2002–03 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Manchester City Football Club's first season back playing in the Premier League again after having been relegated from it at the end of the 2000–01 season. This was the club's sixth season playing in the Premier League since its initial formation as the top tier of English football ten years earlier, with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, this was Manchester City's 111th season playing in any division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Manchester City

2002–03 season
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	David Bernstein (until 5 Mar. 2003) John Wardle
Manager	Kevin Keegan
Stadium	Maine Road
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals) (7th highest in Premier League) All: Nicolas Anelka (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	35,141 0v0 Liverpool 28 September 2002
Lowest home attendance	21,820 0v0 Crewe Alexandra 1 October 2002
Average home league attendance	34,564 – over 19 PL home games (11th highest in Premier League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	10	2	9	47.6%
Away	6	4	10	30.0%
Both	16	6	19	39.0%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	9	2	8	47.4%
Away	6	4	9	31.6%
Both	15	6	17	39.5%

Season review

This season was the team's first one playing in the Premier League under the stewardship of Kevin Keegan who, having taken over the helm as manager from Joe Royle after the club had been relegated to the Football League First Division fifteen months earlier, had led the club to an immediate promotion back to the top flight. In fact, the previous season had seen Manchester City promoted in style, with the team breaking many prior club records as it became the new First Division champions. This successful campaign allowed Keegan to delve into the transfer market in the summer and he brought in a number of high-profile players - such as striker Nicolas Anelka, defender Sylvain Distin and goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel - in an effort to ensure that the team was strong enough to remain in the Premier League now that it was back there again.

By spending the £13m transfer fee required to bring Anelka to Manchester City from Paris Saint-Germain the club broke its previous transfer record. Sylvain Distin also transferred over to Manchester City from PSG for £5m, while Peter Schmeichel joined the club on a free transfer from Aston Villa. Some of the other players Keegan brought in during the newly introduced summer transfer window were Marc-Vivien Foé, who joined the club on a season-long loan from Lyon, Vicente Matías Vuoso (from Independiente) and Mikkel Bischoff. Additionally, Robbie Fowler, David Sommeil and Djamel Belmadi were also signed by Keegan a few months later during the 2003 January transfer window.

The new year would also see the man that had been the main impetus behind the hiring of Kevin Keegan, chairman David Bernstein, fall out with his new hire and leave the club following a boardroom dispute over finances and managerial structure that followed closely on the back of the previous week's resignation of the club's managing director. The initial cause of this dispute had occurred back in January concerning the protracted transfer saga of Robbie Fowler (which Bernstein had originally brokered).[1] He was succeeded as club chairman by former deputy chairman John Wardle.[2]

This season's campaign would finally see Manchester City win its first Manchester Derby in over 13 years, allowing Peter Schmeichel to establish an exceptional record where he has never been on the losing side in a derby game. During his nine years playing with Manchester United the Reds were unbeaten against Manchester City, while in his single final season playing with the Blues, City won the derby game played at Maine Road and drew the one played at Old Trafford. This was also to be Manchester City's last season playing at its historic Maine Road ground before moving to its current home at City of Manchester Stadium. Consequently, the last game of the season was also the last game ever played at the club's old ground, and Marc-Vivien Foé would have the distinction of being recorded in the soccer annals as the player who scored the last ever goal for Manchester City at Maine Road.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Le Coq Sportif and the shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice.[3]

Home

Away

Third

Squad at end of season[4]

First-team squad

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  DEN Peter Schmeichel 2 DF  FRA David Sommeil 3 DF  DEN Niclas Jensen 4 DF  NED Gerard Wiekens 5 DF  FRA Sylvain Distin 6 MF  NIR Kevin Horlock 7 FW  ENG Darren Huckerby 8 MF  ALG Ali Benarbia 9 FW  CRC Paulo Wanchope 10 FW  BER Shaun Goater 11 FW  ENG Jon Macken 12 GK  ENG Nicky Weaver 13 MF  FRA Christian Negouai 14 DF  ISR Eyal Berkovic 15 DF  NOR Alf-Inge Håland 16 DF  SCO Paul Ritchie 17 DF  CHN Sun Jihai 19 MF  AUS Danny Tiatto 20 GK  ENG Carlo Nash

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ARG Vicente Matías Vuoso 22 DF  IRL Richard Dunne 23 MF  CMR Marc-Vivien Foé (on loan from Lyon) 24 DF  ENG Steve Howey 25 DF  CMR Lucien Mettomo 27 DF  DEN Mikkel Bischoff 28 DF  NED Tyrone Loran 29 MF  ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips 30 DF  IRL Paddy McCarthy 31 MF  ALG Djamel Belmadi (on loan from Marseille) 32 GK  DEN Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard 33 FW  ENG Robbie Fowler 34 DF  ENG Stephen Jordan 35 GK  IRL Brian Murphy 36 MF  IRL Glenn Whelan 39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka 40 MF  ENG Chris Shuker 41 MF  ENG Joey Barton

