2002–03 FC Barcelona season

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Barcelona
2002–03 season
PresidentJoan Gaspart (until 12 February 2003)
Enric Reyna (until 6 May 2003)
Managing Commission (until 15 June)
Joan Laporta
Head CoachLouis van Gaal (until 27 January 2003)
Antonio de la Cruz (until 2 February 2003)
Radomir Antić
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga6th
Copa del ReyFirst round
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Patrick Kluivert (16)

All:
Patrick Kluivert (21)

During the 2002–03 season, FC Barcelona competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. The club's top scorer was Patrick Kluivert, with 21 goals.

Season summary

The 2002–03 season was the final year of president Joan Gaspart's reign. It was also his least successful at Barcelona, with the club changing manager three times during the course of the season, disrupting the league campaign. The club eventually finished in sixth place in La Liga, which was Barça's worst position in 15 years. In the Copa del Rey, the side failed to get past the round of 32. In Europe, however, they fared slightly better, reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League and setting a competition record for the most consecutive wins, with 11. Overall, the team's form was poor all season, which spurred wholesale changes in management, the board and squad of players.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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 Argentina ARG Roberto Bonano
2 DF Netherlands NED Michael Reiziger
3 DF Netherlands NED Frank de Boer
4 DF Sweden SWE Patrik Andersson
5 DF Spain ESP Carles Puyol
6 MF Spain ESP Xavi
7 FW Argentina ARG Javier Saviola
8 MF Netherlands NED Phillip Cocu
9 FW Netherlands NED Patrick Kluivert
10 MF Argentina ARG Juan Román Riquelme
11 MF Netherlands NED Marc Overmars
12 DF France FRA Philippe Christanval
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard
15 MF Brazil BRA Fábio Rochemback
17 MF Spain ESP Gaizka Mendieta
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Spain ESP
Gabri
19 FW Spain ESP Dani García
20 DF Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Sorín
21 MF Spain ESP
Luis Enrique (captain
)
25 GK Germany GER Robert Enke
26 GK Spain ESP Víctor Valdés
31 MF Brazil BRA Thiago Motta
33 DF Spain ESP Dani Tortolero
32 DF Spain ESP Oleguer
34 MF Spain ESP Andrés Iniesta
35 DF Spain ESP Fernando Navarro
36 MF Spain ESP David Sánchez
38 MF Spain ESP
Nano
39 FW Spain ESP Sergio García
40 DF Spain ESP Óscar López

Transfers

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU

Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
25 GK Germany Enke 24 EU Benfica Portugal Transfer Green tickY Summer 2004 Free [1]
10 MF Argentina Riquelme 24 Non-EU Boca Juniors Argentina Transfer Green tickY Summer 2006 €10M [2]
20 DF Argentina Sorín 26 EU Cruzeiro Brazil Loan → Winter 2003 Loan [3]
17 MF Spain Mendieta 29 EU
Lazio Italy
Loan → Summer 2003 €1,5M [4]

Total spending: Decrease €15,500,000

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU

Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
37 MF Spain Arteta 21 EU Rangers Scotland Transfer Green tickY Summer €7,9M [5]
25 GK France Dutruel 30 EU Alavés Transfer Green tickY Summer €2,9M [6]
13 GK Spain Reina 20 EU Villarreal Transfer Green tickY Summer €0,75M [7]
10 FW Brazil Rivaldo 31 EU
Milan Italy
Transfer Green tickY Summer Free [8]
5 DF Spain Abelardo 33 EU Alavés Transfer Green tickY Summer Free [9]
12 DF Spain Sergi 31 EU Atlético Madrid Transfer Green tickY Summer Free [10]
36 MF Spain Luis García 25 EU Atlético Madrid Transfer Green tickY Summer €3,6M [11]
22 FW Brazil
Geovanni
23 EU Benfica Portugal Loan → Winter Loan [12]
20 FW Spain Alfonso 30 EU Betis Loan → Summer Loan [13]

Total income: Increase €15,150,000

Last updated: 3 October

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

28-07-2002 Friendly. Grenoble 1–0 Barcelona

30-07-2002 Friendly. Servette 1–4 Barcelona

02-08-2002 Amsterdam Tournament. Barcelona 4–2

Parma

04-08-2002 Amsterdam Tournament. Ajax 4–3 Barcelona

07-08-2002 Friendly.

