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2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the 79th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 8 August 2002 and finished on 25 May 2003.

AEK Athens
2002–03 season
ChairmanCharilaos Psomiadis
(until 22 January)
Giannis Granitsas
ManagerDušan Bajević
StadiumNikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki3rd
Greek CupSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Demis Nikolaidis (12)
All:
Demis Nikolaidis (16)
Highest home attendance19,775 vs Genk
(30 October 2002)
Lowest home attendance69 vs Kassandra
(11 September 2002)
Average home league attendance6,296
Biggest winAEK Athens 6–0 Panachaiki
Biggest defeatAEK Athens 3–4 PAOK
Akratitos 3–2 AEK Athens
Panathinaikos 2–1 AEK Athens
AEK Athens 0–1 Málaga
AEK Athens 0–1 PAOK
OFI 1–0 AEK Athens

Kits edit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Piraeus Bank
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Overview edit

For second season in a row with Makis Psomiadis at the wheel, who presented a very good team during the previous season. Despite the good performance in the last season, Fernando Santos resigned[1] due to the disrupted relationship with the administrative leader of the club. Psomiadis afterwards made a decision that no one could initially believe and brought Dušan Bajević back to the wheel of AEK. The Bosnian-Greek coach accepted Psomiadis' proposal (having also received guarantees from Psomiadis that he would be protected from a portion of the fans who did not want him back) and his big return became reality.[2] The return of Bajević received a divided reaction, as expected. Others did not want him at all in the club, others seemed to want him back due to his successful previous spell, while many seemed to viewed him strictly as a professional. Eventually, despite the problems he faced from time to time from a large portion of the crowd, in general, Bajević was able to work in the team during his first season without much trouble. Regarding the team's roster and the transfers of the summer of 2002, Carlos Gamarra left the team as his loan ended, while Akis Zikos, not having the best relations with Psomiadis, was also a thing of the past. On the other hand, Psomiadis made many impressive transfers such as Georgatos, Katsouranis, Borbokis, Wright, Centeno, Kreek, Nalitzis and Prieto.

AEK Athens presented a good and spectacular team with a very good performance and in the championship they had very good intervals. However, they were relatively behind in the title race, but eventually with an incredible streak of 12 wins in the last 12 games of the league, they re-entered the race finishing third, only 2 points behind Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, who were tied in first place, with the first winning the championship.

AEK once again had the opportunity to compete in the Champions League, but only if they passed the qualifying round. In the draw, where they were among the seeded clubs, AEK were drawn with APOEL. The first match took place in Cyprus, where APOEL took the lead from the beginning of the match, with AEK waking up and in one of the best matches of his career, Vasilios Borbokis took the team by the hand and with his two personal goals put AEK in front. The score was at 1–2, until the end of the game, but the finale was shocking. APOEL equalized with a penalty at the 90th minute, but AEK in the stoppage time with a goal by Nikolaidis got the 2–3 victory. In the rematch of Athens, AEK missed several chances but the half ended without a goal. Finally, AEK took the lead at the beginning of the second half and ceremoniously took the qualification to the Champions League group stage with a second victory by 1–0. AEK were drawn in Group C with the "galacticos" of the mighty Real Madrid, the historic Italian Roma and the Belgian Genk and achieved a historic record of drawing all six of the group stage games,[3] but failed to qualify to the next stage of the institution finishing 3rd and continued to the knock-out stage of the UEFA Cup.

AEK continued in the UEFA Cup and faced the Israeli Maccabi Haifa, an opponent that was certainly up to their standards. The first match in Athens, Maccabi came in stronger and won a penalty that hit the crossbar and then the ball didn't pass the line. From there on, AEK woke up and then the game became a monologue for the Greek team that reached the score 4–0 until the 35th minute, that remained until the final whistle. In the match, Michalis Kasapis became the top Greek footballer in appearances in European matches. Also, as it turned out afterwards, the last goal of the match, scored by Theodoros Zagorakis was the last European goal scored by AEK at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, before it was demolished. In the rematch that took place at GSP Stadium of Nicosia, the Israelis again entered the match better, winning an early penalty again and making the 1–0, but AEK took control of the match and scored 4 goals that gave not only the victory, but also a triumphant qualification. In the round of 16, AEK were against the Spanish Málaga, an opponent that was not at all easy, but was not beyond the capabilities of the Greek team. In the first match at La Rosaleda Stadium, the Spaniards came on strong and missed scoring chances, but yellow-black defense stood up well and the match ended at 0–0. AEK took a very important draw in view of the continuation. The rematch of Nea Filadelfeia proved to be of historical importance, since it was the last European game at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The match did not go well for AEK, who conceded a goal in the first half and without being able to do anything to turn the situation around and the 0–1 remained until the end, ending their European campaign.

