# 2002–03 2. Bundesliga

The 2002–03 2. Bundesliga was the 29th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt were promoted to the Bundesliga while Eintracht Braunschweig, SSV Reutlingen, FC St. Pauli and Waldhof Mannheim were relegated to the Regionalliga.

## League table

For the 2002–03 season Wacker Burghausen, Eintracht Trier, VfB Lübeck and Eintracht Braunschweig were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 51 | |
| 7 | Eintracht Trier | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 48 | |
| 8 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 46 | |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 45 | |
| 10 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 44 | |
| 11 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 44 | |
| 12 | LR Ahlen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 40 | |
| 13 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 39 | |
| 14 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 37 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | SSV Reutlingen (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | FC St. Pauli (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Waldhof Mannheim (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 25 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ FC St. Pauli and Eintracht Braunschweig were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Waldhof Mannheim and SSV Reutlingen were relegated to Regionalliga Süd.
* ↑ SSV Reutlingen were docked six points for violating the licensing requirements.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | LRA | UNB | EBS | WBU | DUI | SGE | SCF | SGF | KSC | KOE | LUE | M05 | WMA | RWO | R05 | STP | TRI |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| LR Ahlen | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Union Berlin | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Wacker Burghausen | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| VfB Lübeck | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| SSV Reutlingen | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| FC St. Pauli | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Eintracht Trier | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 20 | Andriy Voronin | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 18 | Nico Frommer | SSV Reutlingen |
| 18 | Josef Ivanović | Alemannia Aachen |
| 18 | Matthias Scherz | 1. FC Köln |
| 15 | Zlatan Bajramović | SC Freiburg |
| 15 | Marius Ebbers | MSV Duisburg |
| 13 | Najeh Braham | Eintracht Trier |
| 13 | Dirk Lottner | 1. FC Köln |
| 13 | Sascha Rösler | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
| 12 | Bruno Labbadia | Karlsruher SC |