2002–03 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

During the 2002–03 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League.

Charlton Athletic
2002–03 season
ChairmanRichard Murray
ManagerAlan Curbishley
StadiumThe Valley
FA Premier League12th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jason Euell (10)

All:
Jason Euell (11)
Highest home attendance26,728 (vs. Newcastle United, 15 March)
Lowest home attendance25,640 vs Chelsea, (17 August)
Average home league attendance26,255

Season summary

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Another solid season resulted in a mid-table finish for Charlton. However, the end of the season proved to be the undoing of Alan Curbishley's men once more, and after the start of March, they only managed one more victory, dropping to 12th place in the final table. Considering the relatively small budget Curbishley was operating on; even this was quite an achievement.

Midfielder Scott Parker was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, but lost to Jermaine Jenas of Newcastle United.

This season saw the final competitive appearance of Richard Rufus coming against Liverpool on 21 April 2003.[1] Rufus had spent his entire career with the one club. While playing for Charlton he was capped six times by England U21. Over 11 years the centre back had made 288 appearances , scoring 12 goals.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 14 8 16 51 62 −11 50
11 Middlesbrough 38 13 10 15 48 44 +4 49
12 Charlton Athletic 38 14 7 17 45 56 −11 49
13 Birmingham City 38 13 9 16 41 49 −8 48
14 Fulham 38 13 9 16 41 50 −9 48
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results per matchday

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWLWLLDLLWLDLWWWWDDDWLDWWWWWLLDLLLLWLL
Position1411128111716202016171617161512111111121214131110886787910111291212
Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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17 August 2002 1 Charlton Athletic 2–3 Chelsea London
Konchesky   7'
Rufus   33'
Konchesky   24'
Zola   43'
Cole   84'
Lampard   89'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,640
24 August 2002 2 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Charlton Athletic Bolton
Djorkaeff   2' Bart-Williams   26' (pen.)
Euell   71'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 21,753
27 August 2002 3 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Davies   9' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,461
31 August 2002 4 West Ham United 0–2 Charlton Athletic London
Jensen   4'
Fortune   44'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 32,424
11 September 2002 5 Aston Villa 2–0 Charlton Athletic Birmingham
de la Cruz   70'
Moore   83'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 26,483
14 September 2002 6 Charlton Athletic 0–3 Arsenal London
Henry   44'
Wiltord   67'
Edu   88'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,080
21 September 2002 7 Southampton 0–0 Charlton Athletic Southampton
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 25,714
28 September 2002 8 Charlton Athletic 1–3 Manchester United London
Jensen   43' Scholes   53'
Giggs   82'
van Nistelrooy   90'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,630
6 October 2002 9 Fulham 1–0 Charlton Athletic London
Sava   36' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,775
20 October 2002 10 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Middlesbrough London
Euell   5' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,271
26 October 2002 11 Newcastle United 2–1 Charlton Athletic Newcastle upon Tyne
Griffin   37'
Robert   59'
Bartlett   30' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,670
3 November 2002 12 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Sunderland London
Rowett   77' Flo   15' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,284
9 November 2002 13 Everton 1–0 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
Radzinski   31' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,621
16 November 2002 14 Manchester City 0–1 Charlton Athletic Manchester
Bartlett   79' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,455
24 November 2002 15 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Blackburn Rovers London
Konchesky   59'
Rufus   74'
Euell   90'
Thompson   60' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,152
1 December 2002 16 Leeds United 1–2 Charlton Athletic Leeds
Kewell   42' Lisbie   80'
Parker   90'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,537
7 December 2002 17 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Liverpool London
Euell   36'
Konchesky   78'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,694
14 December 2002 18 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Manchester City London
Euell   50' (pen.)
Jensen   62'
Foé  72', 87' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,484
21 December 2002 19 Birmingham City 1–1 Charlton Athletic Birmingham
Horsfield   53'
Devlin   67' (pen.)
Jensen   37' Stadium: St Andrews
Attendance: 28,837
26 December 2002 20 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Charlton Athletic London
Keane   68'
Iversen   87'
Ziege   88'
Euell   14', 48' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,043
28 December 2002 21 Charlton Athletic 1–0 West Bromwich Albion London
Lisbie   6' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,196
11 January 2003 22 Chelsea 4–1 Charlton Athletic London
Hasselbaink   3' (pen.)
Gallas   11'
Guðjohnsen   34'
Le Saux   54'
Euell   42' (pen.) Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 37,284
18 January 2003 23 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Bolton Wanderers London
Fish   47' Djorkaeff   85' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,057
22 January 2003 24 Charlton Athletic 4–2 West Ham United London
Jensen   42'
Parker   45', 52'
Kishishev   90'
Rufus   19' (o.g.)
Fish   62' (o.g.)
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,340
1 February 2003 26 Sunderland 1–3 Charlton Athletic Sunderland
Phillips   80' (pen.) Wright   24' (o.g.)
Proctor   24' (o.g.), 31' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 36,042
8 February 2003 27 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Everton London
Kishishev   18'
Lisbie   83'
McBride   68' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,623
22 February 2003 28 Charlton Athletic 3–0 Aston Villa London
Euell   51'
Johansson   87', 90'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,257
2 March 2003 29 Arsenal 2–0 Charlton Athletic London
Jeffers   26'
Pires   45'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,015
15 March 2003 30 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Newcastle United London
Shearer   32' (pen.)
Solano   48'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,728
22 March 2003 31 Middlesbrough 1–1 Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough
Christie   57' Johansson   26' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 29,080
5 April 2003 32 Charlton Athletic 1–6 Leeds United London
Euell   45' (pen.) Kewell   12', 76'
Harte   34' (pen.)
Viduka   42', 53', 56' (pen.)
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,274
12 April 2003 33 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Charlton Athletic Blackburn
Duff   34' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,506
19 April 2003 34 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Birmingham City London
Dugarry   20'
Savage   55' (pen.)
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,732
21 April 2003 35 Liverpool 2–1 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
Hyypiä   86'
Gerrard   90'
Bartlett   47' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,010
26 April 2003 36 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Southampton London
Parker   32'
Lisbie   50'
Beattie   90' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 25,894
3 May 2003 37 Manchester United 4–1 Charlton Athletic Manchester
Beckham   11'
van Nistelrooy   31', 37', 53'
Jensen   13' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,721
11 May 2003 38 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Fulham London
Kiely   30' Saha   33' (pen.) Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,108

