2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round
The qualifying round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup was contested from 13 to 29 August 2002. A total of 82 teams participated in this round, which decided 41 of the 96 places in the first round.
Format
In the qualifying round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[1]
Teams
A total of 82 teams from 44 national associations were involved in the qualifying round, including three teams that qualified via the Fair Play ranking (FP).[2]
Below are the participating teams, sorted by their 2002 UEFA club coefficient (in parentheses).
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Seeding
The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva.[3] Before the draw, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season.[2] For convenience of the draw and to avoid pairing of teams from the same association, the teams were further divided into 10 groups (nine groups of eight teams and one group of ten teams), each containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams.[4] In the draw, a seeded team from each group was paired with an unseeded team from the same group. The first team to be drawn played the first leg at home.[1]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | ||||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
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| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | ||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Group 9 | Group 10 | ||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||
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Matches
The first leg matches were played on 13 and 15 August, and the second leg matches were played on 29 August 2002.
First leg
| 15 August 2002 | Litex Lovech  |
5–0 |  Atlantas |
Lovech Stadium, Lovech | ||
| 19:45 | Nikolov  38'Stoilov 58'Yovov 70', 75'Rusev 79' |
Report | Referee: Srecko Kandare (Slovenia) | |||
| 15 August 2002 | Zimbru Chișinău  |
3–1 |  IFK Göteborg |
Stadionul Republican, Chișinău | ||
| 19:30 | Frunză 22', 37' Gvazava 28' |
Report | Henriksson 36' |
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium) | ||
| 15 August 2002 | Stabæk  |
4–0 |  Linfield |
Nadderud Stadion, Bærum | ||
| 19:00 | Finstad 13' Gudmundsson 17', 87'Baldvinsson 75' |
Report | Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain) | |||
| 15 August 2002 | Encamp  |
0–5 |  Zenit Saint Petersburg |
Estadi Comunal, Andorra la Vella | ||
| 17:00 | Arshavin 3', 52' Spivak 60' (pen)Makarov 65'Osipov 75' |
Report | Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales) | |||
| 15 August 2002 | Kairat Almaty  |
0–2 |  Red Star Belgrade |
Central Stadium, Almaty | ||
| 14:30 | Report | Bogdanović 43' Mrđa 66' |
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland) | |||
Second leg
| 29 August 2002 | IFK Göteborg |
2–2 | Zimbru Chișinău |
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg | ||
| 19:00 | Rosenkvist 29', 39' |
Report | Gvazava 34' Cebotari 35' |
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany) | ||
Zimbru Chișinău won 5–3 on aggregate.
| 29 August 2002 | GÍ Gøta  |
0–8 |  Hajduk Split |
Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn | ||
| 19:00 | Report | Erceg 12', 16', 78' Andrić 23', 35'Pletikosa 45+1' (pen)Carević 46', 85' |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Igor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine) | |||
Hajduk Split won 11–0 on aggregate.
| 29 August 2002 | Linfield |
1–1 | Stabæk |
Windsor Park, Belfast | ||
| 20:45 | Ferguson 44' |
Report | Gudmundsson 81' |
Referee: Antonio Manuel Almeida Costa (Portugal) | ||
Stabæk won 5–1 on aggregate.
| 29 August 2002 | Red Star Belgrade |
3–0 | Kairat Almaty |
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade | ||
| 20:00 | Gvozdenović 19' Pjanović 44' Krivokapić 19' |
Report | Referee: Johnny Ver Eecke (Belgian) | |||
Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2002/03" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Seeding in the UEFA Cup 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ↑ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ "UEFA Cup – Geographical groups announced". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2014.