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2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

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The qualifying rounds for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2002. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.

Teams

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Key to colours
Qualify for the group stage
Eliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Germany Bayern Munich 133.495
England Manchester United 125.729
Spain Barcelona 116.233
Italy Internazionale 88.334
Netherlands Feyenoord 70.082
Italy Milan 69.334
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 57.645
Greece AEK Athens 52.058
Norway Rosenborg 47.737
England Newcastle United 43.729
Austria Sturm Graz 37.625
Scotland Celtic 36.062
Portugal Sporting CP 34.124
France Auxerre 32.176
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 29.312
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 23.979
Belgium Genk 21.762
Turkey Fenerbahçe 19.362
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 59.979
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 48.312
Belgium Club Brugge 41.762
Portugal Boavista 36.124
Austria GAK 25.625
Denmark Brøndby 20.687
Israel Maccabi Haifa 18.666
Poland Legia Warsaw 17.750
Norway Lillestrøm 15.737
Switzerland Basel 14.312
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 14.165
Croatia Zagreb 12.520
Bulgaria Levski Sofia 11.582
Slovenia Maribor 10.916
Romania Dinamo București 8.958
Sweden Hammarby 8.620
Slovakia Žilina 7.832
Hungary Zalaegerszeg 6.874
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Latvia Skonto 8.582
Cyprus APOEL 4.666
Finland Tampere United 4.020
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 3.499
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2.582
Iceland ÍA Akranes 2.416
Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 2.041
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 1.915
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1.665
North Macedonia Vardar 1.498
Malta Hibernians 1.249
Wales Barry Town 0.916
Estonia Flora Tallinn 0.832
Armenia Pyunik 0.666
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo 0.666
Northern Ireland Portadown 0.665
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 0.582
Albania Dinamo Tirana 0.582
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 0.416
Kazakhstan Zhenis Astana 0.000

First qualifying round

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The draw for this round was performed on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeding

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Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.498 were seeded.[1]

Seeded Unseeded

Latvia Skonto
Cyprus APOEL
Finland Tampere United
Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Iceland ÍA Akranes
Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Ireland Shelbourne
North Macedonia Vardar

Malta Hibernians
Wales Barry Town
Estonia Flora Tallinn
Armenia Pyunik
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo
Northern Ireland Portadown
Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Albania Dinamo Tirana
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
Kazakhstan Zhenis Astana

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 1–4 North Macedonia Vardar 1–1 0–3
Hibernians Malta 3–2 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 2–2 1–0
Portadown Northern Ireland 2–3 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 0–0 2–3
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–0 Iceland ÍA 3–0 1–0
Skonto Latvia 6–0 Wales Barry Town 5–0 1–0
Flora Tallinn Estonia 0–1 Cyprus APOEL 0–0 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 4–4 (a) Kazakhstan Zhenis Astana 2–1 2–3
Tampere United Finland 0–6 Armenia Pyunik 0–4 0–2
FBK Kaunas Lithuania 2–3 Albania Dinamo Tirana 2–3 0–0
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 6–2 Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 5–2 1–0

Matches

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F91 Dudelange Luxembourg1–1North Macedonia Vardar
Rémy 54' Report Georgievski 68'
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Vardar North Macedonia3–0Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
Spasovski 71', 75'
Petkov 86'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Vardar won 4–1 on aggregate.


Hibernians Malta2–2Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Chukunyere 8'
Pulis 37'
Report Stuart Byrne (footballer) 7'
Gannon 66'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland0–1Malta Hibernians
Report Chukunyere 90'
Attendance: 4,500

Hibernians won 3–2 on aggregate.


Portadown Northern Ireland0–0Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus3–2Northern Ireland Portadown
Strypeykis 6'
Karolik 22', 59'
Report Hamilton 39'
Fitzgerald 74'
Attendance: 437
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Belshina won 3–2 on aggregate.


Željezničar Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina3–0Iceland ÍA Akranes
Guvo 4', 56'
Gredić 38'
Report
ÍA Akranes Iceland0–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo
Report Gredić 38'
Attendance: 370
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Željezničar won 4–0 on aggregate.


Barry Town Wales0–1Latvia Skonto
Report Koļesņičenko 52'
Attendance: 1,157
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

Skonto won 6–0 on aggregate.


Flora Tallinn Estonia0–0Cyprus APOEL
Report
Attendance: 800
APOEL Cyprus1–0Estonia Flora Tallinn
Georgiou 51' Report
Attendance: 5,447
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.


Sheriff Moldova2–1Kazakhstan Zhenis Astana
Priganiuc 57'
Tarkhnishvili 85' (pen.)
Report Lovchev 8'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Bülent Uzun (Turkey)

4–4 on aggregate; Sheriff won on away goals.


