2003–04 UEFA Champions League

The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, 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.[1]

2003–04 UEFA Champions League
The final was played at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
16 July – 27 August 2003
Competition proper:
16 September 2003 – 26 May 2004
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 72
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Porto (2nd title)
Runners-upFrance Monaco
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored309 (2.47 per match)
Attendance4,540,677 (36,325 per match)
Top scorer(s)Fernando Morientes (Monaco)
9 goals

The competition was won by Portugal's Porto, who defeated Monaco of France 3–0 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. This was Portugal's first win since 1987, and Porto's second European trophy in two years, following their UEFA Cup success from the previous season. This was the second consecutive victory in a European cup for Porto coach José Mourinho, who beat Monaco coached by Didier Deschamps, a two-time winner of the competition as a player.

AC Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Deportivo de La Coruña in the quarter-finals.

Qualification edit

A total of 72 teams from 48 UEFA member associations participated in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own domestic league) as well as Andorra and San Marino are not participating. 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; associations with a higher league coefficients 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 edit

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.[2]

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1   Spain 68.467 4
2   Italy 58.668
3   England 55.459
4   Germany 52.990 3
5   France 42.352
6   Greece 36.116
7   Netherlands 34.165 2
8   Turkey 28.725
9   Portugal 28.249
10   Russia 27.291
11   Czech Republic 26.625
12   Scotland 26.125
13   Ukraine 25.958
14   Belgium 25.525
15   Austria 23.250
16   Switzerland 22.625 1
17   Norway 21.475
18   Israel 21.332
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19   Croatia 21.041 1
20   Poland 17.500
21   Denmark 17.375
22   Sweden 17.241
23   Serbia and Montenegro 16.331
24   Slovakia 15.665
25   Bulgaria 15.165
26   Romania 13.916
27   Hungary 13.749
28   Slovenia 11.832
29   Cyprus 9.332
30   Finland 8.041
31   Latvia 7.165
32   Georgia 6.999
33   Moldova 5.165
34   Iceland 4.832
35   Belarus 4.083
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
36   Lithuania 3.831 1
37   Republic of Ireland 3.331
38   Macedonia 2.997
39   Malta 2.498
40   Wales 1.832
41   Estonia 1.665
42   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.333
43   Armenia 1.332
44   Northern Ireland 1.331
45   Albania 1.165
46   Faroe Islands 1.165
47   Azerbaijan 1.165 0
48   Liechtenstein 1.000
49   Luxembourg 0.832 1
50   Andorra 0.000 0
51   San Marino 0.000
52   Kazakhstan 0.000 1

Distribution edit

Since the title holders (Milan) 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 (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 entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 29–52
    (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino)
Second qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 12 champions from associations 17–28
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 7 champions from associations 10–16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 5 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 (except Italy)
  • 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 1 current Champions League title holder (Milan)
  • 9 champions from associations 1–9
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams edit

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
  Real Madrid (1st)   Manchester United (1st)   Lyon (1st)   PSV Eindhoven (1st)
  Real Sociedad (2nd)   Arsenal (2nd)   Monaco (2nd)   Beşiktaş (1st)
  Juventus (1st)   Bayern Munich (1st)   Olympiacos (1st)   Porto (1st)
  Internazionale (2nd)   VfB Stuttgart (2nd)   Panathinaikos (2nd)   Milan (3rd)TH
Third qualifying round
  Deportivo La Coruña (3rd)   Borussia Dortmund (3rd)   Benfica (2nd)   Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
  Celta de Vigo (4th)   Marseille (3rd)   Lokomotiv Moscow (1st)   Club Brugge (1st)
  Lazio (4th)   AEK Athens (3rd)   Sparta Prague (1st)   Austria Wien (1st)
  Newcastle United (3rd)   Ajax (2nd)   Rangers (1st)   Grasshopper (1st)
  Chelsea (4th)   Galatasaray (2nd)
Second qualifying round
  CSKA Moscow (2nd)   GAK (2nd)   Copenhagen (1st)   CSKA Sofia (1st)
  Slavia Prague (2nd)   Rosenborg (1st)   Djurgården (1st)   Rapid București (1st)
  Celtic (2nd)   Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)   Partizan (1st)   MTK Budapest (1st)
  Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)   Dinamo Zagreb (1st)   Žilina (1st)   Maribor (1st)
  Anderlecht (2nd)   Wisła Kraków (1st)
First qualifying round
  Omonia (1st)   KR (1st)   Sliema Wanderers (1st)   Glentoran (1st)
  HJK (1st)   BATE Borisov (1st)   Barry Town (1st)   Tirana (1st)
  Skonto (1st)   FBK Kaunas (1st)   Flora Tallinn (1st)   HB (1st)
  Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)   Bohemians (1st)   Leotar (1st)   Grevenmacher (1st)
  Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)   Vardar (1st)   Pyunik (1st)   Irtysh Pavlodar (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as no domestic league took place in 2002–03 season and AFFA was suspended by UEFA as a result of ongoing conflict between the clubs and federation.[3]