In the Cup, AEK initially eliminated Kassandra and then easily passed through of Chalkidona. In the round of 16, they were drawn with Apollon Smyrnis, whom he also eliminated easily, and in the quarter-finals they played against Panionios, who they eliminated in a qualification that was decided in the rematch of Nikos Goumas Stadium. In the semi-finals they were placed against PAOK. First match in Nea Filadelfeia, AEK did not get a good performance and PAOK got the important victory with 0–1. In the rematch of Toumba Stadium, AEK took an early lead, bringing the aggragate score at even, but finally a goal at the end of the match gave PAOK the qualification.

A notable event of the season was the fight against Makis Psomiadis, who generally, towards the end of 2002, started to have more and more "enemies" within the club. In January, Demis Nikolaidis filed a lawsuit against Psomiadis, who had come by his house at 3 a.m. to check if the international striker was staying overnight and also for blackmail, insult and threatening his life and physical integrity, while stating that in the incident that took place outside Nikolaidis' and his wife's, Despina Vandi, house, apart from Psomiadis, some of his bodyguards were also present.[4] Psomiadis, having lost all of the support within the club, left and AEK Athens continued with the administration of the then president of Amateur AEK, Giannis Granitsas.[5] The season was also punctuated by the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium at 5 May 2003,[6] home to AEK Athens for 73 years.

Management team edit

Position Staff
Manager   Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager   Takis Persias
Goalkeeping coach   Jovan Mihailović
Fitness coach   Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Head of Medical   Lakis Nikolaou
Podiatrist   Manos Arvanitakis

Players edit

Squad information edit

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 25 May 2003, 23:59 UTC+3.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed Previous club Transfer fee Contract until
Goalkeepers
22 Dionysis Chiotis   GK (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 26) 1994   AEK Athens U20 — 2005
33 Chrysostomos Michailidis   GK (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 28) 1997   Eordaikos Free 2005
— Giannis Arabatzis   GK (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 19) 2002   Makrochori Free 2011
Defenders
2 Vasilios Borbokis   RB / RM (1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 34) 2002   PAOK Free 2003
5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain)   CB / RB (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 32) 1994   Skoda Xanthi €400,000 2003
8 Michel Kreek   LB / CB / LM / CM / DM (1971-01-16)16 January 1971 (aged 32) 2002   Vitesse €500,000 2004
16 Nikolaos Georgeas   RB / LB / DM (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 26) 2001   Kalamata €1,500,000 2006
17 Michalis Kasapis (Captain)   LB / LM (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 31) 1993   Levadiakos €200,000 2007
19 Mauricio Wright   CB / RB (1970-12-20)20 December 1970 (aged 32) 2002   Herediano Free 2005
25 Stelios Maistrellis   CB (1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 23) 2002   Aiolikos Free 2006
31 Grigoris Georgatos   LB / LM / LW / CM (1972-10-31)31 October 1972 (aged 30) 2002   Internazionale €3,000,000 2005
32 Michalis Kapsis   CB (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 29) 1999   Ethnikos Piraeus Free 2003
40 Grigoris Toskas   CB (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 20) 2000   AEK Athens U20 — 2005
81 Stathis Kappos    RB (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 23) 2001   Kalamata Free 2005
Midfielders
6 Theodoros Zagorakis (Vice-captain 2)   CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 31) 2000   Leicester City Free 2003
7 Christos Maladenis   CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 29) 1995   Skoda Xanthi €500,000 2003
10 Vasilios Tsiartas   AM / RM / LM / SS (1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 30) 2000   Sevilla €3,500,000 2003
13 Georgios Passios   DM / CM / CB (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 21) 1997   AEK Athens U20 — 2003
14 Ivan Rusev   AM / RM / LM / CM (1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 24) 2001   Spartak Varna Free 2005
18 Walter Centeno   AM / RM / LM / CM (1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (aged 28) 2002   Saprissa €410,000 2007
21 Kostas Katsouranis   CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB (1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 24) 2002   Panachaiki Free 2005
23 Vasilios Lakis   RM / RW / AM / CM (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 26) 1998   Paniliakos €1,800,000 2003
28 Milen Petkov   DM / CM / AM / RM / LM (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 29) 2000   CSKA Sofia €800,000 2003
34 Nikos Pourtoulidis   CM / AM (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 19) 2002   Nea Karvali Free 2006
— Dimitris Karameris   CM / DM (1983-04-16)16 April 1983 (aged 20) 2000   AEK Athens U20 — 2005
Forwards
9 Ilias Solakis   ST (1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 28) 2002   APOEL Free 2007
11 Demis Nikolaidis    ST / SS (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 29) 1996   Apollon Athens €900,000 2004
15 Livio Prieto   LW / LM / SS / AM (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 21) 2002   Independiente Free 2004
20 Sotiris Konstantinidis   RW / LW / RM / LM / AM (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 24) 1999   Iraklis Free 2003
24 Christos Kostis   SS / ST / AM / RW / LW (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 31) 2000   Anderlecht Free 2005
30 Ilija Ivić   ST / LW (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 32) 2002   Aris Free 2005
37 Dimitris Nalitzis   ST (1976-01-25)25 January 1976 (aged 27) 2002   Udinese Free 2003
Left during Winter Transfer Window
1 Ilias Atmatsidis   GK (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 34) 1992   Pontioi Veria Free 2004
— Emanuel Ruiz   SS / ST / RW (1978-07-07)7 July 1978 (aged 24) 2000   Boca Juniors Free 2005

