2002–03 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
2002–03 season
OwnerPublicly traded company
ChairmanDavid Bernstein (until 5 Mar. 2003)
John Wardle
ManagerKevin Keegan
StadiumMaine Road
Premier League9th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)
All: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)
Highest home attendance35,141 (v. Liverpool,
28 September 2002)
Lowest home attendance21,820 (v. Crewe Alexandra,
1 October 2002)
Average home league attendance34,564
Results summary - all competitions
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 10 2 9 47.6%
Away 6 4 10 30.0%
Both 16 6 19 39.0%
Results summary - Premier League
Wins Draws Losses Win %
Home 9 2 8 47.4%
Away 6 4 9 31.6%
Both 15 6 17 39.5%

The 2002–03 season was Manchester City Football Club's first season back playing in the Premier League again after having been relegated from it at the end of the 2000–01 season. This was the club's sixth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football ten years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, this was Manchester City's 111th season playing in any division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

This season was the team's first one playing in the Premier League under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan who, having taken over the helm as manager from Joe Royle after the club had been relegated to the Football League First Division fifteen months earlier, had led the club to an immediate promotion back to the top flight. In fact, the previous season had seen Manchester City promoted in style, with the team breaking many prior club records as it became the new First Division champions. This successful campaign allowed Keegan to delve into the transfer market in the summer and he brought in a number of high-profile players - such as striker Nicolas Anelka, defender Sylvain Distin and goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel - in an effort to ensure that the team was strong enough to remain in the Premier League now that it was back there again.

By spending the £13m transfer fee required to bring Anelka to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain the club broke its previous transfer record. Sylvain Distin also transferred over to Manchester City from PSG for £5m, while Peter Schmeichel joined the club on a free transfer from Aston Villa. Some of the other players Keegan brought in during the newly introduced summer transfer window were Marc-Vivien Foé, who joined the club on a season-long loan from Lyon, Vicente Matías Vuoso (from Independiente) and Mikkel Bischoff. Additionally, Robbie Fowler, David Sommeil and Djamel Belmadi were also signed by Keegan a few months later during the 2003 January transfer window.

The new year would also see the man that had been the main impetus behind the hiring of Kevin Keegan, chairman David Bernstein, fall out with his new hire and leave the club following a boardroom dispute over finances and managerial structure that followed closely on the back of the previous week's resignation of the club's managing director. The initial cause of this dispute had occurred back in January concerning the protracted transfer saga of Robbie Fowler (which Bernstein had originally brokered).[1] He was succeeded as club chairman by former deputy chairman John Wardle.[2]

This season's campaign would finally see Manchester City win its first Manchester Derby in over 13 years, allowing Peter Schmeichel to establish an exceptional record where he has never been on the losing side in a derby game. During his nine years playing with Manchester United the Reds were unbeaten against Manchester City, while in his single final season playing with the Blues, City won the derby game played at Maine Road and drew the one played at Old Trafford. This was also to be Manchester City's last season playing at its historic Maine Road ground before moving to its current home at City of Manchester Stadium. Consequently, the last game of the season was also the last game ever played at the club's old ground, and Marc-Vivien Foé would have the distinction of being recorded in the soccer annals as the player who scored the last ever goal for Manchester City at Maine Road.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice.[3]

Home
Away
Third

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[4]

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 Denmark DEN Peter Schmeichel
2 DF France FRA David Sommeil
3 DF Denmark DEN Niclas Jensen
4 DF Netherlands NED Gerard Wiekens
5 DF France FRA Sylvain Distin
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Horlock
7 FW England ENG Darren Huckerby
8 MF Algeria ALG Ali Benarbia
9 FW Costa Rica CRC Paulo Wanchope
10 FW Bermuda BER Shaun Goater
11 FW England ENG Jon Macken
12 GK England ENG Nicky Weaver
13 MF France FRA Christian Negouai
14 DF Israel ISR Eyal Berkovic
15 DF Norway NOR Alfie Haaland
16 DF Scotland SCO Paul Ritchie
17 DF China CHN Sun Jihai
19 MF Australia AUS Danny Tiatto
20 GK England ENG Carlo Nash
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Argentina ARG Vicente Matías Vuoso
22 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Dunne
23 MF Cameroon CMR Marc-Vivien Foé (on loan from Lyon)
24 DF England ENG Steve Howey
25 DF Cameroon CMR Lucien Mettomo
27 DF Denmark DEN Mikkel Bischoff
28 DF Netherlands NED Tyrone Loran
29 MF England ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips
30 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy McCarthy
31 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Belmadi (on loan from Marseille)
32 GK Denmark DEN Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard
33 FW England ENG Robbie Fowler
34 DF England ENG Stephen Jordan
35 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Murphy
36 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Glenn Whelan
39 FW France FRA Nicolas Anelka
40 MF England ENG Chris Shuker
41 MF England ENG Joey Barton

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. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jeff Whitley (released)
31 DF France FRA Laurent Charvet (to Sochaux)
33 FW New Zealand NZL Chris Killen (to Oldham Athletic)
33 GK England ENG Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF Canada CAN Terry Dunfield (to Bury)
38 MF Wales WAL Rhys Day (to Mansfield Town)
44 MF Algeria ALG Karim Kerkar (released)

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart–which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Football League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League Division OneFootball League Division TwoFootball League Division OnePremier LeagueFootball League First Division

Games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Everton 38 17 8 13 48 49 −1 59
8 Southampton 38 13 13 12 43 46 −3 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Manchester City 38 15 6 17 47 54 −7 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 51 62 −11 50
11 Middlesbrough 38 13 10 15 48 44 +4 49
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.
  2. ^ Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 6 17 47 54  −7 51 9 2 8 28 26  +2 6 4 9 19 28  −9

Last updated: 11 May 2003 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2002–03

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
ResultLWLWLDDLLLWWWLLWWDLWWDWLWLDLLWLLDWWLWL
Source: Premier League results 2002–03
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

17 August 2002 Leeds United 3–0 Manchester City Elland Road
Leeds
15:00 Barmby 15'
Viduka 45'
Keane 80'		 Guardian report Attendance: 40,195
24 August 2002 Manchester City 1–0 Newcastle United Maine Road
Manchester
12:15 Huckerby 36' Guardian report Attendance: 34,776
28 August 2002 Aston Villa 1–0 Manchester City Villa Park
Birmingham
19:45 Vassell 64' Guardian report Attendance: 33,494
31 August 2002 Manchester City 3–1 Everton Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Radzinski 14' (o.g.)
Anelka 16' 85'		 Guardian report 29' (pen.) Unsworth Attendance: 34,835
10 September 2002 Arsenal 2–1 Manchester City Highbury
London
15:00 Wiltord 26'
Henry 42'		 Guardian report 29' Anelka Attendance: 37,878
15 September 2002 Manchester City 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Anelka 80'
Goater 90'
Tiatto Red card 67'		 Guardian report 26' Thompson
54' Cole		 Attendance: 34,130
21 September 2002 West Ham United 0–0 Manchester City Boleyn Ground
London
15:00 Guardian report Attendance: 35,550
28 September 2002 Manchester City 0–3 Liverpool Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report 4' 64' 89' Owen Attendance: 35,141
5 October 2002 Southampton 2–0 Manchester City St Mary's Stadium
Southampton
15:00 Ormerod 2' 43' Guardian report Attendance: 31,009
19 October 2002 Manchester City 0–3 Chelsea Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report 69' 84' Zola
85' Hasselbaink		 Attendance: 34,953
26 October 2002 Birmingham City 0–2 Manchester City St Andrew's
Birmingham
15:00 Guardian report 24' Sun
87' Anelka		 Attendance: 29,316
2 November 2002 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Manchester City The Hawthorns
West Bromwich
15:00 Clement 62' Guardian report 51' Anelka
71' Goater		 Attendance: 27,044
9 November 2002 Manchester City 3–1 Manchester United Maine Road
Manchester
12:15 Anelka 5'
Goater 26' 51'		 Guardian report
MCFC video		 8' Solskjær Attendance: 34,649
16 November 2002 Manchester City 0–1 Charlton Athletic Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report 79' Bartlett Attendance: 33,455
23 November 2002 Middlesbrough 3–1 Manchester City Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough
15:00 Ehiogu 53'
Bokšić 62'
Geremi 84'		 Guardian report 68' Anelka
Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card Wright-Phillips		 Attendance: 31,510
30 November 2002 Manchester City 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Howey 25'
Berkovic 56'		 Guardian report Attendance: 34,860
9 December 2002 Sunderland 0–3 Manchester City Stadium of Light
Sunderland
19:45 Guardian report 44' Foé
62' Sun
87' Goater		 Attendance: 36,511
14 December 2002 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Manchester City The Valley
