# 2002–03 FC Porto season

The 2002–03 season was the 118th season in the existence of FC Porto and the club's 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Porto participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the UEFA Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | POR | Bruno Vale |
| 99 | GK | POR | Vítor Baía |
| 13 | GK | POR | Nuno |
| 1 | GK | POR | Hilário |
| 2 | DF | POR | Jorge Costa |
| 3 | DF | POR | Pedro Emanuel |
| 4 | DF | POR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| 5 | DF | POR | Ricardo Costa |
| 6 | MF | POR | Costinha |
| 7 | DF | POR | Carlos Secretário |
| 8 | DF | POR | Nuno Valente |
| 9 | FW | LTU | Edgaras Jankauskas |
| 10 | MF | POR | Deco |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Derlei |
| 20 | MF | POR | Paulinho Santos |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Alenichev |
| 41 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga |
| 77 | FW | RSA | Benni McCarthy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | DF | POR | Reinaldo |
| 18 | MF | POR | Maniche |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Tiago |
| 20 | DF | POR | Mário Silva |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Maciel |
| 22 | DF | POR | Paulo Ferreira |
| 53 | MF | POR | Elias |
| 28 | MF | POR | Bruno |
| 29 | FW | POR | Hugo Almeida |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Ákos Buzsáky |
| 36 | MF | POR | Pedro Nuno |
| 35 | DF | POR | Hugo Luz |
| 52 | MF | POR | Manuel José |
| 25 | MF | POR | Cândido Costa |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Clayton |
| 16 | DF | POR | César Peixoto |
| 21 | MF | POR | Capucho |
| 78 | MF | POR | Marco Ferreira |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 25 August 2002 | 1 June 2003 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 079.41 |
| Taça de Portugal | 24 November 2002 | 15 June 2003 | Fourth round | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 100.00 |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | 10 August 2003 | 10 August 2003 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 19 September 2002 | 21 May 2003 | First round | Winners | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 061.54 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 119 | 38 | +81 | 077.78 |
Source: Competitions

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Porto (C) | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 50 | |
| 5 | União de Leiria | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
* ↑ Leiria qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W |
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