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
Team | Manager1 | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
AEK Athens | Dušan Bajević | Athens | Nikos Goumas Stadium | 27,729 |
Akratitos | Dumitru Dumitriu | Athens | Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium | 4,944 |
Aris | Giorgos Foiros | Thessaloniki | Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium | 23,220 |
Egaleo | Georgios Chatzaras | Athens | Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium | 8,217 |
Ionikos | Jacek Gmoch | Piraeus | Neapoli Stadium | 4,999 |
Iraklis | Eugène Gerards | Thessaloniki | Makedonikos Stadium | 8,100 |
Kallithea | Babis Tennes | Kallithea | Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium | 4,250 |
OFI | Zdeněk Ščasný | Heraklion | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium | 9,000 |
Olympiacos | Oleh Protasov | Piraeus | Georgios Kamaras Stadium | 14,856 |
Panachaiki | Dimitrios Genas | Patras | Kostas Davourlis Stadium | 11,321 |
Panathinaikos | Sergio Markarián | Athens | Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium | 16,620 |
Panionios | Jozef Bubenko | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,756 |
PAOK | Angelos Anastasiadis | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,803 |
PAS Giannina | Nikos Anastopoulos | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,652 |
Proodeftiki | Soulis Papadopoulos | Piraeus | Nikaia Municipal Stadium | 5,000 |
Skoda Xanthi | Nikos Karageorgiou | Xanthi | Xanthi Ground | 9,500 |
Results
Promotion/Relegation Play-Off
Top goalscorers
Source:Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Nikos Liberopoulos | Panathinaikos | 16 |
2 | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Olympiacos | 15 |
3 | Georgios Georgiadis | PAOK | 14 |
3 | Predrag Đorđević | Olympiacos | 14 |
5 | Njogu Demba-Nyrén | Aris | 12 |
5 | Vassilis Lakis | AEK Athens | 12 |
5 | Demis Nikolaidis | AEK Athens | 12 |
8 | Ioannis Okkas | PAOK | 11 |
8 | Vassilis Tsartas | AEK Athens | 11 |
10 | Alexandre Soares | OFI | 10 |
10 | Dimitris Nalitzis | AEK Athens | 10 |
10 | Giovanni | Olympiacos | 10 |
10 | Lampros Choutos | Olympiacos | 10 |