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
Chairman	Sokratis Kokkalis
Manager	Takis Lemonis
Stadium	Rizoupoli Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	Winners
Greek Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Stelios Giannakopoulos (15) All: Predrag Đorđević (18)
Highest home attendance	40,500 vs Bayer Leverkusen (4 October 2002)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1][2]

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 Ilias Poursanidis 7 MF   GRE Stelios Giannakopoulos 8 MF   FRA Christian Karembeu 9 FW   GRE Lambros Choutos 10 FW   BRA Giovanni 11 MF   SRB Predrag Đorđević 12 DF   SVN Džoni Novak 13 MF   BRA Zé 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 Dougeroglou 30 FW   GRE Alexis Alexandris 31 GK   GRE Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos 32 DF   GRE Georgios Anatolakis 33 DF   GRE Christos Lisgaras 34 GK   GRE Kleopas Giannou 44 DF   GRE Efthymis Kouloucheris 77 MF   GRE Antonis Vlachos 85 GK   GRE Georgios Sapounas

Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

Main article: 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos (C)	30	21	7	2	75	21	+54	70^[a]	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Panathinaikos	30	22	4	4	50	19	+31	70^[a]
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^[b]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Panionios	30	15	8	7	35	25	+10	53^[b]

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Goals against; 7) Play-offs (neutral ground); 8) Draw.
(Note: Criterion 7 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Olympiacos 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
2. Head-to-head points (goal difference): PAOK 3 (+1), Panionios 3 (-1).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	4	2	3	1	2	4	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

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

Matches

All times at EET

Olympiacos v Kallithea

25 August 2002 1	Olympiacos	1–0	Kallithea	Rizoupoli
21:00	Đorđević   54'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 10,001 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

OFI v Olympiacos

1 September 2002 2	OFI	0–1	Olympiacos	Heraklion
17:30			Giannakopoulos   74'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 7,808 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Iraklis v Olympiacos

14 September 2002 3	Iraklis	2–2	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
21:00	Mięciel   2' Fofonka   90+2'		Giannakopoulos   74' Giovanni   82'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis

Olympiacos v Akratitos

21 September 2002 4	Olympiacos	4–0	Akratitos	Rizoupoli
19:00	Đorđević   25' Zetterberg   37' Giovanni   54' Castillo   83'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 8,559 Referee: Georgios Douros

PAOK v Olympiacos

26 October 2002 5	PAOK	1–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
18:00	Georgiadis   56' (pen.)		Đorđević   40' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 22,296 Referee: Georgios Douros

Olympiacos v Proodeftiki

3 November 2002 6	Olympiacos	0–0	Proodeftiki	Rizoupoli
15:00				Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 7,248 Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis

AEK Athens v Olympiacos

9 November 2002 7	AEK Athens	1–1	Olympiacos	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00	Nikolaidis   44'		Đorđević   30'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,039 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

Olympiacos v Ionikos

24 November 2002 8	Olympiacos	6–0	Ionikos	Rizoupoli
19:00	Đorđević   8' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Giovanni   13' Giannakopoulos   24', 51' Patsatzoglou   68'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 8,081 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Aris v Olympiacos

1 December 2002 9	Aris	0–0	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
17:00				Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 8,790 Referee: Ioakim Efthimiadis

Olympiacos v Panachaiki

8 December 2002 10	Olympiacos	7–0	Panachaiki	Rizoupoli
17:00	Patsatzoglou   12' Zé Elias   24' Karembeu   25' Giannakopoulos   47' Alexandris   69' Zetterberg   83' Choutos   88'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Fragiskos Somarakis

Olympiacos v Panionios

15 December 2002 11	Olympiacos	3–0	Panionios	Rizoupoli
17:00	Giovanni   13' Giannakopoulos   23' Alexandris   82'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 10,204 Referee: Giannis Kaminaris

Egaleo v Olympiacos

22 December 2002 12	Egaleo	0–2	Olympiacos	Aigaleo
17:00			Patsatzoglou   39' Choutos   88'	Stadium: Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium Attendance: 3,092 Referee: Athanassios Briakos

Olympiacos v PAS Giannina

5 January 2003 13	Olympiacos	2–1	PAS Giannina	Rizoupoli
17:00	Đorđević   29' (pen.) Antzas   51'		Kostoulas   67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 11,041 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

12 January 2003 14	Panathinaikos	3–2	Olympiacos	Ampelokipoi
19:00	Olisadebe   18' Basinas   72' Kolkka   77'		Henriksen   9' (o.g.) Kyrgiakos   55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 13,171 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

Olympiacos v Skoda Xanthi

19 January 2003 15	Olympiacos	1–1	Skoda Xanthi	Nea Filadelfeia
17:00	Giannakopoulos   73'		Sfakianakis   87'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,345 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

Kallithea v Olympiacos

26 January 2003 16	Kallithea	1–4	Olympiacos	Kallithea
17:00	Koça   9'		Giannakopoulos   29', 48', 55' Choutos   58'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Avraam Kemparidis

Olympiacos v OFI

1 February 2003 17	Olympiacos	1–0	OFI	Rizoupoli
17:00	Giannakopoulos   73'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 7,304 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

Olympiacos v Iraklis

9 February 2003 18	Olympiacos	2–1	Iraklis	Rizoupoli
17:00	Đorđević   37' Choutos   82'		Fofonka   57'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 3,624 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Akratitos v Olympiacos

