# 2002–03 AEK Athens F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the 79th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The season began on 8 August 2002 and finished on 25 May 2003.

## Kits

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| Home | Away | Third |

## Overview

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 resigned due to the disrupted relationship with the administrative leader of the club. Psomiadis afterwards made a decision that no one could initially believe and brought Dušan Bajević back to the wheel of AEK. The Bosnian-Greek coach accepted Psomiadis' proposal (having also received guarantees from Psomiadis that he would be protected from a portion of the fans who did not want him back) and his big return became reality. The return of Bajević received a divided reaction, as expected. Others did not want him at all in the club, others seemed to want him back due to his successful previous spell, 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 crowd, in general, Bajević was able to work in the team during his first season without much trouble. Regarding the team's roster and the transfers of the summer of 2002, Carlos Gamarra left the team as his loan ended, while Akis Zikos, not having the best relations with Psomiadis, was also a thing of the past. On the other hand, Psomiadis made many impressive transfers such as Georgatos, Katsouranis, Borbokis, Wright, Centeno, Kreek, Nalitzis and Prieto.
AEK Athens presented a good and spectacular team with a very good performance and in the championship they had very good intervals. However, they were relatively behind in the title race, but eventually with an incredible streak of 12 wins in the last 12 games of the league, they re-entered the race finishing third, only 2 points behind Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, who were tied in first place, with the first winning the championship.
AEK once again had the opportunity to compete in the Champions League, but only if they passed the qualifying round. In the draw, where they were among the seeded clubs, AEK were drawn with APOEL. The first match took place in Cyprus, where APOEL took the lead from the beginning of the match, with AEK waking up and in one of the best matches of his career, Vasilios Borbokis took the team by the hand and with his two personal goals put AEK in front. The score was at 1–2, until the end of the game, but the finale was shocking. APOEL equalized with a penalty at the 90th minute, but AEK in the stoppage time with a goal by Nikolaidis got the 2–3 victory. In the rematch of Athens, AEK missed several chances but the half ended without a goal. Finally, AEK took the lead at the beginning of the second half and ceremoniously took the qualification to the Champions League group stage with a second victory by 1–0. AEK were drawn in Group C with the mighty "galacticos" of Real Madrid, the historic Roma and Genk and achieved a historic record of drawing all six of the group stage games, but failed to qualify to the next stage of the institution finishing 3rd and continued to the knock-out stage of the UEFA Cup.
AEK continued in the UEFA Cup and faced the Israeli Maccabi Haifa, an opponent that was certainly up to their standards. The first match in Athens, Maccabi came in stronger and won a penalty that hit the crossbar and then the ball didn't pass the line. From there on, AEK woke up and then the game became a monologue for the Greek team that reached the score 4–0 until the 35th minute, that remained until the final whistle. In the match, Michalis Kasapis became the top Greek footballer in appearances in European matches. Also, as it turned out afterwards, the last goal of the match, scored by Theodoros Zagorakis was the last European goal scored by AEK at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, before it was demolished. In the rematch that took place at GSP Stadium of Nicosia, the Israelis again entered the match better, winning an early penalty again and making the 1–0, but AEK took control of the match and scored 4 goals that gave not only the victory, but also a triumphant qualification. In the round of 16, AEK were against the Spanish Málaga, an opponent that was not at all easy, but was not beyond the capabilities of the Greek team. In the first match at La Rosaleda Stadium, the Spaniards came on strong and missed scoring chances, but yellow-black defense stood up well and the match ended at 0–0. AEK took a very important draw in view of the continuation. The rematch of Nea Filadelfeia proved to be of historical importance, since it was the last European game at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The match did not go well for AEK, who conceded a goal in the first half and without being able to do anything to turn the situation around and the 0–1 remained until the end, ending their European campaign.
In the Cup, AEK initially eliminated Kassandra and then easily passed through of Chalkidona. In the round of 16, they were drawn with Apollon Smyrnis, whom he also eliminated easily, and in the quarter-finals they played against Panionios, who they eliminated in a qualification that was decided in the rematch of Nikos Goumas Stadium. In the semi-finals they were placed against PAOK. First match in Nea Filadelfeia, AEK did not get a good performance and PAOK got the important victory with 0–1. In the rematch of Toumba Stadium, AEK took an early lead, bringing the aggregate score at even, but finally a goal at the end of the match gave PAOK the qualification.
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" within the club. In January, Demis Nikolaidis filed a lawsuit against Psomiadis, who had come 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. Psomiadis, having lost all of the support within the club, left and AEK Athens continued with the administration of the then president of Amateur AEK, Giannis Granitsas. The season was also punctuated by the demolition of Nikos Goumas Stadium at 5 May 2003, home to AEK Athens for 73 years.

