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 edit

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.
  Real Madrid 147.223
  Bayern Munich 133.495
  Barcelona 116.233
  Manchester United 111.899
  Valencia 106.233
  Juventus 91.334
  Arsenal 90.729
  Internazionale 88.334
Pot 2
Team Coeff.
  Deportivo La Coruña 82.233
  Bayer Leverkusen 81.495
  Liverpool 79.729
  Galatasaray 78.362
  Roma 77.334
  Lyon 74.176
  Borussia Dortmund 73.495
  Feyenoord 70.082
Pot 3
Team Coeff.
  Milan 69.334
  PSV Eindhoven 63.082
  Dynamo Kyiv 59.979
  Spartak Moscow 59.645
  Lokomotiv Moscow 57.645
  Olympiacos 55.058
  AEK Athens 52.058
  Ajax 48.082
Pot 4
Team Coeff.
  Rosenborg 47.737
  Lens 44.176
  Newcastle United 43.729
  Club Brugge 41.762
  Auxerre 32.176
  Genk 21.762
  Maccabi Haifa 18.666
  Basel 14.312

Tie-breaking criteria edit

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 edit

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

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Arsenal 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10 Advance to second group stage
2   Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3   Auxerre 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   PSV Eindhoven 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6
Source: RSSSF
Auxerre  0–0  PSV Eindhoven
Report
Arsenal  2–0  Borussia Dortmund
Bergkamp   62'
Ljungberg   77'
Report
Attendance: 34,907
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Borussia Dortmund  2–1  Auxerre
Koller   6'
Amoroso   78'
Report Benjani   83'
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
PSV Eindhoven  0–4  Arsenal
Report Gilberto   1'
Ljungberg   66'
Henry   81', 90+2'
Attendance: 29,500

PSV Eindhoven  1–3  Borussia Dortmund
Van der Schaaf   74' Report Koller   21'
Rosický   69'
Amoroso   90+2'
Attendance: 26,100
Auxerre  0–1  Arsenal
Report Gilberto Silva   48'

Borussia Dortmund  1–1  PSV Eindhoven
Koller   10' Report Bruggink   47'
Attendance: 47,000
Arsenal  1–2  Auxerre
Kanu   53' Report Kapo   8'
Fadiga   27'
Attendance: 35,302

PSV Eindhoven  3–0  Auxerre
Bruggink   34'
Rommedahl   48'
Robben   64'
Report
Attendance: 27,500
Borussia Dortmund  2–1  Arsenal
Rosický   38', 62' (pen.) Report Henry   18'

Auxerre  1–0  Borussia Dortmund
Benjani   76' Report
Arsenal  0–0  PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 35,274

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Valencia 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to second group stage
2   Basel 6 2 3 1 12 12 0 9
3   Liverpool 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Spartak Moscow 6 0 0 6 1 18 −17 0
Source: RSSSF
Valencia  2–0  Liverpool
Aimar   20'
Baraja   38'
Report
Attendance: 35,333
Basel  2–0  Spartak Moscow
H. Yakin   50'
Rossi   55'
Report
Attendance: 29,500

Spartak Moscow  0–3  Valencia
Report Angulo   6'
Mista   71'
Juan Sánchez   85'
Attendance: 10,100
Liverpool  1–1  Basel
Baroš   34' Report Rossi   43'
Attendance: 37,634

Liverpool  5–0  Spartak Moscow
Heskey   7', 89'
Cheyrou   15'
Hyypiä   28'
Diao   81'
Report
Attendance: 40,812
Valencia  6–2  Basel
Carew   10', 13'
Aurélio   17'
Baraja   28'
Aimar   58'
Mista   60'
Report Rossi   46'
H. Yakin   90'
Attendance: 27,394

Spartak Moscow  1–3  Liverpool
Danishevsky   23' Report Owen   29', 70', 90+1'
Attendance: 10,000
Basel  2–2  Valencia
Ergić   32', 90' Report Baraja   36'
Curro Torres   72'
Attendance: 29,503

Liverpool  0–1  Valencia
Report Rufete   34'
Attendance: 41,831
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Spartak Moscow  0–2  Basel
Report Rossi   18'
Giménez   89'
Attendance: 3,500

Valencia  3–0  Spartak Moscow
Juan Sánchez   38', 46'
Aurélio   78'
Report
Attendance: 26,378
Basel  3–3  Liverpool
Rossi   2'
Giménez   22'
Atouba   29'
Report Murphy   61'
Šmicer   64'
Owen   85'
Attendance: 29,534

