# 2002–03 Hamburger SV season

Hamburger SV nearly qualified for the Champions League, only just falling short to Borussia Dortmund. Given that HSV had been mired in the midfield for the last few seasons, the season was regarded as a successful one.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Martin Pieckenhagen |
| 2 | DF | GER | Marcel Maltritz |
| 3 | MF | GER | Christian Rahn |
| 4 | DF | GER | Ingo Hertzsch |
| 5 | DF | NED | Nico-Jan Hoogma |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Raphaël Wicky |
| 7 | MF | GER | Martin Groth |
| 8 | DF | AUT | Michael Baur |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Bernardo Romeo |
| 11 | FW | NED | Erik Meijer |
| 12 | DF | DEN | Lars Jacobsen |
| 13 | FW | DEN | Kim Christensen |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 16 | MF | NAM | Collin Benjamin |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Richard Kitzbichler |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Milan Fukal |
| 19 | MF | LBN | Roda Antar (on loan from Tadamon Sour) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Bernd Hollerbach |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Ujfaluši |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Cristian Ledesma |
| 24 | DF | GER | Stephan Kling |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Rodolfo Cardoso |
| 28 | GK | GER | Thomas Hillenbrand |
| 29 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Naohiro Takahara |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | GER | Jörg Albertz (to Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 23 | FW | CZE | Marek Heinz (to Arminia Bielefeld) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | GER | Carsten Wehlmann (to VfB Lübeck) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 52 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

#### Matches

* Hamburg-Hannover 2–1
* 0–1 Dariusz Żuraw 6'
* 1–1 Jörg Albertz 82'
* 2–1 Jörg Albertz 84' (pen.)
* SV Werder Bremen-Hamburg 2–1
* 1–0 Angelos Charisteas (9)
* 1–1 Tomáš Ujfaluši (20)
* 2–1 Holger Wehlage (50)
* Hamburg-Bayern Munich 0–3
* 0–1 Claudio Pizarro (25)
* 0–2 Claudio Pizarro (85)
* 0–3 Alexander Zickler (88)
* Wolfsburg-Hamburg 2–1
* 1–0 Stefan Effenberg (51 pen)
* 1–1 Roda Antar (71)
* 2–1 Hans Sarpei (83)
* Hamburg-Kaiserslautern 2–0
* 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (66)
* 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (77)
* Hertha BSC-Hamburg 2–0
* 1–0 Marcelinho (50)
* 2–0 Bart Goor (52)
* Hamburg-Stuttgart 3–2
* 0–1 Jochen Seitz (9)
* 1–1 Bernardo Romeo (14)
* 2–1 Sergej Barbarez (22)
* 2–2 Alexander Hleb (25)
* 3–2 Bernardo Romeo (86)
* Schalke 04-Hamburg 3–0
* 1–0 Victor Agali (9)
* 2–0 Ebbe Sand (15)
* 3–0 Gerald Asamoah (45)
* Hamburg-Mönchengladbach 1–0
* 1–0 Erik Meijer (47)
* Arminia Bielefeld-Hamburg 2–1
* 1–0 Mamadou Diabang (14)
* 2–0 Mamadou Diabang (57)
* 2–1 Erik Meijer (66)
* Borussia Dortmund-Hamburg 1–1
* 1–0 Tomáš Rosický (68)
* 1–1 Kim Christensen (88)
* Hamburg-1860 Munich 1–0
* 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (29)
* Nürnberg-Hamburg 1–3
* 0–1 Sergej Barbarez (26)
* 1–1 Saša Ćirić (40 pen)
* 1–2 Marcel Maltritz (51)
* 1–3 Bernardo Romeo (66)
* Hamburg-Energie Cottbus 1–1
* 1–0 Rodolfo Cardoso (47)
* 1–1 Andrzej Juskowiak (90)
* Bayer Leverkusen-Hamburg 2–3
* 0–1 Bernardo Romeo (3)
* 1–1 Hanno Balitsch (11)
* 2–1 Yıldıray Baştürk (21)
* 2–2 Bernardo Romeo (52)
* 2–3 Sergej Barbarez (76)
* Hamburg-Bochum 1–1
* 1–0 Sergej Barbarez (56)
* 1–1 Peter Graulund (90)
* Hansa Rostock-Hamburg 0–0
* Hannover-Hamburg 2–2
* 1–0 Fredi Bobić (40)
* 2–0 Mohamadou Idrissou (50)
* 2–1 Tomáš Ujfaluši (63)
* 2–2 Erik Meijer (78)
* Hamburg-Werder Bremen 1–0
* 1–0 Sergej Barbarez (56)
* Bayern Munich-Hamburg 1–1
* 1–0 Claudio Pizarro (11)
* 1–1 Naohiro Takahara (90)
* Hamburg-Wolfsburg 2–0
* 1–0 Rodolfo Cardoso (38)
* 2–0 Collin Benjamin (90)
* Kaiserslautern-Hamburg 2–0
* 1–0 Vratislav Lokvenc (51)
* 2–0 Miroslav Klose (57)
* Hamburg-Hertha BSC 1–0
* 1–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma (56)
* Stuttgart-Hamburg 1–1
* 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (20)
* 1–1 Mehdi Mahdavikia (43)
* Hamburg-Schalke 04 3–1
* 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (29)
* 1–1 Marco van Hoogdalem (57)
* 2–1 Naohiro Takahara (85)
* 3–1 Bernardo Romeo (90)
* Mönchengladbach-Hamburg 2–0
* 1–0 Mikael Forssell (6)
* 2–0 Marcelo Pletsch (55)
* Hamburg-Arminia Bielefeld 1–0
* 1–0 Bastian Reinhardt (10 og)
* Hamburg-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
* 1–0 Bernardo Romeo (65)
* 1–1 Jan Koller (68)
* 1860 Munich-Hamburg 1–1
* 1–0 Martin Max (36)
* 1–1 Milan Fukal (65)
* Hamburg-Nürnberg 4–0
* 1–0 Milan Fukal (36)
* 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (43)
* 3–0 Mehdi Mahdavikia (55)
* 4–0 Naohiro Takahara (76)
* Energie Cottbus-Hamburg 0–0
* Hamburg-Bayer Leverkusen 4–1
* 1–0 Sergej Barbarez (18)
* 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (55)
* 2–1 Hanno Balitsch (88)
* 3–1 Lars Jacobsen (90)
* 4–1 Erik Meijer (90)
* Bochum-Hamburg 1–1
* 1–0 Thomas Christiansen (31)
* 1–1 Christian Rahn (82)
* Hamburg-Hansa Rostock 2–0
* 1–0 Rodolfo Cardoso (45)
* 2–0 Bernardo Romeo (53)