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
2 DF   Vasilios Borbokis   PAOK Transfer Free 1 July 2002 30 June 2003 [7]
8 DF   Michel Kreek   Vitesse Transfer €500,000 1 July 2002 30 June 2004 [8]
9 FW   Ilias Solakis   APOEL Transfer Free 5 August 2002 30 June 2007 [9]
14 MF   Ivan Rusev   Athinaikos End of loan — 1 July 2002 30 June 2005
15 FW   Livio Prieto   Independiente Transfer Free 8 July 2002 30 June 2004 [10]
18 MF   Walter Centeno   Saprissa Transfer €410,000 9 July 2002 30 June 2007 [11]
19 DF   Mauricio Wright   Herediano Transfer Free 5 July 2002 30 June 2005 [12]
21 MF   Kostas Katsouranis   Panachaiki Transfer Free 1 July 2002 30 June 2005 [13]
25 DF   Stelios Maistrellis   Aiolikos Transfer Free 1 July 2002 30 June 2006
31 DF   Grigoris Georgatos   Internazionale Transfer €3,000,000 22 July 2002 30 June 2005 [14]
33 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis   Ethnikos Asteras End of loan — 1 July 2002 30 June 2005
34 MF   Nikos Pourtoulidis   Nea Karvali Transfer Free 1 July 2002 30 June 2006
— GK   Giannis Arabatzis   Makrochori Transfer Free 1 July 2002 30 June 2011
— FW   Georgios Trichias   Apollon Smyrnis End of loan — 1 July 2002 30 June 2003
— FW   Ilias Anastasakos   Athinaikos End of loan — 1 July 2002 30 June 2003
— FW   Emanuel Ruiz   Unión Santa Fe End of loan — 1 July 2002 30 June 2005

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Fee Date Contract Until Source
9 FW   Ilias Solakis   Panionios End of loan — 1 January 2003 30 June 2007
14 MF   Ivan Rusev   Apollon Smyrnis Loan termination — 1 January 2003 30 June 2005

