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2002–03 Celtic F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Celtic
season	2002–03
manager	Martin O'Neill
chairman	Brian Quinn
stadium	Celtic Park
league	Scottish Premier League
league result	2nd
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-finals
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Runners-up
cup3	UEFA Champions League
cup3 result	Third qualifying round
cup4	UEFA Cup
cup4 result	Runners-up
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league topscorer
Henrik Larsson (28)
season topscorer
Henrik Larsson (44)
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

Henrik Larsson (28) Henrik Larsson (44)

Celtic went into the 2002–03 season defending their Scottish Premier League title, which they won in 2001–02.

They also entered the UEFA Champions League at the qualifying stage, as well as taking part in the two domestic cup competitions, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

Season overview

League campaign

Celtic lost out on the title on the last day of the season despite a 4–0 win at Kilmarnock, with a goal difference of 1 less than Rangers over the whole season.

European campaign

Celtic went into third qualifying stage of the Champions League but failed to beat Basel. They then dropped down into the UEFA Cup where they beat teams including Blackburn Rovers, Stuttgart and Liverpool to reach the final where they lost 2–3 after extra time to Porto.

Domestic cups

Celtic reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, but a late penalty miss by John Hartson meant the trophy went to Rangers. As the number of games to be played took its toll, an inexperienced Celtic side lost to Inverness CT in the Scottish Cup.

