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

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 IF 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 2.416
Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 2.041
Lithuania 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 0.832
Armenia Pyunik 0.666
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 0.666
Northern Ireland Portadown 0.665
Faroe Islands B36 0.582
Albania Dinamo Tirana 0.582
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 0.416
Kazakhstan Zhenis 0.000

First qualifying round

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

Seeding

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
Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Lithuania Kaunas
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
North Macedonia Vardar

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

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
F91 Dudelange Luxembourg1–4North Macedonia Vardar1–10–3
Hibernians Malta3–2Republic of Ireland Shelbourne2–21–0
Portadown Northern Ireland2–3Belarus Belshina Bobruisk0–02–3
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina4–0Iceland ÍA3–01–0
Skonto Latvia6–0Wales Barry Town5–01–0
Flora Estonia0–1Cyprus APOEL0–00–1
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova4–4 (a)Kazakhstan Zhenis2–12–3
Tampere United Finland0–6Armenia Pyunik0–40–2
Kaunas Lithuania2–3Albania Dinamo Tirana2–30–0
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)6–2Faroe Islands B365–21–0

Matches

F91 Dudelange Luxembourg1–1North Macedonia Vardar
 Report
Attendance: 1,002[2]
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Vardar North Macedonia3–0Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Vardar won 4–1 on aggregate.

Hibernians Malta2–2Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
 Report
Attendance: 1,000[2]
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland0–1Malta Hibernians
Report
Attendance: 4,500[2]

Hibernians won 3–2 on aggregate.

Portadown Northern Ireland0–0Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Report
Attendance: 750[2]
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus3–2Northern Ireland Portadown
 Report
Attendance: 437[2]
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

Belshina Bobruisk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina3–0Iceland ÍA
 Report
Attendance: 6,800[2]
ÍA Iceland0–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
Report
Attendance: 370[2]
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Željezničar won 4–0 on aggregate.

Skonto Latvia5–0Wales Barry Town
 Report
Attendance: 1,957[2]
Barry Town Wales0–1Latvia Skonto
Report
Attendance: 1,157[2]
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

Skonto won 6–0 on aggregate.

Flora Estonia0–0Cyprus APOEL
Report
Attendance: 800[2]
APOEL Cyprus1–0Estonia Flora
 Report
Attendance: 5,447[2]
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.

Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova2–1Kazakhstan Zhenis
 Report
Attendance: 14,000[2]
Referee: Bülent Uzun (Turkey)
Zhenis Kazakhstan3–2Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 7,576[2]

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

Tampere United Finland0–4Armenia Pyunik
Report
Attendance: 3,007[2]
Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Romania)
Pyunik Armenia2–0Finland Tampere United
 Report
Attendance: 15,000[2]

Pyunik won 6–0 on aggregate.

Kaunas Lithuania2–3Albania Dinamo Tirana
 Report
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Referee: Aleh Chykun (Belarus)
Dinamo Tirana Albania0–0Lithuania Kaunas
Report
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Dinamo Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)5–2Faroe Islands B36
 Report
Attendance: 2,125[2]
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
B36 Faroe Islands0–1Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
Report
Attendance: 675[2]
Referee: Paul McKeon (Republic of Ireland)

Torpedo Kutaisi won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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

Seeding

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 IF
Latvia Skonto[†]
Slovakia Žilina
Hungary Zalaegerszeg
Cyprus APOEL[†]
Armenia Pyunik[†]

Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi[†]
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar[†]
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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova1–6Austria GAK1–40–2
Maccabi Haifa Israel5–0Belarus Belshina Bobruisk4–01–0
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine6–2Armenia Pyunik4–02–2
Zalaegerszeg Hungary2–2 (a)Croatia Zagreb1–01–2
Boavista Portugal7–3Malta Hibernians4–03–3
Sparta Prague Czech Republic5–1Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi3–02–1
Skonto Latvia0–2Bulgaria Levski Sofia0–00–2
Vardar North Macedonia2–4Poland Legia Warsaw1–31–1
Hammarby IF Sweden1–5Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan1–10–4
Žilina Slovakia1–4Switzerland Basel1–10–3
Maribor Slovenia4–5Cyprus APOEL2–12–4
Lillestrøm Norway0–2Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar0–10–1
Club Brugge Belgium4–1Romania Dinamo București3–11–0
Brøndby Denmark5–0Albania Dinamo Tirana1–04–0

