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	1016 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roy Makaay (29)
Biggest home win	Deportivo 6–0 Alavés (22 February 2003)^[1]
Biggest away win	Mallorca 1–5 Real Madrid (8 December 2002)^[2] Alavés 1–5 Real Madrid (1 March 2003)^[3] Real Madrid 1–5 Mallorca (3 May 2003)^[4] Osasuna 1–5 Athletic Bilbao (4 May 2003)^[5] Mallorca 0–4 Atlético Madrid (22 September 2002)^[6] Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona (21 December 2002)^[7] Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Valencia (23 February 2003)^[8] Atlético Madrid 0–4 Real Madrid (15 June 2003)^[9]
Highest scoring	Barcelona 6–1 Alavés (26 October 2002)^[10] Barcelona 6–1 Racing (23 March 2003)^[11] Real Madrid 5–2 Alavés (6 October 2002)^[12] Racing 5–2 Espanyol (1 June 2003)^[13] Villarreal 4–3 Atlético Madrid (5 January 2003)^[14] Málaga 3–4 Espanyol (27 October 2002)^[15] Racing 3–4 Athletic Bilbao (4 January 2003)^[16]
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

La Liga

Season

2002–03

Champions

Relegated

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

1016 (2.67 per match)

Top goalscorer

Roy Makaay (29)

Biggest home win

Deportivo 6–0 Alavés
(22 February 2003)^[1]

Biggest away win

Mallorca 1–5 Real Madrid
(8 December 2002)^[2]
Alavés 1–5 Real Madrid
(1 March 2003)^[3]
Real Madrid 1–5 Mallorca
(3 May 2003)^[4]
Osasuna 1–5 Athletic Bilbao
(4 May 2003)^[5]
Mallorca 0–4 Atlético Madrid
(22 September 2002)^[6]
Mallorca 0–4 Barcelona
(21 December 2002)^[7]
Rayo Vallecano 0–4 Valencia
(23 February 2003)^[8]
Atlético Madrid 0–4 Real Madrid
(15 June 2003)^[9]

Highest scoring

Barcelona 6–1 Alavés
(26 October 2002)^[10]
Barcelona 6–1 Racing
(23 March 2003)^[11]
Real Madrid 5–2 Alavés
(6 October 2002)^[12]
Racing 5–2 Espanyol
(1 June 2003)^[13]
Villarreal 4–3 Atlético Madrid
(5 January 2003)^[14]
Málaga 3–4 Espanyol
(27 October 2002)^[15]
Racing 3–4 Athletic Bilbao
(4 January 2003)^[16]

← 2001–02

2003–04 →

League table [edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	22	12	4	86	42	+44	78	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Real Sociedad	38	22	10	6	71	45	+26	76	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Deportivo La Coruña	38	22	6	10	67	47	+20	72	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Celta de Vigo	38	17	10	11	45	36	+9	61	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Valencia	38	17	9	12	56	35	+21	60	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
6	Barcelona	38	15	11	12	63	47	+16	56	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	63	61	+2	55
8	Betis	38	14	12	12	56	53	+3	54
9	Mallorca	38	14	10	14	49	56	−7	52	2003–04 UEFA Cup First round ¹
10	Sevilla	38	13	11	14	38	39	−1	50
11	Osasuna	38	12	11	15	40	48	−8	47		OSA 1–0 ATM ATM 0–1 OSA
12	Atlético Madrid	38	12	11	15	51	56	−5	47		OSA 1–0 ATM ATM 0–1 OSA
13	Málaga	38	11	13	14	44	49	−5	46		VLD 0–0 MLG MLG 1–0 VLD
14	Valladolid	38	12	10	16	37	40	−3	46		VLD 0–0 MLG MLG 1–0 VLD
15	Villarreal	38	11	12	15	44	53	−9	45	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
16	Racing Santander	38	13	5	20	54	64	−10	44	2003 UEFA 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 Segunda División
19	Alavés (R)	38	8	11	19	38	68	−30	35
20	Rayo Vallecano (R)	38	7	11	20	31	62	−31	32

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head 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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results [edit]

Home \ Away^[1]

1–0

0–2

3–1

2–1

2–0

3–2

4–1

1–1

0–2

1–3

2–1

1–1

3–0

2–3

2–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

Atlético Madrid

3–3

3–0

1–0

0–1

3–1

3–3

2–1

0–1

1–2

2–0

0–4

1–2

1–1

1–0

3–2

Barcelona

2–2

4–0

2–0

6–1

2–4

2–0

2–1

1–2

2–2

6–1

3–0

0–0

2–1

3–0

0–3

2–4

1–1

1–0

Betis

1–0

2–2

3–0

2–1

2–2

0–2

1–1

3–0

0–1

2–1

4–2

0–1

1–1

3–2

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–2

2–1

Celta de Vigo

2–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

2–2

3–1

0–0

2–2

0–1

3–2

4–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

3–1

Deportivo Alavés

2–4

2–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–5

2–2

3–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

Deportivo La Coruña

2–1

3–2

2–0

2–4

3–0

6–0

2–1

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–2

2–0

0–0

2–1

5–0

3–1

1–2

2–0

2–1

Espanyol

3–3

1–2

0–2

2–4

0–0

3–1

2–1

2–0

0–0

3–0

3–1

2–2

1–3

2–0

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–2

Málaga

3–0

3–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

0–2

3–4

1–0

2–2

2–1

2–3

0–2

4–0

3–2

2–2

1–0

1–1

Mallorca

1–1

0–4

2–1

0–2

3–1

3–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

3–3

1–1

1–5

1–3

1–1

1–3

0–2

2–1

1–1

Osasuna

1–5

1–0

2–2

2–1

0–2

4–2

1–2

1–0

0–1

0–0

3–1

0–1

1–0

2–3

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

Racing Santander

3–4

0–2

1–1

0–1

3–0

2–0

1–2

5–2

1–0

1–2

2–3

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

Rayo Vallecano

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–2

0–3

2–1

1–2

0–0

3–1

2–3

0–0

0–1

0–4

0–1

2–2

Real Madrid

3–1

2–2

1–1

4–1

1–1

5–2

2–0

5–1

1–5

4–1

3–1

0–0

4–2

3–0

4–1

3–1

1–1

Real Sociedad

4–2

3–0

2–1

3–3

1–0

3–1

1–1

0–0

2–2

2–1

2–0

2–1

5–0

4–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–2

Recreativo

1–2

3–0

1–3

1–1

0–3

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–3

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–3

5–0

Sevilla

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

1–0

0–0

3–0

2–0

1–0

3–3

1–3

0–1

1–0

0–3

2–1

3–1

Valencia

5–1

0–1

1–3

1–1

0–1

3–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

3–0

1–2

2–2

3–0

1–0

2–0

1–2

Valladolid

2–0

3–1

2–1

3–0

0–2

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–3

0–2

2–1

2–0

1–1

3–0

0–1

0–0

1–0

Villarreal

1–1

4–3

2–0

1–4

5–0

0–1

3–1

0–0

1–1

2–2

0–3

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–2

1–0

Source: LFP (Spanish)
^{1 ^{^}} 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.

Goalscorers	Goal	Team
Roy Makaay	29	Deportivo La Coruña
Nihat Kahveci	23	Real Sociedad
Ronaldo	23	Real Madrid
Darko Kovačević	20	Real Sociedad
Patrick Kluivert	16	Barcelona
Raúl	16	Real Madrid
Fernando	15	Betis

Goalscorers

Goal

Team

Roy Makaay

Deportivo La Coruña