2002–03 Beşiktaş J.K. season

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.

Beşiktaş J.K.
2002–03 season
PresidentTurkey Serdar Bilgili
ManagerRomania Mircea Lucescu
Stadiumİnönü Stadium
Süper Lig1st
Turkish CupQuarterfinals (eliminated)
UEFA CupQuarterfinals (eliminated)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sergen Yalçın (11)

All:
İlhan Mansız (14)

Squad

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Source:[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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Süper Lig

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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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

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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

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

Beşiktaş won 7–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

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Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fourth round

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Beşiktaş won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

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

Beşiktaş lost 1–3 on aggregate.

References

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  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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