2002–03 UEFA Champions League

The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League was the 11th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding in 1992, and the 48th European Cup tournament overall. The competition was won by Milan, who beat Juventus on penalties in the European Cup's first ever all-Italian final, to win their sixth European title, and its first in nine years. Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy was again the top scorer, scoring 12 goals over the two group stages and knockout stage, in addition to two goals he had scored in the qualifying phase, although his side bowed out in the quarter-finals and missed out on the chance of playing in a final at their own stadium.

2002–03 UEFA Champions League
Old Trafford in Greater Manchester hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates17 July 2002 – 28 May 2003
Teams32 (group stage)
72 (total)
Final positions
Champions Milan (6th title)
Runners-up Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played157
Goals scored428 (2.73 per match)
Attendance7,535,491 (47,997 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ruud van Nistelrooy
(12 goals)

Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Juventus in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation

A total of 72 teams participated in the 2002–03 Champions League, from 48 of 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Two lowest-ranked associations (Andorra and San Marino) were not admitted. Additionally, no teams Azerbaijan were admitted this year as no official champion was decided in 2001–02 season.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League:[1]

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
  • Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
  • Associations 16–52 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein, San Marino, Andorra and Azerbaijan)

Association ranking

Countries are allocated places according to their 2001 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 2000–01.[2]

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1 Spain 65.210 4
2 Italy 56.239
3 England 51.288
4 Germany 48.632 3
5 France 42.352
6 Netherlands 30.249
7 Turkey 29.975 2
8 Greece 28.366
9 Russia 27.708
10 Portugal 26.274
11 Czech Republic 24.791
12 Belgium 24.150
13 Ukraine 23.833
14 Austria 23.750
15 Norway 23.600
16 Scotland 22.625 1
17 Switzerland 21.875
18 Croatia 19.999
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19 Sweden 18.208 1
20 Poland 17.500
21 Denmark 17.175
22 Romania 15.791
23 FR Yugoslavia 15.415
24 Hungary 15.082
25 Slovakia 14.665
26 Israel 14.124
27 Slovenia 11.998
28 Bulgaria 11.665
29 Cyprus 10.832
30 Georgia 9.666
31 Finland 8.541
32 Latvia 7.832
33 Iceland 5.332
34 Moldova 4.833
35 Belarus 4.499
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
36 Lithuania 4.498 1
37 Macedonia 3.497
38 Republic of Ireland 2.998
39 Estonia 2.498
40 Armenia 2.165
41 Wales 2.165
42 Azerbaijan 1.665 0
43 Malta 1.665 1
44 Liechtenstein 1.500 0
45 Northern Ireland 1.331 1
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.000
47 Luxembourg 0.665
48 Faroe Islands 0.665
49 Albania 0.499
50 Andorra 0.000 0
51 San Marino 0.000
52 Kazakhstan 0.000 1

Distribution

Since the title holders (Real Madrid) also qualified for the Champions League Third qualifying round through their domestic league, one Third qualifying round spot was vacated. Due to this, as well as due to suspension of Azerbaijan, the following changes to the default access list are made:

  • The champions of association 16 (Scotland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Israel, Slovenia and Bulgaria) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 29–52
    (except Liechtenstein, San Marino, Azerbaijan and Andorra)
Second qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 17–28
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 7 champions from associations 10–16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–6 (except Spain)
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
First group stage
(32 teams)
  • 1 current Champions League title holder (Real Madrid)
  • 9 champions from associations 1–9
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Second group stage
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the first group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the first group stage
Knockout phase
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the second group stage
  • 4 group runners-up from the second group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Valencia (1st) Arsenal (1st) Lyon (1st) Galatasaray (1st)
Deportivo de La Coruña (2nd) Liverpool (2nd) Lens (2nd) Olympiacos (1st)
Juventus (1st) Borussia Dortmund (1st) Ajax (1st) Spartak Moscow (1st)
Roma (2nd) Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Real Madrid (3rd)TH
Third qualifying round
Barcelona (4th) Bayern Munich (3rd) Lokomotiv Moscow (2nd) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Internazionale (3rd) Auxerre (3rd) Sporting CP (1st) Sturm Graz (2nd)[Note AUT]
Milan (4th) Feyenoord (3rd) Slovan Liberec (1st) Rosenborg (1st)
Manchester United (3rd) Fenerbahçe (2nd) Genk (1st) Celtic (1st)
Newcastle United (4th) AEK Athens (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Boavista (2nd) Lillestrøm (2nd) Brøndby (1st) Žilina (1st)
Sparta Prague (2nd) Basel (1st) Dinamo București (1st) Maccabi Haifa (1st)
Club Brugge (2nd) Zagreb (1st) Partizan (1st) Maribor (1st)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Hammarby (1st) Zalaegerszeg (1st) Levski Sofia (1st)
GAK (3rd)[Note AUT] Legia Warsaw (1st)
First qualifying round
APOEL (1st) Belshina Bobruisk (1st) Flora Tallinn (1st) Željezničar Sarajevo (1st)
Torpedo Kutaisi (1st) Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Pyunik (1st) F91 Dudelange (1st)
Tampere United (1st) FBK Kaunas (1st) Barry Town (1st) B36 Tórshavn (1st)
Skonto (1st) Vardar (1st) Hibernians (1st) Dinamo Tirana (1st)
ÍA Akranes (1st) Shelbourne (1st) Portadown (1st) Zhenis Astana (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    Austria (AUT): 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga champions Tirol Innsbruck did not receive a licence for the next season and were excluded from Austrian Bundesliga. Subsequently, they were excluded from the Champions League, while Bundesliga runners-up Sturm Graz were moved from Second to Third qualifying round and Bundesliga 3rd-placed team GAK replaced Sturm in the Second qualifying round.[3]
  2. ^
    Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as the previous season was suspended in mid-April due to ongoing conflict between clubs and AFFA. Several weeks later the championship was resumed and subsequently finished by clubs independently from the federation. Shamkir won the league, but this title is not recognized by both UEFA and AFFA.[4]

