Position15of 18
Points40in 34
Won, drawn, lost11-7-16
Goals47for, 56 against
FormDWLWW
Results
2002-03Sat 24 May
FT
Sat 17 May
FT
Sat 10 May
FT
Sun 4 May
FT
Sat 26 Apr
FT
Sun 20 Apr
FT
Sat 12 Apr
FT
Sat 5 Apr
FT
Sat 22 Mar
FT
Sat 15 Mar
FT
Sat 8 Mar
FT
Sat 1 Mar
FT
Sat 22 Feb
FT
Sat 15 Feb
FT
Sat 8 Feb
FT
Sun 2 Feb
FT
Sun 26 Jan
FT
Sat 14 Dec
FT
Sat 7 Dec
FT
Sat 30 Nov
FT
Sat 23 Nov
FT
Sat 16 Nov
FT
Sat 9 Nov
FT
Sat 2 Nov
FT
Sat 26 Oct
FT
Sat 19 Oct
FT
Sat 5 Oct
FT
Sat 28 Sep
FT
Sat 21 Sep
FT
Sat 14 Sep
FT
Wed 11 Sep
FT
Sat 24 Aug
FT
Sat 17 Aug
FT
Sat 10 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 15thof 81 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 2wins in a row, running now
- 2wins in a row, the longest run of 2002-03
- 2clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2002-03
- 15%of the team's league goals scored by Daniel Bierofka
- 50%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–1Biggest win since 2001-02: Bayer Leverkusen 7–1 Greuther Fuerth
- 2–6Heaviest defeat: Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Bayer Leverkusen
In Europe
115 matches in the European cups since 2014-15Won, drawn, lost55-27-33
Goals199– 136
Finals1none won
Vesta and Bayer Leverkusen
310 league matches since 2017-18- 53%of Bayer Leverkusen's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 141wins in 249 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 14%won with 14%: Bayern Munich 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen
- 18%won with 18%: Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Bayern Munich
- 20%won with 20%: RasenBallsport Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen
- 80%lost at 80%: Bayer Leverkusen 0–2 Werder Bremen
- 73%lost at 73%: Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Augsburg
- 72%lost at 72%: Elversberg 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2002-03, 34 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Against | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
- 5points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 2points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 9points won after going behind
- 25points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2002-03Strength
Rating 1,595Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2002-03| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans-Jörg ButtGoalkeeper | 33 | 2,970 | 1 | 0 |
| Carsten RamelowMidfielder | 32 | 2,815 | 1 | 0 |
| Boris ZivkovicCentre-back | 30 | 2,595 | 1 | 0 |
| Oliver NeuvilleForward | 33 | 2,472 | 4 | 0 |
| Bernd SchneiderMidfielder | 27 | 2,378 | 3 | 0 |
| Hanno BalitschMidfielder | 29 | 2,283 | 3 | 0 |
| Yildiray BasturkMidfielder | 25 | 1,992 | 3 | 0 |
| Diego PlacenteCentre-back | 23 | 1,917 | 1 | 0 |
| JuanCentre-back | 24 | 1,905 | 2 | 0 |
| LúcioCentre-back | 21 | 1,836 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel BierofkaMidfielder | 30 | 1,805 | 7 | 0 |
| Dimitar BerbatovForward | 24 | 1,672 | 4 | 0 |
| Marko BabicMidfielder | 25 | 1,459 | 3 | 0 |
| Pascal OjigweMidfielder | 16 | 1,134 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan SimakMidfielder | 22 | 1,107 | 3 | 0 |
| Thomas BrdaricForward | 16 | 661 | 4 | 0 |
| Francoaldo FrancaForward | 16 | 642 | 1 | 0 |
| Zoltan SebescenMidfielder | 7 | 450 | 0 | 0 |
| Radoslav KaluznyMidfielder | 4 | 283 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas KleineCentre-back | 6 | 261 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Schoof– | 7 | 208 | 2 | 0 |
| CrisCentre-back | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulf KirstenForward | 3 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| Jens NowotnyCentre-back | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank JuricGoalkeeper | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie HejdukMidfielder | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Jurica VranjesMidfielder | 4 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
| Christoph PreussMidfielder | 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| Anel DzakaMidfielder | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 |

