2002–03 Olympiacos F.C. season

Olympiacos
2002–03 season
Chairman	Socratis Kokkalis
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Predrag Đorđević (23); All: ; Stelios Giannakopoulos (25)
Highest home attendance	40,500 vs Bayer Leverkusen (4 October 2002)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2002–03 season is Olympiacos 42nd consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 6th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Takis Lemonis coach.

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
2	DF	GRE	Christos Patsatzoglou
3	DF	GRE	Stelios Venetidis
4	DF	COL	Jorge Bermúdez
5	DF	GRE	Georgios Amanatidis
6	MF	GRE	Elias Poursanidis
7	MF	GRE	Stelios Giannakopoulos
8	MF	FRA	Christian Karembeu
9	FW	GRE	Lambros Choutos
10	FW	BRA	Giovanni
11	MF	SCG	Predrag Đorđević
12	GK	GRE	Fanis Katergiannakis
13	MF	BRA	Ze Elias
14	DF	GRE	Dimitris Mavrogennidis
15	DF	GRE	Paraskevas Antzas
16	FW	MEX	Nery Castillo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	GHA	Peter Ofori-Quaye
19	DF	GRE	Athanasios Kostoulas
20	MF	SWE	Par Zetterberg
21	MF	GRE	Andreas Niniadis
26	MF	GRE	Konstantinos Mendrinos
29	GK	GRE	Konstantinos Ntougeroglou
30	FW	GRE	Alekos Alexandris
31	GK	GRE	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
32	DF	GRE	Georgios Anatolakis
33	DF	GRE	Christos Lisgaras
34	GK	GRE	Kleopas Giannou
44	DF	GRE	Efthimios Koulouheris
77	MF	GRE	Antonis Vlaxos
85	GK	GRE	Georgios Sapounas

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	21	7	2	75	21	+54	70[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	22	4	4	50	19	+31	70[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Champions League group stage
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[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Panionios	30	15	8	7	35	25	+10	53[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Head-to-head record: Panathinaikos–Olympiacos 3–2, Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 3–0.
Head-to-head record: Panionios–PAOK 2–0, PAOK–Panionios 3–0.

Results summary

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

Match dates not available

Olympiacos - AEK 1-2
Olympiacos - Akratitos Liosia 4-0
Olympiacos - Aris 1-0
Olympiacos - Egaleo 4-0
Olympiacos - Pas Giannina 2-1
Olympiacos - Ionikos 2-1
Olympiacos - Iraklis 6-0
Olympiacos - Kallithea 1-0
Olympiacos - OFI Crete 1-0
Olympiacos - Panachaiki 7-0
Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 3-0
Olympiacos - Panionios 3-0
Olympiacos - PAOK 4-3
Olympiacos - Proodeftiki 0-0
Olympiacos - Skoda Xanthi 1-1

AEK - Olympiacos 1-1
Akratitos - Olympiacos 2-5
Aris - Olympiacos 0-0
PAS Giannina - Olympiacos 0-3
Egaleo - Olympiacos 0-2
Ionikos - Olympiacos 2-2
Iraklis - Olympiacos 0-2
Kallithea - Olympiacos 1-4
OFI Crete - Olympiacos 0-1
Panachaiki - Olympiacos 1-4
Panathinaikos - Olympiacos 3-2
Panionios - Olympiacos 0-0
PAOK - Olympiacos 1-1
Proodeftiki - Olympiacos 1-3
Skoda Xanthi - Olympiacos 1-5

UEFA Champions League

First group stage

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	Advance to second group stage
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:

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: Georgios Kamaras 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: Georgios Kamaras 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: Georgios Kamaras 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

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile

Home

Away

Source: Olympiacos FC

References

External links

Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek and English)

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[table_hth_OLY0.56955419553889-1] Head-to-head record: Panathinaikos–Olympiacos 3–2, Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 3–0.

[table_hth_PAOK0.56955419553889-2] Head-to-head record: Panionios–PAOK 2–0, PAOK–Panionios 3–0.