2002–03 FC Barcelona season

Barcelona

2002–03 season
President	Joan Gaspart
Head Coach	Louis van Gaal (until January) Antonio de la Cruz (during January) Radomir Antić (from January)
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	First round
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Kluivert (16) All: Patrick Kluivert (21)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

During the 2002–03 season, Futbol Club Barcelona competed in La Liga.

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; however, they fared slightly better in Europe, 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. Position Player 1 GK Roberto Bonano 2 DF Michael Reiziger 3 DF Frank de Boer 4 DF Patrik Andersson 5 DF Carles Puyol 6 MF Xavi Hernández 7 FW Javier Saviola 8 MF Phillip Cocu 9 FW Patrick Kluivert 10 MF Juan Román Riquelme 11 MF Marc Overmars 12 DF Philippe Christanval 14 MF Gerard López 15 MF Fábio Rochemback 17 MF Gaizka Mendieta

No. Position Player 18 MF Gabri García 19 FW Dani García 20 DF Juan Pablo Sorín 21 MF Luis Enrique (captain) 25 GK Robert Enke 26 GK Víctor Valdés 31 MF Thiago Motta 32 DF Oleguer Presas 34 MF Andrés Iniesta 35 DF Fernando Navarro 36 MF David Sánchez 38 MF Nano 39 FW Sergio García 40 DF Óscar López

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
25	GK		Enke	24	EU	Benfica	Transfer Y	Summer	2004	Free
10	MF		Riquelme	24	Non-EU	Boca Juniors	Transfer Y	Summer	2006	€10,000,000
20	DF		Sorín	26	EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Winter	2003	Loan
17	MF		Mendieta	29	EU	Lazio	Loan	Summer	2003	€1,500,000

Total spending: €15,500,000

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
37	MF		Arteta	21	EU	Rangers	Transfer Y	Summer	€7,900,000
25	GK		Dutruel	30	EU	Alavés	Transfer Y	Summer	€2,900,000
13	GK		Reina	20	EU	Villarreal	Transfer Y	Summer	€750,000
10	FW		Rivaldo	31	EU	Milan	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
5	DF		Abelardo	33	EU	Alavés	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
12	DF		Sergi	31	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
36	MF		Luis García	25	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer Y	Summer	€3,600,000
22	FW		Geovanni	23	EU	Benfica	Loan	Winter	Loan
20	FW		Alfonso	30	EU	Betis	Loan	Summer	Loan

Total income: €15,150,000

Last updated: 3 October

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

14 August 2002	Barcelona	3 – 0	Legia Warsaw	Camp Nou, Barcelona
21:30	de Boer  8' Riquelme  80' Cocu  90+3'	Report		Referee: Michal Benes (Czech Republic)

28 August 2002	Legia Warsaw	0 – 1	Barcelona	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
19:00		Report	Mendieta  68' (pen.)	Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

First group stage

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)

24 September 2002	Galatasaray	0 – 2	Barcelona	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:45		Report	Kluivert  27' Luis Enrique  59'	Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

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)

23 October 2002	Barcelona	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	de Boer  76'	Report		Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

29 October 2002	Club Brugge	0 – 1	Barcelona	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45		Report	Riquelme  64'	Referee: Graham Poll (England)

13 November 2002	Barcelona	3 – 1	Galatasaray	Camp Nou, Barcelona
19:15	Dani García  10' Gerard  44' Geovanni  56'	Report	Cihan  20'	Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Second group stage

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 García  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-final

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)

La Liga

1 September 2002	Barcelona	2 – 2	Atlético Madrid	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Enrique  4', 55'		Otero  4' Correa  86'

14 September 2002	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 2	Barcelona	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
			Enrique  21' Saviola  36'

21 September 2002	Barcelona	2 – 0	Espanyol	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Kluivert  58' Enrique  70'

28 September 2002	Betis	3 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville
	Alfonso  26' Joaquín  66' Varela  83'

6 October 2002	Barcelona	2 – 2	Osasuna	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Motta  39' Kluivert  47'		Rivero  2' Gancedo  45'

20 October 2002	Valladolid	2 – 1	Barcelona	Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid
	Aganzo  53' Pachón  86'		Saviola  90'

26 October 2002	Barcelona	6 – 1	Alavés	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Kluivert  16', 27', 80' Mendieta  35' (pen.) Luis Enrique  41' Xavi  65'		Ibon Begoña  55'

3 November 2002	Santander	1 – 1	Barcelona	Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
	Javi Guerrero  1'		Fernando Navarro  84'

