Aston Villa's 2002-03 season

Season 114 | 2002-03

Season Summary

League	Position	FA Cup Progress	League Cup Progress	European Progress	Biggest Win
Premier League	16th	3rd Round	Quarter Final	Intertoto Semi Final	5-0 vs. Preston North End (h), League Cup

Top Scorer		Most Appearances		Most Starts
14 \| Dion Dublin		44 \| Gareth Barry, Olof Mellberg		44 \| Olof Mellberg, Gareth Barry

Manager Summary

P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

	Manager	From	To	P	W	D	L	U	W%	L%	U%	CS%	PPG
	Graham Taylor	Sunday, 21 July 2002	Sunday, 11 May 2003	47	16	10	21	26	34%	45%	55%	28%	1.23

Chairman		Club Secretary
Herbert Douglas Ellis		Steve Stride

Season Statistics

Pos: Final League Position; P: Games Played; W: Games Won; D: Games Drawn; L: Games Lost; F: Goals Scored; A: Goals Conceded; Pts: Final League Points; GD: Goal Difference (A-F); PPG: Points per Game (3 Points for a win, 1 Point for a draw); GR: Goal Ratio (F/A); GPG: Goals Scored per Game; CPG: Goals Conceded per Game; CS: Clean Sheets; CS%: Clean Sheet percentage; W%: Win Rate; L%: Loss Rate; U: Games Unbeaten; U% Unbeaten Rate.

Results - All Competitions

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PPG	GR	GPG	CPG	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U	U%
2002-03	47	16	10	21	61	60	1	1.18	1.02	1.3	1.28	13	28%	34%	45%	26	55%

Results - League

	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	GD	GPG	CPG	GR	CS	CS%	W%	L%	U%
2002-03	16th	38	12	9	17	42	47	45	-5	1.11	1.24	0.89	9	24%	32%	45%	55%

Runs

Season	Wins in a Row	League Wins in a Row	Games Unbeaten	Games without a Win	Losing Run
2002-03	2	2	6	7	4

League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	25	8	5	74	34	40	83
2	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	85	42	43	78
3	Newcastle United	38	21	6	11	63	48	15	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	30	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	20	64
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	12	10	52	43	9	60
7	Everton	38	17	8	13	48	49	-1	59
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	-3	52
9	Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	-7	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	51	62	-11	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	4	49
12	Charlton Athletic	38	14	7	17	45	56	-11	49
13	Birmingham City	38	13	9	16	41	49	-8	48
14	Fulham	38	13	9	16	41	50	-9	48
15	Leeds United	38	14	5	19	58	57	1	47
16	Aston Villa	38	12	9	17	42	47	-5	45
17	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	14	14	41	51	-10	44
18	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	42	59	-17	42
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	6	8	24	29	65	-36	26
20	Sunderland	38	4	7	27	21	65	-44	19