London
15:00 Euell 50' (pen.)
Jensen 63'		 Guardian report 74' 86' Foé Attendance: 26,434
23 December 2002 Manchester City 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Maine Road
Manchester
19:45 Howey 29'
Benarbia 90'		 Guardian report 38' Perry
48' Davies
83' Poyet
Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card Ziege		 Attendance: 34,563
26 December 2002 Manchester City 3–1 Aston Villa Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Foé 15' 80'
Benarbia 78'		 Guardian report 41' Dublin Attendance: 33,991
28 December 2002 Fulham 0–1 Manchester City Loftus Road
London
15:00 Guardian report 15' Anelka Attendance: 17,937
1 January 2003 Everton 2–2 Manchester City Goodison Park
Liverpool
15:00 Watson 6'
Radzinski 90'		 Guardian report 33' Anelka
82' Foé		 Attendance: 40,163
11 January 2003 Manchester City 2–1 Leeds United Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Goater 29'
Jensen 50'		 Guardian report 90' Kewell Attendance: 34,884
18 January 2003 Newcastle United 2–0 Manchester City St James' Park
Newcastle
15:00 Shearer 1'
Bellamy 64'		 Guardian report Attendance: 52,152
Referee: Graham Poll
29 January 2003 Manchester City 4–1 Fulham Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Anelka 21'
Benarbia 47'
Foé 61'
Wright-Phillips 70'		 Guardian report 2' Malbranque Attendance: 33,260
Referee: Steve Bennett
1 February 2003 Manchester City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Gilchrist 22' (o.g.) Guardian report 18' Clement
79' Gregan
Red card 81' Roberts		 Attendance: 34,765
Referee: Neale Barry
9 February 2003 Manchester United 1–1 Manchester City Old Trafford
Manchester
12:30 van Nistelrooy 18' Guardian report 86' Goater Attendance: 67,646
Referee: Alan Wiley
22 February 2003 Manchester City 1–5 Arsenal Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Anelka 87' Guardian report 4' Bergkamp
12' Pires
15' Henry
19' Campbell
53' Vieira		 Attendance: 34,960
Referee: Paul Durkin
1 March 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Manchester City Ewood Park
Blackburn
15:00 Dunn 13' Guardian report Attendance: 28,647
Referee: Steve Dunn
16 March 2003 Manchester City 1–0 Birmingham City Maine Road
Manchester
14:00 Fowler 72'
Jensen Yellow cardRed card 79'		 Guardian report Attendance: 34,596
Referee: Matt Messias
22 March 2003 Chelsea 5–0 Manchester City Stamford Bridge
London
15:00 Hasselbaink 37'
Terry 43'
Stanić 58'
Lampard 69'
Gallas 79'		 Guardian report Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card Sun Attendance: 41,105
Referee: Phil Dowd
5 April 2003 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Manchester City Reebok Stadium
Bolton
12:00 Pedersen 32'
Iván Campo 52'		 Guardian report Attendance: 26,949
Referee: Chris Wilkes
12 April 2003 Manchester City 0–0 Middlesbrough Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report Attendance: 34,793
Referee: Andy D'Urso
18 April 2003 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Manchester City White Hart Lane
London
15:00 Guardian report 3' Sommeil
21' Barton		 Attendance: 36,075
Referee: Mike Riley
21 April 2003 Manchester City 3–0 Sunderland Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Foé 36' 80'
Fowler 38'		 Guardian report
MCFC video		 Attendance: 34,357
Referee: Graham Barber
27 April 2003 Manchester City 0–1 West Ham United Maine Road
Manchester
14:00 Guardian report 81' Kanoute Attendance: 34,815
Referee: Rob Styles
3 May 2003 Liverpool 1–2 Manchester City Anfield
Liverpool
15:00 Baroš 59' Guardian report
MCFC video		 Anelka 74' (pen.) 90+3' Attendance: 44,220
Referee: Neale Barry
11 May 2003 Manchester City 0–1 Southampton Maine Road
Manchester
15:00 Guardian report 34' M. Svensson Attendance: 34,957
Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

Second round

1 October 2002 Manchester City 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Maine Road
Manchester
19:45 Berkovic 69'
Walker 84' (o.g.)
Huckerby 87'		 Guardian report 1' Jack
86' Hulse		 Attendance: 21,820
Referee: Roy Pearson

Third round

5 November 2002 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Manchester City JJB Stadium
Wigan
20:00 Roberts 35' Guardian report Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup

