# 2002–03 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2002–03 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 33rd season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 38,481 spectators per match. The club was presided by Laurent Perpère and the team was coached by Luis Fernández. Mauricio Pochettino was the team captain.

## Players

    As of the 2002–03 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 | Lionel Letizi |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Heinze |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Lionel Potillon |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Jérôme Leroy |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Pochettino (captain) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | André Luiz |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Pédron (on loan from Lens) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Martín Cardetti |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Ronaldinho |
| 11 | FW | BRA | José Aloisio |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Fabrice Fiorèse |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Paulo César |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Jérôme Alonzo |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Francis Llacer |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Didier Domi |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Hugo Leal |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Alioune Touré |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Cristóbal |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Bartholomew Ogbeche |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Romain Rocchi |
| 28 | MF | POR | Filipe Teixeira |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Gillet |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 2002 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2003 | 31 May 2003 | Round of 64 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 083.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 8 December 2002 | 8 December 2002 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 19 September 2002 | 12 December 2002 | First round | Third round | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 047.06 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 47 | |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 45 | |

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 30 August 2002.

#### Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 8 October 2002.

#### Final phase
##### Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 15 November 2002.