Despite being the top scorers in the Eredivisie, Ajax were unable to defend their title and finished second. They also failed to retain the cup, but compensated by reaching the Champions League quarter-finals before being knocked out by eventual winners A.C. Milan.
^Didulica was born in Geelong, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally.
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2002, ajax, season, during, 2002, dutch, football, season, ajax, competed, eredivisie, ajax2002, seasonchairmanmichael, praagmanagerronald, koemanstadiumamsterdam, arenaeredivisie2ndknvb, cupsemi, finalschampions, leaguequarter, finalsjohan, cruyff, shieldwinn. During the 2002 03 Dutch Football season AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie AFC Ajax2002 03 seasonChairmanMichael van PraagManagerRonald KoemanStadiumAmsterdam ArenaEredivisie2ndKNVB CupSemi finalsChampions LeagueQuarter finalsJohan Cruyff ShieldWinnersTop goalscorerRafael van der Vaart 18 Home coloursAway colours 2001 022003 04 Contents 1 Season summary 2 First team squad 2 1 Left club during season 3 Reserve squad 4 Transfers 4 1 In 4 2 Out 5 Results 5 1 UEFA Champions League 5 1 1 Second group stage 6 ReferencesSeason summary editDespite being the top scorers in the Eredivisie Ajax were unable to defend their title and finished second They also failed to retain the cup but compensated by reaching the Champions League quarter finals before being knocked out by eventual winners A C Milan First team squad editSquad at end of season 1 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp ROU Bogdan Lobonț2 DF nbsp TUN Hatem Trabelsi3 DF nbsp NOR Andre Bergdolmo4 DF nbsp CZE Tomas Galasek5 DF nbsp ROU Cristian Chivu7 MF nbsp NED Andy van der Meyde8 MF nbsp NED Richard Witschge9 FW nbsp SWE Zlatan Ibrahimovic10 MF nbsp RSA Steven Pienaar12 DF nbsp NED John Heitinga13 DF nbsp BRA Maxwell15 MF nbsp NED Wesley Sneijder16 DF nbsp FIN Petri Pasanen17 FW nbsp BRA Wamberto No Pos Nation Player18 DF nbsp USA John O Brien20 MF nbsp FIN Jari Litmanen21 GK nbsp AUS Joey Didulica 2 22 MF nbsp GHA Abubakari Yakubu23 MF nbsp NED Rafael van der Vaart24 DF nbsp BEL Jelle van Damme25 MF nbsp CPV David Mendes da Silva on loan from Sparta Rotterdam 26 MF nbsp NED Nigel de Jong27 FW nbsp NED Victor Sikora28 MF nbsp MAR Nourdin Boukhari29 MF nbsp NED Jamal Akachar30 MF nbsp NED Stefano Seedorf31 GK nbsp NED Maarten Stekelenburg32 GK nbsp NED Henk Timmer on loan from AZ Left club during season edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player6 MF nbsp NED Aron Winter retired 11 FW nbsp EGY Mido on loan to Celta Vigo 14 MF nbsp NED Jan van Halst19 FW nbsp GRE Nikos Machlas on loan to Sevilla No Pos Nation Player15 DF nbsp NED Tim de Cler to AZ 25 MF nbsp COL Daniel Cruz on loan to Germinal Beerschot 20 FW nbsp NED Cedric van der Gun on loan to Willem II Reserve squad editNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player DF nbsp NED Mitchell Pique No Pos Nation PlayerTransfers editIn edit Out edit Richard Knopper Fred Grim Ferdi VierklauResults editUEFA Champions League edit Second group stage edit Valencia nbsp v nbsp Ajax 27 November 2002Valencia nbsp 1 1 nbsp AjaxValencia Spain20 45 Angulo nbsp 90 Report Ibrahimovic nbsp 89 Stadium Estadio Mestalla Attendance 48 000Referee Gilles Veissiere France Ajax nbsp v nbsp Roma 10 December 2002Ajax nbsp 2 1 nbsp RomaAmsterdam Netherlands20 45 Ibrahimovic nbsp 11 Litmanen nbsp 66 Report Batistuta nbsp 89 Stadium Amsterdam Arena Attendance 50 148Referee Markus Merk Germany Arsenal nbsp v nbsp Ajax 18 February 2003Arsenal nbsp 1 1 nbsp AjaxLondon England20 45 Wiltord nbsp 5 Report De Jong nbsp 17 Stadium Highbury Attendance 35 427Referee Lucilio Batista Portugal Ajax nbsp v nbsp Arsenal 26 February 2003Ajax nbsp 0 0 nbsp ArsenalAmsterdam Netherlands20 45 Report Stadium Amsterdam Arena Attendance 51 500Referee Valentin Ivanov Russia Ajax nbsp v nbsp Valencia 11 March 2003Ajax nbsp 1 1 nbsp ValenciaAmsterdam Netherlands20 45 Pasanen nbsp 56 Report Gonzalez nbsp 28 pen Stadium Amsterdam Arena Referee Ľubos Micheľ Slovakia Roma nbsp v nbsp Ajax 19 March 2003Roma nbsp 1 1 nbsp AjaxRome Italy20 45 Cassano nbsp 23 Report Van der Meyde nbsp 1 Stadium Stadio Olimpico Attendance 62 000Referee Herbert Fandel Germany References edit FootballSquads Ajax 2002 03 Didulica was born in Geelong Australia but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 03 AFC Ajax season amp oldid 1157780668, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
