2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season
2002–03 season | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() |
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
22 | GK | ![]() |
26 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
33 | GK | ![]() |
28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
— | GK | ![]() |
19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
2 | DF | ![]() |
34 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | ![]() |
32 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
8 | DF | ![]() |
32 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | ![]() |
26 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
17 | DF | ![]() |
31 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
19 | DF | ![]() |
25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
25 | DF | ![]() |
23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | ![]() |
30 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
32 | DF | ![]() |
29 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
40 | DF | ![]() |
20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
81 | DF | ![]() |
23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
6 | MF | ![]() |
31 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | ![]() |
29 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | ![]() |
30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
13 | ΜF | ![]() |
21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | ![]() |
24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | ![]() |
28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
21 | MF | ![]() |
24 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 0 | ||
23 | MF | ![]() |
26 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||
28 | MF | ![]() |
29 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
34 | MF | ![]() |
19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
— | MF | ![]() |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
9 | FW | ![]() |
28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() |
29 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | ||
15 | FW | ![]() |
21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | FW | ![]() |
24 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | FW | ![]() |
31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | FW | ![]() |
32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
37 | FW | ![]() |
27 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||
Left during Winter Transfer Window | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
— | FW | ![]() |
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transfers[]
In[]
Summer[]
No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
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2 | DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 | [7] |
8 | DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | €500,000 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 | [8] |
9 | FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 5 August 2002 | 30 June 2007 | [9] |
14 | MF | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 | |
15 | FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 8 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 | [10] |
18 | MF | ![]() |
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Transfer | €410,000 | 9 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | [11] |
19 | DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 5 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 | [12] |
21 | MF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 | [13] |
25 | DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | |
31 | DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | €3,000,000 | 22 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 | [14] |
33 | GK | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 | |
34 | MF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | |
— | GK | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2011 | |
— | FW | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | |
— | FW | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | |
— | FW | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
Winter[]
No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
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9 | FW | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 January 2003 | 30 June 2007 | |
14 | MF | ![]() |
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Loan termination | — | 1 January 2003 | 30 June 2005 |
Out[]
Summer[]
No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Fee | Date | Source |
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3 | DF | ![]() |
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Contract termination | — | 9 July 2002 | |
4 | DF | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | |
12 | DF | ![]() |
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Contract termination | — | 20 August 2002 | [15] |
14 | MF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | |
15 | DF | ![]() |
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Contract termination | — | 1 July 2002 | |
19 | MF | ![]() |
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Contract termination | — | 5 July 2002 | |
21 | DF | ![]() |
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End of contract | — | 1 July 2002 | |
26 | FW | ![]() |
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End of loan | — | 1 July 2002 | |
— | FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 | |
— | FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Free | 1 July 2002 |
Winter[]
No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Fee | Date | Source |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
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Contract termination | — | 10 January 2003 | [16] |
— | FW | ![]() |
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Contract termination | — | 1 January 2003 |
Loan in[]
Summer[]
No. | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
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88 | FW | ![]() |
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Free | 5 August 2002 | 30 June 2003 | ![]() |
[17] |
Loan out[]
Summer[]
No. | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
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9 | FW | ![]() |
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Free | 5 August 2002 | 31 December 2002 | ![]() |
[9] |
12 | GK | ![]() |
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Free | 22 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | ![]() |
[14] |
14 | MF | ![]() |
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Free | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | ![]() |
Renewals[]
No. | Pos | Player | Date | Former Exp Date | New Exp Date | Source |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
