# 2002–03 RC Lens season

The 2002–03 season was RC Lens's 97th season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lens participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## 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 | Guillaume Warmuz (captain) |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Éric Sikora |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Rigobert Song |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Adama Coulibaly |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Jocelyn Blanchard |
| 6 | DF | POL | Jacek Bąk |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Antoine Sibierski |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Seydou Keita |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Tony Vairelles |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Daniel Moreira |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Pédron |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Ferdinand Coly |
| 15 | MF | SEN | Pape Sarr |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Chabbert |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Yoann Lachor |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Olivier Thomert |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | SEN | Papa Bouba Diop |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Zoumana Camara |
| 21 | FW | NGA | John Utaka |
| 23 | MF | SEN | Abdoulaye Faye |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Cyril Rool |
| 28 | FW | CIV | Dagui Bakari |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Charles-Édouard Coridon |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Charles Itandje |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Cherreau |
| — | GK | USA | Joe Cannon |
| — | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni |
| — | DF | GUI | Daouda Jabi |
| — | MF | MAR | Yazid Kaïssi |
| — | MF | MAR | Abdelmajid Oulmers |
| — | MF | BRA | Alessandro Furtado |
| — | FW | SEN | Ibrahima N'Diaye |

## 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 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 4 January 2003 | 25 January 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 December 2002 | 7 December 2002 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 036.59 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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: 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 | 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 |
| Result | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Lens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 2 | |