# 2002–03 Trabzonspor season
## Season summary

Trabzonspor didn't have a successful season in 2002-03 coming 7th in the table. But Trabzonspor won the Turkish Cup.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Serkan Özsoy |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Erman Güraçar |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Hüseyin Çimşir |
| 6 | DF | TUR | Mustafa Güven |
| 7 | DF | TUR | Feridun Sungur |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Hans Somers |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Fatih Tekke |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Muzaffer Bilazer |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Erman Özgür |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Lee Eul-Yong (on loan from Bucheon) |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Alban Bushi |
| 15 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Aurélio |
| 16 | DF | SEN | Oumar Dieng |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Mehmet Yılmaz (on loan from Altay) |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Tayfun Cora |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Hasan Üçüncü |
| 20 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Kahriman |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Ali Şen Kandil |
| 22 | GK | TUR | Metin Aktaş |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Michael Petkovic |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Erdinç Yavuz |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Yavuz Yılmaz |
| 27 | FW | TUR | Emre Aygün |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Selahattin Kınalı |
| 32 | DF | TUR | Mustafa Yalçınkaya |
| 33 | GK | TUR | Osman Kurtuldu |
| 38 | DF | TUR | Hakkı Daş |
| 61 | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 64 | DF | TUR | Serkan Kılıç |
| 83 | GK | TUR | Tolga Zengin |

## Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Malatyaspor | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 51 | |
| 7 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 49 | |
| 9 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 43 | |
* 1 2 Fenerbahçe were ahead of Trabzonspor on head-to-head record: Fenerbahçe–Trabzonspor 3–2, Trabzonspor–Fenerbahçe 0–0.
* ↑ Trabzonspor have won the 2002–03 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

## Scorers

| # | Name | League | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mehmet Yılmaz | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Fatih Tekke | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Mehmet Aurélio | 6 | - | 6 |
| 5 | Erman Özgür | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hans Somers | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hüseyin Çimşir | 3 | - | 3 |
| 8 | Erdinç Yavuz | 2 | - | 2 |
| 9 | Erman Özgür | 2 | - | 2 |
| 10 | Selahattin Kınalı | - | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Tayfun Cora | - | 1 | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| # | Name | Game | Category | Date |
| 1 | Mehmet Hilmi Yılmaz | Trabzonspor 7 - 1 Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor | Turkish Cup | 5 March 2003 |

## Fourth round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Galatasaray | 1 | | |
| Malatyaspor | 2 | | |
| Malatyaspor | 2 | Çaykur Rizespor | 1 |
| | | Gençlerbirliği (uz.) | 2 |
| Çaykur Rizespor (pen.) | 1 | Gençlerbirliği (uz.) | 2 |
| Kocaelispor | 1 | | | | |
| Kocaelispor | 1 | | | Gençlerbirliği | 1 |
| | | | | Trabzonspor | 3 |
| Trabzonspor | 7 | | | Trabzonspor | 3 |
| Ankaraspor | 1 | | | | |
| Ankaraspor | 1 | Malatyaspor | 0 | | |
| | | Trabzonspor | 3 |
| Beşiktaş JK | 3 | Trabzonspor | 3 |
| Gençlerbirliği (uz.) | 4 | | |