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2003–04 UEFA Champions League
European football tournament
European football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | UEFA Champions League |
| year | 2003–04 |
| image | Germany -v- Ireland Euro 2016 Qualifier (15365957457).jpg |
| size | 275px |
| caption | The Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen hosted the [final](2004-uefa-champions-league-final) |
| dates | *Qualifying:* |
| 16 July – 27 August 2003 | |
| *Competition proper:* | |
| 16 September 2003 – 26 May 2004 | |
| num_teams | *Competition proper:* 32 |
| *Total:* 72 | |
| champion_other | Porto |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | Monaco |
| matches | 125 |
| goals | 309 |
| attendance | 4540677 |
| top_scorer | Fernando Morientes (Monaco) |
| 9 goals | |
| prevseason | [2002–03](2002-03-uefa-champions-league) |
| nextseason | [2004–05](2004-05-uefa-champions-league) |
16 July – 27 August 2003 Competition proper: 16 September 2003 – 26 May 2004 Total: 72 9 goals
The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992, and the 49th tournament overall. This was the first UEFA Champions League edition to feature a new format with a 16-team knockout round instead of a second group stage.
The competition was won by Portugal's Porto, who defeated Monaco of France 3–0 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. This was Portugal's first win since 1987, and Porto's second European trophy in two years, following their UEFA Cup success from the previous season. This was the second consecutive victory in a European cup for Porto coach José Mourinho, who beat Monaco coached by Didier Deschamps, a two-time winner of the competition as a player. As winners of the competition, Porto went on to represent UEFA in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup.
Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Deportivo La Coruña in the quarter-finals.
Association team allocation
A total of 72 teams from 48 UEFA member associations participated in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. Liechtenstein (who does not have their own domestic league) as well as Andorra and San Marino did not participate. Also not admitted was Azerbaijan, which was suspended by UEFA. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient; associations with a higher league coefficient may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams.
- Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 16–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino) each have one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2002 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1997–98 to 2001–02.
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68.467 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 58.668 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 55.459 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 52.990 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 42.352 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 36.116 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 34.165 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28.725 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28.249 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27.291 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.625 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.125 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.958 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.525 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.250 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.625 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 21.475 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21.332 |
|
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.041 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17.500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.375 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.241 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16.331 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.665 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.165 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13.916 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13.749 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11.832 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.332 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8.041 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7.165 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.165 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.832 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.083 |
|
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.831 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3.331 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.498 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.832 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.665 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.333 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.332 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.331 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.165 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.165 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.165 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.832 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0.000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.000 | 1 |
|}
Distribution
Since the title holders (Milan) also qualified for the Champions League Third qualifying round through their domestic league, one Third qualifying round spot was vacated. Due to this, as well as due to the suspension of Azerbaijan, the following changes to the default access list are made:
- The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
- The champions of associations 26, 27 and 28 (Romania, Hungary and Slovenia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | First qualifying round |
|---|---|---|
| (20 teams) | Second qualifying round | |
| (28 teams) | Third qualifying round | |
| (32 teams) | Group stage | |
| (32 teams) | Knockout phase | |
| (16 teams) |
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).
| Group stage | Third qualifying round | Second qualifying round | First qualifying round |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid ([1st](2002-03-la-liga)) | Milan ([3rd](2002-03-serie-a))[TH](2002-03-uefa-champions-league) | VfB Stuttgart ([2nd](2002-03-bundesliga)) | Panathinaikos ([2nd](2002-03-alpha-ethniki)) |
| Real Sociedad ([2nd](2002-03-la-liga)) | Manchester United ([1st](2002-03-fa-premier-league)) | Lyon ([1st](2002-03-ligue-1)) | PSV Eindhoven ([1st](2002-03-eredivisie)) |
| Juventus ([1st](2002-03-serie-a)) | Arsenal ([2nd](2002-03-fa-premier-league)) | Monaco ([2nd](2002-03-ligue-1)) | Beşiktaş ([1st](2002-03-super-lig)) |
| Internazionale ([2nd](2002-03-serie-a)) | Bayern Munich ([1st](2002-03-bundesliga)) | Olympiacos ([1st](2002-03-alpha-ethniki)) | Porto ([1st](2002-03-primeira-liga)) |
| Deportivo La Coruña ([3rd](2002-03-la-liga)) | Borussia Dortmund ([3rd](2002-03-bundesliga)) | Benfica ([2nd](2002-03-primeira-liga)) | Dynamo Kyiv ([1st](2002-03-vyshcha-liha)) |
| Celta Vigo ([4th](2002-03-la-liga)) | Marseille ([3rd](2002-03-ligue-1)) | Lokomotiv Moscow ([1st](2002-russian-premier-league)) | Club Brugge ([1st](2002-03-belgian-first-division)) |
| Lazio ([4th](2002-03-serie-a)) | AEK Athens ([3rd](2002-03-alpha-ethniki)) | Sparta Prague ([1st](2002-03-czech-first-league)) | Austria Wien ([1st](2002-03-austrian-football-bundesliga)) |
| Newcastle United ([3rd](2002-03-fa-premier-league)) | Ajax ([2nd](2002-03-eredivisie)) | Rangers ([1st](2002-03-scottish-premier-league)) | Grasshopper ([1st](2002-03-nationalliga-a)) |
| Chelsea ([4th](2002-03-fa-premier-league)) | Galatasaray ([2nd](2002-03-super-lig)) | ||
| CSKA Moscow ([2nd](2002-russian-premier-league)) | GAK ([2nd](2002-03-austrian-football-bundesliga)) | Copenhagen ([1st](2002-03-danish-superliga)) | CSKA Sofia ([1st](2002-03-a-group)) |
| Slavia Prague ([2nd](2002-03-czech-first-league)) | Rosenborg ([1st](2002-tippeligaen)) | Djurgårdens IF ([1st](2002-allsvenskan)) | Rapid București ([1st](2002-03-divizia-a)) |
| Celtic ([2nd](2002-03-scottish-premier-league)) | Maccabi Tel Aviv ([1st](2002-03-israeli-premier-league)) | Partizan ([1st](2002-03-first-league-of-serbia-and-montenegro)) | MTK Hungária ([1st](2002-03-nemzeti-bajnoksag-i)) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk ([2nd](2002-03-vyshcha-liha)) | Dinamo Zagreb ([1st](2002-03-croatian-first-football-league)) | Žilina ([1st](2002-03-slovak-superliga)) | Maribor ([1st](2002-03-slovenian-prvaliga)) |
| Anderlecht ([2nd](2002-03-belgian-first-division)) | Wisła Kraków ([1st](2002-03-ekstraklasa)) | ||
| Omonia ([1st](2002-03-cypriot-first-division)) | KR ([1st](2002-urvalsdeild)) | Sliema Wanderers ([1st](2002-03-maltese-premier-league)) | Glentoran ([1st](2002-03-irish-league)) |
| HJK ([1st](2002-veikkausliiga)) | BATE Borisov ([1st](2002-belarusian-premier-league)) | Barry Town ([1st](2002-03-welsh-premier-league)) | Tirana ([1st](2002-03-albanian-superliga)) |
| Skonto ([1st](2002-latvian-higher-league)) | Kaunas ([1st](2002-a-lyga)) | Flora ([1st](2003-meistriliiga)) | HB ([1st](2002-1-deild)) |
| Dinamo Tbilisi ([1st](2002-03-umaglesi-liga)) | Bohemians ([1st](2002-03-league-of-ireland-premier-division)) | Leotar ([1st](2002-03-premier-league-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina)) | Grevenmacher ([1st](2002-03-luxembourg-national-division)) |
| Sheriff Tiraspol ([1st](2002-03-moldovan-national-division)) | Vardar ([1st](2002-03-macedonian-first-football-league)) | Pyunik ([1st](2002-armenian-premier-league)) | Irtysh ([1st](2002-kazakhstan-premier-league)) |
;Notes
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 20 June 2003 | 16 July 2003 | 23 July 2003 |
| Second qualifying round | 30 July 2003 | 6 August 2003 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 25 July 2003 | 12–13 August 2003 | 26–27 August 2003 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2003 | ||
| (Monaco) | 16–17 September 2003 | |||
| Matchday 2 | 30 September – 1 October 2003 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 21–22 October 2003 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 4–5 November 2003 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 25–26 November 2003 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 9–10 December 2003 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 16 | 12 December 2003 | 24–25 February 2004 | 9–10 March 2004 |
| Quarter-finals | 12 March 2004 | 23–24 March 2004 | 6–7 April 2004 | |
| Semi-finals | 20–21 April 2004 | 4–5 May 2004 | ||
| Final | 26 May 2004 at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen |
Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Group stage
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage
Title holders, 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 9 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Champions League play-offs, while the third-placed teams advanced to the Third Round of the UEFA Cup.
Tiebreakers, if necessary, were applied in the following order:
- Points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
- Total goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches between the tied teams.
- Cumulative goal difference in all group matches.
- Total goals scored in all group matches.
- Higher UEFA coefficient going into the competition.
Celta Vigo, Partizan, Real Sociedad and VfB Stuttgart made their debut appearances in the group stage. This season became the first in the history of the Champions League in which three Greek clubs played in the group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout phase
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESP Fernando Morientes | Monaco | 9 | 1026 |
| 2 | CRO Dado Pršo | Monaco | 7 | 512 |
| 3 | NED Roy Makaay | Bayern Munich | 6 | 720 |
| URU Walter Pandiani | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 773 | |
| 5 | CIV Didier Drogba | Marseille | 5 | 515 |
| TUR Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 5 | 539 | |
| BRA Juninho | Lyon | 5 | 799 | |
| FRA Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 5 | 888 | |
| 9 | FRA David Trezeguet | Juventus | 4 | 359 |
| BEL Wesley Sonck | Ajax | 4 | 401 | |
| NED Ruud van Nistelrooy | Manchester United | 4 | 596 | |
| ESP Albert Luque | Deportivo La Coruña | 4 | 640 | |
| RSA Benni McCarthy | Porto | 4 | 643 | |
| BRA Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 4 | 729 | |
| UKR Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | 4 | 765 | |
| BRA Kaká | Milan | 4 | 780 | |
| FRA Ludovic Giuly | Monaco | 4 | 783 | |
| FRA Robert Pires | Arsenal | 4 | 852 | |
| ENG Frank Lampard | Chelsea | 4 | 1035 |
References
References
- UEFA.com. (2002-07-11). "New format for Champions League".
- "UEFA Country Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.
- "Azerbaijan 2002/03".
- "UEFA European Football Calendar 2003/2004". Bert Kassies.
- (August 2003). "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2003/04".
- (26 May 2004). "Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 26 May 2004 (after match)". [[UEFA]].
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