Newcastle United
0–3 Barcelona

23-08-2002 Joan Gamper Trophy. Barcelona 1–0

Red Star Belgrade

29-01-2003 Friendly. Benfica 0–1 Barcelona

04-02-2003 Friendly. Cádiz 1–2 Barcelona

05-03-2003 Friendly. Llorca 1–4 Barcelona

02-04-2003 Friendly. Barcelona 5–0 Al-Ittihad

08-05-2003 Copa Catalunya (semi-final). Terrassa 1–1 Barcelona Penalties (4–2)

La Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4
Celta Vigo
38 17 10 11 45 36 +9 61 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
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
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

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWLDLWDWLDLLLWWDLLLDWWDDDWLLDWWDLWWWW
Position127588118861010101013108910121515118999991212128787776
Source:
2003-04 Segunda Division

Matches

Manager: Louis van Gaal

1 September 2002 1 Barcelona 2–2 Atlético Madrid Barcelona
21:00 CEST
Luis Enrique
5', 55'
Report Otero 45'
Correa 86'
Stadium: Camp Nou
14 September 2002 2 Athletic Bilbao 0–2 Barcelona Bilbao
21:30 CEST Report
Luis Enrique 21'
Saviola
36'
Stadium: San Mamés
21 September 2002 3 Barcelona 2–0 Espanyol Barcelona
21:00 CEST
Luis Enrique
70'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
28 September 2002 4 Real Betis 3–0 Barcelona Huelva
21:30 CEST
Varela
83'
Report Stadium: Nuevo Colombino
6 October 2002 5 Barcelona 2–2 Osasuna Barcelona
19:00 CEST Motta 39'
Kluivert 47'
Report Rivero 2'
Gancedo 45'
Stadium: Camp Nou
20 October 2002 6 Real Valladolid 2–1 Barcelona Valladolid
20:30 CEST Aganzo 53'
Pachón 86'
Report Saviola 90' Stadium:
José Zorrilla
26 October 2002 7 Barcelona 6–1 Alavés Barcelona
21:00 CEST
Luis Enrique 41'
Xavi
65'
Report Begoña 55' Stadium: Camp Nou
3 November 2002 8 Racing Santander 1–1 Barcelona Santander
20:30 CET Javi Guerrero 1' Report Navarro 84' Stadium:
El Sardinero
9 November 2002 9 Barcelona 1–0 Villarreal Barcelona
21:15 CET Riquelme 75' (pen.) Report Stadium: Camp Nou
23 November 2002 11
Real Madrid
Barcelona
21:00 CET Report Stadium: Camp Nou
1 December 2002 12 Real Sociedad 2–1 Barcelona San Sebastián
19:00 CET Kovačević 39', 53' Report Kluivert 33' Stadium: Anoeta
15 December 2002 14 Barcelona 0–3 Sevilla Barcelona
20:30 CET Report Casquero 4' (pen.)
Toedtli 77', 89'
Stadium: Camp Nou
21 December 2002 15
Palma
21:30 CET Report Kluivert 25', 48', 51'
Overmars 44'
Stadium:
Son Moix
5 January 2003 16 Barcelona 3–0 Recreativo Huelva Barcelona
17:00 CET
Cocu
80'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
12 January 2003 17 Málaga 0–0 Barcelona Málaga
20:30 CET Report Stadium: La Rosaleda
18 January 2003 18 Barcelona 2–4 Valencia Barcelona
21:30 CET Motta 38'
Kluivert 88'
Report Aimar 13'
Carew 26'
Aurélio 82'
Rufete 87'
Stadium: Camp Nou

