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2002–03 UEFA Cup
File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Estadio Olímpico 57 619.jpg
The Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates13–29 August 2002 (qualifying)
17 September 2002 – 21 May 2003 (competition proper)
Teams96+8 (competition proper)
121+24 (total) (from 51 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Porto (1st title)
Runners-upScotland Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored576 (2.81 per match)
Attendance3,139,630 (15,315 per match)
Top scorer(s)Derlei (Porto)
12 goals

The 2002–03 UEFA Cup was the 32nd edition of the UEFA Cup, the second-tier European club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played between Portuguese side Porto and Scottish side Celtic at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, on 21 May 2003. Porto won 3–2 after silver goal extra time and became the first Portuguese team to win the competition.[1] Feyenoord could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League and were also eliminated from all European competitions after finishing bottom of their group.

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA member associations participated in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[2]

  • Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualified;
  • Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualified;
  • Associations 9–15 each had two teams qualified;
  • Associations 16–21 each had three teams qualified;
  • Associations 22–49 (except Liechtenstein) each had two teams qualified;
  • Associations 50–51 each had one team qualified;
  • Liechtenstein had one team qualified (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league);
  • The top three associations of the 2001–02 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gained an additional berth;
  • Moreover, 24 teams eliminated from the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the UEFA Cup.

The winners of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup were given an additional entry as title holders if they did not qualify for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season since the title holders (Feyenoord) qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking

For the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2001 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 2000–01.[3][4] Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations had additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:

  • (FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Norway, England, Czech Republic)[5]
  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
  • (UIC) – Additional teams qualified from the Intertoto Cup
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 65.210 3 +1(UIC)
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 56.239
3 File:Flag of England.svg England 51.288 +1(FP)
+1(UIC)+1(CL)
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 48.632 +1(UIC)
5 File:Flag of France.svg France 42.352 +3(CL)
6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 30.249
7 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 29.975 4 +1(CL)
8 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 28.366 +1(CL)
9 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 27.708 2
10 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 26.274 +2(CL)
11 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 24.791 +1(FP)+2(CL)
12 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 24.150 +1(CL)
13 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 23.833 +2(CL)
14 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 23.750 +2(CL)
15 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 23.600 +1(FP)
16 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 22.625 3 +1(CL)
17 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 21.865
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
18 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 19.999 3
19 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 18.208
20 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 17.500 +1(CL)
21 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 17.175 +1(CL)
22 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 15.791 2
23 File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia 15.415 +1(CL)
24 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 15.082 +1(CL)
25 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 14.665
26 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 14.124 +1(CL)
27 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 11.998
28 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 11.665 +1(CL)
29 File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus 10.832 +1(CL)
30 File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Georgia 9.666
31 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 8.541
32 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 7.832
33 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 5.332
34 File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 4.832
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
35 File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 4.499 2
36 File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania 4.498
37 File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 3.497
38 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 2.998
39 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2.498
40 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2.165
41 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 2.165
42 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 1.665
43 File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1.665
44 File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 1.500 1
45 File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 1.331 2
46 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.000 +1(CL)
47 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 0.665
48 File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 0.665
49 File:Flag of Albania (1992–2002).svg Albania 0.499
50 File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino 0.000 1
51 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 0.000

Distribution

Since the title holders (Feyenoord) qualified for the Champions League through their domestic performance, the first round spot reserved for the title holders was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made:[2][4]

  • The domestic cup winners of associations 17 (Switzerland) and 18 (Croatia) were promoted from the qualifying round to the first round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League
Qualifying round
(82 teams)
  • 2 domestic league winners from associations 50 (Andorra) and 51 (San Marino)
  • 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–49
  • 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–48 (except Liechtenstein)
  • 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
First round
(96 teams)
  • Title holders
  • 18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 3 Intertoto Cup winners
  • 41 winners from the qualifying round
  • 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
Second round
(48 teams)
  • 48 winners from the first round
Third round
(32 teams)
  • 24 winners from the second round
  • 8 third-placed teams from the Champions League first group stage

Redistribution rules

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualifies for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:[2]