9 November 2002	Barcelona	1 – 0	Villarreal	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Riquelme  75' (pen.)

16 November 2002	Deportivo	2 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
	Scaloni  82' Luque  86'		Fernando Navarro  84'

22 November 2002	Barcelona	0 – 0	Real Madrid	Camp Nou, Barcelona

1 December 2002	Sociedad	2 – 1	Barcelona	Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian
	Kovačević  39', 50'		Kluivert  33'

7 December 2002	Rayo Vallecano	1 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Teresa Rivero, Madrid
	Azkoitia  64'

15 December 2002	Barcelona	0 – 3	Sevilla	Camp Nou, Barcelona
			Casquero  4' (pen.) Toedtli  77', 89'

21 December 2002	Mallorca	0 – 4	Barcelona	Estadio Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca
			Kluivert  25', 48', 51' Overmars  44'

5 January 2003	Barcelona	3 – 0	Huelva	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Rochemback  8' Loren  25' (o.g.) Cocu  80'

12 January 2003	Málaga	0 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga

18 January 2003	Barcelona	2 – 4	Valencia	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Motta  38' Kluivert  88'		Aimar  13' Carew  26' Aurélio  82' Rufete  87'

26 January 2003	Celta Vigo	2 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Balaidos, Vigo
	Jesuli  47' Sylvinho  72'

1 February 2003	Atlético Madrid	3 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid
	Torres  40' Emerson  70' García  87'

9 February 2003	Barcelona	2 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola  5' Overmars  41'		Ezquerro  48' (pen.) Yeste  55'

15 February 2003	Espanyol	0 – 2	Barcelona	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
			Cocu  40' Xavi  42'

22 February 2003	Barcelona	4 – 0	Betis	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola  2', 41', 54' Cocu  6'

2 March 2003	Osasuna	2 – 2	Barcelona	Estadio El Sadar, Pamplona
	Rosado  79' Rivero  90'		Saviola  61' Enrique  86'

8 March 2003	Barcelona	1 – 1	Valladolid	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Torres Gómez  28' (o.g.)		Bonano  47' (o.g.)

16 March 2003	Alavés	0 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Mendizorroza, Vitoria-Gasteiz

23 March 2003	Barcelona	6 – 1	Santander	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Kluivert  1', 29' Riquelme  8' Overmars  81', 83' Mendieta  89' (pen.)		Guerrero  47'

5 April 2003	Villarreal	2 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio El Madrigal, Vila-real
	López  56' (pen.) Calleja  90' (pen.)

12 April 2003	Barcelona	2 – 4	Deportivo	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola  2' Motta  24'		Scaloni  16' Makaay  50', 64' Sergio  75'

19 April 2003	Real Madrid	1 – 1	Barcelona	Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
	Ronaldo  15'		Luis Enrique  31'

27 April 2003	Barcelona	2 – 1	Sociedad	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola  13' Kluivert  24'		Kahveci  80'

4 May 2003	Barcelona	3 – 0	Rayo Vallecano	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Enrique  70' Overmars  77' Saviola  89'

11 May 2003	Sevilla	0 – 0	Barcelona	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville

18 May 2003	Barcelona	1 – 2	Mallorca	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Kluivert  72'		Novo  22' Carlitos  86'

25 May 2003	Huelva	1 – 3	Barcelona	Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Huelva
	Joãozinho Neto  88'		Saviola  41' Kluivert  53' Riquelme  85'

1 June 2003	Barcelona	2 – 1	Málaga	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola  24' Mendieta  67' (pen.)		Valdés  59' (pen.)

15 June 2003	Valencia	1 – 3	Barcelona	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Sánchez  87' (pen.)		Mendieta  43' (pen.) Kluivert  70' (pen.) Overmars  79'

22 June 2003	Barcelona	2 – 0	Celta Vigo	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Sorín  6' Saviola  50'

Statistics

Top scorers

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	Spain	Midfielder	8	0	0	2	10
Marc Overmars	Netherlands	Winger	6	0	0	1	7
Gaizka Mendieta	Spain	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	Spain	Central Midfielder	2	0	0	1	3
Dani García	Spain	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 López	Spain	Attacking Midfielder	0	0	0	1	1
Juan Pablo Sorín	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

• FC Barcelona
• 2002–03 UEFA Champions League
• 2002–03 La Liga

References

External links

• FC Barcelona Official Site
• FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
• ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
• FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
• uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
• Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
• FIFA.com
• Federació Catalana de Futbol

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