2002–03 La Liga

72nd season of La Liga June 2021 La Liga 2002–03 31 August 2002 – 22 June 2003 Real Madrid29th title Recreativo HuelvaAlavésRayo Vallecano Champions League Real MadridReal SociedadDeportivo La CoruñaCelta Vigo UEFA Cup ValenciaBarcelonaMallorca (as Copa del Rey winners) Intertoto Cup VillarrealRacing Santander Roy Makaay(29 goals) Deportivo La Coruña 6–0 Alavés(22 February 2003)Deportivo 6-0 Alavés http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=23&el=7&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010 es Mallorca 1–5 Real Madrid(8 December 2002)Mallorca 1-5 Real Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=13&el=12&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Alavés 1–5 Real Madrid(1 March 2003)Alavés 1-5 Real Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=24&el=24&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Real Madrid 1–5 Mallorca(3 May 2003)Real Madrid 1-5 Mallorca http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=32&el=15&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Osasuna 1–5 Athletic Bilbao(4 May 2003)Osasuna 1-5 Athletic Bilbao http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=32&el=14&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Mallorca 0–4 Atlético Madrid(22 September 2002)Mallorca 0-4 At. Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=03&el=12&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona(21 December 2002)Mallorca 0-4 Barcelona http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=15&el=12&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Valencia(23 February 2003)Rayo 0-4 Valencia http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=23&el=29&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Atlético Madrid 0–4 Real Madrid(15 June 2003)Atlético Madrid 0-4 Real Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=37&el=3&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010 Barcelona 6–1 Alavés(26 October 2002)Barcelona 6-1 Alavés http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=07&el=5&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Barcelona 6–1 Racing Santander(23 March 2003)Barcelona 6-1 Racing http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=27&el=5&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Real Madrid 5–2 Alavés(6 October 2002)Real Madrid 5-2 Alavés http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=05&el=15&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Racing Santander 5–2 Espanyol(1 June 2003)Racing 5-2 Espanyol http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=36&el=17&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Villarreal 4–3 Atlético Madrid(5 January 2003)Villarreal 4-3 Atlético Madrid http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=16&el=20&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Málaga 3–4 Espanyol(27 October 2002)Málaga 3-4 Espanyol http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=07&el=37&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010Racing Santander 3–4 Athletic Bilbao(4 January 2003)Racing 3-4 Athletic Bilbao http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=part&t=102&j=16&el=17&d=1 LFP 9 June 2010 6 September 2010 380 1016 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 La Liga season was the 72nd since its establishment. It began on 31 August 2002, and concluded on 22 June 2003. Teams Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Atlético Madrid, Racing Santander and Recreativo, returning to the top flight after an absence of two, one and twenty three years respectively. They replaced Las Palmas, Tenerife and Zaragoza after spending time in the top flight for two, one and twenty four years respectively. Promoted to 2002–03 La Liga Relegated from 2001–02 La Liga Atlético MadridRacing SantanderRecreativo Las PalmasTenerifeZaragoza Spain 400 right Location of teams in La Liga 2002–03 Spain 43.263472 -2.948150 Athletic   top Spain 40.401703 -3.720628 Atlético left Spain 41.380889 2.1228167 Barcelona