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Real Madrid 6 2 3 1 15 7 +8 9 Advance to second group stage
2   Roma 6 2 3 1 3 4 −1 9
3   AEK Athens 6 0 6 0 7 7 0 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Genk 6 0 4 2 2 9 −7 4
Source: RSSSF
Genk  0–0  AEK Athens
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Roma  0–3  Real Madrid
Report Guti   41', 74'
Raúl   56'
Attendance: 71,130
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Real Madrid  6–0  Genk
Zokora   44' (o.g.)
Salgado   45+1'
Figo   55'
Guti   64'
Celades   74'
Raúl   76'
Report
Attendance: 65,309
AEK Athens  0–0  Roma
Report
Attendance: 9,444

AEK Athens  3–3  Real Madrid
Tsiartas   6'
Maladenis   25'
Nikolaidis   28'
Report Zidane   15', 39'
Guti   60'
Attendance: 12,784
Genk  0–1  Roma
Report Cassano   81'
Attendance: 22,260
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Real Madrid  2–2  AEK Athens
McManaman   24', 43' Report Katsouranis   74'
Centeno   86'
Attendance: 58,343
Roma  0–0  Genk
Report
Attendance: 25,592

AEK Athens  1–1  Genk
Lakis   30' Report Sonck   22'
Real Madrid  0–1  Roma
Report Totti   27'
Attendance: 72,035

Genk  1–1  Real Madrid
Sonck   86' Report Tote   21'
Attendance: 21,723
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Roma  1–1  AEK Athens
Delvecchio   40' Report Centeno   90'
Attendance: 32,734

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Internazionale 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11 Advance to second group stage
2   Ajax 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
3   Lyon 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Rosenborg 6 0 4 2 4 12 −8 4
Source: RSSSF
Rosenborg  2–2  Internazionale
Karadas   52', 65' Report Crespo   33', 79'
Ajax  2–1  Lyon
Ibrahimović   11', 34' Report Anderson   84'
Attendance: 37,104
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Lyon  5–0  Rosenborg
Carrière   6'
Vairelles   26', 45'
Anderson   34'
Luyindula   75'
Report
Attendance: 37,505
Internazionale  1–0  Ajax
Crespo   75' Report
Attendance: 45,784

Internazionale  1–2  Lyon
Cannavaro   73' Report Govou   21'
Anderson   60'
Attendance: 31,448
Rosenborg  0–0  Ajax
Report

Lyon  3–3  Internazionale
Anderson   21', 75'
Carrière   44'
Report Caçapa   31' (o.g.)
Crespo   56', 66'
Attendance: 37,770
Ajax  1–1  Rosenborg
Ibrahimović   41' Report Enerly   85' (pen.)

Internazionale  3–0  Rosenborg
Recoba   31'
Saarinen   52' (o.g.)
Crespo   72'
Report
Attendance: 33,686
Lyon  0–2  Ajax
Report Pienaar   7'
Van der Vaart   90+3'
Attendance: 38,134

Rosenborg  1–1  Lyon
Brattbakk   69' Report Govou   84'
Attendance: 21,008
Ajax  1–2  Internazionale
Van der Vaart   90+4' Report Crespo   50', 52'
Attendance: 50,272

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Advance to second group stage
2   Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9
3   Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Source: RSSSF
Feyenoord  1–1  Juventus
Van Hooijdonk   75' Report Camoranesi   32'
Attendance: 40,759
Dynamo Kyiv  2–0  Newcastle United
Shatskikh   17'
Khatskevich   62'
Report

Newcastle United  0–1  Feyenoord
Report Pardo   4'
Attendance: 40,540
Juventus  5–0  Dynamo Kyiv
Di Vaio   14', 52'
Del Piero   22'
Davids   67'
Nedvěd   79'
Report
Attendance: 26,876

Juventus  2–0  Newcastle United
Del Piero   66', 81' Report
Attendance: 41,424
Feyenoord  0–0  Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Attendance: 41,200

Newcastle United  1–0  Juventus
Griffin   62' Report
Attendance: 48,370
Dynamo Kyiv  2–0  Feyenoord
Khatskevich   16'
Byalkevich   47'
Report
Attendance: 73,880
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Juventus  2–0  Feyenoord
Di Vaio   4', 69' Report
Attendance: 35,789
Newcastle United  2–1  Dynamo Kyiv
Speed   58'
Shearer   69' (pen.)
Report Shatskikh   47'

Feyenoord  2–3  Newcastle United
Bombarda   65'
Lurling   71'
Report Bellamy   45+1', 90+1'
Viana   49'
Attendance: 45,000
Dynamo Kyiv  1–2  Juventus
Shatskikh   50' Report Salas   53'
Zalayeta   61'
Attendance: 76,000

