2002–03 Deportivo Alavés season

Deportivo Alavés

2002–03 season
President	Gonzalo Antón
Head coach	Mané (until 29 April) Txutxi Aranguren (from 29 April)[1]
Stadium	Mendizorrotza
La Liga	19th (relegated)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Rubén Navarro (10)[2] All: Rubén Navarro (15)

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^[3]

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  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^[4]

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 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^[4]

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 28 DF  ESP Josu Sarriegi (on loan at Eibar)

Transfers

^[4][5]

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Notes
Summer
1	GK	Richard Dutruel	Barcelona
15	FW	Adrian Ilie	Valencia
17	MF	Edu Alonso	Las Palmas	Free[6][7]
23	DF	Abelardo Fernández	Barcelona
24	MF	Luis Helguera	Udinese	Loan[8]
	MF	Mario Rosas	Salamanca	Loan return
Winter
2	MF	Ivan Tomić	Roma	Loan[9][10]

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Notes
Summer
1	GK	Martín Herrera	Fulham	Free[11]
2	DF	Fabricio Coloccini	Milan	Loan return
22	MF	Richard Witschge	Ajax	Loan return[12]
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[13]
	DF	Pablo Brandán	Independiente	Loan
	MF	Mario Rosas	Numancia

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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					46	12	13	21	50	75	−25	026.09

Source: ^[14]

La Liga

Main article: 2002–03 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
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 away goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	8	11	19	38	68	−30	35	5	8	6	18	20	−2	3	3	13	20	48	−28

Source: ^[14]

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

Source: ^[14][15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Relegation to the Segunda División

Matches

Rayo Vallecano v Deportivo Alavés

1 September 2002 1	Rayo Vallecano	2 – 2	Deportivo Alavés	Madrid, Spain
18:00	Álvarez 21', 64' (pen.)	Report	37' I. Alonso 71' Magno	Stadium: Estadio Teresa Rivero Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira

Deportivo Alavés v Racing Santander

15 September 2002 2	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 1	Racing Santander	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
17:00		Report	29' Bodipo	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Villarreal v Deportivo Alavés

22 September 2002 3	Villarreal	0 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	Villarreal, Spain
18:00		Report	34' I. Alonso	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez

Deportivo Alavés v Deportivo La Coruña

28 September 2002 4	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
19:30	I. Alonso 52'	Report	69' Tristán 89' Capdevila	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Alfonso Pino Zamorano

Real Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

6 October 2002 5	Real Madrid	5 – 2	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid, Spain
17:00	Zidane 1' Figo 30' (pen.), 71' Ronaldo 64', 78'	Report	36' Magno 84' I. Alonso	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Referee: Alberto Undiano

Deportivo Alavés v Real Sociedad

20 October 2002 6	Deportivo Alavés	2 – 2	Real Sociedad	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
17:00	Astudillo 4' Navarro 86'	Report	33' Kahveci 67' Karpin	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Barcelona v Deportivo Alavés

26 October 2002 7	Barcelona	6 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	Barcelona, Spain
20:00	Kluivert 16', 27', 80' Mendieta 35' (pen.) Enrique 40' Xavi 65'	Report	54' Begoña	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

Deportivo Alavés v Sevilla

3 November 2002 8	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 0	Sevilla	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
18:00	Navarro 90'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez

Mallorca v Deportivo Alavés

10 November 2002 9	Mallorca	3 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
16:00	Pandiani 29', 77' (pen.) Ibagaza 66'	Report	90' Ilie	Stadium: Estadi de Son Moix Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

Deportivo Alavés v Recreativo de Huelva

17 November 2002 10	Deportivo Alavés	3 – 0	Recreativo de Huelva	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00	Navarro 10' Magno 19' Ilie 54'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Jesús Téllez Sánchez

Málaga v Deportivo Alavés

24 November 2002 11	Málaga	0 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	Málaga, Spain
16:00		Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Deportivo Alavés v Valencia

1 December 2002 12	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 0	Valencia	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00		Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Celta Vigo v Deportivo Alavés

8 December 2002 13	Celta Vigo	2 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	Vigo, Spain
16:00	Karmona 22' (o.g.) Luccin 25' (pen.)	Report	50' (pen.) Ilie	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Alexis Pérez Pérez

Deportivo Alavés v Atlético Madrid

14 December 2002 14	Deportivo Alavés	2 – 0	Atlético Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
19:00	Navarro 11' Ilie 30'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Alberto Undiano

Athletic Bilbao v Deportivo Alavés

21 December 2002 15	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	Bilbao, Spain
19:00	Urzaiz 16' Etxeberria 74'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

Deportivo Alavés v Espanyol

5 January 2003 16	Deportivo Alavés	2 – 1	Espanyol	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00	Cruyff 32' Soldevilla 76' (o.g.)	Report	19' Milošević	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres

Real Betis v Deportivo Alavés

12 January 2003 17	Real Betis	2 – 2	Deportivo Alavés	Seville, Spain
16:00	Fernando 44' Joaquín 88'	Report	57' Magno 90' Turiel	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Referee: Alfonso Pérez

Deportivo Alavés v Osasuna

19 January 2003 18	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 1	Osasuna	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00	Ilie 40'	Report	88' Aloisi	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

Real Valladolid v Deportivo Alavés

26 January 2003 19	Real Valladolid	1 – 3	Deportivo Alavés	Valladolid, Spain
16:00	Ćirić 86'	Report	19', 79' Navarro 90' I. Alonso	Stadium: José Zorrilla Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Deportivo Alavés v Rayo Vallecano

