2002–03 Montpellier HSC season
# 2002–03 Montpellier HSC season

The 2002–03 season was the 84th season in the history of Montpellier HSC and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Montpellier participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

During the season, Montpellier played eight friendlies and training matches including one against a national team.

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 3 August 2002 | May 2003 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 026.32 |
| Coupe de France | 4 January 2003 | 4 January 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 December 2002 | 7 December 2002 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 025.00 |

Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: Ligue 1

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

## Statistics

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | MF | 19 | Valéry Mézague | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 26 | Habib Bamogo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | Cédric Barbosa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | Marc-Éric Gueï | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Fodé Mansaré | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 3 | 1 | 41 |

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