2002–03 Newcastle United F.C. season

During the 2002-03 English football season, Newcastle United F.C. participated in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Newcastle United
2002–03 season
ChairmanFreddie Shepherd
ManagerBobby Robson
StadiumSt James' Park
Premier League3rd
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond group stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alan Shearer (17)

All:
Alan Shearer (25)
Highest home attendance52,181
(vs. Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance34,067
(vs. Željezničar)
Average home league attendance51,923

Season summary

After a slow start, the club began putting together the wins and, by the end of March, were in a three-way title race with Manchester United and Arsenal. Consecutive defeats to a resurgent Everton and a 6–2 home thrashing by Alex Ferguson's side killed off Newcastle's title hopes, but Bobby Robson and his team was able to brush off the challenge from Chelsea to finish 3rd in the Premier League, entering the qualification rounds for the Champions League in the 2003–04 season.[1]

The 2002–03 season was a particularly colourful one for Newcastle on the European stage. In the first group stage, Newcastle lost their first three matches in a row, then, in an astonishing reversal, shocked Italian giants Juventus 1–0 at St James' Park.[2] They then controversially beat Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 in Newcastle [3] before winning the crucial last match, away to Feyenoord, 3-2 in injury time, with striker Craig Bellamy scoring the injury time winner. With Dynamo Kyiv losing at home to Juventus, Newcastle progressed to the second round,[4] in a 'group of death' with Internazionale, Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen.

Bellamy was sent off for lashing out at Inter defender Marco Materazzi in an off-the-ball incident during the opening minutes of the match. Bellamy was punished further by a three-match ban.[5] Compounding the disaster for Newcastle was the suspension of influential captain Alan Shearer for a similar incident, although the punishment was just a two-match ban.[6] Newcastle went on to lose 1–4 at home.[7]

Shearer returned in the fourth game in the 4-team group, scoring all three goals in a 3–1 demolition of Bayer Leverkusen at home.[8] Despite a superb performance against Inter in the famous San Siro, only to draw 2–2, Newcastle lost at home 2–0 to Barcelona and dropped out of the Champions League.[9]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 25 8 5 74 34 +40 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Arsenal 38 23 9 6 85 42 +43 78
3 Newcastle United 38 21 6 11 63 48 +15 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 68 38 +30 67
5 Liverpool 38 18 10 10 61 41 +20 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup via the league, their place in the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners reverted to the league and was awarded to Blackburn Rovers as the highest-placed team not already qualified for European competitions.

Team kit

The team kit for the 2002-03 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was NTL.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
20 June 2002 MF Hugo Viana Sporting CP £8,500,000[10]
12 July 2002 DF Titus Bramble Ipswich Town £5,000,000[11]
13 February 2003 DF Jonathan Woodgate Leeds United £9,000,000[12]
25 March 2003 MF Darren Ambrose Ipswich Town £1,000,000[13]
  • Total spending: £23.5m

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
April 2002 GK Jonny Brain Unattached Free
April 2002 DF Ryan McGuffie Gretna Free
27 May 2002 MF Mark Boyd Port Vale Free[14]
April 2002 FW Colin McMenamin Livingston Free
3 July 2002 DF James Coppinger Exeter City Released[15]
30 August 2002 DF David Cowan Motherwell Free[16]
February 2003 MF Stuart Green Hull City £150,000
January 2003 MF Tommy English Livingston Released
January 2003 MF Neale McDermott Fulham Free
January 2003 MF Christian Bassedas Newell's Old Boys Released
March 2003 GK John Karelse AGOVV Apeldoorn Free
March 2003 MF Joe Kendrick 1860 Munich Free
January 2003 MF Damon Robson Unattached Free
  • Total spending: £150,000

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[17]

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  IRL Shay Given
3 DF  ENG Robbie Elliott
4 MF  PER Nolberto Solano
5 DF  IRL Andy O'Brien
6 MF  CHI Clarence Acuña
7 MF  ENG Jermaine Jenas
8 MF  ENG Kieron Dyer
9 FW  ENG Alan Shearer (captain)
10 FW  WAL Craig Bellamy
11 MF  WAL Gary Speed (vice-captain)
12 DF  ENG Andy Griffin
13 GK  ENG Steve Harper
14 DF  ENG Wayne Quinn
16 FW  ENG Carl Cort
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ENG Darren Ambrose
18 DF  NIR Aaron Hughes
19 DF  ENG Titus Bramble
20 FW  COD Lomana LuaLua
22 MF  ENG Jamie McClen
23 FW  NGA Shola Ameobi
25 MF  SCO Brian Kerr
27 DF  ENG Jonathan Woodgate
28 FW  ENG Michael Chopra
30 DF  SCO Steven Caldwell
32 MF  FRA Laurent Robert
34 DF  GRE Nikos Dabizas
35 DF  FRA Olivier Bernard
45 MF  POR Hugo Viana

