The 2002β03 UEFA Champions League second group stage matches took place between 26 November 2002 and 19 March 2003. The second group stage featured the eight group winners and eight group runners-up from the group stage. Each team was drawn into one of four groups, each of which featured three other clubs. 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 second group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, while the other two teams were eliminated from European competition.
Seeding structure
The winners of the first group stage groups are put into seeded pots 1 and 2 according to their UEFA coefficients. The four group-winners with the best coefficients will go into seed pot 1. The eight group runners-up will be put into seed pots 3 and 4 according to the same principle, i.e. the four clubs with the best coefficients will go into seed pot 3. One club from each seed pot will be drawn into each of the four groups. Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group and group-winners and runners-up from the same first-stage group will not be drawn into the same group again.
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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: [1]
- 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 ( UTC+1) as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Barcelona
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |
Internazionale
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | |
| 3 |
Newcastle United
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 7 | |
| 4 |
Bayer Leverkusen
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 |
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Newcastle United
| 1β4 |
Internazionale |
|---|---|---|
Solano  72' |
Report |
Morfeo 2' Almeyda 35'Crespo 45'Recoba 81' |
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Internazionale
| 3β2 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
|---|---|---|
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Di Biagio 15', 27' Butt 80' (
o.g.) |
Report |
Ε½ivkoviΔ 63' FranΓ§a 90' |
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Bayer Leverkusen
| 1β3 |
Newcastle United |
|---|---|---|
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França 26' |
Report |
Ameobi 15', 16' Lua Lua 32' |
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Internazionale
| 0β0 |
Barcelona |
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| Report |
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Newcastle United
| 3β1 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
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Shearer 5', 11', 36' (
pen.) |
Report |
BabiΔ 73' |
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Barcelona
| 2β0 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
|---|---|---|
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Saviola 17' De Boer 49' |
Report |
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Internazionale
| 2β2 |
Newcastle United |
|---|---|---|
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Vieri 47' CΓ³rdoba 61' |
Report |
Shearer 42', 49' |
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Bayer Leverkusen
| 0β2 |
Internazionale |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Martins 36' Emre 90' |
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Newcastle United
| 0β2 |
Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Kluivert 60' Motta 75' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Valencia
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |
Ajax
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | |
| 3 |
Arsenal
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 |
Roma
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 |
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Valencia
| 1β1 |
Ajax |
|---|---|---|
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Angulo 90' |
Report |
IbrahimoviΔ 89' |
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Roma
| 1β1 |
Ajax |
|---|---|---|
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Cassano 24' |
Report |
Van der Meyde 1' |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Milan
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |
Real Madrid
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | |
| 3 |
Borussia Dortmund
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 |
Lokomotiv Moscow
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
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Lokomotiv Moscow
| 1β2 |
Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
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Ignashevich 31' |
Report |
Frings 33' Koller 43' |
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Milan
| 1β0 |
Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
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Shevchenko 40' |
Report |
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Borussia Dortmund
| 0β1 |
Milan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Inzaghi 49' |
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Real Madrid
| 2β2 |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
|---|---|---|
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RaΓΊl 21', 76' |
Report |
Obiorah 47' Mnguni 74' |
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Real Madrid
| 2β1 |
Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
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RaΓΊl 43' Ronaldo 56' |
Report |
Koller 30' |
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Milan
| 1β0 |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
|---|---|---|
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Tomasson 62' |
Report |
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Lokomotiv Moscow
| 0β1 |
Milan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Rivaldo 34' (
pen.) |
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Borussia Dortmund
| 1β1 |
Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
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Koller 23' |
Report |
Portillo 90+2' |
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Borussia Dortmund
| 3β0 |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
|---|---|---|
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Frings 39' Koller 58'Amoroso 66' |
Report |
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Milan
| 0β1 |
Borussia Dortmund |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Koller 80' |
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Lokomotiv Moscow
| 0β1 |
Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Ronaldo 35' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Manchester United
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |
Juventus
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3 |
Basel
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | |
| 4 |
Deportivo La CoruΓ±a
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 |
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Basel
| 1β3 |
Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
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GimΓ©nez 1' |
Report |
Van Nistelrooy 62', 63' Solskjær 68' |
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Deportivo La CoruΓ±a
| 2β2 |
Juventus |
|---|---|---|
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TristΓ‘n 9' Makaay 11' |
Report |
Birindelli 38' NedvΔd 57' |
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Manchester United
| 2β0 |
Deportivo La CoruΓ±a |
|---|---|---|
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Van Nistelrooy 7', 55' |
Report |
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Manchester United
| 2β1 |
Juventus |
|---|---|---|
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Brown 4' Van Nistelrooy 85' |
Report |
NedvΔd 90+2' |
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Basel
| 1β0 |
Deportivo La CoruΓ±a |
|---|---|---|
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H. Yakin 30' |
Report |
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Juventus
| 0β3 |
Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Giggs 15', 41' Van Nistelrooy 63' |
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Deportivo La CoruΓ±a
| 1β0 |
Basel |
|---|---|---|
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TristΓ‘n 4' |
Report |
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Manchester United
| 1β1 |
Basel |
|---|---|---|
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G. Neville 53' |
Report |
GimΓ©nez 14' |
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Juventus
| 3β2 |
Deportivo La CoruΓ±a |
|---|---|---|
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Ferrara 13' Trezeguet 63'Tudor 90+3' |
Report |
TristΓ‘n 34' Makaay 52' |
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Basel
| 2β1 |
Juventus |
|---|---|---|
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Cantaluppi 38' GimΓ©nez 90+2' |
Report |
Tacchinardi 10' |
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Deportivo La CoruΓ±a
| 2β0 |
Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
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Victor 32' Lynch 47' (
o.g.) |
Report |
References
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2002/03" (PDF). uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. pp. 10β11. Retrieved 24 November 2009.