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
Stadiumİnönü Stadium
Süper Lig1st
Turkish CupQuarterfinals (eliminated)
UEFA CupQuarterfinals (eliminated)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sergen Yalçın (11)
All:
İlhan Mansız (14)

Squad
Source:[1]

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 MF  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 Zago
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 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 Kyiv, 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.

References
  1. "2002-2003 Sezonu Şampiyonluğumuz" [Our Championship Title at 2002-2003 Season] (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021. En yakın rakibine sekiz puan fark atan takımımız, ligin bitimine bir hafta kala ezeli rakibimiz Galatasaray ile oynadığı maçta şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. Sergen Yalçın’ın 90. dakikada attığı muhteşem golle 100. yılında şampiyonluğunu ilan eden Beşiktaş’ın kadrosunda şu isimler bulunuyordu: “Oscar Cordoba, Göksel Gencer, N. Yasin Yıldız, Ronaldo Guiaro, Antonio Carlos Zago, Tolga Doğantez, A. Da Silva Mariano (Amaral), Enver Gayır, Zafer Demiray, Tümer Metin, Tayfur Havutçu, Bayram Bektaş, Yasin Sülün, Serdar Topraktepe, Daniel Gabriel Pancu, Eser Yağmur, Kaan Dobra, Ahmet Yıldırım, Sergen Yalçın, Tamer Tuna, Niyazi Güney, Engin Özçelik, İbrahim Üzülmez, Pascal Oliver Nouma, İlhan Mansız, Ali C. Begeçarslan, Ali Eren Beşerler, Ahmet Dursun, Federico Giunti, Constantin Marius Maldarasanu.”
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