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
15 DF  ESP Marcelino (to Poli Ejido)
17 MF  ARG Christian Bassedas (released)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 MF  ENG Stuart Green (to Hull City)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first-team this 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
21 MF  PAR Diego Gavilán
24 GK  ENG Tony Caig
29 GK  NED John Karelse
33 GK  ENG Adam Collin
36 DF  SCO Gary Caldwell
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 FW  COD Calvin Zola
DF  ENG Bradley Orr
DF  ENG Steven Taylor
MF  IRL Alan O'Brien
MF  RSA Matty Pattison

Trialists

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  ENG Russell Howarth (on trial from York City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  NGA Isaac Okoronkwo (on trial from Shakhtar Donetsk)

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Bobby Robson
Assistant manager John Carver
First-team coach Nigel Pearson
Goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman
Development coach Arthur Cox
Reserve team coach Terry McDermott
Chief scout Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source:

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[18][19][20][21]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GK Shay Given 380100012051000
3DF Robbie Elliott 0+2000100+101+3000
4MF Nolberto Solano 29+27100+1010+2140+5810
5DF Andy O'Brien 260100011+1038+1010
6MF Clarence Acuña 2+201010004+2000
7MF Jermaine Jenas 23+9611008031+9710
8MF Kieron Dyer 33+22001211+1245+3610
9FW Alan Shearer 35171100127482580
10FW Craig Bellamy 27+2710006234+2931
11MF Gary Speed 23+12000012135+1350
12DF Andy Griffin 22+51101011135+5271
13GK Steve Harper 000010203000
14DF Wayne Quinn 0000000+100+1000
16FW Carl Cort 0+1000100+101+2000
17MF Darren Ambrose 0+100000000+1000
18DF Aaron Hughes 351100011+1047+1120
19DF Titus Bramble 13+3000008021+3040
20FW Lomana LuaLua 5+620+10105+4211+11430
22MF Jamie McClen 0+100000000+1000
23FW Shola Ameobi 8+2050+10004+6312+27840
25MF Brian Kerr 4+4000001+105+5000
27DF Jonathan Woodgate 10000000010010
28FW Michael Chopra 0+10000+100+200+4000
30DF Steven Caldwell 12+2100101+1014+3111
32MF Laurent Robert 25+25100+109+2035+5531
34DF Nikos Dabizas 13+300+10107+1021+5061
35DF Olivier Bernard 24+6210108+2034+8270
45MF Hugo Viana 11+12200105+5217+17450

Matches

Pre-season

20 July 2002 Dutch Tourvv Capelle0 – 4Newcastle UnitedCapelle aan den IJssel
Robert  29'
Ameobi  65'
Solano  83'
Griffin  88'
Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot
Attendance: 2,500
22 July 2002 Dutch TourDe Tubanters0 – 9Newcastle UnitedEnschede
LuaLua  19'
Shearer  24', 29', 34'
Robert  48', 52' (pen.)
Marcelino  60'
Bollen  62' (o.g.)
Bassedas  75'
Attendance: 2,000
24 July 2002 Dutch TourGVVV Veenendaal0 – 4Newcastle UnitedVeenendaal
Dyer  11'
Viana  24', 37'
Robert  43'
Attendance: 2,500
26 July 2002 Dutch TourUDI '19 Beter Bed0 – 5Newcastle UnitedUden
LuaLua  20', 28', 34'
Speed  21'
Shearer  38'
Attendance: 3,000
31 July 2002 Nottingham Forest3 – 1Newcastle UnitedNottingham
Johnson  16'
Lester  46'
Bopp  80'
Viana  26' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,191
Referee: Anthony Bates
31 July 2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers0 – 2Newcastle UnitedWolverhampton
LuaLua  5', 68' Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 14,973
Referee: Fraser Stretton
7 August 2002 Newcastle United0 – 3BarcelonaNewcastle upon Tyne
Kluivert  28'
Saviola  35'
Luis Enrique  50'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,257
Referee: Uriah Rennie

