2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season

AEK Athens
2002–03 season
Chairman	Charilaos Psomiadis; (until 22 January); Giannis Granitsas
Manager	Dušan Bajević
Stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	3rd
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Demis Nikolaidis (12); All: ; Demis Nikolaidis (16)
Highest home attendance	19,775 vs Genk; (30 October 2002)
Lowest home attendance	69 vs Kassandra; (11 September 2002)
Average home league attendance	6,296
Biggest win	AEK Athens 6–0 Panachaiki
Biggest defeat	AEK 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
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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 mighty "galacticos" of Real Madrid, the historic Roma and 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 aggregate 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	Dušan Bajević
Assistant manager	Takis Persias
Goalkeeping coach	Jovan Mihailović
Fitness coach	Dimitris Bouroutzikas
Scout	Antonis Drakopoulos
Head of Medical	Lakis Nikolaou
Podiatrist	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	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
12	Sotiris Liberopoulos	GK	(1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 26)	2001	Kalamata	Free	2004
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	€22,000	2007
Defenders
2	Vasilios Borbokis (Captain)	RB / RM	(1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 34)	2002	PAOK	Free	2003
5	Nikos Kostenoglou	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 (Vice-captain 3)	LB / LM	(1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 31)	1993	Levadiakos	€200,000	2006
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	€250,000	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	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 (Vice-captain 2)	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 / RB	(1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 26)	1998	Paniliakos	€1,000,000	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 (Vice-captain)	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	2004
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

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Vasilios Borbokis	PAOK	Free transfer	1 July 2002	30 June 2003	^[7]
8	DF	Michel Kreek	Vitesse	€500,000	1 July 2002	30 June 2004	^[8]
9	FW	Ilias Solakis	APOEL	Free transfer	5 August 2002	30 June 2007	^[9]
12	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	La Louvière	Loan termination	7 September 2002	30 June 2004	^[10]
14	FW	Emanuel Ruiz	Unión Santa Fe	Loan return	1 July 2002	30 June 2005
15	FW	Livio Prieto	Independiente	Free transfer	7 July 2002	30 June 2004	^[11]
18	MF	Walter Centeno	Saprissa	€410,000	8 July 2002	30 June 2007	^[12]
19	DF	Mauricio Wright	Herediano	Free transfer	5 July 2002	30 June 2005	^[13]
21	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	Panachaiki	Free transfer	1 July 2002	30 June 2005	^[14]
25	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	Aiolikos	Free transfer	7 June 2002	30 June 2007	^[15]
31	DF	Grigoris Georgatos	Internazionale	€3,000,000	22 July 2002	30 June 2005	^[16]
33	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	Ethnikos Asteras	Loan return	1 July 2002	30 June 2005
34	MF	Nikos Pourtoulidis	Nea Karvali	Free transfer	10 June 2002	30 June 2007	^[17]
35	MF	Ivan Rusev	Apollon Smyrnis	Loan return	1 July 2002	30 June 2005
36	FW	Georgios Trichias	Apollon Smyrnis	Loan return	1 July 2002	31 December 2005
—	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	Makrochori	€22,000	16 June 2002	30 June 2007	^[18]
—	DF	Christos Pitos	Marko	Loan return	1 July 2002	30 June 2006

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
9	FW	Ilias Solakis	Panionios	Loan return	1 January 2003	30 June 2007	^[19]
14	MF	Ivan Rusev	Athinaikos	Loan return	1 January 2003	30 June 2005

