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

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.

Kits

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Piraeus Bank
Features: Telestet

Home
Away
Third

Overview

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

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

Players

Squad information

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 Greece GK 4 June 1977 (aged 26) 1994 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
33 Chrysostomos Michailidis Greece GK 15 January 1975 (aged 28) 1997 Greece Eordaikos Free 2005
— Giannis Arabatzis Greece GK 28 May 1984 (aged 19) 2002 Greece Makrochori Free 2011
Defenders
2 Vasilios Borbokis Greece RB / RM 10 February 1969 (aged 34) 2002 Greece PAOK Free 2003
5 Nikos Kostenoglou (Vice-captain) Greece CB / RB 3 October 1970 (aged 32) 1994 Greece Skoda Xanthi €400,000 2003
8 Michel Kreek Netherlands LB / CB / LM / CM / DM 16 January 1971 (aged 32) 2002 Netherlands Vitesse €500,000 2004
16 Nikolaos Georgeas Greece RB / LB / DM 27 December 1976 (aged 26) 2001 Greece Kalamata €1,500,000 2006
17 Michalis Kasapis (Captain) Greece LB / LM 6 August 1971 (aged 31) 1993 Greece Levadiakos €200,000 2007
19 Mauricio Wright Costa Rica CB / RB 20 December 1970 (aged 32) 2002 Costa Rica Herediano Free 2005
25 Stelios Maistrellis Greece CB 10 November 1979 (aged 23) 2002 Greece Aiolikos Free 2006
31 Grigoris Georgatos Greece LB / LM / LW / CM 31 October 1972 (aged 30) 2002 Italy Internazionale €3,000,000 2005
32 Michalis Kapsis Greece CB 18 October 1973 (aged 29) 1999 Greece Ethnikos Piraeus Free 2003
40 Grigoris Toskas Greece CB 8 January 1983 (aged 20) 2000 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
81 Stathis Kappos GreeceCanada RB 31 July 1979 (aged 23) 2001 Greece Kalamata Free 2005
Midfielders
6 Theodoros Zagorakis (Vice-captain 2) Greece CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB 27 October 1971 (aged 31) 2000 England Leicester City Free 2003
7 Christos Maladenis Greece CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS 23 May 1974 (aged 29) 1995 Greece Skoda Xanthi €500,000 2003
10 Vasilios Tsiartas Greece AM / RM / LM / SS 12 November 1972 (aged 30) 2000 Spain Sevilla €3,500,000 2003
13 Georgios Passios Greece DM / CM / CB 26 August 1981 (aged 21) 1997 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2003
14 Ivan Rusev Bulgaria AM / RM / LM / CM 10 May 1979 (aged 24) 2001 Bulgaria Spartak Varna Free 2005
18 Walter Centeno Costa Rica AM / RM / LM / CM 6 October 1974 (aged 28) 2002 Costa Rica Saprissa €410,000 2007
21 Kostas Katsouranis Greece CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB 21 June 1979 (aged 24) 2002 Greece Panachaiki Free 2005
23 Vasilios Lakis Greece RM / RW / AM / CM 10 September 1976 (aged 26) 1998 Greece Paniliakos €1,800,000 2003
28 Milen Petkov Bulgaria DM / CM / AM / RM / LM 12 January 1974 (aged 29) 2000 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia €800,000 2003
34 Nikos Pourtoulidis Greece CM / AM 7 October 1983 (aged 19) 2002 Greece Nea Karvali Free 2006
— Dimitris Karameris Greece CM / DM 16 April 1983 (aged 20) 2000 Greece AEK Athens U20 — 2005
Forwards
9 Ilias Solakis Greece ST 15 December 1974 (aged 28) 2002 Cyprus APOEL Free 2007
11 Demis Nikolaidis GreeceGermany ST / SS 17 September 1973 (aged 29) 1996 Greece Apollon Athens €900,000 2004
15 Livio Prieto Argentina LW / LM / SS / AM 31 July 1981 (aged 21) 2002 Argentina Independiente Free 2004
20 Sotiris Konstantinidis Greece RW / LW / RM / LM / AM 19 April 1979 (aged 24) 1999 Greece Iraklis Free 2003
24 Christos Kostis Greece SS / ST / AM / RW / LW 15 January 1972 (aged 31) 2000 Belgium Anderlecht Free 2005
30 Ilija Ivić Serbia and Montenegro ST / LW 17 February 1971 (aged 32) 2002 Greece Aris Free 2005
37 Dimitris Nalitzis Greece ST 25 January 1976 (aged 27) 2002 Italy Udinese Free 2003
Left during Winter Transfer Window
1 Ilias Atmatsidis Greece GK 24 April 1969 (aged 34) 1992 Greece Pontioi Veria Free 2004
— Emanuel Ruiz Argentina SS / ST / RW 7 July 1978 (aged 24) 2000 Argentina Boca Juniors Free 2005

