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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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2001–022003–04 →

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

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 1 GK  HUN Gábor Király 2 DF  GER Denis Lapaczinski 3 DF  GER Arne Friedrich 4 DF  NED Dick van Burik 6 DF  ISL Eyjólfur Sverrisson 7 FW  BRA Alex Alves 8 MF  BEL Bart Goor 9 FW  BRA Luizão 10 MF  BRA Marcelinho 11 FW  GER Michael Preetz 12 GK  GER Christian Fiedler 13 MF  POL Bartosz Karwan 14 DF  CRO Josip Šimunić 15 DF  BRA Nenê 16 MF  GER Roberto Pinto 17 FW  BIH Sead Zilić

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  HUN Pál Dárdai 19 MF  GER Andreas Schmidt 20 MF  GER Andreas Neuendorf 21 MF  GER Michael Hartmann 22 MF  GER Stefan Beinlich 23 MF  GER René Tretschok 24 FW  ANG Nando Rafael 25 MF  NED Rob Maas 27 MF  BUL Aleksandar Mladenov 28 MF  MKD Nderim Nexhipi 32 MF  GER Thorben Marx 33 DF  GER Marko Rehmer 35 MF  GER Benjamin Köhler 39 DF  GER Alexander Madlung 40 GK  POL Tomasz Kuszczak 44 FW  CMR Joël Tchami

Left club during season

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 5 DF  GRE Kostas Konstantinidis (to Hannover 96)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW  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.

• Hertha BSC seasons
• German football clubs 2002–03 season