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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
DatesQualifying:
17 July – 28 August 2002
Competition proper:
17 September 2002 – 28 May 2003
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 72
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Milan (6th title)
Runners-upItaly Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played157
Goals scored428 (2.73 per match)
Attendance6,416,965 (40,872 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
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 from Azerbaijan were admitted this year as no official champion was decided in the 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]

RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
1 Spain65.2104
2 Italy56.239
3 England51.288
4 Germany48.6323
5 France42.352
6 Netherlands30.249
7 Turkey29.9752
8 Greece28.366
9 Russia27.708
10 Portugal26.274
11 Czech Republic24.791
12 Belgium24.150
13 Ukraine23.833
14 Austria23.750
15 Norway23.600
16 Scotland22.6251
17 Switzerland21.875
18 Croatia19.999
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
19 Sweden18.2081
20 Poland17.500
21 Denmark17.175
22 Romania15.791
23 FR Yugoslavia15.415
24 Hungary15.082
25 Slovakia14.665
26 Israel14.124
27 Slovenia11.998
28 Bulgaria11.665
29 Cyprus10.832
30 Georgia9.666
31 Finland8.541
32 Latvia7.832
33 Iceland5.332
34 Moldova4.833
35 Belarus4.499
RankAssociationCoeff.Teams
36 Lithuania4.4981
37 Macedonia3.497
38 Republic of Ireland2.998
39 Estonia2.498
40 Armenia2.165
41 Wales2.165
42 Azerbaijan1.6650
43 Malta1.6651
44 Liechtenstein1.5000
45 Northern Ireland1.3311
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.000
47 Luxembourg0.665
48 Faroe Islands0.665
49 Albania0.499
50 Andorra0.0000
51 San Marino0.000
52 Kazakhstan0.0001

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 roundTeams 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

Round and draw dates

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

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
QualifyingFirst qualifying round21 June 2002
(Geneva)		17 July 200224 July 2002
Second qualifying round31 July 20027 August 2002
Third qualifying round26 July 200213–14 August 200227–28 August 2002
First group stageMatchday 129 August 2002
(Monaco)		17–18 September 2002
Matchday 224–25 September 2002
Matchday 31–2 October 2002
Matchday 422–23 October 2002
Matchday 529–30 October 2002
Matchday 612–13 November 2002
Second group stageMatchday 715 November 2002
(Geneva)		26–27 November 2002
Matchday 810–11 December 2002
Matchday 918–19 February 2003
Matchday 1025–26 February 2003
Matchday 1111–12 March 2003
Matchday 1218–19 March 2003
Knockout phaseQuarter-finals21 March 20038–9 April 200322–23 April 2003
Semi-finals6–7 May 200313–14 May 2003
Final28 May 2003 at Old Trafford, Manchester

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
F91 Dudelange 1–4 Vardar1–10–3
Hibernians 3–2 Shelbourne2–21–0
Portadown 2–3 Belshina Bobruisk0–02–3
Željezničar 4–0 ÍA3–01–0
Skonto 6–0 Barry Town5–01–0
Flora Tallinn 0–1 APOEL0–00–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 4–4 (a) Zhenis Astana2–12–3
Tampere United 0–6 Pyunik0–40–2
FBK Kaunas 2–3 Dinamo Tirana2–30–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 6–2 B365–21–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–6 GAK1–40–2
Maccabi Haifa 5–0 Belshina Bobruisk4–011–0
Dynamo Kyiv 6–2 Pyunik4–02–2
ZTE 2–2 (a) Zagreb1–01–2
Boavista 7–3 Hibernians4–03–3
Sparta Prague 5–1 Torpedo Kutaisi3–02–1
Skonto 0–2 Levski Sofia0–00–2
Vardar 2–4 Legia Warsaw1–31–1
Hammarby 1–5 Partizan1–10–4
Žilina 1–4 Basel1–10–3
Maribor 4–5 APOEL2–12–4
Lillestrøm SK 0–2 Željezničar0–10–1
Club Brugge 4–1 Dinamo Bucureşti3–11–0
Brøndby 5–0 Dinamo Tirana1–04–0

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

Third qualifying round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Genk 4–4 (a) Sparta Prague2–02–4
Feyenoord 3–0 Fenerbahçe1–02–0
Maccabi Haifa 5–3 Sturm Graz2–013–3
Boavista 0–1 Auxerre0–10–0
APOEL 2–4 AEK Athens2–30–1
ZTE 1–5 Manchester United1–00–5
Sporting CP 0–2 Internazionale0–00–2
Partizan 1–6 Bayern Munich0–31–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 (1–4 p) Club Brugge1–11–1 (aet)
Željezničar 0–5 Newcastle United0–10–4
Celtic 3–3 (a) Basel3–10–2
GAK 3–5 Lokomotiv Moscow0–23–3
Rosenborg 4–2 Brøndby1–03–2
Levski Sofia 0–2 Dynamo Kyiv0–10–1
Milan 2–2 (a) Slovan Liberec1–01–2
Barcelona 4–0 Legia Warsaw3–01–0