Out

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Ferrugem	Free agent	Contract termination	9 July 2002	^[20]
4	DF	Carlos Gamarra	Flamengo	Loan return	1 July 2002
12	DF	Georgios Xenidis	Iraklis	Contract termination	31 July 2002	^[21]
14	MF	Akis Zikos	Monaco	Free transfer	1 July 2002
14	FW	Emanuel Ruiz	Free agent	Contract termination	31 July 2002
15	DF	Éric Rabésandratana	Free agent	Contract termination	1 July 2002	^[22]
19	MF	Bledar Kola	Kallithea	Contract termination	7 July 2002	^[23]
21	DF	Vaios Karagiannis	Poseidon Neon Poron	End of contract	1 July 2002	^[24]
26	FW	António Folha	Porto	Loan return	1 July 2002
33	MF	Fernando Navas	Free agent	Contract termination	23 July 2002	^[25]
36	FW	Georgios Trichias	Kalamata	Free transfer	1 July 2002
—	DF	Christos Pitos	Pierikos	Contract termination	23 July 2002	^[25]

Winter

No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	PAOK	Contract termination	17 January 2003	^[26]^[27]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Until	Option to buy	Source
88	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	Udinese	Free	4 August 2002	30 June 2003	Y	^[28]

Loan out

Summer

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]
27	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	La Louvière	Free	22 July 2002	30 June 2003	N	^[16]
35	MF	Ivan Rusev	Athinaikos	Free	28 July 2002	31 December 2002	N	^[29]

Contract renewals

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Former Exp. Date	New Exp. Date	Source
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	25 June 2002	30 June 2002	30 June 2004	^[30]
24	FW	Christos Kostis	5 June 2002	30 June 2002	30 June 2005	^[31]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €3,932,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,932,000

Income

Summer: €0

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Net Totals

Summer: €3,932,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,932,000

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2002 Friendly	UFC Jennersdorf	0–4	AEK Athens	Jennersdorf
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)		^[32]	Passios Kostis Trichias Petkov	Stadium: Sportplatz Jennersdorf

12 July 2002 Friendly	Wiener Neustädter	1–6	AEK Athens	Wiener Neustadt
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Salek 62'	^[33]	Burgemaister 16' (o.g.) Lakis 49' Ivić 51', 65' Maladenis 61' Tsiartas 68'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt

14 July 2002 Friendly	NK Varteks	2–4	AEK Athens
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Karić 55', 68' (pen.)	Report	Maladenis 2', 57' Ivić 34' Lakis 64'

17 July 2002 Friendly	Hajduk Split	1–2	AEK Athens	Dietersdorf am Gnasbach
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Erceg 13'	Report	Nikolaidis 32' Lakis 78'	Stadium: Wald Stadium

21 July 2002 Friendly	Gençlerbirliği	2–0	AEK Athens
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hassan 7' Mbayo 57'	^[34]

24 July 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Proodeftiki	Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsiartas 48' Nikolaidis 56' Lakis 62' Poulopoulos 77' (o.g.)	^[35]		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,000

29 July 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Panachaiki	Nea Filadelfeia
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsiartas 88', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Frangiskos Somarakakis (Athens)

31 July 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–1	Beşiktaş	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Wright 10' Nikolaidis 20', 35' Lakis 23', 25'	Report	Cansun 44'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,000

5 August 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–2	Panionios	Nea Filadelfeia
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Centeno 31' Tsiartas 60'	Report	Horký 45' Šiljak 78'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

18 August 2002 Friendly	Levadiakos	1–3	AEK Athens	Livadeia
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tsangaris 45'	Report	Livio Prieto 41' Centeno 69' Ivić 85'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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 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]	Qualification for Champions League group stage
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]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points (goal difference): Olympiacos 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
^ ^a ^b 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	5	4	74	29	+45	68	13	1	1	51	17	+34	8	4	3	23	12	+11

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	8	6	2	2	1	3	2	4	8	8	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Fixtures

