2002–03 Panathinaikos F.C. season
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Panathinaikos
| season = 2002–03
| manager = Fernando Santos
(until 16 October)
Sergio Markarián
(from 22 October)
| chairman = Angelos Filippidis
| owner = Giannis Vardinogiannis
| stdtitle = Ground
| stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
| league = Alpha Ethniki
| league result = 2nd
| cup1 = Greek Cup
| cup1 result = Second round
| cup2 = UEFA Cup
| cup2 result = Quarter-finals
| cup3 =
| cup3 result =
| cup4 =
| cup4 result =
| league topscorer =
Nikos Liberopoulos (16)
| season topscorer =
Nikos Liberopoulos (20)
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
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| nextseason = 2003–04
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In the 2002–03 season Panathinaikos played for 44th consecutive time in Greece's top division, Alpha Ethniki. They also competed in UEFA Cup and Greek Cup. Their season started with Sergio Markarián as team manager.
Players
=First-team squad=
:Squad at end of season{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/panathinaikos/2003/2/|title=Panathinaikos - Squad 2002/2003|website=worldfootball.net|date=16 August 2023 }}{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=Greece|name=Antonis Nikopolidis|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=Denmark|name=Rene Henriksen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=Portugal|name=Carlos Chaínho|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=Greece|name=Giourkas Seitaridis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=Romania|name=Erik Lincar|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=Croatia|name=Goran Vlaovic|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=Greece|name=Yannis Goumas|pos=DF|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=Poland|name=Krzysztof Warzycha|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Ghana|name=Derek Boateng|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Finland|name=Joonas Kolkka|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Denmark|name=Jan Michaelsen|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Greece|name=Stefanos Kotsolis|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Greece|name=Leonidas Vokolos|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Croatia|name=Daniel Šarić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Greece|name=Sotiris Kyrgiakos|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Greece|name=Minas Pitsos|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Cyprus|name=Michalis Konstantinou|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Greece|name=Angelos Basinas|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Greece|name=Nikos Liberopoulos|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Greece|name=Miltiadis Sapanis|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Nigeria|name=Emmanuel Olisadebe|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Greece|name=Xenofon Gittas|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Greece|name=Giorgos Karagounis|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Greece|name=Pantelis Konstantinidis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Greece|name=Takis Fyssas|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=Greece|name=Panagiotis Bartzokas|pos=GK}}
{{Fs end}}
Team kit
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Competitions
=Alpha Ethniki=
{{main|2002–03 Alpha Ethniki}}
==League table==
{{:2002–03 Alpha Ethniki|showteam=PAO}}
==Matches==
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=1
|date=25 August 2002
|time=21:00
|team1=PAOK
|score=4–1
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
- Georgiadis {{goal|9||23|pen.}}
- Spasić {{goal|41}}
- Henriksen {{goal|58|o.g.}}
|goals2=
- Yiasoumi {{goal|33|o.g.}}
|stadium=Toumba Stadium
|location=Thessaloniki
|attendance=26,800
|referee=Georgios Tsagarakis
|result=L
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=2
|date=1 September 2002
|time=18:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2=Proodeftiki
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Poulopoulos {{goal|6}}
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=Behind closed doors
|referee=Giannis Kaminaris
|result=L
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=3
|date=14 September 2002
|time=19:00
|team1=AEK Athens
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
- Ivić {{goal|41}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Nikos Goumas Stadium
|location=Nea Filadelfeia
|attendance=13,801
|referee=Giorgos Douros
|result=L
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=4
|date=22 September 2002
|time=20:30
|team1=Ionikos
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Basinas {{goal|60|pen.}}
|stadium=Neapoli Municipal Stadium
|location=Nikaia
|attendance=3,910
|referee=Charalampos Patras
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=5
|date=27 October 2002
|time=18:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=3–2
|team2=Aris
|goals1=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|5}}
- Basinas {{goal|18}}
- Konstantinou {{goal|32}}
|goals2=
- Seitaridis {{goal|16|o.g.}}
- Šimić {{goal|58}}
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=Behind closed doors
|referee=Giannis Kaminaris
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=6
|date=3 November 2002
|time=15:00
|team1=Panachaiki
|score=0–3
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Karagounis {{goal|10||90+2}}
- Konstantinidis {{goal|35}}
|stadium=Kostas Davourlis Stadium
|location=Patras
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Emmanouil Tapatzas
