2002–03 Segunda División

Segunda División

Season	2002-03
Champions	Real Murcia
Promoted	Real Murcia Real Zaragoza Albacete Balompié
Relegated	SD Compostela Racing de Ferrol Real Oviedo CD Badajoz
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1030 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jesús Perera
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. The teams that promoted to La Liga were Real Murcia, Real Zaragoza and Albacete Balompié. The teams that relegated to Segunda División B were SD Compostela, Racing de Ferrol, Real Oviedo and CD Badajoz.

Final table

2002–03 Segunda División Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Murcia (C) (P)	42	23	10	9	59	22	+37	79	Promotion to La Liga
2	Zaragoza (P)	42	20	12	10	54	40	+14	72
3	Albacete (P)	42	17	20	5	51	30	+21	71
4	Levante	42	16	17	9	59	44	+15	65
5	Las Palmas	42	16	16	10	53	43	+10	64		XER 2–2 LPA LPA 4–0 XER
6	Xerez	42	17	13	12	55	53	+2	64
7	Salamanca	42	14	18	10	44	32	+12	60
8	Tenerife	42	13	18	11	53	39	+14	57
9	Compostela (R)	42	14	13	15	54	56	−2	0551	Relegation to Segunda División B
10	Sporting de Gijón	42	11	20	11	44	41	+3	53		GET 0–1 SPG SPG 0–0 GET
11	Getafe	42	13	14	15	52	55	−3	53
12	Terrassa	42	11	19	12	41	46	−5	52		TER: 8 pts EJI: 4 pts NUM: 3 pts
13	Poli Ejido	42	12	16	14	36	45	−9	52
14	Numancia	42	12	16	14	48	52	−4	52
15	Córdoba	42	12	14	16	36	38	−2	50		CÓR: 11 pts ELC: 8 pts → ELC 0–0 EIB EIB: 8 pts → EIB 0–1 ELC ALM: 6 pts
16	Elche	42	12	14	16	49	52	−3	50
17	Eibar	42	11	17	14	33	38	−5	50
18	Almería	42	12	14	16	54	63	−9	50
19	Leganés	42	11	15	16	44	51	−7	0481
20	Racing de Ferrol (R)	42	11	13	18	40	60	−20	46	Relegation to Segunda División B
21	Oviedo (R)	42	9	13	20	37	59	−22	0402	Relegation to Tercera División
22	Badajoz (R)	42	10	8	24	34	71	−37	38	Relegation to Segunda División B

Source: LFP - Liga Adelante
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
¹ Compostela was relegated to Segunda División B because it was unable to cover a share capital expansion. Leganés was readmitted into Segunda División.
² Real Oviedo was relegated to Tercera División for not paying its players
(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.

Teams by Autonomous Community

	Autonomous community	Number of teams	Teams
1	Andalusia	4	Almería, Córdoba, Poli Ejido, Xerez
2	Asturias	2	Oviedo, Sporting
	Canary Islands	2	Las Palmas, Tenerife
	Castile and León	2	Numancia, Salamanca
	Galicia	2	Compostela, Racing
	Madrid	2	Getafe, Leganés
	Valencia	2	Elche, Levante
8	Aragon	1	Zaragoza
	Basque Country	1	Eibar
	Castile-La Mancha	1	Albacete
	Catalonia	1	Terrassa
	Extremadura	1	Badajoz
	Murcia	1	Murcia