Matches

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Competition	Date	Home		Away	W	D	L
Intertoto Cup 3rd Round	Sunday, 21 July 2002	FC Zürich	2-0	Aston Villa			L
Intertoto Cup 3rd Round	Saturday, 27 July 2002	Aston Villa	3-0	FC Zürich	W
Intertoto Cup Semi Final	Wednesday, 31 July 2002	Lille OSC	1-1	Aston Villa		D
Intertoto Cup Semi Final	Wednesday, 7 August 2002	Aston Villa	0-2	Lille OSC			L
Premier League	Sunday, 18 August 2002	Aston Villa	0-1	Liverpool			L
Premier League	Saturday, 24 August 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Wednesday, 28 August 2002	Aston Villa	1-0	Manchester City	W
Premier League	Sunday, 1 September 2002	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Wednesday, 11 September 2002	Aston Villa	2-0	Charlton Athletic	W
Premier League	Monday, 16 September 2002	Birmingham City	3-0	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Sunday, 22 September 2002	Aston Villa	3-1	Everton	W
Premier League	Saturday, 28 September 2002	Sunderland	1-0	Aston Villa			L
League Cup 2nd Round	Wednesday, 2 October 2002	Aston Villa	3-0	Luton Town	W
Premier League	Sunday, 6 October 2002	Aston Villa	0-0	Leeds United		D
Premier League	Monday, 21 October 2002	Aston Villa	0-1	Southampton			L
Premier League	Saturday, 26 October 2002	Manchester United	1-1	Aston Villa		D
Premier League	Sunday, 3 November 2002	Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Aston Villa		D
League Cup 3rd Round	Wednesday, 6 November 2002	Oxford United	0-3	Aston Villa	W
Premier League	Saturday, 9 November 2002	Aston Villa	3-1	Fulham	W
Premier League	Saturday, 16 November 2002	West Brom	0-0	Aston Villa		D
Premier League	Saturday, 23 November 2002	Aston Villa	4-1	West Ham United	W
Premier League	Saturday, 30 November 2002	Arsenal	3-1	Aston Villa			L
League Cup 4th Round	Wednesday, 4 December 2002	Aston Villa	5-0	Preston North End	W
Premier League	Saturday, 7 December 2002	Aston Villa	0-1	Newcastle United			L
Premier League	Saturday, 14 December 2002	Aston Villa	2-1	West Brom	W
League Cup Quarter Final	Wednesday, 18 December 2002	Aston Villa	3-4	Liverpool			L
Premier League	Saturday, 21 December 2002	Chelsea	2-0	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Thursday, 26 December 2002	Manchester City	3-1	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Saturday, 28 December 2002	Aston Villa	1-0	Middlesbrough	W
Premier League	Wednesday, 1 January 2003	Aston Villa	2-0	Bolton Wanderers	W
FA Cup 3rd Round	Saturday, 4 January 2003	Aston Villa	1-4	Blackburn Rovers			L
Premier League	Saturday, 11 January 2003	Liverpool	1-1	Aston Villa		D
Premier League	Saturday, 18 January 2003	Aston Villa	0-1	Tottenham Hotspur			L
Premier League	Tuesday, 28 January 2003	Middlesbrough	2-5	Aston Villa	W
Premier League	Sunday, 2 February 2003	Aston Villa	3-0	Blackburn Rovers	W
Premier League	Saturday, 8 February 2003	Fulham	2-1	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Saturday, 22 February 2003	Charlton Athletic	3-0	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Monday, 3 March 2003	Aston Villa	0-2	Birmingham City			L
Premier League	Saturday, 15 March 2003	Aston Villa	0-1	Manchester United			L
Premier League	Saturday, 22 March 2003	Southampton	2-2	Aston Villa		D
Premier League	Saturday, 5 April 2003	Aston Villa	1-1	Arsenal		D
Premier League	Saturday, 12 April 2003	West Ham United	2-2	Aston Villa		D
Premier League	Saturday, 19 April 2003	Aston Villa	2-1	Chelsea	W
Premier League	Monday, 21 April 2003	Newcastle United	1-1	Aston Villa		D
Premier League	Saturday, 26 April 2003	Everton	2-1	Aston Villa			L
Premier League	Saturday, 3 May 2003	Aston Villa	1-0	Sunderland	W
Premier League	Sunday, 11 May 2003	Leeds United	3-1	Aston Villa			L

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Transfers In

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	On	From	For
Peter Crouch	Centre Forward	Wednesday, 27 March 2002	Portsmouth	£6,750,000
Boaz Myhill	Goalkeeper	Monday, 1 July 2002	Youth Team	Free
Peter Whittingham	Winger	Monday, 1 July 2002	Youth Team	Free
Stefan Postma	Goalkeeper	Monday, 1 July 2002	De Graafschap	£2,000,000
Ulises de la Cruz	Right Back	Monday, 1 July 2002	Hibernian FC	£2,430,000
Ronny Johnsen	Centre Back	Monday, 1 July 2002	Manchester United	Free
Mark Kinsella	Midfielder	Monday, 1 July 2002	Charlton Athletic	£1,040,000
Marcus Allbäck	Forward	Monday, 1 July 2002	SC Heerenveen	£2,700,000
Öyvind Leonhardsen	Midfielder	Monday, 1 July 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	Free
Michael Boulding	Forward	Monday, 1 July 2002	Grimsby Town	Free
Rob Edwards	Centre Back	Sunday, 1 December 2002	Youth Team	Free
Joey Gudjónsson	Midfielder	Wednesday, 1 January 2003	Real Betis	Loan
Gavin McCann	Midfielder	Tuesday, 1 July 2003	Sunderland	£3,040,000
Thomas Sørensen	Goalkeeper	Tuesday, 1 July 2003	Sunderland	£2,700,000

Transfers Out

1 July - 30 June

Player	Position	On	To	For
Paul Merson	Midfielder	Tuesday, 6 August 2002	Portsmouth	Free
George Boateng	Midfielder	Thursday, 8 August 2002	Middlesbrough	£6,210,000
Steve Stone	Midfielder	Wednesday, 27 November 2002	Portsmouth	Free
Michael Boulding	Forward	Wednesday, 1 January 2003	Grimsby Town	Free
Alan Wright	Left Back	Sunday, 1 June 2003	Middlesbrough	Free
Ian Taylor	Midfielder	Tuesday, 24 June 2003	Derby County	Free
Joey Gudjónsson	Midfielder	Monday, 30 June 2003	Real Betis	End of Loan
Öyvind Leonhardsen	Midfielder	Monday, 30 June 2003	FC Lyn Oslo	Free