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Dušan Bajević |
| Assistant manager | Takis Persias |
| Academy director | Andreas Stamatiadis |
| Academy manager | Giorgos Karafeskos |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jovan Mihailović |
| Fitness coach | Dimitris Bouroutzikas |
| Scout | Antonis Drakopoulos |
| Head of Medical | Lakis Nikolaou |
| Physiotherapist | Nikos Pantazis |
| Podiatrist | Manos Arvanitakis |

## Players
### Squad information

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 25 May 2003, 23:59 UTC+3.
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed | Previous club | Transfer fee | Contract until |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 12 | Sotiris Liberopoulos | GK | (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 26) | 2001 | Kalamata | Free | 2004 |
| 22 | Dionysis Chiotis | GK | (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 26) | 1994 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| 33 | Chrysostomos Michailidis | GK | (1975-01-15)15 January 1975 (aged 28) | 1997 | Eordaikos | Free | 2005 |
| — | Giannis Arabatzis | GK | (1984-05-28)28 May 1984 (aged 19) | 2002 | Makrochori | €22,000 | 2007 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Vasilios Borbokis (Captain) | RB / RM | (1969-02-10)10 February 1969 (aged 34) | 2002 | PAOK | Free | 2003 |
| 5 | Nikos Kostenoglou | CB / RB | (1970-10-03)3 October 1970 (aged 32) | 1994 | Skoda Xanthi | €400,000 | 2003 |
| 8 | Michel Kreek | LB / CB / LM / CM / DM | (1971-01-16)16 January 1971 (aged 32) | 2002 | Vitesse | €500,000 | 2004 |
| 16 | Nikolaos Georgeas | RB / LB / DM | (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 26) | 2001 | Kalamata | €1,500,000 | 2006 |
| 17 | Michalis Kasapis (Vice-captain 3) | LB / LM | (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (aged 31) | 1993 | Levadiakos | €200,000 | 2006 |
| 19 | Mauricio Wright | CB / RB | (1970-12-20)20 December 1970 (aged 32) | 2002 | Herediano | Free | 2005 |
| 25 | Stelios Maistrellis | CB | (1979-11-10)10 November 1979 (aged 23) | 2002 | Aiolikos | Free | 2006 |
| 31 | Grigoris Georgatos | LB / LM / LW / CM | (1972-10-31)31 October 1972 (aged 30) | 2002 | Internazionale | €3,000,000 | 2005 |
| 32 | Michalis Kapsis | CB | (1973-10-18)18 October 1973 (aged 29) | 1999 | Ethnikos Piraeus | €250,000 | 2003 |
| 40 | Grigoris Toskas | CB | (1983-01-08)8 January 1983 (aged 20) | 2000 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| 81 | Stathis Kappos | RB | (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 23) | 2001 | Kalamata | Free | 2005 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Theodoros Zagorakis | CM / DM / AM / RM / CB / RB | (1971-10-27)27 October 1971 (aged 31) | 2000 | Leicester City | Free | 2003 |
| 7 | Christos Maladenis | CM / RM / LM / AM / RW / LW / SS | (1974-05-23)23 May 1974 (aged 29) | 1995 | Skoda Xanthi | €500,000 | 2003 |
| 10 | Vasilios Tsiartas (Vice-captain 2) | AM / RM / LM / SS | (1972-11-12)12 November 1972 (aged 30) | 2000 | Sevilla | €3,500,000 | 2003 |
| 13 | Georgios Passios | DM / CM / CB | (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 21) | 1997 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2003 |
| 14 | Ivan Rusev | AM / RM / LM / CM | (1979-05-10)10 May 1979 (aged 24) | 2001 | Spartak Varna | Free | 2005 |
| 18 | Walter Centeno | AM / RM / LM / CM | (1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (aged 28) | 2002 | Saprissa | €410,000 | 2007 |
| 21 | Kostas Katsouranis | CM / DM / RM / LM / AM / CB / RB / LB | (1979-06-21)21 June 1979 (aged 24) | 2002 | Panachaiki | Free | 2005 |
| 23 | Vasilios Lakis | RM / RW / AM / CM / RB | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 26) | 1998 | Paniliakos | €1,000,000 | 2003 |
| 28 | Milen Petkov | DM / CM / AM / RM / LM | (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 29) | 2000 | CSKA Sofia | €800,000 | 2003 |
| 34 | Nikos Pourtoulidis | CM / AM | (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 19) | 2002 | Nea Karvali | Free | 2006 |
| — | Dimitris Karameris | CM / DM | (1983-04-16)16 April 1983 (aged 20) | 2000 | AEK Athens U20 | — | 2005 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Ilias Solakis | ST | (1974-12-15)15 December 1974 (aged 28) | 2002 | APOEL | Free | 2007 |
| 11 | Demis Nikolaidis (Vice-captain) | ST / SS | (1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 29) | 1996 | Apollon Athens | €1,000,000 | 2004 |
