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 LeagueSecond group stage
DFB-PokalSemi-final
Top goalscorerDaniel Bierofka (7)

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Hans-Jörg Butt
2 DF  GER Christoph Preuß (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
3 DF  BRA Lúcio
4 DF  BRA Juan
5 DF  GER Jens Nowotny
6 DF  CRO Boris Živković[notes 1]
8 MF  CZE Jan Šimák
9 FW  GER Ulf Kirsten
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 2]
11 FW  BRA França
12 FW  BUL Dimitar Berbatov
13 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka
14 MF  GER Hanno Balitsch
15 MF  CRO Jurica Vranješ
16 MF  GER Ioannis Masmanidis
17 MF  NGA Pascal Ojigwe
19 MF  CRO Marko Babić
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK  AUS Frank Jurić
21 MF  POL Radosław Kałużny
22 DF  BRA Cris (on loan from Cruzeiro)
23 FW  GER Thomas Brdarić
25 MF  GER Bernd Schneider
26 MF  GER Zoltán Sebescen
27 FW  GER Oliver Neuville[notes 3]
28 MF  GER Carsten Ramelow
31 GK  GER Tom Starke
33 MF  GER Anel Džaka[notes 4]
34 MF  GER Hüzeyfe Doğan[notes 5]
35 DF  ARG Diego Placente
46 DF  CRO Mile Božić[notes 6]
47 DF  GER Thomas Kleine
51 MF  MAR Nasir El Kasmi[notes 7]
57 FW  GER 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. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  USA Frankie Hejduk (at St Gallen)
24 DF  AUT Emanuel Pogatetz (at FC Aarau)
— DF  GER Michael Zepek (at LR Ahlen)
— MF  BRA Robson Ponte (at Wolfsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  USA Landon Donovan (at San Jose Earthquakes)
— FW  KOR Cha Du-ri[notes 8] (at Arminia Bielefeld)
— FW  GER Clemens Fritz (at Karlsruhe)

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
— GK  GER René Adler
— GK  GER Maurice Gillen
— DF  CZE Petr Čoupek
— DF  GER Fabian Käfer-Ewertz
— DF  GER Alexander Meyer
— DF  GER Sven Schaffrath
— MF  GER Domenico Cozza
— MF  GER Gall Dhompirom
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GER Oliver Dittrich
— MF  CRO Michael Habljak
— MF  GER Tim Jerat
— MF  GER Tim Kruse
— MF  GER Erkan Öztürk
— FW  BRA Henrique Luizão
— FW  GER Pascal Olivier
— FW  GER Kenan Şahin[notes 9]
— FW  GER 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.

Notes
  1. Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his international debut for Croatia in 1999.
  2. Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1998.
  3. Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Italy and Germany internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his international debut for Germany in September 1998.
  4. Džaka was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-21 level.
  5. Doğan was born in Karakoçan, Turkey, and represented Turkey at U-19 level, but was raised in Germany and also represented Germany at U-20 level.
  6. Božić was born in Leverkusen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-21 level.
  7. El Kasmi was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally.
  8. Cha was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent South Korea internationally through his father and made his debut for South Korea in 2001.
  9. Şahin was born in Cologne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
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