2003–04 UEFA Champions League

2003–04 UEFA Champions League
	The Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying:; 16 July – 27 August 2003; Competition proper:; 16 September 2003 – 26 May 2004
Teams	Competition proper: 32; Total: 72
Final positions
Champions	Porto (2nd title)
Runners-up	Monaco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	309 (2.47 per match)
Attendance	4,540,677 (36,325 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fernando Morientes (Monaco); 9 goals
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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.^[1]

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.

Qualification

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.^[2]

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
1	Spain	68.467	4
2	Italy	58.668
3	England	55.459
4	Germany	52.990	3
5	France	42.352
6	Greece	36.116
7	Netherlands	34.165	2
8	Turkey	28.725
9	Portugal	28.249
10	Russia	27.291
11	Czech Republic	26.625
12	Scotland	26.125
13	Ukraine	25.958
14	Belgium	25.525
15	Austria	23.250
16	Switzerland	22.625	1
17	Norway	21.475
18	Israel	21.332

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
19	Croatia	21.041	1
20	Poland	17.500
21	Denmark	17.375
22	Sweden	17.241
23	Serbia and Montenegro	16.331
24	Slovakia	15.665
25	Bulgaria	15.165
26	Romania	13.916
27	Hungary	13.749
28	Slovenia	11.832
29	Cyprus	9.332
30	Finland	8.041
31	Latvia	7.165
32	Georgia	6.999
33	Moldova	5.165
34	Iceland	4.832
35	Belarus	4.083

Rank	Association	Coeff.	Teams
36	Lithuania	3.831	1
37	Republic of Ireland	3.331
38	Macedonia	2.997
39	Malta	2.498
40	Wales	1.832
41	Estonia	1.665
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.333
43	Armenia	1.332
44	Northern Ireland	1.331
45	Albania	1.165
46	Faroe Islands	1.165
47	Azerbaijan	1.165	0
48	Liechtenstein	1.000	0
49	Luxembourg	0.832	1
50	Andorra	0.000	0
51	San Marino	0.000	0
52	Kazakhstan	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 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)	20 champions from associations 29–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino)
Second qualifying round (28 teams)	12 champions from associations 17–28 6 runners-up from associations 10–15	10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (32 teams)	7 champions from associations 10–16 3 runners-up from associations 7–9 5 third-place finishers from associations 1–6 (except Italy) 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3	14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage (32 teams)	1 current Champions League title holder (Milan) 9 champions from associations 1–9 6 runners-up from associations 1–6	16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase (16 teams)		8 group winners from the group stage 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Group stage
Real Madrid (1st)	Manchester United (1st)	Lyon (1st)	PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Real Sociedad (2nd)	Arsenal (2nd)	Monaco (2nd)	Beşiktaş (1st)
Juventus (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)	Porto (1st)
Internazionale (2nd)	VfB Stuttgart (2nd)	Panathinaikos (2nd)	Milan (3rd)^TH
Third qualifying round
Deportivo La Coruña (3rd)	Borussia Dortmund (3rd)	Benfica (2nd)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)
Celta Vigo (4th)	Marseille (3rd)	Lokomotiv Moscow (1st)	Club Brugge (1st)
Lazio (4th)	AEK Athens (3rd)	Sparta Prague (1st)	Austria Wien (1st)
Newcastle United (3rd)	Ajax (2nd)	Rangers (1st)	Grasshopper (1st)
Chelsea (4th)	Galatasaray (2nd)
Second qualifying round
CSKA Moscow (2nd)	GAK (2nd)	Copenhagen (1st)	CSKA Sofia (1st)
Slavia Prague (2nd)	Rosenborg (1st)	Djurgårdens IF (1st)	Rapid București (1st)
Celtic (2nd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)	Partizan (1st)	MTK Budapest (1st)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd)	Dinamo Zagreb (1st)	Žilina (1st)	Maribor (1st)
Anderlecht (2nd)	Wisła Kraków (1st)
First qualifying round
Omonia (1st)	KR (1st)	Sliema Wanderers (1st)	Glentoran (1st)
HJK (1st)	BATE Borisov (1st)	Barry Town (1st)	Tirana (1st)
Skonto (1st)	Kaunas (1st)	Flora (1st)	HB (1st)
Dinamo Tbilisi (1st)	Bohemians (1st)	Leotar (1st)	Grevenmacher (1st)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st)	Vardar (1st)	Pyunik (1st)	Irtysh (1st)

Notes

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Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as no domestic league took place in 2002–03 season and AFFA was suspended by UEFA as a result of ongoing conflict between the clubs and federation.^[3]

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).^[4]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	First qualifying round	20 June 2003	16 July 2003	23 July 2003
	Second qualifying round	20 June 2003	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

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pyunik	2–1	KR	1–0	1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	Flora	1–0	1–1
HB	1–5	Kaunas	0–1	1–4
BATE Borisov	1–3	Bohemians	1–0	0–3
Vardar	4–2	Barry Town	3–0	1–2
Grevenmacher	0–2	Leotar	0–0	0–2
Glentoran	0–1	HJK	0–0	0–1
Sliema Wanderers	3–3 (a)	Skonto	2–0	1–3
Omonia	2–1	Irtysh	0–0	2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–3 (2–4 p)	Tirana	3–0	0–3 (aet)