Out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
3 DF   Ferrugem   Atlético Mineiro Contract termination — 9 July 2002
4 DF   Carlos Gamarra   Flamengo End of loan — 1 July 2002
12 DF   Georgios Xenidis   Iraklis Contract termination — 20 August 2002 [15]
14 MF   Akis Zikos   Monaco Transfer Free 1 July 2002
15 DF   Éric Rabésandratana   LB Châteauroux Contract termination — 1 July 2002
19 MF   Bledar Kola   Kallithea Contract termination — 5 July 2002
21 DF   Vaios Karagiannis   Poseidon Neon Poron End of contract — 1 July 2002
26 FW   António Folha   Porto End of loan — 1 July 2002
— FW   Georgios Trichias   Kalamata Transfer Free 1 July 2002
— FW   Ilias Anastasakos   Apollon Smyrnis Transfer Free 1 July 2002

Winter edit

No. Pos. Player To Type Fee Date Source
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis   PAOK Contract termination — 10 January 2003 [16]
— FW   Emanuel Ruiz   Talleres Contract termination — 1 January 2003

Loan in edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player From Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
88 FW   Dimitris Nalitzis   Udinese Free 5 August 2002 30 June 2003  Y [17]

Loan out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos. Player To Fee Date Until Option to buy Source
9 FW   Ilias Solakis   Panionios Free 5 August 2002 31 December 2002  N [9]
12 GK   Sotiris Liberopoulos   La Louvière Free 22 July 2002 30 June 2003  N [14]
14 MF   Ivan Rusev   Apollon Smyrnis Free 1 July 2002 30 June 2003  N

Contract renewals edit

No. Pos. Player Date Former Exp. Date New Exp. Date Source
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 25 June 2002 30 June 2002 30 June 2004
24 FW   Christos Kostis 5 June 2002 30 June 2002 30 June 2005

Overall transfer activity edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

6 July 2002 Friendly UFC Jennersdorf   0–4   AEK Athens Jennersdorf
 Stadium: Jennersdorf Stadium
12 July 2002 Friendly Wiener Neustadt   1–6   AEK Athens Wiener Neustadt
  •   62'
Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt
14 July 2002 Friendly NK Varteks   2–4   AEK Athens
  •   55'
  •   68'
17 July 2002 Friendly Hajduk Split   1–2   AEK Athens Dietersdorf am Gnasbach
 Report
Stadium: Wald Stadium
21 July 2002 Friendly Gençlerbirliği   2–0   AEK Athens
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
24 July 2002 Friendly AEK Athens   4–0   Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
29 July 2002 Friendly AEK Athens   1–0   Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
31 July 2002 Friendly AEK Athens   5–1   Beşiktaş Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
5 August 2002 Friendly AEK Athens   2–2   Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  •   45'
  •   60'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
18 August 2002 Friendly Levadiakos   1–3   AEK Athens Livadeia
  • Tsaggaris   45'
Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alpha Ethniki 24 August 2002 25 May 2003 Matchday 1 3rd 30 21 5 4 74 29 +45 070.00
Greek Cup 8 August 2002 7 May 2003 First round Semi-finals 10 6 3 1 19 6 +13 060.00
UEFA Champions League 13 August 2002 12 November 2002 Third qualifying round Group stage 8 2 6 0 11 9 +2 025.00
UEFA Cup 28 November 2002 27 February 2003 Round of 32 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 8 2 +6 050.00
Total 52 31 15 6 112 46 +66 059.62

Last updated: 25 May 2003
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki edit

Main article: 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki

League table edit

Pos Team
 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: Galanis Sports Data
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. ^ a b Head-to-head points (goal difference): Olympiacos 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points (goal difference): PAOK 3 (+1), Panionios 3 (-1).

Results summary edit

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 5 4 74 29  +45 68 13 1 1 51 17  +34 8 4 3 23 12  +11

Results by Matchday edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWWWLDLLDWWDWDWWLWWWWWWWWWWWW
Position862213248854544445443333333333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures edit

