2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2002. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

Teams

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Key to colours
Qualify for the group stage
Eliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
  Bayern Munich 133.495
  Manchester United 125.729
  Barcelona 116.233
  Internazionale 88.334
  Feyenoord 70.082
  Milan 69.334
  Lokomotiv Moscow 57.645
  AEK Athens 52.058
  Rosenborg 47.737
  Newcastle United 43.729
  Sturm Graz 37.625
  Celtic 36.062
  Sporting CP 34.124
  Auxerre 32.176
  Slovan Liberec 29.312
  Shakhtar Donetsk 23.979
  Genk 21.762
  Fenerbahçe 19.362
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
  Dynamo Kyiv 59.979
  Sparta Prague 48.312
  Club Brugge 41.762
  Boavista 36.124
  GAK 25.625
  Brøndby 20.687
  Maccabi Haifa 18.666
  Legia Warsaw 17.750
  Lillestrøm 15.737
  Basel 14.312
  Partizan 14.165
  Zagreb 12.520
  Levski Sofia 11.582
  Maribor 10.916
  Dinamo București 8.958
  Hammarby 8.620
  Žilina 7.832
  Zalaegerszeg 6.874
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
  Skonto 8.582
  APOEL 4.666
  Tampere United 4.020
  Torpedo Kutaisi 3.499
  Sheriff Tiraspol 2.582
  ÍA Akranes 2.416
  Belshina Bobruisk 2.041
  FBK Kaunas 1.915
  Shelbourne 1.665
  Vardar 1.498
  Hibernians 1.249
  Barry Town 0.916
  Flora Tallinn 0.832
  Pyunik 0.666
  Željezničar Sarajevo 0.666
  Portadown 0.665
  B36 Tórshavn 0.582
  Dinamo Tirana 0.582
  F91 Dudelange 0.416
  Zhenis Astana 0.000

First qualifying round

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The draw for this round was performed on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeding

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Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.498 were seeded.[1]

Seeded Unseeded

  Skonto
  APOEL
  Tampere United
  Torpedo Kutaisi
  Sheriff Tiraspol
  ÍA Akranes
  Belshina Bobruisk
  FBK Kaunas
  Shelbourne
  Vardar

  Hibernians
  Barry Town
  Flora Tallinn
  Pyunik
  Željezničar Sarajevo
  Portadown
  B36 Tórshavn
  Dinamo Tirana
  F91 Dudelange
  Zhenis Astana

Summary

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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 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

Matches

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F91 Dudelange  1–1  Vardar
Rémy   54' Report Georgievski   68'
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Vardar  3–0  F91 Dudelange
Spasovski   71', 75'
Petkov   86'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Vardar won 4–1 on aggregate.


Hibernians  2–2  Shelbourne
Chukunyere   8'
Pulis   37'
Report Stuart Byrne (footballer)   7'
Gannon   66'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
Shelbourne  0–1  Hibernians
Report Chukunyere   90'
Attendance: 4,500

Hibernians won 3–2 on aggregate.


Portadown  0–0  Belshina Bobruisk
Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)
Belshina Bobruisk  3–2  Portadown
Strypeykis   6'
Karolik   22', 59'
Report Hamilton   39'
Fitzgerald   74'
Attendance: 437
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Belshina won 3–2 on aggregate.


Željezničar Sarajevo  3–0  ÍA Akranes
Guvo   4', 56'
Gredić   38'
Report
ÍA Akranes  0–1  Željezničar Sarajevo
Report Gredić   38'
Attendance: 370
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Željezničar won 4–0 on aggregate.


Skonto  5–0  Barry Town
Koļesņičenko   13'
Zemļinskis   61'
Korgalidze   66'
Kšanavičius   87'
Jeļisejevs   90'
Report
Barry Town  0–1  Skonto
Report Koļesņičenko   52'
Attendance: 1,157
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

Skonto won 6–0 on aggregate.


Flora Tallinn  0–0  APOEL
Report
Attendance: 800
APOEL  1–0  Flora Tallinn
Georgiou   51' Report
Attendance: 5,447
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.


Sheriff  2–1  Zhenis Astana
Priganiuc   57'
Tarkhnishvili   85' (pen.)
Report Lovchev   8'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Bülent Uzun (Turkey)
Zhenis Astana  3–2  Sheriff
Tlekhugov   32'
Lovchev   41'
Klishin   52'
Report Boreț   58'
Nesteruk   59'

4–4 on aggregate; Sheriff won on away goals.


