The 2002-03 campaign delivered a devastating end to Le Havre's season as Ciel et Marine finished a crushing 18th in the newly-expanded Ligue 1, resulting in their relegation back to the second tier. Despite the best efforts of their top league scorer, Olivier Fauconnier, whose 6 goals anchored a low-scoring attack, the team could not stave off the drop in a year that marked a painful but defining chapter in the club's modern history.