The knockout stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League ran from 24 February 2004 until the final at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 26 May 2004. The knockout stage involved the 16 teams that finished in the top two in each of their groups in the group stage.

Times are CET/ CEST, ^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).

Format

Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that had the higher aggregate score over the two legs progressed to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finished level, the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progressed. If away goals were also equal, 30 minutes of silver goal extra time was applied, whereby the team who leads the game at the half-time break during the extra time period would be declared the winner. If the scores were still level after the initial 15 minutes of extra time, play would continue for a further 15 minutes. The away goals rule applied again after extra time. If there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team qualified by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided via a penalty shoot-out.

The draw mechanisms for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, matches were played between the winner of one group and the runner-up of a different group, with the group winner hosting the second leg. Teams from the same country or the same group must not be drawn against each other.
• In the draw for the quarterfinals onwards, these restrictions do not apply, and teams from the same group or same association may be drawn together.

In the final, the tie was played over just one leg at a neutral venue. If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, then 30 minutes of silver goal extra time was applied, whereby the team who leads the game at the half-time break during the extra time period would be declared the winner. If the scores were still level after the initial 15 minutes of extra time, play would continue for a further 15 minutes. If teams still tied, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Lyon	Bayern Munich
B	Arsenal	Lokomotiv Moscow
C	Monaco	Deportivo La Coruña
D	Juventus	Real Sociedad
E	Manchester United	VfB Stuttgart
F	Real Madrid	Porto
G	Chelsea	Sparta Prague
H	Milan	Celta Vigo

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Bayern Munich	1	0	1
	Real Madrid	1	1	2
							Real Madrid	4	1	5
							Monaco ( a)	2	3	5
	Lokomotiv Moscow	2	0	2
	Monaco ( a)	1	1	2
													Monaco	3	2	5
													Chelsea	1	2	3
	VfB Stuttgart	0	0	0
	Chelsea	1	0	1
							Chelsea	1	2	3
							Arsenal	1	1	2
	Celta Vigo	2	0	2
	Arsenal	3	2	5
																			Monaco	0
																			Porto	3
	Porto	2	1	3
	Manchester United	1	1	2
							Porto	2	2	4
							Lyon	0	2	2
	Real Sociedad	0	0	0
	Lyon	1	1	2
													Porto	0	1	1
													Deportivo La Coruña	0	0	0
	Sparta Prague	0	1	1
	Milan	0	4	4
							Milan	4	0	4
							Deportivo La Coruña	1	4	5
	Deportivo La Coruña	1	1	2
	Juventus	0	0	0

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	1–2	Real Madrid	1–1	0–1
Celta Vigo	2–5	Arsenal	2–3	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Juventus	1–0	1–0
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 ( a)	Monaco	2–1	0–1
Porto	3–2	Manchester United	2–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	0–2	Lyon	0–1	0–1
Sparta Prague	1–4	Milan	0–0	1–4
VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Chelsea	0–1	0–0

First leg

24 February 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Bayern Munich	1–1	Real Madrid
Makaay 75'	Report	Roberto Carlos 83'

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

24 February 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Celta Vigo	2–3	Arsenal
Edu 27' José Ignacio 64'	Report	Edu 18', 58' Pires 80'

Balaídos, Vigo

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Anders Frisk ( Sweden)

24 February 2004

16:30
(18:30 UTC+3)

Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Monaco
Izmailov 32' Maminov 59'	Report	Morientes 69'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain)

24 February 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Sparta Prague	0–0	Milan
	Report

Letná Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 20,640

Referee: Graham Poll ( England)

25 February 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Juventus
Luque 37'	Report

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 22,266

Referee: Gilles Veissiere ( France)

25 February 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Porto	2–1	Manchester United
McCarthy 29', 78'	Report	Fortune 14'

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 49,977

Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany)

25 February 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Real Sociedad	0–1	Lyon
	Report	Schürrer 18' ( o.g.)

Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastián

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Massimo De Santis ( Italy)

25 February 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Chelsea
	Report	Meira 12' ( o.g.)

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Kyros Vassaras ( Greece)

Second leg

9 March 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Chelsea	0–0	VfB Stuttgart
	Report

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 36,657

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark)

Chelsea won 1–0 on aggregate.