Tampere United Finland0–4Armenia Pyunik
Report Arm. Karamyan 32', 67'
Art. Karamyan 47'
Ar. Mkrtchyan 72'
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Romania)
Pyunik Armenia2–0Finland Tampere United
Diawara 53'
Cisterna 90+1'
Report

Pyunik won 6–0 on aggregate.


FBK Kaunas Lithuania2–3Albania Dinamo Tirana
Velička 38', 42' (pen.) Report Ahmataj 55'
Pisha 56'
Qorri 76'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Aleh Chykun (Belarus)
Dinamo Tirana Albania0–0Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Dinamo Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.


Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)5–2Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn
Asatiani 15', 46'
Ionanidze 33'
Kvetenadze 67'
Poroshyn 71'
Report Lakjuni 53'
Mortansson 74'
Attendance: 2,125
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
B36 Tórshavn Faroe Islands0–1Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
Report Janashia 79'
Attendance: 675
Referee: Paul McKeon (Ireland)

Torpedo Kutaisi won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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The draw for this round was performed on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Seeding

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Teams with a coefficient of at least 10.916 were seeded.[1]

Seeded Unseeded

Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Belgium Club Brugge
Portugal Boavista
Austria GAK
Denmark Brøndby
Israel Maccabi Haifa

Poland Legia Warsaw
Norway Lillestrøm
Switzerland Basel
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Croatia Zagreb
Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Slovenia Maribor

Romania Dinamo București
Sweden Hammarby
Latvia Skonto[†]
Slovakia Žilina
Hungary Zalaegerszeg
Cyprus APOEL[†]
Armenia Pyunik[†]

Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi[†]
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo[†]
Belarus Belshina Bobruisk[†]
Albania Dinamo Tirana[†]
Malta Hibernians[†]
North Macedonia Vardar[†]

Notes
  1. Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–6 Austria GAK 1–4 0–2
Maccabi Haifa Israel 5–0 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 4–0 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 6–2 Armenia Pyunik 4–0 2–2
Zalaegerszeg Hungary 2–2 (a) Croatia Zagreb 1–0 1–2
Boavista Portugal 7–3 Malta Hibernians 4–0 3–3
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 5–1 Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 3–0 2–1
Skonto Latvia 0–2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–0 0–2
Vardar North Macedonia 2–4 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–3 1–1
Hammarby Sweden 1–5 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1–1 0–4
Žilina Slovakia 1–4 Switzerland Basel 1–1 0–3
Maribor Slovenia 4–5 Cyprus APOEL 2–1 2–4
Lillestrøm Norway 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 0–1 0–1
Club Brugge Belgium 4–1 Romania Dinamo București 3–1 1–0
Brøndby Denmark 5–0 Albania Dinamo Tirana 1–0 4–0

Matches

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Sheriff Moldova1–4Austria GAK
Tarkhnishvili 51' (pen.) Report Bazina 3', 50'
Aufhauser 45'
Hastings 71'
Attendance: 11,500
GAK Austria2–0Moldova Sheriff
Pötscher 58'
Bazina 88' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

GAK won 6–1 on aggregate.


Maccabi Haifa Israel4–0Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Cohen 19', 22'
Roso 45'
Abiodun 86'
Report
Attendance: 221
Referee: Anton Stredak (Slovakia)
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus0–1Israel Maccabi Haifa
Report Pralija 7' (pen.)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

Maccabi Haifa won 5–0 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine4–0Armenia Pyunik
Cernat 15'
Shatskikh 65'
Leandro 84'
Bodnár 90+3'
Report
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.


Zalaegerszeg Hungary1–0Croatia Zagreb
Ljubojević 17' Report
Zagreb Croatia2–1Hungary Zalaegerszeg
Milinović 2'
Lovrek 28'
Report Urbán 87' (pen.)

2–2 on aggregate; Zalaegerszeg won on away goals.


Boavista Portugal4–0Malta Hibernians
Silva 16' (pen.), 29'
Alexandre 17'
Ávalos 89'
Report
Attendance: 6,172
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Hibernians Malta3–3Portugal Boavista
Mifsud 32', 55' (pen.)
Chukunyere 52'
Report Jocivalter 28'
Luiz Cláudio 38'
Turra 41'

Boavista won 7–3 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague Czech Republic3–0Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
Baranek 7', 20'
Pospíšil 75'
Report
Attendance: 9,690
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)1–2Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Ionanidze 32' Report Zelenka 42'
Jun 57'
Attendance: 6,187

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.


Skonto Latvia0–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Report
Attendance: 4,354
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria2–0Latvia Skonto
Chilikov 12'
Simonović 31'
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Levski Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.


