# 2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2002–03 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 103rd season in the club's football history. In 2002–03 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga. The season ended for Eintracht with promotion to the Bundesliga after finishing 3rd in the 2. Bundesliga.

## Results
### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

#### 2. Bundesliga
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | SC Freiburg (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1. FC Köln (P) | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt (P) | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 62 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 62 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 57 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches
| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
#### DFB-Pokal
## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov |
| 2 | DF | GER | Sven Günther |
| 3 | MF | GER | Henning Bürger |
| 4 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jens Keller |
| 6 | FW | GER | David Montero |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Ervin Skela |
| 8 | DF | GER | Michael Wenczel |
| 9 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dino Toppmöller |
| 11 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Matheus Vivian |
| 13 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Franciel Hengemühle |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | CMR | Serge Branco |
| 17 | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen |
| 18 | DF | GER | Baldo di Gregorio |
| 19 | MF | GER | Albert Streit |
| 20 | FW | GER | Markus Beierle |
| 21 | DF | GER | Lars Weißenfeldt |
| 22 | GK | GER | Sven Schmitt |
| 23 | DF | CGO | Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur |
| 26 | FW | GER | Bakary Diakité |
| 27 | MF | GER | Giovanni Speranza |
| 29 | DF | CRO | Vladimir Maljković |
| 30 | GK | GER | Andreas Menger |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien (to Freiburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Christoph Preuß (on loan to Bayer Leverkusen) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | SCG | Nikola Jovanovic |
| — | DF | CMR | Jean-Paul Ndeki |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Peter Deißenberger |
| — | MF | NGA | Stephen Famewo |

### Under-19s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann |
| — | DF | GER | Alexander Huber |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard |
| — | DF | GER | Marco Russ |

### Under-17s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Mounir Chaftar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Faton Toski |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Sven Günther | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Henning Bürger | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jens Keller | 35 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | David Montero | 31 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Ervin Skela | 35 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Michael Wenczel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Paweł Kryszałowicz | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dino Toppmöller | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Jermaine Jones | 18 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Matheus Vivian | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Uwe Bindewald | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Franciel Hengemühle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien | 18 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Serge Branco | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Daniyel Cimen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Albert Streit | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Markus Beierle | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Lars Weißenfeldt | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CGO | Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza | 36 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Bakary Diakité | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Andreas Menger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Sven Günther (from FC Schweinfurt) |
| 3 | MF | GER | Henning Bürger (from FC St. Pauli) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jens Keller (from 1.FC Köln) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | David Montero (from Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dino Toppmöller (from VfL Bochum) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Matheus Vivian (from Grêmio) |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Franciel Hengemühle (from Grêmio) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen (from Eintracht Frankfurt U19) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Lars Weißenfeldt (from Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 23 | DF | CGO | Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza (from OFC Neugersdorf) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Bakary Diakité (from De Graafschap) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AUT | Gerd Wimmer (to Hansa Rostock) |
| 3 | MF | GER | Marco Gebhardt (to Energie Cottbus) |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Karel Rada (to FK Teplice) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Jens Rasiejewski (to FC St. Pauli) |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Peter Németh (to Baník Ostrava) |
| 12 | DF | KOR | Sim Jae-Won (to Busan i.Cons) |
| 14 | FW | MKD | Saša Ćirić (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Michael Mutzel (to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christoph Preuß (to Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Yang Chen (to FC St. Pauli) |
| 22 | FW | GER | Yılmaz Örtülü (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| 22 | FW | GER | Ralf Schmitt (to Wormatia Worms) |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Stephen Famewo (to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Rosen (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Giuseppe Gemiti (to Udinese Calcio) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Giovanni Speranza (to Eintracht Frankfurt II) |
| 32 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen (to Denizlispor) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | GER | Markus Beierle (from Hansa Rostock) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | CGO | Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien (to SC Freiburg) |