# 2002–03 FC Nantes Atlantique season

The 2002–03 season is FC Nantes's 60th season in existence and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nantes participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covers the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

## Players
### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Mickaël Landreau |
| — | GK | FRA | Willy Grondin |
| — | DF | ARG | Mauro Cetto |
| — | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gillet |
| — | DF | COL | Mario Yepes |
| — | DF | FRA | Pascal Delhommeau |
| — | DF | FRA | Sylvain Armand |
| — | DF | CMR | Jean-Hugues Ateba |
| — | DF | FRA | Denis Stinat |
| — | DF | FRA | Stéphen Drouin |
| — | MF | FRA | Frédéric Da Rocha |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Mathieu Berson |
| — | MF | FRA | Olivier Quint |
| — | MF | FRA | Nicolas Savinaud |
| — | MF | FRA | Jérémy Toulalan |
| — | MF | CMR | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| — | MF | CRO | Goran Rubil |
| — | MF | FRA | Loïc Pailleres |
| — | MF | FRA | Stéphane Ziani |
| — | FW | GAB | Shiva Star N'Zigou |
| — | FW | ROU | Viorel Moldovan |
| — | FW | POR | Ariza Makukula |
| — | FW | FRA | Marama Vahirua |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2002 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2002 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 3 August 2002 | 24 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | 11 January 2003 | 25 January 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 8 December 2002 | 5 March 2003 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 041.86 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Guingamp | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 54 | |
* ↑ Lens qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 |