2 February 2003 20	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 1	Rayo Vallecano	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00	Karmona 70'	Report	19' Peragón	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Antonio López Nieto

Racing Santander v Deportivo Alavés

9 February 2003 21	Racing Santander	2 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	Santander, Spain
16:00	Nafti 26' Regueiro 87'	Report		Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Javier Moreno Delgado

Deportivo Alavés v Villarreal

16 February 2003 22	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 0	Villarreal	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00	Tomić 75'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Deportivo La Coruña v Deportivo Alavés

22 February 2003 23	Deportivo La Coruña	6 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	A Coruña, Spain
19:45	Tristán 15', 19', 59' Makaay 34', 52' Luque 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez

Deportivo Alavés v Real Madrid

1 March 2003 24	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 5	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
20:30	I. Alonso 75'	Report	11', 64', 77' Ronaldo 35', 83' Raúl	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Real Sociedad v Deportivo Alavés

9 March 2003 25	Real Sociedad	3 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	San Sebastián, Spain
19:30	Kovačević 16' Kahveci 39' Karpin 43'	Report	83' (pen.) Navarro	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

Deportivo Alavés v Barcelona

16 March 2003 26	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 0	Barcelona	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
18:00		Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres

Sevilla v Deportivo Alavés

23 March 2003 27	Sevilla	3 – 2	Deportivo Alavés	Seville, Spain
16:00	Casquero 21' Reyes 84' (pen.) Karmona 89' (o.g.)	Report	60' Navarro 78' Astudillo	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Deportivo Alavés v Mallorca

6 April 2003 28	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 0	Mallorca	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00		Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez

Recreativo de Huelva v Deportivo Alavés

13 April 2003 29	Recreativo de Huelva	1 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	Huelva, Spain
11:00	García 3'	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Deportivo Alavés v Málaga

20 April 2003 30	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 1	Málaga	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:00		Report	90' Silva	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez

Valencia v Deportivo Alavés

27 April 2003 31	Valencia	3 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	Valencia, Spain
16:00	Réveillère 31' Rufete 56' Aimar 67'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

Deportivo Alavés v Celta Vigo

4 May 2003 32	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 0	Celta Vigo	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
16:30		Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Alberto Undiano

Atlético Madrid v Deportivo Alavés

10 May 2003 33	Atlético Madrid	0 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	Madrid, Spain
16:00		Report	55' Ilie	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Deportivo Alavés v Athletic Bilbao

18 May 2003 34	Deportivo Alavés	2 – 4	Athletic Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
17:00	Magno 26' Astudillo 28'	Report	19' Yeste 57' Urzaiz 75', 84' Etxeberria	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Jesús Téllez Sánchez

Espanyol v Deportivo Alavés

25 May 2003 35	Espanyol	3 – 1	Deportivo Alavés	Barcelona, Spain
17:00	Milošević 41', 46' (pen.) Rodríguez 90'	Report	58' (pen.) Llorens	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Deportivo Alavés v Real Betis

1 June 2003 36	Deportivo Alavés	0 – 1	Real Betis	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
18:00		Report	57' Fernando	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

Osasuna v Deportivo Alavés

15 June 2003 37	Osasuna	4 – 2	Deportivo Alavés	Pamplona, Spain
18:00	Aloisi 24' (pen.), 78' Moha 68', 86'	Report	35', 83' Navarro	Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Antonio López Nieto

Deportivo Alavés v Real Valladolid

21 June 2003 38	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 1	Real Valladolid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
19:00	Pablo Gómez 58'	Report	36' Aganzo	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Referee: Javier Moreno Delgado

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2002–03 Copa del Rey

^[14]   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				Second leg
			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

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup first round

MKE Ankaragücü v Deportivo Alavés

19 September 2002 First leg	MKE Ankaragücü	1 – 2	Deportivo Alavés	Ankara, Turkey
19:45	Niculescu 30'	Report	43' Astudillo 81' Navarro	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Deportivo Alavés v MKE Ankaragücü

3 October 2002 Second leg	Deportivo Alavés	3 – 0	MKE Ankaragücü	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
19:30	Dursun 6' (o.g.) Turiel 49', 75'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

Deportivo Alavés won 5–1 on aggregate

Second round

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup second round

Deportivo Alavés v Beşiktaş

31 October 2002 First leg	Deportivo Alavés	1 – 1	Beşiktaş	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
20:45 CET	Abelardo Fernández 90+3'	Report	31' (o.g.) Karmona	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 10,375 Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

Beşiktaş v Deportivo Alavés

14 November 2002 Second leg	Beşiktaş	1 – 0	Deportivo Alavés	Istanbul, Turkey
20:30 TRT	Mansiz 7'	Report		Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Pascal Garubian (France)

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 15 May 2021.^[2][16][17]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup
				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

^[2][16][17]

Place	Position	Nation	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
	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
	DF		3	Ibon Begoña	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Antonio Karmona	1	0	0	1
	MF		10	Pablo Gómez	1	0	0	1
	MF		14	Jordi Cruyff	1	0	0	1
	DF		20	Carlos Llorens	1	0	0	1
	DF		23	Abelardo Fernández	0	0	1	1
				Own goals[18][19]	1	0	1	2
				TOTALS	38	6	6	50

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