9 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Juventus	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña
	Report	Pandiani 12'

Stadio delle Alpi, Turin

Attendance: 24,680

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia)

Deportivo La Coruña won 2–0 on aggregate.

9 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Lyon	1–0	Real Sociedad
Juninho 77'	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 38,914

Referee: Mike Riley ( England)

Lyon won 2–0 on aggregate.

9 March 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Manchester United	1–1	Porto
Scholes 32'	Report	Costinha 90'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 67,029

Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia)

Porto won 3–2 on aggregate.

10 March 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Arsenal	2–0	Celta Vigo
Henry 14', 34'	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,402

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy)

Arsenal won 5–2 on aggregate.

10 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Milan	4–1	Sparta Prague
Inzaghi 45+2' Shevchenko 66', 79' Gattuso 85'	Report	Jun 59'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 49,364

Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany)

Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.

10 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Monaco	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow
Pršo 60'	Report

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 16,729

Referee: Lucílio Batista ( Portugal)

2–2 on aggregate; Monaco won on away goals.

10 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Real Madrid	1–0	Bayern Munich
Zidane 32'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 78,000

Referee: Urs Meier ( Switzerland)

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	3–2	Arsenal	1–1	2–1
Milan	4–5	Deportivo La Coruña	4–1	0–4
Porto	4–2	Lyon	2–0	2–2
Real Madrid	5–5 ( a)	Monaco	4–2	1–3

First leg

23 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Milan	4–1	Deportivo La Coruña
Kaká 45', 49' Shevchenko 46' Pirlo 53'	Report	Pandiani 11'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 60,335

Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia)

23 March 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Porto	2–0	Lyon
Deco 44' Carvalho 71'	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 46,910

Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

24 March 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)

Real Madrid	4–2	Monaco
Helguera 51' Zidane 70' Figo 77' Ronaldo 81'	Report	Squillaci 43' Morientes 83'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 69,327

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia)

24 March 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC±0)

Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal
Guðjohnsen 53'	Report	Pires 59'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 40,778

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González ( Spain)

Second leg

6 April 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Monaco	3–1	Real Madrid
Giuly 45+1', 66' Morientes 48'	Report	Raúl 36'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 17,289

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy)

5–5 on aggregate; Monaco won on away goals.

6 April 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea
Reyes 45+1'	Report	Lampard 51' Bridge 87'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 35,468

Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

7 April 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Deportivo La Coruña	4–0	Milan
Pandiani 5' Valerón 35' Luque 44' Fran 76'	Report

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 24,887

Referee: Urs Meier ( Switzerland)

Deportivo La Coruña won 5–4 on aggregate.

7 April 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Lyon	2–2	Porto
Luyindula 14' Élber 90'	Report	Maniche 6', 47'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,103

Referee: Anders Frisk ( Sweden)

Porto won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monaco	5–3	Chelsea	3–1	2–2
Porto	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	1–0

First leg

20 April 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Monaco	3–1	Chelsea
Pršo 17' Morientes 78' Nonda 83'	Report	Crespo 22'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 17,732

Referee: Urs Meier ( Switzerland)

21 April 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Porto	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña
	Report

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 50,818

Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany)

Second leg

4 May 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Deportivo La Coruña	0–1	Porto
	Report	Derlei 60' ( pen.)

Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Attendance: 33,621

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy)

Porto won 1–0 on aggregate.

5 May 2004

20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)

Chelsea	2–2	Monaco
Grønkjær 22' Lampard 44'	Report	Ibarra 45+2' Morientes 60'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 37,132

Referee: Anders Frisk ( Sweden)

Monaco won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

As winners of the competition, Porto went on to represent UEFA at the 2004 Intercontinental Cup.

26 May 2004

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Monaco	0–3	Porto
	Report	Carlos Alberto 39' Deco 71' Alenichev 75'

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 53,053

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen ( Denmark)

Notes

External links

• 2003-04 season at UEFA website Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine