2002–03 Málaga CF season

During the 2002–03 in Spanish football season, Málaga competed in La Liga.

Málaga CF
2002–03 season
ManagerSpain Joaquín Peiró
La Liga13th
Copa del ReyRound of 32
UEFA Intertoto CupFinals
UEFA CupQuarter-finals

Season summary

Málaga slipped to 13th in the final table, but won the Intertoto Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. Manager Joaquín Peiró left at the end of the season.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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 Spain ESP Rafa
2 DF Spain ESP Roberto Rojas
3 DF Spain ESP Francisco Javier López Bravo
4 DF Portugal POR Litos
5 DF Spain ESP Mikel Roteta
6 DF Spain ESP Raúl Iznata
7 FW Panama PAN Julio Dely Valdés
9 FW Uruguay URU Darío Silva
11 MF Netherlands NED Kiki Musampa
12 DF Spain ESP Vicente Valcarce
13 GK Spain ESP Pedro Contreras
14 MF Uruguay URU Marcelo Romero
15 MF Spain ESP Manu Sánchez
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Spain ESP Miguel Ángel
18 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Leko
19 DF Spain ESP Fernando Sanz
20 DF Spain ESP Gerardo
21 DF Spain ESP Josemi
23 MF Spain ESP Sandro
24 FW Spain ESP Manuel Canabal
25 GK Spain ESP Francesc Arnau
26 MF Spain ESP Juanito
27 DF Spain ESP Nacho
28 FW Spain ESP Koke
29 DF Spain ESP Alexis
30 MF Spain ESP Juan Rodríguez

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Spain ESP Francisco Manuel Ruano (on loan to Córdoba)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Portugal POR Edgar (on loan to Getafe)

Results

First round
19 September 2002 Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–0 Spain Málaga Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo
20:30 Report Referee: Stefan Meissner (Austria)
3 October 2002 Málaga Spain 1–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga
21:30 Dely Valdés 7' (pen.) Report Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Second round
24 October 2002 Málaga Spain 2–1 Poland Amica Wronki La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga
21:30 Romero 39'
Dely Valdés 69'		 Report Jikia 2' Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
7 November 2002 Amica Wronki Poland 1–2 Spain Málaga Stadion Amica, Wronki
18:00 Gesior 16' Report Silva 20'
Musampa 72'		 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Málaga won 4–2 on aggregate.

Third round
28 November 2002 Málaga Spain 0–0 England Leeds United La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga
22:00 Report Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
12 December 2002 Leeds United England 1–2 Spain Málaga Elland Road, Leeds
21:00 Bakke 22' Report Dely Valdés 13', 79' Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Málaga won 2–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round
20 February 2003 Málaga Spain 0–0 Greece AEK Athens La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga
21:30 Report Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
27 February 2003 AEK Athens Greece 0–1 Spain Málaga Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens
19:00 Report Manu Sánchez 26' Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Málaga won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
13 March 2003 Málaga Spain 1–0 Portugal Boavista La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga
21:30 Dely Valdés 17' Report Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
20 March 2003 Boavista Portugal 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)		 Spain Málaga Estádio do Bessa, Porto
22:00 Luiz Cláudio 83' Report Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Penalties
Alexandre soccer ball with check mark
Luiz Cláudio soccer ball with check mark
Silva soccer ball with check mark
Ricardo soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X López Bravo
soccer ball with check mark Miguel Ángel
soccer ball with red X Leko

1–1 on aggregate. Boavista won 4–1 on penalties.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Málaga - 2002/03".


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