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
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
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 44th consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 80th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 8 August 2002 and finished at 25 May 2003.

Overwiew[]

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 quits^[1] due to the disrupted relationship with the administrative leader of the club.

Psomiadis makes a decision that no one could initially believe, bringing Dušan Bajević back to the AEK. The Serbian-Greek coach accepts Psomiadis' proposal (having also received guarantees from Psomiadis that he will be protected from a portion of the people who do not want him back) and his big return becomes reality.^[2] The Bajević comeback received a divided reaction, as expected. Others did not want to see him in the club, others seemed to want him back due to his successful previous pass on the club, 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 world, in general, Bajević was able to work in the team during his first season without much trouble.

Finally, AEK Athens presented a good and spectacular team with a very good presence mainly in the UEFA Champions League making a record by drawing all six of the group stage games,^[3] while in the championship it had very good intervals. However, they were relatively behind in the league race and finally with an incredible streak of 12 wins in the last 12 games of the league, they re-entered the title race, but finished in third place, only 2 points behind Olympiacos and Panathinaikos who tied in first place with the first winning the championship.

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" in the club. In January In 2003, Demis Nikolaidis filed a lawsuit against Psomiadis, who had came 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, leaves and AEK Athens continues 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.

Players[]

Squad statistics[]

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 30 June 2003.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	Dionisis Chiotis	26	28	0	6	0	12	0	46	0	4	0
33	GK	Chrysostomos Michailidis	28	3	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
—	GK	Giannis Arabatzis	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Vassilios Borbokis	34	23	3	4	0	6	2	33	5	5	0
5	DF	Nikos Kostenoglou (VC)	32	15	0	6	0	11	0	32	0	4	0
8	DF	Michel Kreek	32	11	0	6	0	3	0	20	0	4	0
16	DF	Nikolaos Georgeas	26	16	0	8	0	2	0	26	0	9	0
17	DF	Michalis Kasapis (C)	31	21	0	6	0	10	0	37	0	6	1
19	DF	Mauricio Wright	25	25	0	7	1	12	1	44	2	9	0
25	DF	Stelios Maistrellis	23	1	0	4	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
31	DF	Grigoris Georgatos	30	23	2	7	0	8	1	38	3	8	0
32	DF	Michalis Kapsis	29	20	0	3	0	8	0	31	0	3	1
40	DF	Grigoris Toskas	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
81	DF	Stathis Kappos	23	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis (VC2)	31	25	0	7	1	11	1	43	2	12	0
7	MF	Christos Maladenis	29	18	4	5	3	8	1	31	8	2	0
10	MF	Vasilios Tsiartas	30	21	11	5	0	10	1	36	12	3	0
13	ΜF	Georgios Passios	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	Ivan Rusev	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF	Walter Centeno	28	14	1	6	1	7	2	27	4	4	0
21	MF	Kostas Katsouranis	24	26	6	8	1	10	2	44	9	8	0
23	MF	Vassilis Lakis	26	27	12	4	0	12	3	43	15	1	0
28	MF	Milen Petkov	29	19	0	7	1	7	1	33	2	2	0
34	MF	Nikos Pourtoulidis	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
—	MF	Dimitris Karameris	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	Ilias Solakis	28	2	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	0	0
11	FW	Demis Nikolaidis	29	22	12	2	1	12	3	36	16	3	0
15	FW	Livio Prieto	21	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
20	FW	Sotiris Konstantinidis	24	18	2	8	3	3	0	29	5	0	0
24	FW	Christos Kostis	31	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	FW	Ilija Ivić	32	20	9	5	1	9	0	34	10	2	0
37	FW	Dimitris Nalitzis	27	19	10	6	4	6	1	31	15	1	1
Left during Winter Transfer Window
1	GK	Ilias Atmatsidis	34	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
—	FW	Emanuel Ruiz	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers[]

In[]