  • When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the UEFA Cup:
    • The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the UEFA Cup as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other UEFA Cup qualifiers moved up one "place".
    • Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the UEFA Cup, with the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish above them in the league, moved up one "place".
  • When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the UEFA Cup, with the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible.
  • For associations where a UEFA Cup place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the UEFA Cup as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved UEFA Cup place is taken by the highest-placed league team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions.
  • A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
  • FP: Fair Play
  • IC: UEFA Intertoto Cup winners
  • CL: Transferred from the Champions League
    • GS1: Third-placed teams from the first group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Third round
England Liverpool (CL GS1) France Lens (CL GS1) Greece AEK Athens (CL GS1) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (CL GS1)
France Lyon (CL GS1) France Auxerre (CL GS1) Belgium Club Brugge (CL GS1) Israel Maccabi Haifa (CL GS1)
First round
Spain Celta Vigo (5th) France Bordeaux (LC) Czech Republic Slavia Prague (CW) Austria Sturm Graz (CL Q3)
Spain Real Betis (6th) Netherlands Heerenveen (4th) Belgium Anderlecht (3rd) Austria GAK (CL Q3)
Spain Alavés (7th) Netherlands Vitesse (5th) Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk (3rd) Scotland Celtic (CL Q3)
Italy Parma (CW) Netherlands Utrecht (CR) Austria Austria Wien (4th) Poland Legia Warsaw (CL Q3)
Italy Chievo (5th) Turkey Kocaelispor (CW) Norway Viking (CW) Denmark Brøndby (CL Q3)
Italy Lazio (6th) Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd) Scotland Rangers (CW) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (CL Q3)
England Leeds United (5th) Turkey Ankaragücü (4th) Switzerland Grasshopper (2nd) Hungary Zalaegerszeg (CL Q3)
England Chelsea (6th) Turkey Denizlispor (5th) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (CW) Bulgaria Levski Sofia (CL Q3)
England Blackburn Rovers (LC) Greece Panathinaikos (3rd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (CL Q3) Cyprus APOEL (CL Q3)
Germany Schalke 04 (CW) Greece PAOK (4th) Portugal Sporting CP (CL Q3) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (CL Q3)
Germany Hertha BSC (4th) Greece Skoda Xanthi (5th) Portugal Boavista (CL Q3) Spain Málaga (IC)
Germany Werder Bremen (6th) Greece Iraklis (6th) Czech Republic Slovan Liberec (CL Q3) England Fulham (IC)
France Lorient (CW) Russia CSKA Moscow (CW) Czech Republic Sparta Prague (CL Q3) Germany VfB Stuttgart (IC)
France Paris Saint-Germain (4th) Portugal Porto (3rd) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (CL Q3)
Qualifying round
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Denmark Midtjylland (3rd) Latvia Ventspils (2nd) Malta Birkirkara (CW)
Portugal Leixões (CR) Romania Rapid București (CW) Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs (3rd)[Note LAT] Malta Sliema Wanderers (2nd)
Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov (3rd) Romania Național București (2nd) Iceland Fylkir (CW) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW)
Belgium Mouscron (CR) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (CW) Iceland ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar (2nd) Northern Ireland Linfield (CW)
Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhya (4th) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sartid (3rd) Belarus Gomel (CW) Northern Ireland Glentoran (2nd)
Austria Kärnten (5th)[Note AUT] Hungary Újpest (CW) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (CW)
Norway Stabæk (4th) Hungary Ferencváros (2nd) Moldova Nistru Otaci (2nd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (2nd)
Scotland Livingston (3rd) Slovakia Koba Senec (CW) Moldova Zimbru Chișinău (3rd) Luxembourg Avenir Beggen (CW)
Scotland Aberdeen (4th) Slovakia Matador Púchov (2nd) Lithuania Atlantas (2nd) Luxembourg Grevenmacher (2nd)
Switzerland Lugano (3rd) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (CW) Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė (CR) Faroe Islands GÍ Gøta (2nd)
Switzerland Servette (4th) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd) North Macedonia Pobeda (CW) Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík (CR)
Croatia Hajduk Split (2nd) Slovenia Gorica (CW) North Macedonia Belasica (2nd) Albania Tirana (CW)
Croatia Varteks (4th) Slovenia Primorje (2nd) Republic of Ireland Dundalk (CW) Albania Partizani (3rd)
Sweden Djurgården (2nd) Bulgaria Litex Lovech (2nd) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (2nd) San Marino Domagnano (1st)
Sweden AIK (3rd) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (CR) Estonia Levadia Tallinn (CW) Andorra Encamp (1st)
Sweden IFK Göteborg (4th)[Note SWE] Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta (CW) Estonia TVMK Tallinn (2nd) Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty (CW)
Poland Wisła Kraków (CW) Cyprus AEL Limassol (3rd) Armenia Zvartnots Yerevan (2nd) Kazakhstan Atyrau (2nd)
Poland Amica Wronki (3rd) Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi (CW) Armenia Spartak Yerevan (3rd) England Ipswich Town (FP)
Poland Polonia Warsaw (4th) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (3rd) Wales Total Network Solutions (2nd) Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc (FP)
Denmark Odense (CW) Finland HJK Helsinki (2nd) Wales Bangor City (3rd) Norway Brann (FP)
Denmark Copenhagen (2nd) Finland MyPa-47 (3rd)[Note FIN]
Notes
  1. ^
    Austria (AUT): Tirol Innsbruck, the winners of the 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga, declared bankruptcy and could not take part in the European competitions. As a result, their Champions League third qualifying round berth was given to GAK, the third-placed team of the league, and the UEFA Cup qualifying round place was given to Kärnten, the fifth-placed team of the league.
  2. ^
    Azerbaijan (AZE): In 2002, Azerbaijani clubs were banned from the European competitions for a period of two years, in response to a long-standing conflict between the national football association and the majority of the top-flight clubs.[6]
  3. ^
    Finland (FIN): Atlantis, the winners of the 2001 Finnish Cup, declared bankruptcy and could not take part in the European competitions. Since cup runners-up Tampere United qualified for the Champions League as winners of the 2001 Veikkausliiga, their berth was given to MyPa-47, the third-placed team of the league.
  4. ^
    Latvia (LAT): The revised schedule of the Latvian Cup, the domestic cup competition, overlapped with the UEFA Cup competition schedule. As a result, the domestic cup winner did not qualify for the UEFA Cup this season, and its berth was given to Liepājas Metalurgs, the 3rd-placed team of the 2001 Latvian Higher League.
  5. ^
    Sweden (SWE): The revised schedule of the Svenska Cupen, the domestic cup competition, overlapped with the UEFA Cup competition schedule. As a result, the domestic cup winner did not qualify for the UEFA Cup this season, and its berth was given to IFK Göteborg, the fourth-placed team of the 2001 Allsvenskan.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[7]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 21 June 2002 15 August 2002 29 August 2002
First round 30 August 2002 19 September 2002 3 October 2002
Second round 8 October 2002 31 October 2002 14 November 2002
Third round 15 November 2002 28 November 2002 12 December 2002
Fourth round 13 December 2002 20 February 2003 27 February 2003
Quarter-finals 13 March 2003 20 March 2003
Semi-finals 21 March 2003 10 April 2003 24 April 2003
Final 21 May 2003 at Estadio Olímpico, Seville