Transfers


In

Summer

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

Winter

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

Out

Summer

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

Winter

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

Loan in

Summer

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

Loan out

Summer

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

Contract renewals

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

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Competitions

Overall record

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

League table

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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 21 5 4 74 29  +45 68 13 1 1 51 17  +34 8 4 3 23 12  +11

Results by Matchday

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

Fixtures

24 August 2002 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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 Matchday 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

First round

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

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

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

5 February 2003 First leg Panionios 1–1 AEK Athens Nea Smyrni
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Mantzios 88'
 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

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

Third qualifying round

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

13 August 2002 First leg APOEL Cyprus 2–3 Greece 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 Greece 1–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Cyprus APOEL Athens, Greece
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Group stage

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

UEFA Cup

Knockout stage

Round of 32

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

28 November 2002 First Leg AEK Athens Greece 4–0 Israel 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 Israel 1–4
(1–8 agg.)		 Greece AEK Athens Nicosia, Cyprus
21:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Round of 16

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

20 February 2003 First Leg Málaga Spain 0–0 Greece 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 Greece 0–1
(0–1 agg.)		 Spain Málaga Athens, Greece
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 16,050
Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 25 May 2003
No.PosPlayerAlpha EthnikiGreek CupChampions LeagueUEFA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
22GK Greece Dionysis Chiotis 280608040 460
33GK Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis 30300000 60
—GK Greece Giannis Arabatzis 00000000 00
Defenders
2DF Greece Vasilios Borbokis 233404220 335
5DF Greece Nikos Kostenoglou 150607040 320
8DF Netherlands Michel Kreek 110601020 200
16DF Greece Nikolaos Georgeas 160801010 260
17DF Greece Michalis Kasapis 210607030 370
19DF Costa Rica Mauricio Wright 250718140 442
25DF Greece Stelios Maistrellis 10400000 50
31DF Greece Grigoris Georgatos 232705031 383
32DF Greece Michalis Kapsis 200307010 310
40DF Greece Grigoris Toskas 00100000 10
81DF Canada Stathis Kappos 00300000 30
Midfielders
6MF Greece Theodoros Zagorakis 250717041 432
7MF Greece Christos Maladenis 184535130 318
10MF Greece Vasilios Tsiartas 2111508120 3612
13MF Greece Georgios Passios 00100000 10
14MF Bulgaria Ivan Rusev 20100000 30
18MF Costa Rica Walter Centeno 141615220 274
21MF Greece Kostas Katsouranis 266818121 449
23MF Greece Vasilios Lakis 2712408142 4315
28MF Bulgaria Milen Petkov 190714031 332
34MF Greece Nikos Pourtoulidis 00100000 10
—MF Greece Dimitris Karameris 00000000 00
Forwards
9FW Greece Ilias Solakis 20220000 42
11FW Greece Demis Nikolaidis 2212218241 3616
15FW Argentina Livio Prieto 00500000 50
20FW Greece Sotiris Konstantinidis 182831020 295
24FW Greece Christos Kostis 00200000 20
30FW Serbia and Montenegro Ilija Ivić 209516030 3410
37FW Greece Dimitris Nalitzis 1910643031 3115
Left during Winter Transfer Window
1GK Greece Ilias Atmatsidis 00200000 20
—FW Argentina Emanuel Ruiz 00000000 00

Goalscorers

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

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

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

Assists

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

Clean sheets

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 Greece Dionysis Chiotis 11 1 3 2 18
2 33 Greece Chrysostomos Michailidis 0 2 0 0 3
3 1 Greece Ilias Atmatsidis 0 2 0 0 2
Totals 11 5 3 2 22

Disciplinary record


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

Starting 11

Awards

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

References

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  9. 1 2 "Στον Πανιώνιο μέσω… ΑΕΚ ο Σολάκης, που υπέγραψε 5ετές "κιτρινόμαυρο" συμβόλαιο". in.gr. 5 August 2002. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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  14. 1 2 "Δεσμοί... ΑΕΚ". contra.gr.
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