2002–03 UEFA Champions League

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, although his side bowed out in the quarter-finals and missed out on the chance of playing in a final at their own stadium.

2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Old Trafford in Manchester hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 17 July – 28 August 2002 Competition proper: 17 September 2002 – 28 May 2003
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 72
Final positions
Champions	Milan (6th title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
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
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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]

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1  Spain 65.210 4 2  Italy 56.239 3  England 51.288 4  Germany 48.632 3 5  France 42.352 6  Netherlands 30.249 7  Turkey 29.975 2 8  Greece 28.366 9  Russia 27.708 10  Portugal 26.274 11  Czech Republic 24.791 12  Belgium 24.150 13  Ukraine 23.833 14  Austria 23.750 15  Norway 23.600 16  Scotland 22.625 1 17  Switzerland 21.875 18  Croatia 19.999

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 19  Sweden 18.208 1 20  Poland 17.500 21  Denmark 17.175 22  Romania 15.791 23  FR Yugoslavia 15.415 24  Hungary 15.082 25  Slovakia 14.665 26  Israel 14.124 27  Slovenia 11.998 28  Bulgaria 11.665 29  Cyprus 10.832 30  Georgia 9.666 31  Finland 8.541 32  Latvia 7.832 33  Iceland 5.332 34  Belarus 4.833 35  Moldova 4.499

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 36  Lithuania 4.498 1 37  Macedonia 3.497 38  Republic of Ireland 2.998 39  Estonia 2.498 40  Armenia 2.165 41  Wales 2.165 42  Azerbaijan[Note AZE] 1.665 0 43  Malta 1.665 1 44  Liechtenstein 1.500 0 45  Northern Ireland 1.331 1 46  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.000 47  Luxembourg 0.665 48  Faroe Islands 0.665 49  Albania 0.499 50  Andorra 0.000 0 51  San Marino 0.000 52  Kazakhstan 0.000 1

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.

		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 5 third-placed teams from associations 1–6 (except Spain) 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3	14 winners from the second qualifying round
First group stage (32 teams)		1 current Champions League title holder (Real Madrid) 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 first group stage 8 group runners-up from the first group stage
Knockout phase (8 teams)			4 group winners from the second group stage 4 group runners-up from the second group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Valencia (1st)	Arsenal (1st)	Lyon (1st)	Galatasaray (1st)
Deportivo La Coruña (2nd)	Liverpool (2nd)	Lens (2nd)	Olympiacos (1st)
Juventus (1st)	Borussia Dortmund (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Spartak Moscow (1st)
Roma (2nd)	Bayer Leverkusen (2nd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Real Madrid (3rd)TH
Third qualifying round
Barcelona (4th)	Bayern Munich (3rd)	Lokomotiv Moscow (2nd)	Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Internazionale (3rd)	Auxerre (3rd)	Sporting CP (1st)	Sturm Graz (2nd)[Note AUT]
Milan (4th)	Feyenoord (3rd)	Slovan Liberec (1st)	Rosenborg (1st)
Manchester United (3rd)	Fenerbahçe (2nd)	Genk (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Newcastle United (4th)	AEK Athens (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Boavista (2nd)	Lillestrøm (2nd)	Brøndby (1st)	Žilina (1st)
Sparta Prague (2nd)	Basel (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)	Maccabi Haifa (1st)
Club Brugge (2nd)	Zagreb (1st)	Partizan (1st)	Maribor (1st)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)	Hammarby IF (1st)	Zalaegerszeg (1st)	Levski Sofia (1st)
GAK (3rd)[Note AUT]	Legia Warsaw (1st)
First qualifying round
APOEL (1st)	Belshina Bobruisk (1st)	Flora (1st)	Željezničar (1st)
Torpedo Kutaisi (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Pyunik (1st)	F91 Dudelange (1st)
Tampere United (1st)	Kaunas (1st)	Barry Town (1st)	B36 (1st)
Skonto (1st)	Vardar (1st)	Hibernians (1st)	Dinamo Tirana (1st)
ÍA (1st)	Shelbourne (1st)	Portadown (1st)	Zhenis (1st)

Notes

1. ^
   Austria (AUT): 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga champions Tirol Innsbruck did not receive a licence for the next season and were excluded from 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]
2. ^
   Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as the previous season was suspended in mid-April due to ongoing conflict between clubs and AFFA. Several weeks later the championship was resumed and subsequently finished by clubs independently from the federation. Shamkir won the league, but this title is not recognized by both UEFA and AFFA.^[4]

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
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

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	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	Belshina Bobruisk	0–0	2–3
Željezničar	4–0	ÍA	3–0	1–0
Skonto	6–0	Barry Town	5–0	1–0
Flora	0–1	APOEL	0–0	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	4–4 (a)	Zhenis	2–1	2–3
Tampere United	0–6	Pyunik	0–4	0–2
Kaunas	2–3	Dinamo Tirana	2–3	0–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	6–2	B36	5–2	1–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–6	GAK	1–4	0–2
Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Belshina Bobruisk	4–0	1–0
Dynamo Kyiv	6–2	Pyunik	4–0	2–2
Zalaegerszeg	2–2 (a)	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
Maribor	4–5	APOEL	2–1	2–4
Lillestrøm	0–2	Željezničar	0–1	0–1
Club Brugge	4–1	Dinamo București	3–1	1–0
Brøndby	5–0	Dinamo Tirana	1–0	4–0

