User:Amine lattab/2002–03 Deportivo Alavés season

2002-2003 Deportivo Alavés La Liga season. History: Deportivo Alavés is a Spanish football club based in the Basque Country. They were founded in 1921 (Deportivo Alavés). The 2002-2003 La Liga season was Deportivo Alavés tenth season in the Primera division and their fifth consecutive season in the Spanish top flight.

Colours and badge:

Image from: https://www.colours-of-football.com/colours03/esp/alaves/alaves_1.html

Deportivo Alavés wore a blue and white striped jersey with blue shorts as their home kit. Their away kit was a yellow jersey and blue shorts providing a more distinguishing kit. The UEFA Cup kit was a bright red colour.

Stadium: Their home stadium is the Mendizorrotza stadium, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It has a capacity of 19840 seats (Estadio De Mendizorroza).

Squad and manager:

Goalkeepers: Nationality: Date of birth:	Squad Number: Ricahrd Dutruel	France	24/12/1972	1 Juan Pablo	Spain	02/09/1978	30

Defenders: Abelardo	Spain	19/04/1970	23 Geli	Spain	22/04/1969	7 Ibon Begoña	Spain	17/11/1973	3 Karmona	Spain	24/03/1968	5 Llorens	Spain	01/09/1969	20 Ochoa	Spain	04/03/1979	26 Tellez	Spain	02/04/1975	6

Midfielder: Martin Astudillo	Argentina	10/07/1977	18 Jordi Cruyff	Netherlands	09/02/1974	14 Hermes Desio	Argentina	20/01/1970	16 Edu Alonso	Spain	30/05/1974	17 Luis Helguera	Spain	09/06/1976	24 Mario Rosas	Spain	22/05/1980	Nacho	Spain	12/02/1980	27 Pablo Gómez	Spain	21/05/1970	10 Ivan Tomić	Serbia	05/01/1976	2 Turiel	Spain	06/10/1973	21

Attackers: Ivàn Alonso	Uruguay	10/04/1979	19 Adrian Ilise	Romania	20/04/1974	15 Magno	Brazil	26/02/1974	11 Ion Mara	Romania	29/09/1977	8 Rubén Navarro	Spain	06/06/1978	9

Manager: Aranguren	Spain	26/12/1944	N/A

Deportivo Alavés had a total squad of 24 players and one manager, with the squad primarily existing of midfielder players, providing a wide range of attacking and defensive options in the midfield. The manager, Jesus ‘Txutxi’ Aranguren Merino, took over for the final seven games of the La Liga season after Jose Manuel Esnal Pardo was sacked over lackluster results throughout the season. Their main starting lineup, as demonstrated in an away game against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, consisted of Dutruel as the number one goalkeeper and a defensive backline containing Ochoa, Llorens, Tellez, Abelardo and Alonso. Astudillo, Deslo and Pablo Gomez made up the midfield with Moselin and Alonso playing up front, with Moselin being a support striker to Pablo Gomez. Despite this being Deportivo Alavés’ most suited lineup, it ended up in a 5-2, one of their heaviest of the season (Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alaves La Liga 2002/2003). This reflects the disappointing season Deportivo Alavés had in the 2002-03 campaign.

Signings: At the beginning of the 2002-2003 La Liga season, Deportivo Alavés made a total of six signings (2002–03 La Liga).

Player:	Former Club: Richard Dutruel	Barcelona Abelardo	Barcelona Edu Alonso	Las Palmas Luis Helguera	Udinese Ivan Tomic	Roma Adrian Ilie	Alaves (Players on loan indicated by bold font)

Wins and losses (match history):

Matchday:	Opponent:	Result: 1	Rayo Vallecano	2 – 2 (draw) 2	Racing de Santander	0 – 1 (loss) 3	Villareal	0 – 1 (win) 4	Deportivo de La Coruna	1 – 2 (loss) 5	Real Madrid	5 – 2 (loss) 6	Real Sociedad 2 – 2 (draw) 7	Barcelona	6 – 1 (loss) 8	Sevilla	1 – 0 (win) 9	Mallorca	3 – 1 (loss) 10	Recriativo de Huelva	3 – 0 (win) 11	Malaga	0 – 0 (draw) 12	Valencia	0 – 0 (draw) 13	Celta de Vigo	2 – 1 (loss) 14	Atletico De Madrid	2 – 0 (win) 15	Athletic Club	2 – 0 (loss) 16	Espanyol 2 – 1 (win) 17	Real Betis	2 – 2 (draw) 18	Osasuna	1 – 1 (draw) 19 Vallodolid 1 – 3 (win) 20	Rayo Valecano	1 – 1 (draw) 21	Racing de Santander	2 – 0 (loss) 22	Villareal	1 – 0 (win) 23	Deportivo de La Coruna	6 – 0 (loss) 24	Real Madrid 1 – 5 (loss) 25	Real Sociedad	3 – 1 (loss) 26	Barcelona	0 – 0 (draw) 27	Sevilla 3 – 2 (loss) 28 Mallorca 0 – 0 (draw) 29	Recreativo de Huelva	1 – 0 (loss) 30	Malaga	0 – 1 (loss) 31	Valencia	3 – 0 (loss) 32	Celta de Vigo	0 – 0 (draw) 33	Atletico De Madrid 0 – 1 (win) 34	Athletic Club	2 – 4 (loss) 35	Espanyol 3 – 1 (loss) 36	Real Betis	0 – 1 (loss) 37	Osasuna	4 – 2 (loss) 38	Vallodolid	1 – 1 (draw)