Summer[]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
2	DF	Vassilios Borbokis	PAOK	Transfer	Free	1 July 2002	30 June 2004	^[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[]

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[]

Summer[]

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[]

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[]

Summer[]

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[]

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]
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

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
24	FW	Christos Kostis	5 June 2002	30 June 2002	30 June 2005

Overall transfer activity[]

Expenditure[]

Summer: €3,900,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,900,000

Income[]

Summer: €0

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Net Totals[]

Summer: €3,900,000

Winter: €0

Total: €3,900,000

Pre-season and friendlies[]

6 July 2002 Friendly	UFC Jennersdorf	0–4	AEK Athens	showJennersdorf
			Passios Kostis Trichias Petkov	Stadium: Jennersdorf Stadium

12 July 2002 Friendly	Wiener Neustadt	1–6	AEK Athens	showWiener Neustadt
	62'		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	show
	55' 68'		Maladenis 2', 57' Ivić 34' Lakis 64'

17 July 2002 Friendly	Hajduk Split	1–2	AEK Athens	show
	9'		Nikolaidis 23' Lakis 78'

21 July 2003 Friendly	Gençlerbirliği	2–0	AEK Athens	show
21:30 EET

24 July 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	4–0	Proodeftiki	showNea Filadelfeia
21:30 EET	Tsiartas 48' Nikolaidis 56' Lakis 62' Poulopoulos 77' (o.g.)			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,000

29 July 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Panachaiki	showNea Filadelfeia
21:30 EET	Tsiartas 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,000

31 July 2002 Friendly	AEK Athens	5–1	Beşiktaş	showNea Filadelfeia
21:00 EET	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	showNea Filadelfeia
21:00 EET	Centeno 31' Tsiartas 60'		45' 60'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium

18 August 2002 Friendly	Levadiakos	1–3	AEK Athens	showLivadeia
	Tsaggaris 45'		Livio Prieto 41' Centeno 69' Ivić 85'	Stadium: Levadia Municipal Stadium

Alpha Ethniki[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Panathinaikos–Olympiacos 3–2, Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 3–0.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Panionios–PAOK 2–0, PAOK–Panionios 3–0.

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:^{[citation needed]}

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:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

24 August 2002 Matchday 1	Egaleo	1–1	AEK Athens	showAmpelokipoi
21:00 EET	Meidanis 41'		Nikolaidis 21'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 3,879 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

1 September 2002 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	3–1	PAS Giannina	showNea Filadelfeia
17:30EET	Ivić 19' Tsiartas 44' Nikolaidis 48'		Gittas 58'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,288 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

14 September 2002 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	showNea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Ivić 41'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 13,801 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

22 September 2002 Matchday 4	Skoda Xanthi	0–1	AEK Athens	showXanthi
18:00 EET			Nikolaidis 12'	Stadium: A.O. Xanthi Stadium Attendance: 5,508 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

26 October 2002 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	1–0	Kallithea	showNea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Tsiartas 7' (pen.)			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,766 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()

3 November 2002 Matchday 6	OFI	1–0	AEK Athens	showHeraklion
17:00 EET	Kiassos 56'			Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

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

24 November 2002 Matchday 8	Akratitos	3–2	AEK Athens	showAno Liosia
19:00 EET	Ziakas 30', 38' Ražanauskas 82'		Tsiartas 67', 84'	Stadium: Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium Attendance: 1,503 Referee: Efthimios Damianos ()

1 December 2002 Matchday 9	AEK Athens	3–4	PAOK	showNea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Katsouranis 35' Nikolaidis 45' (pen.) Borbokis 77'		Okkas 2', 18', 59' Nastos 28'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 5,188 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis ()

8 December 2002 Matchday 10	Proodeftiki	1–1	AEK Athens	showKorydallos
17:30 EET	Pantos 29'		Konstantinidis 40'	Stadium: Korydallos Stadium Attendance: 1,069 Referee: Stavros Georgopoulos (Arcadia)

