2002–03 UEFA Champions League
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| Tournament statistics | |
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| Matches played | 157 |
| Goals scored | 428 (2.73 per match) |
| Attendance | 6,416,965 (40,872 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 12 goals |
The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League was the 11th season of
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.
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]
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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.
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| First qualifying round (20 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (28 teams) |
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| Third qualifying round (32 teams) |
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| First group stage (32 teams) |
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| Second group stage (16 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (8 teams) |
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
- Notes
- 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]
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 |
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| 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
First qualifying round
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
F91 Dudelange 
|
1–4 |  Vardar
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1–1 | 0–3 |
Hibernians 
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3–2 |  Shelbourne
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2–2 | 1–0 |
Portadown 
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2–3 |  Belshina Bobruisk
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0–0 | 2–3 |
Željezničar
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4–0 |  ÍA
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3–0 | 1–0 |
Skonto 
|
6–0 | Barry Town
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5–0 | 1–0 |
Flora Tallinn
 |
0–1 | APOEL
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
Sheriff Tiraspol 
|
4–4 (a) | Zhenis Astana
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2–1 | 2–3 |
Tampere United 
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0–6 |  Pyunik
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0–4 | 0–2 |
FBK Kaunas 
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2–3 | Dinamo Tirana
|
2–3 | 0–0 |
Torpedo Kutaisi 
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6–2 |  B36
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5–2 | 1–0 |
Second qualifying round
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff Tiraspol
|
1–6 |  GAK
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1–4 | 0–2 |
Maccabi Haifa 
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5–0 | Belshina Bobruisk
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4–01 | 1–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv 
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6–2 | Pyunik
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4–0 | 2–2 |
ZTE 
|
2–2 (a) |  Zagreb
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1–0 | 1–2 |
Boavista 
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7–3 | Hibernians
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4–0 | 3–3 |
Sparta Prague
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5–1 | Torpedo Kutaisi
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3–0 | 2–1 |
| Skonto
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0–2 |  Levski Sofia
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0–0 | 0–2 |
| Vardar
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2–4 |  Legia Warsaw
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1–3 | 1–1 |
Hammarby 
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1–5 |  Partizan
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1–1 | 0–4 |
Žilina 
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1–4 |  Basel
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1–1 | 0–3 |
Maribor 
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4–5 | APOEL
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2–1 | 2–4 |
Lillestrøm SK 
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0–2 | Željezničar
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0–1 | 0–1 |
Club Brugge
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4–1 | Dinamo Bucureşti
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3–1 | 1–0 |
Brøndby 
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5–0 | Dinamo Tirana
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1–0 | 4–0 |
1Match played at
.Third qualifying round
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Genk
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4–4 (a) | Sparta Prague
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2–0 | 2–4 |
Feyenoord 
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3–0 |  Fenerbahçe
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1–0 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa
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5–3 | Sturm Graz
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2–01 | 3–3 |
| Boavista
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0–1 |  Auxerre
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0–1 | 0–0 |
APOEL
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2–4 |  AEK Athens
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2–3 | 0–1 |
| ZTE
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1–5 |  Manchester United
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1–0 | 0–5 |
| Sporting CP
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0–2 |  Internazionale
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0–0 | 0–2 |
| Partizan
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1–6 |  Bayern Munich
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0–3 | 1–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk
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2–2 (1–4 p) | Club Brugge
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1–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
Željezničar
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0–5 | Newcastle United
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0–1 | 0–4 |
Celtic 
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3–3 (a) | Basel
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3–1 | 0–2 |
| GAK
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3–5 |  Lokomotiv Moscow
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0–2 | 3–3 |
| Rosenborg
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4–2 | Brøndby
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1–0 | 3–2 |
| Levski Sofia
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0–2 | Dynamo Kyiv
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0–1 | 0–1 |
Milan
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2–2 (a) | Slovan Liberec
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1–0 | 1–2 |
Barcelona 
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4–0 | Legia Warsaw
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3–0 | 1–0 |
1Match played in Sofia, Bulgaria after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.
First group stage
Galatasaray
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.
Brown: Group A; 
Red: Group B; 
Orange: Group C; 
Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; 
Blue: Group F; 
Purple: Group G; 
