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2002–03 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Olympiacos's 44th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 77th year in existence. The club were played their 6th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Takis Lemonis coach.

Olympiacos
2002–03 season
ChairmanSokratis Kokkalis
ManagerTakis Lemonis
StadiumRizoupoli Stadium
Alpha EthnikiWinners
Greek CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stelios Giannakopoulos (15)
All:
Predrag Đorđević (18)
Highest home attendance40,500 vs Bayer Leverkusen (4 October 2002)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   GRE Christos Patsatzoglou
3 DF   GRE Stelios Venetidis
4 DF   COL Jorge Bermúdez
5 DF   GRE Georgios Amanatidis
6 MF   GRE Ilias Poursanidis
7 MF   GRE Stelios Giannakopoulos
8 MF   FRA Christian Karembeu
9 FW   GRE Lambros Choutos
10 FW   BRA Giovanni
11 MF   SRB Predrag Đorđević
12 DF   SVN Džoni Novak
13 MF   BRA Zé Elias
14 DF   GRE Dimitris Mavrogenidis
15 DF   BRA Edu Dracena
16 FW   MEX Nery Castillo
17 FW   GHA Peter Ofori-Quaye
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   GRE Paraskevas Antzas
19 DF   GRE Athanasios Kostoulas
20 MF   SWE Par Zetterberg
21 MF   GRE Andreas Niniadis
22 GK   GRE Fanis Katergiannakis
23 DF   GRE Christos Kontis
27 MF   GRE Konstantinos Mendrinos
29 GK   GRE Konstantinos Dougeroglou
30 FW   GRE Alexis Alexandris
31 GK   GRE Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32 DF   GRE Georgios Anatolakis
33 DF   GRE Christos Lisgaras
34 GK   GRE Kleopas Giannou
44 DF   GRE Efthymis Kouloucheris
77 MF   GRE Antonis Vlachos
85 GK   GRE Georgios Sapounas

Competitions edit

Alpha Ethniki edit

Main article: 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos (C) 30 21 7 2 75 21 +54 70[a] Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Panathinaikos 30 22 4 4 50 19 +31 70[a]
3 AEK Athens 30 21 5 4 74 29 +45 68 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
4 PAOK 30 16 5 9 59 38 +21 53[b] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Panionios 30 15 8 7 35 25 +10 53[b]
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points (goal difference): Olympiacos 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points (goal difference): PAOK 3 (+1), Panionios 3 (-1).

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 21 7 2 75 21  +54 70 12 2 1 40 8  +32 9 5 1 35 13  +22

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWDWDDDWDWWWWLDWWWWWWLWWWDWWWW
Position423124313211112222222222222211
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

All times at EET

25 August 2002 1 Olympiacos 1–0 Kallithea Rizoupoli
21:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,001
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis
1 September 2002 2 OFI 0–1 Olympiacos Heraklion
17:30
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 7,808
Referee: Athanassios Briakos
14 September 2002 3 Iraklis 2–2 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
21:00
Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium
Attendance: 4,583
Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis
21 September 2002 4 Olympiacos 4–0 Akratitos Rizoupoli
19:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 8,559
Referee: Georgios Douros
26 October 2002 5 PAOK 1–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
18:00
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 22,296
Referee: Georgios Douros
3 November 2002 6 Olympiacos 0–0 Proodeftiki Rizoupoli
15:00 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 7,248
Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis
9 November 2002 7 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,039
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis
24 November 2002 8 Olympiacos 6–0 Ionikos Rizoupoli
19:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 8,081
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
1 December 2002 9 Aris 0–0 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
17:00 Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium
Attendance: 8,790
Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis
8 December 2002 10 Olympiacos 7–0 Panachaiki Rizoupoli
17:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Fragiskos Somarakis
15 December 2002 11 Olympiacos 3–0 Panionios Rizoupoli
17:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,204
Referee: Giannis Kaminaris
22 December 2002 12 Egaleo 0–2 Olympiacos Aigaleo
17:00
Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
Attendance: 3,092
Referee: Athanassios Briakos
5 January 2003 13 Olympiacos 2–1 PAS Giannina Rizoupoli
17:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 11,041
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis
12 January 2003 14 Panathinaikos 3–2 Olympiacos Ampelokipoi
19:00
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 13,171
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
19 January 2003 15 Olympiacos 1–1 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
17:00
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,345
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis
26 January 2003 16 Kallithea 1–4 Olympiacos Kallithea
17:00
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,383
Referee: Avraam Kemparidis
1 February 2003 17 Olympiacos 1–0 OFI Rizoupoli
17:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 7,304
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis
9 February 2003 18 Olympiacos 2–1 Iraklis Rizoupoli
17:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis
16 February 2003 19 Akratitos 2–5 Olympiacos Ano Liosia
19:00
Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Ioannis Spiropoulos
23 February 2003 20 Olympiacos 4–3 PAOK Rizoupoli
20:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 9,518
Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis
2 March 2003 21 Proodeftiki 1–3 Olympiacos Piraeus
19:00
Stadium: Korydallos Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 3,127
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis
9 March 2003 22 Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
19:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 9,563
Referee: Makis Efthimiadi
16 March 2003 23 Ionikos 0–2 Olympiacos Piraeus
19:00
Stadium: Neapoli Stadium
Attendance: 3,455
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas
23 March 2003 24 Olympiacos 1–0 Aris Rizoupoli
17:15
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 5,365
Referee: Christoforos Zografos
6 April 2003 25 Panachaiki 1–4 Olympiacos Patras
17:30
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 6,498
Referee: Fragiskos Somarakis
13 April 2003 26 Panionios 0–0 Olympiacos Nea Smyrni
17:45 Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 8,927
Referee: Georgios Douros
20 April 2003 27 Olympiacos 4–0 Egaleo Rizoupoli
17:30
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 4,286
Referee: Georgios Borovilos
4 May 2003 28 PAS Giannina 0–3 Olympiacos Ioannina
18:00
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 5,070
Referee: Dimitrios Takidis
11 May 2003 29 Olympiacos 3–0 Panathinaikos Rizoupoli
20:00
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,825
Referee: Georgios Borovilos
25 May 2003 30 Skoda Xanthi 1–5 Olympiacos Xanthi
18:30
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 4,951
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Greek Cup edit

