Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga and the German domestic cup, following a season without trophies in the year before. Despite the 16-point margin to the second-placed VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, the season was not regarded as a complete success due to a humiliating run in the UEFA Champions League, where the club earned only two points from six matches. Even though it arguably had the toughest group of all, with Milan, Deportivo La Coruña and Lens as opponents, early elimination was still not expected with signings such as Michael Ballack, Zé Roberto and Sebastian Deisler, and incumbents such as the 2002 FIFA World Cup's player of the tournament Oliver Kahn in the squad.
This was the first season to have T-Mobile as the club's shirt sponsor, replacing previous sponsor Opel.
Results
Friendlies
Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu
Bundesliga
League results
DFB-Pokal
DFB-Ligapokal
Champions League
Qualifying round results
3rd qualifying round
Group stage results
1st Group Stage
Team statistics
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final positionRecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 10 August 24 May Matchday 1 1st DFB-Pokal 31 August 31 May First round Winners DFB-Ligapokal 25 July 25 July Preliminary round Preliminary round Champions League 14 August 13 November 3rd qualifying round 1st group stage Total
Squad information
Transfers
Statistics Squad Season 2002–03No.PlayerNat.Birthdayat FCB sinceBL matchesBL goalsCup matchesCup goalsUCL matchesUCL goalsTotal matchesTotal goals Goalkeepers1Oliver Kahn1994330606045022Bernd Dreher19960000000033Stefan Wessels199810003040 Defenders2Willy Sagnol200023251403233Bixente Lizarazu199726250303424Samuel Kuffour199320140502915Robert Kovač2001240406034025Thomas Linke1998320606044129Philipp Lahm199500001010 Midfielders6Pablo Thiam 2001400010507Mehmet Scholl199218440402608Niko Kovač2001181412124311Zé Roberto2002311417042213Michael Ballack200226105571381616Jens Jeremies1998290417140217Thorsten Fink1997100203119118Michael Tarnat1997110307021020Hasan Salihamidžić 1998122217221523Owen Hargreaves1997251525035326Sebastian Deisler200280200010031Bastian Schweinsteiger 1998140221017232Markus Feulner19971001031141 Forwards9Giovane Élber199733216682472914Claudio Pizarro200131156272441921Alexander Zickler1993124104017424Roque Santa Cruz1999145322119834Piotr Trochowski19993000003035Zvjezdan Misimović200010000010
Minutes played
Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligaokal Champions League 1 Oliver Kahn 4,041 2,970 570 0 501 9 Giovane Élber 4,017 2,837 420 120 640 25 Thomas Linke 3,821 2,711 570 0 540 14 Claudio Pizarro 3,455 2,325 495 67 568 13 Michael Ballack 3,293 2,253 458 0 582 11 Zé Roberto 3,251 2,340 362 0 549 16 Jens Jeremies 3,247 2,279 362 0 606 3 Bixente Lizarazu 3,067 2,221 456 0 197 5 Robert Kovač 2,847 2,097 90 120 540 2 Willy Sagnol 2,537 1,741 360 120 316 23 Owen Hargreaves 2,507 1,661 450 0 396 4 Samuel Kuffour 2,492 1,676 323 120 373 20 Hasan Salihamidžić 1,833 976 180 120 557 18 Michael Tarnat 1,426 686 114 120 506 8 Niko Kovač 1,419 1,049 149 120 101 7 Mehmet Scholl 1,391 1,021 149 120 275 24 Roque Santa Cruz 1,048 768 218 0 62 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 768 690 64 0 14 21 Alexander Zickler 519 340 7 53 119 17 Thorsten Fink 492 171 104 76 141 33 Stefan Wessels 429 90 0 120 219 32 Markus Feulner 368 216 44 0 108 26 Sebastian Deisler 285 260 25 0 0 6 Pablo Thiam 250 196 0 44 10
Bookings No.PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalDFB-LigapokalChampions LeagueTotal 13 Michael Ballack 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 16 Jens Jeremies 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 Robert Kovač 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 8 Niko Kovač 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 Giovane Élber 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 20 Hasan Salihamidžić 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 25 Thomas Linke 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 Willy Sagnol 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 Oliver Kahn 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 Bixente Lizarazu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 Mehmet Scholl 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 Claudio Pizarro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 Samuel Kuffour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 Zé Roberto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 Michael Tarnat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Thorsten Fink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 Owen Hargreaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 Roque Santa Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 50 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 72 0 0
Suspensions
Player No. of matches served Reason Competition served in Date served Opponent(s) Source 20 Hasan Salihamidžić 1 Red card vs. Real Madrid in 2001–02 CL Champions League 14 August Partizan Belgrade 13 Michael Ballack 1 5th yellow card Bundesliga 1 February Arminia Bielefeld 16 Jens Jeremies 1 5th yellow card Bundesliga 9 February Hamburger SV 5 Robert Kovač 1 5th yellow card Bundesliga 19 April Borussia Dortmund 8 Niko Kovač 1 5th yellow card Bundesliga 26 April VfL Wolfsburg
Transfers
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