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 18 MF  NIR Jeff Whitley (released) 31 DF  FRA Laurent Charvet (to Sochaux) 33 FW  NZL Chris Killen (to Oldham Athletic) 33 GK  ENG Tim Flowers (on loan from Leicester City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  CAN Terry Dunfield (to Bury) 38 MF  WAL Rhys Day (to Mansfield Town) 44 MF  ALG Karim Kerkar (released)

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Games

Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Everton	38	17	8	13	48	49	−1	59
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	−3	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	−7	51	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	51	62	−11	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	+4	49

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.
2. Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	6	17	47	54	−7	51	9	2	8	28	26	+2	6	4	9	19	28	−9

Last updated: 11 May 2003 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2002–03

Points breakdown Points at home: 29 Points away from home: 22 Points against "Big Four" teams: 7 Points against promoted teams: 9 6 points: Birmingham City, Fulham, Sunderland 4 points: Everton, Manchester United 3 points: Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Leeds United, Liverpool, 0Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion 1 point: 0Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, West Ham United 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Southampton

Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 4–1 vs. Fulham, 29 January 2003 Biggest home defeat: 1–5 vs. Arsenal, 22 February 2003 Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Sunderland, 9 December 2002 Biggest away defeat: 5–0 vs. Chelsea, 22 March 2003 Biggest home attendance: 35,141 vs. Liverpool, 28 September 2002 Smallest home attendance: 33,260 vs. Fulham, 29 January 2003 Biggest away attendance: 67,646 vs. Manchester United, 9 February 2003 Smallest away attendance: 17,937 vs. Fulham, 28 September 2002

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L

Source: Premier League results 2002–03
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

Leeds United v Manchester City

17 August 2002	Leeds United	3 – 0	Manchester City	Elland Road Leeds
15:00	Barmby  15' Viduka  45' Keane  80'	Guardian report		Attendance: 40,195

Manchester City v Newcastle United

24 August 2002	Manchester City	1 – 0	Newcastle United	Maine Road Manchester
12:15	Huckerby  36'	Guardian report		Attendance: 34,776

Aston Villa v Manchester City

28 August 2002	Aston Villa	1 – 0	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham
19:45	Vassell  64'	Guardian report		Attendance: 33,494

Manchester City v Everton

31 August 2002	Manchester City	3 – 1	Everton	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Radzinski  14' (o.g.) Anelka  16'  85'	Guardian report	29' (pen.) Unsworth	Attendance: 34,835

Arsenal v Manchester City

10 September 2002	Arsenal	2 – 1	Manchester City	Highbury London
15:00	Wiltord  26' Henry  42'	Guardian report	29' Anelka	Attendance: 37,878

Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers

15 September 2002	Manchester City	2 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Anelka  80' Goater  90' Tiatto  67'	Guardian report	26' Thompson  54' Cole	Attendance: 34,130

West Ham United v Manchester City

21 September 2002	West Ham United	0 – 0	Manchester City	Boleyn Ground London
15:00		Guardian report		Attendance: 35,550

Manchester City v Liverpool

28 September 2002	Manchester City	0 – 3	Liverpool	Maine Road Manchester
15:00		Guardian report	4'  64'  89' Owen	Attendance: 35,141

Southampton v Manchester City

5 October 2002	Southampton	2 – 0	Manchester City	St Mary's Stadium Southampton
15:00	Ormerod  2'  43'	Guardian report		Attendance: 31,009

Manchester City v Chelsea

19 October 2002	Manchester City	0 – 3	Chelsea	Maine Road Manchester
15:00		Guardian report	69'  84' Zola  85' Hasselbaink	Attendance: 34,953

Birmingham City v Manchester City

26 October 2002	Birmingham City	0 – 2	Manchester City	St Andrew's Stadium Birmingham
15:00		Guardian report	24' Sun  87' Anelka	Attendance: 29,316

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City

2 November 2002	West Bromwich Albion	1 – 2	Manchester City	The Hawthorns West Bromwich
15:00	Clement  62'	Guardian report	51' Anelka  71' Goater	Attendance: 27,044

Manchester City v Manchester United

9 November 2002	Manchester City	3 – 1	Manchester United	Maine Road Manchester
12:15	Anelka  5' Goater  26'  51'	Guardian report MCFC video	8' Solskjær	Attendance: 34,649

Manchester City v Charlton Athletic

16 November 2002	Manchester City	0 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Maine Road Manchester
15:00		Guardian report	79' Bartlett	Attendance: 33,455