Vardar North Macedonia1–3Poland Legia Warsaw
Ristovski 68' Report Kucharski 3'
Yahaya 37'
Svitlica 89'
Attendance: 4,000
Legia Warsaw Poland1–1North Macedonia Vardar
Kucharski 33' Report da Costa 51'
Attendance: 5,640
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.


Hammarby Sweden1–1Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Winsnes 17' Report Lazović 36'
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–0Sweden Hammarby
Ivić 49'
Lazović 54'
Iliev 64'
Ilić 75'
Report
Attendance: 13,507

Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.


Žilina Slovakia1–1Switzerland Basel
Barčík 29' Report Klago 38' (o.g.)
Basel Switzerland3–0Slovakia Žilina
Giménez 12', 50'
M. Yakin 23'
Report
Attendance: 16,562

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.


Maribor Slovenia2–1Cyprus APOEL
Čorović 45', 61' Report Sirakov 90'
Attendance: 4,094
APOEL Cyprus4–2Slovenia Maribor
Malekkos 33' (pen.)
Elia 44'
Charalampidis 56'
Daskalakis 69'
Report Duro 31' (pen.), 81'
Attendance: 10,564

APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.


Lillestrøm Norway0–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo
Report Gredić 49'
Attendance: 3,532
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Željezničar Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina1–0Norway Lillestrøm
Biščević 90+2' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

Željezničar won 2–0 on aggregate.


Club Brugge Belgium3–1Romania Dinamo București
Lange 24'
Mendoza 44', 85'
Report Alexa 43'
Attendance: 10,837
Dinamo București Romania0–1Belgium Club Brugge
Report Lange 20'

Club Brugge won 4–1 on aggregate.


Brøndby Denmark1–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
Bagger 90+7' Report
Attendance: 13,047
Dinamo Tirana Albania0–4Denmark Brøndby
Report Madsen 47'
Bagger 50', 87'
Skarbalius 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Brøndby won 5–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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The draw for this round was performed on 26 July 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

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Teams with a coefficient of at least 36.062 were seeded.[1]

Seeded Unseeded

Germany Bayern Munich
England Manchester United
Spain Barcelona
Italy Internazionale
Netherlands Feyenoord
Italy Milan
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv[†]
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow

Greece AEK Athens
Czech Republic Sparta Prague[†]
Norway Rosenborg
England Newcastle United
Belgium Club Brugge[†]
Austria Sturm Graz
Portugal Boavista[†]
Scotland Celtic

Portugal Sporting CP
France Auxerre
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Austria GAK[†]
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Belgium Genk
Denmark Brøndby[†]
Turkey Fenerbahçe

Israel Maccabi Haifa[†]
Poland Legia Warsaw[†]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo[†]
Switzerland Basel[†]
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan[†]
Hungary Zalaegerszeg[†]
Bulgaria Levski Sofia[†]
Cyprus APOEL[†]

Notes
  1. Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genk Belgium 4–4 (a) Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–0 2–4
Feyenoord Netherlands 3–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0 2–0
Maccabi Haifa Israel 5–3 Austria Sturm Graz 2–0 3–3
Boavista Portugal 0–1 France Auxerre 0–1 0–0
APOEL Cyprus 2–4 Greece AEK Athens 2–3 0–1
Zalaegerszeg Hungary 1–5 England Manchester United 1–0 0–5
Sporting CP Portugal 0–2 Italy Internazionale 0–0 0–2
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–6 Germany Bayern Munich 0–3 1–3
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–2 (1–4 p) Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–5 England Newcastle United 0–1 0–4
Celtic Scotland 3–3 (a) Switzerland Basel 3–1 0–2
GAK Austria 3–5 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 0–2 3–3
Rosenborg Norway 4–2 Denmark Brøndby 1–0 3–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–1
Milan Italy 2–2 (a) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 1–0 1–2
Barcelona Spain 4–0 Poland Legia Warsaw 3–0 1–0

Matches

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Genk Belgium2–0Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Thijs 33'
Bešlija 40'
Report
Attendance: 9,969
Sparta Prague Czech Republic4–2Belgium Genk
Poborský 56'
Jarošík 58', 64'
Mareš 84'
Report Dagano 25'
Sonck 57'
Attendance: 12,856

4–4 on aggregate; Genk won on away goals.


Feyenoord Netherlands1–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
Ono 64' Report
Attendance: 28,500
Fenerbahçe Turkey0–2Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Ono 48'
Buffel 88'

Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.


Maccabi Haifa Israel2–0Austria Sturm Graz
Yakubu 18', 90+3' Report
Sturm Graz Austria3–3Israel Maccabi Haifa
Bosnar 11'
Szabics 58'
Neukirchner 71'
Report Roso 26'
Keisi 78'
Badir 90'

Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.


Boavista Portugal0–1France Auxerre
Report Cissé 71'
Attendance: 8,000
Auxerre France0–0Portugal Boavista
Report

Auxerre won 1–0 on aggregate.