24 August 2002 1	Egaleo	1–1	AEK Athens	Ampelokipoi
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Meidanis 41'		Nikolaidis 21'	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)	Ivić 19' Tsiartas 44' Nikolaidis 48'		Gittas 58'	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)	Ivić 41'			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)			Nikolaidis 12'	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)	Tsiartas 7' (pen.)			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)	Kiassos 56'			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)	Nikolaidis 44'		Đorđević 30'	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)	Ziakas 30', 38' Ražanauskas 82'		Tsiartas 67', 84'	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)	Katsouranis 35' Nikolaidis 45' (pen.) Borbokis 77'		Okkas 2', 18', 59' Nastos 28'	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)	Pantos 29'		Konstantinidis 40'	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)			Maladenis 17' Nikolaidis 80'	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)	Konstantinidis 59' Georgatos 67' Nikolaidis 68'			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)	Demba 17'		Katsouranis 20'	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)	Nikolaidis 20' Lakis 53', 57', 75' Nalitzis 86' (pen.) Borbokis 88'			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'		Nalitzis 6'	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)	Nalitzis 10', 40' (pen.), 55'		Simeonidis 1' Agritis 25'	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)			Lakis 66' Nikolaidis 74'	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)	Liberopoulos 33' Basinas 71' (pen.)		Maladenis 37'	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)	Lakis 48' Maladenis 50' Ivić 88'		Friesenbichler 70' Rabarivony 72'	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)	Savvidis 43'		Tsiartas 17', 37', 39'	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)	Lakis 54' Ivić 66', 90+4'		Solís 69' (pen.)	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)	Giannakopoulos 70'		Nikolaidis 20' Katsouranis 90+4'	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)	Lakis 8' Katsouranis 30' Ivić 58' Nikolaidis 62', 73' Nalitzis 87'		Ziakas 13' Barkoglou 40'	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)			Nalitzis 90+1'	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)	Moras 49' (o.g.) Borbokis 67' Tsiartas 74' Ivić 90+2'		Mangos 8' (pen.)	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)	Tsiartas 4' Ivić 5' Katsabis 51' (o.g.) Lakis 81' Georgatos 89' Nalitzis 90+3'		Kapetanos 84'	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)			Lakis 26' Tsiartas 54' (pen.) Centeno 90+2'	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)	Katsouranis 13' Lakis 30', 45' Ivić 77'			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)			Katsouranis 60' Nalitzis 90'	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)	Lakis 31' Tsiartas 35' Nalitzis 38' Maladenis 77'		Bellaj 3', 13'	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)	Kapagiannidis 38' Dagounakis 51'	Report (page 5)	Nikolaidis 57' Zagorakis 90+1'	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)	Kostenoglou 37' Maistrellis 51'	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)	Maladenis 38' Georgeas 43' Konstantinidis 59' Ivić 60'	Report (page 13)	Dimos 51' 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)	Kobayashi	Report (page 15)	Kreek Nalitzis 11' Wright 33' Konstantinidis 42'	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)	Nalitzis 36' Centeno 43'	Report (page 17)	Vourexakis	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)	Vourexakis 81'	Report (page 19)	Solakis 70', 89', 83' Petkov 88'	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 16' Giannopoulos 58' Raguel 62' Mantzios 88'	Report (page 21)	Wright 9' Nalitzis 37' Maladenis 40' Kreek 54' Georgeas 69'	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)	Nikolaidis Katsouranis 26', Nalitzis 37', 75' Konstantinidis 43'	Report (page 21)	Bellaj Lagonikakis Raguel Šiljak 3' Bulut 8'	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)	Koutsis 35' Yiasoumi 40' Amponsah 60'	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)	Okkas 88'	Report (page 23)	Katsouranis Georgatos Georgeas Chiotis Maladenis 8'	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	2–3	AEK Athens	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Okkarides 13' Ouzounidis 23', 43' Elia 36' Malekkos 90' (pen.)	Report	Zagorakis 20' Borbokis 44', 47' Katsouranis 75' Wright 90+3' Nikolaidis 90+3'	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)	Wright 58'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,204 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