Premier League

19 August 2002 Newcastle United4–0West Ham UnitedNewcastle upon Tyne
20:00 BST LuaLua  61', 72'
Shearer  76'
Solano  86'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,072
Referee: Paul Durkin
24 August 2002 Manchester City1–0Newcastle UnitedManchester
12:15 BST Huckerby  36' Report Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,776
Referee: Uriah Rennie
2 September 2002 Liverpool2–2Newcastle UnitedLiverpool
20:00 BST Hamann  54'
Owen  73' (pen.)
Report Speed  80'
Shearer  88'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,241
Referee: Graham Poll
11 September 2002 Newcastle United0–2Leeds UnitedNewcastle upon Tyne
20:00 BST Report Viduka  5'
Smith  87'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,730
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
14 September 2002 Chelsea3–0Newcastle UnitedLondon
15:00 BST Guðjohnsen  14', 58'
Zola  26'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,746
Referee: Barry Knight
21 September 2002 Newcastle United2–0SunderlandNewcastle upon Tyne
12:15 BST Bellamy  2'
Shearer  39'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,181
Referee: Mike Riley
28 September 2002 Birmingham City0–2Newcastle UnitedBirmingham
17:30 Report Solano  34'
Ameobi  89'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,072
Referee: Steve Bennett
19 October 2002 Blackburn Rovers5–2Newcastle UnitedBlackburn
15:00 Dunn  5' (pen.), 8'
Taylor  55', 74'
Griffin  65' (o.g.)
Report Dabizas  4'
Shearer  36' (pen.), 48'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,307
Referee: Alan Wiley
9 November 2002 Arsenal1–0Newcastle UnitedLondon
15:00 Wiltord  24' Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,121
Referee: Mike Dean
16 November 2002 Newcastle United2–1SouthamptonNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Ameobi  41'
Hughes  54'
Report Beattie  2' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,812
Referee: C. Wilkes
23 November 2002 Manchester United5–3Newcastle UnitedManchester
12:15 Scholes  25'
Van Nistelrooy  38', 45', 53'
Solskjær  55'
Report Bernard  35'
Shearer  52'
Bellamy  75'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,619
Referee: Steve Dunn
1 December 2002 Newcastle United2–1EvertonNewcastle upon Tyne
14:15 Shearer  86'
Li Tie  89' (o.g.)
Report Campbell  17'
Yobo  22'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,607
Referee: Mark Halsey
7 December 2002 Aston Villa0–1Newcastle UnitedBirmingham
15:00 Report Shearer  82' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,446
Referee: Steve Bennett
14 December 2002 Southampton1–1Newcastle UnitedSouthampton
15:00 Marsden  52' Report Bellamy  50' Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 32,061
Referee: Phil Dowd
21 December 2002 Newcastle United2–0FulhamNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano  8'
Bellamy  70'
Report Womé  66' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,576
Referee: Alan Wiley
26 December 2002 Bolton Wanderers4–3Newcastle UnitedBolton
13:00 Okocha  5'
Gardner  9'
Ricketts  45', 63'
Report Shearer  8', 78'
Ameobi  72'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 27,314
Referee: Uriah Rennie
1 January 2003 Newcastle United1–0LiverpoolNewcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Robert  17' Report Diao  66'  Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,147
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
11 January 2003 West Ham United2–2Newcastle UnitedLondon
15:00 Cole  14'
Defoe  45'
Report Bellamy  9'
Jenas  81'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 35,048
Referee: Jeff Winter
29 January 2003 Tottenham Hotspur0–1Newcastle UnitedLondon
19:45 Report Jenas  90' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,084
Referee: David Elleray
9 February 2003 Newcastle United1–1ArsenalNewcastle upon Tyne
16:05 Robert  53',  58' Report Henry  35' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,157
Referee: Neale Barry
22 February 2003 Leeds United0–3Newcastle UnitedLeeds
15:00 Report Dyer  17', 49'
Shearer  54'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,025
Referee: Alan Wiley
1 March 2003 Newcastle United2–1ChelseaNewcastle upon Tyne
12:30 Hasselbaink  31' (o.g.)
Bernard  53'
Report Lampard  37' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,157
Referee: Jeff Winter
5 March 2003 Middlesbrough1–0Newcastle UnitedMiddlesbrough
19:45 Geremi  62' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 34,814
Referee: Andy D'Urso
15 March 2003 Charlton Athletic0–2Newcastle UnitedLondon
15:00 Report Shearer  33' (pen.)
Solano  49'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,728
Referee: Steve Dunn
22 March 2003 Newcastle United5–1Blackburn RoversNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano  24'
Robert  61'
Jenas  85'
Greško  89' (o.g.)
Bellamy  90'
Report Dunn  54' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,106
Referee: Neale Barry
6 April 2003 Everton2–1Newcastle UnitedLiverpool
16:00 Rooney  18'
Unsworth  65' (pen.)
Report Robert  61' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,031
Referee: Neale Barry
12 April 2003 Newcastle United2–6Manchester UnitedNewcastle upon Tyne
12:30 Jenas  21'
Ameobi  86'
Report Solskjær  32'
Scholes  34', 38', 52'
Van Nistelrooy  58' (pen.)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,164
Referee: Steve Dunn
19 April 2003 Fulham2–1Newcastle UnitedLondon
15:00 Lewinski  69'
Clark  86'
Report Shearer  39'
Griffin  63'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,900
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
21 April 2003 Newcastle United1–1Aston VillaNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Solano  37' Report Dublin  69' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,015
Referee: Jeff Winter
26 April 2003 Sunderland0–1Newcastle UnitedSunderland
15:00 Report Solano  42' (pen.) Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 45,067
Referee: Steve Bennett
11 May 2003 West Bromwich Albion2–2Newcastle UnitedWest Bromwich
15:00 Dobie  57', 72' Report Jenas  43'
Viana  80'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 27,036
Referee: Graham Barber