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=7
|date=10 November 2002
|time=17:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=Panionios
|goals1=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|15}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=6,320
|referee=Georgios Tsagarakis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=8
|date=24 November 2002
|time=17:00
|team1=Egaleo
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
|location=Egaleo
|attendance=3,280
|referee=Fragiskos Somarakis
|result=D
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=9
|date=1 December 2002
|time=17:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=PAS Giannina
|goals1=
- Basinas {{goal|45+1}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=4,391
|referee=Georgios Douros
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=10
|date=8 December 2002
|time=19:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2=Iraklis
|goals1=
- Olisadebe {{goal|31||43}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=10,057
|referee=Iraklis Tsikinis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=11
|date=15 December 2002
|time=17:00
|team1=Skoda Xanthi
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=A.O. Xanthi Stadium
|location=Xanthi
|attendance=3,922
|referee=Charalampos Karatzas
|result=D
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=12
|date=22 December 2002
|time=19:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=Kallithea
|goals1=
- Warzycha {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=7,021
|referee=Georgios Borovilos
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=13
|date=5 January 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=OFI
|score=0–2
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Adamos {{goal|24|o.g.}}
- Karagounis {{goal|30}}
|stadium=Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
|location=Heraklion
|attendance=6,690
|referee=Giannis Bisogiannis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=14
|date=12 January 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=3–2
|report=
|team2=Olympiacos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=13,171
|referee=Kyros Vassaras
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=15
|date=19 January 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=Akratitos
|score=1–3
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
- Stefanidis {{goal|6}}
|goals2=
- Michaelsen {{goal|15}}
- Liberopoulos {{goal|22}}
- Konstantinou {{goal|25}}
|stadium=Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium
|location=Ano Liosia
|attendance=2,696
|referee=Giannis Kaminaris
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=16
|date=26 January 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=PAOK
|goals1=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|52}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=13,620
|referee=Georgios Borovilos
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=17
|date=2 February 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=Proodeftiki
|score=0–2
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|72||74}}
|stadium=Nikaia Municipal Stadium
|location=Nikaia
|attendance=2,917
|referee=Athanassios Briakos
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=18
|date=9 February 2003
|time=19:15
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2=AEK Athens
|goals1=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|33}}
- Basinas {{goal|71|pen.}}
|goals2=
- Maladenis {{goal|37}}
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=12,439
|referee=Kyros Vassaras
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=19
|date=16 February 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=Ionikos
|goals1=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|47}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=7,440
|referee=Christos Trikalis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=20
|date=23 February 2003
|time=16:45
|team1=Aris
|score=1–3
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
- Demba-Nyrén {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|6||45+1}}
- Olisadebe {{goal|65}}
|stadium=Aris Stadium
|location=Thessaloniki
|attendance=8,559
|referee=Ioannis Spiropoulos
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=21
|date=2 March 2003
|time=16:45
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2=Panachaiki
|goals1=
- Konstantinidis {{goal|5}}
- Olisadebe {{goal|21}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=10,510
|referee=Charalampos Karatzas
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=22
|date=9 March 2003
|time=16:45
|team1=Panionios
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Nea Smyrni Stadium
|location=Nea Smyrni
|attendance=6,229
|referee=Christoforos Zografos
|result=D
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=23
|date=16 March 2003
|time=19:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=3–0
|report=
|team2=Egaleo
|goals1=
- Olisadebe {{goal|43||61}}
- Liberopoulos {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=11,385
|referee=Avraam Kemparidis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=24
|date=23 March 2003
|time=19:30
|team1=PAS Giannina
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Zosimades Stadium
|location=Ioannina
|attendance=4,168
|referee=Ioannis Spiropoulos
|result=D
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=25
|date=6 April 2003
|time=20:00
|team1=Iraklis
|score=0–3
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Konstantinou {{goal|61||76}}
- Liberopoulos {{goal|70}}
|stadium=Makedonikos Stadium
|location=Thessaloniki
|attendance=4,289
