2002–03 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Beşiktaş J.K.
2002–03 season
President	Serdar Bilgili
Manager	Mircea Lucescu
Turkish Super League	1st
Turkish Cup	Quarterfinals (eliminated)
UEFA Cup	Quarterfinals (eliminated)

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.

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

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

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 round	Elazığspor	0–2	Beşiktaş	Elazığ
			Güney 80' Begeçarslan 87'	Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium Referee: Bülent Uzun

Third round	Denizlispor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Denizli
	Tandoğan 45'		Mansız 65', 74'	Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium Referee: Erol Ersoy

March 5, 2003 Quarterfinal	Beşiktaş	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Gençlerbirliği	İstanbul
	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	Beşiktaş	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Pancu 31' Dursun 33'		Obuca 63' Osmanhodžić 79'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

October 3, 2002	Beşiktaş	5–0	Sarajevo	İstanbul, 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	Beşiktaş	Vitoria, Spain, Spain
	Abelardo Fernández 90+3'		Antonio Karmona 31 (own)'	Stadium: Estadio Mendizorrotza

November 14, 2002	Beşiktaş	1–0	Deportivo Alavés	İstanbul, Turkey
	İlhan Mansız 7'			Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

November 28, 2002	Beşiktaş	3–1	Dynamo Kyiv	İstanbul, Turkey
	Daniel Pancu 30' Ahmet Yıldırım 71' Pascal Nouma 82'		Husin 29'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

December 12, 2002	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Beşiktaş	Kiev, Ukraine
				Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

February 20, 2003	Slavia Prague	1–0	Beşiktaş	Prague, Czech Republic
	Tomáš Došek 62'			Stadium: Stadion Eden

February 27, 2003	Beşiktaş	4–2	Slavia Prague	İstanbul, 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	Beşiktaş	Rome, Italy
	Simone Inzaghi 55'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

March 20, 2003	Beşiktaş	1–2	Lazio	İstanbul, Turkey
	Sergen Yalçın 82'		Stefano Fiore 5' Lucas Castromán 9'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş lost 1–3 on aggregate.

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