2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage

The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage matches took place between 17 September and 13 November 2002. The draw for the group stage was made on 29 August 2002 in Monaco.[1][2]

The group stage featured the 16 automatic qualifiers and the 16 winners of the third qualifying round. Each team was drawn into one of eight groups but avoided teams from their own country. All four teams in the group played home and away matches against each other to determine the winner and runner-up in the group.

At the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in a second group stage, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the UEFA Cup.

Seeding

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.[3][4] Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

Key to colors
Teams advance to the second group stage
Teams enter the UEFA Cup round of 32
Pot 1
Team Coeff.
Spain Real Madrid 147.223
Germany Bayern Munich 133.495
Spain Barcelona 116.233
England Manchester United 111.899
Spain Valencia 106.233
Italy Juventus 91.334
England Arsenal 90.729
Italy Internazionale 88.334
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
Spain Deportivo La Coruña 82.233
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 81.495
England Liverpool 79.729
Turkey Galatasaray 78.362
Italy Roma 77.334
France Lyon 74.176
Germany Borussia Dortmund 73.495
Netherlands Feyenoord 70.082
Pot 3
Team Coeff.
Italy Milan 69.334
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 63.082
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 59.979
Russia Spartak Moscow 59.645
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 57.645
Greece Olympiacos 55.058
Greece AEK Athens 52.058
Netherlands Ajax 48.082
Pot 4
Team Coeff.
Norway Rosenborg 47.737
France Lens 44.176
England Newcastle United 43.729
Belgium Club Brugge 41.762
France Auxerre 32.176
Belgium Genk 21.762
Israel Maccabi Haifa 18.666
Switzerland Basel 14.312

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings:[5]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Arsenal 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10 Advance to second group stage
2 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 France Auxerre 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
Source: RSSSF
Auxerre France0–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Arsenal England2–0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Bergkamp 62'
Ljungberg 77'		 Report
Attendance: 34,907
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Borussia Dortmund Germany2–1France Auxerre
Koller 6'
Amoroso 78'		 Report Benjani 83'
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands0–4England Arsenal
Report Gilberto 1'
Ljungberg 66'
Henry 81', 90+2'
Attendance: 29,500
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–3Germany Borussia Dortmund
Van der Schaaf 74' Report Koller 21'
Rosický 69'
Amoroso 90+2'
Attendance: 26,100
Auxerre France0–1England Arsenal
Report Gilberto Silva 48'
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Koller 10' Report Bruggink 47'
Attendance: 47,000
Arsenal England1–2France Auxerre
Kanu 53' Report Kapo 8'
Fadiga 27'
Attendance: 35,302
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands3–0France Auxerre
Bruggink 34'
Rommedahl 48'
Robben 64'		 Report
Attendance: 27,500
Borussia Dortmund Germany2–1England Arsenal
Rosický 38', 62' (pen.) Report Henry 18'
Auxerre France1–0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Benjani 76' Report
Attendance: 16,959
Referee: Sorin Corpordean (Romania)
Arsenal England0–0Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 35,274

