UEFA Champions League 2002–03

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.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

econd qualifying round

¹Match played at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

Third qualifying round

¹Match played in Sofia, Bulgaria after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

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 UEFA Cup.

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 going into the competition.

Group B

Group E

Group H

Group A

Group D

First leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)"footballbox
date = 2003-04-08
time = 20:45
team1 = Ajax flagicon|NED
score = 0 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|ITA Milan
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
attendance =
referee = Terje Hauge (Norway) ----footballbox
date = 2003-04-08
time = 20:45
team1 = Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score = 3 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ENG Manchester United
goals1 = Figo goal|12
Raúl goal|28 goal|49
goals2 = van Nistelrooy goal|52
stadium = Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid
attendance =
referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden) ----footballbox
date = 2003-04-09
time = 20:45
team1 = Juventus flagicon|ITA
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Barcelona
goals1 = Montero goal|16
goals2 = Saviola goal|78
stadium = Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
attendance =
referee = Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) ----footballbox
date = 2003-04-09
time = 20:45
team1 = Internazionale flagicon|ITA
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Valencia
goals1 = Vieri goal|14
goals2 =
stadium = San Siro, Milan
attendance =
referee = Markus Merk (Germany)

econd leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)footballbox
date = 2003-04-22
time = 20:45
team1 = Barcelona flagicon|ESP
score = 1 – 2 (a.e.t.)
report =
team2 = flagicon|ITA Juventus
goals1 = Xavi goal|66
goals2 = Nedvěd goal|53
Zalayeta goal|114
stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance =
referee = Graham Poll (England) "Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date = 2003-04-22
time = 20:45
team1 = Valencia flagicon|ESP
score = 2 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ITA Internazionale
goals1 = Aimar goal|7
Baraja goal|51
goals2 = Vieri goal|5
stadium = Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
attendance =
referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) "Internazionale 2–2 Valencia on aggregate. Internazionale won on away goals."----footballbox
date = 2003-04-23
time = 20:45
team1 = Milan flagicon|ITA
score = 3 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|NED Ajax
goals1 = Inzaghi goal|30
Shevchenko goal|65
Tomasson goal|90+1
goals2 = Litmanen goal|63
Pienaar goal|78
stadium = San Siro, Milan
attendance =
referee = Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) "Milan won 3–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date = 2003-04-23
time = 21:45
team1 = Manchester United flagicon|ENG
score = 4 – 3
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1 = van Nistelrooy goal|43
Helguera goal|52|o.g.
Beckham goal|71 goal|85
goals2 = Ronaldo goal|12 goal|50 goal|59
stadium = Old Trafford, Manchester
attendance =
referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy) "Real Madrid won 6–5 on aggregate."

emi-finals

*Both Milanese sides play in the same stadium (the San Siro), but Milan were the designated away side in the second leg, and so won on "away" goals.

First leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)footballbox
date = 2003-05-06
time = 20:45
team1 = Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score = 2 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ITA Juventus
goals1 = Ronaldo goal|23
Roberto Carlos goal|73
goals2 = Trezeguet goal|45
stadium = Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid
attendance =
referee = Terje Hauge (Norway) ----footballbox
date = 2003-05-07
time = 20:45
team1 = Milan flagicon|ITA
score = 0 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|ITA Internazionale
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = San Siro, Milan
attendance =
referee = Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

econd leg

"All times Central European Time (UTC+1)footballbox
date = 2003-05-13
time = 20:45
team1 = Internazionale flagicon|ITA
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ITA Milan
goals1 = Martins goal|84
goals2 = Shevchenko goal|45+1
stadium = San Siro, Milan
attendance =
referee = Gilles Veissière (France) ----footballbox
date = 2003-05-14
time = 20:45
team1 = Juventus flagicon|ITA
score = 3 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
goals1 = Trezeguet goal|12
Del Piero goal|43
Nedvěd goal|73
goals2 = Zidane goal|89
stadium = Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
attendance =
referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Final

footballbox
date = 2003-05-28
time = 20:45 WEST
team1 = Juventus flagicon|ITA
score = 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2002/round=1640/match=1045288/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|ITA Milan
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
attendance = 63,215
referee = Markus Merk flagicon|GER

penshootoutbox
penaltyscore=2 – 3
penalties1=Trezeguet penmiss
Birindelli pengoal
Zalayeta penmiss
Montero penmiss
Del Piero pengoal
penalties2=pengoal Serginho
penmiss Seedorf
penmiss Kaladze
pengoal Nesta
pengoal Shevchenko

Trivia

*Barcelona broke Milan's record of going the most number of games undefeated in the UEFA Champions League.
*AEK Athens became the first team to get 6 draws in a group stage.
*Newcastle United became the first team to have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games.
*Maccabi Haifa became the first Israeli team to participate in the UEFA Champions League
*The final was the second UEFA Champions League to be contested by teams from the same country. The first was in 2000 in an all Spanish final between Real Madrid and Valencia.
*Bayer Leverkusen failed to gain a single point in Group A of the second group stage. This made them the only side to finish the second group stage with zero points since the second group stage was introduced in 1999-2000.
*Milan and Internazionale met in the semi finals, making it the first time a local derby took place during the Champions League.fact|date=September 2008

ee also

*UEFA Cup 2002-03
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=2002/intro.html 2002-03 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200203.html#cc European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]