Matches

Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova1–4Austria GAK
 Report
Attendance: 11,500[2]
GAK Austria2–0Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
 Report
Attendance: 4,350[2]
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

GAK won 6–1 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa Israel4–0Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
 Report
Attendance: 221[2]
Referee: Anton Stredak (Slovakia)
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus0–1Israel Maccabi Haifa
Report
Attendance: 700[2]
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

Maccabi Haifa won 5–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine4–0Armenia Pyunik
 Report
Attendance: 15,500[2]
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
Pyunik Armenia2–2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
 Report
Attendance: 13,000[2]

Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.

Zalaegerszeg Hungary1–0Croatia Zagreb
 Report
Attendance: 4,500[2]
Zagreb Croatia2–1Hungary Zalaegerszeg
 Report
Attendance: 4,000[2]

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

Boavista Portugal4–0Malta Hibernians
 Report
Attendance: 6,172[2]
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Hibernians Malta3–3Portugal Boavista
 Report
Attendance: 525[2]

Boavista won 7–3 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague Czech Republic3–0Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi
 Report
Attendance: 9,690[2]
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country)1–2Czech Republic Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 6,187[2]

Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.

Skonto Latvia0–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Report
Attendance: 4,354[2]
Referee: Philippe Leuba (Switzerland)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria2–0Latvia Skonto
 Report
Attendance: 12,000[2]
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Levski Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Vardar North Macedonia1–3Poland Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 4,000[2]
Legia Warsaw Poland1–1North Macedonia Vardar
 Report
Attendance: 5,640[2]
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.

Hammarby IF Sweden1–1Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
 Report
Attendance: 19,500[2]
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–0Sweden Hammarby IF
 Report
Attendance: 13,507[2]

Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.

Žilina Slovakia1–1Switzerland Basel
 Report
Attendance: 6,258[2]
Basel Switzerland3–0Slovakia Žilina
 Report
Attendance: 16,562[2]

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.

Maribor Slovenia2–1Cyprus APOEL
 Report
Attendance: 4,094[2]
APOEL Cyprus4–2Slovenia Maribor
 Report
Attendance: 10,564[2]

APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm Norway0–1Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
Report
Attendance: 3,532[2]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina1–0Norway Lillestrøm
 Report
Attendance: 12,000[2]
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

Željezničar won 2–0 on aggregate.

Club Brugge Belgium3–1Romania Dinamo București
 Report
Attendance: 10,837[2]
Dinamo București Romania0–1Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 10,000[2]
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Club Brugge won 4–1 on aggregate.

Brøndby Denmark1–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
 Report
Attendance: 13,047[2]
Dinamo Tirana Albania0–4Denmark Brøndby
Report
Attendance: 8,900[2]
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Brøndby won 5–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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

Seeding

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[†]
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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Genk Belgium4–4 (a)Czech Republic Sparta Prague2–02–4
Feyenoord Netherlands3–0Turkey Fenerbahçe1–02–0
Maccabi Haifa Israel5–3Austria Sturm Graz2–03–3
Boavista Portugal0–1France Auxerre0–10–0
APOEL Cyprus2–4Greece AEK Athens2–30–1
Zalaegerszeg Hungary1–5England Manchester United1–00–5
Sporting CP Portugal0–2Italy Internazionale0–00–2
Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–6Germany Bayern Munich0–31–3
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–2 (1–4 p)Belgium Club Brugge1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina0–5England Newcastle United0–10–4
Celtic Scotland3–3 (a)Switzerland Basel3–10–2
GAK Austria3–5Russia Lokomotiv Moscow0–23–3
Rosenborg Norway4–2Denmark Brøndby1–03–2
Levski Sofia Bulgaria0–2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv0–10–1
Milan Italy2–2 (a)Czech Republic Slovan Liberec1–01–2
Barcelona Spain4–0Poland Legia Warsaw3–01–0

Matches

Genk Belgium2–0Czech Republic Sparta Prague
 Report
Attendance: 9,969[2]
Sparta Prague Czech Republic4–2Belgium Genk
 Report
Attendance: 12,856[2]

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

Feyenoord Netherlands1–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 28,500[2]
Fenerbahçe Turkey0–2Netherlands Feyenoord
Report
Attendance: 39,705[2]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.