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

First group stage

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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

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ARS DOR AUX PSV
1 Arsenal631294+510Advance to second group stage—2–01–20–0
2 Borussia Dortmund631287+1102–1—2–11–1
3 Auxerre621347−37Transfer to UEFA Cup0–11–0—0–0
4 PSV Eindhoven613258−360–41–33–0—
Source: RSSSF

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification VAL BAS LIV SPA
1 Valencia6510174+1316Advance to second group stage—6–22–03–0
2 Basel62311212092–2—3–32–0
3 Liverpool6222128+48Transfer to UEFA Cup0–11–1—5–0
4 Spartak Moscow6006118−1700–30–21–3—
Source: RSSSF

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RM ROM AEK GNK
1 Real Madrid6231157+89Advance to second group stage—0–12–26–0
2 Roma623134−190–3—1–10–0
3 AEK Athens60607706Transfer to UEFA Cup3–30–0—1–1
4 Genk604229−741–10–10–0—
Source: RSSSF

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification INT AJA OL ROS
1 Internazionale6321128+411Advance to second group stage—1–01–23–0
2 Ajax622265+181–2—2–11–1
3 Lyon6222129+38Transfer to UEFA Cup3–30–2—5–0
4 Rosenborg6042412−842–20–01–1—
Source: RSSSF

Group E

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JUV NEW DK FEY
1 Juventus6411123+913Advance to second group stage—2–05–02–0
2 Newcastle United630368−291–0—2–10–1
3 Dynamo Kyiv621369−37Transfer to UEFA Cup1–22–0—2–0
4 Feyenoord612348−451–12–30–0—
Source: RSSSF

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MU LEV MHA OLY
1 Manchester United6501168+815Advance to second group stage—2–05–24–0
2 Bayer Leverkusen6303911−291–2—2–12–0
3 Maccabi Haifa6213121207Transfer to UEFA Cup3–00–2—3–0
4 Olympiacos61141117−642–36–23–3—
Source: RSSSF

Group G

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MIL DEP LEN BAY
1 Milan6402127+512Advance to second group stage—1–22–12–1
2 Deportivo La Coruña64021112−1120–4—3–12–1
3 Lens6222111108Transfer to UEFA Cup2–13–1—1–1
4 Bayern Munich6024913−421–22–33–3—
Source: RSSSF

Group H

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAR LKM BRU GAL
1 Barcelona6600134+918Advance to second group stage—1–03–23–1
2 Lokomotiv Moscow621357−271–3—2–00–2
3 Club Brugge612357−25Transfer to UEFA Cup0–10–0—3–1
4 Galatasaray6114510−540–21–20–0—
Source: RSSSF
Edgar Davids (No. 26) clashing with Gennaro Gattuso in the final

Second group stage

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

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAR INT NEW LEV
1 Barcelona6510122+1016Advance to knockout stage—3–03–12–0
2 Internazionale6321118+3110–0—2–23–2
3 Newcastle United62131013−370–21–4—3–1
4 Bayer Leverkusen6006515−1001–20–21–3—
Source: RSSSF

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification VAL AJA ARS ROM
1 Valencia623156−19Advance to knockout stage—1–12–10–3
2 Ajax615065+181–1—0–02–1
3 Arsenal614165+170–01–1—1–1
4 Roma612378−150–11–11–3—
Source: RSSSF

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MIL RM DOR LKM
1 Milan640254+112Advance to knockout stage—1–00–11–0
2 Real Madrid632196+3113–1—2–12–2
3 Borussia Dortmund631285+3100–11–1—3–0
4 Lokomotiv Moscow6015310−710–10–11–2—
Source: RSSSF

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MU JUV BAS DEP
1 Manchester United6411115+613Advance to knockout stage—2–11–12–0
2 Juventus62131111070–3—4–03–2
3 Basel6213510−571–32–1—1–0
4 Deportivo La Coruña621378−172–02–21–0—
Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Milan raising the trophy.

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
          
Real Madrid336
Manchester United145
Real Madrid213
Juventus134
Juventus (aet)123
Barcelona112
Juventus0 (2)
Milan (p)0 (3)
Ajax022
Milan033
Milan (a)011
Inter Milan011
Inter Milan (a)112
Valencia022

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 6–5 Manchester United3–13–4
Ajax 2–3 Milan0–02–3
Inter Milan 2–2 (a) Valencia1–01–2
Juventus 3–2 Barcelona1–12–1 (aet)

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 3–4 Juventus2–11–3
Milan 1–1 (a) Inter Milan0–01–1*

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

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

Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoalsAppearancesMinutes played
1 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United129681
2 Filippo Inzaghi Milan10141,097
3 Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña911909
Hernán Crespo Internazionale912981
Raúl Real Madrid9121,054
6 Jan Koller Borussia Dortmund8121,059
7 Javier Saviola Barcelona712914
Thierry Henry Arsenal7121,020
9 Ronaldo Real Madrid611758
Alan Shearer Newcastle United610878

See also

References

External links

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