FA Cup

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4 January 2003 Round 3 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Exeter City London
Johansson   25', 61'
Euell   72' (pen.)
Gaia   49' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 18,107
26 January 2003 Round 4 Fulham 3–0 Charlton Athletic London
Malbranque   59', 66' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,203

League Cup

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1 October 2003 Round 2 Charlton Athletic 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
Oxford United London
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 9,494

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IRL Dean Kiely[notes 1]
2 DF   BUL Radostin Kishishev
3 DF   ENG Chris Powell
4 MF   ENG Graham Stuart (captain)
5 DF   ENG Richard Rufus
6 DF   RSA Mark Fish
7 MF   ENG Scott Parker
8 MF   SWE Jesper Blomqvist
9 FW   ENG Jason Euell[notes 2]
10 MF   DEN Claus Jensen
11 MF   WAL John Robinson[notes 3]
15 DF   ENG Gary Rowett
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   ENG Chris Bart-Williams[notes 4]
17 FW   RSA Shaun Bartlett
18 DF   ENG Paul Konchesky
19 DF   ENG Luke Young
20 FW   SWE Mathias Svensson
21 FW   FIN Jonatan Johansson
22 GK   ENG Ben Roberts
23 FW   JAM Kevin Lisbie[notes 5]
24 DF   ENG Jonathan Fortune
27 MF   JAM Jamal Campbell-Ryce[notes 6]
30 DF   MAR Tahar El Khalej
31 DF   ENG Osei Sankofa

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   IRL Mark Kinsella (to Aston Villa)
12 DF   ENG Steve Brown (to Reading)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   SWE Martin Pringle (retired)
25 MF   ENG Robbie Mustoe (released)

Reserve squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK   ENG Paul Rachubka[notes 7]
26 DF   ENG Michael Turner
28 MF   IRL Adrian Deane[notes 8]
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW   ENG Mark DeBolla
MF   IRL Neil McCafferty[notes 9]

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   IRL Dean Kiely 41 0 38 0 2 0 1 0
22 GK   ENG Ben Roberts 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   ENG Chris Powell 37 0 35+2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   ENG Richard Rufus 33 2 29+1 2 2 0 1 0
6 DF   RSA Mark Fish 25 1 23 1 1 0 1 0
15 DF   ENG Gary Rowett 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
19 DF   ENG Luke Young 34 0 29+3 0 2 0 0 0
24 DF   ENG Jonathan Fortune 29 1 22+4 1 1+1 0 1 0
30 DF   MAR Tahar El Khalej 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   ENG Osei Sankofa 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
2 MF   BUL Radostin Kishishev 37 2 27+7 2 2 0 1 0
4 MF   ENG Graham Stuart 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   ENG Scott Parker 29 4 28 4 1 0 0 0
8 MF   SWE Jesper Blomqvist 4 0 0+3 0 1 0 0 0
9 MF   ENG Jason Euell 39 11 35+1 10 2 1 1 0
10 MF   DEN Claus Jensen 37 6 32+3 6 1 0 1 0
11 MF   WAL John Robinson 14 0 10+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   ENG Chris Bart-Williams 15 1 7+6 1 1+1 0 0 0
18 MF   ENG Paul Konchesky 33 3 17+13 3 2 0 1 0
27 MF   JAM Jamal Campbell-Ryce 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
17 FW   RSA Shaun Bartlett 34 4 25+6 4 2 0 1 0
20 FW   SWE Mathias Svensson 18 0 4+11 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
21 FW   FIN Jonatan Johansson 34 5 10+21 3 2 2 1 0
23 FW   JAM Kevin Lisbie 33 4 24+8 4 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
12 DF   ENG Steve Brown 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 MF   ENG Robbie Mustoe 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0

Last updated: 31 June 2003
Source: [2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Reds' late show stuns Charlton". BBC Sport. 21 April 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Charlton Athletic in FA Premier League 2002/2003 analysis and predictions".
  3. ^ "All Charlton Athletic players: 2003".

Notes

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  1. ^ Kiely was born in Salford, England, and represented them at U-15, U-16, and U-18 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in November 1999.
  2. ^ Euell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004.
  3. ^ Robinson was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1995.
  4. ^ Bart-Williams was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but was raised in England and represented them at U-21 and B level.
  5. ^ Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
  6. ^ Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
  7. ^ Rachubka was born in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, but was raised in England from the age of 7, and represented them at U-16, U-18, and U-20 level.
  8. ^ Deane was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and appeared for the youth teams.
  9. ^ McCafferty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and appeared for the U16 and U19 teams.