2002–03 Celta de Vigo season

Celta Vigo 2002–03 Miguel Ángel Lotina La Liga 4th Copa del Rey 2nd Round UEFA Cup Round of 32 _celta0102h _celta0102h1 _celta0102h _celta0102h _celta0102h c4e7f8 c4e7f8 c4e7f8 ffffff 9ECDEB _celta0203a _celta0203a _celta0203a _celta0203a _celta0203a 1a2737 1a2737 1a2737 1a2737 1a2737 _celta0102a _celta0102a _celta0102a c4e7f8 c4e7f8 c4e7f8 CC2A39 CC2A39 2001–02 2003–04 Celta de Vigo participated in La Liga, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Cup in the 2002-03 season, for the first time qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, thanks to a fourth-placed finish in La Liga. This was the crown of the work former coach Víctor Fernández had put in to establish Celta as a credible force, and it was under Miguel Ángel Lotina's leadership the club reached the ultimate level of the "Euro Celta" era. Squad 1 ARG GK Pablo Cavallero 2 ESP DF Juan Velasco 3 BRA DF Sylvinho 4 ARG DF Fernando Cáceres 5 BRA MF Everton Giovanella 6 ARG DF Eduardo Berizzo 7 BRA MF Vágner 8 ESP MF Ángel 9 EGY FW Mido on loan from Ajax 10 RUS MF Aleksandr Mostovoi 11 ARG MF Gustavo López 13 ESP GK José Manuel Pinto 14 ESP DF Juanfran 16 ESP MF José Ignacio 17 ARG DF Sebastián Méndez 18 ESP DF Pablo Coira 19 BRA MF Edu 20 ESP MF Jesuli 21 ESP DF Sergio 22 FRA 1974 MF Peter Luccin 24 ESP FW Catanha 25 RSA FW Benni McCarthy 26 ESP GK José Juan 27 ESP DF Jorge Rodríguez 28 ESP MF Borja Oubiña 29 ESP MF Jonathan Aspas 30 ESP FW César Olaiz 31 ESP DF Iago Bouzón 32 ESP MF Jacobo Campos 36 ESP DF Israel Left club during season 8 ESP MF Jandro on loan to Albacete 9 ECU FW Iván Kaviedes on loan to Puebla 15 BRA MF Doriva on loan to Middlesbrough Competitions La Liga 2002–03 La Liga League table CEL Matches 1 1 September 2002 21:30 CEST Sevilla 0–1 Celta Vigo G. López 39 W 2 15 September 2002 19:00 CEST Celta Vigo 3–1 Mallorca Catanha 27 Jesuli 40, 83 Niño 78 W 3 22 September 2002 Recreativo Huelva 0–3 Celta Vigo Mostovoi 40, 70 McCarthy 90 W 4 29 September 2002 18:00 CEST Celta Vigo 2–2 Málaga Catanha 25 pen. Berizzo 38 Musampa 14 Cáceres 40 o.g. D 5 6 October 2002 19:00 CEST Valencia 0–1 Celta Vigo Vágner 90 W 6 20 October 2002 18:00 CEST Celta Vigo 0–1 Rayo Vallecano Bolo 6 L 7 26 October 2002 21:30 CEST Celta Vigo 0–0 Atlético Madrid D 8 3 November 2002 17:00 CET Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Celta Vigo Etxeberría 80 Urzaiz 90 Edu 32 L 9 10 November 2002 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 1–0 Espanyol José Ignacio 17 W 10 17 November 2002 20:30 CET Real Betis 2–1 Celta Vigo Alfonso 71 Joaquín 88 José Ignacio 66 L 11 24 November 2002 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 0–0 Osasuna D 12 1 December 2002 17:00 CET Real Valladolid 0–2 Celta Vigo Catanha 10 Edu 53 W 13 8 December 2002 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 2–1 Deportivo Alavés Karmona 21 o.g. Luccin 26 pen. Ilie 49 pen. W 14 15 December 2002 17:00 CET Racing Santander 3–0 Celta Vigo Moratón 59 Benayoun 60, 73 L 15 21 December 2002 20:30 CET Celta Vigo 3–1 Villarreal Catanha 1 Edu 7 Jesuli 63 Palermo 44 W 16 4 January 2003 Deportivo 3–0 Celta Vigo Tristán 43 Sergio 48 Luque 90 + 1 L 17 11 January 2003 21:00 CET Celta Vigo 0–1 Real Madrid Ronaldo 6 L 18 18 January 2003 20:00 CET Real Sociedad 1–0 Celta Vigo de Pedro 65 L 19 26 January 2003 20:30 CET Celta Vigo 2–0 Barcelona Jesuli 47 Sylvinho 73 W 20 2 February 2003 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 0–1 Sevilla Casquero 78 L 21 9 February 2003 17:00 CET Mallorca 0–2 Celta Vigo Edu 54, 64 W 22 16 February 2003 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 4–1 Recreativo Huelva Edu 38, 56 Jesuli 63, 70 Sylvinho 90 + 2 o.g. W 23 23 February 2003 18:00 CET Málaga 1–1 Celta Vigo Koke 89 José Ignacio 5 D 24 2 March 2003 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 1–1 Valencia Edu 10 Carew 7 D 25 9 March 2003 17:00 CET Rayo Vallecano 1–0 Celta Vigo de Quintana 86 L 26 16 March 2003 17:00 CET Atlético Madrid 0–1 Celta Vigo Berizzo 87 W 27 23 March 2003 17:00 CET Celta Vigo 2–1 Athletic Bilbao Mido 19 McCarthy 77 Del Horno 7 W 28 5 April 2003 21:30 CEST Espanyol 0–0 Celta Vigo D 29 13 April 2003 18:00 CEST Celta Vigo 1–0 Real Betis Mostovoi 44 W 30 20 April 2003 18:00 CEST Osasuna 0–2 Celta Vigo Mido 14, 50 W 31 27 April 2003 18:00 CEST Celta Vigo 0–0 Real Valladolid D 32 4 May 2003 17:30 CEST Deportivo Alavés 0–0 Celta Vigo D 33 11 May 2003 18:00 CEST Celta Vigo 2–2 Racing Santander Juanfran 35 Edu 84 pen. Javi Guerrero 56 pen. Alonso 90 + 9 D 34 18 May 2003 18:00 CEST Villarreal 5–0 Celta Vigo Guayre 48, 88 Víctor 53 J. López 58 Palermo 61 Estadio El Madrigal Rodríguez Santiago L 35 24 May 2003 20:45 CEST Celta Vigo 3–0 Deportivo Jesuli 56 Edu 62, 73 W 36 31 May 2003 21:30 CEST Real Madrid 1–1 Celta Vigo Raúl 68 Mostovoi 35 D 37 15 June 2003 21:00 CEST Celta Vigo 3–2 Real Sociedad Mostovoi 10, 49 Mido 70 Nihat 66, 83 W 38 22 June 2003 21:00 CEST Barcelona 2–0 Celta Vigo Sorín 6 Saviola 50 L External links FootballSquads - Celta Vigo 2002-03 Category:RC Celta de Vigo seasons Celta Category:2002 in Galicia (Spain) Category:2003 in Galicia (Spain)