2002–03 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP

2002–03 season
Chairman	António Dias da Cunha
Manager	László Bölöni
Stadium	José Alvalade
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League	3rd qualifying round
UEFA Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	Mário Jardel (11)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2002–03 season was

's 96th season in existence and the club's 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds and UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

Season Summary

As defending league winners, the club collapsed in this season, finishing a massive 27 points behind league leader

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 — GK  POR Ricardo 1 GK  POR Nélson 12 GK  POR Tiago 13 GK  POR Nuno Santos 4 DF  ARG Facundo Quiroga 6 MF  POR Hugo 21 DF  MOZ Paíto 22 DF  POR Beto 23 DF  POR Rui Jorge 3 MF  POR Rui Bento 8 MF  POR Pedro Barbosa 11 MF  CHI Rodrigo Tello 15 DF  CHI Pablo Contreras 17 MF  POR Paulo Bento

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  BRA César Prates 30 MF  ESP Toñito 7 FW  ROU Marius Niculae 10 FW  POR Sá Pinto 25 MF  POR João Pinto 20 MF  POR Ricardo Quaresma 16 FW  BRA Mário Jardel 9 FW  BLR Vitali Kutuzov 28 MF  POR Cristiano Ronaldo 14 MF  POR Ricardo Fernandes 26 MF  POR Carlos Martins 18 DF  POR Luís Filipe 27 MF  POR Custódio 29 MF  ANG Lourenço 55 MF  BRA Marcos Paulo 32 MF  POR João Paulo 19 MF  POR Danny

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	27	5	2	73	26	+47	86	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	23	6	5	74	27	+47	75	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	17	8	9	52	38	+14	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	34	14	8	12	47	46	+1	50
5	União de Leiria	34	13	10	11	49	47	+2	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L
Position	3	2	6	7	8	8	4	2	6	3	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: FootballPortugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   =

2003-04 UEFA Cup

Matches

Académica v Sporting CP

23 August 2002 1	Académica	0–2	Sporting CP	Coimbra
		Report	Quaresma 43' Tonel 64' (o.g.)

Sporting CP v Santa Clara

1 September 2002 2	Sporting CP	2–1	Santa Clara	Lisbon
	Beto 43' Pedro Barbosa 61' (pen.)	Report	João Pedro 52' (pen.)	Stadium: José Alvalade

Paços de Ferreira v Sporting CP

14 September 2002 3	Paços de Ferreira	4–0	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
	Carneiro 33' Bruno Mauro 36', 55', 89'	Report		Stadium: da Mata Real

Sporting CP v Varzim

23 September 2002 4	Sporting CP	0–0	Varzim	Lisbon
		Report		Stadium: José Alvalade

Sporting Braga v Sporting CP

29 September 2002 5	Sporting Braga	4–2	Sporting CP	Braga
	Barroso 20', 35' Jorge 23' Glauber 48'		Kutuzov 24' Tello 42'

Sporting CP v Moreirense

7 October 2002 6	Sporting CP	3–0	Moreirense	Lisbon
	Kutuzov 30' Ronaldo 34', 90+5'	Report		Stadium: José Alvalade

Sporting CP v Os Belenenses

20 October 2002 7	Sporting CP	2–0	Os Belenenses	Lisbon
	João Pinto 29' Quaresma 89'			Stadium: José Alvalade

Boavista v Sporting CP

26 October 2002 8	Boavista	1–2	Sporting CP	Porto
	Martelinho 70'		Jardel 44' (pen.) Ronaldo 88'

Sporting CP v Gil Vicente

2 November 2002 9	Sporting CP	0–3	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
			Manoel 3' Gaspar 21' Paulo Alves 90+5'	Stadium: José Alvalade

Vitória de Guimarães v Sporting CP

8 November 2002 10	Vitória de Guimarães	1–3	Sporting CP	Porto
	Bessa 62'		Jardel 18' Toñito 51', 54'

Sporting CP v Marítimo

15 November 2002 11	Sporting CP	2–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
	Contreras 89' Niculae 90+4'			Stadium: José Alvalade

