2002–03 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
8 July 2002	MF	Sean Thornton	Tranmere Rovers	£225,000^[1]
15 August 2002	DF	Stephen Wright	Liverpool	£3,000,000
21 August 2002	MF	Matt Piper	Leicester City	£3,500,000
30 August 2002	FW	Tore Andre Flo	Rangers	£6,750,000
30 August 2002	FW	Marcus Stewart	Ipswich Town	£3,250,000
15 November 2002	GK	Mart Poom	Derby County	Loan

January

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
10 January 2003	GK	Mart Poom	Derby County	£2,500,000
31 January 2003	DF	Talal El Karkouri	Paris Saint Germain	Loan

Out

Summer

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
31 October 2002	MF	John Oster	Grimsby Town	Loan
1 November 2002	FW	Michael Reddy	York City	Loan
7 November 2002	MF	Sean Thornton	Blackpool	Loan
22 November 2002	GK	Michael Ingham	Darlington	Loan

January

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
11 January 2003	FW	Dene Shields	Raith Rovers	£60,000
24 January 2003	GK	Michael Ingham	York City	Loan
30 January 2003	FW	Michael Reddy	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan
12 February 2003	DF	Stanislav Varga	Celtic	Free
21 February 2003	MF	John Oster	Grimsby Town	Loan
27 March 2003	FW	Keith Graydon	York City	Loan

First-team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thomas Sørensen
2	DF	Stephen Wright
3	DF	Michael Gray (captain)
4	MF	Claudio Reyna
5	DF	Phil Babb
6	DF	Emerson Thome
7	MF	Matt Piper
8	MF	Gavin McCann
9	FW	Tore André Flo
10	FW	Kevin Phillips
11	MF	Kevin Kilbane
12	DF	Joachim Björklund
14	MF	Thomas Butler
15	FW	David Bellion
16	MF	Jason McAteer
17	DF	Jody Craddock
18	DF	Darren Williams
19	FW	Kevin Kyle

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Stefan Schwarz
21	MF	Paul Thirlwell
22	DF	Talal El Karkouri (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
23	MF	Nicolás Medina
24	MF	Sean Thornton
25	DF	Ben Clark
26	GK	Thomas Myhre
27	DF	George McCartney
28	MF	John Oster
29	MF	Chris Black
30	GK	Jürgen Macho
31	FW	Marcus Stewart
32	FW	Michael Proctor
33	DF	Julio Arca
34	DF	Mark Rossiter
36	MF	Richie Ryan
37	MF	Jonjo Dickman
40	GK	Mart Poom

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.		Position	Player
22		DF	Stanislav Varga (to Celtic)
22		DF	Bernt Haas (on loan to Basel)

No.		Position	Player
29		FW	Niall Quinn (retired)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
13		GK	Michael Ingham
35		DF	Cliff Byrne

No.		Position	Player
38		GK	Craig Turns
41		DF	Patrick Collins

Results

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 October 2002	Second round	Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	7-0	8,175	Reyna, McCann, Arca, Flo (2), Stewart (2)
6 November 2002	Third round	Arsenal	Highbury	3-2	19,059	Kyle, Stewart (2)
3 December 2002	Fourth round	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	0-2	27,068

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 January 2003	Third round	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	1-1	10,132	Phillips
14 January 2003	Third round replay	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	2-0	14,550	Arca, Proctor
25 January 2003	Fourth round	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	3-3	14,315	Stewart, Proctor and Phillips
5 February 2003	Fourth round replay	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	2-2 a.e.t. (won 3-0 on penalties)	15,745	McCann, Phillips
15 February 2003	Fifth round	Watford	Stadium of Light	0-1	26,916

FA Premier League

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 2002	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	0-0		27,122
24 August 2002	Everton	Stadium of Light	0-1		37,698
28 August 2002	Leeds United	Elland Road	1-0	Jason McAteer 46'	39,929
31 August 2002	Manchester United	Stadium of Light	1-1	Flo 70'	47,586
10 September 2002	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	0-3		32,155
14 September 2002	Fulham	Stadium of Light	0-3		35,432
21 September 2002	Newcastle United	St James' Park	0-2		52,181
28 September 2002	Aston Villa	Stadium of Light	1-0	David Bellion 70'	40,492
6 October 2002	Arsenal	Highbury	1-3	Jody Craddock 83'	37,902
19 October 2002	West Ham United	Stadium of Light	0-1		44,352
28 October 2002	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	1-1	Michael Gray 45'	23,036
3 November 2002	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	1-1	Flo 15'	26,284
10 November 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	Stadium of Light	2-0	Kevin Phillips 60', Flo 62'	40,024
17 November 2002	Liverpool	Anfield	0-0		43,074
23 November 2002	Birmingham City	Stadium of Light	0-1		38,803
30 November 2002	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	0-3		38,946
9 December 2002	Manchester City	Stadium of Light	0-3		36,511
15 December 2002	Liverpool	Stadium of Light	2-1	Gavin McCann 36', Michael Proctor 85'	37,118
21 December 2002	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	2-2	Kevin Phillips 56', 64'	26,703
26 December 2002	Leeds United	Stadium of Light	1-2	Michael Proctor 34'	44,029
28 December 2002	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	1-2	Flo 77'	36,242
1 January 2003	Manchester United	Old Trafford	1-2	Juan Sebastián Verón 4' o.g.	67,609
11 January 2003	Blackburn Rovers	Stadium of Light	0-0		36,529
18 January 2003	Everton	Goodison Park	1-2	Kevin Kilbane 34'	37,409
28 January 2003	Southampton	Stadium of Light	0-1		34,102
1 February 2003	Charlton Athletic	Stadium of Light	1-3	Kevin Phillips 81' pen.	36,042
8 February 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	1-4	Kevin Phillips 26'	36,075
22 February 2003	Middlesbrough	Stadium of Light	1-3	Kevin Phillips 56'	42,134
1 March 2003	Fulham	Loftus Road	0-1		16,286
15 March 2003	Bolton Wanderers	Stadium of Light	0-2		42,124
22 March 2003	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0-2		35,033
5 April 2003	Chelsea	Stadium of Light	1-2	Sean Thornton 12'	40,011
12 April 2003	Birmingham City	St. Andrew's	0-2		29,132
19 April 2003	West Bromwich Albion	Stadium of Light	1-2	Marcus Stewart 70'	36,025
21 April 2003	Manchester City	Maine Road	0-3		34,357
26 April 2003	Newcastle United	Stadium of Light	0-1		45,067
3 May 2003	Aston Villa	Villa Park	0-1		36,963
11 May 2003	Arsenal	Stadium of Light	0-4		40,188

Final league table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United !Manchester United (C)	38	25	8	5	74	34	+40	83	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal !Arsenal	38	23	9	6	85	42	+43	78	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Newcastle United !Newcastle United	38	21	6	11	63	48	+15	69	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Chelsea !Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	+30	67	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Liverpool !Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	+20	64	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round ¹
6	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	38	16	12	10	52	43	+9	60	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round ¹
7	Everton !Everton	38	17	8	13	48	49	−1	59
8	Southampton !Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	−3	52	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round ²
9	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	−7	51	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round ³
10	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	51	62	−11	50
11	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	+4	49
12	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	38	14	7	17	45	56	−11	49
13	Birmingham City !Birmingham City	38	13	9	16	41	49	−8	48
14	Fulham !Fulham	38	13	9	16	41	50	−9	48
15	Leeds United !Leeds United	38	14	5	19	58	57	+1	47
16	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	38	12	9	17	42	47	−5	45
17	Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	38	10	14	14	41	51	−10	44
18	West Ham United !West Ham United (R)	38	10	12	16	42	59	−17	42	Relegation to First Division
19	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	6	8	24	29	65	−36	26
20	Sunderland !Sunderland (R)	38	4	7	27	21	65	−44	19

Updated to games played on 11 May 2003.
Source: FA Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Since 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.
²Since 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.
³Manchester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as Fair Play winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	FA Premier League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
FW		10	Kevin Phillips	6	0	3	9
FW		31	Marcus Stewart	1	4	1	6
FW		9	Tore André Flo	4	2	0	6
FW		32	Michael Proctor	2	0	2	4
MF		8	Gavin McCann	1	1	1	3
MF		33	Julio Arca	0	1	1	2
DF		3	Micky Gray	1	0	0	1
DF		17	Jody Craddock	1	0	0	1
MF		24	Sean Thornton	1	0	0	1
MF		11	Kevin Kilbane	1	0	0	1
FW		15	David Bellion	1	0	0	1
MF		16	Jason McAteer	1	0	0	1
FW		19	Kevin Kyle	0	1	0	1
MF		4	Claudio Reyna	0	1	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	Total	21	10	8	39

References

↑ The fee was compensation agreed at an FA tribunal.

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