Fulham F.C. season 2002-03

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Fulham F.C.
Season 2002-03
League	Premier League
Manager	Jean Tigana succeeded by Chris Coleman (caretaker)
League position	14th
Top goalscorer	League: Steed Malbranque (6) All competitions: Steed Malbranque (13)
FA Cup	Fifth round
Carling Cup	Fourth round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 2001-02
Next season	2003-04 →

Preceding article: Fulham F.C. season 2001-02
Succeeding article: Fulham F.C. season 2003-04
Also see: Fulham F.C. seasons

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The 2002-03 season was Fulham's 105th season in professional football, and 2nd consecutive season in the Premiership following promotion in the 2000-01 season. It was also the first season in over 115 years where Fulham did not play at Craven Cottage. Due to pending decisions on re-vamping the cottage, all home games (apart from two early-season fixtures) were played at Loftus Road, the home of QPR. Jean Tigana remained as Fulham manager up until his sacking in April of 2003. Former player Chris Coleman had not long been retired from the game since suffering a career-ending injury from a car crash when he was appointed Caretaker manager to play out the rest of the season. Concerning the league, it was another relatively disappointing season for Fulham. Finishing in 14th place, it was seeming Fulham were finding top flight football more of a struggle than was originally anticipated two years ago. However, an invitation to the Intertoto Cup after the 2001-02 campaign meant that Fulham could play european football for the first time in their history. Upon entering, Fulham went on to be one of the three winners of the competition - allowing them into the first round draw of the UEFA Cup. Performing better than most expected, Fulham reached the third round before being knocked out by Hertha Berlin.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 First-team squad 1.2 Transfers 2002-03 1.2.1 Summer 1.2.2 January 2 League Table 3 Matches 3.1 Premier League 3.2 Carling Cup 3.3 FA Cup 3.4 UEFA Intertoto Cup 3.5 UEFA Cup 4 External links

[edit] Squad

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Edwin van der Sar 2 DF Steve Finnan 3 DF Rufus Brevett 4 DF Andy Melville 5 DF Chris Coleman 6 MF Junichi Inamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka) 7 FW Steve Marlet 8 MF Lee Clark 9 FW Facundo Sava 10 MF John Collins 11 FW Luis Boa Morte 12 GK Maik Taylor 13 GK Ross Flitney 14 MF Steed Malbranque 15 FW Barry Hayles 16 DF Zat Knight 17 DF Martin Djetou (on loan from Parma) 18 MF Sylvain Legwinski 19 FW Bjarne Goldbaek 20 FW Louis Saha 21 GK Martín Herrera

No. Position Player 23 MF Sean Davis 24 DF Alain Goma 25 DF Abdeslam Ouaddou 26 DF Jon Harley 27 DF Pierre Wome (on loan from Bologna) 30 GK Glyn Thompson 31 MF Darren Pratley 33 FW Callum Willock 34 FW Elvis Hammond 35 DF Kieran McAnespie 36 DF Mark Hudson 38 FW Luke Cornwall 39 DF Dean Leacock 40 MF Andrejs Stolcers -- DF Adam Green -- DF Zesh Rehman -- MF Malik Buari -- MF Sean Doherty -- MF Neale McDermott -- FW Loui Fazakerley -- FW Stuart Noble

[edit] Transfers 2002-03

[edit] Summer

Transfers In

No. Position Player FW Facundo Sava (from Gimnasia (LP) - £2,000,000) GK Martin Herrera (from Alavés - free) DF Martin Djetou (on 2 year loan from Parma)

No. Position Player MF Junichi Inamoto (on season-long loan from Gamba Osaka) DF Pierre Wome (on season-long loan from Bologna)

Transfers Out

No. Position Player GK Marcus Hahnemann (released) MF Paul Trollope (to Northampton - free)

No. Position Player MF Eddie Lewis (to Preston - undisclosed)

[edit] January

Transfers In
n/a

Transfers Out

No. Position Player FW Luke Cornwall (on 1 month loan to Lincoln)

No. Position Player DF Rufus Brevett (to West Ham - undisclosed)

[edit] League Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester United	38	25	8	5	74	34	40	83	Champions League Group Stage
2	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	85	42	43	78
3	Newcastle United	38	21	6	11	63	48	15	69	Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	30	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	20	64	UEFA Cup 1st Round1
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	12	10	52	43	9	60
7	Everton	38	17	8	13	48	49	-1	59
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	-3	52	UEFA Cup 1st Round2
9	Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	-7	51	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	51	62	-11	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	4	49
12	Charlton Athletic	38	14	7	17	45	56	-11	49
13	Birmingham City	38	13	9	16	41	49	-8	48
14	Fulham	38	13	9	16	41	50	-9	48
15	Leeds United	38	14	5	19	58	57	1	47
16	Aston Villa	38	12	9	17	42	47	-5	45
17	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	14	14	41	51	-10	44
18	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	42	59	-17	42	Relegated to Division 1
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	6	8	24	29	65	-36	26
20	Sunderland	38	4	7	27	21	65	-44	19

[edit] Matches

[edit] Premier League

2002-08-17	Fulham	4 – 1	Bolton	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 16,338 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Saha  11' (pen) Legwinski  34'  79' Marlet  38'	(Report)	Ricketts  3' (pen)

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2002-08-24	Middlesbrough	2 – 2	Fulham	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough Attendance: 28,588 Referee: Mike Dean
	Maccarone  20'  28'	(Report)	Davis  90' Sava  90'

