2002–03 Olympiacos F.C. season

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.

Olympiacos
2002–03 season
ChairmanSocratis Kokkalis
ManagerTakis Lemonis
Alpha EthnikiWinners
Greek CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Predrag Đorđević (23)

All:
Stelios Giannakopoulos (25)
Highest home attendance40,500 vs Bayer Leverkusen (4 October 2002)

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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

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
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 1Olympiacos 6–2 Bayer LeverkusenAthens, 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 2Maccabi Haifa 3–0 OlympiacosNicosia, Cyprus1
20:45 Yakubu  27' (pen.), 60', 86' Report Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 14,893
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
1 October 2002 3Manchester United 4–0 OlympiacosManchester, England
20:45 Giggs  19', 66'
Verón  26'
Solskjær  77'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 66,902
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)
23 October 2002 4Olympiacos 2–3 Manchester UnitedAthens, 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 5Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 OlympiacosLeverkusen, Germany
20:45 Juan  14'
Schneider  90' (pen.)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
13 November 2002 6Olympiacos 3–3 Maccabi HaifaAthens, 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
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