The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League was the 11th season of
UEFA
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's premier European club
football
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tournament, the
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
, since its rebranding in 1992, and the 48th European Cup tournament overall. The competition was won by
Milan
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, who beat
Juventus
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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
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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
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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
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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:
*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.
Distribution
Since the title holders (
Real Madrid
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) 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
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
;Notes
Round and draw dates
All draws held at UEFA headquarters in
Nyon
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,
Switzerland
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unless stated otherwise.
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
First group stage
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
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Tiebreakers, if necessary, are applied in the following order:
#Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
#Total goals scored in all group matches.
#Higher
UEFA coefficient
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going into the competition.
Basel
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,
Genk
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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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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:
#Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
#Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
#Total goals scored in all group matches.
#Higher
UEFA coefficient
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going into the competition.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
See also
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2002–03 UEFA Cup
*
2003 Intercontinental Cup
*
2003 UEFA Super Cup
*
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup
*
2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup
References
External links
2002–03 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 2002–03 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according t
+ all scorer
- results and line-ups (archive)
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