16 February 2003 19	Akratitos	2–5	Olympiacos	Ano Liosia
19:00	Iliopoulos   3' Iordanidis   80'		Giovanni   41', 70', 82' Ofori-Quaye   74' Alexandris   87'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Ioannis Spiropoulos

Olympiacos v PAOK

23 February 2003 20	Olympiacos	4–3	PAOK	Rizoupoli
20:00	Zé Elias   4' Đorđević   17' Giovanni   50' Choutos   51'		Kafes   27', 58', 63'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 9,518 Referee: Konstantinos Finokaliotis

Proodeftiki v Olympiacos

2 March 2003 21	Proodeftiki	1–3	Olympiacos	Piraeus
19:00	Tatsis   82'		Castillo   19' Ofori-Quaye   80', 83'	Stadium: Korydallos Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

9 March 2003 22	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens	Rizoupoli
19:00	Giannakopoulos   70'		Nikolaidis   20' Katsouranis   90+4'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 9,563 Referee: Makis Efthimiadi

Ionikos v Olympiacos

16 March 2003 23	Ionikos	0–2	Olympiacos	Piraeus
19:00			Amanatidis   34' Ofori-Quaye   69'	Stadium: Neapoli Stadium Attendance: 3,455 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas

Olympiacos v Aris

23 March 2003 24	Olympiacos	1–0	Aris	Rizoupoli
17:15	Đorđević   49' (pen.)			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 5,365 Referee: Christoforos Zografos

Panachaiki v Olympiacos

6 April 2003 25	Panachaiki	1–4	Olympiacos	Patras
17:30	Skarmoutsos   30'		Ofori-Quaye   61' Đorđević   70' Zetterberg   86' Giovanni   90'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 6,498 Referee: Fragiskos Somarakis

Panionios v Olympiacos

13 April 2003 26	Panionios	0–0	Olympiacos	Nea Smyrni
17:45				Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 8,927 Referee: Georgios Douros

Olympiacos v Egaleo

20 April 2003 27	Olympiacos	4–0	Egaleo	Rizoupoli
17:30	Choutos   6', 15', 54' Đorđević   29'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

PAS Giannina v Olympiacos

4 May 2003 28	PAS Giannina	0–3	Olympiacos	Ioannina
18:00			Đorđević   5', 19' Karembeu   74'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 5,070 Referee: Dimitrios Takidis

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

11 May 2003 29	Olympiacos	3–0	Panathinaikos	Rizoupoli
20:00	Giovanni   3' Giannakopoulos   15', 47'			Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 10,825 Referee: Georgios Borovilos

Skoda Xanthi v Olympiacos

25 May 2003 30	Skoda Xanthi	1–5	Olympiacos	Xanthi
18:30	Šikov   18'		Choutos   4', 25' Giannakopoulos   45' Alexandris   68' Castillo   85'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 4,951 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis

Greek Cup

Main article: 2002–03 Greek Football Cup

First round

Fostiras v Olympiacos

9 August 2002 First leg	Fostiras	0–2	Olympiacos	Tavros
		Report (page 6)	Niniadis   40' Alexandris   56'	Stadium: Tavros Stadium Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

Olympiacos v Fostiras

21 August 2002 Second leg	Olympiacos	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Fostiras	Rizoupoli
	Choutos   72' Zetterberg   81' (pen.)	Report (page 12)	Moutas   19'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Referee: Charalampos Patras (Corinthia)

Second round

Kallithea v Olympiacos

6 October 2002 First leg	Kallithea	1–4	Olympiacos	Kallithea
16:00 EEST	Gekas   87'	Report (page 14)	Zetterberg   60' Dracena   74' Giovanni   77' Alexandris   79'	Stadium: Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium Attendance: 1,621 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messenia)

Olympiacos v Kallithea

6 November 2002 Second leg	Olympiacos	0–1 (4–2 agg.)	Kallithea	Rizoupoli
15:00 EET		Report (page 16)	Tsiblidis   81'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 967 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Round of 16

Panachaiki v Olympiacos

4 December 2002 First leg	Panachaiki	0–2	Olympiacos	Patras
19:00 EET		Report (page 18)	Castillo   68' Choutos   84'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 1,101 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

Olympiacos v Panachaiki

22 January 2003 Second leg	Olympiacos	0–0 (2–0 agg.)	Panachaiki	Rizoupoli
19:30 EET		Report (page 20)		Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 1,618 Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

Quarter-finals

PAOK v Olympiacos

26 February 2003 First leg	PAOK	3–1	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
19:00 EET	Georgiadis   10' Markos   31' Okkas   86'	Report (page 21)	Giannakopoulos   44' (pen.)	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 17,647 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)

Olympiacos v PAOK

12 March 2003 Second leg	Olympiacos	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	PAOK	Rizoupoli
19:00 EET	Choutos   76'	Report (page 22)	Georgiadis   30' Okkas   32'	Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 11,466 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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

Olympiacos   v   Bayer Leverkusen

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: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 12,909 Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Maccabi Haifa   v   Olympiacos

24 September 2002 2	Maccabi Haifa	3–0	Olympiacos	Nicosia, Cyprus^1
20:45	Yakubu   27' (pen.), 60', 86'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 14,893 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Manchester United   v   Olympiacos

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)

Olympiacos   v   Manchester United

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: Rizoupoli Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Bayer Leverkusen   v   Olympiacos

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)

Olympiacos   v   Maccabi Haifa

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: Rizoupoli 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

1. "Olympiakos Piraeus - Squad 2002/2003". worldfootball.net.
2. "Olympiacos 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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