2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase

The final phase of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup began on 26 November 2002 with the first matches of the third round and concluded on 21 May 2003 with the final at the Estadio Olímpico in Seville, Spain. A total of 32 teams competed in this phase of the competition.

Times up to 30 March 2003 (quarter-finals) were CET (UTC+1), and thereafter (semi-finals and final) CEST (UTC+2).

Round and draw dates

The draw for the third round was held in Geneva, while the remaining draws were held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[1]

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
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

Format

Apart from the final, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen-minute periods) was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.

In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played. If, on completion of the first period of extra time, one of the teams had scored more goals than the other, the silver goal rule was applied, i.e., the match ended and that team was declared the winner. If no decisive goal was scored, the second period of the extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.^[2]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:^[2]

• In the draws 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.

Qualified teams

The final phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified from the second round, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.^[2]

Key to colours

Teams advancing from the second round

Third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage

Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.	Team	Coeff.
Lazio	106.334	Panathinaikos	57.058	Lens	44.176	Auxerre	32.176
Liverpool	79.729	Stuttgart	53.495	Club Brugge	41.762	Vitesse Arnhem	30.082
Leeds United	76.729	Hertha BSC	52.495	PAOK	41.058	Slovan Liberec	29.312
Celta Vigo	76.233	AEK Athens	52.058	Anderlecht	38.762	Fulham	27.729
Lyon	74.176	Paris Saint-Germain	51.176	Sturm Graz	37.625	Beşiktaş	26.362
Porto	66.124	Real Betis	49.233	Boavista	36.124	Wisła Kraków	21.750
Bordeaux	63.176	Slavia Prague	47.312	Celtic	36.062	Maccabi Haifa	18.666
Dynamo Kyiv	59.979	Schalke 04	46.495	Málaga	34.233	Denizlispor	14.362

Bracket

Third round						Fourth round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
Celtic (a)	1	1	2
Celta Vigo	0	2	2			Celtic	3	2	5
Club Brugge	1	0	1			Stuttgart	1	3	4
Stuttgart	2	1	3									Celtic	1	2	3
Real Betis	1	0	1									Liverpool	1	0	1
Auxerre	0	2	2			Auxerre	0	0	0
Vitesse Arnhem	0	0	0			Liverpool	1	2	3
Liverpool	1	1	2															Celtic	1	1	2
Málaga	0	2	2															Boavista	1	0	1
Leeds United	0	1	1			Málaga	0	1	1
AEK Athens	4	4	8			AEK Athens	0	0	0
Maccabi Haifa	0	1	1									Málaga	1	0	1(1)
Hertha BSC	2	0	2									Boavista (p)	0	1	1(4)
Fulham	1	0	1			Hertha BSC	3	0	3
Paris Saint-Germain	2	0	2			Boavista (a)	2	1	3
Boavista (a)	1	1	2																					Celtic	2
Porto	3	0	3																					Porto	3
Lens	0	1	1			Porto	6	2	8
Denizlispor	0	1	1			Denizlispor	1	2	3
Lyon	0	0	0									Porto	0	2	2
Slovan Liberec	2	0	2									Panathinaikos	1	0	1
Panathinaikos	2	1	3			Panathinaikos	3	0	3
Bordeaux	0	2	2			Anderlecht	0	2	2
Anderlecht	2	2	4															Porto	4	0	4
Sturm Graz	1	1	2															Lazio	1	0	1
Lazio	3	0	3			Lazio	3	2	5
Wisła Kraków	1	4	5			Wisła Kraków	3	1	4
Schalke 04	1	1	2									Lazio	1	2	3
PAOK F.C.	1	0	1									Beşiktaş	0	1	1
Slavia Prague	0	4	4			Slavia Prague	1	2	3
Beşiktaş	3	0	3			Beşiktaş	0	4	4
Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1

Third round

Seeding

The 32 teams were distributed into two groups of eight teams, each containing four seeded and four unseeded teams. The draw was held on 15 November 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.^[3]

Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Lazio Dynamo Kyiv Real Betis Schalke 04	Sturm Graz Auxerre Beşiktaş Wisła Kraków	Liverpool Panathinaikos Stuttgart Paris Saint-Germain	Club Brugge Boavista Vitesse Arnhem Slovan Liberec	Leeds United Lyon Bordeaux Slavia Prague	PAOK Anderlecht Málaga Denizlispor	Celta Vigo Porto Hertha BSC AEK Athens	Lens Celtic Fulham Maccabi Haifa

Matches

The first leg was played on 26 and 28 November, and the second leg was played on 10 and 12 December 2002.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hertha BSC	2–1	Fulham	2–1	0–0
Paris Saint-Germain	2–2 (a)	Boavista	2–1	0–1
Wisła Kraków	5–2	Schalke 04	1–1	4–1
Denizlispor	1–0	Lyon	0–0	1–0
Slovan Liberec	2–3	Panathinaikos	2–2	0–1
Beşiktaş	3–1	Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	0–0
Bordeaux	2–4	Anderlecht	0–2	2–2
PAOK	1–4	Slavia Prague	1–0	0–4
AEK Athens	8–1	Maccabi Haifa	4–0	4–1
Sturm Graz	2–3	Lazio	1–3	1–0
Club Brugge	1–3	Stuttgart	1–2	0–1
Vitesse Arnhem	0–2	Liverpool	0–1	0–1
Celtic	2–2 (a)	Celta Vigo	1–0	1–2
Real Betis	1–2	Auxerre	1–0	0–2
Málaga	2–1	Leeds United	0–0	2–1
Porto	3–1	Lens	3–0	0–1

First leg

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Second leg

Wisła Kraków won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Denizlispor won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Málaga won 2–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Celtic won on away goals.

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Porto won 3–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Boavista won on away goals.

Fourth round

Seeding

The 16 teams were distributed into two groups of eight teams, each containing four seeded and four unseeded teams. The draw was held on 13 December 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland.^[4]

Group 1		Group 2
Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded
Lazio Hertha BSC AEK Athens Slavia Prague	Boavista Málaga Beşiktaş Wisła Kraków	Liverpool Porto Panathinaikos Stuttgart	Anderlecht Celtic Auxerre Denizlispor

Matches

The first leg was played on 20 February, and the second leg was played on 27 February 2003.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hertha BSC	3–3 (a)	Boavista	3–2	0–1
Panathinaikos	3–2	Anderlecht	3–0	0–2
Slavia Prague	3–4	Beşiktaş	1–0	2–4
Auxerre	0–3	Liverpool	0–1	0–2
Lazio	5–4	Wisła Kraków	3–3	2–1
Málaga	1–0	AEK Athens	0–0	1–0
Celtic	5–4	Stuttgart	3–1	2–3
Porto	8–3	Denizlispor	6–1	2–2

First leg

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Second leg

Beşiktaş wins 4–3 on aggregate.

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Málaga won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Porto won 8–3 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. Boavista won on away goals.

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Lazio won 5–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 13 December 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg was played on 13 March, and the second leg was played on 20 March 2003.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	2–1	Panathinaikos	0–1	2–0 (a.e.t.)
Lazio	3–1	Beşiktaş	1–0	2–1
Celtic	3–1	Liverpool	1–1	2–0
Málaga	1–1 (1–4 p)	Boavista	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg

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Second leg

Porto won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Lazio won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Boavista won 4–1 on penalties.

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 21 March 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg was played on 10 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2003.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Porto	4–1	Lazio	4–1	0–0
Celtic	2–1	Boavista	1–1	1–0

First leg

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Second leg

Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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