2002–03 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2002–03 season
Chairman	Antonio Dias da Cunha
Manager	László Bölöni
Stadium	Jose Alvalade
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League	2nd Round
UEFA Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	Mario Jardel (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Sporting Clube de Portugal's 96th season in existence and the club's 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, Sporting CP participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal, UEFA Champions League Qualifying rounds and UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

Season Summary[]

As defending league winners, the club collapsed in this season, finishing a massive 27 points behind league leader Jose Mourinho's FC Porto, and failing to win any trophies.^[1] This was mainly due to issues in their attacking line, including an Mario Jardel injury in January.^[2]^[3] In Europe the team was early eliminated early; in August the side was knocked out of the UEFA Champions League Qualifying round by Inter Milan. After that, in September Serbian squad Partizan FK defeated Sporting in the UEFA Cup first round. At the end of the season 18-yr-old midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo left the club to be transferred out to Manchester United.^[4]^[5]

Squad[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	POR	Ricardo
1	GK	POR	Nélson
12	GK	POR	Tiago
13	GK	POR	Nuno Santos
4	DF	ARG	Facundo Quiroga
6	MF	POR	Hugo
22	DF	POR	Beto
23	DF	POR	Rui Jorge
3	MF	POR	Rui Bento
8	MF	POR	Pedro Barbosa
11	MF	CHI	Rodrigo Tello
15	DF	CHI	Pablo Contreras
17	MF	POR	Paulo Bento


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	BRA	Cesar Prates
30	MF	ESP	Toñito
7	FW	ROU	Marius Niculae
10	FW	POR	Sá Pinto
25	MF	POR	João Pinto
20	MF	POR	Ricardo Quaresma
16	FW	BRA	Mario Jardel
9	FW	BLR	Vitali Kutuzov
28	MF	POR	Cristiano Ronaldo
14	MF	POR	Ricardo Fernandes
26	MF	POR	Carlos Martins
18	DF	POR	Luís Filipe
27	MF	POR	Custódio
29	MF	ANG	Lourenço
55	MF	BRA	Marcos Paulo
32	MF	POR	João Paulo
19	MF	POR	Danny

Competitions[]

Primeira Liga[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	27	5	2	73	26	+47	86	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	23	6	5	74	27	+47	75	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	17	8	9	52	38	+14	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitória de Guimarães	34	14	8	12	47	46	+1	50
5	União de Leiria	34	13	10	11	49	47	+2	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]

Source: Primeira Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Leiria qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up

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
Ground	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L
Position	3	2	6	7	8	8	4	2	6	3	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: FootballPortugal
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = 2003-04 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2003-04 UEFA Cup

Matches[]

23 August 2002 1	Académica	0–2	Sporting CP	Coimbra
		Report	Quaresma 43' Tonel 64' (o.g.)

1 September 2002 2	Sporting CP	2–1	CD Santa Clara	Lisboa
		Report		Stadium:

14 September 2002 3	Pacos de Ferreira	4–0	Sporting CP	Paços de Ferreira
		Report		Stadium: da Mata Real

23 September 2002 4	Sporting CP	0–0	Varzim	Lisboa
		Report		Stadium:

29 September 2002 5

Sporting Braga

4–2

Sporting CP

7 October 2002 6	Sporting CP	3–0	Moreirense	Lisboa
	30' V. Kutuzov 34' 90+5' C. Ronaldo	Report		Stadium:

20 October 2002 7	Sporting CP	2–0	Os Belenenses	Lisboa
				Stadium:

26 October 2002 8

Boavista

1–2

Sporting CP

2 November 2002 9	Sporting CP	0–3	Gil Vicente	Lisboa
				Stadium:

8 November 2002 10

Vitoria de Guimaraes

1–3

Sporting CP

15 November 2002 11	Sporting CP	2–0	Marítimo	Lisboa
				Stadium:

30 November 2002 12

Beira-Mar

1–3

Sporting

7 December 2002 13	Sporting CP	0–2	Benfica	Lisboa
				Stadium:

14 December 2002 14

Uniao Leiria

3–2

Sporting CP

22 December 2002 15	Sporting CP	2–0	Nacional	Lisboa
	João Pinto 19' 56'	Report		Stadium: Jose Alvalade Referee: Isidro Rodrigues

