European Cup · Phase 01 - Group F - Matchday 04
Olympiakos Piraeus v Manchester United
2–3
Manchester United beat Olympiakos Piraeus 3–2 at Rizoupoli on Wednesday 23rd October 2002 in the European Cup. Laurent Blanc (20'), Juan Sebastian Veron (58') and Paul Scholes (83') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 20' Laurent Blanc 0–1
- Half Time
- 58' Juan Sebastian Veron 0–2
- 62' Luke Chadwick for Beckham
- 62' Quinton Fortune for Giggs
- 69' Lampros Choutos 1–2
- 73' Predrag Djordjevic 2–2
- 83' Paul Scholes 2–3
- 87' Kieran Richardson for Veron
- Full Time 2–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Luke Chadwick
62' for Beckham
Quinton Fortune
62' for Giggs
Kieran Richardson
87' for Veron
Olympiakos Piraeus Lineup
Starting XI
2 Christos Patsatzoglou M
3 Stelios Venetidis D
7 Stelios Giannakopoulos M
8 Christian Karembeu M
10 Silva Giovanni M
11 Predrag Djordjevic M
15 Luis Abonizio Souza Edu Dracena F
18 Paraskevas Antzas D
20 Par Zetterberg M
31 Dimitris Eleftheropoulos G
32 Georgios Anatolakis D
Substitutes
4 Andreas Niniadis
5 Giorgos Amanatidis
9 Lambros Choutos on
14 Dimitrios Mavrogenidis on
17 Peter Ofori Quaye on
19 Athanasios Kostoulas
22 Theofanis Katergiannakis
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Ioannis Kollias
Olympiakos Piraeus
United vs Olympiakos Piraeus History
Meeting 4 of 6
6
Played
5
Won
0
Drawn
1
Lost
15
Goals For
4
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 10th October 2001. After this match United had played Olympiakos Piraeus 4 times: 4W 0D 0L.
10 Oct 2001 W 2–0 EC 23 Oct 2001 W 3–0 EC 1 Oct 2002 W 4–0 EC
23 Oct 2002 W 3–2 This match
25 Feb 2014 L 0–2 EC 19 Mar 2014 W 3–0 EC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Away | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 66.7 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →