The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th 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 from the European Cup in 1992, and the 49th tournament overall. This was the first UEFA Champions League edition to feature a new format with a 16-team knockout round instead of a second group stage.
The competition was won by Portugal's
Porto
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, who defeated
Monaco
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of France 3–0 at the
Arena AufSchalke in
Gelsenkirchen
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, Germany. This was Portugal's first win since 1987, and Porto's second European trophy in two years, following their
UEFA Cup
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success from the previous season. This was the second consecutive victory in a European cup for Porto coach
José Mourinho
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, who beat Monaco coached by
Didier Deschamps, a two-time winner of the competition as a player. As winners of the competition, Porto went on to represent UEFA in the
2004 Intercontinental Cup.
Milan
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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by
Deportivo La Coruña
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in the quarter-finals.
Association team allocation
A total of 72 teams from 48 UEFA member associations participated in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. Liechtenstein (who does not have their own domestic league) as well as Andorra and San Marino did not participate. Also not admitted was Azerbaijan, which was suspended by UEFA. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league
coefficient
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; associations with a higher league coefficient may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams.
*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 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino) each have one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2002
UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1997–98 to 2001–02.
Distribution
Since the title holders (
Milan
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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 the suspension of Azerbaijan, the following changes to the default access list are made:
*The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
*The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Slovenia) 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
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are 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
Group stage
Title holders, 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 9 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 advanced to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams advanced to the Third Round of the
UEFA Cup
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.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, were 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.
Real Sociedad
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,
Celta Vigo,
VfB Stuttgart
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and
Partizan made their debut appearance in the group stage. This season became the first in the history of the Champions League in which three Greek clubs played in the group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout phase
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers
See also
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2003–04 UEFA Cup
The 2003–04 UEFA Cup was won by Valencia in the final against Marseille. It wrapped up a league and UEFA Cup double for Valencia.
Porto could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and a ...
*
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
*
2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup
References
External links
2003–04 All matches – season at UEFA website* All scorers 2003–04 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according t
+ all scorer
nbsp;– results and line-ups (archive)
2003/04 List of participants
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