25 June 2002 | 30 June 2002 | 30 June 2004 | |
24 | FW | ![]() |
5 June 2002 | 30 June 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
Overall transfer activity[]
Expenditure[]Summer: Winter: Total:
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Income[]Summer: Winter: Total:
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Net Totals[]Summer: Winter: Total:
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Pre-season and friendlies[]
6 July 2002 Friendly | UFC Jennersdorf ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | showJennersdorf |
12 July 2002 Friendly | Wiener Neustadt ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | showWiener Neustadt |
14 July 2002 Friendly | NK Varteks ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | show |
17 July 2002 Friendly | Hajduk Split ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | show |
21 July 2003 Friendly | Gençlerbirliği ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | show |
24 July 2002 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | showNea Filadelfeia |
29 July 2002 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | showNea Filadelfeia |
31 July 2002 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | showNea Filadelfeia |
5 August 2002 Friendly | AEK Athens ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | showNea Filadelfeia |
18 August 2002 Friendly | Levadiakos ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | showLivadeia |
Alpha Ethniki[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 21 | +54 | 70[a] | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 70[a] | |
3 | AEK Athens | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | PAOK | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 53[b] | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
5 | Panionios | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 53[b] |
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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[]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Fixtures[]
24 August 2002 Matchday 1 | Egaleo | 1–1 | AEK Athens | showAmpelokipoi |
1 September 2002 Matchday 2 | AEK Athens | 3–1 | PAS Giannina | showNea Filadelfeia |
14 September 2002 Matchday 3 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Panathinaikos | showNea Filadelfeia |
22 September 2002 Matchday 4 | Skoda Xanthi | 0–1 | AEK Athens | showXanthi |
26 October 2002 Matchday 5 | AEK Athens | 1–0 | Kallithea | showNea Filadelfeia |
3 November 2002 Matchday 6 | OFI | 1–0 | AEK Athens | showHeraklion |
9 November 2002 Matchday 7 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | Olympiacos | showNea Filadelfeia |
24 November 2002 Matchday 8 | Akratitos | 3–2 | AEK Athens | showAno Liosia |
1 December 2002 Matchday 9 | AEK Athens | 3–4 | PAOK | showNea Filadelfeia |
8 December 2002 Matchday 10 | Proodeftiki | 1–1 | AEK Athens | showKorydallos |
22 December 2002 Matchday 12 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | Ionikos | showNea Filadelfeia |
12 January 2003 Matchday 14 | AEK Athens | 6–0 | Panachaiki | showNea Filadelfeia |
19 January 2003 Matchday 15 | Panionios | 1–1 | AEK Athens | showNea Smyrni |
26 January 2003 Matchday 16 | AEK Athens | 3–2 | Egaleo | showNea Filadelfeia |
2 February 2003 Matchday 17 | PAS Giannina | 0–2 | AEK Athens | showIoannina |
9 February 2003 Matchday 18 | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | AEK Athens | showAmpelokipoi |
16 February 2003 Matchday 19 | AEK Athens | 3–2 | Skoda Xanthi | showNea Filadelfeia |
2 March 2003 Matchday 21 | AEK Athens | 3–1 | OFI | showNea Filadelfeia |
16 March 2003 Matchday 23 | AEK Athens | 6–2 | Akratitos | showNea Filadelfeia |
22 March 2003 Matchday 24 | PAOK | 0–1 | AEK Athens | showThessaloniki |
5 April 2003 Matchday 25 | AEK Athens | 4–1 | Proodeftiki | showNea Filadelfeia |
13 April 2003 Matchday 26 | AEK Athens | 6–1 | Iraklis | showNea Filadelfeia |
3 May 2003 Matchday 28 | AEK Athens | 4–0 | Aris | showNea Filadelfeia |
11 May 2003 Matchday 29 | Panachaiki | 0–2 | AEK Athens | showPatras |
25 May 2003 Matchday 30 | AEK Athens | 4–2 | Panionios | showPatras |
Greek Cup[]
First Round[]
11 September 2002 Second leg | AEK Athens | 0–0 (2–0 agg.) | Kassandra | showNea Filadelfeia |
Second Round[]
7 October 2002 First leg | AEK Athens | 3–1 | Chalkidona | showNea Filadelfeia |
6 November 2002 Second leg | Chalkidona | 0–3 (6–1 agg.) | AEK Athens | showNikaia |
Third Round[]
19 December 2002 First leg | AEK Athens | 2–0 | Apollon Smyrnis | showNea Filadelfeia |
29 January 2003 Second leg | Apollon Smyrnis | 0–3 (0–5 agg.) | AEK Athens | showAgios Dimitrios |
Quarter-Finals[]
5 March 2003 Second leg | AEK Athens | 4–2 (5–3 agg.) | Panionios | showNea Filadelfeia |
Semi-Finals[]
23 April 2003 First leg | AEK Athens | 0–1 | PAOK | showNea Filadelfeia |
7 May 2003 Second leg | PAOK | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | AEK Athens | showThessaloniki |
UEFA Champions League[]
Third qualifying round[]
28 August 2002 Second leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–0 (4–2 agg.) | ![]() | showAthens, Greece |
Group stage[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RM | ROM | AEK | GNK | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | Advance to second group stage | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 9 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 3–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
17 September 2002 Matchday 1 | Genk ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | showGenk, Belgium |
25 September 2002 Matchday 2 | AEK Athens ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | showAthens, Greece |
2 October 2002 Matchday 3 | AEK Athens ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | showAthens, Greece |
22 October 2002 Matchday 4 | Real Madrid ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | showMadrid, Spain |
30 October 2002 Matchday 5 | AEK Athens ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | showAthens, Greece |
12 November 2002 Matchday 6 | Roma ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | showRome, Italy |
UEFA Cup[]
Round of 32[]
12 December 2002 Second Leg | Maccabi Haifa ![]() | 1–4 (1–8 agg.) | ![]() | showNicosia, Cyprus |
Round of 16[]
27 February 2003 Second Leg | AEK Athens ![]() | 0–1 (0–1 agg.) | ![]() | showAthens, Greece |
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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.
- ^ "Ανακοινώθηκε και επίσημα ο Σεντένο από την ΑΕΚ". in.gr (in Greek). 9 July 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Epochi, rizospastis gr | Synchroni (10 January 2003). "rizospastis.gr - Ατματζίδης τέλος". ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ "Έκλεισε στην ΑΕΚ". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. 5 August 2002.
External links[]
- AEK Athens F.C. seasons
- Greek football clubs 2002–03 season