The 2002–03 season was Chelsea's 89th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the Premier League and 97th year as a club. The club was managed by Claudio Ranieri.
In the Premier League, Chelsea finished fourth behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United. With the fourth-place finish, Chelsea secured a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
In the UEFA Cup, Chelsea took a first round exit, losing 5–4 on aggregate to Norwegian club Viking. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Football League Cup and the FA Cup, but lost 1–0 to Manchester United and 3–1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.
Final league table
First team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Team kit The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was the airline Emirates; the kit bore the "Fly Emirates" logo. Chelsea's home kit (all blue with a white trimmed collar) was carried over from the previous campaign. Their new away kit was all black with blue accents. The club's third kit for this season was the club's away kit from the previous season, all white with blue socks and accents.
Statistics
Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from and .
Results
FA Premier League
UEFA Cup
First Round
FA Cup
League Cup
Transfers
In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate21 MF Enrique de Lucas Espanyol Free 27-05-200228 FW Filipe Oliveira Porto £500,000 01-10-2002
Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate16 MF Roberto Di Matteo N/A Retired 01-07-200224 MF Samuele Dalla Bona Milan £1,000,000 08-07-200210 MF Slaviša Jokanović Unattached Released 09-07-2002N/A FW Sam Parkin Swindon Town Undisclosed 03-09-200231 GK Mark Bosnich Unattached Released 22-01-200332 FW Mikael Forssell Borussia Mönchengladbach 6-month loan 29-01-2003
References
External links Chelsea FC Official Website Chelsea FC on Soccerbase Chelsea FC on BBC