Beira-Mar v Sporting

30 November 2002 12	Beira-Mar	1–3	Sporting	Aveiro
	Filipe 7'		Niculae 34' Jardel 56' Toñito 90+3'

Sporting CP v Benfica

7 December 2002 13	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
			Zahovič 15' Tiago 42'	Stadium: José Alvalade

União de Leiria v Sporting CP

14 December 2002 14	União de Leiria	3–2	Sporting CP	Leiria
	Canhão 24' Douala 64' Aguiar 69'		João Pinto 30' Contreras 80'

Sporting CP v Nacional

22 December 2002 15	Sporting CP	2–0	Nacional	Lisbon
	João Pinto 19', 56'	Report		Stadium: José Alvalade Referee: Isidro Rodrigues

Vitória de Setúbal v Sporting

4 January 2003 16	Vitória de Setúbal	1–2	Sporting	Setúbal
	Mário Carlos 24'		Rui Jorge 50' Pedro Barbosa 74' (pen.)

Sporting v FC Porto

11 January 2003 17	Sporting	0–1	FC Porto	Lisbon
			Costinha 3'	Stadium: José Alvalade

Santa Clara v Sporting CP

25 January 2003 19	Santa Clara	0–1	Sporting CP	Ponta Delgada
			Toñito 8'

Sporting v Paços de Ferreira

2 February 2003 20	Sporting	4–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisbon
	Ricardo Fernandes 29' Jardel 34', 72' (pen.), 86'			Stadium: José Alvalade

Sporting v Académica

5 February 2003 18	Sporting	1–0	Académica	Lisbon
	Niculae 68'			Stadium: José Alvalade

Varzim v Sporting

8 February 2003 21	Varzim	1–1	Sporting	Póvoa de Varzim
	Carvalho 58'		João Pinto 34'

Sporting v Sporting Braga

16 February 2003 22	Sporting	2–0	Sporting Braga	Lisbon
	Jardel 54', 60' (pen.)			Stadium: José Alvalade

Moreirense v Sporting

24 February 2003 23	Moreirense	1–2	Sporting	Braga
	Armando 51'		Jardel 11' Rui Bento 63'

Os Belenenses v Sporting

1 March 2003 24	Os Belenenses	1–1	Sporting	Lisbon
	Rui Borges 81'		João Pinto 45'

Sporting v Boavista

16 March 2003 25	Sporting	1–1	Boavista	Lisbon
	Jardel 6' (pen.)		Jocivalter 21'	Stadium: José Alvalade

Gil Vicente v Sporting

21 March 2003 26	Gil Vicente	1–0	Sporting	Barcelos
	Luís Coentrão 41'

Sporting v Vitória de Guimarães

6 April 2003 27	Sporting	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
	Hugo 61'		Fangueiro 14'	Stadium: José Alvalade

Marítimo v Sporting

19 April 2003 28	Marítimo	0–3	Sporting	Funchal
			Quiroga 26' Sá Pinto 53' (pen.) Kutuzov 63'

Sporting v Beira-Mar

25 April 2003 29	Sporting	1–1	Beira-Mar	Lisbon
	Jardel 62' (pen.)		Faye 47'	Stadium: José Alvalade

Benfica v Sporting

3 May 2003 30	Benfica	1–2	Sporting	Lisbon
	Šokota 73'		Quaresma 10' João Pinto 33'

Sporting v União de Leiria

12 May 2003 31	Sporting	1–1	União de Leiria	Lisbon
	Toñito 67'		Maciel 22'	Stadium: José Alvalade

Nacional v Sporting

17 May 2003 32	Nacional	1–1	Sporting	Funchal
	Adriano 84'		Quaresma 60'

Sporting v Vitória de Setúbal

24 May 2003 33	Sporting	3–4	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
	Paulo Bento 15' João Pinto 26' Quaresma 76'		Meyong 13', 90+3' Beto 21' (o.g.) Jorginho 24'	Stadium: José Alvalade