4 January 2003 16

Vitoria Setubal

1–2

Sporting

11 January 2003 17	Sporting	0–1	FC Porto	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

25 January 2003 19

Santa Clara

0–1

Sporting CP

2 February 2003 20	Sporting	4–0	Paços de Ferreira	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

5 February 2003 18	Sporting	1–0	Académica	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

8 February 2003 21

Varzim

1–1

Sporting

16 February 2003 22	Sporting	2–0	Sporting Braga	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

24 February 2003 23

Moreirense

1–2

Sporting

1 March 2003 24

Os Belenenses

1–1

Sporting

16 March 2003 25	Sporting	1–1	Boavista	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

21 March 2003 26

Gil Vicente

1–0

Sporting

6 April 2003 27	Sporting	1–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

19 April 2003 28

Marítimo

0–3

Sporting

25 April 2003 29	Sporting	1–1	Beira-Mar	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

3 May 2003 30

Benfica

1–2

Sporting

12 May 2003 31	Sporting	1–1	União de Leiria	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

17 May 2003 32

Nacional

1–1

Sporting

24 May 2003 33	Sporting	3–4	Vitoria de Setubal	Lisboa
				Stadium: Jose Alvalade

1 June 2003 34	FC Porto	2–0	Sporting	Porto
				Stadium:

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying phase[]

Third qualifying round[]

14 August 2002 First leg	Sporting CP	0–0	Internazionale	Lisboa, Portugal
22:00		Report	Morfeo 44' Materazzi 62'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 25,421 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

27 August 2002 Second leg	Internazionale	2–0	Sporting CP	Milan, Italy
21:00	Di Biagio 31' Recoba 44'	Report	Barbosa 39' Rui Jorge 68'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 51,405 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

UEFA Cup[]

First round[]

19 September 2002	Sporting CP	1–3	Partizan	Lisboa
22:00	Toñito 27'	Report	Hugo 12' (o.g.) Delibašić 37' Iliev 79'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 12,210 Referee: (Italy)

3 October 2002	Partizan	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP	Belgrade
20:00	Delibašić 78' Živković 110' Čakar 117'	Report	Toñito 13' Kutuzov 55' Contreras 82'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: closed doors Referee: (Austria)

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Liga		Champions League		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Nélson	19	-26	19	-26
4	DF	ARG	Quiroga	28	1	25+1	1	2	0
15	DF	CHI	Contreras	32	2	30	2	2	0
6	DF	POR	Hugo	25	1	23+2	1
23	DF	POR	Rui Jorge	24	1	18+4	1	2	0
3	DF	POR	Rui Bento	30	1	26+2	1	2	0
17	DM	POR	Paulo Bento	29	1	23+6	1
20	MF	POR	Quaresma	33	5	27+4	5	2	0
25	MF	POR	João Pinto	25	8	25	8
9	MF	BLR	Kutuzov	26	3	16+8	3	0+2	0
16	FW	BRA	Jardel	19	11	17+2	11
12	GK	POR	Tiago	17	-14	15	-12	2	-2
5	DF	BRA	Cesar Prates	20	5	11+7	5	2	0
22	DF	POR	Beto	19	1	17	1	2	0
8	MF	POR	Barbosa	26	2	12+12	2	2	0
11	MF	CHI	Tello	15	1	15	1
7	FW	ROU	Niculae	19	3	9+8	3	2	0
10	FW	POR	Sá Pinto	13	1	5+8	1
28	MF	POR	Ronaldo	26	3	11+14	3	0+1	0
30	MF	ESP	Toñito	30	5	21+7	5	2	0
14	MF	POR	Fernandes	8	1	5+1	1	0+2	0
26	MF	POR	Martins	6	0	0+6	0
18	DF	POR	Luís Filipe	3	0	2+1	0
55	MF	BRA	Marcos Paulo	3	0	1+2	0
32	MF	POR	João Paulo	6	0	1+5	0
19	MF	POR	Danny	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
13	GK	POR	Nuno Santos	1	0	0+1	0
	GK	POR	Ricardo
27	MF	POR	Custódio
29	MF	ANG	Lourenço

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2002-035001.html?t=lista

References[]

^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2002–03". Zerozero. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Deco and Jardel granted Portuguese citizenship". WorldSoccerNews.com. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
^ "Boloni își amintește de debutul lui Ronaldo la Sporting: "Nu reușeam să îl opresc să facă driblinguri"". DigiSport. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Clash of the Titans". Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ "Famous players featured in U17 c'ships". UEFAu17.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009.

External links[]

Official website

[table_note_res_UCQR0.1868494344814-6] Leiria qualified for the UEFA Cup as Portuguese Cup runners-up

[1] "Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2002–03". Zerozero. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[2] "Deco and Jardel granted Portuguese citizenship". WorldSoccerNews.com. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2008.

[3] "Boloni își amintește de debutul lui Ronaldo la Sporting: "Nu reușeam să îl opresc să facă driblinguri"". DigiSport. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

[Clash-4] "Clash of the Titans". Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

[5] "Famous players featured in U17 c'ships". UEFAu17.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009.

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v t 2002–03 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Liga Segunda Liga Segunda Divisão B Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Liga	Benfica Porto Sporting CP