First group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2002.^[36]^[37]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	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	Advance to second group stage	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)	Thijs 74'	Report	Kasapis 20' Kostenoglou 61'	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)	Kostenoglou 53' Lakis 71'	Report	Panucci 25'	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)	Tsiartas 6', 6' Maladenis 25' Nikolaidis 28' Zagorakis 58'	Report	Zidane 15', 39' Guti 60' Makélélé 64'	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)	McManaman 24', 43' Roberto Carlos 54'	Report	Georgatos 66' Katsouranis 74' Centeno 86' Zagorakis 90+1'	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)	Lakis 30'	Report	Sonck 22' Daerden 77'	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)	Delvecchio 40', 49'	Report	Zagorakis 62' Centeno 90'	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.^[38]

28 November 2002 First Leg	AEK Athens	4–0	Maccabi Haifa	Athens, Greece
21:15 EET (UTC+2)	Georgatos 13' Nikolaidis 23' Petkov 30' Zagorakis 35' Chiotis 90'	Report	Yakubu 12' Benado 80'	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)	Badir 5' (pen.) Jano 11' Pralija 70'	Report	Georgatos 21' Katsouranis 56' Lakis 80', 90' Nalitzis 90+3'	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.^[39]

20 February 2003 First Leg	Málaga	0–0	AEK Athens	Málaga, Spain
22:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kreek 18'	Report	Silva 79'	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)	Zagorakis 44'	Report	Sanz 13' Sánchez 26' Ángel 87'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 16,050 Referee: Rob Styles (England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 25 May 2003

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Champions League		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	GK	Sotiris Liberopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

Goalscorers

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
2	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
8	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

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	^[40]
Dimitris Nalitzis	Egaleo	3–2 (H)	26 January 2003	Alpha Ethniki	^[41]
Vasilios Tsiartas	Kallithea	3–1 (A)	23 February 2003	Alpha Ethniki	^[42]

Assists

As of 25 May 2003

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

As of 25 May 2003

N	P	Nat.	Name										Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup	Champions League	UEFA Cup	Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
12	GK		Sotiris Liberopoulos
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

Starting 11

N.	Formation	Matchday(s)
43	4–2–3–1	1–30
9	4–4–2
2	5–4–1

No.	Player	Pos.
22	Dionysis Chiotis	GK
19	Mauricio Wright	RCB
32	Michalis Kapsis	LCB
2	Vasilios Borbokis	RB
17	Michalis Kasapis (C)	LB
6	Theodoros Zagorakis	DM
21	Kostas Katsouranis	CM
23	Vasilios Lakis	RM
31	Grigoris Georgatos	LM
10	Vasilios Tsiartas	AM
11	Demis Nikolaidis	CF

Chiotis

Wright

Kapsis

Borbokis

Kasapis (C)

Katsouranis

Zagorakis

Tsiartas

Lakis

Georgatos

Nikolaidis

Last updated: 2003-05-25

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Dušan Bajević	—	Manager of the Season	^[43]

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External links

[table_hth_OLY0.46054764299679-36] Head-to-head points (goal difference): Olympiacos 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).

[table_hth_PAOK0.46054764299679-37] Head-to-head points (goal difference): PAOK 3 (+1), Panionios 3 (-1).

[1] "Santos quits AEK". UEFA.com. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[2] "Bajevic back at AEK". UEFA.com. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[3] "ΑΕΚ: Στα καλύτερα σερί-ρεκόρ του Champions League!". enwsi.gr. 22 July 2020.

[4] "Μαφιόζικη… έφοδος". kathimerini.gr. 16 January 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[5] "Περίοδος 2002-2003". aekpedia.com (in Greek). 22 May 2015.

[6] "5/5/2003 Κατεδάφιση γηπέδου "Νίκος Γκούμας"". aektoday.com. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[7] "Ο Βασίλης Μπορμπόκης ακολούθησε τον Μπάγεβιτς στην ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 23 May 2002. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.

[8] Κομνηνόυ, Έλλη (28 June 2002). "Kreek: Happy for AEK move". flash.gr (in Greek).