| 15 | Livio Prieto | LW / LM / SS / AM | (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 21) | 2002 | Independiente | Free | 2004 |
| 20 | Sotiris Konstantinidis | RW / LW / RM / LM / AM | (1979-04-19)19 April 1979 (aged 24) | 1999 | Iraklis | Free | 2004 |
| 24 | Christos Kostis | SS / ST / AM / RW / LW | (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 31) | 2000 | Anderlecht | Free | 2005 |
| 30 | Ilija Ivić | ST / LW | (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 32) | 2002 | Aris | Free | 2005 |
| 37 | Dimitris Nalitzis | ST | (1976-01-25)25 January 1976 (aged 27) | 2002 | Udinese | Free | 2003 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||
| 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis | GK | (1969-04-24)24 April 1969 (aged 34) | 1992 | Pontioi Veria | Free | 2004 |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until |
| 2 | DF | Vasilios Borbokis | PAOK | Free transfer | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 |
| 8 | DF | Michel Kreek | Vitesse | €500,000 | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 |
| 9 | FW | Ilias Solakis | APOEL | Free transfer | 5 August 2002 | 30 June 2007 |
| 12 | GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | La Louvière | Loan termination | 7 September 2002 | 30 June 2004 |
| 14 | FW | Emanuel Ruiz | Unión Santa Fe | Loan return | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 15 | FW | Livio Prieto | Independiente | Free transfer | 7 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 |
| 18 | MF | Walter Centeno | Saprissa | €410,000 | 8 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 |
| 19 | DF | Mauricio Wright | Herediano | Free transfer | 5 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 21 | MF | Kostas Katsouranis | Panachaiki | Free transfer | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 25 | DF | Stelios Maistrellis | Aiolikos | Free transfer | 7 June 2002 | 30 June 2007 |
| 31 | DF | Grigoris Georgatos | Internazionale | €3,000,000 | 22 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 33 | GK | Chrysostomos Michailidis | Ethnikos Asteras | Loan return | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 34 | MF | Nikos Pourtoulidis | Nea Karvali | Free transfer | 10 June 2002 | 30 June 2007 |
| 35 | MF | Ivan Rusev | Apollon Smyrnis | Loan return | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2005 |
| 36 | FW | Georgios Trichias | Apollon Smyrnis | Loan return | 1 July 2002 | 31 December 2005 |
| — | GK | Giannis Arabatzis | Makrochori | €22,000 | 16 June 2002 | 30 June 2007 |
| — | DF | Christos Pitos | Marko | Loan return | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Contract Until | Source |
| 9 | FW | Ilias Solakis | Panionios | Loan return | 1 January 2003 | 30 June 2007 | |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Rusev | Athinaikos | Loan return | 1 January 2003 | 30 June 2005 | |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Ferrugem | Free agent | Contract termination | 9 July 2002 |
| 4 | DF | Carlos Gamarra | Flamengo | Loan return | 1 July 2002 |
| 12 | DF | Georgios Xenidis | Iraklis | Contract termination | 31 July 2002 |
| 14 | MF | Akis Zikos | Monaco | Free transfer | 1 July 2002 |
| 14 | FW | Emanuel Ruiz | Free agent | Contract termination | 31 July 2002 |
| 15 | DF | Éric Rabésandratana | Free agent | Contract termination | 1 July 2002 |
| 19 | MF | Bledar Kola | Kallithea | Contract termination | 7 July 2002 |
| 21 | DF | Vaios Karagiannis | Poseidon Neon Poron | End of contract | 1 July 2002 |
| 26 | FW | António Folha | Porto | Loan return | 1 July 2002 |
| 33 | MF | Fernando Navas | Free agent | Contract termination | 23 July 2002 |
| 36 | FW | Georgios Trichias | Kalamata | Free transfer | 1 July 2002 |
| — | DF | Christos Pitos | Pierikos | Contract termination | 23 July 2002 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 1 | GK | Ilias Atmatsidis | PAOK | Contract termination | 17 January 2003 | |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy | Source |
| 88 | FW | Dimitris Nalitzis | Udinese | Free | 4 August 2002 | 30 June 2003 | Y | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Date | Until | Option to buy |
| 9 | FW | Ilias Solakis | Panionios | Free | 5 August 2002 | 31 December 2002 | N |
| 27 | GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | La Louvière | Free | 22 July 2002 | 30 June 2003 | N |
| 35 | MF | Ivan Rusev | Athinaikos | Free | 28 July 2002 | 31 December 2002 | N |

### Contract 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
## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Alpha Ethniki | 24 August 2002 | 25 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 070.00 |
| Greek Cup | 8 August 2002 | 7 May 2003 | First round | Semi-finals | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 060.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 13 August 2002 | 12 November 2002 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 28 November 2002 | 27 February 2003 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 112 | 46 | +66 | 059.62 |
Last updated: 25 May 2003 Source: 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 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |

#### Fixtures
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 26 July 2002.

#### First group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2002.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | 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 | — |

### UEFA Cup
#### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 15 November 2002.

#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2002.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    As of 25 May 2003
| No. | Pos | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Greek Cup | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Dionysis Chiotis | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Chrysostomos Michailidis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | GK | Giannis Arabatzis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Vasilios Borbokis | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Nikos Kostenoglou | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Michel Kreek | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Nikolaos Georgeas | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Mauricio Wright | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| 25 | DF | Stelios Maistrellis | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Grigoris Georgatos | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 3 |
| 32 | DF | Michalis Kapsis | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Grigoris Toskas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | Stathis Kappos | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 |
| 13 | MF | Georgios Passios | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Rusev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Walter Centeno | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 21 | MF | Kostas Katsouranis | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 |
| 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 27 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 15 |
| 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| 34 | MF | Nikos Pourtoulidis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | Dimitris Karameris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Ilias Solakis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 16 |
| 15 | FW | Livio Prieto | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| 24 | FW | Christos Kostis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 10 |
| 37 | FW | Dimitris Nalitzis | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 |
| Left during Winter Transfer Window |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Ilias Atmatsidis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 25 May 2003
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 88 | FW | Dimitris Nalitzis | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | Kostas Katsouranis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | Vasilios Borbokis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 18 | MF | Walter Centeno | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 31 | DF | Grigoris Georgatos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 9 | FW | Ilias Solakis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 18 | DF | Mauricio Wright | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 74 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 112 |

### Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Vasilios Lakis | Panachaiki | 6–0 (H) | 12 January 2003 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Dimitris Nalitzis | Egaleo | 3–2 (H) | 26 January 2003 | Alpha Ethniki |
| Vasilios Tsiartas | Kallithea | 3–1 (A) | 23 February 2003 | Alpha Ethniki |

### Assists

    As of 25 May 2003
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 31 | DF | Grigoris Georgatos | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Vasilios Tsiartas | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 30 | FW | Ilija Ivić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | Vasilios Lakis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | Vasilios Borbokis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Theodoros Zagorakis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | Demis Nikolaidis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | Christos Maladenis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 18 | MF | Walter Centeno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 21 | MF | Kostas Katsouranis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 20 | FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 18 | DF | Mauricio Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | DF | Nikolaos Georgeas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | DF | Michalis Kasapis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 28 | MF | Milen Petkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 88 | FW | Dimitris Nalitzis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 59 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 70 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal, then by shirt number and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.
    As of 25 May 2003
| Rank | No. | Player | Alpha Ethniki | Greek Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 22 | Dionysis Chiotis | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 33 | Chrysostomos Michailidis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 25 May 2003 N P Nat. Name Alpha Ethniki Greek Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Total Notes Goalkeepers 12 GK Sotiris Liberopoulos 22 GK Dionysis Chiotis 2 1 1 4 33 GK Chrysostomos Michailidis 2 2 — GK Giannis Arabatzis Defenders 2 DF Vasilios Borbokis 5 5 5 DF Nikos Kostenoglou 1 2 3 8 DF Michel Kreek 1 2 1 4 16 DF Nikolaos Georgeas 6 3 9 17 DF Michalis Kasapis 5 1 1 6 1 19 DF Mauricio Wright 8 1 1 10 25 DF Stelios Maistrellis 1 1 31 DF Grigoris Georgatos 5 1 1 1 8 32 DF Michalis Kapsis 2 1 2 1 40 DF Grigoris Toskas 81 DF Stathis Kappos Midfielders 6 MF Theodoros Zagorakis 7 4 1 12 7 MF Christos Maladenis 2 2 10 MF Vasilios Tsiartas 2 1 3 13 MF Georgios Passios 14 MF Ivan Rusev 18 MF Walter Centeno 3 3 21 MF Kostas Katsouranis 5 2 1 8 23 MF Vasilios Lakis 5 1 6 28 MF Milen Petkov 2 2 34 MF Nikos Pourtoulidis — MF Dimitris Karameris Forwards 9 DF Ilias Solakis 11 FW Demis Nikolaidis 2 1 3 15 FW Livio Prieto 20 FW Sotiris Konstantinidis 24 FW Christos Kostis 30 FW Ilija Ivić 2 2 37 FW Dimitris Nalitzis 1 1 1 1 Left during Winter Transfer window 1 GK Ilias Atmatsidis 1 1

### Starting 11
## Awards

| Player | Pos. | Award | Source |
| Dušan Bajević | — | Manager of the Season | |