Tampere United  0–4  Pyunik
Report Arm. Karamyan   32', 67'
Art. Karamyan   47'
Ar. Mkrtchyan   72'
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Romania)
Pyunik  2–0  Tampere United
Diawara   53'
Cisterna   90+1'
Report

Pyunik won 6–0 on aggregate.


FBK Kaunas  2–3  Dinamo Tirana
Velička   38', 42' (pen.) Report Ahmataj   55'
Pisha   56'
Qorri   76'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Aleh Chykun (Belarus)
Dinamo Tirana  0–0  FBK Kaunas
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Dinamo Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.


Torpedo Kutaisi  5–2  B36 Tórshavn
Asatiani   15', 46'
Ionanidze   33'
Kvetenadze   67'
Poroshyn   71'
Report Lakjuni   53'
Mortansson   74'
Attendance: 2,125
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
B36 Tórshavn  0–1  Torpedo Kutaisi
Report Janashia   79'
Attendance: 675
Referee: Paul McKeon (Ireland)

Torpedo Kutaisi won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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The draw for this round was performed on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeding

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Teams with a coefficient of at least 10.916 were seeded.[1]

Seeded Unseeded

  Dynamo Kyiv
  Sparta Prague
  Club Brugge
  Boavista
  GAK
  Brøndby
  Maccabi Haifa

  Legia Warsaw
  Lillestrøm
  Basel
  Partizan
  Zagreb
  Levski Sofia
  Maribor

  Dinamo București
  Hammarby
  Skonto[†]
  Žilina
  Zalaegerszeg
  APOEL[†]
  Pyunik[†]

  Torpedo Kutaisi[†]
  Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
  Željezničar Sarajevo[†]
  Belshina Bobruisk[†]
  Dinamo Tirana[†]
  Hibernians[†]
  Vardar[†]

Notes
  1. Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

Summary

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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   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

Matches

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Sheriff  1–4  GAK
Tarkhnishvili   51' (p) Report Bazina   3', 50'
Aufhauser   45'
Hastings   71'
Attendance: 11,500
GAK  2–0  Sheriff
Pötscher   58'
Bazina   88' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

GAK won 6–1 on aggregate.


Maccabi Haifa  4–0  Belshina Bobruisk
Cohen   19', 22'
Roso   45'
Abiodun   86'
Report
Attendance: 221
Referee: Anton Stredak (Slovakia)
Belshina Bobruisk  0–1  Maccabi Haifa
Report Pralija   7' (pen.)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

Maccabi Haifa won 5–0 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv  4–0  Pyunik
Cernat   15'
Shatskikh   65'
Leandro   84'
Bodnár   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Pyunik  2–2  Dynamo Kyiv
Art. Karamyan   31'
Arm. Karamyan   57'
Report Shatskikh   8'
Melaschenko   28'

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.


Zalaegerszeg  1–0  Zagreb
Ljubojević   17' Report
Zagreb  2–1  Zalaegerszeg
Milinović   2'
Lovrek   28'
Report Urbán   87' (pen.)

2–2 on aggregate; Zalaegerszeg won on away goals.


Boavista  4–0  Hibernians
Silva   16' (pen.), 29'
Alexandre   17'
Ávalos   89'
Report
Attendance: 6,172
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Hibernians  3–3  Boavista
Mifsud   32', 55' (pen.)
Chukunyere   52'
Report Jocivalter   28'
Luiz Cláudio   38'
Turra   41'

Boavista won 7–3 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague  3–0  Torpedo Kutaisi
Baranek   7', 20'
Pospíšil   75'
Report
Attendance: 9,690
Torpedo Kutaisi  1–2  Sparta Prague
Ionanidze   32' Report Zelenka   42'
Jun   57'
Attendance: 6,187

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.


Skonto  0–0  Levski Sofia
Report
Attendance: 4,354
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)
Levski Sofia  2–0  Skonto
Chilikov   12'
Simonović   31'
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Levski Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.