left Spain 37.356419 -5.981750 Betis bottom Spain 42.837078 -2.688250 Alavés    bottom Spain 42.211842 -8.739706 Celta right Spain 43.368717 -8.417514 Deportivo Spain 41.364794 2.1557139 Espanyol right Spain 36.734217 -4.426603 Málaga top Spain 39.589936 2.6300778 Mallorca bottom Spain 42.796675 -1.637128 Osasuna right Spain 43.476292 -3.793278 Racing left Spain 40.325728 -3.714950 Rayo Vallecano bottom Spain 40.453053 -3.688356 Real Madrid Spain 43.301364 -1.973536 Real Sociedad right Spain 37.246517 -6.954050 Recreativo left Spain 37.384064 -5.9705 Sevilla top Spain 39.474616 -0.358219 Valencia bottom Spain 41.644583 -4.761256 Valladolid top Spain 39.944128 -0.103472 Villarreal Team Stadium Capacity Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354 Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926 Atlético Madrid* Vicente Calderón 55,005 Valencia Mestalla 55,000 Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132 Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500 Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750 Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600 Celta de Vigo Estadio Balaídos 32,500 Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200 Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044 Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846 Mallorca Son Moix 23,142 Villarreal El Madrigal 23,000 Racing de Santander* El Sardinero 22,400 Recreativo de Huelva* Nuevo Colombino 19,860 Alavés Mendizorrotza 19,840 Osasuna El Sadar 19,553 Rayo Vallecano Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas 14,505 (*) Promoted from Segunda División. Personnel and sponsors TeamHead CoachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorAlavésESP Txutxi ArangurenUmbroAlpine Europe (H) / Artium (A) / Rioja Alavesa (in UEFA matches)Nonealava.net, ArtiumGreco GresAthletic BilbaoGER Jupp Heynckes100% AthleticNoneNoneNoneNoneAtlético MadridESP Luis AragonésNikeIDEA ElectrodomésticosNoneNoneNoneBarcelonaFR Yugoslavia Radomir AntićNikeNoneNoneNoneNoneBetisESP Víctor FernándezKappaNoneNoneNoneNoneCelta de VigoESP Miguel Ángel LotinaUmbroCitroënNoneNoneNoneDeportivo de La CoruñaESP Javier IruretaJomaFadesaNoneNoneNoneEspanyolESP Javier ClementeUmbroVitel MobileNoneNoneNoneMálagaESP Joaquín PeiróUmbroUnicaja / AndalucíaNoneNoneNoneMallorcaESP Gregorio ManzanoReialSpanairNoneNoneNoneOsasunaMEX Javier AguirreAstoreCaja NavarraNoneNoneNoneRacing de SantanderESP Chuchi CosRacingCantabria / Organización Impulsora de DiscapacitadosNoneNoneNoneRayo VallecanoESP Antonio IriondoJomaRumasaNoneNoneNoneReal MadridESP Vicente del BosqueAdidasSiemens MobileNoneNoneNoneReal SociedadFRA Raynald DenoueixAstoreKrafft ProfessionalNoneNoneNoneRecreativo de HuelvaESP Lucas AlcarazKelmeCepsa / AndalucíaNoneNoneNoneSevillaESP Joaquín CaparrósJomaOrganización Impulsora de DiscapacitadosSevilla 2012NoneSevilla 2012ValenciaESP Rafael BenítezNikeTerra MíticaNoneNoneNoneValladolidESP José Moré BonetUmbroAgroinnova / Hipotecas iBanesto / Castilla y León / Michelin / Supermercados El Árbol / Grupo Helios / Asómate a ValladolidIndaluxGrupo CastrilloNoneVillarrealESP Benito FloroKelmeTerra MíticaNoneNoneNone League table main WDL 5 QR RMA Real Madrid RSO Real Sociedad RCD Deportivo La Coruña CEL Celta Vigo VCF Valencia FCB Barcelona ATH Athletic Bilbao BET Real Betis MLL Mallorca SEV Sevilla OSA Osasuna ATM Atlético Madrid MCF Málaga VLD Valladolid VIL Villarreal RAC Racing Santander ESP Espanyol REC Recreativo ALV Alavés RVA Rayo Vallecano 22 12 4 86 42 C 22 10 6 71 45 22 6 10 67 47 17 10 11 45 36 17 9 12 56 35 15 11 12 63 47 15 10 13 63 61 14 12 12 56 53 14 10 14 49 56 13 11 14 38 39 12 11 15 40 48 12 11 15 51 56 11 13 14 44 49 12 10 16 37 40 11 12 15 44 53 13 5 20 54 64 10 13 15 48 54 8 12 18 35 61 R 8 11 19 38 68 R 7 11 20 31 62 R OSA 1–0 ATM; ATM 0–1 OSA OSA VLD 0–0 MLG; MLG 1–0 VLD VLD green1 Qualification for the Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round CL3 CL3 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Mallorca entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2002–03 Copa del Rey UC1b #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round IC3 #DDDDFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 Relegation to the Segunda División R R R complete 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 LFP Results main FBR grey ATH ATM FCB BET CEL ALV RCD ESP MCF MLL OSA RAC RVA RMA RSO REC SFC VCF VLD VIL Athletic Bilbao 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 Atlético Madrid 3–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 Barcelona 2–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 6–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 6–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–4 1–1 1–0 Betis 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 Celta de Vigo 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 Alavés 2–4 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–4 3–0 6–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 Espanyol 3–3 1–2 0–2 2–4 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 Málaga 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–4 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 0–2 4–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 Mallorca 1–1 0–4 0–4 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–5 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 Osasuna 1–5 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 Racing Santander 3–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 Rayo Vallecano 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–2 Real Madrid 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 5–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–5 4–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 3–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 Real Sociedad 4–2 3–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 Recreativo 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 5–0 Sevilla 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 Valencia 5–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 Valladolid 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 Villarreal 1–1 4–3 2–0 1–4 5–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 complete LFP es Overall Most wins - Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, and Deportivo de La Coruña (22) Fewest wins - Rayo Vallecano (7) Most draws - Málaga CF and Espanyol (13) Fewest draws - Racing Santander (5) Most losses - Racing Santander and Rayo Vallecano (20) Fewest losses - Real Madrid (4) Most goals scored - Real Madrid (86) Fewest goals scored - Rayo Vallecano (31) Most goals conceded - Deportivo Alavés (68) Fewest goals conceded - Valencia (35) Awards Annual awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Pichichi Trophy NED Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña Primera División 2002-03 https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t2002-03.html BDFutbol 23 September 2026 Zamora Trophy ARG Pablo Cavallero Celta Vigo Trofeus Individuals Jugadors. Pichichi i Zamora https://www.bdfutbol.com/c/ind.html BDFutbol 23 September 2026 Best Player ESP Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad La revista 'Don Balón' premia a la Real Sociedad Diario AS 4 December 2003 https://as.com/futbol/2003/12/04/mas_futbol/1070492407_850215.html Best Foreign Player TUR Nihat Kahveci Real Sociedad La revista 'Don Balón' premia a la Real Sociedad Diario AS 4 December 2003 https://as.com/futbol/2003/12/04/mas_futbol/1070492407_850215.html Best Newcomer BRA Thiago Motta Barcelona En la Liga española, sin un premio DB, no eras nadie Don Balón https://www.donbalon.com/noticia/detalle/14779/reportaje-en-la-liga-espanola-sin-un-premio-db-no-eras-nadie 23 September 2026 Best Manager FRA Raynald Denoueix Real Sociedad La revista 'Don Balón' premia a la Real Sociedad Diario AS 4 December 2003 https://as.com/futbol/2003/12/04/mas_futbol/1070492407_850215.html Team of the Season Soccer Field Transparant.svg 175 87% 0.40 1.35 175 Westerveld 0.74 1.00 175 Puyol 