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[5]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2002
(Geneva)		 17 July 2002 24 July 2002
Second qualifying round 31 July 2002 7 August 2002
Third qualifying round 26 July 2002 13–14 August 2002 27–28 August 2002
First group stage Matchday 1 29 August 2002
(Monaco)		 17–18 September 2002
Matchday 2 24–25 September 2002
Matchday 3 1–2 October 2002
Matchday 4 22–23 October 2002
Matchday 5 29–30 October 2002
Matchday 6 12–13 November 2002
Second group stage Matchday 7 15 November 2002
(Geneva)		 26–27 November 2002
Matchday 8 10–11 December 2002
Matchday 9 18–19 February 2003
Matchday 10 25–26 February 2003
Matchday 11 11–12 March 2003
Matchday 12 18–19 March 2003
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 21 March 2003 8–9 April 2003 22–23 April 2003
Semi-finals 6–7 May 2003 13–14 May 2003
Final 28 May 2003 at Old Trafford, Manchester

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F91 Dudelange 1–4 Vardar 1–1 0–3
Hibernians 3–2 Shelbourne 2–2 1–0
Portadown 2–3 Belshina Bobruisk 0–0 2–3
Željezničar 4–0 ÍA 3–0 1–0
Skonto 6–0 Barry Town 5–0 1–0
Flora Tallinn 0–1 APOEL 0–0 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 4–4 (a) Zhenis Astana 2–1 2–3
Tampere United 0–6 Pyunik 0–4 0–2
FBK Kaunas 2–3 Dinamo Tirana 2–3 0–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 6–2 B36 5–2 1–0

Second qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–6 GAK 1–4 0–2
Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Belshina Bobruisk 4–01 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv 6–2 Pyunik 4–0 2–2
ZTE 2–2 (a) Zagreb 1–0 1–2
Boavista 7–3 Hibernians 4–0 3–3
Sparta Prague 5–1 Torpedo Kutaisi 3–0 2–1
Skonto 0–2 Levski Sofia 0–0 0–2
Vardar 2–4 Legia Warsaw 1–3 1–1
Hammarby 1–5 Partizan 1–1 0–4
Žilina 1–4 Basel 1–1 0–3
Maribor 4–5 APOEL 2–1 2–4
Lillestrøm SK 0–2 Željezničar 0–1 0–1
Club Brugge 4–1 Dinamo Bucureşti 3–1 1–0
Brøndby 5–0 Dinamo Tirana 1–0 4–0

1Match played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus since UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

Third qualifying round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genk 4–4 (a) Sparta Prague 2–0 2–4
Feyenoord 3–0 Fenerbahçe 1–0 2–0
Maccabi Haifa 5–3 Sturm Graz 2–01 3–3
Boavista 0–1 Auxerre 0–1 0–0
APOEL 2–4 AEK Athens 2–3 0–1
ZTE 1–5 Manchester United 1–0 0–5
Sporting CP 0–2 Internazionale 0–0 0–2
Partizan 1–6 Bayern Munich 0–3 1–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 (1–4 p) Club Brugge 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Željezničar 0–5 Newcastle United 0–1 0–4
Celtic 3–3 (a) Basel 3–1 0–2
GAK 3–5 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–2 3–3
Rosenborg 4–2 Brøndby 1–0 3–2
Levski Sofia 0–2 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–1
Milan 2–2 (a) Slovan Liberec 1–0 1–2
Barcelona 4–0 Legia Warsaw 3–0 1–0

1Match played in Sofia, Bulgaria after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

First group stage
Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage
Location of teams of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advance to the Champions League second group stage, while the third-placed teams advance to round three of the UEFA Cup.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