16 December 2002 Matchday 11	Iraklis	0–2	AEK Athens	showThessaloniki
17:00 EET			Maladenis 17' Nikolaidis 80'	Stadium: Makedonikos Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

22 December 2002 Matchday 12	AEK Athens	3–0	Ionikos	showNea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET	Konstantinidis 59' Georgatos 67' Nikolaidis 68'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,018 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

5 January 2003 Matchday 13	Aris	1–1	AEK Athens	showThessaloniki
19:00 EET	Demba 17'		Katsouranis 20'	Stadium: Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium Attendance: 6,984 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis ()

12 January 2003 Matchday 14	AEK Athens	6–0	Panachaiki	showNea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET	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 Matchday 15	Panionios	1–1	AEK Athens	showNea Smyrni
19:00 EET	Ferekidis 69'		Nalitzis 6'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis ()

26 January 2003 Matchday 16	AEK Athens	3–2	Egaleo	showNea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET	Nalitzis 10', 40' (pen.), 55'		Simeonidis 1' Agritis 25'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 3,005 Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

2 February 2003 Matchday 17	PAS Giannina	0–2	AEK Athens	showIoannina
17:00 EET			Lakis 66' Nikolaidis 74'	Stadium: Zosimades Stadium Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

9 February 2003 Matchday 18	Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens	showAmpelokipoi
19:15 EET	Liberopoulos 33' Basinas 71' (pen.)		Maladenis 37'	Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Attendance: 12,439 Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

16 February 2003 Matchday 19	AEK Athens	3–2	Skoda Xanthi	showNea Filadelfeia
16:45 EET	Lakis 48' Maladenis 50' Ivić 88'		Friesenbichler 70' Rabarivony 72'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,765 Referee: Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)

23 February 2003 Matchday 20	Kallithea	1–3	AEK Athens	showKallithea
16:45 EET	Savvidis 43'		Tsiartas 17', 37', 39'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

2 March 2003 Matchday 21	AEK Athens	3–1	OFI	showNea Filadelfeia
15:00 EET	Lakis 54' Ivić 66', 90+4'		Solís 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Giannis Bisogiannis ()

9 March 2003 Matchday 22	Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens	showRizoupoli
19:00 EET	Giannakopoulos 70'		Nikolaidis 20' Katsouranis 90+4'	Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium Attendance: 9,563 Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

16 March 2003 Matchday 23	AEK Athens	6–2	Akratitos	showNea Filadelfeia
16:45 EET	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 Matchday 24	PAOK	0–1	AEK Athens	showThessaloniki
18:00 EET			Nalitzis 90+1'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 11,340 Referee: Iraklis Tsikinis (Messinia)

5 April 2003 Matchday 25	AEK Athens	4–1	Proodeftiki	showNea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET	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 Matchday 26	AEK Athens	6–1	Iraklis	showNea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET	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 Matchday 27	Ionikos	0–3	AEK Athens	showNikaia
17:30 EET			Lakis 26' Tsiartas 54' (pen.) Centeno 90+2'	Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Giorgos Tsaggarakis ()

3 May 2003 Matchday 28	AEK Athens	4–0	Aris	showNea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Katsouranis 13' Lakis 30', 45' Ivić 77'			Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 6,883 Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
Note: Last match in Nikos Goumas stadium.

11 May 2003 Matchday 29	Panachaiki	0–2	AEK Athens	showPatras
17:15 EET			Katsouranis 60' Nalitzis 90'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 1,894 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis ()

25 May 2003 Matchday 30	AEK Athens	4–2	Panionios	showPatras
18:30 EET	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	showKassandra
19:00 EET		Report	Nikolaidis 57' Zagorakis 90+1'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium of Kassandreia Attendance: 500 Referee: Avraam Kebaridis ()

11 September 2002 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–0 (2–0 agg.)	Kassandra	showNea Filadelfeia
17:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 69 Referee: Giannis Kaminaris (Thessaly)

