2002–03 Montpellier HSC season

Montpellier HSC 2002–03 football season

Montpellier HSC
2002–03 season
President	Louis Nicollin
Head coach	Gérard Bernardet
Stadium	Stade de la Mosson
Ligue 1	16th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Valéry Mézague (6) All: Valéry Mézague (7)
Average home league attendance	12,759^[1]
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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

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Win Draw Loss

During the season, Montpellier played eight friendlies and training matches including one against a national team.^[2]

Montpellier v Marseille

2 July 2002 Friendly Montpellier 4–1 Marseille

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

6 July 2002 Friendly Saint-Étienne 1–1 Montpellier Cluses

Monaco v Montpellier

13 July 2002 Friendly Monaco 0–0 Montpellier Annecy

Sète v Montpellier

17 July 2002 Friendly Sète 0–1 Montpellier Sète

Bordeaux v Montpellier

20 July 2002 Friendly Bordeaux 0–0 Montpellier Villenave d'Ornon

Montpellier v Haiti

23 July 2002 Friendly Montpellier 4–0 Haiti

Montpellier v Metz

26 July 2002 Friendly Montpellier 1–1 Metz Grau du Roi

Montpellier v Auxerre

12 October 2002 Friendly Montpellier 1–1 Auxerre Nîmes

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	7 December 2002		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					40	10	10	20	41	61	−20	025.00

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

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Main article: 2002–03 Ligue 1

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	10	18	37	54	−17	40	6	7	6	19	19	0	4	3	12	18	35	−17

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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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

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Montpellier v Rennes

3 August 2002 1 Montpellier 1–0 Rennes Montpellier

20:00

Silvestre 89' (pen.)

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 12,692
Referee: Thierry Auriac

Auxerre v Montpellier

8 August 2002 2 Auxerre 2–0 Montpellier Auxerre

20:00

Cissé 73'
Benjani 89'

Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps
Attendance: 11,864
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Montpellier v Bordeaux

17 August 2002 3 Montpellier 0–1 Bordeaux Montpellier

17:15

Smertin 20'

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,981
Referee: Claude Colombo

Nice v Montpellier

24 August 2002 4 Nice 2–1 Montpellier Nice

20:00 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 11,422
Referee: Améziane Khendek

Montpellier v Le Havre

31 August 2002 5 Montpellier 0–0 Le Havre Montpellier

20:00 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 8,550
Referee: Éric Poulat

Ajaccio v Montpellier

11 September 2002 6 Ajaccio 0–0 Montpellier Ajaccio

20:30 Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 5,079
Referee: Pascal Viléo

Montpellier v Lille

14 September 2002 7 Montpellier 1–0 Lille Montpellier