# 2002–03 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2002–03 season was the 104th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.

## 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 | FRA | Grégory Coupet |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Eric Deflandre |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Edmílson |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Caçapa |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Philippe Violeau |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho Pernambucano |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Sonny Anderson (captain) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Eric Carrière |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Jérémie Bréchet |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Sidney Govou |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Christophe Delmotte |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Péguy Luyindula |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Jean-Marc Chanelet |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Née |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Vikash Dhorasoo |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Alexandre Hauw |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Yohan Gomez |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Puydebois |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Romain Sartre |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Bryan Bergougnoux |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Julien Viale |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Steve Legalle |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Alexis Genet |
| 37 | FW | FRA | Demba Touré |
| 38 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Kevin Jacmot |
| 40 | DF | FRA | Jamel Alioui |
| 41 | DF | FRA | Johan Truchet |
| 42 | DF | FRA | Gaël Genevier |

### 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 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Florent Laville (on loan to Bolton Wanderers) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Tony Vairelles (on loan to Lens) |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Marc-Vivien Foé (on loan to Manchester City) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Laurent Montoya (on loan to Lorient) |

## 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 | 2 August 2002 | 24 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de France | 4 January 2003 | 4 January 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 December 2002 | 18 January 2003 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 27 July 2002 | 27 July 2002 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 17 September 2002 | 12 November 2002 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 28 November 2002 | 12 December 2002 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 85 | 56 | +29 | 046.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 33 | +33 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | |