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Hertha BSC
2002–03 season
Manager Huub Stevens
Bundesliga 5th
UEFA Cup Fourth round
DFB-Pokal First round
DFB-Ligapokal Winners
Top goalscorer Marcelinho (14)
←  2001–02
2003–04 →

During the 2002–03 season, Hertha BSC competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

After two successive eliminations in the UEFA Cup third round, Hertha went one better by reaching the round of 16, before elimination by eventual semi-finalists Boavista in away goals. Qualification for the UEFA Cup for the fourth time in a row was obtained with a 5th-placed finish.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season [1]

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 Hungary  HUN Gábor Király
2 DF Germany  GER Denis Lapaczinski
3 DF Germany  GER Arne Friedrich
4 DF Netherlands  NED Dick van Burik
6 DF Iceland  ISL Eyjólfur Sverrisson
7 FW Brazil  BRA Alex Alves
8 MF Belgium  BEL Bart Goor
9 FW Brazil  BRA Luizão
10 MF Brazil  BRA Marcelinho
11 FW Germany  GER Michael Preetz
12 GK Germany  GER Christian Fiedler
13 MF Poland  POL Bartosz Karwan
14 DF Croatia  CRO Josip Šimunić [notes 1]
15 DF Brazil  BRA Nenê
16 MF Germany  GER Roberto Pinto
17 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina  BIH Sead Zilić [notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Hungary  HUN Pál Dárdai
19 MF Germany  GER Andreas Schmidt
20 MF Germany  GER Andreas Neuendorf
21 MF Germany  GER Michael Hartmann
22 MF Germany  GER Stefan Beinlich
23 MF Germany  GER René Tretschok
24 FW Angola  ANG Nando Rafael [notes 3]
25 MF Netherlands  NED Rob Maas
27 MF Bulgaria  BUL Aleksandar Mladenov
28 MF North Macedonia  MKD Nderim Nexhipi
32 MF Germany  GER Thorben Marx
33 DF Germany  GER Marko Rehmer
35 MF Germany  GER Benjamin Köhler
39 DF Germany  GER Alexander Madlung
40 GK Poland  POL Tomasz Kuszczak
44 FW Cameroon  CMR Joël Tchami

Left club during 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
5 DF Greece  GRE Kostas Konstantinidis [notes 4] (to Hannover 96)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW Norway  NOR Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen (on loan to Rosenborg)

References

  1. ^ "Hertha Berlin - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
  2. ^ Zilić was born in Prijepolje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia, but at the time part of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro), but also holds Bosnian and Slovenian citizenship.
  3. ^ Rafael was born in Luanda, Angola, but was raised in the Netherlands from the age of 8, later gained German citizenship, and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Angola in 2012.
  4. ^ Konstantinidis was born in Schorndorf, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally and made his international debut for Greece in 1995.
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