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).

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
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Wisła Kraków Zenit Saint Petersburg Litex Lovech Matador Púchov	Atlantas Glentoran Encamp Atyrau	Hapoel Tel Aviv Lugano Primorje Midtjylland	Ventspils Pobeda Zvartnots Yerevan Partizani	Amica Wronki Brann Hajduk Split Ferencváros	AEL Limassol Sūduva Marijampolė Total Network Solutions GÍ Gøta	Copenhagen Livingston Kärnten Polonia Warsaw	Liepājas Metalurgs Locomotive Tbilisi Sliema Wanderers Vaduz
Group 5		Group 6		Group 7		Group 8
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Maccabi Tel Aviv Leixões Stabæk Anorthosis Famagusta	Belasica Levadia Tallinn Linfield Grevenmacher	Sigma Olomouc IFK Göteborg Odense Újpest	MyPa-47 Zimbru Chișinău Sarajevo KÍ Klaksvík	Servette CSKA Sofia Djurgården Dinamo Tbilisi	Dinamo Minsk Shamrock Rovers TVMK Tallinn Spartak Yerevan	Varteks Aberdeen AIK HJK Helsinki	Nistru Otaci ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Gomel Dundalk
Group 9		Group 10
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Red Star Belgrade Viktoria Žižkov Metalurh Zaporizhya Rapid București	Gorica Birkirkara Kairat Almaty Domagnano	Ipswich Town Mouscron Sartid Koba Senec Național București	Fylkir Bangor City Široki Brijeg Tirana Avenir Beggen

Summary

The first leg matches were played on 13 and 15 August, and the second leg matches were played on 29 August 2002.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Litex Lovech	8–1	Atlantas	5–0	3–1
Encamp	0–13	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–5	0–8
Atyrau	0–2	Matador Púchov	0–0	0–2
Glentoran	0–6	Wisła Kraków	0–2	0–4
Pobeda	2–3	Midtjylland	2–0	a.e.t. )
Primorje	6–3	Zvartnots Yerevan	6–1	0–2
Ventspils	3–1	Lugano	3–0	0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	5–1	Partizani	1–0	4–1
Ferencváros	5–2	AEL Limassol	4–0	1–2
Hajduk Split	11–0	GÍ Gøta	3–0	8–0
Brann	4–6	Sūduva Marijampolė	2–3	2–3
Amica Wronki	12–2	Total Network Solutions	5–0	7–2
Copenhagen	7–2	Locomotive Tbilisi	3–1	4–1
Liepājas Metalurgs	2–6	Kärnten	0–2	2–4
Vaduz	1–1 (a)	Livingston	1–1	0–0
Sliema Wanderers	1–5	Polonia Warsaw	1–3	0–2
Anorthosis Famagusta	3–2	Grevenmacher	3–0	0–2
Levadia Tallinn	0–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	0–2
Leixões	4–3	Belasica	2–2	2–1
Sigma Olomouc	3–3 (3–5 p)	Sarajevo	2–1	a.e.t. )
Zimbru Chișinău	5–3	IFK Göteborg	3–1	2–2
KÍ Klaksvík	2–3	Újpest	2–2	0–1
MyPa-47	1–2	Odense	1–0	0–2
Dinamo Minsk	1–5	CSKA Sofia	1–4	0–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	5–1	TVMK Tallinn	4–1	1–0
Spartak Yerevan	0–5	Servette	0–2	0–3
Shamrock Rovers	1–5	Djurgården	1–3	0–2
Varteks	9–0	Dundalk	5–0	4–0
Gomel	5–0	HJK Helsinki	1–0	4–0
Aberdeen	1–0	Nistru Otaci	1–0	0–0
AIK	5–1	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar	2–0	3–1
Rapid București	5–1	Gorica	2–0	3–1
Domagnano	0–5	Viktoria Žižkov	0–2	0–3
Kairat Almaty	0–5	Red Star Belgrade	0–2	0–3
Metalurh Zaporizhya	3–0	Birkirkara	3–0	0–0
Bangor City	1–2	Sartid	1–0	0–2
Koba Senec	1–5	Široki Brijeg	1–2	0–3
Tirana	2–3	Naţional București	0–1	2–2
Avenir Beggen	1–9	Ipswich Town	0–1	1–8
Fylkir	2–4	Mouscron	1–1	1–3
Stabæk	5–1	Linfield	4–0	1–1

Matches

Litex Lovech won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Zenit Saint Petersburg won 13–0 on aggregate.

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Matador Púchov won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Wisła Kraków won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Midtjylland won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Primorje won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Ventspils won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Ferencváros won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Hajduk Split won 11–0 on aggregate.

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Sūduva Marijampolė won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Amica Wronki won 12–2 on aggregate.

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Copenhagen won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Kärnten won 6–2 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Livingston won on away goals.

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Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Leixões won 4–3 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Sarajevo won 5–3 on penalties.

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Zimbru Chișinău won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Odense won 2–1 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Servette won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Djurgårdens won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Varteks won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Gomel won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.

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AIK won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Rapid București won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Viktoria Žižkov won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Metalurh Zaporizhya won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Sartid won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Široki Brijeg won 5–1 on aggregate.

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National București won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ipswich Town won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Mouscron won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Stabæk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Notes

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2002/03" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Seeding in the UEFA Cup 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
3. ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
4. ^ "UEFA Cup – Geographical groups announced". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2002. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.