2002–03 La Liga

The 2002–03 La Liga season, the 72nd since its establishment, started on 31 August 2002 and finished on 22 June 2003.

La Liga

Season	2002–03
Champions	Real Madrid 29th title
Relegated	Recreativo Huelva Alavés Rayo Vallecano
Champions League	Real Madrid (group stage) Real Sociedad (group stage) Deportivo (3rd qualifying round) Celta Vigo (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Valencia (first round) Barcelona (first round) Mallorca (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Villarreal (third round) Racing (second round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,016 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roy Makaay (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Deportivo 6–0 Alavés (22 February 2003)[1]
Biggest away win	Mallorca 1–5 Real Madrid (8 December 2002)[2] Alavés 1–5 Real Madrid (1 March 2003)[3] Real Madrid 1–5 Mallorca (3 May 2003)[4] Osasuna 1–5 Athletic Bilbao (4 May 2003)[5] Mallorca 0–4 Atlético Madrid (22 September 2002)[6] Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona (21 December 2002)[7] Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Valencia (23 February 2003)[8] Atlético Madrid 0–4 Real Madrid (15 June 2003)[9]
Highest scoring	Barcelona 6–1 Alavés (26 October 2002)[10] Barcelona 6–1 Racing (23 March 2003)[11] Real Madrid 5–2 Alavés (6 October 2002)[12] Racing 5–2 Espanyol (1 June 2003)[13] Villarreal 4–3 Atlético Madrid (5 January 2003)[14] Málaga 3–4 Espanyol (27 October 2002)[15] Racing 3–4 Athletic Bilbao (4 January 2003)[16]
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Atlético Madrid, Racing Santander and Recreativo, returning to the top flight after an absence of two, one and twenty three years respectively. They replaced Las Palmas, Tenerife and Zaragoza after spending time in the top flight for two, one and twenty four years respectively.

Team information

Clubs and locations

Athletic  

Atlético

Barcelona

Betis

Alavés   

Celta

Deportivo

Espanyol

Málaga

Mallorca

Osasuna

Racing

Rayo Vallecano

Real Madrid

Real Sociedad

Recreativo

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

Villarreal

Location of teams in La Liga 2002–03

2002-03 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Recreativo de Huelva	Nuevo Colombino	19,860
Alavés	Mendizorrotza	19,840
Osasuna	El Sadar	19,553
Rayo Vallecano	Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas	14,505

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	22	12	4	86	42	+44	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Real Sociedad	38	22	10	6	71	45	+26	76
3	Deportivo La Coruña	38	22	6	10	67	47	+20	72	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Celta Vigo	38	17	10	11	45	36	+9	61
5	Valencia	38	17	9	12	56	35	+21	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Barcelona	38	15	11	12	63	47	+16	56
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	63	61	+2	55
8	Betis	38	14	12	12	56	53	+3	54
9	Mallorca	38	14	10	14	49	56	−7	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
10	Sevilla	38	13	11	14	38	39	−1	50
11	Osasuna	38	12	11	15	40	48	−8	47[lower-alpha 2]
12	Atlético Madrid	38	12	11	15	51	56	−5	47[lower-alpha 2]
13	Málaga	38	11	13	14	44	49	−5	46[lower-alpha 3]
14	Valladolid	38	12	10	16	37	40	−3	46[lower-alpha 3]
15	Villarreal	38	11	12	15	44	53	−9	45	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
16	Racing Santander	38	13	5	20	54	64	−10	44	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
17	Espanyol	38	10	13	15	48	54	−6	43
18	Recreativo (R)	38	8	12	18	35	61	−26	36	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Alavés (R)	38	8	11	19	38	68	−30	35
20	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	7	11	20	31	62	−31	32

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Mallorca entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2002–03 Copa del Rey
2. OSA 1–0 ATM; ATM 0–1 OSA
3. VLD 0–0 MLG; MLG 1–0 VLD