Middlesbrough v Manchester City

23 November 2002	Middlesbrough	3 – 1	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough
15:00	Ehiogu  53' Bokšić  62' Geremi  84'	Guardian report	68' Anelka  72'  Wright-Phillips	Attendance: 31,510

Manchester City v Bolton Wanderers

30 November 2002	Manchester City	2 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Howey  25' Berkovic  56'	Guardian report		Attendance: 34,860

Sunderland v Manchester City

9 December 2002	Sunderland	0 – 3	Manchester City	Stadium of Light Sunderland
15:00		Guardian report	44' Foé  62' Sun  87' Goater	Attendance: 36,511

Charlton Athletic v Manchester City

14 December 2002	Charlton Athletic	2 – 2	Manchester City	The Valley London
15:00	Euell  50' (pen.) Jensen  63'	Guardian report	74'  86' Foé	Attendance: 26,434

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

23 December 2002	Manchester City	2 – 3	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Howey  29' Benarbia  90'	Guardian report	38' Perry  48' Davies  83' Poyet  86'  Ziege	Attendance: 34,563

Manchester City v Aston Villa

26 December 2002	Manchester City	3 – 1	Aston Villa	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Foé  15'  80' Benarbia  78'	Guardian report	41' Dublin	Attendance: 33,991

Fulham v Manchester City

28 December 2002	Fulham	0 – 1	Manchester City	Loftus Road London
15:00		Guardian report	15' Anelka	Attendance: 17,937

Everton v Manchester City

1 January 2003	Everton	2 – 2	Manchester City	Goodison Park Liverpool
15:00	Watson  6' Radzinski  90'	Guardian report	33' Anelka  82' Foé	Attendance: 40,163

Manchester City v Leeds United

11 January 2003	Manchester City	2 – 1	Leeds United	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	29' Jensen  50'	Guardian report	90' Kewell	Attendance: 34,884

Newcastle United v Manchester City

18 January 2003	Newcastle United	2 – 0	Manchester City	St James' Park Newcastle
15:00	Shearer  1' Bellamy  64'	Guardian report		Attendance: 52,152 Referee: Graham Poll

Manchester City v Fulham

29 January 2003	Manchester City	4 – 1	Fulham	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Anelka  21' Benarbia  47' Foé  61' Wright-Phillips  70'	Guardian report	2' Malbranque	Attendance: 33,260 Referee: Steve Bennett

Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion

1 February 2003	Manchester City	1 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Gilchrist  22' (o.g.)	Guardian report	18' Clement  79' Gregan  81' Roberts	Attendance: 34,765 Referee: Neale Barry

Manchester United v Manchester City

9 February 2003	Manchester United	1 – 1	Manchester City	Old Trafford Manchester
12:30	van Nistelrooy  18'	Guardian report	86' Goater	Attendance: 67,646 Referee: Alan Wiley

Manchester City v Arsenal

22 February 2003	Manchester City	1 – 5	Arsenal	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Anelka  87'	Guardian report	4' Bergkamp  12' Pires  15' Henry  19' Campbell  53' Vieira	Attendance: 34,960 Referee: Paul Durkin

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City

1 March 2003	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn
15:00	Dunn  13'	Guardian report		Attendance: 28,647 Referee: Steve Dunn

Manchester City v Birmingham City

16 March 2003	Manchester City	1 – 0	Birmingham City	Maine Road Manchester
14:00	Fowler  72' Jensen  79'	Guardian report		Attendance: 34,596 Referee: Matt Messias

Chelsea v Manchester City

22 March 2003	Chelsea	5 – 0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge London
15:00	Hasselbaink  37' Terry  43' Stanić  58' Lampard  69' Gallas  79'	Guardian report	90'  Sun	Attendance: 41,105 Referee: Phil Dowd

Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City

5 April 2003	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium Bolton
12:00	Pedersen  32' Iván Campo  52'	Guardian report		Attendance: 26,949 Referee: Chris Wilkes

Manchester City v Middlesbrough

12 April 2003	Manchester City	0 – 0	Middlesbrough	Maine Road Manchester
15:00		Guardian report		Attendance: 34,793 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

18 April 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	0 – 2	Manchester City	White Hart Lane London
15:00		Guardian report	3' Sommeil  21' Barton	Attendance: 36,075 Referee: Mike Riley

Manchester City v Sunderland

21 April 2003	Manchester City	3 – 0	Sunderland	Maine Road Manchester
15:00	Foé  36'  80' Fowler  38'	Guardian report MCFC video		Attendance: 34,357 Referee: Graham Barber

Manchester City v West Ham United

27 April 2003	Manchester City	0 – 1	West Ham United	Maine Road Manchester
14:00		Guardian report	81' Kanoute	Attendance: 34,815 Referee: Rob Styles