|referee=Georgios Tsagarakis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=26
|date=13 April 2003
|time=20:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=Skoda Xanthi
|goals1=
- Warzycha {{goal|73}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=8,170
|referee=Iraklis Tsikinis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=27
|date=20 April 2003
|time=17:30
|team1=Kallithea
|score=1–3
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
- Koulakiotis {{goal|87}}
|goals2=
- Liberopoulos {{goal|48}}
- Olisadebe {{goal|69}}
- Vlaović {{goal|81}}
|stadium=Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium
|location=Kallithea
|attendance=1,935
|referee=Nikos Aggelakis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=28
|date=4 May 2003
|time=18:00
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=5–1
|report=
|team2=OFI
|goals1=*Vlaović {{goal|15}}
- Liberopoulos {{goal|17||49|pen.|64}}
- Konstantinidis {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
- Dermitzakis {{goal|90}}
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=15,065
|referee=Iraklis Tsikinis
|result=W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=29
|date=11 May 2003
|time=20:00
|team1=Olympiacos
|score=3–0
|report=
|team2=Panathinaikos
|goals1=
- Giovanni {{goal|3}}
- Giannakopoulos {{goal|15||47}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Rizoupoli Stadium
|location=Rizoupoli
|attendance=10,825
|referee=Georgios Borovilos
|result=L
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round=30
|date=25 May 2003
|time=18:30
|team1=Panathinaikos
|score=3–1
|report=
|team2=Akratitos
|goals1=
- Sapanis {{goal|18}}
- Konstantinou {{goal|28}}
- Warzycha {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
- Koutsokostas {{goal|34}}
|stadium=Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location=Ampelokipoi
|attendance=1,701
|referee=Athanassios Briakos
|result=W
}}
=Greek Cup=
{{main|2002–03 Greek Football Cup}}
==First round==
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 10 August 2002
|time = 13:00 EEST
|team1 = ILTEX Lykoi
|score = 0–2
|report = [http://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report] (page 4)
|team2 = Panathinaikos
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Konstantinidis {{goal|16}}
- Konstantinou {{goal|32}}
|stadium = Stelios Iliadis Stadium
|location = Thessaloniki
|attendance =
|referee = Manolis Tapatzas (Thrace)
|result = W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 18 August 2002
|time = 13:00 EEST
|team1 = Panathinaikos
|score = 3–0
|aggregatescore = 5–0
|report = [http://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report] (page 10)
|team2 = ILTEX Lykoi
|goals1 =
- Liberopoulos {{goal|49}}
- Warzycha {{goal|66}}
- Vlaović {{goal|73}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Ampelokipoi
|attendance =
|referee = Giannis Tsachilidis (Piraeus)
|result = W
}}
==Second round==
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 7 October 2002
|time = 18:00 EEST
|team1 = Panathinaikos
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report] (page 13)
|team2 = Skoda Xanthi
|goals1 =
- Liberopoulos {{goal|4}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Ampelokipoi
|attendance =
|referee = Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)
|result = W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 6 November 2002
|time = 17:00 EET
|team1 = Skoda Xanthi
|score = 0–0
|aggregatescore = 0–1
|report = [http://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report] (page 15)
|team2 = Panathinaikos
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = A.O. Xanthi Stadium
|location = Xanthi
|attendance =
|referee = Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
|result = D
}}
==Round of 16==
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 18 December 2002
|time = 19:00 EET
|team1 = Akratitos
|score = 0–1
|report = [http://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report] (page 19)
|team2 = Panathinaikos
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Olisadebe {{goal|46}}
|stadium = Giannis Pathiakakis Stadium
|location = Ano Liosia
|attendance =
|referee = Ioannis Tsacheilidis (Piraeus)
|result = W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 15 January 2003
|time = 19:30 EET
|team1 = Panathinaikos
|score = 3–0
|aggregatescore = 4–0
|report = [http://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report] (page 20)
|team2 = Akratitos
|goals1 =
- Konstantinou {{goal|45}}
- Vlaović {{goal|52}}
- Warzycha {{goal|65}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Ampelokipoi
|attendance =
|referee = Christoforos Zografos (Athens)
|result = W
}}
==Quarter-finals==
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 5 February 2003
|time = 19:00 EET
|team1 = Panathinaikos
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report (page 21)]
|team2 = Egaleo
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Chloros {{goal|84}}
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Ampelokipoi
|attendance = 1,663
|referee = Ioannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)
|result = L
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 5 March 2003
|time = 17:00 EET
|team1 = Egaleo
|score = 1–1
|aggregatescore = 2–1
|report = [https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2002-2003.pdf Report (page 22)]
|team2 = Panathinaikos
|goals1 =
- Agritis {{goal|43}}
|goals2 =
- Sapanis {{goal|5}}
|stadium = Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium
|location = Aigaleo
|attendance = 1,295
|referee = Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
|result = D
}}
=UEFA Cup=
{{main|2002–03 UEFA Cup}}
==First round==
