2002–03 PAOK FC season explained

Season:	2002–03
Chairman:	Petros Kalafatis
League Result:	4th
Cup1 Result:	Winners
Cup2 Result:	Third round
League Topscorer:	Georgios Georgiadis (14)
Season Topscorer:	Georgios Georgiadis (18)
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Nextseason:	2003–04

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

Transfers

Players transferred in

Transfer Window		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		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

Alpha Ethniki

See main article: article and 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki.

League table

Matches

Greek Cup

See main article: article and 2002–03 Greek Football Cup.

Third round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2003 Greek Football Cup final. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

UEFA Cup

See main article: article and 2002–03 UEFA Cup.

First round

See main article: First round. ^{[12] [13]}

Second round

See main article: Second round. ^{[14] [15]}

Third round

See main article: Final phase (round of 32). ^{[16] [17]}

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com

Goalscorers

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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				2	0	0	2
TOTALS				59	12	9	80

Source: Match reports in competitive matches, uefa.com, epo.gr, rsssf.com

External links

• PAOK FC official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.in.gr/2002/12/19/sports/emeinan-sto-miden-paok-kai-ofi-probadisma-gia-tin-aek/. el:ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 0–0. Greek. in.gr. 19 December 2002.
2. Web site: http://www.kathimerini.gr/139409/article/epikairothta/a8lhtismos/o-salpiggidhs-salpise-prokrish. el:ΟΦΗ–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1. Greek. kathimerini.gr. 9 January 2003.
3. Web site: http://www.in.gr/2003/02/26/sports/ebale-tis-baseis-gia-prokrisi-o-paok-3-1-ton-olympiako. el:ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 3–1. Greek. in.gr. 26 February 2003.
4. Web site: http://www.tanea.gr/2003/03/13/sports/torpilise-to-psarokaiko/. el:Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2. Greek. tanea.gr. 13 March 2003.
5. Web site: http://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=1756391. el:ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1. Greek. rizospastis.gr. 24 April 2003.
6. Web site: PAOK set up Cup final derby. uefa.com. 7 May 2003. 20 May 2022.
7. Web site: http://www.in.gr/2003/05/07/sports/ksafnikos-thanatos-tis-aek-sto-88-kai-prokrisi-toy-paok-ston-teliko-toy-kypelloy/. el:ΠΑΟΚ–ΑΕΚ 1–1. Greek. in.gr. 7 May 2003.
8. Web site: Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK. uefa.com. 17 May 2003. 15 July 2019.
9. Web site: Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του.... They won the Cup on their home ground. Greek. tanea.gr. Antonis Repanas. 19 May 2003. 8 October 2019.
10. Web site: 2003 Greek Cup final PAOK–Aris 1–0 (17/5/2003). Greek. gazzetta.gr. Stavros Sountoulidis. 17 May 2017. 15 July 2019.
11. Web site: A Cup triumph in Toumba. paokfc.gr.
12. Web site: Λεϊσόες–ΠΑΟΚ 2–1. Greek. tanea.gr. 18 September 2002.
13. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Λεϊσόες 4–1. Greek. tanea.gr. Antonis Repanas. 4 October 2002.
14. Web site: https://www.in.gr/2002/10/31/sports/tin-tyxi-sta-xeria-toy-krataei-o-paok-me-2-1-epi-tis-gkrasxoper/. el:ΠΑΟΚ–Γκρασχόπερς 2–1. Greek. in.gr. 31 October 2002.
15. Web site: https://www.in.gr/2002/11/14/sports/xrysi-prokrisi-gia-ton-paok-1-1-me-ti-gkrasxoper-me-gkol-stis-kathysteriseis/. el:Γκρασχόπερς–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1. Greek. in.gr. 14 November 2002.
16. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Σλάβια Πράγας 1–0. Greek. tanea.gr. Antonis Repanas. 29 November 2002.
17. Web site: Σλάβια Πράγας–ΠΑΟΚ 4–0. Greek. tanea.gr. 13 December 2002.