Liverpool v Manchester City

3 May 2003	Liverpool	1 – 2	Manchester City	Anfield Liverpool
15:00	Baroš  59'	Guardian report MCFC video	74' (pen.)  90+3' Anelka	Attendance: 44,220 Referee: Neale Barry

Manchester City v Southampton

11 May 2003	Manchester City	0 – 1	Southampton	Maine Road Manchester
15:00		Guardian report	34' M. Svensson	Attendance: 34,957 Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

Second round

Manchester City v Crewe Alexandra

1 October 2002	Manchester City	3 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Maine Road Manchester
19:45	Berkovic  69' Walker  84' (o.g.) Huckerby  87'	Guardian report	1' Jack  86' Hulse	Attendance: 21,820 Referee: Roy Pearson

Third round

Wigan Athletic v Manchester City

5 November 2002	Wigan Athletic	1 – 0	Manchester City	JJB Stadium Wigan
20:00	Roberts  35'	Guardian report		Attendance: 15,007 Referee: Mike Dean

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FA Cup

Third round

Manchester City v Liverpool

5 January 2003	Manchester City	0 – 1	Liverpool	Maine Road Manchester
13:00		Guardian report	47' (pen.) Murphy	Attendance: 28,586 Referee: Uriah Rennie

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Peter Schmeichel	31	0	29	0	1	0	1	0
20	GK		Carlo Nash	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		David Sommeil	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Niclas Jensen	36	1	32+1	1	1	0	2	0
4	DF		Gerard Wiekens	8	0	5+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Sylvain Distin	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0
17	DF		Sun Jihai	31	2	25+3	2	1	0	2	0
22	DF		Richard Dunne	26	0	24+1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF		Steve Howey	26	2	24	2	0	0	2	0
25	DF		Lucien Mettomo	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF		Mikkel Bischoff	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Stephen Jordan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Kevin Horlock	33	0	22+8	0	1	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Ali Benarbia	36	3	21+12	3	1	0	2	0
14	MF		Eyal Berkovic	29	2	27	1	0+1	0	1	1
19	MF		Danny Tiatto	13	0	10+3	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Marc-Vivien Foé	38	9	35	9	1	0	2	0
31	MF		Djamel Belmadi	8	0	2+6	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Chris Shuker	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Joey Barton	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Darren Huckerby	19	2	6+10	1	0+1	0	0+2	1
10	FW		Shaun Goater	29	7	14+12	7	0+1	0	2	0
11	FW		Jon Macken	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Shaun Wright-Phillips	34	1	23+8	1	1	0	1+1	0
33	FW		Robbie Fowler	13	2	12+1	2	0	0	0	0
39	FW		Nicolas Anelka	41	14	38	14	1	0	2	0

Last updated: 31 June 2003
Source: [5][6]

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 14 Marc-Vivien Foé 9 Shaun Goater 7 Ali Benarbia 3 Eyal Berkovic 2 Robbie Fowler Steve Howey Darren Huckerby Sun Jihai Joey Barton 1 Niclas Jensen David Sommeil Shaun Wright-Phillips

Premier League Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 14 Marc-Vivien Foé 9 Shaun Goater 7 Ali Benarbia 3 Robbie Fowler 2 Steve Howey Sun Jihai Joey Barton 1 Eyal Berkovic Darren Huckerby Niclas Jensen David Sommeil Shaun Wright-Phillips

League Cup and FA Cup Scorer Goals Eyal Berkovic 1 Darren Huckerby

Information current as of 11 May 2003 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date Position Player From club Transfer fee May 2002 FW Nicolas Anelka PSG £13,000,000 June 2002 GK Peter Schmeichel Aston Villa Free August 2002 DF Tyrone Loran Volendam £60,000[7][8]

Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 17 October 2002 DF Laurent Charvet Sochaux Released[9] 7 March 2003 MF Jeff Whitley Sunderland Released[10][11] 15 May 2003 GK Peter Schmeichel Retired[12] Loans in Date from Date to Pos. Player From club 16 Aug. 2002 16 Nov. 2002 GK Tim Flowers Leicester City[13] 3 Jan. 2003 11 May 2003 MF Djamel Belmadi Olympique de Marseille[14]

Loans out Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 20 Sep. 2002 22 Dec. 2002 DF Paul Ritchie Portsmouth[15][16] 23 Nov. 2002 22 Feb. 2003 DF Paddy McCarthy Boston United[17][18] 1 Jan. 2003 31 May 2003 DF Tyrone Loran Tranmere Rovers[8] 27 Mar. 2003 27 Apr. 2003 DF Paddy McCarthy Notts County[19] 27 Mar. 2003 5 May 2003 DF Paul Ritchie Derby County[15]

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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