2002–03 Alpha Ethniki Explained

Competition:Alpha Ethniki
Season:2002–03
Winners:Olympiacos
32nd Greek title
Relegated:Panachaiki
PAS Giannina
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
AEK Athens
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:PAOK
Panionios
Aris
League Topscorer:Nikos Liberopoulos
(16 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:617
Prevseason:2001–02
Nextseason:2003–04

The 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki was the 67th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 24 August 2002 and ended on 25 May 2003. Olympiacos won their seventh consecutive and 32nd Greek title. Olympiacos and Panathinaikos finished the League with the same points total but Olympiacos were crowned champions due to more favourable results between the two teams. It was a very dramatic end to the season, with the decisive game between the two clubs taking place in the penultimate round. The season was interrupted by strike action after television broadcaster Alpha Digital collapsed in September 2002, following which the players didn't play for a month.[1]

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Dušan BajevićAthensNikos Goumas Stadium27,729
Akratitos Dumitru DumitriuAthensYiannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
Aris Giorgos FoirosThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
Egaleo Georgios ChatzarasAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ionikos Jacek GmochPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Eugène GerardsThessalonikiMakedonikos Stadium8,100
Kallithea Babis TennesKallitheaGrigoris Lambrakis Stadium4,250
OFI Zdeněk ŠčasnýHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Oleh ProtasovPiraeus14,856
Dimitrios GenasPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
Panathinaikos Sergio MarkariánAthensLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,620
Jozef BubenkoNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Angelos AnastasiadisThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
PAS Giannina Nikos AnastopoulosIoanninaZosimades Stadium7,652
Proodeftiki Soulis PapadopoulosPiraeusNikaia Municipal Stadium5,000
Skoda Xanthi Nikos KarageorgiouXanthiXanthi Ground9,500

League table

Relegation play-off

Ionikos retained their spot in 2003–04 Alpha Ethniki. Apollon Kalamarias placed on 2003–04 Beta Ethniki

Top scorers

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Nikos LiberopoulosPanathinaikos16
2 Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos15
3 Georgios GeorgiadisPAOK14
Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
5 Njogu Demba-NyrénAris12
Vasilios LakisAEK Athens
Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens
8 Ioannis OkkasPAOK11
Vasilios TsiartasAEK Athens
10 Alessandro SoaresOFI10
Dimitris NalitzisAEK Athens
GiovanniOlympiacos
Lampros ChoutosOlympiacos

Awards

Annual awards

Annual awards were announced on 10 November 2003.[2]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos
Foreign Player of the Season Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Vangelis MantziosPanionios
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisPanathinaikos
Golden Boot Nikos LiberopoulosPanathinaikos
Manager of the Season Dušan BajevićAEK Athens

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greek football at the crossroads. UEFA. 7 February 2003. 12 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Λάμψη αστέρων!. sport.gr. el. 10 November 2003. 7 July 2013. https://archive.today/20130702043131/http://archive.sport.gr/news/031110/psap.asp. 2 July 2013. dead.