2002–03 UEFA Champions League

2002–03 UEFA Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 17 July 2002 – 28 May 2003
Teams 32 (group stage)
72 (qualifying) (from UEFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Milan (6th title)
Runners-up Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played 157
Goals scored 431 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ruud van Nistelrooy
(12 goals)

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.

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

Contents

Association team allocation

A total of 72 teams participated in the 2002–03 Champions League, from 51 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their 2002 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 2000–01.[1]

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League:[2]

Distribution

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
  • 6 third-placed teams from associations 1-6
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 2-3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 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 group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.[3]

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 22–25 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 November 2002
Matchday 9 18–19 November 2002
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 Belshyna 0–0 2–3
Željezničar 4–0 ÍA Akraness 3–0 1–0
Skonto 6–0 Barry Town 5–0 1–0
FC Flora 0–1 APOEL 0–0 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol (a)4–4 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 Belshyna Babruisk 4–01 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv 6–2 Pyunik 4–0 2–2
Zalaegerszegi TE (a)2–2 NK 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 IF 1–5 Partizan 1–1 0–4
Žilina 1–4 Basel 1–1 0–3
NK 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 IF 5–0 Dinamo Tirana 1–0 4–0

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

Third qualifying round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Genk (a)4–4 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(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 (a)2–2 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.

Group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage

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. Moreover, Basel is the first Swiss club to qualify from the group stage and Maccabi Haifa is the first Israeli club qualified to the group stages.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the second group stage
Third-placed teams enter the UEFA Cup at the third round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Arsenal 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10
Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
Auxerre 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7
PSV Eindhoven 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
  ARS AUX BD PSV
Arsenal – 1–2 2–0 0–0
Auxerre 0–1 – 1–0 0–0
Borussia Dortmund 2–1 2–1 – 1–1
PSV Eindhoven 0–4 3–0 1–3 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Valencia 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16
Basel 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9
Liverpool 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8
Spartak Moscow 6 0 0 6 1 18 −17 0
  BAS LIV SPA VAL
Basel – 3–3 2–0 2–2
Liverpool 1–1 – 5–0 0–1
Spartak Moscow 0–2 1–3 – 0–3
Valencia 6–2 2–0 3–0 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Real Madrid 6 2 3 1 15 7 +8 9
Roma 6 2 3 1 3 4 −1 9
AEK Athens 6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6
Genk 6 0 4 2 2 9 −7 4
  AEK GNK RM ROM
AEK Athens – 1–1 3–3 0–0
Genk 0–0 – 1–1 0–1
Real Madrid 2–2 6–0 – 0–1
Roma 1–1 0–0 0–3 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Internazionale 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11
Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
Lyon 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8
Rosenborg 6 0 4 2 4 12 −8 4
  AJA INT OL ROS
Ajax – 1–2 2–1 1–1
Internazionale 1–0 – 1–2 3–0
Lyon 0–2 3–3 – 5–0
Rosenborg 0–0 2–2 1–1 –

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13
Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9
Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7
Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
  DK FEY JUV NEW
Dynamo Kyiv – 2–0 1–2 2–0
Feyenoord 0–0 – 1–1 2–3
Juventus 5–0 2–0 – 2–0
Newcastle United 2–1 0–1 1–0 –

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester United 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15
Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9
Maccabi Haifa 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4
  BL MHA MU OLY
Bayer Leverkusen – 2–1 1–2 2–0
Maccabi Haifa 0–2 – 3–0 3–0
Manchester United 2–0 5–2 – 4–0
Olympiacos 6–2 3–3 2–3 –

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12
Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8
Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2
  MIL BM DEP LEN
Milan – 2–1 1–2 2–1
Bayern Munich 1–2 – 2–3 3–3
Deportivo La Coruña 0–4 2–1 – 3–1
Lens 2–1 1–1 3–1 –

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18
Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5
Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
  BAR BRU GAL LKM
Barcelona – 3–2 3–1 1–0
Club Brugge 0–1 – 3–1 0–0
Galatasaray 0–2 0–0 – 1–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 2–0 0–2 –

Second group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League 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.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the knockout stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 16
Internazionale 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11
Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7
Bayer Leverkusen 6 0 0 6 5 15 −10 0
  BAR BL INT NEW
Barcelona – 2–0 3–0 3–1
Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 – 0–2 1–3
Internazionale 0–0 3–2 – 2–2
Newcastle United 0–2 3–1 1–4 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Valencia 6 2 3 1 5 6 −1 9
Ajax 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8
Arsenal 6 1 4 1 6 5 +1 7
Roma 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 5
  AJA ARS ROM VAL
Ajax – 0–0 2–1 1–1
Arsenal 1–1 – 1–1 0–0
Roma 1–1 1–3 – 0–1
Valencia 1–1 2–1 0–3 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Milan 6 4 0 2 5 4 +1 12
Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10
Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1
  MIL BD LKM RM
Milan – 0–1 1–0 1–0
Borussia Dortmund 0–1 – 3–0 1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 1–2 – 0–1
Real Madrid 3–1 2–1 2–2 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7
Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7
Deportivo La Coruña 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
  BAS DEP JUV MU
Basel – 1–0 2–1 1–3
Deportivo La Coruña 1–0 – 2–2 2–0
Juventus 4–0 3–2 – 0–3
Manchester United 1–1 2–0 2–1 –

Knockout stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

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
28 May 2003
20:45
 Juventus 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Milan Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 63,215
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Report
  Penalties  
Trezeguet
Birindelli
Zalayeta
Montero
Del Piero		 2 – 3 Serginho
Seedorf
Kaladze
Nesta
Shevchenko

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League (group stage and knockout stage only) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals Appearances Minutes played
1 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United 12 9 681'
2 Filippo Inzaghi Milan 10 14 1097'
3 Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña 9 11 909'
Hernán Crespo Internazionale 9 12 981'
Raúl González Real Madrid 9 12 1054'
6 Jan Koller Borussia Dortmund 8 12 1059'
7 Javier Saviola Barcelona 7 12 914'
Thierry Henry Arsenal 7 12 1020'
9 Ronaldo Real Madrid 6 11 758'
Alan Shearer Newcastle United 6 10 878'
11 Yakubu Aiyegbeni Maccabi Haifa 5 5 443'
Sonny Anderson Lyon 5 6 502'
Julio Hernán Rossi Basel 5 12 794'
Guti Real Madrid 5 15 847'
Christian Giménez Basel 5 12 854'
John Carew Valencia 5 13 974'
Zlatan Ibrahimović Ajax 5 13 1008'
Patrick Kluivert Barcelona 5 13 1078'
Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 5 13 1080'
Pavel Nedvěd Juventus 5 15 1356'

See also

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2002". http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method2/crank2002.html. Retrieved 20 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "UEFA access list for 2002/03 club competitions" (PDF). uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 December 2001. http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/14041.pdf. Retrieved 20 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Club competition draws and dates". 5 January 2002. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/socialresponsibility/newsid=22608.html. Retrieved 20 September 2010. 

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