FC Porto v Sporting

1 June 2003 34	FC Porto	2–0	Sporting	Porto
	Postiga 36' Contreras 78' (o.g.)			Stadium: das Antas

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2002–03 Taça de Portugal

Sporting CP v Estarreja

24 November 2002 Fourth Round	Sporting CP	4–1	Estarreja	Lisbon
	Martins 2' Niculae 22' Ronaldo 67' Danny 85'		Moita 17'

Sporting CP v Oliveira do Hospital

18 December 2002 Fifth Round	Sporting CP	8–1	Oliveira do Hospital	Lisbon
	Fernandes 1', 84' Kutuzov 12', 69', 88' Ronaldo 13' Barbosa 59', 90'		Alex 41'

Estrela da Amadora v Sporting CP

29 January 2003 Sixth Round	Estrela da Amadora	0–1	Sporting CP	Amadora
			Jardel 48'

Sporting CP v Naval

8 March 2003 Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	0–1	Naval	Lisbon
			Costé 58'

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Sporting CP v Internazionale

14 August 2002 First leg	Sporting CP	0–0	Internazionale	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00		Report	Morfeo  44' Materazzi  62'	Stadium: Norway )

Internazionale v Sporting CP

27 August 2002 Second leg	Internazionale	2–0	Sporting CP	Milan, Italy
21:00	Di Biagio 31' Recoba 44'	Report	Barbosa  39' Rui Jorge  68'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,405 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

UEFA Cup

Main article:

2002-03 UEFA Cup

First round

Sporting CP v Partizan

19 September 2002	Sporting CP	1–3	Partizan	Lisbon, Portugal
22:00	Toñito 27'	Report	Hugo 12' (o.g.) Delibašić 37' Iliev 79'	Stadium: José Alvalade Attendance: 12,210 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

Partizan v Sporting CP

3 October 2002	Partizan	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP	Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
20:00	Delibašić 78' Živković 110' Čakar 117'	Report	Toñito 13' Kutuzov 55' Contreras 82'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: closed doors Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Champions League		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Nélson	19	-26	19	-26
15	DF	CHI	Contreras	32	2	30	2	2	0
4	DF	ARG	Quiroga	28	1	25+1	1	2	0
6	DF	POR	Hugo	25	1	23+2	1
3	DF	POR	Rui Bento	30	1	26+2	1	2	0
17	DM	POR	Paulo Bento	29	1	23+6	1
20	MF	POR	Quaresma	33	5	27+4	5	2	0
30	MF	ESP	Toñito	30	5	21+7	5	2	0
25	MF	POR	João Pinto	25	8	25	8
9	MF	BLR	Kutuzov	26	3	16+8	3	0+2	0
16	FW	BRA	Jardel	19	11	17+2	11
12	GK	POR	Tiago	17	-14	15	-12	2	-2
23	DF	POR	Rui Jorge	24	1	18+4	1	2	0
22	DF	POR	Beto	19	1	17	1	2	0
11	MF	CHI	Tello	15	1	15	1
8	MF	POR	Barbosa	26	2	12+12	2	2	0
5	DF	BRA	César Prates	20	5	11+7	5	2	0
28	MF	POR	Ronaldo	26	3	11+14	3	0+1	0
7	FW	ROU	Niculae	19	3	9+8	3	2	0
10	FW	POR	Sá Pinto	13	1	5+8	1
14	MF	POR	Fernandes	8	1	5+1	1	0+2	0
26	MF	POR	Martins	6	0	0+6	0
18	DF	POR	Luís Filipe	3	0	2+1	0
55	MF	BRA	Marcos Paulo	3	0	1+2	0
32	MF	POR	João Paulo	6	0	1+5	0
19	MF	POR	Danny	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
13	GK	POR	Nuno Santos	1	0	0+1	0
	GK	POR	Ricardo
27	MF	POR	Custódio
29	MF	ANG	Lourenço
21	DF	MOZ	Paíto

• Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2002-035001.html?t=lista

References

1. ^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2002–03". Zerozero. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
2. ^ "Deco and Jardel granted Portuguese citizenship". WorldSoccerNews.com. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
3. ^ "Boloni își amintește de debutul lui Ronaldo la Sporting: "Nu reușeam să îl opresc să facă driblinguri"". DigiSport. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
4. ^ "Clash of the Titans". Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
5. ^ "Famous players featured in U17 c'ships". UEFAu17.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009.

External links

• Official website