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)
← 2001–02	2003–04 →

During the 2002–03 season, Fútbol 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
33	DF	Dani Tortolero
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	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
25	GK	Enke	24	EU	Benfica	Transfer Y	Summer	2004	Free	[1]
10	MF	Riquelme	24	Non-EU	Boca Juniors	Transfer Y	Summer	2006	€10,000,000	[2]
20	DF	Sorín	26	EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Winter	2003	Loan	[3]
17	MF	Mendieta	29	EU	Lazio	Loan	Summer	2003	€1,500,000	[4]

Total spending: €15,500,000

Out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
37	MF	Arteta	21	EU	Rangers	Transfer Y	Summer	€7,900,000	[5]
25	GK	Dutruel	30	EU	Alavés	Transfer Y	Summer	€2,900,000	[6]
13	GK	Reina	20	EU	Villarreal	Transfer Y	Summer	€750,000	[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	€3,600,000	[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

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

14 August 2002	Barcelona	3–0	Legia Warsaw	Camp Nou, Barcelona
21:30	F. de Boer 8' Riquelme 80' Cocu 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

28 August 2002	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Barcelona	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
19:00		Report	Mendieta 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

First group stage

18 September 2002	Barcelona	3–2	Club Brugge	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	Luis Enrique 5' Mendieta 41' Saviola 44'	Report	Simons 23' (pen.) Englebert 85'	Attendance: 83,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

24 September 2002	Galatasaray	0–2	Barcelona	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:45		Report	Kluivert 27' Luis Enrique 59'	Attendance: 20,327 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'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

23 October 2002	Barcelona	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	F. de Boer 76'	Report		Attendance: 62,426 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

29 October 2002	Club Brugge	0–1	Barcelona	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45		Report	Riquelme 64'	Attendance: 27,344 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

13 November 2002	Barcelona	3–1	Galatasaray	Camp Nou, Barcelona
19:15	García 10' Gerard 44' Geovanni 56'	Report	Cihan 20'	Attendance: 42,928 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: 22,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

11 December 2002	Barcelona	3–1	Newcastle United	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	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 8' Cocu 31' Kluivert 68'	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' F. de Boer 50'	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
	Luis Enrique 4', 54'		Otero 4' Correa 85'

14 September 2002	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Barcelona	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
			Luis Enrique 22' Saviola 36'

21 September 2002	Barcelona	2–0	Espanyol	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Kluivert 58' Luis Enrique 71'

28 September 2002	Betis	3–0	Barcelona	Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville
	Alfonso 25' (pen.) Joaquín 66' Varela 83'

6 October 2002	Barcelona	2–2	Osasuna	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Motta 38' Kluivert 45'		Rivero 1' Gancedo 43'

20 October 2002	Valladolid	2–1	Barcelona	Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid
	Aganzo 53' Pachón 86'		Saviola 89'

26 October 2002	Barcelona	6–1	Alavés	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Kluivert 16', 27', 80' Mendieta 35' (pen.) Luis Enrique 40' Xavi 65'		Begoña 54'

3 November 2002	Santander	1–1	Barcelona	Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
	Guerrero 1'		Navarro 83'

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 85'

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

1 December 2002	Sociedad	2–1	Barcelona	Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian
	Kovačević 39', 53'		Kluivert 33'

7 December 2002	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Barcelona	Estadio Teresa Rivero, Madrid
	Azkoitia 65'

15 December 2002	Barcelona	0–3	Sevilla	Camp Nou, Barcelona
			Casquero 3' (pen.) Toedtli 78', 89'

21 December 2002	Mallorca	0–4	Barcelona	Estadio Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca
			Kluivert 26', 47', 51' Overmars 43'

5 January 2003	Barcelona	3–0	Huelva	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Rochemback 9' Loren 26' (o.g.) Cocu 81'

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

18 January 2003	Barcelona	2–4	Valencia	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Motta 38' Kluivert 89'		Aimar 12' Carew 25' Aurélio 82' Rufete 87'

26 January 2003	Celta Vigo	2–0	Barcelona	Estadio Balaidos, Vigo
	Jesuli 47' Sylvinho 73'

1 February 2003	Atlético Madrid	3–0	Barcelona	Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid
	F. Torres 40' Emerson 69' García 87'

9 February 2003	Barcelona	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola 6' Overmars 14'		Ezquerro 48' (pen.) Yeste 56'

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', 53' Cocu 6'

2 March 2003	Osasuna	2–2	Barcelona	Estadio El Sadar, Pamplona
	Rosado 79' Rivero 89'		Saviola 61' Luis Enrique 86'

8 March 2003	Barcelona	1–1	Valladolid	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Gómez 29' (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', 28' Riquelme 8' Overmars 80', 88' Mendieta 90' (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 25'		Scaloni 16' Makaay 49', 64' Sergio 74'

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
	Luis Enrique 67' Overmars 76' Saviola 90'

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 87'

25 May 2003	Huelva	1–3	Barcelona	Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Huelva
	Joãozinho 87'		Saviola 43' Kluivert 53' Riquelme 88'

1 June 2003	Barcelona	2–1	Málaga	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Saviola 23' Mendieta 67' (pen.)		Dely Valdés 56' (pen.)

15 June 2003	Valencia	1–3	Barcelona	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Sánchez 82' (pen.)		Mendieta 44' (pen.) Kluivert 72' (pen.) Overmars 78'

22 June 2003	Barcelona	2–0	Celta Vigo	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Sorín 7' 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

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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2002–03 FC Barcelona season

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Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

First group stage

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