# 2002–03 Chelsea F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Chelsea's 89th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the Premier League and 97th year as a club. The club was managed by Claudio Ranieri.
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. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Football League Cup and the FA Cup, but lost 1–0 to Manchester United and 3–1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Liverpool | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Since Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup via the league, their place in the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners reverted to the league and was awarded to Blackburn Rovers as the highest-placed team not already qualified for European competitions.

## First team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | NED | Ed de Goey |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Albert Ferrer |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Celestine Babayaro |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Marcel Desailly |
| 7 | DF | NED | Winston Bogarde |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Frank Lampard |
| 9 | FW | NED | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| 11 | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden |
| 12 | MF | CRO | Mario Stanić |
| 13 | DF | FRA | William Gallas |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Graeme Le Saux |
| 15 | DF | NED | Mario Melchiot |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Emmanuel Petit |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jody Morris |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Enrique de Lucas |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Eiður Guðjohnsen |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Carlo Cudicini |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Gianfranco Zola |
| 26 | DF | ENG | John Terry |
| 28 | FW | POR | Filipe Oliveira |
| 29 | DF | GER | Robert Huth |
| 30 | MF | DEN | Jesper Grønkjær |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Joe Keenan |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Carlton Cole |

### 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 |
| 31 | GK | AUS | Mark Bosnich (released) |

## Reserve squad

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 | FW | GER | Sebastian Kneissl |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Valerio Di Cesare |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Gabriele Ambrosetti |
| 27 | MF | CYP | Alexis Nicolas |
| 32 | FW | FIN | Mikael Forssell |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Joel Kitamirike |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Scott Cousins |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Rhys Evans |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Danny Jeffreys |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Lenny Pidgeley |
| 41 | MF | SCO | Andy Ross |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Billy Sentance |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Paul Thornton |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Sam Tillen |
| 45 | GK | ENG | Glenn Wizik |
| 46 | DF | ENG | Danny Woodards |
| — | DF | SCO | Warren Cummings |
| — | DF | POR | Mauro |
| — | DF | CIV | Jean-Yves Anis |
| — | MF | ENG | Rob Wolleaston |
| — | MF | NED | Mbark Boussoufa |

## 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.

## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Football League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Ed de Goeij | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Albert Ferrer | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Celestine Babayaro | 24 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Marcel Desailly | 33 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | NED | Winston Bogarde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Frank Lampard | 48 | 8 | 37+1 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 44 | 15 | 27+9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden | 27 | 1 | 11+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | CRO | Mario Stanić | 25 | 6 | 13+5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | William Gallas | 48 | 4 | 36+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Graeme Le Saux | 34 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Mario Melchiot | 41 | 0 | 31+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Emmanuel Petit | 31 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jody Morris | 33 | 1 | 19+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Enrique de Lucas | 31 | 1 | 17+8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ISL | Eiður Guðjohnsen | 44 | 10 | 20+15 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Carlo Cudicini | 46 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Gianfranco Zola | 46 | 16 | 30+8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | John Terry | 30 | 4 | 16+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POR | Filipe Oliveira | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Robert Huth | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | DEN | Jesper Grønkjær | 39 | 5 | 20+10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Joe Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Carlton Cole | 16 | 6 | 2+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Statistics taken from Archived 20 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Squad details and shirt numbers from and .

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 21 | MF | Enrique de Lucas | Espanyol | Free | 27-05-2002 |
| 28 | FW | Filipe Oliveira | Porto | £500,000 | 01-10-2002 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 16 | MF | Roberto Di Matteo | N/A | Retired | 01-07-2002 |
| 24 | MF | Samuele Dalla Bona | Milan | £1,000,000 | 08-07-2002 |
| 10 | MF | Slaviša Jokanović | Unattached | Released | 09-07-2002 |
| N/A | FW | Sam Parkin | Swindon Town | Undisclosed | 03-09-2002 |
| 31 | GK | Mark Bosnich | Unattached | Released | 22-01-2003 |
| 32 | FW | Mikael Forssell | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6-month loan | 29-01-2003 |