Manager: Antonio de la Cruz

Manager: Radomir Antić

15 February 2003 22 Espanyol 0–2 Barcelona Barcelona
20:00 CET Report
Cocu 40'
Xavi
42'
Stadium: Olímpic Lluís Companys
22 February 2003 23 Barcelona 4–0 Real Betis Barcelona
21:30 CET
Cocu
6'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
2 March 2003 24 Osasuna 2–2 Barcelona Pamplona
17:00 CET Rosado 79'
Rivero 90'
Report
Luis Enrique
86'
Stadium: El Sadar
8 March 2003 25 Barcelona 1–1 Real Valladolid Barcelona
21:00 CET Gómez 28' (o.g.) Report Bonano 47' (o.g.) Stadium: Camp Nou
16 March 2003 26 Alavés 0–0 Barcelona Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00 CET Report Stadium:
Mendizorroza
5 April 2003 28
Vilarreal
20:45 CEST
López 56' (pen.)
Calleja 90' (pen.
)
Report Stadium:
El Madrigal
12 April 2003 29 Barcelona 2–4 Deportivo La Coruña Barcelona
21:30 CEST Saviola 2'
Motta 24'
Report
Sergio
75'
Stadium: Camp Nou
4 May 2003 32 Barcelona 3–0 Rayo Vallecano Barcelona
19:30 CEST
Luis Enrique 70'
Overmars 77'
Saviola
89'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
18 May 2003 34 Barcelona 1–2 Mallorca Barcelona
21:00 CEST Kluivert 72' Report Novo 22'
Carlitos 86'
Stadium: Camp Nou
1 June 2003 36 Barcelona 2–1 Málaga Barcelona
19:30 CEST Saviola 24'
Mendieta 67' (pen.)
Report Dely Valdés 59' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
15 June 2003 37 Valencia 1–3 Barcelona Valencia
21:00 CEST
Sánchez 87' (pen.
)
Report Mendieta 43' (pen.)
Kluivert 70' (pen.)
Overmars 79'
Stadium: Mestalla
22 June 2003 38
Celta Vigo
Barcelona
21:00 CEST Sorín 6'
Saviola 50'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

11 September 2002 Novelda CF 3–2 Barcelona Novelda
00:00 CEST Madrigal 59', 65', 79' Report
Riquelme
68' (pen)
Stadium: Estadio La Magdalena

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

14 August 2002 Barcelona Spain 3–0 Poland Legia Warsaw Barcelona
21:30 De Boer 8'
Riquelme 80'
Cocu 90+3'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Czech RepublicMichal Benes
28 August 2002 Legia Warsaw Poland 0–1 Spain Barcelona Warsaw
19:00 Report Mendieta 68' (pen.) Stadium:
Polish Army Stadium
Referee: ItalyAlfredo Trentalange

First group stage

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR LKM
BRU
GAL
Spain Barcelona 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 1–0 3–2 3–1
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–3 2–0 0–2
Club Brugge
6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 0–1 0–0 3–1
Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–2 1–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
18 September 2002 Barcelona Spain 3–2 Belgium Club Brugge Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45
Luis Enrique 5'
Mendieta 40'
Saviola
44'
Report Simons 22' (pen.)
Englebert 85'
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
24 September 2002 Galatasaray Turkey 0–2 Spain Barcelona Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 Report
Luis Enrique
59'
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
29 October 2002 Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 Spain Barcelona Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45 Report Riquelme 64' Referee:
England
)
13 November 2002 Barcelona Spain 3–1 Turkey Galatasaray Camp Nou, Barcelona
19:15
Geovanni
56'
Report Haspolatlı 20' Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Second group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR INT NEW LEV
Spain Barcelona 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16 3–0 3–1 2–0
Italy Inter Milan 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 0–0 2–2 3–2
England Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7 0–2 1–4 3–1
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 0 0 6 5 15 −10 0 1–2 0–2 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
27 November 2002 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–2 Spain Barcelona BayArena, Leverkusen
20:45 Berbatov 39' Report Saviola 48'
Overmars 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
11 December 2002 Barcelona Spain 3–1 England Newcastle United Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Dani 7'
Kluivert 35'
Motta 58'
Report Ameobi 24' Attendance: 45,100
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
18 February 2003 Barcelona Spain 3–0 Italy Inter Milan Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Saviola 7'
Cocu 29'
Kluivert 67'
Report Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
26 February 2003
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45 Report Attendance: 71,740
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
11 March 2003 Barcelona Spain 2–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Saviola 17'
De Boer 49'
Report Attendance: 62,228
Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

