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2002-03 La Liga

La Liga
Season 2002–03
Champions Real Madrid
29th title
Relegated Recreativo Huelva
Alavés
Rayo Vallecano
Champions League Real Madrid (group stage)
Real Sociedad (group stage)
Deportivo (3rd qualifying round)
Celta Vigo (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Valencia (first round)
Barcelona (first round)
Mallorca (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup Villarreal (third round)
Racing (second round)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1,016 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Roy Makaay (29)
Biggest home win Deportivo 6–0 Alavés
(22 February 2003)
Biggest away win Mallorca 1–5 Real Madrid
(8 December 2002)
Alavés 1–5 Real Madrid
(1 March 2003)
Real Madrid 1–5 Mallorca
(3 May 2003)
Osasuna 1–5 Athletic Bilbao
(4 May 2003)
Mallorca 0–4 Atlético Madrid
(22 September 2002)
Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona
(21 December 2002)
Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Valencia
(23 February 2003)
Atlético Madrid 0–4 Real Madrid
(15 June 2003)
Highest scoring Barcelona 6–1 Alavés
(26 October 2002)
Barcelona 6–1 Racing
(23 March 2003)
Real Madrid 5–2 Alavés
(6 October 2002)
Racing 5–2 Espanyol
(1 June 2003)
Villarreal 4–3 Atlético Madrid
(5 January 2003)
Málaga 3–4 Espanyol
(27 October 2002)
Racing 3–4 Athletic Bilbao
(4 January 2003)

The 2002–03 La Liga season, the 72nd since its establishment, started on 31 August 2002 and finished on 22 June 2003.

Teams promoted from 2001–02 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2002–03 Segunda División

2002-03 season was composed of the following clubs:

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
1Mallorca entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2002–03 Copa del Rey
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Source: LFP (in Spanish)
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Real Madrid was the winner of the Fair-play award, with 76 points; second was Real Sociedad; and third was Deportivo La Coruña.

Real Sociedad supporters

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t2001-02.html
Players on loan are marked on italics.


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