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2002-08-31	WBA	1 – 0	Fulham	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Attendance: 25,461 Referee: Rob Styles
	Moore  48'	(Report)

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2002-09-11	Fulham	3 – 2	Tottenham	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 16,757 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Inamoto  68' Malbranque  84' (pen) Legwinski  90'	(Report)	Richards  36' Sheringham  44'

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2002-09-14	Sunderland	0 – 3	Fulham	Stadium of Light, Sunderland Attendance: 35,432 Referee: Chris Foy
		(Report)	Inamoto  34' Hayles  54' Marlet  78'

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2002-09-23	Fulham	0 – 0	Chelsea	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 16,503 Referee: Paul Durkin
		(Report)

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2002-09-28	Everton	2 – 0	Fulham	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 34,371 Referee: Steve Dunn
	Gravesen  45' Campbell  45'	(Report)

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2002-10-06	Fulham	1 – 0	Charlton	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 14,775 Referee: Jeff Winter
	Sava  36'	(Report)

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2002-10-19	Fulham	1 – 1	Man Utd	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Mike Dean
	Marlet  35'	(Report)	Solskjaer  62'

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2002-10-23	Fulham	0 – 1	West Ham	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 15,858 Referee: Rob Styles
	Knight  90'	(Report)	Di Canio  90' (pen)

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2002-10-27	Southampton	4 – 2	Fulham	St. Mary's, Southampton Attendance: 26,188 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Beattie  27' (pen)  42'  53' Ormerod  72'	(Report)	Clark  15' Malbranque  25'

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2002-11-03	Fulham	0 – 1	Arsenal	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Jeff Winter
		(Report)	Marlet  31' (og)

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2002-11-09	Aston Villa	3 – 1	Fulham	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 29,563 Referee: Andy D'Urso
	Angel  20' Allback  66' Leonhardsen  83'	(Report)	Boa Morte  51'

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[edit] Carling Cup

2002-11-06	Fulham	3 – 1	Bury	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 6,700 Referee: David Pugh
	Stolcers  40'  53' Clark  73'	(Report)	Newby  90'

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2002-12-04	Wigan	2 – 1	Fulham	JJB Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 7,651 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Ellington  20'  28'	(Report)	Boa Morte  86'

[edit] FA Cup

2003-01-05	Fulham	3 – 1	Birmingham	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Neale Barry
	Sava  11' Goldbaek  23' Saha  46'	(Report)	John  90'

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2003-01-26	Fulham	3 – 0	Charlton	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 12,203 Referee: Paul Durkin
	Malbranque  59'  66' (pen)  87' (pen)	(Report)	Fish  86'

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2003-02-16	Fulham	1 – 1	Burnley	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 13,062 Referee: Graham Poll
	Malbranque  45'	(Report)	Moore  4'

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2003-02-26	Burnley	3 – 0	Fulham	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 11,635 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Taylor  27' Moore  35' Diallo  52'	(Report)	Davis  49'

[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup

2002-07-06 15:00	Fulham	0 – 0	FC Haka	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Ladislav Gadosi
		(Report)

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2002-07-14 19:00	FC Haka	1 – 1	Fulham	Tehtaan Kenttä, Valkeakoski Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Emil Laursen
	Ristilä  66'	(Report)	Marlet  47'

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2002-07-20 17:00	Fulham	1 – 0	Egaleo	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 5,199 Referee: Ver Eecke
	Saha  77'	(Report)

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2002-07-27 21:00	Egaleo	1 – 1	Fulham	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ruud Bossen
	Chloros  24'	(Report)	Marlet  34'

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2002-07-31 19:45	Fulham	1 – 0	Sochaux	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 4,717 Referee: Sorin Corpodean
	Davis  90+2'	(Report)

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2002-08-07 21:30	Sochaux	0 – 2	Fulham	Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
		(Report)	Legwinski  64' Hayles  72'

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2002-08-13 20:30	Bologna	2 – 2	Fulham	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna Attendance: 23,620 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez
	Signori  53' (pen)  76' (pen)	(Report)	Inamoto  63' Legwinski  87'

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2002-08-27 19:30	Fulham	3 – 1	Bologna	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 13,756 Referee: Massimo Busacca
	Inamoto  12'  47'  50'	(Report)	Locatelli  34'

[edit] UEFA Cup

2002-09-19	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	Fulham	Poljud Stadium, Split Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fernando Carmona Mendez
		(Report)	Malbranque  50'

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2002-10-03	Fulham	2 – 2	Hajduk Split	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Stefano Farina
	Marlet  24' Malbranque  44'	(Report)

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2002-10-31	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 3	Fulham	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez
	Polovanec  32'	(Report)	Boa Morte  35' Marlet  59' Hayles  77'

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2002-11-14	Fulham	2 – 1	Dinamo Zagreb	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Laurent Duhamel
	Malbranque  89' Boa Morte  90'	(Report)	Olic  52'

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2002-11-26	Hertha Berlin	2 – 1	Fulham	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 14,477 Referee: Dick Van Egmond
	Beinlich  26' Sava  68' (og)	(Report)	Marlet  53'

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2002-12-12	Fulham	0 – 0	Hertha Berlin	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 15,161 Referee: Pierluigi Collina
		(Report)

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[edit] External links

• Fulham's official website
• Fulham on BBC Sport

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