2002–03 Alpha Ethniki


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 penulitmate 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.

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 ProtasovPiraeusGeorgios Kamaras Stadium14,856
Panachaiki Dimitrios GenasPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
Panathinaikos Sergio MarkariánAthensApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium16,620
Panionios 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

Results

Promotion/Relegation Play-Off

Top goalscorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Nikos LiberopoulosPanathinaikos16
2 Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos15
3 Georgios GeorgiadisPAOK14
3 Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos14
5 Njogu Demba-NyrénAris12
5 Vassilis LakisAEK Athens12
5 Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens12
8 Ioannis OkkasPAOK11
8 Vassilis TsartasAEK Athens11
10 Alexandre SoaresOFI10
10 Dimitris NalitzisAEK Athens10
10 GiovanniOlympiacos10
10 Lampros ChoutosOlympiacos10