Round and draw dates edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 20 June 2003 16 July 2003 23 July 2003
Second qualifying round 30 July 2003 6 August 2003
Third qualifying round 25 July 2003 12–13 August 2003 26–27 August 2003
Group stage Matchday 1 28 August 2003
(Monaco)
16–17 September 2003
Matchday 2 30 September – 1 October 2003
Matchday 3 21–22 October 2003
Matchday 4 4–5 November 2003
Matchday 5 25–26 November 2003
Matchday 6 9–10 December 2003
Knockout phase Round of 16 12 December 2003 24–25 February 2004 9–10 March 2004
Quarter-finals 12 March 2004 23–24 March 2004 6–7 April 2004
Semi-finals 20–21 April 2004 4–5 May 2004
Final 26 May 2004 at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Qualifying rounds edit

First qualifying round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyunik   2–1   KR 1–0 1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol   2–1   Flora Tallinn 1–0 1–1
HB   1–5   FBK Kaunas 0–1 1–4
BATE Borisov   1–3   Bohemians 1–0 0–3
Vardar   4–2   Barry Town 3–0 1–2
Grevenmacher   0–2   Leotar 0–0 0–2
Glentoran   0–1   HJK 0–0 0–1
Sliema Wanderers   3–3 (a)   Skonto 2–0 1–3
Omonia   2–1   Irtysh Pavlodar 0–0 2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi   3–3 (2–4 p)   KF Tirana 3–0 0–3 (aet)

Second qualifying round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MTK   3–2   HJK 3–1 0–1
Pyunik   0–3   CSKA Sofia 0–2 0–1
FBK Kaunas   0–5   Celtic 0–4 0–1
Leotar   1–4   Slavia Prague 1–2 0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol   0–2   Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 0–2
Žilina   2–1   Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–1
Bohemians   0–5   Rosenborg 0–1 0–4
Maribor   2–3   Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 1–2
CSKA Moscow   2–3   Vardar 1–2 1–1
Rapid Bucureşti   2–3   Anderlecht 0–0 2–3
Partizan   3–3 (a)   Djurgården 1–1 2–2
Wisła Kraków   7–4   Omonia 5–2 2–2
Copenhagen   10–1   Sliema Wanderers 4–1 6–0
KF Tirana   2–7   GAK 1–5 1–2

Third qualifying round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vardar   4–5   Sparta Prague 2–3 2–2
MTK   0–5   Celtic 0–4 0–1
Rangers   3–2   Copenhagen 1–1 2–1
Austria Wien   0–1   Marseille 0–1 0–0
Club Brugge   3–3 (4–2 p)   Borussia Dortmund 2–1 1–2 (aet)
Shakhtar Donetsk   2–3   Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 1–3
Lazio   4–1   Benfica 3–1 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv   5–1   Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 2–0
Rosenborg   0–1   Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 0–1
Grasshopper   2–3   AEK Athens 1–0 1–3
MŠK Žilina   0–5   Chelsea 0–2 0–3
Celta Vigo   3–2   Slavia Prague 3–0 0–2
Partizan   1–1 (4–3 p)   Newcastle United 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Galatasaray   6–0   CSKA Sofia 3–0 3–0
Anderlecht   4–1   Wisła Kraków 3–1 1–0
GAK   2–3   Ajax 1–1 1–2 (aet)

Group stage edit

Location of teams of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C;   Yellow: Group D;
  Green: Group E;   Blue: Group F;   Purple: Group G;   Pink: Group H.

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.

Tiebreakers, if necessary, were applied in the following order:

  1. Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  2. Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  3. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
  4. Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Total goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.

Real Sociedad, Celta Vigo, Stuttgart 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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OL BAY CEL AND
1   Lyon 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–2 1–0
2   Bayern Munich 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–2 2–1 1–0
3   Celtic 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–0 0–0 3–1
4   Anderlecht 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7 1–0 1–1 1–0
Source: RSSSF

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS LM INT DK
1   Arsenal 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 0–3 1–0
2   Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–0 3–0 3–2
3   Internazionale 6 2 2 2 8 11 −3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–5 1–1 2–1
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 2–1 2–0 1–1
Source: [1]

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON DEP PSV AEK
1   Monaco 6 3 2 1 15 6 +9 11 Advance to knockout stage 8–3 1–1 4–0
2   Deportivo La Coruña 6 3 1 2 12 12 0 10 1–0 2–0 3–0
3   PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 3–2 2–0
4   AEK Athens 6 0 2 4 1 11 −10 2 0–0 1–1 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV RSO GAL OLY
1   Juventus 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 Advance to knockout stage 4–2 2–1 7–0
2   Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9 0–0 1–1 1–0
3   Galatasaray 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–0 1–2 1–0
4   Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 1–2 2–2 3–0
Source: RSSSF

