2002–03 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Beşiktaş J.K. 2002–03 season

League position:	1st
Turkish Cup:	Quarterfinals (eliminated)
UEFA Cup:	Quarterfinals (eliminated)
President:	Serdar Bilgili
Manager:	Mircea Lucescu
$\leftarrow$ 2001–02	$\rightarrow$ 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 franchise 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.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

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

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

Results

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.

Second round

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

Third round

	Denizlispor	1–2	Beşiktaş	Denizli, Turkey
	Ali Tandoğan 45'		İlhan Mansız 65, 74'	Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium Referee: Erol Ersoy

Quarter-final

March 5, 2003	Beşiktaş	3–4	Gençlerbirliği	İstanbul, Turkey
	İlhan Mansız 46, 78, 88'		Ahmed Hassan 25' Abdel Zaher El Saka 35' Veysel 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	Sarajevo	2–2	Beşiktaş	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Pancu 31' Dursun 33'		Obuca 63' Osmanhodžić 79'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium

October 3, 2002	Beşiktaş	5–0	Sarajevo	İstanbul, Turkey
	Pancu 5' Üzülmez 43' Dursun 72 (pen)' Sülün 84' Begeçarslan 85'			Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium 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	İstanbul, Turkey
	İlhan Mansız 7'			Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third round

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

December 12, 2002	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Beşiktaş	Kiev, 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	İstanbul, 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	İstanbul, Turkey
	Sergen Yalçın 82'		Stefano Fiore 5' Lucas Castromán 9'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

Beşiktaş lost 1–3 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş JK
The club	Club history Presidents Honors
Football	First Team Beşiktaş A2 Managers Footballers Captains Seasons Europe Women's
Basketball	Men's Women's Wheelchair Basketball
Volleyball	Men's Women's
Other branches	Handball Athletics Boxing Bridge Chess Gymnastics Rowing Table Tennis Wrestling
Culture	100. Yıl Albümü 10-0 Çarşı Metin-Ali-Feyyaz
Media	Beşiktaş TV
Notable figures	Mehmet Şamil Şhaplı Şeref Bey Refik Osman Top Hakkı Yeten Süleyman Seba
Facilities	Vodafone Stadium BJK Akatlar Arena Süleyman Seba Sports Hall Fulya Football Field Çilekli Football Field Old facilities: Taksim Stadium Şeref Stadium BJK İnönü Stadium
Rivalries	Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Fenerbahçe (basketball) Galatasaray (basketball)
Miscellaneous	Big Three (Turkey)

List of Beşiktaş J.K. seasons

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