2002–03 UEFA Champions League

2002–03 UEFA Champions League
	Old Trafford in Greater Manchester hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 17 July – 28 August 2002; Competition proper:; 17 September 2002 – 28 May 2003
Teams	Competition proper: 32; Total: 72
Final positions
Champions	Milan (6th title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	428 (2.73 per match)
Attendance	6,416,965 (40,872 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United); 12 goals
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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, and its first in nine years. Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy was again the top scorer, scoring 12 goals over the two group stages and knockout stage, in addition to two goals he had scored in the qualifying phase, although his side bowed out in the quarter-finals and missed out on the chance of playing in a final at their own stadium.

Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Juventus in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation

A total of 72 teams participated in the 2002–03 Champions League, from 48 of 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organises no domestic league competition). Two lowest-ranked associations (Andorra and San Marino) were not admitted. Additionally, no teams from Azerbaijan were admitted this year as no official champion was decided in the 2001–02 season.

Below is the qualification scheme for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League:^[1]

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 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein, San Marino, Andorra and Azerbaijan)

Association ranking

Countries are allocated places according to their 2001 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 2000–01.^[2]

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	Spain	65.210	4
2	Italy	56.239
3	England	51.288
4	Germany	48.632	3
5	France	42.352
6	Netherlands	30.249
7	Turkey	29.975	2
8	Greece	28.366
9	Russia	27.708
10	Portugal	26.274
11	Czech Republic	24.791
12	Belgium	24.150
13	Ukraine	23.833
14	Austria	23.750
15	Norway	23.600
16	Scotland	22.625	1
17	Switzerland	21.875
18	Croatia	19.999

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
19	Sweden	18.208	1
20	Poland	17.500
21	Denmark	17.175
22	Romania	15.791
23	FR Yugoslavia	15.415
24	Hungary	15.082
25	Slovakia	14.665
26	Israel	14.124
27	Slovenia	11.998
28	Bulgaria	11.665
29	Cyprus	10.832
30	Georgia	9.666
31	Finland	8.541
32	Latvia	7.832
33	Iceland	5.332
34	Moldova	4.833
35	Belarus	4.499

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
36	Lithuania	4.498	1
37	Macedonia	3.497
38	Republic of Ireland	2.998
39	Estonia	2.498
40	Armenia	2.165
41	Wales	2.165
42	Azerbaijan	1.665	0
43	Malta	1.665	1
44	Liechtenstein	1.500	0
45	Northern Ireland	1.331	1
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.000
47	Luxembourg	0.665
48	Faroe Islands	0.665
49	Albania	0.499
50	Andorra	0.000	0
51	San Marino	0.000	0
52	Kazakhstan	0.000	1

Distribution

Since the title holders (Real Madrid) 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 (Scotland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Israel, Slovenia and Bulgaria) 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 Liechtenstein, San Marino, Azerbaijan and Andorra)
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-placed teams from associations 1–6 (except Spain) 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3	14 winners from the second qualifying round
First group stage (32 teams)	1 current Champions League title holder (Real Madrid) 9 champions from associations 1–9 6 runners-up from associations 1–6	16 winners from the third qualifying round
Second group stage (16 teams)		8 group winners from the first group stage 8 group runners-up from the first group stage
Knockout phase (8 teams)		4 group winners from the second group stage 4 group runners-up from the second group stage

