2002–03 Real Betis season

Real Betis

2002–03 season
President	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Manager	Víctor Fernández
La Liga	8th
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Season summary

Betis finished eighth.

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
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
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
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
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
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; (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.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Toni Prats 2 DF Luis Fernández 3 DF Washington Tais 4 DF Juanito 5 DF David Rivas 6 FW Daniel Martín Alexandre 7 DF Mingo 8 MF Fernando Varela 9 MF Fernando 10 MF Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez 11 MF Denílson 20 MF Marcos Assunção 13 MF Arzu 14 MF Capi 15 DF David Belenguer 17 MF Joaquín

No. Position Player 18 MF Ito 21 FW Alfonso Pérez 23 MF Benjamín 27 DF Melli 28 FW Maldonado 29 FW Gastón Casas 30 GK Toni Doblas 31 FW João Tomás 32 DF Iulian Filipescu 34 MF José Calado

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

September 8, 2002
UD Salamanca	0–4	Racing Ferrol

September 10, 2002
SD Lemona	0–3	CA Osasuna
Hércules CF	2–1	Villarreal CF
SD Compostela	0–1	Real Oviedo

September 11, 2002
Terrassa FC	2–0	Levante
UDA Gramenet	0–1	RCD Mallorca
Novelda CF	3–2	FC Barcelona
Palamós CF	6–1	Elche CF
Barakaldo CF	1–3	Alavés(aet)
Amurrio Club	1–2	Athletic Bilbao
CP Cacereño	0–2	Xerez CD
Real Union	3–2	Racing Santander
(aet)Getafe CF	2–1	UD Las Palmas
UD Lanzarote	1–2	Atlético Madrid
Real Zaragoza	3–1	Real Sociedad
CD Numancia	2–0	CD Tenerife
Sporting Gijón	1–2	Real Valladolid
Cultural Leonesa	2–1	Rayo Vallecano
Motril CF	1–1	CD Badajoz(3–4 pen)
Burgos CF	0–1	Celta de Vigo
Alicante CF	1–0	RCD Espanyol
Real Jaén	0–3	Sevilla FC
Nàstic	0–0	Valencia CF(4–5 pen)
CF Extremadura	1–1	Málaga CF(1–4 pen)
San Sebastian	1–8	Real Madrid
CD Linares	1–0	CD Leganes
Jerez CF	0–3	Real Betis
UD Almería(aet)	3–2	Córdoba CF
Albacete	1–2	SD Eibar
CD Corralejo	1–2	Deportivo

September 18, 2002
Real Murcia	1–0	Poli Ejido

October 9, 2002
Villanueva CF	1–2	Recreativo

Round of 32

November 5, 2002
Novelda CF	0–3	Terrassa FC
Hércules CF	0–0	RCD Mallorca(3–4 pen)
Racing Ferrol	3–4	Deportivo

November 6, 2002
Real Union	2–1	Athletic Bilbao
SD Eibar	0–0	CA Osasuna(6–7 pen)
Palamós CF	3–6	Real Betis(aet)
Real Oviedo	0–4	Real Madrid
Getafe CF	1–2	Real Valladolid(aet)
Cultural Leonesa	0–2	Atlético Madrid
Real Murcia	1–0	CD Badajoz
Xerez CD	2–0	Málaga CF
Real Zaragoza	1–2	Deportivo Alavés
CD Linares	1–2	Sevilla FC
UD Almería	0–1	Recreativo
(5–4pen)Alicante CF	3–3	Valencia CF

November 7, 2002
CD Numancia	1–0	Celta Vigo

Round of 16

First leg:

January 7, 2003
Alicante CF	1–1	Deportivo

January 8, 2003
Real Murcia	0–0	Deportivo Alavés
Real Betis	0–0	Recreativo
Terrassa FC	3–3	Real Madrid
RCD Mallorca	2–2	Real Valladolid
Real Union	0–4	CA Osasuna
CD Numancia	1–3	Sevilla FC
Xerez CD	0–1	Atlético Madrid

Second leg:

January 14, 2003
Real Madrid	4–2	Terrassa FC	agg:7–5

January 15, 2003
Deportivo Alavés	1–2	Real Murcia	agg:1–2
Deportivo	4–1	Alicante CF	agg:5–2
Recreativo	1–0	Real Betis	agg:1–0
Real Valladolid	1–4	RCD Mallorca	agg:3–6
CA Osasuna	1–1	Real Union	agg:5–1
Sevilla FC	2–1	CD Numancia	agg:5–2
Atlético Madrid	3–0	Xerez CD	agg:4–0

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