Throughout the season, Deportivo Alavés amassed a total of 8 wins, 19 losses and 11 draws. With few wins, it was hard for Deportivo Alavés to maintain a solid form and confidence. Their results reflect their 19th place finish in La Liga that season, resulting in relegation to the second division of Spanish football. Deportivo Alavés home and away form was also disappointing:

Home form	D L L D L D D L W D D W W D W W D L L Away form	L L W L L L L L L W D L L D L L L W D W = Win, L = Loss, D = Draw

Deportivo Alavés gathered a total of 24 points from a possible 57 at home and 12 points away from home from a possible 57. Both home and away, Deportivo Alavés dropped a large number of points due to consecutive losses away from home an abundance of draws at the Mendizorrotza stadium. The lack of results can also be seen by comparing Deportivo Alavés’ half time and full time results:

W/W	W/D	W/L	D/W	D/D	D/L	L/W	L/D	L/L 2	0	0	6	11	13	0	0	6 W/W = winning at half time and win at full time W/D = winning at half time and draw at full time W/L = winning at half time and loss at full time D/W = draw at half time and win at full time D/D = draw at half time and draw at full time D/L = draw at half time and loss at full time L/W = losing at half time and win at full time L/D = losing at half time and draw at full time L/L = losing at half time and loss at full time

Deportivo Alavés showed that they could not recover from losing at half time as they did not go on to win a game when losing at half time even once in the entire La Liga campaign season. They were however able to hold on to their leads having not lost a game when leading at half time twice as well as going on to win games when the score is tied at half time six times.

Goals for and goals against: Deportivo Alavés scored a total of 37 goals that season, averaging to 0.97 goals per game.

Goal scorer:	Number of goals: Rubén Navarro	10 Iván Alonso	6 Ilie	6 Magno	5 Astudillo	3 Jordi Cruyff	1 Ibon Begona	1 Karmona	1 Carlos Llorens	1 Pablo Gomez	1 Ivan Tomic	1 Turiel	1

This table represents the lack of goal scorers in the team with only Ruben Navarro reaching double figures for the season. Ruben Navarro was the top scorer of the season followed by Ivan Alonso and Ilie who both scored a total of six goals. They also conceded a total of 68 goals throughout the La Liga season, averaging to 1.79 goals conceded per game.

Assists: Deportivo Alavés were also short on playmakers in the 2002-2003 La Liga season with very few players consistently creating goals.

Player:	Number of assists: Ruben Navarro	4 Geli	4 Carlos Llorens	3 Magno Mocelin	3 Martin Astudillo	2 Ivan Alonso	2 Ibon Begona	2 Abelardo Fernandez	1 Oscar Tellez	1 Pablo Gomez	1 Jordi Cruyff	1 Jesus Turiel	1 Bogdan Mara	1

With Ruben Navarro and Geli leading the assist chart with 4 assists, the lack of creativity frim this Deportivo Alavés squad is apparent.

Minutes played:

Carlos Llorens	2979 Richard Dutruel	2970 Antonio Karmona	2814 Abelardo Fernandez	2503 Martin Astudillo	2186 Delfi Geli	2310 Oscar Tellez	2175 Ruben Navarro	2030 Ivan Alonso	2109 Ibon Begona	1909 Pablo Gomez	1734 Jordi Cruyff	1721 Luis Helguera	1675 Magno Mocelin	1556 Edu Alonso	1313 Jesus Turiel	1227 Hermes Desio	1107 Adrian Ilie	1183 Ivan Tomic	778 Juan Pablo Colinas	360 Bogdan Mara	461 Juan Cruz Ochoa	216 Fernandez Nacho	88

Relegation: Deportivo Alavés finished 19th in the 2002-2003 La Liga season with a total of 35 points, resulting in relegation to the Spanish Segunda Divison.

Finish:	Team:	Points: 1	Real Madrid	78 2	Real Sociedad	76 3	Deportivo de La Coruna	72 4	Celta Vigo	61 5	Valencia	60 6	Barcelona	56 7	Athletic Bilbao	55 8	Real Betis	54 9	Mallorca	52 10	Sevilla	50 11	Osasuna	47 12	Atletico Madrid	47 13	Vallodolid	46 14	Malaga	46 15 Villareal	45 16	Racing Santander	44 17	Espanyol	43 18	Recreativo Huelva	36 19	Deportivo Alavés	35 20	Rayo Vallecano	32 Sources: “2002-2003 Alavés Stats.” FBref.com, fbref.com/en/squads/8d6fd021/2002-2003/Alaves. “2002–03 La Liga.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_La_Liga#Signings. La Liga Top Scorers - 2002-2003, www.free-elements.com/Spain/Seasons/E2002.html. “Alavés2002-03.” Mourinho, José Mário Dos Santos Mourinho Félix - Manager, www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2002-033.html?tab=partits. “CD Alavés - Squad 2002/2003.” Worldfootball.net, 20 Aug. 2018, www.worldfootball.net/teams/cd-alaves/2003/2/. “Deportivo Alavés.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Oct. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportivo_Alav%C3%A9s#cite_ref-2. Football-Lineups.com. “Real Madrid vs Deportivo Alaves La Liga 2002/2003.” Football-Lineups, Football-Lineups.com, 15 Apr. 2012, www.football-lineups.com/match/128524/. “Jesús Aranguren.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Aranguren. “Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Bilbao.” FcTables, www.fctables.com/spain/liga-bbva/2002_2003/. “Soccer, Spain: LaLiga 2002/2003 Results, Fixtures .” LaLiga 2018/2019 Teams, www.scoreboard.com/en/soccer/spain/laliga-2002-2003/. “Estadio De Mendizorroza.” The Stadium Guide, www.stadiumguide.com/estadio-mendizorroza/.