Second Round[]

7 October 2002 First leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Chalkidona	showNea Filadelfeia
20:00 EET	Maladenis 38' Konstantinidis 59' Ivić 60'	Report	Kogioglou 65'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Christos Trikalis ()

6 November 2002 Second leg	Chalkidona	0–3 (6–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	showNikaia
19:00 EET		Report	Nalitzis 11' Wright 33' Konstantinidis 42'	Stadium: Neapoli Municipal Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Giannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)

Third Round[]

19 December 2002 First leg	AEK Athens	2–0	Apollon Smyrnis	showNea Filadelfeia
19:00 EET	Nalitzis 11' Centeno 43'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 134 Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)

29 January 2003 Second leg	Apollon Smyrnis	0–3 (0–5 agg.)	AEK Athens	showAgios Dimitrios
19:00 EET		(page 19) Report	Solakis 70', 89' 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	showNea Smyrni
17:00 EET	88'	Report	Maladenis 40'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 1,506 Referee: Kyros Vassaras ()

5 March 2003 Second leg	AEK Athens	4–2 (5–3 agg.)	Panionios	showNea Filadelfeia
19:30 EET	Katsouranis 26' Nalitzis 37', 75' Konstantinidis 43'	Report	Šiljak 3' Bulut 8'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 2,473 Referee: Nikos Aggelakis ()

Semi-Finals[]

23 April 2003 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	PAOK	showNea Filadelfeia
19:45 EET		Report	Yiasoumi 40'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 10,082 Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

7 May 2003 Second leg	PAOK	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	AEK Athens	showThessaloniki
20:00 EET	Okkas 88'	Report	Maladenis 8'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 8,363 Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

UEFA Champions League[]

Third qualifying round[]

13 August 2002 First leg	APOEL	2–3	AEK Athens	showNicosia, Cyprus
19:30 CET	Ouzounidis 23' Malekkos 90' (pen.)	Report	Borbokis 44', 47' 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	showAthens, Greece
20:15 CET	Wright 58'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,204 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	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	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 Matchday 1	Genk	0–0	AEK Athens	showGenk, Belgium
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

25 September 2002 Matchday 2	AEK Athens	0–0	Roma	showAthens, Greece
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 12,784 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

2 October 2002 Matchday 3	AEK Athens	3–3	Real Madrid	showAthens, Greece
20:45 CET	Tsiartas 6' Maladenis 25' Nikolaidis 28'	Report	Zidane 15', 39' Guti 60'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 9,444 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

22 October 2002 Matchday 4	Real Madrid	2–2	AEK Athens	showMadrid, Spain
20:45 CET	McManaman 24', 43'	Report	Katsouranis 74' Centeno 86'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 58,343 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

30 October 2002 Matchday 5	AEK Athens	1–1	Genk	showAthens, Greece
20:45 CET	Lakis 30'	Report	Sonck 22'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 19,775 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

12 November 2002 Matchday 6	Roma	1–1	AEK Athens	showRome, Italy
20:45 CET	Delvecchio 40'	Report	Centeno 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,734 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

UEFA Cup[]

Round of 32[]

28 November 2002 First Leg	AEK Athens	4–0	Maccabi Haifa	showAthens, Greece
20:15 CET	Georgatos 13' Nikolaidis 23' Petkov 30' Zagorakis 35'	Report		Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 8,695 Referee: (Portugal)

12 December 2002 Second Leg	Maccabi Haifa	1–4 (1–8 agg.)	AEK Athens	showNicosia, Cyprus
20:30 CET	Badir 5' (pen.)	Report	Katsouranis 56' Lakis 80', 90' Nalitzis 90+3'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Round of 16[]

20 February 2003 First Leg	Málaga	0–0	AEK Athens	showMálaga, Spain
21:30 CET		Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Attendance: 9,720 Referee: (Croatia)

27 February 2003 Second Leg	AEK Athens	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Málaga	showAthens, Greece
19:00 CET		Report	Sánchez 26'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 16,050 Referee: Rob Styles (England)