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester United 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15 Advance to second group stage
2   Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9
3   Maccabi Haifa 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4
Source: RSSSF
Manchester United  5–2  Maccabi Haifa
Giggs   10'
Solskjær   35'
Verón   46'
Van Nistelrooy   54'
Forlán   89' (pen.)
Report Katan   8'
Cohen   85'
Attendance: 63,439
Olympiacos  6–2  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  1–2  Manchester United
Berbatov   52' Report Van Nistelrooy   31', 44'
Attendance: 21,094
Maccabi Haifa  3–0  Olympiacos
Yakubu   27' (pen.), 60', 86' Report
Attendance: 14,893

Maccabi Haifa  0–2  Bayer Leverkusen
Report Babić   31', 64'
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Manchester United  4–0  Olympiacos
Giggs   19', 66'
Verón   26'
Solskjær   77'
Report
Attendance: 66,902

Bayer Leverkusen  2–1  Maccabi Haifa
Babić   45'
Juan   67'
Report Pralija   53'
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Olympiacos  2–3  Manchester United
Choutos   70'
Đorđević   74'
Report Blanc   21'
Verón   59'
Scholes   84'

Maccabi Haifa  3–0  Manchester United
Katan   40'
Žutautas   56'
Yakubu   77' (pen.)
Report
Bayer Leverkusen  2–0  Olympiacos
Juan   14'
Schneider   90' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 22,500

Manchester United  2–0  Bayer Leverkusen
Verón   42'
Van Nistelrooy   69'
Report
Attendance: 66,185
Olympiacos  3–3  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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Advance to second group stage
2   Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12
3   Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2
Source: RSSSF
Bayern Munich  2–3  Deportivo La Coruña
Salihamidžić   57'
Élber   64'
Report Makaay   12', 45+1', 77'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Milan  2–1  Lens
Inzaghi   57', 61' Report Moreira   75'
Attendance: 70,214

Lens  1–1  Bayern Munich
Utaka   76' Report Linke   23'
Deportivo La Coruña  0–4  Milan
Report Seedorf   17'
Inzaghi   33', 55', 62'
Attendance: 27,614

Deportivo La Coruña  3–1  Lens
Makaay   41'
Capdevila   79'
César   84'
Report Moreira   10'
Attendance: 24,734
Bayern Munich  1–2  Milan
Pizarro   54' Report Inzaghi   52', 84'
Attendance: 59,000

Lens  3–1  Deportivo La Coruña
Coulibaly   61'
Moreira   79'
Thomert   84'
Report Makaay   15'
Attendance: 37,982
Milan  2–1  Bayern Munich
Serginho   11'
Inzaghi   64'
Report Tarnat   23'
Attendance: 75,611

Deportivo La Coruña  2–1  Bayern Munich
Sánchez   54'
Makaay   89'
Report Santa Cruz   77'
Attendance: 26,948
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Lens  2–1  Milan
Moreira   41'
Utaka   49'
Report Shevchenko   31'
Attendance: 39,474

Bayern Munich  3–3  Lens
R. Kovač   6'
Warmuz   19' (o.g.)
Feulner   87'
Report Fink   20' (o.g.)
Bakari   54'
Blanchard   90'
Attendance: 22,000
Milan  1–2  Deportivo La Coruña
Tomasson   34' Report Tristán   58'
Makaay   70'
Attendance: 56,294
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Barcelona 6 6 0 0 13 4 +9 18 Advance to second group stage
2   Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
3   Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4   Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Source: RSSSF
Lokomotiv Moscow  0–2  Galatasaray
Report Sarr   72'
Erdem   81'
Barcelona  3–2  Club Brugge
Luis Enrique   5'
Mendieta   40'
Saviola   44'
Report Simons   22' (pen.)
Englebert   85'
Attendance: 83,540

Club Brugge  0–0  Lokomotiv Moscow
Report
Attendance: 25,878
Galatasaray  0–2  Barcelona
Report Kluivert   27'
Luis Enrique   59'

Lokomotiv Moscow  1–3  Barcelona
Obiorah   56' Report Kluivert   29'
Saviola   32', 49'
Attendance: 21,000
Galatasaray  0–0  Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 19,163
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)

Club Brugge  3–1  Galatasaray
Martens   45+1'
Verheyen   72'
Sæternes   90+1'
Report Fabio Pinto   56'
Attendance: 27,508
Barcelona  1–0  Lokomotiv Moscow
F. de Boer   76' Report
Attendance: 62,426

Galatasaray  1–2  Lokomotiv Moscow
Şaş   73' Report Loskov   70'
Evseev   75'
Club Brugge  0–1  Barcelona
Report Riquelme   64'
Attendance: 27,344
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Lokomotiv Moscow  2–0  Club Brugge
Júlio César   44'
Loskov   90+2'
Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Barcelona  3–1  Galatasaray
García   10'
Gerard   44'
Geovanni   56'
Report Cihan   20'
Attendance: 42,928

Notes edit

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

References edit

  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.