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU STU PAN RAN
1   Manchester United 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 5–0 3–0
2   Stuttgart 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 2–1 2–0 1–0
3   Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 1–3 1–1
4   Rangers 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–1 2–1 1–3
Source: RSSSF

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM POR OM PAR
1   Real Madrid 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 4–2 1–0
2   Porto 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 1–3 1–0 2–1
3   Marseille 6 1 1 4 9 11 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 2–3 3–0
4   Partizan 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3 0–0 1–1 1–1
Source: RSSSF

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE SP BJK LAZ
1   Chelsea 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 0–2 2–1
2   Sparta Prague 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–1 2–1 1–0
3   Beşiktaş 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–2 1–0 0–2
4   Lazio 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 0–4 2–2 1–1
Source: RSSSF

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL CEL BRU AJA
1   Milan 6 3 1 2 4 3 +1 10 Advance to knockout stage 1–2 0–1 1–0
2   Celta Vigo 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 0–0 1–1 3–2
3   Club Brugge 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 1–1 2–1
4   Ajax 6 2 0 4 6 7 −1 6 0–1 1–0 2–0
Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase edit

Bracket edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
  Bayern Munich 1 0 1
  Real Madrid 1 1 2
  Real Madrid 4 1 5
  Monaco (a) 2 3 5
  Lokomotiv Moscow 2 0 2
  Monaco (a) 1 1 2
  Monaco 3 2 5
  Chelsea 1 2 3
  VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0
  Chelsea 1 0 1
  Chelsea 1 2 3
  Arsenal 1 1 2
  Celta Vigo 2 0 2
  Arsenal 3 2 5
  Monaco 0
  Porto 3
  Porto 2 1 3
  Manchester United 1 1 2
  Porto 2 2 4
  Lyon 0 2 2
  Real Sociedad 0 0 0
  Lyon 1 1 2
  Porto 0 1 1
  Deportivo La Coruña 0 0 0
  Sparta Prague 0 1 1
  Milan 0 4 4
  Milan 4 0 4
  Deportivo La Coruña 1 4 5
  Deportivo La Coruña 1 1 2
  Juventus 0 0 0

Round of 16 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich   1–2   Real Madrid 1–1 0–1
Celta Vigo   2–5   Arsenal 2–3 0–2
Deportivo La Coruña   2–0   Juventus 1–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow   2–2 (a)   Monaco 2–1 0–1
Porto   3–2   Manchester United 2–1 1–1
Real Sociedad   0–2   Lyon 0–1 0–1
Sparta Prague   1–4   Milan 0–0 1–4
VfB Stuttgart   0–1   Chelsea 0–1 0–0

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea   3–2   Arsenal 1–1 2–1
Milan   4–5   Deportivo La Coruña 4–1 0–4
Porto   4–2   Lyon 2–0 2–2
Real Madrid   5–5 (a)   Monaco 4–2 1–3

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monaco   5–3   Chelsea 3–1 2–2
Porto   1–0   Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 1–0

Final edit

As winners of the competition, Porto went on to represent Europe at the 2004 Intercontinental Cup.

Monaco  0–3  Porto
Report Carlos Alberto   39'
Deco   71'
Alenichev   75'

Statistics edit

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals Minutes played
1   Fernando Morientes   Monaco 9 1026
2   Dado Pršo   Monaco 7 512
3   Roy Makaay   Bayern Munich 6 720
  Walter Pandiani   Deportivo La Coruña 6 773
5   Didier Drogba   Marseille 5 515
  Hakan Şükür   Galatasaray 5 539
  Juninho   Lyon 5 799
  Thierry Henry   Arsenal 5 888
9   David Trezeguet   Juventus 4 359
  Wesley Sonck   Ajax 4 401
  Ruud van Nistelrooy   Manchester United 4 596
  Albert Luque   Deportivo La Coruña 4 640
  Benni McCarthy   Porto 4 643
  Ronaldo   Real Madrid 4 729
  Andriy Shevchenko   Milan 4 765
  Kaká   Milan 4 780
  Ludovic Giuly   Monaco 4 783
  Robert Pires   Arsenal 4 852
  Frank Lampard   Chelsea 4 1035

Top assists edit

Rank Player Team Assists Minutes played
1   Deco   Porto 6 1060
  Jérôme Rothen   Monaco 6 1073
3   Thierry Henry   Arsenal 5 890
4   Eiður Guðjohnsen   Chelsea 4 559
  Ryan Giggs   Manchester United 4 679
  Florent Malouda   Lyon 4 703
  Ludovic Giuly   Monaco 4 789
  Cafu   Milan 4 808

Source:[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ UEFA.com (2002-07-11). "New format for Champions League | UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.
  3. ^ Azerbaijan 2002/03 at RSSSF
  4. ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2003/2004". Bert Kassies.
  5. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Assists". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

External links edit