2002–03 FC Barcelona season

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.

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)

Season summary edit

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 edit

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

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
25 GK   Enke 24 EU Benfica   Transfer  Y Summer 2004 Free [1]
10 MF   Riquelme 24 Non-EU Boca Juniors   Transfer  Y Summer 2006 €10M [2]
20 DF   Sorín 26 EU Cruzeiro   Loan → Winter 2003 Loan [3]
17 MF   Mendieta 29 EU Lazio   Loan → Summer 2003 €1,5M [4]

Total spending:   €15,500,000

Out edit

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

Total income:   €15,150,000

Last updated: 3 October

Competitions edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

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 edit

League table edit

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 edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWLDLWDWLDLLLWWDLLLDWWDDDWLLDWWDLWWWW
Position127588118861010101013108910121515118999991212128787776
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage;   = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League qualifying round;   = 2003-04 UEFA Cup;   = 2003-04 Segunda Division

Matches edit

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 Kluivert   58'
Luis Enrique   70'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
28 September 2002 4 Real Betis 3–0 Barcelona Huelva
21:30 CEST Alfonso   26' (pen.)
Joaquín   66'
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 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
21:15 CET Riquelme   75' (pen.) Report Stadium: Camp Nou
16 November 2002 10 Deportivo La Coruña 2–0 Barcelona A Coruña
21:30 CET Scaloni   82'
Luque   86'
Report Stadium: Riazor
23 November 2002 11 Barcelona 0–0 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
7 December 2002 13 Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Barcelona Madrid
20:00 CET Azkoitia   64' Report Stadium: Teresa Rivero
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 Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona 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 Rochemback   8'
Loren   25' (o.g.)
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
26 January 2003 19 Celta Vigo 2–0 Barcelona Vigo
20:30 CET Jesuli   47'
Sylvinho   72'
Report Stadium: Balaídos

Manager: Antonio de la Cruz

1 February 2003 20 Atlético Madrid 3–0 Barcelona Madrid
21:30 CET Torres   40'
Emerson   70'
L. García   87'
Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Manager: Radomir Antić

9 February 2003 21 Barcelona 2–2 Athletic Bilbao Barcelona
20:30 CET Saviola   5'
Overmars   41'
Report Ezquerro   48' (pen.)
Yeste   55'
Stadium: Camp Nou
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 Saviola   2', 41', 54'
Cocu   6'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
2 March 2003 24 Osasuna 2–2 Barcelona Pamplona
17:00 CET Rosado   79'
Rivero   90'
Report Saviola   61'
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
23 March 2003 27 Barcelona 6–1 Racing Santander Barcelona
19:00 CET Kluivert   1', 29'
Riquelme   8'
Overmars   81', 83'
Mendieta   89' (pen.)
Report Javi Guerrero   47' Stadium: Camp Nou
5 April 2003 28 Villarreal 2–0 Barcelona 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 Scaloni   16'
Makaay   50', 64'
Sergio   75'
Stadium: Camp Nou
19 April 2003 30 Real Madrid 1–1 Barcelona Madrid
21:30 CEST Ronaldo   15' Report Luis Enrique   31' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
27 April 2003 31 Barcelona 2–1 Real Sociedad Barcelona
20:30 CEST Saviola   13'
Kluivert   24'
Report Kahveci   80' 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 Barcelona 2–0 Celta Vigo Barcelona
21:00 CEST Sorín   6'
Saviola   50'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou

Copa del Rey edit

Round of 64 edit

11 September 2002 Novelda CF 3–2 Barcelona Novelda
00:00 CEST Madrigal   59', 65', 79' Report Geovanni   7'
Riquelme   68' (pen)
Stadium: Estadio La Magdalena

UEFA Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit

14 August 2002 Barcelona   3–0   Legia Warsaw Barcelona
21:30 De Boer   8'
Riquelme   80'
Cocu   90+3'
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee:  Michal Benes

First group stage edit

Group H edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR LKM BRU GAL
  Barcelona 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 1–0 3–2 3–1
  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
  Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–2 1–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
18 September 2002 Barcelona   3–2   Club Brugge Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Luis Enrique   5'
Mendieta   40'
Saviola   44'
Report Simons   22' (pen.)
Englebert   85'
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
1 October 2002 Lokomotiv Moscow   1–3   Barcelona Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
18:00 Obiorah   56' Report Kluivert   29'
Saviola   32', 49'
Referee: Thomas McCurry (Scotland)
13 November 2002 Barcelona   3–1   Galatasaray Camp Nou, Barcelona
19:15 Dani   10'
Gerard   44'
Geovanni   56'
Report Haspolatlı   20' Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Second group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR INT NEW LEV
  Barcelona 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16 3–0 3–1 2–0
  Inter Milan 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 0–0 2–2 3–2
  Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7 0–2 1–4 3–1
  Bayer Leverkusen 6 0 0 6 5 15 −10 0 1–2 0–2 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
27 November 2002 Bayer Leverkusen   1–2   Barcelona BayArena, Leverkusen
20:45 Berbatov   39' Report Saviola   48'
Overmars   88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
11 December 2002 Barcelona   3–1   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   3–0   Inter Milan Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Saviola   7'
Cocu   29'
Kluivert   67'
Report Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
26 February 2003 Inter Milan   0–0   Barcelona Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45 Report Attendance: 71,740
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
11 March 2003 Barcelona   2–0   Bayer Leverkusen Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Saviola   17'
De Boer   49'
Report Attendance: 62,228
Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)
19 March 2003 Newcastle United   0–2   Barcelona St James' Park, Newcastle
20:45 Report Kluivert   60'
Motta   75'
Attendance: 51,884
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Quarter-finals edit

9 April 2003 Juventus   1–1   Barcelona Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:45 Montero   16' Report Saviola   78' Attendance: 48,783
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
22 April 2003 Barcelona   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Juventus Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Xavi   66' Report Nedvěd   53'
Zalayeta   114'
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Statistics edit

Players statistics edit

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

Top scorers edit

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

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit