2002–03 Real Betis season

During the 2002–03 season, Betis finished eighth in the La Liga.

Real Betis

2002–03 season
President	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Manager	Víctor Fernández
La Liga	8th

Season summary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Barcelona	38	15	11	12	63	47	+16	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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

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
Notes:

1. Mallorca entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2002–03 Copa del Rey

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  ESP Toni Prats 2 DF  ESP Luis Fernández 3 DF  URU Washington Tais 4 DF  ESP Juanito 5 DF  ESP David Rivas 6 FW  ESP Daniel Martín Alexandre 7 DF  ESP Mingo 8 MF  ESP Fernando Varela 9 MF  ESP Fernando 10 MF  ESP Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez 11 MF  BRA Denílson 20 MF  BRA Marcos Assunção 13 MF  ESP Arzu 14 MF  ESP Capi 15 DF  ESP David Belenguer 17 MF  ESP Joaquín

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ESP Ito 21 FW  ESP Alfonso Pérez 23 MF  ESP Benjamín 27 DF  ESP Melli 28 FW  ESP Maldonado 29 FW  ARG Gastón Casas 30 GK  ESP Toni Doblas 31 FW  POR João Tomás 32 DF  ROU Iulian Filipescu 34 MF  POR José Calado

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

September 8, 2002
UD Salamanca	0–4	Racing Ferrol

September 10, 2002
SD Lemona	0–3	CA Osasuna
Hércules CF	2–1	Villarreal CF
SD Compostela	0–1	Real Oviedo

September 11, 2002
Terrassa FC	2–0	Levante
UDA Gramenet	0–1	RCD Mallorca
Novelda CF	3–2	FC Barcelona
Palamós CF	6–1	Elche CF
Barakaldo CF	1–3	Alavés(aet)
Amurrio Club	1–2	Athletic Bilbao
CP Cacereño	0–2	Xerez CD
Real Union	3–2	Racing Santander
(aet)Getafe CF	2–1	UD Las Palmas
UD Lanzarote	1–2	Atlético Madrid
Real Zaragoza	3–1	Real Sociedad
CD Numancia	2–0	CD Tenerife
Sporting Gijón	1–2	Real Valladolid
Cultural Leonesa	2–1	Rayo Vallecano
Motril CF	1–1	CD Badajoz(3–4 pen)
Burgos CF	0–1	Celta de Vigo
Alicante CF	1–0	RCD Espanyol
Real Jaén	0–3	Sevilla FC
Nàstic	0–0	Valencia CF(4–5 pen)
CF Extremadura	1–1	Málaga CF(1–4 pen)
San Sebastian	1–8	Real Madrid
CD Linares	1–0	CD Leganes
Jerez CF	0–3	Real Betis
UD Almería(aet)	3–2	Córdoba CF
Albacete	1–2	SD Eibar
CD Corralejo	1–2	Deportivo

September 18, 2002
Real Murcia	1–0	Poli Ejido

October 9, 2002
Villanueva CF	1–2	Recreativo

Round of 32

November 5, 2002
Novelda CF	0–3	Terrassa FC
Hércules CF	0–0	RCD Mallorca(3–4 pen)
Racing Ferrol	3–4	Deportivo

November 6, 2002
Real Union	2–1	Athletic Bilbao
SD Eibar	0–0	CA Osasuna(6–7 pen)
Palamós CF	3–6	Real Betis(aet)
Real Oviedo	0–4	Real Madrid
Getafe CF	1–2	Real Valladolid(aet)
Cultural Leonesa	0–2	Atlético Madrid
Real Murcia	1–0	CD Badajoz
Xerez CD	2–0	Málaga CF
Real Zaragoza	1–2	Deportivo Alavés
CD Linares	1–2	Sevilla FC
UD Almería	0–1	Recreativo
(5–4pen)Alicante CF	3–3	Valencia CF

November 7, 2002
CD Numancia	1–0	Celta Vigo

Round of 16

First leg:

January 7, 2003
Alicante CF	1–1	Deportivo

January 8, 2003
Real Murcia	0–0	Deportivo Alavés
Real Betis	0–0	Recreativo
Terrassa FC	3–3	Real Madrid
RCD Mallorca	2–2	Real Valladolid
Real Union	0–4	CA Osasuna
CD Numancia	1–3	Sevilla FC
Xerez CD	0–1	Atlético Madrid

Second leg:

January 14, 2003
Real Madrid	4–2	Terrassa FC	agg:7–5

January 15, 2003
Deportivo Alavés	1–2	Real Murcia	agg:1–2
Deportivo	4–1	Alicante CF	agg:5–2
Recreativo	1–0	Real Betis	agg:1–0
Real Valladolid	1–4	RCD Mallorca	agg:3–6
CA Osasuna	1–1	Real Union	agg:5–1
Sevilla FC	2–1	CD Numancia	agg:5–2
Atlético Madrid	3–0	Xerez CD	agg:4–0

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