2002–03 AS Monaco FC season

The 2002–03 season was AS Monaco FC's 46th season in Ligue 1. They finished second in Ligue 1, qualifying for the group stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. The club also competed in the Coupe de France, where it lost in the Round of 64 to Wasquehal Football,^{[citation needed]} and the Coupe de la Ligue, defeating Sochaux in the final on 17 May 2003.^[1]

AS Monaco

2002–03 season
President	Pierre Svara
Head coach	Didier Deschamps
Stadium	Stade Louis II
Ligue 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Shabani Nonda (26) All: Shabani Nonda (28)
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Overview

Monaco finished the Ligue 1 season in second place, just 1 point behind league champions Lyon. Monaco were the highest scoring side in the division with 66 goals and striker Shabani Nonda was the golden boot winner with 26 goals.^[2] Winger Jérôme Rothen contributed 18 assists in the league campaign and also finished first in the league in that statistic.^[3] Both players were included in the end of season Ligue 1 team of the year.^[2]

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  FRA Franck Jurietti 4 DF  MEX Rafael Márquez 5 DF  FRA Éric Cubilier 6 MF  SCG Vladimir Jugović 7 MF  ARG Lucas Bernardi 8 MF  FRA Ludovic Giuly (captain) 9 FW  CRO Dado Pršo 10 MF  ARG Marcelo Gallardo 11 FW  ITA Marco Simone 13 DF  FRA Patrice Evra[notes 1] 15 MF  GRE Akis Zikos 16 GK  FRA André Biancarelli 17 DF  BEL Philippe Léonard 18 FW  COD Shabani Nonda[notes 2] 19 DF  FRA Sébastien Squillaci

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  SWE Pontus Farnerud 23 FW  FRA Nicolas Raynier 24 DF  FRA José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 25 MF  FRA Jérôme Rothen 25 FW  SEN Souleymane Camara 27 DF  FRA Julien Rodriguez 29 GK  SEN Tony Sylva 30 GK  ITA Flavio Roma 31 FW  FRA Sébastien Grax 32 DF  FRA Gaël Givet 33 FW  FRA Laurent Lanteri 34 MF  FRA Jimmy Juan 35 MF  NOR Hassan El Fakiri[notes 3] 37 MF  FRA Sébastien Carole 38 MF  FRA Nicolas Hislen

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2002–03 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
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

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	10	9	66	33	+33	67	12	4	3	37	13	+24	7	6	6	29	20	+9

Last updated: 8 September 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	1	8	13	9	12	6	9	5	4	4	6	6	8	9	7	10	7	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	3	2

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2003 Coupe de la Ligue Final

AS Monaco v Sochaux

17 May 2003	AS Monaco	4–1	Sochaux	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
	Giuly 56', 77' Squillaci 60' Prso 66'		Saveljic 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 75,379 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Notes

1. Evra was born in Dakar, Senegal.
2. Nonda was born in Bujumbura, Burundi.
3. El Fakiri was born in Temsamane, Morocco.