{{main|2002–03 UEFA Cup first round}}
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|round = First leg
|date = 19 September 2002
|time = 15:45 CET
|team1= Litex Lovech {{fbaicon|BUL}}
|score= 0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70225--litex-vs-panathinaikos/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
|goals1=
|goals2= Jelenković {{goal|72|o.g.}}
|stadium = Lovech Stadium
|location = Lovech, Bulgaria
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = Espen Berntsen (Norway)
|result = W
}}
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|round = Second leg
|date = 3 October 2002
|time = 20:30 CET
|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}
|score = 2–1
|aet = yes
|aggregatescore = 3–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70226--panathinaikos-vs-litex/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|BUL}} Litex Lovech
|goals1 = Warzycha {{goal|110||120}}
|goals2 = Graf {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Athens, Greece
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = Bertrand Layec (France)
|result = W
}}
==Second round==
{{main|2002–03 UEFA Cup second round}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 31 October 2002
|time = 19:15 CET
|team1 = Fenerbahçe {{fbaicon|TUR}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70306--fenerbahce-vs-panathinaikos/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
|goals1 = Washington {{goal|42}}
|goals2 = Basinas {{goal|14}}
|stadium = Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
|location = Istanbul, Turkey
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)
|result = D
}}
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|round = Second leg
|date = 14 November 2002
|time = 20:00 CET
|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}
|score = 4–1
|aggregatescore = 5–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70307--panathinaikos-vs-fenerbahce/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe
|goals1 = Liberopoulos {{goal|24}}
Goumas {{goal|31}}
Michaelsen {{goal|42}}
Warzycha {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = Tuncay {{goal|37}}
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Athens, Greece
|attendance = 7,040
|referee = Fernando Carmona Méndez (Spain)
|result = W
}}
==Third round==
{{main|2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase#Third round}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 28 November 2002
|time = 18:30 CET
|team1 = Slovan Liberec {{fbaicon|CZE}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70409--liberec-vs-panathinaikos/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
|goals1 = Zbončák {{goal|44}}
Slovák {{goal|84|pen.}}
|goals2 = Basinas {{goal|13|pen.}}
Olisadebe {{goal|52}}
|stadium = Stadion u Nisy
|location = Liberec, Czech Republic
|attendance = 5,805
|referee = Mike Riley (England)
|result = D
}}
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|round = Second leg
|date = 12 December 2002
|time = 17:45 CET
|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}
|score = 1–0
|aggregatescore = 3–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70410--panathinaikos-vs-liberec/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|CZE}} Slovan Liberec
|goals1 = Fyssas {{goal|2}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Athens, Greece
|attendance = 13,300
|referee = Éric Poulat (France)
|result = W
}}
==Fourth round==
{{main|2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase#Fourth round}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 20 February 2003
|time = 19:30 CET
|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70585--panathinaikos-vs-anderlecht/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht
|goals1 = Olisadebe {{goal|12||73}}
Liberopoulos {{goal|63}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Athens, Greece
|attendance = 16,000
|referee = Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 27 February 2003
|time = 20:30 CET
|team1 = Anderlecht {{fbaicon|BEL}}
|score = 2–0
|aggregatescore = 2–3
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70586--anderlecht-vs-panathinaikos/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
|goals1 = Jestrović {{goal|70||81}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
|location = Brussels, Belgium
|attendance = 17,970
|referee = Herbert Fandel (Germany)
|result = L
}}
==Quarter-finals==
{{main|2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase#Quarter-finals}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date = 13 March 2003
|time = 22:00 CET
|team1 = Porto {{fbaicon|POR}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/70961--porto-vs-panathinaikos/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Olisadebe {{goal|73}}
|stadium = Estádio das Antas
|location = Porto, Portugal
|attendance = 44,310
|referee = Domenico Messina (Italy)
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date = 20 March 2003
|time = 19:30 CET
|team1 = Panathinaikos {{fbaicon|GRE}}
|score = 0–2
|aet = yes
|aggregatescore = 1–2
|report = [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/025a-0eaae58f66ad-ffe7dc068a7d-1000--derlei-double-delights-porto/ Report]
|team2 = {{fbaicon|POR}} Porto
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Derlei {{goal|16||103}}
|stadium = Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
|location = Athens, Greece
|attendance = 14,300
|referee = René Temmink (Netherlands)
|result = L
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.pao.gr/ Panathinaikos FC official website]
{{Panathinaikos F.C. seasons}}
{{2002–03 in Greek football}}
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