Teams

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

Group stage
Valencia (1st)	Arsenal (1st)	Lyon (1st)	Galatasaray (1st)
Deportivo de La Coruña (2nd)	Liverpool (2nd)	Lens (2nd)	Olympiacos (1st)
Juventus (1st)	Borussia Dortmund (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Spartak Moscow (1st)
Roma (2nd)	Bayer Leverkusen (2nd)	PSV Eindhoven (2nd)	Real Madrid (3rd)^TH
Third qualifying round
Barcelona (4th)	Bayern Munich (3rd)	Lokomotiv Moscow (2nd)	Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Internazionale (3rd)	Auxerre (3rd)	Sporting CP (1st)	Sturm Graz (2nd)^{[Note AUT]}
Milan (4th)	Feyenoord (3rd)	Slovan Liberec (1st)	Rosenborg (1st)
Manchester United (3rd)	Fenerbahçe (2nd)	Genk (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Newcastle United (4th)	AEK Athens (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Boavista (2nd)	Lillestrøm (2nd)	Brøndby (1st)	Žilina (1st)
Sparta Prague (2nd)	Basel (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)	Maccabi Haifa (1st)
Club Brugge (2nd)	Zagreb (1st)	Partizan (1st)	Maribor (1st)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd)	Hammarby (1st)	Zalaegerszeg (1st)	Levski Sofia (1st)
GAK (3rd)^{[Note AUT]}	Legia Warsaw (1st)
First qualifying round
APOEL (1st)	Belshina Bobruisk (1st)	Flora Tallinn (1st)	Željezničar Sarajevo (1st)
Torpedo Kutaisi (1st)	Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Pyunik (1st)	F91 Dudelange (1st)
Tampere United (1st)	FBK Kaunas (1st)	Barry Town (1st)	B36 Tórshavn (1st)
Skonto (1st)	Vardar (1st)	Hibernians (1st)	Dinamo Tirana (1st)
ÍA Akranes (1st)	Shelbourne (1st)	Portadown (1st)	Zhenis Astana (1st)

Notes

^
Austria (AUT): 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga champions Tirol Innsbruck did not receive a licence for the next season and were excluded from Austrian Bundesliga. Subsequently, they were excluded from the Champions League, while Bundesliga runners-up Sturm Graz were moved from Second to Third qualifying round and Bundesliga 3rd-placed team GAK replaced Sturm in the Second qualifying round.^[3]
^
Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as the previous season was suspended in mid-April due to ongoing conflict between clubs and AFFA. Several weeks later the championship was resumed and subsequently finished by clubs independently from the federation. Shamkir won the league, but this title is not recognized by both UEFA and AFFA.^[4]

Round and draw dates

All draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland unless stated otherwise.^[5]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	21 June 2002 (Geneva)	17 July 2002	24 July 2002
	Second qualifying round	21 June 2002 (Geneva)	31 July 2002	7 August 2002
	Third qualifying round	26 July 2002	13–14 August 2002	27–28 August 2002
First group stage	Matchday 1	29 August 2002 (Monaco)	17–18 September 2002
	Matchday 2		24–25 September 2002
	Matchday 3		1–2 October 2002
	Matchday 4		22–23 October 2002
	Matchday 5		29–30 October 2002
	Matchday 6		12–13 November 2002
Second group stage	Matchday 7	15 November 2002 (Geneva)	26–27 November 2002
	Matchday 8		10–11 December 2002
	Matchday 9		18–19 February 2003
	Matchday 10		25–26 February 2003
	Matchday 11		11–12 March 2003
	Matchday 12		18–19 March 2003
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals	21 March 2003	8–9 April 2003	22–23 April 2003
	Semi-finals		6–7 May 2003	13–14 May 2003
	Final		28 May 2003 at Old Trafford, Manchester

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
F91 Dudelange	1–4	Vardar	1–1	0–3
Hibernians	3–2	Shelbourne	2–2	1–0
Portadown	2–3	Belshina Bobruisk	0–0	2–3
Željezničar	4–0	ÍA	3–0	1–0
Skonto	6–0	Barry Town	5–0	1–0
Flora Tallinn	0–1	APOEL	0–0	0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	4–4 (a)	Zhenis Astana	2–1	2–3
Tampere United	0–6	Pyunik	0–4	0–2
FBK Kaunas	2–3	Dinamo Tirana	2–3	0–0
Torpedo Kutaisi	6–2	B36 Tórshavn	5–2	1–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol	1–6	GAK	1–4	0–2
Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Belshina Bobruisk	4–0	1–0
Dynamo Kyiv	6–2	Pyunik	4–0	2–2
Zalaegerszeg	2–2 (a)	Zagreb	1–0	1–2
Boavista	7–3	Hibernians	4–0	3–3
Sparta Prague	5–1	Torpedo Kutaisi	3–0	2–1
Skonto	0–2	Levski Sofia	0–0	0–2
Vardar	2–4	Legia Warsaw	1–3	1–1
Hammarby	1–5	Partizan	1–1	0–4
Žilina	1–4	Basel	1–1	0–3
Maribor	4–5	APOEL	2–1	2–4
Lillestrøm	0–2	Željezničar	0–1	0–1
Club Brugge	4–1	Dinamo București	3–1	1–0
Brøndby	5–0	Dinamo Tirana	1–0	4–0

