2002–03 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2002–03 season was the club's 44th season in the Turkish Super League and the club's 100th year in existence. After signing Romanian manager Mircea Lucescu, Beşiktaş won the league for the 12th time in Club history. Beşiktaş also had their most successful UEFA Cup run, by becoming a quarter finalist, however the club lost to S.S. Lazio 1–3 on aggregate, therefore eliminating them. Beşiktaş lost to Gençlerbirliği 3–4 in the quarterfinals of the Turkish Cup.

Beşiktaş J.K.
2002–03 season
President Serdar Bilgili
Manager Mircea Lucescu
Turkish Super League1st
Turkish CupQuarterfinals (eliminated)
UEFA CupQuarterfinals (eliminated)

Squad
Squad at end of 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
1 GK  COL Óscar Córdoba
2 DF  TUR Tolga Doğantez
3 MF  TUR Tayfur Havutçu (captain)
4 DF  TUR Ahmet Yıldırım
5 DF  BRA Ronaldo
6 DF  TUR Yasin Sülün
7 FW  TUR Ahmet Dursun
8 MF  BRA Amaral
9 FW  ROU Daniel Pancu
10 MF  TUR Sergen Yalçın
11 MF  TUR Bayram Bektaş
13 MF  TUR Tamer Tuna
16 MF  TUR Niyazi Güney
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  POL Kaan Dobra
19 DF  TUR İbrahim Üzülmez
20 MF  ITA Federico Giunti (on loan from Brescia)
21 FW  FRA Pascal Nouma
26 FW  TUR İlhan Mansız
29 FW  TUR Ali Cansun Begeçarslan
30 DF  BRA Antônio Carlos
33 GK  TUR Göksel Gencer
37 MF  TUR Zafer Demiray
41 MF  TUR Serdar Topraktepe
44 DF  TUR Ali Eren Beşerler
67 MF  TUR Tümer Metin

Competitions

Süper Lig
Main article: 2002–03 Süper Lig

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Beşiktaş (C) 34 26 7 1 63 21 +42 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Galatasaray 34 24 5 5 61 27 +34 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Gençlerbirliği 34 19 9 6 76 40 +36 66 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Gaziantepspor 34 16 9 9 61 41 +20 57
5 Malatyaspor 34 14 10 10 56 45 +11 52
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Turkish Cup
Main article: 2002–03 Turkish Cup

Beşiktaş had a bye in the first round and then played Elazığspor in the second round. Beşiktaş lost to Gençlerbirliği in the quarter finals.

December 4, 2002 Second roundElazığspor0–2BeşiktaşElazığ
Güney  80'
Begeçarslan  87'		 Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium
Referee: Bülent Uzun
Third roundDenizlispor1–2BeşiktaşDenizli
Tandoğan  45' Mansız  65', 74' Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium
Referee: Erol Ersoy
March 5, 2003 QuarterfinalBeşiktaş3–4 (a.e.t.)Gençlerbirliğiİstanbul
Mansız  46', 78', 88' Hassan  25'
El-Saqqa  35'
Cihan  80', 106'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
Referee: İsmet Arzuman

UEFA Cup

Beşiktaş had their most successful run, by becoming a quarter finalist. In doing so, they became the second Turkish team to achieve the feat (Galatasaray achieved it in 2000).

First round
September 19, 2002 Sarajevo 2–2 BeşiktaşSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pancu  31'
Dursun  33'		 Obuca  63'
Osmanhodžić  79'		 Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
October 3, 2002 Beşiktaş 5–0 Sarajevoİstanbul, Turkey
Pancu  5'
Üzülmez  43'
Dursun  72 (pen)'
Sülün  84'
Begeçarslan  85'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Stadium

Beşiktaş won 7–2 on aggregate.

Second round
October 31, 2002 Deportivo Alavés 1–1 BeşiktaşVitoria, Spain, Spain
Abelardo Fernández  90+3' Antonio Karmona  31 (own)' Stadium: Estadio Mendizorrotza
November 14, 2002 Beşiktaş 1–0 Deportivo Alavésİstanbul, Turkey
İlhan Mansız  7' Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round
November 28, 2002 Beşiktaş 3–1 Dynamo Kyivİstanbul, Turkey
Daniel Pancu  30'
Ahmet Yıldırım  71'
Pascal Nouma  82'		 Husin  29' Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium
December 12, 2002 Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 BeşiktaşKiev, Ukraine
Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round
February 20, 2003 Slavia Prague 1–0 BeşiktaşPrague, Czech Republic
Tomáš Došek  62' Stadium: Stadion Eden
February 27, 2003 Beşiktaş 4–2 Slavia Pragueİstanbul, Turkey
Daniel Pancu  41'
Ronaldo Guiaro  61'
Ahmet Dursun  66'
İlhan Mansız 70'		 Richard Dostálek  77 (pen]'
Hrdlicka  83'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-final
March 13, 2003 Lazio 1–0 BeşiktaşRome, Italy
Simone Inzaghi  55' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
March 20, 2003 Beşiktaş 1–2 Lazioİstanbul, Turkey
Sergen Yalçın  82' Stefano Fiore  5'
Lucas Castromán  9'		 Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş lost 1–3 on aggregate.

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