APOEL Cyprus2–3Greece AEK Athens
Ouzounidis 23'
Malekkos 90' (pen.)
Report Borbokis 44', 47'
Nikolaidis 90+3'
Attendance: 16,192
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
AEK Athens Greece1–0Cyprus APOEL
Wright 58' Report

AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.


Manchester United England5–0Hungary Zalaegerszeg
van Nistelrooy 5', 75' (pen.)
Beckham 14'
Scholes 20'
Solskjær 83'
Report
Attendance: 66,814

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.


Sporting CP Portugal0–0Italy Internazionale
Report
Attendance: 25,421
Internazionale Italy2–0Portugal Sporting CP
Di Biagio 31'
Recoba 44'
Report
Attendance: 51,405

Internazionale won 2–0 on aggregate.


Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–3Germany Bayern Munich
Report Tarnat 21'
Jeremies 70'
Pizarro 77'
Attendance: 29,000
Bayern Munich Germany3–1Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Ballack 26'
Élber 71'
Salihamidžić 73' (pen.)
Report Čakar 72'
Attendance: 40,000

Bayern Munich won 6–1 on aggregate.


Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1Belgium Club Brugge
Aghahowa 47' Report Simons 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,982

2–2 on aggregate; Club Brugge won 4–1 on penalties.


Newcastle United England4–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar Sarajevo
Dyer 23'
LuaLua 37'
Viana 74'
Shearer 80'
Report
Attendance: 34,067

Newcastle United won 5–0 on aggregate.


Celtic Scotland3–1Switzerland Basel
Larsson 3' (pen.)
Sutton 52'
Sylla 88'
Report Giménez 2'
Attendance: 49,200
Basel Switzerland2–0Scotland Celtic
Giménez 9'
M. Yakin 22'
Report
Attendance: 30,510
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

3–3 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.


GAK Austria0–2Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Report Lekgetho 6'
Loskov 42'
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia3–3Austria GAK
Ignashevich 6'
Evseev 32'
Júlio César 45'
Report Naumoski 38'
Bazina 48'
Aufhauser 63'
Attendance: 13,400

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.


Rosenborg Norway1–0Denmark Brøndby
Brattbakk 52' Report
Attendance: 18,800
Brøndby Denmark2–3Norway Rosenborg
Jonson 81'
Jørgensen 83'
Report F. Johnsen 29', 72'
Brattbakk 78'

Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.


Levski Sofia Bulgaria0–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Cernat 60'
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Cernat 42' Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–0 on aggregate.


Milan Italy1–0Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
Inzaghi 68' Report
Attendance: 30,064
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic2–1Italy Milan
Slepička 47'
Langer 87'
Report Inzaghi 20'

2–2 on aggregate; Milan won on away goals.


Barcelona Spain3–0Poland Legia Warsaw
De Boer 8'
Riquelme 80'
Cocu 90+3'
Report
Attendance: 67,078
Legia Warsaw Poland0–1Spain Barcelona
Report Mendieta 68' (pen.)

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ F91 Dudelange played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City, instead of their regular venue Stade Jos Nosbaum in Dudelange.
  2. ^ a b Belshina Bobruisk played their home matches at City Stadium in Borisov, as their regular home venue Spartak Stadium in Bobruisk did not meet UEFA criteria.
  3. ^ a b c Željezničar Sarajevo played their home matches at Koševo City Stadium in Sarajevo, instead of their regular venue Stadion Grbavica.
  4. ^ B36 Tórshavn played their home match at Tórsvøllur stadium, instead of their regular home venue Gundadalur stadium.
  5. ^ a b Maccabi Haifa played their home matches at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, Cyprus and Stadion Balgarska Armia in Sofia, Bulgaria instead of their regular venue Kiryat Eliezer Stadium in Haifa for security reasons, as UEFA prohibited hosting international matches in Israel.
  6. ^ a b Zalaegerszeg played their home matches at Stadion Üllöi Út and Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, instead of their regular venue ZTE Arena in Zalaegerszeg.
  7. ^ Zagreb played their home matches at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb, instead of their regular venue Stadion Kranjčevićeva in Zagreb.
  8. ^ Hammarby played their home match at Råsunda Stadium in Solna, instead of their regular venue Söderstadion in Stockholm.
  9. ^ Dinamo București played their home match at Stadionul Cotroceni in Bucharest, instead of their regular venue Stadionul Dinamo.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Seeding in the Champions League 2002/2003, UEFA European Cup Football by Bert Kassies.
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  • 2002–03 season at UEFA website
  • European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  • UEFA Champions League Results Summary Booklet Quarter- and Semi-Finals Season 2002/2003. Union of European Football Associations. 2003.