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	ATM	FCB	BET	CEL	ALV	RCD	ESP	MCF	MLL	OSA	RAC	RVA	RMA	RSO	REC	SFC	VCF	VLD	VIL
Athletic Bilbao		1–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Atlético Madrid	3–3		3–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
Barcelona	2–2	2–2		4–0	2–0	6–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	6–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–4	1–1	1–0
Betis	1–0	2–2	3–0		2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–1
Celta de Vigo	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Alavés	2–4	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–5	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–4	3–0	6–0		2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1
Espanyol	3–3	1–2	0–2	2–4	0–0	3–1	3–1		2–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2
Málaga	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–4		1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–3	0–2	4–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–1
Mallorca	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–1
Osasuna	1–5	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0		3–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1
Racing Santander	3–4	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	5–2	1–0	1–2	2–3		2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1
Rayo Vallecano	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1		2–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–1	2–2
Real Madrid	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	5–2	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–5	4–1	4–1	3–1		0–0	4–2	3–0	4–1	3–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	4–2	3–0	2–1	3–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	4–2		1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Recreativo	1–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–3		0–0	1–1	1–3	5–0
Sevilla	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–3	0–1	1–0		0–3	2–1	3–1
Valencia	5–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0		2–0	1–2
Valladolid	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0		1–0
Villarreal	1–1	4–3	2–0	1–4	5–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0

Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

• Most wins - Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, and Deportivo de La Coruña (22)
• Fewest wins - Rayo Vallecano (7)
• Most draws - Málaga CF and Espanyol (13)
• Fewest draws - Racing Santander (5)
• Most losses - Racing Santander and Rayo Vallecano (20)
• Fewest losses - Real Madrid (4)
• Most goals scored - Real Madrid (86)
• Fewest goals scored - Rayo Vallecano (31)
• Most goals conceded - Deportivo Alavés (68)
• Fewest goals conceded - Valencia (35)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Roy Makaay	29	Deportivo La Coruña
Ronaldo	23	Real Madrid
Nihat Kahveci	23	Real Sociedad
Darko Kovačević	20	Real Sociedad
Raúl	16	Real Madrid
Patrick Kluivert	16	Barcelona
Fernando	15	Betis
Samuel Eto'o	14	Mallorca

Fair Play award

Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award, with 76 points; second was Real Sociedad; and third was Deportivo La Coruña.[17][18]

Pedro Zaballa award

Real Sociedad supporters[19]

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Kiki Musampa	Málaga	Recreativo	3-2	1 September 2002
Julio Álvarez	Rayo Vallecano	Racing Santander	3-1	22 September 2002
Pablo Aimar	Valencia	Athletic Bilbao	5-1	26 October 2002
Patrick Kluivert	Barcelona	Alavés	6-1	26 October 2002
Walter Pandiani	Mallorca	Valladolid	3-1	2 November 2002
Ismael Urzaiz	Athletic Bilbao	Atlético Madrid	3-3	10 November 2002
Patrick Kluivert	Barcelona	Mallorca	4-0	21 December 2002
Diego Tristán	Deportivo La Coruña	Alavés	6-0	22 February 2003
Javier Saviola	Barcelona	Betis	4-0	22 February 2003
Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Alavés	5-1	1 March 2003
Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	Recreativo	5-0	4 May 2003

Signings

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t2001-02.html
Players on loan are marked on italics.