Maccabi Haifa Israel2–0Austria Sturm Graz
 Report
Attendance: 1,200[2]
Sturm Graz Austria3–3Israel Maccabi Haifa
 Report
Attendance: 7,800[2]

Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.

Boavista Portugal0–1France Auxerre
Report
Attendance: 8,000[2]
Auxerre France0–0Portugal Boavista
Report
Attendance: 14,500[2]

Auxerre won 1–0 on aggregate.

APOEL Cyprus2–3Greece AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 16,192[2]
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
AEK Athens Greece1–0Cyprus APOEL
 Report
Attendance: 9,204[2]

AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zalaegerszeg Hungary1–0England Manchester United
 Report
Attendance: 28,500[2]
Manchester United England5–0Hungary Zalaegerszeg
 Report
Attendance: 66,814[2]

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Sporting CP Portugal0–0Italy Internazionale
Report
Attendance: 25,421[2]
Internazionale Italy2–0Portugal Sporting CP
 Report
Attendance: 51,405[2]

Internazionale won 2–0 on aggregate.

Partizan Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–3Germany Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 29,000[2]
Bayern Munich Germany3–1Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
 Report
Attendance: 40,000[2]

Bayern Munich won 6–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1Belgium Club Brugge
 Report
Attendance: 27,982[2]
Club Brugge Belgium1–1 (a.e.t.)Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 Report
Penalties
 4–1
Attendance: 17,463[2]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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

Željezničar Bosnia and Herzegovina0–1England Newcastle United
Report
Attendance: 28,500[2]
Newcastle United England4–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
 Report
Attendance: 34,067[2]

Newcastle United won 5–0 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland3–1Switzerland Basel
 Report
Attendance: 49,200[2]
Basel Switzerland2–0Scotland Celtic
 Report
Attendance: 30,510[2]
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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

GAK Austria0–2Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Report
Attendance: 5,271[2]
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia3–3Austria GAK
 Report
Attendance: 13,400[2]

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway1–0Denmark Brøndby
 Report
Attendance: 18,800[2]
Brøndby Denmark2–3Norway Rosenborg
 Report
Attendance: 20,935[2]

Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.

Levski Sofia Bulgaria0–1Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report
Attendance: 15,000[2]
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–0Bulgaria Levski Sofia
 Report
Attendance: 16,863[2]
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–0 on aggregate.

Milan Italy1–0Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
 Report
Attendance: 30,064[2]
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic2–1Italy Milan
 Report
Attendance: 8,740[2]

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

Barcelona Spain3–0Poland Legia Warsaw
 Report
Attendance: 67,078[2]
Legia Warsaw Poland0–1Spain Barcelona
Report
Attendance: 11,500[2]

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.

Notes

  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 played their home matches at Koševo City Stadium in Sarajevo, instead of their regular venue Stadion Grbavica.
  4. ^ B36 played their home match at Tórsvøllur stadium, instead of their regular home venue Gundadalur stadium.
  5. ^ a b Due to security issues caused by the Second Intifada, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[3] As a result, Maccabi Haifa played their home matches at GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus, and Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofia, Bulgaria, instead of their regular venue, Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa.
  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 IF 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

  1. ^ a b c Bert Kassies. "Seeding in the Champions League 2002/2003". UEFA European Cup Football.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb UEFA Champions League Results Summary Booklet Quarter- and Semi-Finals Season 2002/2003. Union of European Football Associations. 2003.
  3. ^ "UEFA reaffirms Israeli advice". UEFA. 27 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 March 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_UEFA_Champions_League_qualifying_rounds
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