Champions League

14 August 2002 3rd qual rd. 1st legŽeljezničar0–1Newcastle UnitedSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:45 Report Dyer  56' Stadium: Grbavica Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
28 August 2002 3rd qual rd. 2nd legNewcastle United4–0
(5 – 0 agg.)
ŽeljezničarNewcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Dyer  23'
LuaLua  37'
Viana  74'
Shearer  80'
Report Jahić  69' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 34,067
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
18 September 2002 Group EDynamo Kyiv2–0Newcastle UnitedKiev, Ukraine
19:45 Shatskikh  16'
Khatskevich  62'
Report Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: I. Gonzalez (Spain)
24 September 2002 Group ENewcastle United0–1FeyenoordNewcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Report Pardo  4' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,540
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)
1 October 2002 Group EJuventus2–0Newcastle UnitedTurin, Italy
19:45 Del Piero  66', 81' Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 41,424
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
23 October 2002 Group ENewcastle United1–0JuventusNewcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Griffin  62' Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 48,370
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
29 October 2002 Group ENewcastle United2–1Dynamo KyivNewcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Speed  58'
Shearer  69' (pen.)
Report Shatskikh  47' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,185
Referee: J.A.F. Marin (Spain)
13 November 2002 Group EFeyenoord2–3Newcastle UnitedRotterdam, Netherlands
19:45 Bombarda  65'
Lurling  71'
Report Bellamy  45', 90'
Viana  49'
Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Franz Wack (Germany)
27 November 2002 Group ANewcastle United1–4InternazionaleNewcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Bellamy  6'
Solano  58'
Report Morfeo  2'
Almeyda  35'
Crespo  45'
Recoba  81'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 50,108
Referee: Stephane Bre (France)
11 December 2002 Group ABarcelona3–1Newcastle UnitedBarcelona, Spain
19:45 Dani  7'
Kluivert  39'
Motta  58'
Report Ameobi  24' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,100
18 February 2003 Group ABayer Leverkusen1–3Newcastle UnitedLeverkusen, Germany
19:45 França  25' Report Ameobi  5', 15'
LuaLua  32'
Stadium: BayArena
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
26 February 2003 Group ANewcastle United3–1Bayer LeverkusenNewcastle upon Tyne, England
19:45 Shearer  5', 11', 36' (pen.) Report Babić  73' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,508
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
19 March 2003 Group ANewcastle United0–2BarcelonaNewcastle upon Tyne
19:45 Report Kluivert  60'
Motta  74'
Stadium: St James' Park, England
Attendance: 51,883
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

FA Cup

5 January 2003 Round 3Wolverhampton Wanderers3 – 2Newcastle UnitedWolverhampton
16:00 Ince  6'
Kennedy  28'
Ndah  49'
(Report) Jenas  40'
Shearer  43' (pen.)
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,316
Referee: Rob Styles

League Cup

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