Debut Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On
Michael Boulding	Player #763	FC Zürich (a), Intertoto Cup	Sunday, 21 July 2002
Stefan Moore	Player #764	FC Zürich (h), Intertoto Cup	Saturday, 27 July 2002
Marcus Allbäck	Player #765	FC Zürich (h), Intertoto Cup	Saturday, 27 July 2002
Stefan Postma	Player #766	Lille OSC (a), Intertoto Cup	Wednesday, 31 July 2002
Ulises de la Cruz	Player #767	Liverpool (h), Premier League	Sunday, 18 August 2002
Mark Kinsella	Player #768	Tottenham Hotspur (a), Premier League	Saturday, 24 August 2002
Ronny Johnsen	Player #769	Charlton Athletic (h), Premier League	Wednesday, 11 September 2002
Öyvind Leonhardsen	Player #770	Everton (h), Premier League	Sunday, 22 September 2002
Rob Edwards	Player #771	Middlesbrough (h), Premier League	Saturday, 28 December 2002
Liam Ridgewell	Player #772	Blackburn Rovers (h), FA Cup	Saturday, 4 January 2003
Joey Gudjónsson	Player #773	Middlesbrough (a), Premier League	Tuesday, 28 January 2003
Peter Whittingham	Player #774	Newcastle United (a), Premier League	Monday, 21 April 2003

Final Appearances

Player	Number	Against	On
Hassan Kachloul	Player #758	FC Zürich (a), Intertoto Cup	Sunday, 21 July 2002
George Boateng	Player #742	FC Zürich (a), Intertoto Cup	Sunday, 21 July 2002
Michael Boulding	Player #763	FC Zürich (h), Intertoto Cup	Saturday, 27 July 2002
Paul Merson	Player #731	FC Zürich (h), Intertoto Cup	Saturday, 27 July 2002
Steve Stone	Player #738	Lille OSC (a), Intertoto Cup	Wednesday, 31 July 2002
Alan Wright	Player #709	Southampton (a), Premier League	Saturday, 22 March 2003
Rob Edwards	Player #771	Everton (a), Premier League	Saturday, 26 April 2003
Öyvind Leonhardsen	Player #770	Sunderland (h), Premier League	Saturday, 3 May 2003
Peter Enckelman	Player #743	Sunderland (h), Premier League	Saturday, 3 May 2003
Steve Staunton	Player #674	Sunderland (h), Premier League	Saturday, 3 May 2003
Joey Gudjónsson	Player #773	Leeds United (a), Premier League	Sunday, 11 May 2003
Stephen Cooke	Player #750	Leeds United (a), Premier League	Sunday, 11 May 2003
Ian Taylor	Player #705	Leeds United (a), Premier League	Sunday, 11 May 2003

Squad Statistics

Squad Size	Average 1st XI Age	Youngest 1st XI	Oldest 1st XI
35	26.64	24.19 \| Leeds United (a), Premier League	28.47 \| Oxford United (a), League Cup

	Youngest Starter		Youngest Substitute
	Peter Whittingham \| 18.68 \| Sunday, 11 May 2003		Liam Ridgewell \| 18.47 \| Saturday, 4 January 2003

	Oldest Starter		Oldest Substitute
	Ian Taylor \| 34.93 \| Saturday, 3 May 2003		Ian Taylor \| 34.96 \| Sunday, 11 May 2003

