2002–03 UEFA Cup

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.

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:

• 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 22–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Andorra) each had two teams qualified;
• Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), San Marino and Andorra had one team qualified;
• 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.

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)
• (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
• (UIC) – Additional teams qualified from the Intertoto Cup

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 Template:Fba 65.210 3 +1 (UIC) 2 Template:Fba 56.239 3 Template:Fba 51.288 +1 (FP) +1 (UIC) +1 (UCL) 4 Template:Fba 48.632 +1 (UIC) 5 Template:Fba 42.352 +3 (UCL) 6 Template:Fba 30.249 7 Template:Fba 29.975 4 +1 (UCL) 8 Template:Fba 28.366 +1 (UCL) 9 Template:Fba 27.708 2 10 Template:Fba 26.274 +2 (UCL) 11 Template:Fba 24.791 +1 (FP) +2 (UCL) 12 Template:Fba 24.150 +1 (UCL) 13 Template:Fba 23.833 +2 (UCL) 14 Template:Fba 23.750 +2 (UCL) 15 Template:Fba 23.600 +1(FP) 16 Template:Fba 22.625 3 +1 (UCL) 17 Template:Fba 21.875 18 Template:Fba 19.999

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 19 Template:Fba 18.208 3 20 Template:Fba 17.500 +1 (UCL) 21 Template:Fba 17.175 +1 (UCL) 22 Template:Fba 15.791 2 23 Template:Fba 15.415 +1 (UCL) 24 Template:Fba 15.082 +1 (UCL) 25 Template:Fba 14.665 26 Template:Fba 14.124 +1 (UCL) 27 Template:Fba 11.998 28 Template:Fba 11.665 +1 (UCL) 29 Template:Fba 10.832 +1 (UCL) 30 Template:Fba 9.666 31 Template:Fba 8.541 32 Template:Fba 7.832 33 Template:Fba 5.332 34 Template:Fba 4.832 35 Template:Fba 4.499

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 36 Template:Fba 4.498 2 37 Template:Fba 3.497 38 Template:Fba 2.998 39 Template:Fba 2.498 40 Template:Fba 2.165 41 Template:Fba 2.165 42 Template:Fba 1.665 0 Template:Cref2 43 Template:Fba 1.665 2 44 Template:Fba 1.500 1 45 Template:Fba 1.331 2 46 Template:Fba 1.000 +1 (UCL) 47 Template:Fba 0.665 48 Template:Fba 0.665 49 Template:Fba 0.499 50 Template:Fba 0.000 1 51 Template:Fba 0.000 52 Template:Fba 0.000 2

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:

• 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 and Intertoto Cup
Qualifying round (82 teams)	2 domestic league champions from Andorra and San Marino 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–52 (except Azerbaijan, Andorra and San Marino) 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino) 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
First round (96 teams)	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 (league cup winners for France) 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (league cup winners for England)	41 winners from the qualifying round	16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round 3 Intertoto Cup winners
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:

• 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:

