2002–03 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
2002–03 season
ChairmanBrian Quinn
ManagerMartin O'Neill
StadiumCeltic Park
Scottish Premier League2nd
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
Scottish League CupFinalists
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupFinalists
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henrik Larsson (28)
All:
Henrik Larsson (44)

Celtic went into the 2002–03 season defending their Scottish Premier League title, which they won in 2001–02.

They also entered the UEFA Champions League at the qualifying stage, as well as taking part in the two domestic cup competitions, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

Season overview

League campaign

Celtic lost out on the title on the last day of the season despite a 4–0 win at Kilmarnock, with a goal difference of 1 less than Rangers over the whole season.[1]

European campaign

Celtic went into third qualifying stage of the Champions League but failed to beat Basel. They then dropped down into the UEFA Cup where they beat teams including Blackburn Rovers, Stuttgart and Liverpool to reach the final where they lost 2–3 after extra time to Porto.

Domestic cups

Celtic reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, but a late penalty miss by John Hartson meant the trophy went to Rangers. As the number of games to be played took its toll, an inexperienced Celtic side lost to Inverness CT in the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Celtic scorers Match Report
6 July 2002 Tolka Park Shelbourne 4 – 1 Friendly Sutton, Agathe, Hartson (2)
7 July 2002 Tolka Park Shamrock Rovers 1 – 1 Friendly Balde
10 July 2002 Fratton Park Portsmouth 3 – 2 Friendly Sylla, Petta, Healy
13 July 2002 Loftus Road QPR 7 – 3 Friendly Healy, Sutton, Hartson, Maloney, Sylla, Fernández (2)
17 July 2002 SF Liebnitz 3 – 1 Friendly Maloney, Fernández (2)
19 July 2002 Werder Bremen 2 – 6 Friendly Hartson, Fernández
24 July 2002 Celtic Park Ajax 1 – 3 Friendly Sutton
27 July 2002 Celtic Park Parma 2 – 1 Friendly Sutton, Sylla
3 August 2002 Celtic Park Dunfermline 2 – 1 SPL Larsson (2) BBC Sport
7 August 2002 White Hart Lane Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Friendly Maloney BBC Sport
10 August 2002 Pittodrie Aberdeen 4 – 0 SPL Mjällby, Sutton, Sylla, Lambert BBC Sport
14 August 2002 Celtic Park Basel 3 – 1 CLQ Larsson (pen.), Sutton, Sylla BBC Sport
17 August 2002 Celtic Park Dundee United 5 – 0 SPL McNamara, Sutton, Petrov, Hartson, Larsson BBC Sport
24 August 2002 Firhill Partick Thistle 1 – 0 SPL Larsson BBC Sport
28 August 2002 St. Jakob-Park Basel 0 – 2 CLQ BBC Sport
1 September 2002 Celtic Park Livingston 2 – 0 SPL Larsson, Balde BBC Sport
11 September 2002 Fir Park Motherwell 1 – 2 SPL Hartson BBC Sport
14 September 2002 Celtic Park Hibernian 1 – 0 SPL Hartson BBC Sport
19 September 2002 Celtic Park FK Sūduva 8 – 1 UC Larsson (3), Petrov, Sutton, Lambert, Hartson, Valgaeren BBC Sport
22 September 2002 Dens Park Dundee 1 – 0 SPL Larsson BBC Sport
28 September 2002 Celtic Park Kilmarnock 5 – 0 SPL Larsson (3), Sutton (2) BBC Sport
3 October 2002 Sūduva stadium FK Sūduva 2 – 0 UC Fernández, Thompson BBC Sport
6 October 2002 Celtic Park Rangers 3 – 3 SPL Sutton, Larsson (2) BBC Sport
8 October 2002 Adams Park Wycombe Wanderers 4 – 0 F Larsson (2), Cousins (og), Sylla
20 October 2002 Tynecastle Heart of Midlothian 4 – 1 SPL Sutton, Petrov, Larsson (2) BBC Sport
23 October 2002 Celtic Park Inverness CT 4 – 2 SLC Maloney, Thompson, Hartson (2) BBC Sport
27 October 2002 East End Park Dunfermline 4 – 1 SPL Larsson, Thompson, Petrov, Sutton BBC Sport