Qualifying round

The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.{{#lst:2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round|QR}}

First round

The draw was held on 30 August 2002 in Monaco.{{#lst:2002–03 UEFA Cup first round|R1}}

Second round

The draw was held on 8 October 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland.{{#lst:2002–03 UEFA Cup second round|R2}}

Final phase

In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

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Third round

The draw was held on 15 November 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.[8]{{#lst:2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase|R3}}

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was held on 13 December 2002.[9]{{#lst:2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase|R4}}

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

{{#lst:2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase|F}}

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Brazil Derlei Portugal Porto 12 1,159
2 Sweden Henrik Larsson Scotland Celtic 11 887
3 Poland Maciej Żurawski Poland Wisła Kraków 9 723
4 Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Jestrović Belgium Anderlecht 7 413
5 Turkey Mustafa Özkan Turkey Denizlispor 6 630
6 Serbia and Montenegro Stanko Svitlica Poland Legia Warsaw 5 334
France Jean-Claude Darcheville France Bordeaux 460
Hungary Imre Szabics Austria Sturm Graz 532
England Alan Smith England Leeds United 540
Czech Republic Štěpán Vachoušek Czech Republic Slavia Prague 687
Portugal Hélder Postiga Portugal Porto 736
Panama Julio Dely Valdés Spain Málaga 822
Source: [10]

See also

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2002/03" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. p. 26. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. "UEFA Country Ranking 2001". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Qualification for European Cup football 2002/03". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. "UEFA Cup bonus for Ipswich and Sigma". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. Dryomin, Mike (1 October 2003). "Azerbaijan 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  7. "UEFA European Football Calendar 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  8. "UEFA Cup – Lazio and Liverpool top seeds". Union of European Football Associations. 15 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  9. "UEFA Cup – Sixteen await UEFA Cup fate". Union of European Football Associations. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. "Season 2002/03 Player stats". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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