title: 2002–03 Stade de Reims season
text: # 2002–03 Stade de Reims season
  
  The 2002–03 Stade de Reims season was the club's 72nd season in existence and the first season back in the second division of French football since 1990. In addition to the domestic league, Reims participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.
  
  Reims immediately returned to the Championnat National after losing to Toulouse in the penultimate round.
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2002 | |
  
  ### Out
  
  | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2002 | |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | 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 | 2 August 2002 | 23 May 2002 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 015.79 |
  | Coupe de France | 23 November 2002 | 11 January 2003 | Round of 64 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
  | Coupe de la Ligue | 23 September 2002 | 23 September 2002 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 019.05 |
  
  Source: Competitions
  
  ### Ligue 2
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | Relegation to Championnat National |
  | 20 | Reims (R) | 38 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 35 | Relegation to Championnat National |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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  Source: Ligue 2
  
  **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 | 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 | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L |
  | Position | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
  