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Valencia 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to second group stage
2 Switzerland Basel 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9
3 England Liverpool 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 0 0 6 1 18 −17 0
Source: RSSSF
Valencia Spain2–0England Liverpool
Aimar 20'
Baraja 38'		 Report
Attendance: 35,333
Basel Switzerland2–0Russia Spartak Moscow
H. Yakin 50'
Rossi 55'		 Report
Attendance: 29,500
Spartak Moscow Russia0–3Spain Valencia
Report Angulo 6'
Mista 71'
Juan Sánchez 85'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 10,100
Liverpool England1–1Switzerland Basel
Baroš 34' Report Rossi 43'
Attendance: 37,634
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)
Liverpool England5–0Russia Spartak Moscow
Heskey 7', 89'
Cheyrou 15'
Hyypiä 28'
Diao 81'		 Report
Attendance: 40,812
Valencia Spain6–2Switzerland Basel
Carew 10', 13'
Aurélio 17'
Baraja 28'
Aimar 58'
Mista 60'		 Report Rossi 46'
H. Yakin 90'
Attendance: 27,394
Spartak Moscow Russia1–3England Liverpool
Danishevsky 23' Report Owen 29', 70', 90+1'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 10,000
Basel Switzerland2–2Spain Valencia
Ergić 32', 90' Report Baraja 36'
Curro Torres 72'
Attendance: 29,503
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
Liverpool England0–1Spain Valencia
Report Rufete 34'
Attendance: 41,831
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Spartak Moscow Russia0–2Switzerland Basel
Report Rossi 18'
Giménez 89'
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 3,500
Valencia Spain3–0Russia Spartak Moscow
Juan Sánchez 38', 46'
Aurélio 78'		 Report
Attendance: 26,378
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Basel Switzerland3–3England Liverpool
Rossi 2'
Giménez 22'
Atouba 29'		 Report Murphy 61'
Šmicer 64'
Owen 85'
Attendance: 29,534

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 2 3 1 15 7 +8 9 Advance to second group stage
2 Italy Roma 6 2 3 1 3 4 −1 9
3 Greece AEK Athens 6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Belgium Genk 6 0 4 2 2 9 −7 4
Source: RSSSF
Genk Belgium0–0Greece AEK Athens
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Roma Italy0–3Spain Real Madrid
Report Guti 41', 74'
Raúl 56'
Attendance: 71,130
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Real Madrid Spain6–0Belgium Genk
Zokora 44' (o.g.)
Salgado 45+1'
Figo 55'
Guti 64'
Celades 74'
Raúl 76'		 Report
Attendance: 65,309
AEK Athens Greece0–0Italy Roma
Report
Attendance: 9,444
AEK Athens Greece3–3Spain Real Madrid
Tsiartas 6'
Maladenis 25'
Nikolaidis 28'		 Report Zidane 15', 39'
Guti 60'
Attendance: 12,784
Genk Belgium0–1Italy Roma
Report Cassano 81'
Attendance: 22,260
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Real Madrid Spain2–2Greece AEK Athens
McManaman 24', 43' Report Katsouranis 74'
Centeno 86'
Attendance: 58,343
Roma Italy0–0Belgium Genk
Report
Attendance: 25,592
Referee: Željko Širić (FR Yugoslavia)
AEK Athens Greece1–1Belgium Genk
Lakis 30' Report Sonck 22'
Real Madrid Spain0–1Italy Roma
Report Totti 27'
Attendance: 72,035
Genk Belgium1–1Spain Real Madrid
Sonck 86' Report Tote 21'
Attendance: 21,723
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Roma Italy1–1Greece AEK Athens
Delvecchio 40' Report Centeno 90'
Attendance: 32,734

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Internazionale 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to second group stage
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
3 France Lyon 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Norway Rosenborg 6 0 4 2 4 12 −8 4
Source: RSSSF
Rosenborg Norway2–2Italy Internazionale
Karadas 52', 65' Report Crespo 33', 79'
Ajax Netherlands2–1France Lyon
Ibrahimović 11', 34' Report Anderson 84'
Attendance: 37,104
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Lyon France5–0Norway Rosenborg
Carrière 6'
Vairelles 26', 45'
Anderson 34'
Luyindula 75'		 Report
Attendance: 37,505
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)
Internazionale Italy1–0Netherlands Ajax
Crespo 75' Report
Attendance: 45,784
Internazionale Italy1–2France Lyon
Cannavaro 73' Report Govou 21'
Anderson 60'
Attendance: 31,448
Rosenborg Norway0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Lyon France3–3Italy Internazionale
Anderson 21', 75'
Carrière 44'		 Report Caçapa 31' (o.g.)
Crespo 56', 66'
Attendance: 37,770
Ajax Netherlands1–1Norway Rosenborg
Ibrahimović 41' Report Enerly 85' (pen.)
Internazionale Italy3–0Norway Rosenborg
Recoba 31'
Saarinen 52' (o.g.)
Crespo 72'		 Report
Attendance: 33,686
Lyon France0–2Netherlands Ajax
Report Pienaar 7'
Van der Vaart 90+3'
Attendance: 38,134
Rosenborg Norway1–1France Lyon
Brattbakk 69' Report Govou 84'
Attendance: 21,008
Ajax Netherlands1–2Italy Internazionale
Van der Vaart 90+4' Report Crespo 50', 52'
Attendance: 50,272

