# 2002–03 Olympiacos F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Olympiacos's 44th consecutive season in the Alpha Ethniki and their 77th year in existence. The club were played their 6th consecutive season in the UEFA Champions League. In the beginning of the summertime Olympiacos named Greek Takis Lemonis coach.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Christos Patsatzoglou |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Stelios Venetidis |
| 4 | DF | COL | Jorge Bermúdez |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Georgios Amanatidis |
| 6 | MF | GRE | Ilias Poursanidis |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Stelios Giannakopoulos |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Christian Karembeu |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Lambros Choutos |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Giovanni |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Predrag Đorđević |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Džoni Novak |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Zé Elias |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Mavrogenidis |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Edu Dracena |
| 16 | FW | MEX | Nery Castillo |
| 17 | FW | GHA | Peter Ofori-Quaye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GRE | Paraskevas Antzas |
| 19 | DF | GRE | Athanasios Kostoulas |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Par Zetterberg |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Andreas Niniadis |
| 22 | GK | GRE | Fanis Katergiannakis |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Christos Kontis |
| 27 | MF | GRE | Konstantinos Mendrinos |
| 29 | GK | GRE | Konstantinos Dougeroglou |
| 30 | FW | GRE | Alexis Alexandris |
| 31 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos |
| 32 | DF | GRE | Georgios Anatolakis |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Christos Lisgaras |
| 34 | GK | GRE | Kleopas Giannou |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Efthymis Kouloucheris |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Antonis Vlachos |
| 85 | GK | GRE | Georgios Sapounas |

## Competitions
### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 75 | 21 | +54 | 70 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 70 | 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 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Panionios | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 53 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): Olympiacos 3 (+2), Panathinaikos 3 (-2).
* 1 2 Head-to-head points (goal difference): PAOK 3 (+1), Panionios 3 (-1).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2003. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

All times at EET

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 15 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | |
All times at CET
$^1$All matches played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

## Team kit

Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Siemens Mobile
| Home | Away |
Source: Olympiacos FC