Team	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Real Madrid			Esteban Cambiasso (River Plate)	Ronaldo (Internazionale)
Real Sociedad		Boris (Oviedo) Gabriel Schürrer (Las Palmas)	Valeri Karpin (Celta) 0
Deportivo La Coruña	Juanmi (Zaragoza) 0	Pablo Amo (Sporting Gijón) Jorge Andrade (Porto)	Roberto Acuña (Zaragoza) 0	Albert Luque (Mallorca) 0
Celta	José Juan (Ourense) 0 0	Ángel López (Las Palmas) 0 0	Jandro (Valencia) Eduardo Coudet (River Plate) José Ignacio (Zaragoza)	Mido (Ajax) 0 0
Valencia		Jean-Félix Dorothée (Rennes) Anthony Réveillère (Rennes)
Barcelona	Robert Enke (Benfica) 0	Juan Pablo Sorín (Cruzeiro) 0	Gaizka Mendieta (Lazio) Juan Román Riquelme (Boca Juniors)
Athletic Bilbao		Aitor Karanka (Real Madrid)
Betis			Marcos Assunção (Roma) 0	Fernando (Real Madrid) Alfonso (Barcelona)
Mallorca		David Cortés (Extremadura) Poli (Extremadura) Federico Lussenhoff (Tenerife) Ángel Pérez (Oviedo)	Harold Lozano (Valladolid) Raúl Martín (Motril) 0 0	Turu Flores (Valladolid) Walter Pandiani (Deportivo) 0 0
Sevilla	Juan Carlos Caballero (Figueres) 0	Dani Alves (Bahia) Jorge Luis Redondo (Elche)	Vinny Samways (Las Palmas) Marcos Vales (Zaragoza)	Nikos Machlas (Ajax) 0
Osasuna		Antonio López (Atlético Madrid) Manuel Vidrio (Pachuca) Paqui (Las Palmas)	Pablo García (Milan) Valdo (Real Madrid) Christian Manfredini (Lazio)	Gorka Brit (Beasain) Richard Morales (Nacional) Carlos Ochoa (Tigres UANL)
Atlético Madrid	Esteban (Oviedo) Juanma (Mérida) 0	Fabricio Coloccini (Milan) Cosmin Contra (Milan) 0	Demetrio Albertini (Milan) Emerson (Deportivo) Jorge Larena (Las Palmas)	Luis García (Barcelona B) Javi Moreno (Milan) José Mari (Milan)
Málaga				Paco Esteban (Granada)
Valladolid	Julio Iglesias (Tenerife) 0	Javier Muñoz (Tenerife) Óscar Sánchez (Badajoz)	Gonzalo Colsa (Atlético Madrid) David Sousa (Real Madrid B)	David Aganzo (Real Madrid) Nico Olivera (Valladolid)
Villarreal	Pepe Reina (Barcelona) 0 0 0	Juliano Belletti (São Paulo) 0 0 0	Javier Farinós (Internazionale) Marcos Senna (São Caetano) Josico (Las Palmas) Rubén Reyes (Oviedo)	Carlos Aranda (Numancia) Antonio de Nigris (América) 0 0
Racing Santander		Ilan Bakhar (Hapoel Tel Aviv) Icham Mouissi (Wasquehal) 0	Yossi Benayoun (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Mesías Conceição (Flamengo) Pablo Lago (Las Palmas)	Diego Alonso (Atlético Madrid) Pedro Munitis (Real Madrid) 0
Espanyol	Sergio Sánchez (Atlético Madrid) 0 0 0 0 0 0	Iván Amaya (Atlético Madrid) Cyril Domoraud (Milan) Xavi Roca (Toledo) 0 0 0 0	Arteaga (Rayo Vallecano) Alain Boghossian (Parma) Fredson (Paraná) José Juan Luque (Atlético Madrid) Iván de la Peña (Lazio) Maxi Rodríguez (Newell's Old Boys) Moreno Torricelli (Fiorentina)	Savo Milošević (Parma) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Recreativo Huelva	Manuel Almunia (Celta) 0 0 0 0 0 0	Juan Merino (Betis) Mariano Pernía (Independiente) Sergio Tejero (Sevilla B) Nelson Zelaya (Olimpia) 0 0 0	Yago Alonso (Celta) Óscar Arpón (Poli Ejido) Diego Camacho (Granada) David Cubillo (Xerez) David Gallego (Córdoba) José Mari García (Córdoba) Emilio Viqueira (Xerez)	Joãozinho (Cruzeiro) Mario Bermejo (Athletic Bilbao) Daniel Güiza (Mallorca) Kaiku Martín (Levante) Xisco (Valencia) Enrique Romero (Mallorca B) 0
Alavés	Richard Dutruel (Barcelona) 0 0	Abelardo (Barcelona) 0 0	Edu Alonso (Las Palmas) Luis Helguera (Udinese) Ivan Tomić (Roma)	Adrian Ilie (Alavés) 0 0
Rayo Vallecano	Sergio Segura (Poli Ejido) 0 0	Javier Dorado (Sporting Gijón) Viktor Onopko (Oviedo) Rubén Pulido (Sporting Gijón)	Julio Álvarez (Real Madrid B) Iriney (São Caetano) Idan Tal (Everton)

See also

• 2002–03 Segunda División
• 2002–03 Copa del Rey

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