Main article: 2002–03 Greek Football Cup

First round edit

9 August 2002 First leg Fostiras 0–2 Olympiacos Tavros
Report (page 6)
Stadium: Tavros Stadium
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)
21 August 2002 Second leg Olympiacos 2–1
(4–1 agg.)		 Fostiras Rizoupoli
 Report (page 12)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Referee: Charalampos Patras (Corinthia)

Second round edit

6 October 2002 First leg Kallithea 1–4 Olympiacos Kallithea
16:00 EEST
Report (page 14)
Stadium: Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium
Attendance: 1,621
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messenia)
6 November 2002 Second leg Olympiacos 0–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Kallithea Rizoupoli
15:00 EET Report (page 16)
  • Tsiblidis   81'
 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 967
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Round of 16 edit

4 December 2002 First leg Panachaiki 0–2 Olympiacos Patras
19:00 EET Report (page 18)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 1,101
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
22 January 2003 Second leg Olympiacos 0–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Panachaiki Rizoupoli
19:30 EET Report (page 20) Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

Quarter-finals edit

26 February 2003 First leg PAOK 3–1 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
19:00 EET
Report (page 21)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 17,647
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
12 March 2003 Second leg Olympiacos 1–2
(2–5 agg.)		 PAOK Rizoupoli
19:00 EET Choutos   76' Report (page 22)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 11,466
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester United 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15 Advance to second group stage
2   Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9
3   Maccabi Haifa 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4
Source: RSSSF

All times at CET

18 September 2002 1 Olympiacos   6–2   Bayer Leverkusen Athens, Greece
20:45 Kleine   27' (o.g.)
Giannakopoulos   38'
Đorđević   44', 64' (pen.), 73'
Zetterberg   87'		 Report Eleftheropoulos   22' (o.g.)
Schneider   78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 12,909
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
24 September 2002 2 Maccabi Haifa   3–0   Olympiacos Nicosia, Cyprus1
20:45 Yakubu   27' (pen.), 60', 86' Report Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 14,893
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
1 October 2002 3 Manchester United   4–0   Olympiacos Manchester, England
20:45 Giggs   19', 66'
Verón   26'
Solskjær   77'		 Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 66,902
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)
23 October 2002 4 Olympiacos   2–3   Manchester United Athens, Greece
20:45 Choutos   70'
Đorđević   74'		 Report Blanc   21'
Verón   59'
Scholes   84'		 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
29 October 2002 5 Bayer Leverkusen   2–0   Olympiacos Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 Juan   14'
Schneider   90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
13 November 2002 6 Olympiacos   3–3   Maccabi Haifa Athens, Greece
20:45 Alexandris   37'
Niniadis   51'
Antzas   79'		 Report Badir   9'
Yakubu   10'
Katan   41'		 Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

1All matches played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

Team kit edit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References edit

  1. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2002/2003". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "Olympiacos 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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