# 2002–03 Arminia Bielefeld season

Arminia Bielefeld played the 2002–03 season in the Bundesliga. They finished in 16th place, and were relegated from the Bundesliga for the sixth time in their history.

## Player details
### First 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Mathias Hain |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Torjus Hansén |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Márcio Borges |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt |
| 5 | MF | GER | Christoph Dabrowski |
| 6 | MF | GER | Detlev Dammeier |
| 7 | FW | KOR | Cha Doo-Ri (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 8 | DF | POL | Maciej Murawski |
| 9 | FW | SCG | Rade Bogdanovic |
| 10 | MF | ALB | Fatmir Vata |
| 11 | MF | COL | Jésus Sinisterra (on loan from Banfield) |
| 12 | MF | GER | Rüdiger Kauf |
| 13 | MF | GER | Michael Sternkopf |
| 14 | FW | CRO | Ilija Aračić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | POL | Daniel Bogusz |
| 16 | DF | GER | Benjamin Lense |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Bernd Rauw |
| 18 | FW | POL | Artur Wichniarek |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Diabang |
| 21 | MF | GER | Massimilian Porcello |
| 23 | GK | GER | Dennis Eilhoff |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Marek Heinz (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 25 | MF | CRO | Saša Janić |
| 27 | DF | GER | Martin Amedick |
| 28 | MF | GER | Dirk Flock |
| 29 | GK | GER | Simon Henzler |
| 30 | MF | GER | Ansgar Brinkmann |
| 33 | MF | BIH | Mirnel Sadović |

### 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Oliver Nestmann |
| — | GK | GER | Sebastian Völzow |
| — | DF | TUR | Cetin Cakar |
| — | DF | GER | Norman Klausch |
| — | DF | GER | Matthias Langkamp |
| — | DF | GER | Ivan Rako |
| — | DF | GER | Carsten Rump |
| — | DF | GER | David Schicht |
| — | DF | GER | Nils-Christian Schmidt |
| — | DF | GER | Sebastian Veith |
| — | DF | GER | Dominik Werling |
| — | MF | GER | Sebastian Block |
| — | MF | TUR | Engin Baytar |
| — | MF | GER | Henning Grieneisen |
| — | MF | GER | Finn Holsing |
| — | MF | GER | Kai Heidenreich |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Pascal Hofbüker |
| — | MF | GER | Jonnie Klausch |
| — | MF | GER | Matthias Klein |
| — | MF | GER | Daniel Kurth |
| — | MF | GER | Wojtek Kwasniok |
| — | MF | GER | Rafael Psyk |
| — | MF | TUR | Firat Sansar |
| — | MF | GER | Marco Schlobinski |
| — | MF | GER | Christian Schnitker |
| — | MF | GER | Jan-Christopher Smith |
| — | FW | SCG | Arsenije Klirusic |
| — | FW | GER | Lars Mettenbrink |
| — | FW | GER | Stefan Studtrucker |
| — | FW | BIH | Amir Spahić |
| — | FW | GER | Salih Yavuz |

## Transfers
### In

| Player | From | Fee | Date |
| Rade Bogdanović | Werder Bremen | Free | July 2002 |
| Saša Janić | SSV Reutlingen | Free | July 2002 |
| Benjamin Lense | Darmstadt 98 | €200,000 | July 2002 |
| Maciej Murawski | Legia Warsaw | Free | July 2002 |
| Bernd Rauw | Alemannia Aachen | €180,000 | July 2002 |
| Jésus Sinisterra | Banfield | Loan | July 2002 |
| Mirnel Sadović | Austria Vienna | Free | July 2002 |
| Torjus Hansén | Lillestrøm | €150,000 | August 2002 |
| Cha Doo-Ri | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | August 2002 |
| Marek Heinz | Hamburger SV | Loan | January 2003 |
| Simon Henzler | FC St. Pauli | | January 2003 |

### Out

| Player | To | Fee | Date |
| Lawrence Adjei | Eintracht Trier | Free | July 2002 |
| Jörg Bode | FC Augsburg | Free | July 2002 |
| Arne Friedrich | Hertha BSC | €1,800,000 | July 2002 |
| André Hofschneider | FC Augsburg | Free | July 2002 |
| Alexander Klitzpera | Alemannia Aachen | Free | July 2002 |
| Zdenko Miletić | FC Augsburg | Free | July 2002 |
| Bartosz Partyka | Pogoń Szczecin | Free | July 2002 |
| Tobias Schäper | BV Cloppenburg | Free | July 2002 |
| Christian Wück | Retired | | July 2002 |
| Dirk van der Ven | Yokohama FC | Free | January 2003 |
| Erhan Albayrak | Fenerbahçe S.K. | Undisclosed | January 2003 |
| Heinz Müller | FC St. Pauli | | January 2003 |