1 2 1 13 DF William Gallas 48 4 36+2 4 2 0 5 0 3 0 14 DF Graeme Le Saux 34 2 27+1 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 15 DF Mario Melchiot 41 0 31+3 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 17 MF Emmanuel Petit 31 2 23+1 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 18 
DF Albert Ferrer 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 MF Jody Morris 33 1 19+6 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 21 MF Enrique de Lucas 31 1 17+8 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 22 
FW Eiður Guðjohnsen 44 10 20+15 10 2 0 5 0 2 0 23 GK Carlo Cudicini 46 0 36 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 25 FW Gianfranco Zola 46 16 30+8 14 2 0 3 2 3 0 26 DF John Terry 30 4 16+4 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 28 
MF Filipe Oliveira 5 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 
DF Robert Huth 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 30 
MF Jesper Grønkjær 39 5 20+10 4 2 0 5 1 2 0 36 MF Joe Keenan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 FW Carlton Cole 16 6 2+11 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 Statistics taken from [1]. Squad details and shirt numbers from [2] and [3].
Starting 11
- Only considering Premiership starts.
No. Pos. Name Starts 23 GK Carlo Cudicini36 15 RB Mario Melchiot31 6 CB Marcel Desailly (Captain)30 13 CB William Gallas36 14 LB Graeme Le Saux27 30 CM Jesper Grønkjær20 17 CM Emmanuel Petit23 8 CM Frank Lampard37 22 CF Eiður Guðjohnsen20 25 CF Gianfranco Zola30 9 CF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink27 Matches
FA Premier League
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 17 August 2002 Charlton Athletic A 2-3 25,640 Zola, Cole, Lampard 23 August 2002 Manchester United H 2-2 41,541 Gallas, Zenden 28 August 2002 Southampton A 1-1 31,208 Lampard 1 September 2002 Arsenal H 1-1 40,037 Zola 11 September 2002 Blackburn Rovers A 2-3 22,999 Gronkjaer, Zola (2) 14 September 2002 Newcastle United H 3-0 39,746 Guðjohnsen (2), Zola 23 September 2002 Fulham A 0-0 16,503 28 September 2002 West Ham H 2-3 38,929 Hasselbaink, Zola 6 October 2002 Liverpool A 1-0 43,856 19 October 2002 Manchester City A 0-3 34,956 Zola (2), Hasselbaink 26 October 2002 West Brom H 2-0 40,893 Hasselbaink, Le Saux 3 November 2002 Tottenham Hotspur A 0-0 36,049 9 November 2002 Birmingham H 3-0 35,237 Guðjohnsen (2), Zola 16 November 2002 Middlesbrough H 1-0 39,064 Babayaro 23 November 2002 Bolton A 1-1 25,476 Hasselbaink 30 November 2002 Sunderland H 3-0 38,946 Gallas, Desailly, Hasselbaink 7 December 2002 Everton A 1-3 39,396 Stanić, Hasselbaink, Grønkjær 14 December 2002 Middlesbrough A 1-1 29,160 Terry 21 December 2002 Aston Villa H 2-0 38,284 Guðjohnsen, Lampard 26 December 2002 Southampton H 0-0 39,428 28 December 2002 Leeds United A 2-0 40,122 1 January 2003 Arsenal A 3-2 38,096 Stanić, Petit 11 January 2003 Charlton Athletic H 4-1 37,284 Hasselbaink (pen), Gallas, Guðjohnsen, Le Saux 18 January 2003 Manchester United A 2-1 67,606 Guðjohnsen 28 January 2003 Leeds United H 3-2 39,738 Guðjohnsen, Lampard, Matteo o.g. 1 February 2003 Tottenham Hotspur H 1-1 41,384 Zola 8 February 2003 Birmingham City A 1-3 29,475 Zola, Guðjohnsen, Hasselbaink (pen) 22 February 2003 Blackburn Rovers H 1-2 40,850 Hasselbaink 1 March 2003 Newcastle United A 2-1 52,157 Lampard 16 March 2003 West Bromwich Albion A 0-2 27,024 Stanić, Zola 22 March 2003 Manchester City H 5-0 41,105 Hasselbaink, Terry, Stanić, Lampard, Gallas 5 April 2003 Sunderland A 1-2 40,011 Zola, Cole 12 April 2003 Bolton Wanderers H 1-0 39,852 Cole 19 April 2003 Aston Villa A 2-1 39,358 Terry 21 April 2003 Everton H 4-1 40,875 Guðjohnsen, Hasselbaink, Gronkjaer, Zola 26 April 2003 Fulham H 1-1 40,792 Goma o.g. 3 May 2003 West Ham United A 1-0 35,042 11 May 2003 Liverpool H 2-1 41,911 Desailly, Gronkjaer UEFA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 19 September 2002 R1 Viking FK H 2-1 15,772 Hasselbaink, de Lucas 3 October 2002 R1 Viking FK A 4-2 5,500 Lampard, Terry FA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 4 January 2003 R3 Middlesbrough H 1-0 2,796 Stanić 26 January 2003 R4 Shrewsbury A 4-0 7,950 Zola (2), Cole, Morris 16 February 2003 R5 Stoke A 0-2 26,615 Hasselbaink, Grønkjær 8 March 2003 QF Arsenal A 2-2 38,104 Terry, Lampard 25 March 2003 QF Replay Arsenal H 1-3 41,456 Terry League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 6 November 2002 R3 Gillingham H 2-1 28,033 Cole (2) 4 December 2002 R4 Everton H 4-1 32,322 Hasselbaink (2), Petit, Stanić 17 December 2002 QF Manchester United A 1-0 57,985 Transfers
In
# Pos Player From Fee Date 21 MF Enrique de Lucas EspanyolFree[1] 27-05-2002 28 FW Filipe Oliveira Porto£0.5 million 01-10-2002 Out
# Pos Player From Fee Date 16 MF Roberto Di MatteoN/A Retired[2] 01-07-2002 24 MF Samuele Dalla Bona Milan£1 million[3] 08-07-2002 10 MF 
Slaviša JokanovićUnattached Released[4] 09-07-2002 N/A FW 
Sam Parkin Swindon TownUndisclosed 03-09-2002 31 GK 
Mark BosnichUnattached Released 22-01-2003 32 FW 
Mikael Forssell Borussia Mönchengladbach6 month loan[5] 29-01-2003 References
- ^ "Chelsea sign Spaniard". BBC Sport. 2002-05-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2012626.stm. Retrieved 2002-05-28.
- ^ "Di Matteo forced to quit". BBC Sport. 2002-02-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/1829753.stm. Retrieved 2002-02-19.
- ^ "Dalla Bona joins AC Milan". BBC Sport. 2002-07-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2116652.stm. Retrieved 2002-07-08.
- ^ "Jokanovic leaves Chelsea". BBC Sport. 2002-07-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2119573.stm. Retrieved 2002-07-10.
- ^ "Forssell heads to Germany". BBC Sport. 2003-01-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/2707921.stm. Retrieved 2003-01-29.
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