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 30 July, and the second legs were played on 6 August 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MTK Hungária	3–2	HJK	3–1	0–1
Pyunik	0–3	CSKA Sofia	0–2	0–1
Kaunas	0–5	Celtic	0–4	0–1
Leotar	1–4	Slavia Prague	1–2	0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol	0–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	0–2
Žilina	2–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	1–1
Bohemians	0–5	Rosenborg	0–1	0–4
Maribor	2–3	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	1–2
CSKA Moscow	2–3	Vardar	1–2	1–1
Rapid București	2–3	Anderlecht	0–0	2–3
Partizan	3–3 (a)	Djurgårdens IF	1–1	2–2
Wisła Kraków	7–4	Omonia	5–2	2–2
Copenhagen	10–1	Sliema Wanderers	4–1	6–0
Tirana	2–7	GAK	1–5	1–2

Third qualifying round

The first legs were played on 12 and 13 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vardar	4–5	Sparta Prague	2–3	2–2
MTK Hungária	0–5	Celtic	0–4	0–1
Rangers	3–2	Copenhagen	1–1	2–1
Austria Wien	0–1	Marseille	0–1	0–0
Club Brugge	3–3 (4–2 p)	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	1–2 (aet)
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	1–3
Lazio	4–1	Benfica	3–1	1–0
Dynamo Kyiv	5–1	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	2–0
Rosenborg	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	0–1
Grasshopper	2–3	AEK Athens	1–0	1–3
Žilina	0–5	Chelsea	0–2	0–3
Celta Vigo	3–2	Slavia Prague	3–0	0–2
Partizan	1–1 (4–3 p)	Newcastle United	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Galatasaray	6–0	CSKA Sofia	3–0	3–0
Anderlecht	4–1	Wisła Kraków	3–1	1–0
GAK	2–3	Ajax	1–1	1–2 (aet)

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Brown: Group A;

Red: Group B;

Orange: Group C;

Yellow: Group D;

Green: Group E;

Blue: Group F;

Purple: Group G;

Pink: Group H.

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.

Real Sociedad, Celta Vigo, VfB Stuttgart and Partizan made their debut appearance 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LYO	BAY	CEL	AND
1	Lyon	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	3–2	1–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	2–1	1–0
3	Celtic	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	2–0	0–0	—	3–1
4	Anderlecht	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7		1–0	1–1	1–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	LMO	INT	DKV
1	Arsenal	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	0–3	1–0
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Internazionale	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–5	1–1	—	2–1
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7		2–1	2–0	1–1	—

Source: [1]

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	DEP	PSV	AEK
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	8–3	1–1	4–0
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	12	12	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	AEK Athens	6	0	2	4	1	11	−10	2		0–0	1–1	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	RSO	GAL	OLY
1	Juventus	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	4–2	2–1	7–0
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	8	8	0	9	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Galatasaray	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	2–0	1–2	—	1–0
4	Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4		1–2	2–2	3–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	STU	PAN	RAN
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	5–0	3–0
2	VfB Stuttgart	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	2–0	1–0
3	Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	1–3	—	1–1
4	Rangers	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4		0–1	2–1	1–3	—

Source: RSSSF

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	POR	MAR	PTZ
1	Real Madrid	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	4–2	1–0
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–3	—	1–0	2–1
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–2	2–3	—	3–0
4	Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3		0–0	1–1	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	SPP	BES	LAZ
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	0–2	2–1
2	Sparta Prague	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–2	1–0	—	0–2
4	Lazio	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5		0–4	2–2	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	CLT	BRU	AJX
1	Milan	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–2	0–1	1–0
2	Celta Vigo	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	1–1	3–2
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Ajax	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6		0–1	1–0	2–0	—

Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

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
												26 May – Gelsenkirchen
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
Juventus	0	0	0

Deportivo La Coruña	1	1	2

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

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

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

Final

The final was played on 26 May 2004 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

26 May 2004

20:45 CEST

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

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 53,053^[5]

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank^[6]	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Fernando Morientes	Monaco	9	1026
2	Dado Pršo	Monaco	7	512
3	Roy Makaay	Bayern Munich	6	720
3	Walter Pandiani	Deportivo La Coruña	6	773
5	Didier Drogba	Marseille	5	515
	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	5	539
	Juninho	Lyon	5	799
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	5	888
9	David Trezeguet	Juventus	4	359
	Wesley Sonck	Ajax	4	401
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	4	596
	Albert Luque	Deportivo La Coruña	4	640
	Benni McCarthy	Porto	4	643
	Ronaldo	Real Madrid	4	729
	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	4	765
	Kaká	Milan	4	780
	Ludovic Giuly	Monaco	4	783
	Robert Pires	Arsenal	4	852
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	4	1035

References

^ UEFA.com (2002-07-11). "New format for Champions League | UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.
^ Azerbaijan 2002/03 at RSSSF
^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2003/2004". Bert Kassies.
^ "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 26 May 2004 (after match)" (PDF). UEFA. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2012.

External links

2003–04 All matches – season at UEFA website
2003–04 season at UEFA website
European Club Results at RSSSF
All scorers 2003–04 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
2003/04 UEFA Champions League – results and line-ups (archive)
"Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2003/04" (PDF). August 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2003. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
2003/04 List of participants

[cnote_Note_AZE] 
Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as no domestic league took place in 2002–03 season and AFFA was suspended by UEFA as a result of ongoing conflict between the clubs and federation.^[3]

[1] UEFA.com (2002-07-11). "New format for Champions League | UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

[2] "UEFA Country Ranking 2002". Bert Kassies.

[3] Azerbaijan 2002/03 at RSSSF

[4] "UEFA European Football Calendar 2003/2004". Bert Kassies.

[attendance-5] "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2022/23. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[6] "Top Scorers – Final – Wednesday 26 May 2004 (after match)" (PDF). UEFA. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2012.

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2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Qualification

Association ranking

Distribution

Teams

Round and draw dates

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout phase

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links

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