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genk	4–4 (a)	Sparta Prague	2–0	2–4
Feyenoord	3–0	Fenerbahçe	1–0	2–0
Maccabi Haifa	5–3	Sturm Graz	2–0	3–3
Boavista	0–1	Auxerre	0–1	0–0
APOEL	2–4	AEK Athens	2–3	0–1
Zalaegerszeg	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 (1–4 p)	Club Brugge	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
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	2–2 (a)	Slovan Liberec	1–0	1–2
Barcelona	4–0	Legia Warsaw	3–0	1–0

First group stage

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage

Brugge

Genk

Liverpool

Man. United

Newcastle

Arsenal

Deportivo

Real Madrid

Valencia

Barcelona

Lens

Auxerre

Lyon

Leverkusen

Dortmund

Bayern

Olympiacos

AEK

M. Haifa

Juventus

Milan
Internazionale

Roma

Feyenoord

Ajax

PSV

Rosenborg

Spartak

Lokomotiv

Basel

Galatasaray

Dynamo

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.

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:^[6]

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. Maccabi Haifa became the first Israeli club to qualify for the group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	DOR	AUX	PSV
1	Arsenal	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	1–2	0–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–1	—	2–1	1–1
3	Auxerre	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	1–0	—	0–0
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6			0–4	1–3	3–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	BSL	LIV	SPM
1	Valencia	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16	Advance to second group stage		—	6–2	2–0	3–0
2	Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9			2–2	—	3–3	2–0
3	Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	1–1	—	5–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0			0–3	0–2	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	ROM	AEK	GNK
1	Real Madrid	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9	Advance to second group stage		—	0–1	2–2	6–0
2	Roma	6	2	3	1	3	4	−1	9			0–3	—	1–1	0–0
3	AEK Athens	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–3	0–0	—	1–1
4	Genk	6	0	4	2	2	9	−7	4			1–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	AJX	LYO	ROS
1	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Advance to second group stage		—	1–0	1–2	3–0
2	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8			1–2	—	2–1	1–1
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–3	0–2	—	5–0
4	Rosenborg	6	0	4	2	4	12	−8	4			2–2	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	NEW	DKV	FEY
1	Juventus	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	5–0	2–0
2	Newcastle United	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9			1–0	—	2–1	0–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	2–0	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5			1–1	2–3	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	LEV	MHA	OLY
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	16	8	+8	15	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	5–2	4–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			1–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–0	0–2	—	3–0
4	Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	11	17	−6	4			2–3	6–2	3–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	DEP	LEN	BAY
1	Milan	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Advance to second group stage		—	1–2	2–1	2–1
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	4	0	2	11	12	−1	12			0–4	—	3–1	2–1
3	Lens	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		2–1	3–1	—	1–1
4	Bayern Munich	6	0	2	4	9	13	−4	2			1–2	2–3	3–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	LMO	BRU	GAL
1	Barcelona	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18	Advance to second group stage		—	1–0	3–2	3–1
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7			1–3	—	2–0	0–2
3	Club Brugge	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	0–0	—	3–1
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–2	1–2	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

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.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	INT	NEW	LEV
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	3–1	2–0
2	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11			0–0	—	2–2	3–2
3	Newcastle United	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7			0–2	1–4	—	3–1
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	0	0	6	5	15	−10	0			1–2	0–2	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	AJX	ARS	ROM
1	Valencia	6	2	3	1	5	6	−1	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	2–1	0–3
2	Ajax	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8			1–1	—	0–0	2–1
3	Arsenal	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7			0–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Roma	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5			0–1	1–1	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	RMA	DOR	LMO
1	Milan	6	4	0	2	5	4	+1	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	0–1	1–0
2	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11			3–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10			0–1	1–1	—	3–0
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1			0–1	0–1	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	JUV	BSL	DEP
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	1–1	2–0
2	Juventus	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7			0–3	—	4–0	3–2
3	Basel	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7			1–3	2–1	—	1–0
4	Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7			2–0	2–2	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Milan raising the trophy.

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 (a.e.t.)		1	2	3
															28 May – Manchester
	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. Tooltip Aggregate score	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 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	3–4	Juventus	2–1	1–3
Milan	1–1 (a)	Internazionale	0–0	1–1

Final

Main article: 2003 UEFA Champions League final

The final was played on 28 May 2003 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.

28 May 2003 (2003-05-28)

19:45 UTC+1

Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Milan
	Report
Penalties
Trezeguet Birindelli Zalayeta Montero Del Piero	2–3	Serginho Seedorf Kaladze Nesta Shevchenko

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 62,315^[7]

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank[8]	Name	Team	Goals	Appearances	Minutes played
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	12	9	681
2	Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	10	14	1,097
3	Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	9	11	909
	Hernán Crespo	Internazionale	9	12	981
	Raúl	Real Madrid	9	12	1,054
6	Jan Koller	Borussia Dortmund	8	12	1,059
7	Javier Saviola	Barcelona	7	12	914
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	7	12	1,020
9	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	6	11	758
	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	6	10	878

See also

• 2002–03 UEFA Cup
• 2003 Intercontinental Cup
• 2003 UEFA Super Cup
• 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup