# 2002–03 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

The 2002–03 season was the 74th season in the existence of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and UEFA Intertoto Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

## 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 | CIV | Gérard Gnanhouan |
| 2 | DF | SEN | Ibrahim Tall |
| 3 | DF | FRA | William Quevedo |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Maxence Flachez |
| 5 | DF | SCG | Niša Saveljić |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Johann Lonfat |
| 7 | MF | TUN | Adel Chedli |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Fabien Boudarène |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Pagis |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Wilson Oruma |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Crucet |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Mickaël Isabey |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Alain Frau |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Francileudo Santos |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Laurent Charvet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Teddy Richert |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti |
| 18 | DF | CIV | Jean-Jacques Domoraud |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Philippe Raschke |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Erwan Manach |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Kamal Tassali |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Mathieu |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Basile De Carvalho |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Omar Daf |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Marcelo Trapasso |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Jaouad Zaïri |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jean-Baptiste Daguet |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Virgile Boumelaha |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 5th | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 044.74 |
| Coupe de France | 4 January 2003 | 4 January 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 December 2003 | 17 May 2003 | First round | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 060.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 6 July 2002 | 7 August 2002 | Second round | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 046.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sochaux | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Guingamp | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |