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2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage

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Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage matches took place between 17 September and 13 November 2002. The draw for the group stage was made on 29 August 2002 in Monaco.

The group stage featured the 16 automatic qualifiers and the 16 winners of the third qualifying round. Each team was drawn into one of eight groups but avoided teams from their own country. All four teams in the group played home and away matches against each other to determine the winner and runner-up in the group.

At the completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in a second group stage, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the UEFA Cup.

Teams

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

Key to colors
Teams advance to the [second group stage](2002-03-uefa-champions-league-second-group-stage)
Teams enter the [UEFA Cup round of 32](2002-03-uefa-cup)

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Real Madrid		147.223
Bayern Munich		133.495
Barcelona		116.233
Manchester United		111.899
Valencia		106.233
Juventus		91.334
Arsenal		90.729
Internazionale		88.334

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Deportivo La Coruña		82.233
Bayer Leverkusen		81.495
Liverpool		79.729
Galatasaray		78.362
Roma		77.334
Lyon		74.176
Borussia Dortmund		73.495
Feyenoord		70.082

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Milan		69.334
PSV Eindhoven		63.082
Dynamo Kyiv		59.979
Spartak Moscow		59.645
Lokomotiv Moscow		57.645
Olympiacos		55.058
AEK Athens		52.058
Ajax		48.082

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Rosenborg		47.737
Lens		44.176
Newcastle United		43.729
Club Brugge		41.762
Auxerre		32.176
Genk		21.762
Maccabi Haifa		18.666
Basel		14.312

Notes

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on Article 7.06 in the UEFA regulations, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings:

higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
superior goal difference from all group matches played;
higher number of goals scored;
higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Bergkamp
Ljungberg

Koller
Amoroso
Benjani
Gilberto
Ljungberg
Henry

Van der Schaaf
Koller
Rosický
Amoroso
Gilberto Silva

Koller
Bruggink
Kanu
Kapo
Fadiga

Bruggink
Rommedahl
Robben
Rosický
Henry

Benjani

Group B

Aimar
Baraja
H. Yakin
Rossi

Angulo
Mista
Juan Sánchez
Baroš
Rossi

Heskey
Cheyrou
Hyypiä
Diao
Carew
Aurélio
Baraja
Aimar
Mista
Rossi
H. Yakin

Danishevsky
Owen
Ergić
Baraja
Curro Torres

Rufete
Rossi
Giménez

Juan Sánchez
Aurélio
Rossi
Giménez
Atouba
Murphy
Šmicer
Owen

Group C

Guti
Raúl

Zokora
Salgado
Figo
Guti
Celades
Raúl

Tsiartas
Maladenis
Nikolaidis
Zidane
Guti
Cassano

McManaman
Katsouranis
Centeno

Lakis
Sonck
Totti

Sonck
Tote
Delvecchio
Centeno

Group D

Karadas
Crespo
Ibrahimović
Anderson

Carrière
Vairelles
Anderson
Luyindula
Crespo

Cannavaro
Govou
Anderson

Anderson
Carrière
Caçapa
Crespo
Ibrahimović
Enerly

Recoba
Saarinen
Crespo
Pienaar
Van der Vaart

Brattbakk
Govou
Van der Vaart
Crespo

Group E

Van Hooijdonk
Camoranesi
Shatskikh
Khatskevich

Pardo
Di Vaio
Del Piero
Davids
Nedvěd

Del Piero

Griffin
Khatskevich
Byalkevich

Di Vaio
Speed
Shearer
Shatskikh

Bombarda
Lurling
Bellamy
Viana
Shatskikh
Salas
Zalayeta

Group F

Giggs
Solskjær
Verón
Van Nistelrooy
Forlán
Katan
Cohen
Kleine
Giannakopoulos
Đorđević
Zetterberg
Eleftheropoulos
Schneider

Berbatov
Van Nistelrooy
Yakubu

Babić
Giggs
Verón
Solskjær

Babić
Juan
Pralija
Choutos
Đorđević
Blanc
Verón
Scholes

Katan
Žutautas
Yakubu
Juan
Schneider

Verón
Van Nistelrooy
Alexandris
Niniadis
Antzas
Badir
Yakubu
Katan

Group G

Salihamidžić
Élber
Makaay
Inzaghi
Moreira

Utaka
Linke
Seedorf
Inzaghi

Makaay
Capdevila
César
Moreira
Pizarro
Inzaghi

Coulibaly
Moreira
Thomert
Makaay
Serginho
Inzaghi
Tarnat

Sánchez
Makaay
Santa Cruz
Moreira
Utaka
Shevchenko

R. Kovač
Warmuz
Feulner
Fink
Bakari
Blanchard
Tomasson
Tristán
Makaay

Group H

Sarr
Erdem
Luis Enrique
Mendieta
Saviola
Simons
Englebert

Kluivert
Luis Enrique

Obiorah
Kluivert
Saviola

Martens
Verheyen
Sæternes
Fabio Pinto
F. de Boer

Şaş
Loskov
Evseev
Riquelme

Júlio César
Loskov
García
Gerard
Geovanni
Cihan

Notes

References

(29 August 2002). "Europe's big guns kept apart".
(29 August 2002). "Champions League group guide".
(29 August 2002). "United and Bayern join top seeds". UEFA.
"UEFA Club Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.
"Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2002/03". UEFA.
(27 June 2002). "UEFA reaffirms Israeli advice". [[UEFA]].

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