31 October 2002 Celtic Park Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 UC Larsson BBC Sport
3 November 2002 Celtic Park Aberdeen 7 – 0 SPL Hartson (4), Larsson, Balde, Maloney BBC Sport
6 November 2002 Celtic Park Partick Thistle 1 – 1 (5-4 after extra-time and penalties) SLC Thompson BBC Sport
10 November 2002 Tannadice Dundee United 2 – 0 SPL Hartson, Sutton BBC Sport
14 November 2002 Ewood Park Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 UC Larsson, Sutton BBC Sport
17 November 2002 Celtic Park Partick Thistle 4 – 0 SPL Sutton, Larsson, Petrov (2) BBC Sport
24 November 2002 Almondvale Stadium Livingston 2 – 0 SPL Larsson (2) BBC Sport
28 November 2002 Celtic Park Celta Vigo 1 – 0 UC Larsson BBC Sport
1 December 2002 Celtic Park Motherwell 3 – 1 SPL Larsson, Leitch (OG), Valgaeren BBC Sport
4 December 2002 Easter Road Hibernian 1 – 0 SPL Petrov BBC Sport
7 December 2002 Ibrox Rangers 2 – 3 SPL Sutton, Hartson BBC Sport
12 December 2002 Estadio Balaídos Celta Vigo 1 – 2 UC Hartson BBC Sport
15 December 2002 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 1 – 1 SPL Valgaeren BBC Sport
21 December 2002 Celtic Park Dundee 2 – 0 SPL Hartson, Larsson BBC Sport
26 December 2002 Celtic Park Heart of Midlothian 4 – 2 SPL Hartson (3), Larsson BBC Sport
29 December 2002 Celtic Park Dunfermline 1 – 0 SPL Larsson BBC Sport
2 January 2003 Pittodrie Aberdeen 1 – 1 SPL Larsson BBC Sport
22 January 2003 Celtic Park Feyenoord 2 – 3 Friendly Hartson, Sylla
25 January 2003 Celtic Park St Mirren 3 – 0 SC Larsson, Sylla BBC Sport
29 January 2003 Celtic Park Dundee United 2 – 0 SPL Hartson, Larsson BBC Sport
2 February 2003 Firhill Stadium Partick Thistle 2 – 0 SPL Sutton (2) BBC Sport
6 February 2003 Hampden Dundee United 3 – 0 SLC Balde (2), Larsson BBC Sport
9 February 2003 Celtic Park Livingston 2 – 1 SPL Sylla, Sutton BBC Sport
20 February 2003 Celtic Park Stuttgart 3 – 1 UC Lambert, Maloney, Petrov BBC Sport
23 February 2003 Celtic Park St Johnstone 3 – 0 SC Hartson (2), Smith BBC Sport
27 February 2003 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Stuttgart 2 – 3 UC Thompson, Sutton BBC Sport
2 March 2003 Celtic Park Hibernian 3 – 2 SPL Hartson (2), Mjällby BBC Sport
8 March 2003 Celtic Park Rangers 1 – 0 SPL Hartson BBC Sport
13 March 2003 Celtic Park Liverpool 1 – 1 UC Larsson BBC Sport
16 March 2003 Hampden Rangers 1 – 2 SLC Larsson BBC Sport
20 March 2003 Anfield Liverpool 2 – 0 UC Thompson, Hartson BBC Sport
23 March 2003 Caledonian Stadium Inverness CT 0 – 1 SC BBC Sport
6 April 2003 Dens Park Dundee 1 – 1 SPL Thompson BBC Sport
10 April 2003 Celtic Park Boavista 1 – 1 UC Larsson BBC Sport
13 April 2003 Celtic Park Kilmarnock 2 – 0 SPL Larsson, Petrov BBC Sport
19 April 2003 Tynecastle Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2 SPL Thompson BBC Sport
24 April 2003 Estádio do Bessa Boavista 1 – 0 UC Larsson BBC Sport
27 April 2003 Ibrox Rangers 2 – 1 SPL Thompson (pen.), Hartson BBC Sport
3 May 2003 East End Park Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 1 SPL Larsson, Petrov (2), Thompson (pen.) BBC Sport
7 May 2003 Fir Park Motherwell 4 – 0 SPL Petrov (2), Lambert (2) BBC Sport
10 May 2003 Celtic Park Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 SPL Thompson (pen.) BBC Sport
14 May 2003 Celtic Park Dundee 6 – 2 SPL Larsson, Thompson (2), Maloney (2), Mjällby BBC Sport
21 May 2003 Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla Porto 2 – 3 UC Larsson (2) BBC Sport
25 May 2003 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 4 – 0 SPL Sutton (2), Thompson (pen.), Petrov BBC Sport

