2002–03 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Beşiktaş J.K.
2002–03 season
President	Serdar Bilgili
Manager	Mircea Lucescu
Stadium	İnönü Stadium
Süper Lig	1st
Turkish Cup	Quarterfinals (eliminated)
UEFA Cup	Quarterfinals (eliminated)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sergen Yalçın (11); All: ; İlhan Mansız (14)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the club's 44th season in the Turkish Super League and the club's 100th year in existence. After signing Romanian manager Mircea Lucescu, Beşiktaş won the league for the 12th time in club' history. Beşiktaş also had their most successful UEFA Cup run, by becoming a quarter finalist, however the club lost to S.S. Lazio 1–3 on aggregate, therefore eliminating them. Beşiktaş lost to Gençlerbirliği 3–4 in the quarterfinals of the Turkish Cup.

Squad

Source:^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	COL	Óscar Córdoba
2	DF	TUR	Tolga Doğantez
3	MF	TUR	Tayfur Havutçu (captain)
4	DF	TUR	Ahmet Yıldırım
5	DF	BRA	Ronaldo
6	MF	TUR	Yasin Sülün
7	FW	TUR	Ahmet Dursun
8	MF	BRA	Amaral
9	FW	ROU	Daniel Pancu
10	MF	TUR	Sergen Yalçın
11	MF	TUR	Bayram Bektaş
13	MF	TUR	Tamer Tuna
16	MF	TUR	Niyazi Güney


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	POL	Kaan Dobra
19	DF	TUR	İbrahim Üzülmez
20	MF	ITA	Federico Giunti (on loan from Brescia)
21	FW	FRA	Pascal Nouma
26	FW	TUR	İlhan Mansız
29	FW	TUR	Ali Cansun Begeçarslan
30	DF	BRA	Zago
33	GK	TUR	Göksel Gencer
37	MF	TUR	Zafer Demiray
41	MF	TUR	Serdar Topraktepe
44	DF	TUR	Ali Eren Beşerler
67	MF	TUR	Tümer Metin

Competitions

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	26	7	1	63	21	+42	85	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Galatasaray	34	24	5	5	61	27	+34	77	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Gençlerbirliği	34	19	9	6	76	40	+36	66	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Gaziantepspor	34	16	9	9	61	41	+20	57
5	Malatyaspor	34	14	10	10	56	45	+11	52

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Turkish Cup

Beşiktaş had a bye in the first round and then played Elazığspor in the second round. Beşiktaş lost to Gençlerbirliği in the quarter finals.

December 4, 2002 Second round	Elazığspor	0–2	Beşiktaş	Elazığ
			Güney 80' Begeçarslan 87'	Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium Referee: Bülent Uzun

Third round	Denizlispor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Denizli
	Tandoğan 45'		Mansız 65', 74'	Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium Referee: Erol Ersoy

March 5, 2003 Quarterfinal	Beşiktaş	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
	Mansız 46', 78', 88'		Hassan 25' El-Saqqa 35' Cihan 80', 106'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Referee: İsmet Arzuman

UEFA Cup

Beşiktaş had their most successful run, by becoming a quarter finalist. In doing so, they became the second Turkish team to achieve the feat (Galatasaray achieved it in 2000).

First round

September 19, 2002	Beşiktaş	2–2	Sarajevo	Istanbul, Turkey
	Pancu 31' Dursun 33'		Obuca 63' Osmanhodžić 79'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

October 3, 2002	Sarajevo	0–5	Beşiktaş	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
			Pancu 5' Üzülmez 43' Dursun 72 (pen)' Sülün 84' Begeçarslan 85'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

Beşiktaş won 7–2 on aggregate.

