2002–03 Ligue 1
# 2002–03 Ligue 1

For the 2002–03 season, the French Division 1 was renamed as Ligue 1 and was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons. Lyon won the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season of the French Association Football League with 68 points.

## Participating teams

* AC Ajaccio
* Auxerre
* Bastia
* Bordeaux
* Guingamp
* Le Havre
* Lens
* Lille
* Lyon
* Marseille
* Monaco
* Montpellier
* Nantes
* Nice
* Paris Saint-Germain
* Rennes
* Sedan
* Sochaux
* Strasbourg
* Troyes

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Monaco | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 33 | +33 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sochaux | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Guingamp | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 62 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 10 | Nice | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 54 | |
| 12 | Bastia | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 47 | |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 45 | |
| 14 | Lille | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 42 | |
| 15 | Rennes | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 40 | |
| 16 | Montpellier | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 40 | |
| 17 | Ajaccio | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 39 | |
| 18 | Le Havre (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 38 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Sedan (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 36 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 20 | Troyes (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 31 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |

* ↑ Lens qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | AUX | BAS | BOR | GUI | LHA | RCL | LIL | OL | OM | ASM | MHS | NAN | NIC | PSG | REN | SED | SOC | STR | TRO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajaccio | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Auxerre | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Bastia | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bordeaux | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Guingamp | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Le Havre | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lens | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lille | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Lyon | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Marseille | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Monaco | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Montpellier | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Nantes | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Nice | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Paris SG | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Rennes | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Sedan | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Sochaux | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Strasbourg | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 |
| Troyes | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |

* ↑ Counting for the Round 8 of Ligue 1, and initially concluded on 21 September 2002 with the same score of 3-1 (goals, in that order, from Kapo, N'Diefi and doubled by Benjani), the match was canceled following a technical reservation filed by Sedan after the second Auxerre goal: this goal had indeed been scored immediately after the Sedan equalizer, but the Sedan players had not all returned to their camp at kick-off. The match was finally replayed on 8 April 2003 (two months after the "return" match, played on 5 February 2003) with a similar result (goals, in that order, from Benjani, N'Diefi, Benjani and Cissé).

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shabani Nonda | Monaco | 26 |
| 2 | Pauleta | Bordeaux | 23 |
| 3 | Didier Drogba | Guingamp | 17 |
| 4 | Djibril Cissé | Auxerre | 14 |
| 4 | Henri Camara | Sedan | 14 |
| 6 | Juninho | Lyon | 13 |
| 7 | Sonny Anderson | Lyon | 12 |
| 7 | Dado Pršo | Monaco | 12 |
| 7 | Kaba Diawara | Nice | 12 |
| 7 | Antoine Sibierski | Lens | 12 |

## Overall

* Most wins - Lyon, Monaco, Marseille and Guingamp (19)
* Fewest wins - Troyes (7)
* Most draws - Nice (16)
* Fewest draws - Guingamp (5)
* Most losses - Troyes (21)
* Fewest losses - Lyon and Sochaux
* Most goals scored - Monaco (66)
* Fewest goals scored - Troyes (23)
* Most goals conceded - Sedan (59)
* Fewest goals conceded - Auxerre (29)