Competitions

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorers	Match Report
6 July 2002	Tolka Park	Shelbourne	4 – 1	Friendly	Sutton, Agathe, Hartson (2)
7 July 2002	Tolka Park	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1	Friendly	Balde
10 July 2002	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	3 – 2	Friendly	Sylla, Petta, Healy
13 July 2002	Loftus Road	QPR	7 – 3	Friendly	Healy, Sutton, Hartson, Maloney, Sylla, Fernández (2)
17 July 2002		SF Liebnitz	3 – 1	Friendly	Maloney, Fernández (2)
19 July 2002		Werder Bremen	2 – 6	Friendly	Hartson, Fernández
24 July 2002	Celtic Park	Ajax	1 – 3	Friendly	Sutton
27 July 2002	Celtic Park	Parma	2 – 1	Friendly	Sutton, Sylla
3 August 2002	Celtic Park	Dunfermline	2 – 1	SPL	Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
7 August 2002	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Friendly	Maloney	BBC Sport
10 August 2002	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	4 – 0	SPL	Mjällby, Sutton, Sylla, Lambert	BBC Sport
14 August 2002	Celtic Park	Basel	3 – 1	CLQ	Larsson (pen.), Sutton, Sylla	BBC Sport
17 August 2002	Celtic Park	Dundee United	5 – 0	SPL	McNamara, Sutton, Petrov, Hartson, Larsson	BBC Sport
24 August 2002	Firhill	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
28 August 2002	St. Jakob-Park	Basel	0 – 2	CLQ		BBC Sport
1 September 2002	Celtic Park	Livingston	2 – 0	SPL	Larsson, Balde	BBC Sport
11 September 2002	Fir Park	Motherwell	1 – 2	SPL	Hartson	BBC Sport
14 September 2002	Celtic Park	Hibernian	1 – 0	SPL	Hartson	BBC Sport
19 September 2002	Celtic Park	FK Sūduva	8 – 1	UC	Larsson (3), Petrov, Sutton, Lambert, Hartson, Valgaeren	BBC Sport
22 September 2002	Dens Park	Dundee	1 – 0	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
28 September 2002	Celtic Park	Kilmarnock	5 – 0	SPL	Larsson (3), Sutton (2)	BBC Sport
3 October 2002	Sūduva stadium	FK Sūduva	2 – 0	UC	Fernández, Thompson	BBC Sport
6 October 2002	Celtic Park	Rangers	3 – 3	SPL	Sutton, Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
8 October 2002	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers	4 – 0	F	Larsson (2), Cousins (og), Sylla
20 October 2002	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	4 – 1	SPL	Sutton, Petrov, Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
23 October 2002	Celtic Park	Inverness CT	4 – 2	SLC	Maloney, Thompson, Hartson (2)	BBC Sport
27 October 2002	East End Park	Dunfermline	4 – 1	SPL	Larsson, Thompson, Petrov, Sutton	BBC Sport
31 October 2002	Celtic Park	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
3 November 2002	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	7 – 0	SPL	Hartson (4), Larsson, Balde, Maloney	BBC Sport
6 November 2002	Celtic Park	Partick Thistle	1 – 1 (5-4 after extra-time and penalties)	SLC	Thompson	BBC Sport
10 November 2002	Tannadice	Dundee United	2 – 0	SPL	Hartson, Sutton	BBC Sport
14 November 2002	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	UC	Larsson, Sutton	BBC Sport
17 November 2002	Celtic Park	Partick Thistle	4 – 0	SPL	Sutton, Larsson, Petrov (2)	BBC Sport
24 November 2002	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	2 – 0	SPL	Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
28 November 2002	Celtic Park	Celta Vigo	1 – 0	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
1 December 2002	Celtic Park	Motherwell	3 – 1	SPL	Larsson, Leitch (OG), Valgaeren	BBC Sport
4 December 2002	Easter Road	Hibernian	1 – 0	SPL	Petrov	BBC Sport
7 December 2002	Ibrox	Rangers	2 – 3	SPL	Sutton, Hartson	BBC Sport
12 December 2002	Estadio Balaídos	Celta Vigo	1 – 2	UC	Hartson	BBC Sport
15 December 2002	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	SPL	Valgaeren	BBC Sport
21 December 2002	Celtic Park	Dundee	2 – 0	SPL	Hartson, Larsson	BBC Sport
26 December 2002	Celtic Park	Heart of Midlothian	4 – 2	SPL	Hartson (3), Larsson	BBC Sport
29 December 2002	Celtic Park	Dunfermline	1 – 0	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
2 January 2003	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	1 – 1	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
22 January 2003	Celtic Park	Feyenoord	2 – 3	Friendly	Hartson, Sylla
25 January 2003	Celtic Park	St Mirren	3 – 0	SC	Larsson, Sylla	BBC Sport
29 January 2003	Celtic Park	Dundee United	2 – 0	SPL	Hartson, Larsson	BBC Sport
2 February 2003	Firhill Stadium	Partick Thistle	2 – 0	SPL	Sutton (2)	BBC Sport
6 February 2003	Hampden	Dundee United	3 – 0	SLC	Balde (2), Larsson	BBC Sport
9 February 2003	Celtic Park	Livingston	2 – 1	SPL	Sylla, Sutton	BBC Sport
20 February 2003	Celtic Park	Stuttgart	3 – 1	UC	Lambert, Maloney, Petrov	BBC Sport
23 February 2003	Celtic Park	St Johnstone	3 – 0	SC	Hartson (2), Smith	BBC Sport
27 February 2003	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion	Stuttgart	2 – 3	UC	Thompson, Sutton	BBC Sport
2 March 2003	Celtic Park	Hibernian	3 – 2	SPL	Hartson (2), Mjällby	BBC Sport
8 March 2003	Celtic Park	Rangers	1 – 0	SPL	Hartson	BBC Sport
13 March 2003	Celtic Park	Liverpool	1 – 1	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
16 March 2003	Hampden	Rangers	1 – 2	SLC	Larsson	BBC Sport
20 March 2003	Anfield	Liverpool	2 – 0	UC	Thompson, Hartson	BBC Sport
23 March 2003	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	0 – 1	SC		BBC Sport
6 April 2003	Dens Park	Dundee	1 – 1	SPL	Thompson	BBC Sport
10 April 2003	Celtic Park	Boavista	1 – 1	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
13 April 2003	Celtic Park	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	SPL	Larsson, Petrov	BBC Sport
19 April 2003	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 2	SPL	Thompson	BBC Sport
24 April 2003	Estádio do Bessa	Boavista	1 – 0	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
27 April 2003	Ibrox	Rangers	2 – 1	SPL	Thompson (pen.), Hartson	BBC Sport
3 May 2003	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 1	SPL	Larsson, Petrov (2), Thompson (pen.)	BBC Sport
7 May 2003	Fir Park	Motherwell	4 – 0	SPL	Petrov (2), Lambert (2)	BBC Sport
10 May 2003	Celtic Park	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	SPL	Thompson (pen.)	BBC Sport
14 May 2003	Celtic Park	Dundee	6 – 2	SPL	Larsson, Thompson (2), Maloney (2), Mjällby	BBC Sport
21 May 2003	Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla	Porto	2 – 3	UC	Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
25 May 2003	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	4 – 0	SPL	Sutton (2), Thompson (pen.), Petrov	BBC Sport