First Team Squad

Player	Number	Villa Career
Steve Staunton	Player #674	1991-98 Aston Villa, £1.1m, 2000-03 Aston Villa, Free, 332 (14) \| 19 \|
Ian Taylor	Player #705	1994-03 Aston Villa, £1.35m, 254 (37) \| 44 \|
Alan Wright	Player #709	1995-03 Aston Villa, £1.35m, 324 (5) \| 5 \|
Lee Hendrie	Player #716	1995-06 Aston Villa, Free, 243 (65) \| 31 \|
Gareth Barry	Player #728	1998-09 Aston Villa, Tribunal, 440 (52) \|
Darius Vassell	Player #730	1998-05 Aston Villa, Free, 124 (77) \| 43 \|
Paul Merson	Player #731	1998-02 Aston Villa, £5.4m, 125 (19) \| 19 \|
Dion Dublin	Player #735	1998-04 Aston Villa, £7.74m, 148 (41) \| 58 \|
Steve Stone	Player #738	1999-02 Aston Villa, £7.2m, 86 (35) \| 7 \|
Mark Delaney	Player #740	1999-06 Aston Villa, £338k, 175 (18) \| 2 \|
George Boateng	Player #742	1999-02 Aston Villa, £5.58m, 126 (8) \| 5 \|
Peter Enckelman	Player #743	1999-03 Aston Villa, £513k, 65 (2) \| 0 \|
Jlloyd Samuel	Player #745	1998-07 Aston Villa, Free, 168 (32) \| 3 \|
Jonathan Bewers	Player #748	2000-04 Aston Villa, Free, 0 (1) \| 0 \|
Stephen Cooke	Player #750	2000-05 Aston Villa, Free, 0 (4) \| 0 \|
Alpay Özalan	Player #751	2000-03 Aston Villa, £8.1m, 69 (2) \| 1 \|
John McGrath	Player #754	1999-03 Aston Villa, Free, 0 (3) \| 0 \|
Thomas Hitzlsperger	Player #755	2001-05 Aston Villa, Free, 82 (32) \| 12 \|
Juan Pablo Ángel	Player #756	2001-07 Aston Villa, £12.96m, 158 (47) \| 63 \|
Hassan Kachloul	Player #758	2001-03 Aston Villa, Free, 25 (7) \| 2 \|
Mustapha Hadji	Player #759	2001-03 Aston Villa, £3.6m, 30 (17) \| 3 \|
Olof Mellberg	Player #760	2001-08 Aston Villa, £6.12m, 262 (1) \| 8 \|
Boško Balaban	Player #761	2001-04 Aston Villa, £7.02m, 2 (9) \| 0 \|
Peter Crouch	Player #762	2002-04 Aston Villa, £6.75m, 25 (18) \| 6 \|
Michael Boulding	Player #763	2002 Aston Villa, Free, 2 (0) \| 1 \|
Stefan Moore	Player #764	2001-04 Aston Villa, Free, 11 (19) \| 3 \|
Marcus Allbäck	Player #765	2002-04 Aston Villa, £2.7m, 20 (24) \| 7 \|
Stefan Postma	Player #766	2002-06 Aston Villa, £2.0m, 10 (4) \| 0 \|
Ulises de la Cruz	Player #767	2002-06 Aston Villa, £2.43m, 84 (15) \| 2 \|
Mark Kinsella	Player #768	2002-03 Aston Villa, £1.04m, 20 (6) \| 0 \|
Ronny Johnsen	Player #769	2002-04 Aston Villa, Free, 53 (4) \| 1 \|
Öyvind Leonhardsen	Player #770	2002-03 Aston Villa, Free, 16 (7) \| 3 \|
Rob Edwards	Player #771	2002-03 Aston Villa, Free, 8 (1) \| 0 \|
Liam Ridgewell	Player #772	2003-07 Aston Villa, Free, 75 (18) \| 6 \|
Joey Gudjónsson	Player #773	2002-03 Aston Villa, 9 (2) \| 2 \|
Peter Whittingham	Player #774	2003-06 Aston Villa, Free, 39 (27) \| 2 \|
Boaz Myhill	Unused Substitute	2001-04 Aston Villa, Free, 0 (0) \| 0 \|
Gavin Melaugh	Unused Substitute	2000-03 Aston Villa, Free, 0 (0) \| 0 \|
Wayne Henderson	Unused Substitute	2001-06 Aston Villa, Free, 0 (0) \| 0 \|

Appearances

Player	Total	League Starts	League Subs	FA Cup Starts	FA Cup Subs	EFL Cup Starts	EFL Cup Subs	Europe Starts	Europe Subs	Unused Sub
RB Jlloyd Samuel	45	33	5	1	0	4	0	2	0	1
M Gareth Barry	44	35	0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0
CB Olof Mellberg	44	38	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0
GK Peter Enckelman	39	33	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	4
F Darius Vassell	39	28	5	0	1	3	0	1	1	0
CF Dion Dublin	35	23	5	1	0	4	0	2	0	2
M Lee Hendrie	34	22	5	1	0	3	0	1	2	4
M Thomas Hitzlsperger	33	24	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	6
LB Steve Staunton	32	22	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	1
CB Ronny Johnsen	30	25	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1
F Marcus Allbäck	25	9	11	0	0	0	2	3	0	9
RB Ulises de la Cruz	24	12	8	1	0	2	1	0	0	5
M Mark Kinsella	24	15	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	3
M Öyvind Leonhardsen	23	13	6	0	0	3	1	0	0	1
M Ian Taylor	19	9	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	1
CF Juan Pablo Ángel	19	8	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	7
CF Peter Crouch	18	7	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	8
F Stefan Moore	17	7	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
RB Mark Delaney	17	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0
M Mustapha Hadji	14	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
LB Alan Wright	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
M Joey Guðjónsson	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK Stefan Postma	9	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	38
CB Rob Edwards	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
CB Alpay Özalan	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
W Peter Whittingham	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
M Stephen Cooke	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
M Steve Stone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
F Michael Boulding	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3
M George Boateng	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
M Hassan Kachloul	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
CB Liam Ridgewell	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
M Paul Merson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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