• 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
Template:Fbaicon Liverpool (CL GS1)	Template:Fbaicon Lens (CL GS1)	Template:Fbaicon AEK Athens (CL GS1)	Template:Fbaicon Dynamo Kyiv (CL GS1)
Template:Fbaicon Lyon (CL GS1)	Template:Fbaicon Auxerre (CL GS1)	Template:Fbaicon Club Brugge (CL GS1)	Template:Fbaicon Maccabi Haifa (CL GS1)
First round
Template:Fbaicon Celta Vigo (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Bordeaux (LC)	Template:Fbaicon Slavia Prague (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Sturm Graz (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Real Betis (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Heerenveen (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Anderlecht (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon GAK (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Alavés (7th)	Template:Fbaicon Vitesse (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Metalurh Donetsk (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Celtic (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Parma (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Utrecht (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Austria Wien (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Legia Warsaw (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Chievo (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Kocaelispor (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Viking (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Brøndby (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Lazio (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Beşiktaş (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Rangers (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Partizan (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Leeds United (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Ankaragücü (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Grasshopper (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Zalaegerszeg (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Chelsea (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Denizlispor (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Dinamo Zagreb (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Levski Sofia (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Blackburn Rovers (LC)	Template:Fbaicon Panathinaikos (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Fenerbahçe (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon APOEL (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Schalke 04 (CW)	Template:Fbaicon PAOK (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Sporting CP (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Željezničar (CL Q3)
Template:Fbaicon Hertha BSC (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Skoda Xanthi (5th)	Template:Fbaicon Boavista (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Málaga (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Werder Bremen (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Iraklis (6th)	Template:Fbaicon Slovan Liberec (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon Fulham (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Lorient (CW)	Template:Fbaicon CSKA Moscow (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Sparta Prague (CL Q3)	Template:Fbaicon VfB Stuttgart (IC)
Template:Fbaicon Paris Saint-Germain (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Porto (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Shakhtar Donetsk (CL Q3)
Qualifying round
Template:Fbaicon Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Midtjylland (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Ventspils (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Birkirkara (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Leixões (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Rapid București (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Liepājas Metalurgs (3rd)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon Sliema Wanderers (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Viktoria Žižkov (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Național București (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Fylkir (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Vaduz (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Mouscron (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Red Star Belgrade (CW)	Template:Fbaicon ÍBV (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Linfield (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Sartid (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Gomel (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Glentoran (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Kärnten (5th)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon Újpest (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Dinamo Minsk (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Sarajevo (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Stabæk (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Ferencváros (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Nistru Otaci (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Široki Brijeg (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Livingston (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Koba Senec (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Zimbru Chișinău (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Avenir Beggen (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Aberdeen (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Matador Púchov (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Atlantas (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Grevenmacher (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Lugano (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Maccabi Tel Aviv (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Sūduva (CR)	Template:Fbaicon GÍ (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Servette (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Hapoel Tel Aviv (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Pobeda (CW)	Template:Fbaicon KÍ (CR)
Template:Fbaicon Hajduk Split (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Gorica (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Belasica (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Tirana (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Varteks (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Primorje (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Dundalk (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Partizani (3rd)
Template:Fbaicon Djurgårdens IF (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Litex Lovech (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Shamrock Rovers (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Domagnano (1st)
Template:Fbaicon AIK (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon CSKA Sofia (CR)	Template:Fbaicon Levadia Tallinn (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Encamp (1st)
Template:Fbaicon IFK Göteborg (4th)Template:Cref2	Template:Fbaicon Anorthosis Famagusta (CW)	Template:Fbaicon TVMK (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Kairat (CW)
Template:Fbaicon Wisła Kraków (CW)	Template:Fbaicon AEL Limassol (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Zvartnots Yerevan (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Atyrau (2nd)
Template:Fbaicon Amica Wronki (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Locomotive Tbilisi (CW)	Template:Fbaicon Spartak Yerevan (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Ipswich Town (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Polonia Warsaw (4th)	Template:Fbaicon Dinamo Tbilisi (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Total Network Solutions (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Sigma Olomouc (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Odense (CW)	Template:Fbaicon HJK (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon Bangor City (3rd)	Template:Fbaicon Brann (FP)
Template:Fbaicon Copenhagen (2nd)	Template:Fbaicon MYPA (3rd)Template:Cref2

Notes

Round and draw dates

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

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.

Third round

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

Fourth round

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

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Template:Flagicon Derlei	Template:Fbaicon Porto	12	1,159
2	Template:Flagicon Henrik Larsson	Template:Fbaicon Celtic	11	887
3	Template:Flagicon Maciej Żurawski	Template:Fbaicon Wisła Kraków	9	723
4	Template:Flagicon Nenad Jestrović	Template:Fbaicon Anderlecht	7	413
5	Template:Flagicon Mustafa Özkan	Template:Fbaicon Denizlispor	6	630
6	Template:Flagicon Stanko Svitlica	Template:Fbaicon Legia Warsaw	5	334
	Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Darcheville	Template:Fbaicon Bordeaux		460
	Template:Flagicon Imre Szabics	Template:Fbaicon Sturm Graz		532
	Template:Flagicon Alan Smith	Template:Fbaicon Leeds United		540
	Template:Flagicon Štěpán Vachoušek	Template:Fbaicon Slavia Prague		687
	Template:Flagicon Hélder Postiga	Template:Fbaicon Porto		736
	Template:Flagicon Julio Dely Valdés	Template:Fbaicon Málaga		822
Source: UEFA

See also

• 2002–03 UEFA Champions League
• 2003 UEFA Super Cup

External links

• 2002–03 UEFA Cup at UEFA
• 2002–03 UEFA Cup at RSSSF