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genk	4–4 (a)	Sparta Prague	2–0	2–4
Feyenoord	3–0	Fenerbahçe	1–0	2–0
Maccabi Haifa	5–3	Sturm Graz	2–0	3–3
Boavista	0–1	Auxerre	0–1	0–0
APOEL	2–4	AEK Athens	2–3	0–1
Zalaegerszeg	1–5	Manchester United	1–0	0–5
Sporting CP	0–2	Internazionale	0–0	0–2
Partizan	1–6	Bayern Munich	0–3	1–3
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (1–4 p)	Club Brugge	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Željezničar	0–5	Newcastle United	0–1	0–4
Celtic	3–3 (a)	Basel	3–1	0–2
GAK	3–5	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	3–3
Rosenborg	4–2	Brøndby	1–0	3–2
Levski Sofia	0–2	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–1
Milan	2–2 (a)	Slovan Liberec	1–0	1–2
Barcelona	4–0	Legia Warsaw	3–0	1–0

First group stage

Location of teams of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League first 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.

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.

Basel, Genk and Maccabi Haifa made their debut in the group stage. Maccabi Haifa became the first Israeli club to qualify for the group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	DOR	AUX	PSV
1	Arsenal	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10	Advance to second group stage	—	2–0	1–2	0–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to second group stage	2–1	—	2–1	1–1
3	Auxerre	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	1–0	—	0–0
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6		0–4	1–3	3–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAL	BSL	LIV	SPM
1	Valencia	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16	Advance to second group stage	—	6–2	2–0	3–0
2	Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9	Advance to second group stage	2–2	—	3–3	2–0
3	Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	1–1	—	5–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0		0–3	0–2	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	ROM	AEK	GNK
1	Real Madrid	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9	Advance to second group stage	—	0–1	2–2	6–0
2	Roma	6	2	3	1	3	4	−1	9	Advance to second group stage	0–3	—	1–1	0–0
3	AEK Athens	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup	3–3	0–0	—	1–1
4	Genk	6	0	4	2	2	9	−7	4		1–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	INT	AJX	LYO	ROS
1	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Advance to second group stage	—	1–0	1–2	3–0
2	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to second group stage	1–2	—	2–1	1–1
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	3–3	0–2	—	5–0
4	Rosenborg	6	0	4	2	4	12	−8	4		2–2	0–0	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	NEW	DKV	FEY
1	Juventus	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Advance to second group stage	—	2–0	5–0	2–0
2	Newcastle United	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9	Advance to second group stage	1–0	—	2–1	0–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–2	2–0	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5		1–1	2–3	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	LEV	MHA	OLY
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	16	8	+8	15	Advance to second group stage	—	2–0	5–2	4–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9	Advance to second group stage	1–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	3–0	0–2	—	3–0
4	Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	11	17	−6	4		2–3	6–2	3–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	DEP	LEN	BAY
1	Milan	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Advance to second group stage	—	1–2	2–1	2–1
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	4	0	2	11	12	−1	12	Advance to second group stage	0–4	—	3–1	2–1
3	Lens	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	2–1	3–1	—	1–1
4	Bayern Munich	6	0	2	4	9	13	−4	2		1–2	2–3	3–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	LMO	BRU	GAL
1	Barcelona	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18	Advance to second group stage	—	1–0	3–2	3–1
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7	Advance to second group stage	1–3	—	2–0	0–2
3	Club Brugge	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	0–0	—	3–1
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4		0–2	1–2	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Second group stage

The eight group winners and eight group runners-up were drawn into four groups, with each one containing two group winners and two group runners-up. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Champions League knockout stage.

