European Cup · Phase 01 - Group F - Matchday 03
Manchester United v Olympiakos Piraeus
4–0
Manchester United beat Olympiakos Piraeus 4–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 1st October 2002 in the European Cup. Ryan Giggs (19'), Juan Sebastian Veron (26') and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (77') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 19' Ryan Giggs 1–0
- 26' Juan Sebastian Veron 2–0
- Half Time
- 67' Georgios Anatolakis OG 3–0
- 67' John O'Shea for Blanc
- 67' Quinton Fortune for Giggs
- 77' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 4–0
- 78' Diego Forlan for Scholes
- Full Time 4–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
11 Ryan Giggs 19'
Olympiakos Piraeus Lineup
Starting XI
3 Stelios Venetidis D
5 Giorgos Amanatidis D
7 Stelios Giannakopoulos M
8 Christian Karembeu M
11 Predrag Djordjevic M
13 Jose Moedin Ze Elias M
17 Peter Ofori Quaye F
18 Paraskevas Antzas D
20 Par Zetterberg M
31 Dimitris Eleftheropoulos G
32 Georgios Anatolakis D
Substitutes
2 Christos Patsatzoglou on
4 Andreas Niniadis
10 Silva Giovanni
15 Luis Abonizio Souza Edu Dracena on
19 Athanasios Kostoulas
30 Alekos Alexandris on
34 Kleopas Giannou
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Panagiotis Lemonis
Olympiakos Piraeus
United vs Olympiakos Piraeus History
Meeting 3 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 3 times: 3W 0D 0L.
10 Oct 2001 W 2–0 EC 23 Oct 2001 W 3–0 EC
1 Oct 2002 W 4–0 This match
23 Oct 2002 W 3–2 EC 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 →