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Advance to second group stage
2 England Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9
3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Source: RSSSF
Feyenoord Netherlands1–1Italy Juventus
Van Hooijdonk 75' Report Camoranesi 32'
Attendance: 40,759
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0England Newcastle United
Shatskikh 17'
Khatskevich 62'		 Report
Newcastle United England0–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Pardo 4'
Attendance: 40,540
Juventus Italy5–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Di Vaio 14', 52'
Del Piero 22'
Davids 67'
Nedvěd 79'		 Report
Attendance: 26,876
Juventus Italy2–0England Newcastle United
Del Piero 66', 81' Report
Attendance: 41,424
Feyenoord Netherlands0–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Attendance: 41,200
Newcastle United England1–0Italy Juventus
Griffin 62' Report
Attendance: 48,370
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Khatskevich 16'
Byalkevich 47'		 Report
Attendance: 73,880
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Juventus Italy2–0Netherlands Feyenoord
Di Vaio 4', 69' Report
Attendance: 35,789
Newcastle United England2–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Speed 58'
Shearer 69' (pen.)		 Report Shatskikh 47'
Feyenoord Netherlands2–3England Newcastle United
Bombarda 65'
Lurling 71'		 Report Bellamy 45+1', 90+1'
Viana 49'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–2Italy Juventus
Shatskikh 50' Report Salas 53'
Zalayeta 61'
Attendance: 76,000

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15 Advance to second group stage
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9
3 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4
Source: RSSSF
Manchester United England5–2Israel Maccabi Haifa
Giggs 10'
Solskjær 35'
Verón 46'
Van Nistelrooy 54'
Forlán 89' (pen.)		 Report Katan 8'
Cohen 85'
Attendance: 63,439
Olympiacos Greece6–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Kleine 27' (o.g.)
Giannakopoulos 38'
Đorđević 44', 64' (pen.), 73'
Zetterberg 87'		 Report Eleftheropoulos 22' (o.g.)
Schneider 78' (pen.)
Bayer Leverkusen Germany1–2England Manchester United
Berbatov 52' Report Van Nistelrooy 31', 44'
Attendance: 21,094
Maccabi Haifa Israel3–0Greece Olympiacos
Yakubu 27' (pen.), 60', 86' Report
Attendance: 14,893
Maccabi Haifa Israel0–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report Babić 31', 64'
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Manchester United England4–0Greece Olympiacos
Giggs 19', 66'
Verón 26'
Solskjær 77'		 Report
Attendance: 66,902
Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–1Israel Maccabi Haifa
Babić 45'
Juan 67'		 Report Pralija 53'
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Olympiacos Greece2–3England Manchester United
Choutos 70'
Đorđević 74'		 Report Blanc 21'
Verón 59'
Scholes 84'
Maccabi Haifa Israel3–0England Manchester United
Katan 40'
Žutautas 56'
Yakubu 77' (pen.)		 Report
Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–0Greece Olympiacos
Juan 14'
Schneider 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 22,500
Manchester United England2–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Verón 42'
Van Nistelrooy 69'		 Report
Attendance: 66,185
Olympiacos Greece3–3Israel Maccabi Haifa
Alexandris 37'
Niniadis 51'
Antzas 79'		 Report Badir 9'
Yakubu 10'
Katan 41'

