2002–03 Ligue 2

64th season of the: second-tier football league in France

Football league season

Ligue 2
Season	2002–03
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The Ligue 2 season 2002–03, organised by, the——LFP was won by Toulouse FC and saw the promotions of Toulouse FC, Le Mans UC72 and FC Metz, whereas AS Beauvais, ES Wasquehal and Stade de Reims were relegated——to National.

20 participating teams※

League table※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion/Relegation
1	Toulouse (C, P)	38	21	9	8	50	24	+26	72	Promotion——to Ligue 1
2	Le Mans (P)	38	18	14	6	49	33	+16	68
3	Metz (P)	38	19	10	9	52	29	+23	67
4	Lorient	38	18	11	9	43	29	+14	65
5	Châteauroux	38	16	12	10	40	35	+5	60
6	Niort	38	14	11	13	44	40	+4	53
7	Caen	38	12	16	10	45	40	+5	52
8	Laval	38	15	7	16	41	42	−1	52
9	Saint-Étienne	38	12	15	11	34	30	+4	51
10	Amiens	38	12	13	13	30	33	−3	49
11	Gueugnon	38	12	13	13	35	42	−7	49
12	Grenoble	38	11	14	13	39	29	+10	47
13	Valence	38	11	13	14	38	42	−4	46
14	Clermont	38	13	7	18	39	51	−12	46
15	Nancy	38	10	13	15	30	47	−17	43
16	Istres	38	10	13	15	32	53	−21	43
17	Créteil	38	8	18	12	39	42	−3	42
18	Beauvais (R)	38	9	10	19	20	32	−12	37	Relegation to Championnat National ※
19	Wasquehal (R)	38	6	18	14	26	39	−13	36
20	Reims (R)	38	6	17	15	31	45	−14	35

Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results※

Home \ Away	AMI	BEA	CAE	CHA	CLE	CRE	GRE	GUE	IST	LAV	MFC	LOR	MET	NAL	NRT	REI	STE	TFC	VLN	WAS
Amiens		2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–2
Beauvais	1–1		1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Caen	2–0	0–0		4–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–1
Châteauroux	1–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
Clermont	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–3		1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
Créteil	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1		0–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Grenoble	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	6–1	3–0		2–0	5–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0
Gueugnon	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2
Istres	2–0	0–0	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0		3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–4	2–2	1–0
Laval	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0
Le Mans	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1		0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0
Lorient	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–4		2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Metz	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	2–1		4–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0
Nancy	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	0–0
Niort	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2		0–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1
Reims	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	4–1
Saint-Étienne	4–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0		1–0	2–0	2–0
Toulouse	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0		3–1	1–0
Valence	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1		0–1
Wasquehal	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0

Source: Ligue 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cédric Fauré	Toulouse	20
2	Guillaume Deschamps	Châteauroux	15
2	Daniel Cousin	Le Mans	15
4	Emmanuel Adebayor	Metz	13
5	Robert Malm	Grenoble	12
	Élie Kroupi	Lorient
	Cédric Liabeuf	Reims
8	Sébastien Mazure	Caen	11
8	Rogerio Moreira	Valence	11
10	Guilherme Mauricio	Laval	10
	Sergio Rojas	Grenoble
	Patrice Loko	Lorient

External links※

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
Division 2 (1933–2002)	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions

2002–03 in French football

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National
Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions
European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Ligue 1	Ajaccio Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux Guingamp Le Havre Lens Lille Lyon Marseille Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Sedan Sochaux Strasbourg Troyes
Ligue 2	Amiens Beauvais Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Grenoble Gueugnon Istres Laval Le Mans Lorient Metz Nancy Niort Reims Saint-Étienne Toulouse Valence Wasquehal

International competition
Men	2003 Toulon Tournament 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final
Women	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B

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