References[]

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^ "Bajevic back at AEK". uefa.com. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "ΑΕΚ: Στα καλύτερα σερί-ρεκόρ του Champions League!". enwsi.gr. 22 July 2020.
^ "Μαφιόζικη… έφοδος". kathimerini.gr. 16 January 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "Περίοδος 2002-2003". kitrinomavro.gr. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "5/5/2003 Κατεδάφιση γηπέδου "Νίκος Γκούμας"". aektoday.com. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ "Ο Βασίλης Μπορμπόκης ακολούθησε τον Μπάγεβιτς στην ΑΕΚ". www.in.gr. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Kreek: Happy for AEK move | Flash.gr". www.flash.gr.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Στον Πανιώνιο μέσω… ΑΕΚ ο Σολάκης, που υπέγραψε 5ετές "κιτρινόμαυρο" συμβόλαιο". www.in.gr. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Πήρε και Πριέτο". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 8 July 2002.
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^ "Ο Μαουρίτσιο Ράιτ στο έμψυχο δυναμικό της ΑΕΚ". in.gr.
^ "Κώστας Κατσουράνης: Ο αρχηγός που δίχασε". www.contra.gr.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Δεσμοί... ΑΕΚ". www.contra.gr.
^ "Έμεινε μόλις έξι μήνες μακριά από τον Ηρακλή". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 1 August 2002.
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^ "Έκλεισε στην ΑΕΚ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 August 2002.

External links[]

[table_hth_OLY0.65536045220464-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Panathinaikos–Olympiacos 3–2, Olympiacos–Panathinaikos 3–0.

[table_hth_PAOK0.65536045220464-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Panionios–PAOK 2–0, PAOK–Panionios 3–0.

[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". kitrinomavro.gr. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[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". www.in.gr. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[8] "Kreek: Happy for AEK move | Flash.gr". www.flash.gr.

[SolAEK-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Στον Πανιώνιο μέσω… ΑΕΚ ο Σολάκης, που υπέγραψε 5ετές "κιτρινόμαυρο" συμβόλαιο". www.in.gr. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[10] "Πήρε και Πριέτο". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 8 July 2002.

[11] "Ανακοινώθηκε και επίσημα ο Σεντένο από την ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 9 July 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[12] "Ο Μαουρίτσιο Ράιτ στο έμψυχο δυναμικό της ΑΕΚ". in.gr.

[13] "Κώστας Κατσουράνης: Ο αρχηγός που δίχασε". www.contra.gr.

[GeoAEK-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Δεσμοί... ΑΕΚ". www.contra.gr.

[15] "Έμεινε μόλις έξι μήνες μακριά από τον Ηρακλή". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 1 August 2002.

[16] Epochi, rizospastis gr | Synchroni (10 January 2003). "rizospastis.gr - Ατματζίδης τέλος". ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ.

[17] "Έκλεισε στην ΑΕΚ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 August 2002.

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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

show v t AEK Athens Football Club
Players Managers Presidents Seasons Honours Records and Statistics Current season
History	History of AEK Athens F.C. AEK Athens F.C. in European football 1976–77 UEFA Cup
Home stadium	Nikos Goumas Stadium (1930–1985, 1987–2003) Athens Olympic Stadium (1985–1987, 2003–2022) Agia Sophia Stadium (2022–present)
Training ground	Spata Training Centre (2010–present)
Other teams	AEK Athens B AEK Athens Youth Academy
Supporters	Original 21
Rivalries	Olympiacos rivalry Panathinaikos rivalry PAOK rivalry
Ownership	Loukas Barlos (1974–81) Andreas Zafiropoulos (1981–92) Dimitris Melissanidis (1992–95) ENIC Group (1995–04) Enosis 1924 (2004–10) Nicholas X. Notias (2010–13) Dimitris Melissanidis (2013–present)
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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

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