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Jonathan Gould 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF  SCO Tom Boyd 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF  GUI Mohammed Sylla 31 4 13+5 2 2 1 0+3 0 4+4 1
4 DF  SCO Jackie McNamara 28 1 12+7 1 2 0 0 0 2+5 0
5 DF  BEL Joos Valgaeren 53 3 35 2 2 0 2 0 14 1
6 DF  GUI Dianbobo Balde 53 4 36 2 0 0 3 2 14 0
7 FW  SWE Henrik Larsson 51 44 35 28 2 2 2 2 12 12
8 MF  ENG Alan Thompson 45 12 26+3 8 1 0 2+1 1 10+2 3
9 FW  ENG Chris Sutton 43 19 28 15 1 0 2 0 11+1 4
10 FW  WAL John Hartson 45 25 18+9 18 1+1 2 4 2 9+3 3
12 FW  ESP David Fernández 19 1 3+7 0 2+1 0 2+1 0 1+2 1
14 MF  SCO Paul Lambert 48 6 27+4 3 1 0 3 1 10+3 2
15 MF  NED Bobby Petta 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 DF  DEN Ulrik Laursen 36 0 22 0 3 0 2 0 7+2 0
17 DF  FRA Didier Agathe 40 0 24+3 0 0 0 2 0 10+1 0
18 MF  NIR Neil Lennon 46 0 28 0 1 0 3 0 14 0
19 MF  BUL Stiliyan Petrov 50 14 33+1 12 0 0 0+2 0 14 2
20 GK  SCO Rab Douglas 38 0 21 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
21 GK  SWE Magnus Hedman 10 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 GK  SCO David Marshall 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF  SVK Stanislav Varga 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF  IRL Colin Healy 5 0 0+1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
26 GK  ESP Javier Broto 10 0 7+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW  SCO Shaun Maloney 30 5 5+15 3 1+2 0 2+1 1 2+2 1
30 MF  ENG Steve Guppy 25 0 12+5 0 2 0 0 0 3+3 0
32 FW  SCO Simon Lynch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
35 DF  SWE Johan Mjallby 24 3 14 3 2 0 1 0 7 0
39 MF  SCO Jamie Smith 25 1 3+10 0 3 1 4 0 1+4 0
40 DF  SCO Stephen Crainey 19 0 3+10 0 1+1 0 2 0 1+1 0
41 DF  SCO John Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
43 MF  IRL Liam Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Rangers (C) 38 31 4 3 101 28 +73 97 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 31 4 3 98 26 +72 97 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 9 11 57 51 +6 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 16 9 13 47 56 −9 57
5 Dunfermline Athletic 38 13 7 18 54 71 −17 46
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
31 May 2002 David Fernández Livingston 08 £1,000,000[2]
1 August 2002 Magnus Hedman Coventry City 08 £1,500,000[3]
1 August 2002 Ulrik Laursen Hibernian 08 £1,500,000[3]
24 January 2003 Javier Broto Livingston 08 Free[4]
18 February 2003 Stanislav Varga Sunderland 08 Free[5]

Out

Date Player To Fee
21 May 2002 Dmitri Kharine Hornchurch 08Free[6]
21 May 2002 Jim Goodwin Stockport County 08Free[7]
1 June 2002 Ľubomír Moravčík JEF United Chiba 08Free[8]
22 June 2002 Morten Wieghorst Brøndby IF 08Free[9]
1 July 2002 David van Zanten St Mirren 08Free[10]
7 January 2003 Simon Lynch Preston North End 08£130,000[11]
9 January 2003 Jonathan Gould Preston North End 08Free[12]
4 February 2003 Paul Shields Clyde 08Free[13]
  • Expenditure: £4,000,000
  • Income: £130,000
  • Total loss/gain: £3,870,000

References

  1. ^ SPL goes down to the Wire BBC Sport, 25 May 2003
  2. ^ "Celtic sign Fernandez". BBC Sport. 31 May 2002. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Celtic make double signing". BBC Sport website. 1 August 2002.
  4. ^ "Celtic seal Broto signing". BBC Sport. 24 January 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Varga cleared for debut". BBC Sport. 18 February 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Kharine to leave Celtic". BBC Sport. 21 May 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Kharine to leave Celtic". BBC Sport. 21 May 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Moravcik in final salute". BBC Sport. 4 May 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Wieghorst departs for Brondby". BBC Sport. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Soccer shorts: Sales Pitch". Daily Record. 9 July 2002.
  11. ^ "Lynch joins Preston". BBC News. 7 January 2003.
  12. ^ "Gould joins Preston". BBC News. 9 January 2003.
  13. ^ "Clyde sign Shields". BBC News. 4 February 2003.
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