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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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 €10,000,000 [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 €1,500,000 [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 €7,900,000 [5]
25 GK France Dutruel 30 EU Alavés Transfer Green tickY Summer €2,900,000 [6]
13 GK Spain Reina 20 EU Villarreal Transfer Green tickY Summer €750,000 [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 €3,600,000 [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

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 Real 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

Matches

1 September 2002 1 Barcelona 2–2 Atlético Madrid Barcelona
Luis Enrique 5', 55' Report Otero 45'
Correa 86'
Stadium: Camp Nou
21 September 2002 3 Barcelona 2–0 Espanyol Barcelona
Kluivert 58'
Luis Enrique 70'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
28 September 2002 4 Real Betis 3–0 Barcelona Huelva
Alfonso 26' (pen.)
Joaquín 66'
Varela 83'
Report Stadium: Nuevo Colombino
6 October 2002 5 Barcelona 2–2 Osasuna Barcelona
Motta 39'
Kluivert 47'
Report Rivero 2'
Gancedo 45'
Stadium: Camp Nou
26 October 2002 7 Barcelona 6–1 Alavés Barcelona
Kluivert 16', 27', 80'
Mendieta 35' (pen.)
Luis Enrique 41'
Xavi 65'
Report Begoña 55' Stadium: Camp Nou
9 November 2002 9 Barcelona 1–0 Villarreal Barcelona
Riquelme 75' (pen.) Report Stadium: Camp Nou
23 November 2002 11 Barcelona 0–0 Real Madrid Barcelona
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
15 December 2002 14 Barcelona 0–3 Sevilla Barcelona
Report Casquero 4' (pen.)
Toedtli 77', 89'
Stadium: Camp Nou
21 December 2002 15 Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona Palma
Report Kluivert 25', 48', 51'
Overmars 44'
Stadium: Son Moix
12 January 2003 17 Málaga 0–0 Barcelona Málaga
Report Stadium: La Rosaleda
18 January 2003 18 Barcelona 2–4 Valencia Barcelona
Motta 38'
Kluivert 88'
Report Aimar 13'
Carew 26'
Aurélio 82'
Rufete 87'
Stadium: Camp Nou
26 January 2003 19 Celta Vigo 2–0 Barcelona Vigo
Jesuli 47'
Sylvinho 72'
Report Stadium: Balaídos
22 February 2003 23 Barcelona 4–0 Real Betis Barcelona
Saviola 2', 41', 54'
Cocu 6'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
2 March 2003 24 Osasuna 2–2 Barcelona Pamplona
Rosado 79'
Rivero 90'
Report Saviola 61'
Luis Enrique 86'
Stadium: El Sadar
18 May 2003 34 Barcelona 1–2 Mallorca Barcelona
Kluivert 72' Report Novo 22'
Carlitos 86'
Stadium: Camp Nou
1 June 2003 36 Barcelona 2–1 Málaga Barcelona
Saviola 24'
Mendieta 67' (pen.)
Report Dely Valdés 59' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
15 June 2003 37 Valencia 1–3 Barcelona Valencia
Sánchez 87' (pen.) Report Mendieta 43' (pen.)
Kluivert 70' (pen.)
Overmars 79'
Stadium: Mestalla

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

11 September 2002 Novelda CF 3-2 FC Barcelona Novelda
Madrigal 59'
Madrigal 65'
Madrigal 79'
Report Geovanni 7'
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

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
Belgium 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]

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 Internazionale 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 Internazionale Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Saviola 7'
Cocu 29'
Kluivert 67'
Report Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
26 February 2003 Internazionale Italy 0–0 Spain Barcelona 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 Juventus Italy 1–1 Spain Barcelona Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 Montero 16' Report Saviola 78' Attendance: 48,783
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
22 April 2003 Barcelona Spain 1–2 (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
4 DF Sweden SWE Andersson 7 0 2+1 0 0 0 3+1 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Riquelme 42 6 14+16 3 1 1 6+5 2
12 DF France FRA Christanval 8 0 4+1 0 0 0 1+2 0
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard 29 1 5+16 0 1 0 2+5 1
15 MF Brazil BRA Rochemback 30 1 7+14 1 1 0 4+4 0
19 FW Spain ESP Dani García 12 2 3+5 0 0 0 3+1 2
20 DF Argentina ARG Sorin 15 1 14+1 1 0 0
21 MF Spain ESP Luis Enrique 26 10 14+4 8 0 0 6+2 2
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
32 DF Spain ESP Oleguer 5 0 1+2 0 0 0 0+2 0
34 MF Spain ESP Iniesta 9 0 5+1 0 0 0 1+2 0
35 DF Spain ESP Navarro 23 1 13 1 1 0 9 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
40 DF Spain ESP López 2 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

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  • FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
  • ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
  • FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
  • uefa.com - UEFA Champions League Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
  • Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
  • "FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2009-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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