2002–03 La Liga

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	1016 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roy Makaay (29)
Biggest home win	Deportivo 6–0 Alavés (22 February 2003)
Biggest away win	Mallorca 1–5 Real Madrid (8 December 2002) Alavés 1–5 Real Madrid (1 March 2003) Real Madrid 1–5 Mallorca (3 May 2003) Osasuna 1–5 Athletic Bilbao (4 May 2003) Mallorca 0–4 Atlético Madrid (22 September 2002) Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona (21 December 2002) Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Valencia (23 February 2003) Atlético Madrid 0–4 Real Madrid (15 June 2003)
Highest scoring	Barcelona 6–1 Alavés (26 October 2002) Barcelona 6–1 Racing (23 March 2003) Real Madrid 5–2 Alavés (6 October 2002) Racing 5–2 Espanyol (1 June 2003) Villarreal 4–3 Atlético Madrid (5 January 2003) Málaga 3–4 Espanyol (27 October 2002) Racing 3–4 Athletic Bilbao (4 January 2003)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2001–02 Segunda División

• Atlético Madrid
• Racing de Santander
• Recreativo de Huelva

Teams relegated to 2002–03 Segunda División

• UD Las Palmas
• CD Tenerife
• Real Zaragoza

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:

• Athletic Bilbao
• Atlético Madrid
• Real Betis
• FC Barcelona
• Celta de Vigo
• Deportivo Alavés
• Deportivo de La Coruña
• RCD Espanyol
• Málaga CF
• RCD Mallorca
• CA Osasuna
• Racing de Santander
• Rayo Vallecano
• Real Madrid
• Real Sociedad
• Recreativo de Huelva
• Sevilla FC
• Valencia CF
• Real Valladolid
• Villarreal CF

League table

2002–03 La Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	22	12	4	86	42	+44	78	2003–04 UEFA 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	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Celta de Vigo	38	17	10	11	45	36	+9	61
5	Valencia	38	17	9	12	56	35	+21	60	2003–04 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	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round 1
10	Sevilla	38	13	11	14	38	39	−1	50
11	Osasuna	38	12	11	15	40	48	−8	47		OSA 1–0 ATM ATM 0–1 OSA
12	Atlético Madrid	38	12	11	15	51	56	−5	47
13	Málaga	38	11	13	14	44	49	−5	46		VLD 0–0 MLG MLG 1–0 VLD
14	Valladolid	38	12	10	16	37	40	−3	46
15	Villarreal	38	11	12	15	44	53	−9	45	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
16	Racing Santander	38	13	5	20	54	64	−10	44	2003 UEFA 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 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
¹Mallorca entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2002–03 Copa del Rey
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ATH

ATM

BAR

BET

CEL

ALV

DEP

ESP

MLG

MLL

OSA

RAC

RVA

RMA

RSO

REC

SEV

VAL

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 (Spanish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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 Deportivo La Coruña.

Pedro Zaballa award

Real Sociedad supporters

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 González (Oviedo) Gabriel Schürrer (Las Palmas)	Valeri Karpin (Celta) 0
Deportivo La Coruña	Juanmi García (Zaragoza) 0	Pablo Amo (Sporting Gijón) Jorge Andrade (Porto)	Roberto Acuña (Zaragoza) 0	Albert Luque (Mallorca) 0
Celta	José Juan Figueras (Ourense) 0 0	Ángel López (Las Palmas) 0 0	Jandro Castro (Valencia) Eduardo Coudet (River Plate) José Ignacio Sánez (Zaragoza)	Ahmed Mido (Ajax) 0 0
Valencia		Jean-Félix Dorothée (Rennes) Anthony Réveillère (Rennes)
Barcelona	Robert Enke (Benfica) 0	Juampi Sorín (Cruzeiro) 0	Gaizka Mendieta (Lazio) Juan Riquelme (Boca Juniors)
Athletic Bilbao		Aitor Karanka (Real Madrid)
Betis			Marcos Assunção (Roma) 0	Fernando Fernández (Real Madrid) Alfonso Pérez (Barcelona)
Mallorca		David Cortés (Extremadura) Poli Fernández (Extremadura) Federico Lussenhoff (Tenerife) Ángel Pérez (Oviedo)	Harold Lozano (Valladolid) Raúl Martín (Motril) 0 0	Turu Flores (Valladolid) Walter Pandiani (Dep. La Coruña) 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) Manuel Vidrio (Pachuca) Paqui Veza (Las Palmas)	Pablo García (Milan) Valdo Lopes (Real Madrid) Christian Manfredini (Lazio)	Gorka Brit (Beasain) Richard Morales (Nacional Montevideo) Carlos Ochoa (Tigres UANL)
Atlético Madrid	Esteban Andrés (Oviedo) Juanma Barrero (Mérida) 0	Fabricio Coloccini (Milan) Cosmin Contra (Milan) 0	Demetrio Albertini (Milan) Emerson Costa (Dep. La Coruña) Jorge Larena (Las Palmas)	Luis García (Barcelona B) Javi Moreno (Milan) José Mari Romero (Milan)
Málaga				Paco Esteban (Granada)
Valladolid	Julio Iglesias (Tenerife) 0	Javier Mustafá (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 Moreno (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) Xavier Roca (Toledo) 0 0 0 0	Moisés Arteaga (Rayo Vallecano) Alain Boghossian (Parma) Fredson Câmara (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 Asunción) 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 de Almeida (Cruzeiro) Mario Bermejo (Athletic Bilbao) Dani Güiza (Mallorca) Kaiku Martín (Levante) Xisco Muñoz (Valencia) Enrique Romero (Mallorca B) 0
Alavés	Richard Dutruel (Barcelona) 0 0	Abelardo Fernández (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 Santos (São Caetano) Idan Tal (Everton)

See also

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