Vardar  1–3  Legia Warsaw
Ristovski   68' Report Kucharski   3'
Yahaya   37'
Svitlica   89'
Attendance: 4,000
Legia Warsaw  1–1  Vardar
Kucharski   33' Report da Costa   51'
Attendance: 5,640
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.


Hammarby  1–1  Partizan
Winsnes   17' Report Lazović   36'
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)
Partizan  4–0  Hammarby
Ivić   49'
Lazović   54'
Iliev   64'
Ilić   75'
Report
Attendance: 13,507

Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.


Žilina  1–1  Basel
Barčík   29' Report Klago   38' (o.g.)
Basel  3–0  Žilina
Giménez   12', 50'
M. Yakin   23'
Report
Attendance: 16,562

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.


Maribor  2–1  APOEL
Čorović   45', 61' Report Sirakov   90'
Attendance: 4,094
APOEL  4–2  Maribor
Malekkos   33' (pen.)
Elia   44'
Charalampidis   56'
Daskalakis   69'
Report Duro   31' (pen.), 81'
Attendance: 10,564

APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.


Lillestrøm  0–1  Željezničar Sarajevo
Report Gredić   49'
Attendance: 3,532
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Željezničar Sarajevo  1–0  Lillestrøm
Biščević   90+2' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

Željezničar won 2–0 on aggregate.


Club Brugge  3–1  Dinamo București
Lange   24'
Mendoza   44', 85'
Report Alexa   43'
Attendance: 10,837
Dinamo București  0–1  Club Brugge
Report Lange   20'

Club Brugge won 4–1 on aggregate.


Brøndby  1–0  Dinamo Tirana
Bagger   90+7' Report
Attendance: 13,047
Dinamo Tirana  0–4  Brøndby
Report Madsen   47'
Bagger   50', 87'
Skarbalius   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Brøndby won 5–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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The draw for this round was performed on 26 July 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

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Teams with a coefficient of at least 36.062 were seeded.[1]

Seeded Unseeded

  Bayern Munich
  Manchester United
  Barcelona
  Internazionale
  Feyenoord
  Milan
  Dynamo Kyiv[†]
  Lokomotiv Moscow

  AEK Athens
  Sparta Prague[†]
  Rosenborg
  Newcastle United
  Club Brugge[†]
  Sturm Graz
  Boavista[†]
  Celtic

  Sporting CP
  Auxerre
  Slovan Liberec
  GAK[†]
  Shakhtar Donetsk
  Genk
  Brøndby[†]
  Fenerbahçe

  Maccabi Haifa[†]
  Legia Warsaw[†]
  Željezničar Sarajevo[†]
  Basel[†]
  Partizan[†]
  Zalaegerszeg[†]
  Levski Sofia[†]
  APOEL[†]

Notes
  1. Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

Summary

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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 (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

Matches

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Genk  2–0  Sparta Prague
Thijs   33'
Bešlija   40'
Report
Attendance: 9,969
Sparta Prague  4–2  Genk
Poborský   56'
Jarošík   58', 64'
Mareš   84'
Report Dagano   25'
Sonck   57'
Attendance: 12,856

4–4 on aggregate; Genk won on away goals.


Feyenoord  1–0  Fenerbahçe
Ono   64' Report
Attendance: 28,500
Fenerbahçe  0–2  Feyenoord
Report Ono   48'
Buffel   88'

Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.


Maccabi Haifa  2–0  Sturm Graz
Yakubu   18', 90+3' Report
Sturm Graz  3–3  Maccabi Haifa
Bosnar   11'
Szabics   58'
Neukirchner   71'
Report Roso   26'
Keisi   78'
Badir   90'

Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.


Boavista  0–1  Auxerre
Report Cissé   71'
Attendance: 8,000
Auxerre  0–0  Boavista
Report

Auxerre won 1–0 on aggregate.


APOEL  2–3  AEK Athens
Ouzounidis   23'
Malekkos   90' (pen.)
Report Borbokis   44', 47'
Nikolaidis   90+3'
Attendance: 16,192
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
AEK Athens  1–0  APOEL
Wright   58' Report

AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.


Manchester United  5–0  Zalaegerszeg
van Nistelrooy   5', 75' (pen.)
Beckham   14'
Scholes   20'
Solskjær   83'
Report
Attendance: 66,814

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.