24 August 2002 1 Egaleo 1–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
1 September 2002 2 AEK Athens 3–1 PAS Giannina Nea Filadelfeia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,288
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
14 September 2002 3 AEK Athens 1–0 Panathinaikos Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 13,801
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
22 September 2002 4 Skoda Xanthi 0–1 AEK Athens Xanthi
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium
Attendance: 5,508
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
26 October 2002 5 AEK Athens 1–0 Kallithea Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,766
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
3 November 2002 6 OFI 1–0 AEK Athens Heraklion
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
9 November 2002 7 AEK Athens 1–1 Olympiacos Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,039
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)
24 November 2002 8 Akratitos 3–2 AEK Athens Ano Liosia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium
Attendance: 1,503
Referee: Efthimios Damianos (Kozani)
1 December 2002 9 AEK Athens 3–4 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,188
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
8 December 2002 10 Proodeftiki 1–1 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikaia Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,069
Referee: Stavros Georgopoulos (Arcadia)
16 December 2002 11 Iraklis 0–2 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
22 December 2002 12 AEK Athens 3–0 Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,018
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
5 January 2003 13 Aris 1–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Aris Stadium
Attendance: 6,984
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
12 January 2003 14 AEK Athens 6–0 Panachaiki Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
19 January 2003 15 Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Ferekidis   69'
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis (Thessaloniki)
26 January 2003 16 AEK Athens 3–2 Egaleo Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
2 February 2003 17 PAS Giannina 0–2 AEK Athens Ioannina
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
Attendance: 4,566
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
9 February 2003 18 Panathinaikos 2–1 AEK Athens Ampelokipoi
19:15 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,439
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
16 February 2003 19 AEK Athens 3–2 Skoda Xanthi Nea Filadelfeia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,765
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
23 February 2003 20 Kallithea 1–3 AEK Athens Kallithea
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
Attendance: 1,935
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
2 March 2003 21 AEK Athens 3–1 OFI Nea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 4,384
Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis (Thessaloniki)
9 March 2003 22 Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens Rizoupoli
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Rizoupoli Stadium
Attendance: 9,563
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
16 March 2003 23 AEK Athens 6–2 Akratitos Nea Filadelfeia
16:45 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,873
Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
22 March 2003 24 PAOK 0–1 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 11,340
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)
5 April 2003 25 AEK Athens 4–1 Proodeftiki Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 3,010
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)
13 April 2003 26 AEK Athens 6–1 Iraklis Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 5,306
Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)
20 April 2003 27 Ionikos 0–3 AEK Athens Nikaia
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,562
Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis (Chania)
3 May 2003 28 AEK Athens 4–0 Aris Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 6,883
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: Last match played in the Nikos Goumas stadium.
11 May 2003 29 Panachaiki 0–2 AEK Athens Patras
17:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 1,894
Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)
25 May 2003 30 AEK Athens 4–2 Panionios Patras
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium
Attendance: 1,686
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Greek Cup edit

Main article: 2002–03 Greek Football Cup

First round edit

8 August 2002 First leg Kassandra 0–2 AEK Athens Kassandreia
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report (page 5)
Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kassandreia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Avraam Kebaridis (Thessaloniki)
11 September 2002 Second leg AEK Athens 0–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Kassandra Nea Filadelfeia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report (page 11) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 69
Referee: Giannis Kaminaris (Thessaly)

Second round edit

7 October 2002 First leg AEK Athens 3–1 Chalkidona Nea Filadelfeia
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 13)
  • Kogioglou   65'
 Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 461
Referee: Christos Trikalis (Trikala)
6 November 2002 Second leg Chalkidona 0–3
(6–1 agg.)		 AEK Athens Nikaia
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report (page 15)
Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

Round of 16 edit

19 December 2002 First leg AEK Athens 2–0 Apollon Athens Nea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 17) Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 134
Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)
29 January 2003 Second leg Apollon Athens 0–3
(0–5 agg.)		 AEK Athens Agios Dimitrios
19:00 EET (UTC+2) Report (page 19)
Stadium: Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 524
Referee: Vasilis Skoufitsas (Athens)

Quarter-finals edit

5 February 2003 First leg Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 21)
Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium
Attendance: 1,506
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
5 March 2003 Second leg AEK Athens 4–2
(5–3 agg.)		 Panionios Nea Filadelfeia
19:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report (page 21)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Nikos Aggelakis (Thessaloniki)

Semi-finals edit

23 April 2003 First leg AEK Athens 0–1 PAOK Nea Filadelfeia
19:45 EEST (UTC+3) Report (page 23)
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,082
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
7 May 2003 Second leg PAOK 1–1
(2–1 agg.)		 AEK Athens Thessaloniki
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report (page 23)
Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 8,363
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round edit

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 26 July 2002.

13 August 2002 First leg APOEL   2–3   AEK Athens Nicosia, Cyprus
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 16,192
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
28 August 2002 Second leg AEK Athens   1–0
(4–2 agg.)		   APOEL Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

First group stage edit

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2002.[18][19]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM ROM AEK GNK
1   Real Madrid 6 2 3 1 15 7 +8 9 Advance to second group stage — 0–1 2–2 6–0
2   Roma 6 2 3 1 3 4 −1 9 0–3 — 1–1 0–0
3   AEK Athens 6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 3–3 0–0 — 1–1
4   Genk 6 0 4 2 2 9 −7 4 1–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF
17 September 2002 1 Genk   0–0   AEK Athens Genk, Belgium
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Cristal Arena
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
25 September 2002 2 AEK Athens   0–0   Roma Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,444
Referee: Graham Barber (England)
2 October 2002 3 AEK Athens   3–3   Real Madrid Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 12,784
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
22 October 2002 4 Real Madrid   2–2   AEK Athens Madrid, Spain
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 58,343
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
30 October 2002 5 AEK Athens   1–1   Genk Athens, Greece
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 19,775
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
12 November 2002 6 Roma   1–1   AEK Athens Rome, Italy
21:45 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,734
Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

UEFA Cup edit

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase

Round of 32 edit

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 15 November 2002.[20]

28 November 2002 First Leg AEK Athens   4–0   Maccabi Haifa Athens, Greece
21:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,695
Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)
12 December 2002 Second Leg Maccabi Haifa   1–4
(1–8 agg.)		   AEK Athens Nicosia, Cyprus
21:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Round of 16 edit

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2002.[21]

20 February 2003 First Leg Málaga   0–0   AEK Athens Málaga, Spain
22:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium
Attendance: 9,720
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
27 February 2003 Second Leg AEK Athens   0–1
(0–1 agg.)		   Málaga Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 16,050
Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

As of 25 May 2003
No. Pos Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK   Dionysis Chiotis 28 0 6 0 8 0 4 0 46 0
33 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
— GK   Giannis Arabatzis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   Vasilios Borbokis 23 3 4 0 4 2 2 0 33 5
5 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 15 0 6 0 7 0 4 0 32 0
8 DF   Michel Kreek 11 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 20 0
16 DF   Nikolaos Georgeas 16 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 26 0
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 21 0 6 0 7 0 3 0 37 0
19 DF   Mauricio Wright 25 0 7 1 8 1 4 0 44 2
25 DF   Stelios Maistrellis 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
31 DF   Grigoris Georgatos 23 2 7 0 5 0 3 1 38 3
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 20 0 3 0 7 0 1 0 31 0
40 DF   Grigoris Toskas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
81 DF   Stathis Kappos 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Midfielders
6 MF   Theodoros Zagorakis 25 0 7 1 7 0 4 1 43 2
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 18 4 5 3 5 1 3 0 31 8
10 MF   Vasilios Tsiartas 21 11 5 0 8 1 2 0 36 12
13 MF   Georgios Passios 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF   Ivan Rusev 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 MF   Walter Centeno 14 1 6 1 5 2 2 0 27 4
21 MF   Kostas Katsouranis 26 6 8 1 8 1 2 1 44 9
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 27 12 4 0 8 1 4 2 43 15
28 MF   Milen Petkov 19 0 7 1 4 0 3 1 33 2
34 MF   Nikos Pourtoulidis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF   Dimitris Karameris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   Ilias Solakis 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 22 12 2 1 8 2 4 1 36 16
15 FW   Livio Prieto 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis 18 2 8 3 1 0 2 0 29 5
24 FW   Christos Kostis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 FW   Ilija Ivić 20 9 5 1 6 0 3 0 34 10
37 FW   Dimitris Nalitzis 19 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 31 15
Left during Winter Transfer Window
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
— FW   Emanuel Ruiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