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition |}

Team statistics

League table

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
31 May 2002	ESP David Fernández	SCO Livingston	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/2018354.stm	title=Celtic sign Fernandez	publisher=BBC Sport	date=31 May 2002	access-date=29 February 2012}}
1 August 2002	SWE	ENG Coventry City	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2166286.stm	publisher=BBC Sport website	title=Celtic make double signing	date=1 August 2002}}
1 August 2002	DEN	SCO Hibernian	08 £1,500,000
24 January 2003	ESP Javier Broto	SCO Livingston	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/2687507.stm	title=Celtic seal Broto signing	publisher=BBC Sport	date=24 January 2003	access-date=3 April 2025}}
18 February 2003	SVK Stanislav Varga	ENG Sunderland	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/2719125.stm	title=Varga cleared for debut	publisher=BBC Sport	date=18 February 2003	access-date=3 April 2025}}

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
21 May 2002	RUS	ENG Hornchurch	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2001146.stm	title=Kharine to leave Celtic	publisher=BBC Sport	date=21 May 2002	access-date=3 April 2025}}
21 May 2002	Ireland	ENG Stockport County	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2001146.stm	title=Kharine to leave Celtic	publisher=BBC Sport	date=21 May 2002	access-date=3 April 2025}}
1 June 2002	SVK	Japan JEF United Chiba	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scottish_cup/1967806.stm	title=Moravcik in final salute	publisher=BBC Sport	date=4 May 2002	access-date=3 April 2025}}
22 June 2002	DEN	DEN Brøndby IF	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/2059890.stm
1 July 2002	Ireland	SCO St Mirren	url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3a+SOCCER+SHORTS%3b+SALES+PITCH.-a0104942975	title=Soccer shorts: Sales Pitch	publisher=Daily Record	date=9 July 2002}}
7 January 2003	SCO	ENG Preston North End	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/preston/2634789.stm	title=Lynch joins Preston	date=7 January 2003	publisher=BBC News}}
9 January 2003	SCO	ENG Preston North End	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/preston/2642999.stm	title=Gould joins Preston	date=9 January 2003	publisher=BBC News}}
4 February 2003	SCO	SCO Clyde	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/2723555.stm	title=Clyde sign Shields	date=4 February 2003	publisher=BBC News}}

Expenditure: £4,000,000
Income: £130,000
Total loss/gain: £3,870,000

References

[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/2931832.stm SPL goes down to the Wire] BBC Sport, 25 May 2003
(31 May 2002). "Celtic sign Fernandez". BBC Sport.
(1 August 2002). "Celtic make double signing". BBC Sport website.
(24 January 2003). "Celtic seal Broto signing". BBC Sport.
(18 February 2003). "Varga cleared for debut". BBC Sport.
(21 May 2002). "Kharine to leave Celtic". BBC Sport.
(21 May 2002). "Kharine to leave Celtic". BBC Sport.
(4 May 2002). "Moravcik in final salute". BBC Sport.
(9 July 2002). "Soccer shorts: Sales Pitch". Daily Record.
(7 January 2003). "Lynch joins Preston". BBC News.
(9 January 2003). "Gould joins Preston". BBC News.
(4 February 2003). "Clyde sign Shields". BBC News.

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