[SolAEK-9] "Στον Πανιώνιο μέσω… ΑΕΚ ο Σολάκης, που υπέγραψε 5ετές "κιτρινόμαυρο" συμβόλαιο". in.gr (in Greek). 5 August 2002. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.

[10] "Προπονήσεις με ΑΕΚ ο Λυμπερόπουλος". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 8 September 2002. p. 7.

[11] "Πήρε και Πριέτο". tanea.gr (in Greek). 8 July 2002.

[12] "Ανακοινώθηκε και επίσημα ο Σεντένο από την ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 9 July 2002.

[13] "Ο Μαουρίτσιο Ράιτ στο έμψυχο δυναμικό της ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 5 July 2002.

[14] "Κώστας Κατσουράνης: Ο αρχηγός που δίχασε". contra.gr (in Greek).

[15] "Κι άλλη επένδυση για το μέλλον". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 6 June 2002. p. 6.

[GeoAEK-16] "Δεσμοί... ΑΕΚ". contra.gr (in Greek).

[17] "Επένδυση για το μέλλον". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 5 June 2002. p. 7.

[18] "Για πέντε χρόνια ο Αραμπατζής". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 17 June 2002. p. 6.

[19] "Παρών και ο Σολάκης". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 16 December 2002. p. 9.

[20] "Επίσημη παρουσίαση Σεντένο". contra.gr (in Greek). 9 July 2002.

[21] "Έμεινε μόλις έξι μήνες μακριά από τον Ηρακλή". tanea.gr (in Greek). 1 August 2002.

[22] "Δεν είναι γνήσια η υπογραφή μου". tanea.gr (in Greek). 28 August 2002.

[23] "Στην Καλλιθέα ο Κόλα". contra.gr (in Greek). 7 July 2002.

[24] "Τέλος εποχής για Καραγιάννη". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 26 June 2002. p. 11.

[NavAEK-25] Κομνηνού, Έλλη (23 July 2002). "Δικαίωση ΑΕΚ με Νάβας | Flash". flash.gr (in Greek).

[26] "Ατματζίδης τέλος". rizospastis.gr (in Greek). 10 January 2003.

[27] "Ατματζίδης «Ήρθα σε ομάδα με στόχους»". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 18 January 2003. p. 8.

[28] "Έκλεισε στην ΑΕΚ". tanea.gr (in Greek). 5 August 2002.

[29] "Ρούσεβ: «Θέλω να βοηθήσω»". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 29 July 2002. pp. 2, 16.

[30] "Ανανέωσε ο Ατματσίδης". Athetic Echo (in Greek). 26 June 2002. p. 11.

[31] Μιχάλης Φουστέρης (6 June 2002). "«Χρήστο Κωστή, είσαι εδώ κι εσύ»". Athetic Echo (in Greek). p. 6.

[32] wspaper Athletic Echo 7/7/2002 pages 1, 7

[33] wspaper Athletic Echo 13/7/2002 pages 1, 3

[34] wspaper Athletic Echo 20/7/2002 pages 1, 3

[35] wspaper Athletic Echo 25/7/2002 pages 1, 5

[38] "Europe's big guns kept apart". BBC Sport. 29 August 2002.

[39] "Champions League group guide". BBC Sport. 29 August 2002.

[40] "UEFA Cup – Lazio and Liverpool top seeds". UEFA.com. 15 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013.

[41] "UEFA Cup – Sixteen await UEFA Cup fate". UEFA.com. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013.

[42] "Γκολ κατά βούληση". tanea.gr (in Greek). 13 January 2003.

[43] "Επιτέλους κάτι ευχάριστο". contra.gr (in Greek). 26 January 2003.

[44] "Με χατ τρικ... ξέπλυνε τη λάσπη". tanea.gr (in Greek). 24 February 2003.

[45] "Λάμψη αστέρων!". sport.gr (in Greek). 10 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013.

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