1 Maccabi Haifa played their home group matches at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus after UEFA banned international matches from being played in Israel.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Advance to second group stage
2 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12
3 France Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Germany Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2
Source: RSSSF
Bayern Munich Germany2–3Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Salihamidžić 57'
Élber 64'		 Report Makaay 12', 45+1', 77'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Milan Italy2–1France Lens
Inzaghi 57', 61' Report Moreira 75'
Attendance: 70,214
Lens France1–1Germany Bayern Munich
Utaka 76' Report Linke 23'
Deportivo La Coruña Spain0–4Italy Milan
Report Seedorf 17'
Inzaghi 33', 55', 62'
Attendance: 27,614
Deportivo La Coruña Spain3–1France Lens
Makaay 41'
Capdevila 79'
César 84'		 Report Moreira 10'
Attendance: 24,734
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Bayern Munich Germany1–2Italy Milan
Pizarro 54' Report Inzaghi 52', 84'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 59,000
Lens France3–1Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Coulibaly 61'
Moreira 79'
Thomert 84'		 Report Makaay 15'
Attendance: 37,982
Milan Italy2–1Germany Bayern Munich
Serginho 11'
Inzaghi 64'		 Report Tarnat 23'
Attendance: 75,611
Deportivo La Coruña Spain2–1Germany Bayern Munich
Sánchez 54'
Makaay 89'		 Report Santa Cruz 77'
Attendance: 26,948
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Lens France2–1Italy Milan
Moreira 41'
Utaka 49'		 Report Shevchenko 31'
Attendance: 39,474
Bayern Munich Germany3–3France Lens
R. Kovač 6'
Warmuz 19' (o.g.)
Feulner 87'		 Report Fink 20' (o.g.)
Bakari 54'
Blanchard 90'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 22,000
Milan Italy1–2Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Tomasson 34' Report Tristán 58'
Makaay 70'
Attendance: 56,294
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 Advance to second group stage
2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Source: RSSSF
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia0–2Turkey Galatasaray
Report Sarr 72'
Erdem 81'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 18,000
Barcelona Spain3–2Belgium Club Brugge
Luis Enrique 5'
Mendieta 40'
Saviola 44'		 Report Simons 22' (pen.)
Englebert 85'
Attendance: 83,540
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
Club Brugge Belgium0–0Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Report
Attendance: 25,878
Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)
Galatasaray Turkey0–2Spain Barcelona
Report Kluivert 27'
Luis Enrique 59'
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia1–3Spain Barcelona
Obiorah 56' Report Kluivert 29'
Saviola 32', 49'
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)
Galatasaray Turkey0–0Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 19,163
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Club Brugge Belgium3–1Turkey Galatasaray
Martens 45+1'
Verheyen 72'
Sæternes 90+1'		 Report Fabio Pinto 56'
Attendance: 27,508
Barcelona Spain1–0Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
F. de Boer 76' Report
Attendance: 62,426
Galatasaray Turkey1–2Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Şaş 73' Report Loskov 70'
Evseev 75'
Club Brugge Belgium0–1Spain Barcelona
Report Riquelme 64'
Attendance: 27,344
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–0Belgium Club Brugge
Júlio César 44'
Loskov 90+2'		 Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Barcelona Spain3–1Turkey Galatasaray
García 10'
Gerard 44'
Geovanni 56'		 Report Cihan 20'
Attendance: 42,928
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Notes

  1. ^ CET (UTC+1) for matches from 29 October 2002, and CEST (UTC+2) for matches to 23 October 2002.

References

  1. ^ "Europe's big guns kept apart". BBC Sport. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Champions League group guide". BBC Sport. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  3. ^ "United and Bayern join top seeds". UEFA. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  4. ^ "UEFA Club Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.
  5. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2002/03" (PDF). UEFA. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
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