Second round

October 31, 2002	Deportivo Alavés	1–1	Beşiktaş	Vitoria, Spain, Spain
	Abelardo Fernández 90+3'		Antonio Karmona 31 (own)'	Stadium: Estadio Mendizorrotza

November 14, 2002	Beşiktaş	1–0	Deportivo Alavés	Istanbul, Turkey
	İlhan Mansız 7'			Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

November 28, 2002	Beşiktaş	3–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Istanbul, Turkey
	Daniel Pancu 30' Ahmet Yıldırım 71' Pascal Nouma 82'		Husin 29'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

December 12, 2002	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Beşiktaş	Kyiv, Ukraine
				Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium

Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

February 20, 2003	Slavia Prague	1–0	Beşiktaş	Prague, Czech Republic
	Tomáš Došek 62'			Stadium: Stadion Eden

February 27, 2003	Beşiktaş	4–2	Slavia Prague	Istanbul, Turkey
	Daniel Pancu 41' Ronaldo Guiaro 61' Ahmet Dursun 66' İlhan Mansız 70'		Richard Dostálek 77 (pen]' Hrdlicka 83'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

March 13, 2003	Lazio	1–0	Beşiktaş	Rome, Italy
	Simone Inzaghi 55'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

March 20, 2003	Beşiktaş	1–2	Lazio	Istanbul, Turkey
	Sergen Yalçın 82'		Stefano Fiore 5' Lucas Castromán 9'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş lost 1–3 on aggregate.

References

^ "2002-2003 Sezonu Şampiyonluğumuz" [Our Championship Title at 2002-2003 Season] (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021. En yakın rakibine sekiz puan fark atan takımımız, ligin bitimine bir hafta kala ezeli rakibimiz Galatasaray ile oynadığı maçta şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. Sergen Yalçın'ın 90. dakikada attığı muhteşem golle 100. yılında şampiyonluğunu ilan eden Beşiktaş'ın kadrosunda şu isimler bulunuyordu: "Oscar Cordoba, Göksel Gencer, N. Yasin Yıldız, Ronaldo Guiaro, Antonio Carlos Zago, Tolga Doğantez, A. Da Silva Mariano (Amaral), Enver Gayır, Zafer Demiray, Tümer Metin, Tayfur Havutçu, Bayram Bektaş, Yasin Sülün, Serdar Topraktepe, Daniel Gabriel Pancu, Eser Yağmur, Kaan Dobra, Ahmet Yıldırım, Sergen Yalçın, Tamer Tuna, Niyazi Güney, Engin Özçelik, İbrahim Üzülmez, Pascal Oliver Nouma, İlhan Mansız, Ali C. Begeçarslan, Ali Eren Beşerler, Ahmet Dursun, Federico Giunti, Constantin Marius Maldarasanu."

External links

2002–03 Süper Lig Standings at Turkish Football Federation

[2002-03_season-1] "2002-2003 Sezonu Şampiyonluğumuz" [Our Championship Title at 2002-2003 Season] (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021. En yakın rakibine sekiz puan fark atan takımımız, ligin bitimine bir hafta kala ezeli rakibimiz Galatasaray ile oynadığı maçta şampiyonluğunu ilan etti. Sergen Yalçın'ın 90. dakikada attığı muhteşem golle 100. yılında şampiyonluğunu ilan eden Beşiktaş'ın kadrosunda şu isimler bulunuyordu: "Oscar Cordoba, Göksel Gencer, N. Yasin Yıldız, Ronaldo Guiaro, Antonio Carlos Zago, Tolga Doğantez, A. Da Silva Mariano (Amaral), Enver Gayır, Zafer Demiray, Tümer Metin, Tayfur Havutçu, Bayram Bektaş, Yasin Sülün, Serdar Topraktepe, Daniel Gabriel Pancu, Eser Yağmur, Kaan Dobra, Ahmet Yıldırım, Sergen Yalçın, Tamer Tuna, Niyazi Güney, Engin Özçelik, İbrahim Üzülmez, Pascal Oliver Nouma, İlhan Mansız, Ali C. Begeçarslan, Ali Eren Beşerler, Ahmet Dursun, Federico Giunti, Constantin Marius Maldarasanu."

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v t e 2002–03 in Turkish football
Domestic leagues	Süper Lig TFF First League TFF Second League TFF Third League
Domestic cups	Turkish Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2004 (Qualifying: Group 7) 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup (Group B) Şenol Güneş
Club seasons
Süper Lig	Adanaspor Altay Ankaragücü Beşiktaş Bursaspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Göztepe İstanbulspor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Samsunspor Trabzonspor