As of 25 May 2003
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 12 1 2 1 16
2 23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 12 0 1 2 15
88 FW   Dimitris Nalitzis 10 4 0 1 15
4 10 MF   Vasilios Tsiartas 11 0 1 0 12
5 30 FW   Ilija Ivić 9 1 0 0 10
6 21 MF   Kostas Katsouranis 6 1 1 1 9
7 7 MF   Christos Maladenis 4 3 1 0 8
8 2 DF   Vasilios Borbokis 3 0 2 0 5
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis 2 3 0 0 5
10 18 MF   Walter Centeno 1 1 2 0 4
11 31 DF   Grigoris Georgatos 2 0 0 1 3
12 9 FW   Ilias Solakis 0 2 0 0 2
18 DF   Mauricio Wright 0 1 1 0 2
6 MF   Theodoros Zagorakis 0 1 0 1 2
28 MF   Milen Petkov 0 1 0 1 2
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 74 19 11 8 112

Hat-tricks edit

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player Against Result Date Competition Source
  Vasilios Lakis   Panachaiki 6–0 (H) 12 January 2003 Alpha Ethniki [22]
  Dimitris Nalitzis   Egaleo 3–2 (H) 26 January 2003 Alpha Ethniki [23]
  Vasilios Tsiartas   Kallithea 3–1 (A) 23 February 2003 Alpha Ethniki [24]

Assists edit

As of 25 May 2003
Rank No. Pos. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 31 DF   Grigoris Georgatos 17 0 0 2 19
2 10 MF   Vasilios Tsiartas 6 0 3 0 9
3 30 FW   Ilija Ivić 5 0 1 0 6
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 4 0 0 2 6
5 2 DF   Vasilios Borbokis 5 0 0 0 5
6 MF   Theodoros Zagorakis 5 0 0 0 5
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 5 0 0 0 5
7 7 MF   Christos Maladenis 3 0 0 0 3
18 MF   Walter Centeno 0 0 1 2 3
9 21 MF   Kostas Katsouranis 2 0 0 0 2
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis 2 0 0 0 2
11 18 DF   Mauricio Wright 1 0 0 0 1
16 DF   Nikolaos Georgeas 1 0 0 0 1
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 1 0 0 0 1
28 MF   Milen Petkov 1 0 0 0 1
88 FW   Dimitris Nalitzis 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 59 0 5 6 70

Clean sheets edit

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

As of 25 May 2003
Rank No. Player Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total
1 22   Dionysis Chiotis 11 1 3 2 18
2 33   Chrysostomos Michailidis 0 2 0 0 3
3 1   Ilias Atmatsidis 0 2 0 0 2
Totals 11 5 3 2 22

Disciplinary record edit

As of 25 May 2003
N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total Notes
                             
Goalkeepers
22 GK   Dionysis Chiotis 2 1 1 4
33 GK   Chrysostomos Michailidis 2 2
— GK   Giannis Arabatzis
Defenders
2 DF   Vasilios Borbokis 5 5
5 DF   Nikos Kostenoglou 1 2 3
8 DF   Michel Kreek 1 2 1 4
16 DF   Nikolaos Georgeas 6 3 9
17 DF   Michalis Kasapis 5 1 1 6 1
19 DF   Mauricio Wright 8 1 1 10
25 DF   Stelios Maistrellis 1 1
31 DF   Grigoris Georgatos 5 1 1 1 8
32 DF   Michalis Kapsis 2 1 2 1
40 DF   Grigoris Toskas
81 DF   Stathis Kappos
Midfielders
6 MF   Theodoros Zagorakis 7 4 1 12
7 MF   Christos Maladenis 2 2
10 MF   Vasilios Tsiartas 2 1 3
13 MF   Georgios Passios
14 MF   Ivan Rusev
18 MF   Walter Centeno 3 3
21 MF   Kostas Katsouranis 5 2 1 8
23 MF   Vasilios Lakis 5 1 6
28 MF   Milen Petkov 2 2
34 MF   Nikos Pourtoulidis
— MF   Dimitris Karameris
Forwards
9 DF   Ilias Solakis
11 FW   Demis Nikolaidis 2 1 3
15 FW   Livio Prieto
20 FW   Sotiris Konstantinidis
24 FW   Christos Kostis
30 FW   Ilija Ivić 2 2
37 FW   Dimitris Nalitzis 1 1 1 1
Left during Winter Transfer window
1 GK   Ilias Atmatsidis 1 1
— FW   Emanuel Ruiz

Starting 11 edit

Awards edit

Player Pos. Award Source
  Dušan Bajević — Manager of the Season [25]

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