# 2002–03 Deportivo Alavés season

The 2002–03 season was the 81st season in the existence of Deportivo Alavés, and the club's fifth season in the top flight of Spanish football since winning promotion from the 1997–98 Segunda División. In addition to the domestic league, Alavés participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

## First-team squad

Retrieved on 14 May 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Richard Dutruel |
| 2 | MF | SCG | Ivan Tomić (on loan from Roma) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Ibon Begoña |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Antonio Karmona (captain) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Óscar Téllez |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Delfí Geli |
| 8 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Mara |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Rubén Navarro |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Pablo Gómez |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Magno |
| 14 | MF | NED | Jordi Cruyff |
| 15 | FW | ROU | Adrian Ilie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Hermes Desio |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Edu Alonso |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Martín Astudillo |
| 19 | FW | URU | Iván Alonso |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Carlos Llorens |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Jesús Turiel |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Abelardo Fernández |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Luis Helguera (on loan from Udinese) |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Juan Cruz Ochoa |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Nacho Fernández |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Juan Pablo |

### Left club during season

Retrieved on 14 May 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Dan Eggen (to Rangers) |
| — | DF | ARG | Pablo Brandán (on loan to Independiente) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas (to Numancia) |

### Out on loan for the full season

Retrieved on 10 May 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Josu Sarriegi (on loan at Eibar) |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 1 | GK | Richard Dutruel | Barcelona | |
| 15 | FW | Adrian Ilie | Valencia | |
| 17 | MF | Edu Alonso | Las Palmas | Free |
| 23 | DF | Abelardo Fernández | Barcelona | |
| 24 | MF | Luis Helguera | Udinese | Loan |
| | MF | Mario Rosas | Salamanca | Loan return |
| Winter |||||
| 2 | MF | Ivan Tomić | Roma | Loan |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Notes |
| Summer |||||
| 1 | GK | Martín Herrera | Fulham | Free |
| 2 | DF | Fabricio Coloccini | Milan | Loan return |
| 22 | MF | Richard Witschge | Ajax | Loan return |
| 23 | FW | Jurica Vučko | Salamanca | |
| 25 | GK | Kike Burgos | Polideportivo Ejido | |
| 27 | MF | Sergio de la Cruz | Eibar | |
| 28 | DF | Josu Sarriegi | Eibar | Loan |
| Winter |||||
| 4 | DF | Dan Eggen | Rangers | Free |
| | DF | Pablo Brandán | Independiente | Loan |
| | MF | Mario Rosas | Numancia | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 % |
| La Liga | 1 September 2002 | 21 June 2003 | Matchday 1 | 19th (relegated) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 021.05 |
| Copa del Rey | 11 September 2002 | 15 January 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 19 September 2002 | 14 November 2002 | First round | Second round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 50 | 75 | −25 | 026.09 |
Source:

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Racing Santander | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 44 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 17 | Espanyol | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 43 | |
| 18 | Recreativo (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 36 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 19 | Alavés (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 35 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Rayo Vallecano (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 32 | Relegation to the Segunda División |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches
### Copa del Rey

Win  Draw  Loss
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| Round of 64 | 11 September 2002 | 19:30 | Barakaldo | A | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Round of 32 | 6 November 2002 | 20:00 | Real Zaragoza | A | 2–1 |
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | First leg | First leg | First leg | First leg | Second leg | Second leg | Second leg | Second leg |
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | Date | Time | Venue | Result | Date | Time | Venue | Result |
| Round of 16 | Real Murcia | 1–2 | 8 January 2003 | 20:00 | A | 0–0 | 15 January 2003 | 19:30 | H | 1–2 |

### UEFA Cup
#### First round

Deportivo Alavés won 5–1 on aggregate

#### Second round

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Last updated on 15 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Richard Dutruel | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SCG | Ivan Tomić | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Ibon Begoña | 34 | 1 | 22+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Antonio Karmona | 38 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Óscar Téllez | 31 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Delfí Geli | 39 | 0 | 24+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Mara | 18 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Rubén Navarro | 44 | 15 | 23+13 | 10 | 2+2 | 4 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Pablo Gómez | 24 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Magno | 33 | 5 | 18+11 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Jordi Cruyff | 32 | 1 | 19+7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ROU | Adrian Ilie | 25 | 6 | 11+11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Hermes Desio | 20 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Edu Alonso | 24 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Martín Astudillo | 30 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | URU | Iván Alonso | 45 | 7 | 22+15 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Carlos Llorens | 43 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Jesús Turiel | 29 | 3 | 14+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Abelardo Fernández | 32 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Luis Helguera | 26 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Juan Cruz Ochoa | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Nacho Fernández | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Juan Pablo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NOR | Dan Eggen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ARG | Pablo Brandán | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Mario Rosas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Rubén Navarro | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Iván Alonso | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 15 | Adrian Ilie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Magno | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 18 | Martín Astudillo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 21 | Jesús Turiel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 2 | Ivan Tomić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Ibon Begoña | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Antonio Karmona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Pablo Gómez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Jordi Cruyff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 20 | Carlos Llorens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 23 | Abelardo Fernández | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 38 | 6 | 6 | 50 |