# 2002–03 PAOK FC season

The 2002–03 season was PAOK Football Club's 77th in existence and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. The team will enter the Greek Football Cup in the First round and will also enter in UEFA Cup starting from the First round.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | MF | GRE | Pantelis Kafes (captain) |
| 2 | DF | GRE | Vaggelis Nastos |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Vangelis Koutsopoulos |
| 4 | MF | GRE | Ryan Kapagiannidis |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Koffi Amponsah |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Fotis Kiskabanis |
| 7 | FW | CYP | Stefanos Voskaridis |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Koutsis |
| 9 | FW | CYP | Ioannis Okkas |
| 10 | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Frousos |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Georgios Georgiadis |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Francesco Scardina |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Salpingidis |
| 15 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Markos |
| 17 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Theodoridis |
| 18 | FW | CYP | Yiasoumis Yiasoumi |
| 20 | MF | SCG | Sladan Spasic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | POL | Marek Koźmiński |
| 22 | MF | CMR | Guy Feutchine |
| 23 | DF | GRE | Dionysis Chasiotis |
| 24 | DF | NGA | Ifeanyi Udeze |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Aboubacar Fofana |
| 30 | MF | CYP | Panayiotis Engomitis |
| 31 | GK | GRE | Elias Atmatsidis |
| 33 | GK | GRE | Kyriakos Tohouroglou |
| 37 | DF | GRE | Petros Konteon |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Petros Kanakoudis |
| 41 | MF | GRE | Georgios Makris |
| 44 | MF | GRE | Loukas Karadimos |
| 72 | GK | POL | Radosław Majdan |
| 77 | MF | POL | Mariusz Kukiełka |
| 95 | GK | GRE | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos |
| 99 | GK | SVK | Kamil Susko |

## Transfers
### Players transferred in

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | MF | Dimitris Markos | Aris | Free |
| Summer | GK | Radosław Majdan | Göztepe | Free |
| Summer | GK | Elias Atmatsidis | AEK Athens | Free |
| Summer | MF | Sakis Dione | Panathinaikos | On loan |
| Summer | MF | Georgios Theodoridis | Aris | Free |
| Summer | MF | Mariusz Kukiełka | Amica Wronki | Free |
| Summer | MF | Marek Koźmiński | Ancona | Free |
| Summer | DF | Francesco Scardina | Juventus | Loan |
| Summer | MF | Aboubacar Fofana | Juventus | Loan |
| Summer | GK | Kamil Susko | Baník Ostrava | Free |
| Summer | MF | Ilias Eleftheriadis | PAOK U20 | |
| Summer | DF | Petros Konteon | PAOK U20 | |
| Summer | DF | Fotis Kiskabanis | Olympiacos Volou | End of loan |
| Summer | DF | Christos Karypidis | Kavala | End of loan |
| Summer | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | Kavala | End of loan |
| Winter | MF | Ryan Kapagiannidis | AS Kassandra | Free |
| Winter | MF | Georgios Makris | PAOK U20 | |

### Players transferred out

| Transfer Window | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| Summer | DF | Georgios Koulakiotis | Kallithea | Free |
| Summer | DF | Anastasios Katsabis | Iraklis | Free |
| Summer | DF | Georgios Chatzizisis | Apollon Kalamarias | Free |
| Summer | DF | Vassilios Borbokis | AEK Athens | Free |
| Summer | DF | Christos Karipidis | Kerkyra | Loan |
| Summer | DF | P. Konstantinidis | Panathinaikos | Free |
| Summer | MF | Luciano de Souza | AEL Limassol | Free |
| Winter | DF | Ifeanyi Udeze | West Brom | Loan |
| Winter | GK | Radosław Majdan | Bursaspor | Free |
| Winter | DF | Marek Koźmiński | Górnik Zabrze | Free |
| Winter | DF | Francesco Scardina | Juventus | End of loan |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 053.33 |
| Greek Cup | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 054.55 |
| UEFA Cup | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 47 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 053.19 |
Source: Competitions

### Alpha Ethniki
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Aris | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ 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 (2003-05-25). 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 | H | A | 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 |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Third round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 25 May 2003
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.
| No. | No. | Name | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | Vangelis Pourliotopoulos | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | Elias Atmatsidis | 5 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | Kyriakos Tohouroglou | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 32 (1) | 0 |
| 72 | 72 | Radosław Majdan | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Vangelis Koutsopoulos | 21 (5) | 0 | 11 (3) | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 | 37 (9) | 1 |
| 13 | 13 | Francesco Scardina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | Fotis Kiskabanis | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Koffi Amponsah | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 32 (1) | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | Marek Koźmiński | 9 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 (5) | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Dionysis Chasiotis | 26 | 0 | 10 (3) | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 | 41 (4) | 1 |
| 24 | 24 | Ifeanyi Udeze | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 (1) | 0 |
| 37 | 37 | Petros Konteon | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | Petros Kanakoudis | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 80 | 80 | Vaggelis Nastos | 19 (10) | 2 | 9 (3) | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 32 (15) | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Pantelis Kafes | 25 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | Ryan Kapagiannidis | 3 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Dimitris Markos | 26 (2) | 0 | 10 (2) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 41 (4) | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Dimitris Zavadias | 2 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | Giorgos Theodoridis | 6 (5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (5) | 2 |
| 14 | 14 | Giorgos Koutsis | 25 (7) | 2 | 9 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 38 (9) | 2 |
| 20 | 20 | Sladan Spasic | 10 (1) | 2 | 7 (4) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 18 (6) | 2 |
| 22 | 22 | Guy Feutchine | 15 (5) | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 (9) | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Aboubacar Fofana | 3 (3) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | Panayiotis Engomitis | 17 (5) | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (9) | 0 |
| 39 | 39 | Ilias Eleftheriadis | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 41 | 41 | Georgios Makris | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 44 | 44 | Loukas Karadimos | 14 (1) | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 21 (3) | 0 |
| 77 | 77 | Mariusz Kukiełka | 26 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 39 (1) | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Stefanos Voskaridis | 4 (4) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Dimitris Salpingidis | 15 (6) | 3 | 4 (1) | 2 | 4 (3) | 1 | 23 (10) | 6 |
| 9 | 9 | Ioannis Okkas | 29 (2) | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 43 (2) | 16 |
| 10 | 10 | Nikolaos Frousos | 15 (8) | 6 | 4 (2) | 1 | 5 (4) | 0 | 24 (14) | 7 |
| 11 | 11 | Georgios Georgiadis | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 18 |
| 18 | 18 | Yiasoumis Yiasoumi | 22 (10) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 (2) | 1 | 34 (12) | 9 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Georgios Georgiadis | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Ioannis Okkas | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | MF | Pantelis Kafes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 18 | FW | Yiasoumis Yiasoumi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Nikolaos Frousos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | FW | Dimitris Salpingidis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | Sladan Spasic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | Giorgos Koutsis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 13 | MF | Giorgos Theodoridis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 80 | DF | Vaggelis Nastos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | MF | Dimitris Markos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 23 | DF | Dionysis Chasiotis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 77 | MF | Mariusz Kukiełka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 3 | DF | V. Koutsopoulos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 59 | 12 | 9 | 80 |
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com