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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.
Old Trafford in Greater Manchester hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| 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.
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]
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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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:
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous 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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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
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 | |||
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 Tallinn  |
0–1 |  APOEL |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Sheriff Tiraspol  |
4–4 (a) |  Zhenis Astana |
2–1 | 2–3 |
Tampere United  |
0–6 |  Pyunik |
0–4 | 0–2 |
FBK Kaunas  |
2–3 |  Dinamo Tirana |
2–3 | 0–0 |
Torpedo Kutaisi  |
6–2 |  B36 Tórshavn |
5–2 | 1–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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  |
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 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 (aet) |
| 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 |
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:
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.
| Pos | Team | 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 | — |
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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:
| 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 (aet)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid |
3–4 | Juventus |
2–1 | 1–3 |
| Milan |
1–1 (a) | Internazionale |
0–0 | 1–1* |
*Both clubs played their home leg in the same stadium (the San Siro), but Milan were the designated away side in the second leg, and thus won on away goals.
The final was played on 28 May 2003 at the Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
| Rank | 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 |
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