Quarter-finals

9 April 2003
Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 Montero 16' Report Saviola 78' Attendance: 48,783
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
22 April 2003
a.e.t.)
Italy Juventus Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Xavi 66' Report Nedvěd 53'
Zalayeta 114'
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total
La Liga
Copa del Rey
Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina ARG Bonano 32 -35 24 -30 0 0 8 -5
18 DF Spain ESP
Gabri
37 0 22+5 0 1 0 8+1 0
3 DF Netherlands NED de Boer 50 3 35 0 1 0 14 3
5 DF Spain ESP Puyol 46 0 32 0 0 0 14 0
8 MF Netherlands NED Cocu 42 5 32 3 0 0 10 2
17 MF Spain ESP Mendieta 49 6 29+4 4 0+1 0 10+5 2
6 MF Spain ESP Xavi 44 3 29 2 1 0 14 1
31 MF Brazil BRA Motta 35 5 18+3 3 1 0 12+1 2
11 FW Netherlands NED Overmars 32 7 20+6 6 0 0 5+1 1
9 FW Netherlands NED Kluivert 51 21 36 16 0 0 14+1 5
7 FW Argentina ARG Saviola 51 20 29+7 13 0+1 0 12+2 7
26 GK Spain ESP Valdes 20 -18 14 -15 0 0 6 -3
2 DF Netherlands NED Reiziger 31 0 17+4 0 1 0 9 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Riquelme 42 6 14+16 3 1 1 6+5 2
21 MF Spain ESP
Luis Enrique
26 10 14+4 8 0 0 6+2 2
20 DF Argentina ARG Sorin 15 1 14+1 1 0 0
35 DF Spain ESP Navarro 23 1 13 1 1 0 9 0
15 MF Brazil BRA Rochemback 30 1 7+14 1 1 0 4+4 0
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard 29 1 5+16 0 1 0 2+5 1
34 MF Spain ESP Iniesta 9 0 5+1 0 0 0 1+2 0
12 DF France FRA Christanval 8 0 4+1 0 0 0 1+2 0
19 FW Spain ESP Dani García 12 2 3+5 0 0 0 3+1 2
4 DF Sweden SWE Andersson 7 0 2+1 0 0 0 3+1 0
40 DF Spain ESP López 2 0 2 0
32 DF Spain ESP Oleguer 5 0 1+2 0 0 0 0+2 0
22 MF Brazil BRA
Geovanni
11 2 0+5 0 1 1 2+3 1
25 GK Germany GER Enke 4 -6 0+1 -2 1 -3 2 -1
33 DF Spain ESP Tortolero 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
36 MF Spain ESP Sánchez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
38 MF Spain ESP
Nano
3 0 0+3 0
39 FW Spain ESP García 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0

Top scorers

Name Nationality Position PD CdR CdC CL Total
Patrick Kluivert Netherlands Netherlands Striker 16 0 0 5 21
Javier Saviola Argentina Argentina Striker 13 0 0 7 20
Luis Enrique
Spain Midfielder 8 0 0 2 10
Marc Overmars Netherlands Netherlands Winger 6 0 0 1 7
Gaizka Mendieta Spain Midfielder 4 0 0 2 6
Juan Román Riquelme Argentina Argentina Attacking midfielder 3 1 0 2 6
Thiago Motta Brazil Brazil Defensive midfielder 3 0 0 2 5
Phillip Cocu Netherlands Netherlands Defensive midfielder 3 0 0 2 5
Frank de Boer Netherlands Netherlands Centre Back 0 0 0 3 3
Xavi Spain Central midfielder 2 0 0 1 3
Dani Spain Striker 0 0 0 2 2
Geovanni
Brazil Brazil Attacking midfielder 0 1 0 1 2
Fábio Rochemback Brazil Brazil Central midfielder 1 0 1 0 2
Gerard Spain Attacking midfielder 0 0 0 1 1
Juan Pablo Sorín Argentina Argentina Left-back 1 0 0 0 1
Fernando Navarro Spain Left-back 1 0 0 0 1
Total N/A N/A 61 2 1 31 95

See also

References

  1. ^ "FC Barcelona 2002-03".
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 2002/03".

External links