The 2003–04 UEFA Cup second round was played from 29 October to 11 December 2003. The round consisted of 24 ties, with the winners advancing to the third round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.[1]
All match times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA.
Draw
The draw was held on 17 October 2003, 12:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Teams were divided into geographical groups, each with seeded and unseeded pots.[2]
Summary
The second round featured the 41 winners of the first round. The first legs were played on 29 October and 6 November, and the second legs were played on 27 November and 11 December 2003.
^ abDue to security issues caused by the Second Intifada, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[4] Therefore, Maccabi Haifa were originally scheduled to play their second round home match on 27 November 2003 at İzmir Alsancak Stadium, İzmir, Turkey, instead of their usual stadium, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa. However, due to the 2003 Istanbul bombings, the match was postponed to 11 December 2003 and relocated to Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands.[5]
Note: Between the 1999–2000 and 2008–09 seasons, the competition was still known as the UEFA Cup. All seasons are included following the competition's absorption of the Cup Winners' Cup.