SV Werder Bremen retained its 6th place in Bundesliga with a solid season, in spite of key players Frank Rost and Torsten Frings leaving prior to the season. Coach Thomas Schaaf bought Johan Micoud as replacement for Frings, with the French ex-Parma player making an instant impact in Germany, while Ailton once again hit 16 goals, finishing third in the goal scoring charts.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve team

Werder Bremen's reserve team were managed by Thomas Wolter and finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord.

2002–03 SV Werder Bremen season

Results

Bundesliga

Arminia Bielefeld-Werder Bremen 3–0

1–0 Bastian Reinhardt

2–0 Massimilian Porcello

3–0 Artur Wichniarek

Werder Bremen-Hamburg 2–1

1–0 Angelos Charisteas

1–1 Tomáš Ujfaluši

2–1 Holger Wehlage

1860 Munich-Werder Bremen 3–0

1–0 Markus Schroth

2–0 Harald Cerny

3–0 Martin Max

Werder Bremen-Nürnberg 4–1

1–0 Ailton

1–1 Saša Ćirić

2–1 Johan Micoud

3–1 Ailton

4–1 Ailton

Energie Cottbus-Werder Bremen 0–1

0–1 Tomislav Piplica

Werder Bremen-Bayer Leverkusen 3–2

0–1 Thomas Brdarić

1–1 Ailton

2–1 Angelos Charisteas

3–1 Angelos Charisteas

3–2 Paul Stalteri

Bochum-Werder Bremen 1–4

0–1 Ailton

1–1 Paul Freier

1–2 Angelos Charisteas

1–3 Ailton

1–4 Mladen Krstajić

Werder Bremen-Hansa Rostock 0–0

Hannover-Werder Bremen 4–4

1–0 Nebojša Krupniković

1–1 Frank Verlaat

2–1 Mohamadou Idrissou

2–2 Ailton

2–3 Angelos Charisteas

2–4 Johan Micoud

3–4 Fredi Bobić

4–4 Fredi Bobić

Werder Bremen-Borussia Dortmund 1–4

0–1 Torsten Frings

1–1 Fabian Ernst

1–2 Dedê

1–3 Ewerthon

1–4 Ewerthon

Werder Bremen-Bayern Munich 2–0

1–0 Markus Daun

2–0 Mladen Krstajić

Wolfsburg-Werder Bremen 3–1

1–0 Martin Petrov

2–0 Robson Ponte

2–1 Johan Micoud

3–1 Stefan Effenberg

Werder Bremen-Kaiserslautern 5–3

0–1 Lincoln

1–1 Frank Verlaat

1–2 Harry Koch

1–3 Christian Timm

2–3 Miroslav Klose

3–3 Ailton

4–3 Ailton

Hertha BSC-Werder Bremen 0–1

0–1 Ailton

Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 3–1

1–0 Ailton

1–1 Kevin Kurányi

2–1 Mladen Krstajić

3–1 Ailton

Schalke 04-Werder Bremen 1–1

0–1 Markus Daun

1–1 Ebbe Sand

Werder Bremen-Mönchengladbach 2–0

1–0 Markus Daun

2–0 Ailton

Werder Bremen-Arminia Bielefeld 2–2

1–0 Viktor Skrypnyk

1–1 Mamadou Diabang

2–1 Ailton

2–2 Cha Doo-Ri

Hamburg-Werder Bremen 1–0

1–0 Sergej Barbarez

Werder Bremen-1860 Munich 1–2

1–0 Ivan Klasnić

1–1 Markus Schroth

1–2 Daniel Borimirov

Nürnberg-Werder Bremen 1–0

1–0 Lars Müller

Werder Bremen-Energie Cottbus 0–1

0–1 Marko Topić

Bayer Leverkusen-Werder Bremen 3–0

1–0 Daniel Bierofka

2–0 Sebastian Schoof

3–0 Juan

Werder Bremen-Bochum 2–0

1–0 Ailton

2–0 Ivica Banović

Hansa Rostock-Werder Bremen 1–0

1–0 Dietmar Hirsch

Werder Bremen-Hannover 1–2

1–0 Ailton

1–1 Fredi Bobić

1–2 Fredi Bobić

Borussia Dortmund-Werder Bremen 1–2

1–0 Márcio Amoroso

1–1 Angelos Charisteas

1–2 Fabian Ernst

Bayern Munich-Werder Bremen 0–1

0–1 Johan Micoud

Werder Bremen-Wolfsburg 0–1

0–1 Marino Biliškov

Kaiserslautern-Werder Bremen 1–0

1–0 Miroslav Klose

Werder Bremen-Hertha BSC 4–2

0–1 Arne Friedrich

1–1 Mladen Krstajić

2–1 Ludovic Magnin

3–1 Angelos Charisteas

4–1 Angelos Charisteas

4–2 Thorben Marx

Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 0–1

0–1 Rui Marques

Werder Bremen-Schalke 04 2–1

1–0 Angelos Charisteas

1–1 Victor Agali

2–1 Johan Micoud

Mönchengladbach-Werder Bremen 4–1

1–0 Peer Kluge

2–0 Morten Skoubo

3–0 Morten Skoubo

3–1 Bernd Korzynietz

4–1 Mikael Forssell

Statistics

Topscorers

Ailton 16

Angelos Charisteas 9

Johan Micoud 5

Mladen Krstajić 4

Notes

References

Sources

Soccerbase.com – Results & Fixtures for W Bremen

SV Werder Bremen seasons

Werder Bremen

2002–03 SV Werder Bremen season