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 A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	INT	NEW	LEV
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	3–1	2–0
2	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	2–2	3–2
3	Newcastle United	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7		0–2	1–4	—	3–1
4	Bayer Leverkusen	6	0	0	6	5	15	−10	0		1–2	0–2	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAL	AJX	ARS	ROM
1	Valencia	6	2	3	1	5	6	−1	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	2–1	0–3
2	Ajax	6	1	5	0	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	0–0	2–1
3	Arsenal	6	1	4	1	6	5	+1	7		0–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Roma	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5		0–1	1–1	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	RMA	DOR	LMO
1	Milan	6	4	0	2	5	4	+1	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	0–1	1–0
2	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage	3–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10		0–1	1–1	—	3–0
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1		0–1	0–1	1–2	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	JUV	BSL	DEP
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	1–1	2–0
2	Juventus	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7	Advance to knockout stage	0–3	—	4–0	3–2
3	Basel	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7		1–3	2–1	—	1–0
4	Deportivo La Coruña	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7		2–0	2–2	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Real Madrid	3	3	6

Manchester United	1	4	5
				Real Madrid	2	1	3

				Juventus	1	3	4
Juventus (aet)	1	2	3

Barcelona	1	1	2
								Juventus	0 (2)

								Milan (p)	0 (3)
Ajax	0	2	2

Milan	0	3	3
				Milan (a)	0	1	1

				Internazionale	0	1	1
Internazionale (a)	1	1	2

Valencia	0	2	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	6–5	Manchester United	3–1	3–4
Ajax	2–3	Milan	0–0	2–3
Internazionale	2–2 (a)	Valencia	1–0	1–2
Juventus	3–2	Barcelona	1–1	2–1 (aet)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	3–4	Juventus	2–1	1–3
Milan	1–1 (a)	Internazionale	0–0	1–1*

*Both clubs played their home leg in the same stadium (the San Siro), but Milan were the designated away side in the second leg, and thus won on away goals.

Final

The final was played on 28 May 2003 at the Old Trafford in Manchester, England.

28 May 2003

19:45 BST

Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Milan
	Report
Penalties
Trezeguet Birindelli Zalayeta Montero Del Piero	2–3	Serginho Seedorf Kaladze Nesta Shevchenko

Old Trafford, Trafford

Attendance: 62,315^[6]

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Appearances	Minutes played
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	12	9	681
2	Filippo Inzaghi	Milan	10	14	1,097
3	Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	9	11	909
	Hernán Crespo	Internazionale	9	12	981
	Raúl	Real Madrid	9	12	1,054
6	Jan Koller	Borussia Dortmund	8	12	1,059
7	Javier Saviola	Barcelona	7	12	914
7	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	7	12	1,020
9	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	6	11	758
9	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	6	10	878

Source: Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 28 May 2003 (after matches) (accessed 6 November 2010)

References

^ "UEFA access list for 2002/03 club competitions" (PDF). uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2001". Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ Sturm replace demoted Tirol
^ Azerbaijan 2001/02 at RSSSF
^ "Club competition draws and dates". 5 January 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

2002–03 All matches – season at UEFA website
2002–03 season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 2002–03 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
2002/03 UEFA Champions League - results and line-ups (archive)
"Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2002/03" (PDF). July 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2003. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

[cnote_Note_AUT] 
Austria (AUT): 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga champions Tirol Innsbruck did not receive a licence for the next season and were excluded from Austrian Bundesliga. Subsequently, they were excluded from the Champions League, while Bundesliga runners-up Sturm Graz were moved from Second to Third qualifying round and Bundesliga 3rd-placed team GAK replaced Sturm in the Second qualifying round.^[3]

[cnote_Note_AZE] 
Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as the previous season was suspended in mid-April due to ongoing conflict between clubs and AFFA. Several weeks later the championship was resumed and subsequently finished by clubs independently from the federation. Shamkir won the league, but this title is not recognized by both UEFA and AFFA.^[4]

[Access_list-1] "UEFA access list for 2002/03 club competitions" (PDF). uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

[2] "UEFA Country Ranking 2001". Retrieved 20 September 2010.

[3] Sturm replace demoted Tirol

[4] Azerbaijan 2001/02 at RSSSF

[5] "Club competition draws and dates". 5 January 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

[attendance-6] "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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v t e 2002–03 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

Tournament details
Old Trafford in Greater Manchester hosted the final.
Dates	Qualifying: 17 July – 28 August 2002 Competition proper: 17 September 2002 – 28 May 2003
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 72
Final positions
Champions	Milan (6th title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	428 (2.73 per match)
Attendance	6,416,965 (40,872 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 12 goals
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

2002–03 UEFA Champions League

Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Teams

Round and draw dates

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

First group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Second group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links