2002–03 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Olympiacos's 44th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 77th year in existence. The club were played 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 DF  SVN Dzoni Novak
13 MF  BRA Ze Elias
14 DF  GRE Dimitris Mavrogenidis
15 DF  BRA Edu Dracena
16 FW  MEX Nery Castillo
17 FW  GHA Peter Ofori-Quaye
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  GRE Paraskevas Antzas
19 DF  GRE Athanasios Kostoulas
20 MF  SWE Par Zetterberg
21 MF  GRE Andreas Niniadis
22 GK  GRE Fanis Katergiannakis
23 DF  GRE Christos Kontis
27 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 by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWDWDDDWDWWWWLDWWWWWWLWWWDWWWW
Position423124313211112222222222222211
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Match dates not available

UEFA Champions League

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: RSSSF

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

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