# 2002–03 FC Barcelona season

During the 2002–03 season, FC Barcelona competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. The club's top scorer was Patrick Kluivert, with 21 goals.

## 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. In Europe, however, they fared slightly better, 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
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 |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Roberto Bonano |
| 2 | DF | NED | Michael Reiziger |
| 3 | DF | NED | Frank de Boer |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Patrik Andersson |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Carles Puyol |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Javier Saviola |
| 8 | MF | NED | Phillip Cocu |
| 9 | FW | NED | Patrick Kluivert |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Juan Román Riquelme |
| 11 | MF | NED | Marc Overmars |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Philippe Christanval |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Fábio Rochemback |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Gaizka Mendieta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Gabri |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Juan Pablo Sorín |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique (captain) |
| 25 | GK | GER | Robert Enke |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Víctor Valdés |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Thiago Motta |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Dani Tortolero |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Oleguer |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Andrés Iniesta |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Fernando Navarro |
| 36 | MF | ESP | David Sánchez |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Nano |
| 39 | FW | ESP | Sergio García |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Óscar López |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 25 | GK | Enke | 24 | EU | Benfica | Transfer Y | Summer | 2004 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Riquelme | 24 | Non-EU | Boca Juniors | Transfer Y | Summer | 2006 | €10M |
| 20 | DF | Sorín | 26 | EU | Cruzeiro | Loan → | Winter | 2003 | Loan |
| 17 | MF | Mendieta | 29 | EU | Lazio | Loan → | Summer | 2003 | €1,5M |
Total spending: €15,500,000

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 37 | MF | Arteta | 21 | EU | Rangers | Transfer Y | Summer | €7,9M |
| 25 | GK | Dutruel | 30 | EU | Alavés | Transfer Y | Summer | €2,9M |
| 13 | GK | Reina | 20 | EU | Villarreal | Transfer Y | Summer | €0,75M |
| 10 | FW | Rivaldo | 31 | EU | Milan | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 5 | DF | Abelardo | 33 | EU | Alavés | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 12 | DF | Sergi | 31 | EU | Atlético Madrid | Transfer Y | Summer | Free |
| 36 | MF | Luis García | 25 | EU | Atlético Madrid | Transfer Y | Summer | €3,6M |
| 22 | FW | Geovanni | 23 | EU | Benfica | Loan → | Winter | Loan |
| 20 | FW | Alfonso | 30 | EU | Betis | Loan → | Summer | Loan |
Total income: €15,150,000
Last updated: 3 October

## Competitions
### Pre-season and friendlies

28-07-2002 Friendly. Grenoble 1–0 Barcelona
30-07-2002 Friendly. Servette 1–4 Barcelona
02-08-2002 Amsterdam Tournament. Barcelona 4–2 Parma
04-08-2002 Amsterdam Tournament. Ajax 4–3 Barcelona
07-08-2002 Friendly. Newcastle United 0–3 Barcelona
23-08-2002 Joan Gamper Trophy. Barcelona 1–0 Red Star Belgrade
29-01-2003 Friendly. Benfica 0–1 Barcelona
04-02-2003 Friendly. Cádiz 1–2 Barcelona
05-03-2003 Friendly. Llorca 1–4 Barcelona
02-04-2003 Friendly. Barcelona 5–0 Al-Ittihad
08-05-2003 Copa Catalunya (semi-final). Terrassa 1–1 Barcelona Penalties (4–2)

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Valencia | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Barcelona | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 55 | |
| 8 | Real Betis | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 54 | |

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### First group stage
##### Group H

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BAR | LKM | BRU | GAL |
| Barcelona | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

#### Second group stage
##### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BAR | INT | NEW | LEV |
| Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Inter Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Newcastle United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 3–1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |

#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Bonano | 32 | -35 | 24 | -30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -5 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Gabri | 37 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | de Boer | 50 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Puyol | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Sorin | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Mendieta | 49 | 6 | 29+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 10+5 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Cocu | 42 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 44 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Overmars | 32 | 7 | 20+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Kluivert | 51 | 21 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14+1 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Saviola | 51 | 20 | 29+7 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 12+2 | 7 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Valdes | 20 | -18 | 14 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Motta | 35 | 5 | 18+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12+1 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Reiziger | 31 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Riquelme | 42 | 6 | 14+16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6+5 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Enrique | 26 | 10 | 14+4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Navarro | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Rochemback | 30 | 1 | 7+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard | 29 | 1 | 5+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Iniesta | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Christanval | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García | 12 | 2 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Andersson | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ESP | López | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Oleguer | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Geovanni | 11 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Enke | 4 | -6 | 0+1 | -2 | 1 | -3 | 2 | -1 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Tortolero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Sánchez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Nano | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ESP | García | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2002-0336.html?tab=partits