Sporting CP  0–0  Internazionale
Report
Attendance: 25,421
Internazionale  2–0  Sporting CP
Di Biagio   31'
Recoba   44'
Report
Attendance: 51,405

Internazionale won 2–0 on aggregate.


Partizan  0–3  Bayern Munich
Report Tarnat   21'
Jeremies   70'
Pizarro   77'
Attendance: 29,000
Bayern Munich  3–1  Partizan
Ballack   26'
Élber   71'
Salihamidžić   73' (pen.)
Report Čakar   72'
Attendance: 40,000

Bayern Munich won 6–1 on aggregate.


Shakhtar Donetsk  1–1  Club Brugge
Aghahowa   47' Report Simons   86' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,982
Club Brugge  1–1  Shakhtar Donetsk
Čeh   75' Report Vorobey   13'
Penalties
Maertens  
De Cock  
Simons  
Lange  
4–1   Florea
  Lewandowski
  Gai
Attendance: 17,463
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

2–2 on aggregate; Club Brugge won on penalties.


Newcastle United  4–0  Željezničar Sarajevo
Dyer   23'
LuaLua   37'
Viana   74'
Shearer   80'
Report
Attendance: 34,067

Newcastle United won 5–0 on aggregate.


Celtic  3–1  Basel
Larsson   3' (pen.)
Sutton   52'
Sylla   88'
Report Giménez   2'
Attendance: 49,200
Basel  2–0  Celtic
Giménez   9'
M. Yakin   22'
Report
Attendance: 30,510
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

3–3 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.


GAK  0–2  Lokomotiv Moscow
Report Lekgetho   6'
Loskov   42'
Lokomotiv Moscow  3–3  GAK
Ignashevich   6'
Evseev   32'
Júlio César   45'
Report Naumoski   38'
Bazina   48'
Aufhauser   63'
Attendance: 13,400

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.


Rosenborg  1–0  Brøndby
Brattbakk   52' Report
Attendance: 18,800
Brøndby  2–3  Rosenborg
Jonson   81'
Jørgensen   83'
Report F. Johnsen   29', 72'
Brattbakk   78'

Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia  0–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Report Cernat   60'
Dynamo Kyiv  1–0  Levski Sofia
Cernat   42' Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–0 on aggregate.


Milan  1–0  Slovan Liberec
Inzaghi   68' Report
Attendance: 30,064
Slovan Liberec  2–1  Milan
Slepička   47'
Langer   87'
Report Inzaghi   20'

2–2 on aggregate; Milan won on away goals.


Barcelona  3–0  Legia Warsaw
De Boer   8'
Riquelme   80'
Cocu   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 67,078
Legia Warsaw  0–1  Barcelona
Report Mendieta   68' (pen.)

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ F91 Dudelange played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City, instead of their regular venue Stade Jos Nosbaum in Dudelange.
  2. ^ a b Belshina Bobruisk played their home matches at City Stadium in Borisov, as their regular home venue Spartak Stadium in Bobruisk did not meet UEFA criteria.
  3. ^ a b c Željezničar Sarajevo played their home matches at Koševo City Stadium in Sarajevo, instead of their regular venue Stadion Grbavica.
  4. ^ B36 Tórshavn played their home match at Tórsvøllur stadium, instead of their regular home venue Gundadalur stadium.
  5. ^ a b Maccabi Haifa played their home matches at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus and Stadion Balgarska Armia in Sofia, Bulgaria instead of their regular venue Kiryat Eliezer Stadium in Haifa for security reasons, as UEFA prohibited hosting international matches in Israel.
  6. ^ a b Zalaegerszeg played their home matches at Stadion Üllöi Út and Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, instead of their regular venue ZTE Arena in Zalaegerszeg.
  7. ^ Zagreb played their home matches at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb, instead of their regular venue Stadion Kranjčevićeva in Zagreb.
  8. ^ Hammarby played their home match at Råsunda Stadium in Solna, instead of their regular venue Söderstadion in Stockholm.
  9. ^ Dinamo București played their home match at Stadionul Cotroceni in Bucharest, instead of their regular venue Stadionul Dinamo.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Seeding in the Champions League 2002/2003, UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies.
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  • 2002–03 season at UEFA website
  • European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  • UEFA Champions League Results Summary Booklet Quarter- and Semi-Finals Season 2002/2003. Union of European Football Associations. 2003.