  1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Basel, Genk and Maccabi Haifa made their debut in the group stage. Maccabi Haifa became the first Israeli club to qualify for the group stage.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS DOR AUX PSV
1 Arsenal 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10 Advance to second group stage — 2–0 1–2 0–0
2 Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 2–1 — 2–1 1–1
3 Auxerre 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 1–0 — 0–0
4 PSV Eindhoven 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6 0–4 1–3 3–0 —
Source: RSSSF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL BAS LIV SPA
1 Valencia 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to second group stage — 6–2 2–0 3–0
2 Basel 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9 2–2 — 3–3 2–0
3 Liverpool 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 1–1 — 5–0
4 Spartak Moscow 6 0 0 6 1 18 −17 0 0–3 0–2 1–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM ROM AEK GNK
1 Real Madrid 6 2 3 1 15 7 +8 9 Advance to second group stage — 0–1 2–2 6–0
2 Roma 6 2 3 1 3 4 −1 9 0–3 — 1–1 0–0
3 AEK Athens 6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 3–3 0–0 — 1–1
4 Genk 6 0 4 2 2 9 −7 4 1–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT AJA OL ROS
1 Internazionale 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to second group stage — 1–0 1–2 3–0
2 Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 1–2 — 2–1 1–1
3 Lyon 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 3–3 0–2 — 5–0
4 Rosenborg 6 0 4 2 4 12 −8 4 2–2 0–0 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV NEW DK FEY
1 Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Advance to second group stage — 2–0 5–0 2–0
2 Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9 1–0 — 2–1 0–1
3 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 2–0 — 2–0
4 Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 1–1 2–3 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU LEV MHA OLY
1 Manchester United 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15 Advance to second group stage — 2–0 5–2 4–0
2 Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9 1–2 — 2–1 2–0
3 Maccabi Haifa 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 3–0 0–2 — 3–0
4 Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4 2–3 6–2 3–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL DEP LEN BAY
1 Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Advance to second group stage — 1–2 2–1 2–1
2 Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12 0–4 — 3–1 2–1
3 Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–1 3–1 — 1–1
4 Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2 1–2 2–3 3–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR LKM BRU GAL
1 Barcelona 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 Advance to second group stage — 1–0 3–2 3–1
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–3 — 2–0 0–2
3 Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 0–0 — 3–1
4 Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–2 1–2 0–0 —
Source: RSSSF

Second group stage
Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League second group stage
Edgar Davids (№ 26) clashing with Gennaro Gattuso in the final

The eight group winners and eight group runners-up were drawn into four groups, with each one containing two group winners and two group runners-up. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Champions League knockout stage.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:

  1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR INT NEW LEV
1 Barcelona 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 3–1 2–0
2 Internazionale 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 0–0 — 2–2 3–2
3 Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7 0–2 1–4 — 3–1
4 Bayer Leverkusen 6 0 0 6 5 15 −10 0 1–2 0–2 1–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL AJA ARS ROM
1 Valencia 6 2 3 1 5 6 −1 9 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 2–1 0–3
2 Ajax 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 1–1 — 0–0 2–1
3 Arsenal 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7 0–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Roma 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 5 0–1 1–1 1–3 —
Source: RSSSF

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL RM DOR LKM
1 Milan 6 4 0 2 5 4 +1 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–1 1–0
2 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 3–1 — 2–1 2–2
3 Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 0–1 1–1 — 3–0
4 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1 0–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: RSSSF

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU JUV BAS DEP
1 Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 1–1 2–0
2 Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 0–3 — 4–0 3–2
3 Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 1–3 2–1 — 1–0
4 Deportivo La Coruña 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–0 2–2 1–0 —
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage
Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Milan raising the trophy.

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Real Madrid 3 3 6  
Manchester United 1 4 5  
  Real Madrid 2 1 3  
  Juventus 1 3 4  
Juventus (aet) 1 2 3
  Barcelona 1 1 2  
    Juventus 0 (2)
  Milan (p) 0 (3)
  Ajax 0 2 2  
Milan 0 3 3  
  Milan (a) 0 1 1
  Internazionale 0 1 1  
Internazionale (a) 1 1 2
  Valencia 0 2 2  

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 6–5 Manchester United 3–1 3–4
Ajax 2–3 Milan 0–0 2–3
Internazionale 2–2 (a) Valencia 1–0 1–2
Juventus 3–2 Barcelona 1–1 2–1 (aet)

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 3–4 Juventus 2–1 1–3
Milan 1–1 (a) Internazionale 0–0 1–1*

*Both clubs play in the same stadium (the San Siro), but Milan were the designated away side in the second leg, and so won on away goals.

Final
Main article: 2003 UEFA Champions League Final
Juventus 0–0 (a.e.t.) Milan
Report
Penalties
Trezeguet
Birindelli
Zalayeta
Montero
Del Piero 		2–3 Serginho
Seedorf
Kaladze
Nesta
Shevchenko
Attendance: 62,315
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

The top scorers and assists from the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:

See also

References
  1. "UEFA access list for 2002/03 club competitions" (PDF). uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. "UEFA Country Ranking 2001". Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. Sturm replace demoted Tirol
  4. Azerbaijan 2001/02 at RSSSF
  5. "Club competition draws and dates". 5 January 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
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