0.60 1.11 175 Ayala 0.23 1.11 175 Helguera 0.11 1.00 175 Aranzábal 0.69 0.57 175 Etxeberria 0.51 0.71 175 Alonso 0.23 0.71 175 Zidane 0.11 0.57 175 De Pedro 0.23 0.31 175 Nihat 0.63 0.31 175 Ronaldo El País Team of the Season El País Team of the SeasonSegurola Santiago Entrevista con Santiago Segurola El País 23 June 2003 https://elpais.com/internacional/2003/06/23/actualidad/1056388063_1056388984.htmlGoalkeeperNED Sander Westerveld (Real Sociedad)DefendersESP Carles Puyol (Barcelona)ARG Roberto Ayala (Valencia)ESP Iván Helguera (Real Madrid)ESP Agustín Aranzábal (Real Sociedad)MidfieldersESP Joseba Etxeberria (Athletic Bilbao)ESP Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad)FRA Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)ESP Javier de Pedro (Real Sociedad)ForwardsTUR Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad)BRA Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. RankPlayerClubGoals 1Netherlands Roy MakaayDeportivo La Coruña 29 2Turkey Nihat KahveciReal Sociedad 23Brazil RonaldoReal Madrid 4FR Yugoslavia Darko KovačevićReal Sociedad 20 5Netherlands Patrick KluivertBarcelona 16Spain RaúlReal Madrid 7Spain FernandoReal Betis 15 8Cameroon Samuel Eto'oMallorca 14 Fair Play award Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award, with 76 points; second was Real Sociedad; and third was Deportivo La Coruña.Ganadores de los Premios Juego Limpio Fair-play awards Winners http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla7 RFEF 5 September 2010 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 7 April 2010 El Real Madrid, ganador del Premio al Juego Limpio 2003 Real Madrid, 2003 Fair Play Award Winner http://www.noticias.info/Archivo/2003/200306/20030626/20030626_6350.shtm Real Madrid (filed) 6 September 2010 es https://web.archive.org/web/20110807104903/http://www.noticias.info/Archivo/2003/200306/20030626/20030626_6350.shtm 7 August 2011 dead Pedro Zaballa award Real Sociedad supportersGanadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa Pedro Zaballa award Winners http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla8 RFEF 6 September 2010 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100407195555/http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298 7 April 2010 Hat-tricks List of La Liga hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainst ResultDateNED Kiki MusampaMálagaRecreativo Huelva 3–2 (A)dmy 2002 09 1ESP Julio ÁlvarezRayo VallecanoRacing Santander 3–1 (H)dmy 2002 9 22ARG Pablo AimarValenciaAthletic Bilbao 5–1 (H)dmy 2002 10 26NED Patrick KluivertBarcelonaAlavés 6–1 (H)URU Walter PandianiMallorcaValladolid 3–1 (A)dmy 2002 11 2ESP José MariAtlético MadridAthletic Bilbao 3–3 (H)dmy 2002 11 10ESP Ismael UrzaizAthletic BilbaoAtlético Madrid 3–3 (A)NED Patrick KluivertBarcelonaMallorca 4–0 (A)dmy 2002 12 21ARG Javier SaviolaBarcelonaReal Betis 4–0 (H)dmy 2003 2 22ESP Diego TristánDeportivo La CoruñaAlavés 6–0 (H)BRA RonaldoReal MadridAlavés 5–1 (A)dmy 2003 3 1NED Roy MakaayDeportivo La CoruñaRecreativo Huelva 5–0 (H)dmy 2003 5 4 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp03.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 17 June 2026 # Club Avg. attendance % change Highest 1 Real Madrid 69,232 8.8% 78,000 2 FC Barcelona 66,058 21.9% 98,152 3 Atlético de Madrid 46,250 10.4% 58,000 4 Valencia CF 45,558 0.8% 52,000 5 Real Betis 35,067 -4.8% 52,000 6 Sevilla FC 34,758 4.8% 60,000 7 Athletic Club 34,151 2.8% 40,465 8 Deportivo de La Coruña 28,079 -4.4% 34,600 9 Real Sociedad 27,743 11.5% 33,000 10 RCD Espanyol 23,587 18.0% 51,100 11 Celta de Vigo 20,263 -6.0% 35,000 12 Málaga CF 18,158 13.5% 28,000 13 Recreativo de Huelva 17,605 63.3% 20,000 14 Villarreal CF 17,158 6.3% 23,000 15 RCD Mallorca 16,921 1.2% 23,100 16 Racing de Santander 15,832 49.2% 22,000 17 CA Osasuna 15,464 -8.3% 18,917 18 Deportivo Alavés 14,516 5.6% 19,457 19 Real Valladolid 12,824 -2.2% 21,000 20 Rayo Vallecano 12,637 14.2% 16,500 See also 2002–03 Segunda División 2002–03 Copa del Rey References 30em 2002–03 1 Spain