title: 2002–03 Toulouse FC season
text: # 2002–03 Toulouse FC season
  
  The 2002–03 season was the 33rd season in the existence of Toulouse FC and the club's first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Toulouse participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
  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 | FRA | Christophe Revault |
  | 3 | DF | FRA | William Prunier (captain) |
  | 4 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Puig |
  | 6 | MF | FRA | Julien Cardy |
  | 7 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Lièvre |
  | 8 | MF | FRA | Thibault Giresse |
  | 9 | FW | FRA | Anthony Bancarel |
  | 10 | MF | FRA | Nabil Taïder |
  | 11 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Didot |
  | 12 | DF | FRA | Lucien Aubey |
  | 13 | DF | CIV | Issoumaila Dao |
  | 14 | MF | FRA | Ulrick Chavas |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 15 | MF | FRA | Christophe Avezac |
  | 16 | GK | FRA | Jérémie Moreau |
  | 17 | MF | FRA | Anthony Braizat |
  | 17 | DF | TOG | Alaixys Romao |
  | 19 | MF | SEN | Ousmane N'Doye |
  | 20 | MF | CMR | Achille Emaná |
  | 21 | DF | FRA | Othmane Hamama |
  | 22 | DF | FRA | Aurélien Mazel |
  | 23 | MF | ALG | Nasser Hakkar |
  | 24 | FW | FRA | Cédric Fauré |
  | 28 | DF | FRA | Albin Ebondo |
  | 31 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Blayac |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | – | MF | Christophe Avezac | Dijon | Free | 1 July 2002 |
  | – | MF | Anthony Braizat | Lyon | Free | 1 July 2002 |
  | – | MF | Sylvain Didot | Brest | Free | 1 July 2002 |
  | – | MF | Ousmane N'Doye | ASC Jeanne d'Arc | Undisclosed | 1 July 2002 |
  
  ### Out
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | – | DF | Olivier Candelon | Baziège Olympique Club | Free | 1 July 2002 |
  | – | MF | Sébastien Macé | Retired | Retired | 1 July 2002 |
  | – | MF | Julien Stéphan | Strasbourg | Undisclosed | 1 July 2002 |
  | – | FW | Wilfried Niflore | Cannes | Undisclosed | 1 January 2003 |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Ligue 2 | 3 August 2002 | 23 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 055.26 |
  | Coupe de France | 23 November 2002 | 15 February 2003 | Seventh round | Round of 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 060.00 |
  | Coupe de la Ligue | 11 October 2002 | 11 October 2002 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 054.55 |
  
  Source: Competitions
  
  ### Ligue 2
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or 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 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
  | 3 | Metz (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 67 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
  | 4 | Lorient | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 65 | |
  | 5 | Châteauroux | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 60 | |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Source: Ligue 1
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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  | Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W |
  | Position | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 2 | Ligue 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | FRA | Christophe Revault | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | GK | FRA | Jérémie Moreau | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | FRA | William Prunier | 41 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Puig | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Zandona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Lièvre | 39 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | DF | CGO | Lucien Aubey | 34 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | CIV | Issoumaila Dao | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | DF | FRA | Othmane Hamama | 22 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 28 | DF | FRA | Albin Ebondo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | FRA | Julien Cardy | 39 | 0 | 24+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | FRA | Thibault Giresse | 35 | 8 | 22+8 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | FRA | Nabil Taïder | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Didot | 25 | 1 | 11+12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | FRA | Ulrick Chavas | 11 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | MF | FRA | Christophe Avezac | 30 | 5 | 17+9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | FRA | Anthony Braizat | 29 | 9 | 16+8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | TOG | Alaixys Romao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | SEN | Ousmane N'Doye | 35 | 3 | 23+8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | CMR | Achille Emaná | 38 | 3 | 34+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 22 | MF | FRA | Aurélien Mazel | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | ALG | Nasser Hakkar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Dieuze | 16 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | FRA | Anthony Bancarel | 23 | 4 | 6+12 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | FW | FRA | Cédric Fauré | 39 | 20 | 33+3 | 20 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Blayac | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FW | BEN | Nasser Adechokan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Ligue 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 24 | FW | | Cédric Fauré | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
  | 2 | 17 | MF | | Anthony Braizat | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
  | 3 | 8 | MF | | Thibault Giresse | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
  | 4 | 15 | MF | | Christophe Avezac | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
  | 5 | 9 | FW | | Anthony Bancarel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 7 | 2 | 59 |
  