Third round

5 January 2003 Manchester City 0–1 Liverpool Maine Road
Manchester
13:00 Guardian report 47' (pen.) Murphy Attendance: 28,586
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Denmark DEN Peter Schmeichel 31 0 29 0 1 0 1 0
20 GK England ENG Carlo Nash 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF France FRA David Sommeil 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Denmark DEN Niclas Jensen 36 1 32+1 1 1 0 2 0
4 DF Netherlands NED Gerard Wiekens 8 0 5+1 0 1 0 0+1 0
5 DF France FRA Sylvain Distin 36 0 34 0 1 0 1 0
17 DF China CHN Sun Jihai 31 2 25+3 2 1 0 2 0
22 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Richard Dunne 26 0 24+1 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF England ENG Steve Howey 26 2 24 2 0 0 2 0
25 DF Cameroon CMR Lucien Mettomo 6 0 3+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF Denmark DEN Mikkel Bischoff 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England ENG Stephen Jordan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Horlock 33 0 22+8 0 1 0 1+1 0
8 MF Algeria ALG Ali Benarbia 36 3 21+12 3 1 0 2 0
14 MF Israel ISR Eyal Berkovic 29 2 27 1 0+1 0 1 1
19 MF Australia AUS Danny Tiatto 13 0 10+3 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Cameroon CMR Marc-Vivien Foé 38 9 35 9 1 0 2 0
31 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Belmadi 8 0 2+6 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF England ENG Chris Shuker 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF England ENG Joey Barton 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW England ENG Darren Huckerby 19 2 6+10 1 0+1 0 0+2 1
9 FW Costa Rica CRC Paulo Wanchope 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW Bermuda BER Shaun Goater 29 7 14+12 7 0+1 0 2 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Jon Macken 5 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW England ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips 34 1 23+8 1 1 0 1+1 0
33 FW England ENG Robbie Fowler 13 2 12+1 2 0 0 0 0
39 FW France FRA Nicolas Anelka 41 14 38 14 1 0 2 0

Last updated: 31 June 2003
Source: [5][6]

Goal scorers

Information current as of 11 May 2003 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date Position Player From club Transfer fee
20 May 2002 DF France Sylvain Distin France PSG £4,000,000[7]
24 May 2002 FW France Nicolas Anelka France PSG £13,000,000[8]
June 2002 GK Denmark Peter Schmeichel England Aston Villa Free[9][10]
August 2002 DF Netherlands Antilles Tyrone Loran Netherlands Volendam £60,000[11][12]

Transfers out

Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee
17 October 2002 DF France Laurent Charvet France Sochaux Released[13]
7 March 2003 MF Northern Ireland Jeff Whitley England Sunderland Released[14][15]
15 May 2003 GK Denmark Peter Schmeichel Retired[16]

Loans in

Date from Date to Pos. Player From club
16 August 2002 16 November 2002 GK England Tim Flowers England Leicester City[17]
3 January 2003 11 May 2003 MF Algeria Djamel Belmadi France Olympique de Marseille[18]

Loans out

Date from Date to Pos. Player To club
20 September 2002 22 December 2002 DF Scotland Paul Ritchie England Portsmouth[19][20]
23 November 2002 22 February 2003 DF Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy England Boston United[21][22]
1 January 2003 31 May 2003 DF Netherlands Antilles Tyrone Loran England Tranmere Rovers[12]
27 Mar. 2003 27 April 2003 DF Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy England Notts County[23]
27 Mar. 2003 5 May 2003 DF Scotland Paul Ritchie England Derby County[19]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Man City chairman quits". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 March 2003. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Man City takes First Advice in £5m shirt deal". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Manchester City - 2002/03".
  5. ^ "Manchester City players: League Cup 2003".
  6. ^ "Manchester City in FA Premier League 2002/2003 analysis and predictions".
  7. ^ Staff (20 May 2002). "'Mercenary' Distin signs for Man City". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ^ Burnton, Simon (24 May 2002). "Anelka agrees move to Maine Road". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Peter Schmeichel signs for Man City". The Irish Times. 13 April 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Schmeichel in shock City move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Man City preview". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Tranmere snap up Loran". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 January 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  13. ^ "Charvet leaves Maine Road". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Whitley leaves Maine Road". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Whitley joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  16. ^ "Schmeichel announces retirement". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 April 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  17. ^ "Flowers joins Man City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  18. ^ "Belmadi makes Man City switch". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  19. ^ a b "Paul Ritchie - Career". soccerbase.com. (Racing Post). Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  20. ^ "Pompey eye Scots pair". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 September 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  21. ^ "Thompson seeks more signings". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  22. ^ "Boston bid for McCarthy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  23. ^ "Deadline-day transfers". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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