2002–03 UEFA Cup explained

Tourney Name:	UEFA Cup
Year:	2002–03
Size:	275px
Dates:	13–29 August 2002 (qualifying) 17 September 2002 – 21 May 2003 (competition proper)
Num Teams:	96+8 (competition proper) 121+24 (total)
Associations:	51
Champion Other:	Porto
Count:	1
Second Other:	Celtic
Matches:	205
Goals:	576
Attendance:	3139630
Top Scorer:	Derlei (Porto) 12 goals
Prevseason:	2001–02
Nextseason:	2003–04

The 2002–03 UEFA Cup was the 32nd edition of the UEFA Cup, the second-tier European club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played between Portuguese side Porto and Scottish side Celtic at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, on 21 May 2003. Porto won 3–2 after silver goal extra time and became the first Portuguese team to win the competition.^[1]

Feyenoord could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League and were also eliminated from all European competitions after finishing bottom of their group.

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 UEFA member associations participated in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:^[2]

• Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualified;
• Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualified;
• Associations 9–15 each had two teams qualified;
• Associations 16–21 each had three teams qualified;
• Associations 22–49 (except Liechtenstein) each had two teams qualified;
• Associations 50–51 each had one team qualified;
• Liechtenstein had one team qualified (as it organises only a domestic cup and no domestic league);
• The top three associations of the 2001–02 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking each gained an additional berth;
• Moreover, 24 teams eliminated from the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the UEFA Cup.

The winners of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup were given an additional entry as title holders if they did not qualify for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup through their domestic performance. However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season since the title holders (Feyenoord) qualified for European competitions through their domestic performance.

Association ranking

For the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2001 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 2000–01.^{[3] [4]}

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations had additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:

• – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking (Norway, England, Czech Republic)^[5]
• – Additional teams transferred from the Champions League
• – Additional teams qualified from the Intertoto Cup

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 1 65.210 align=center rowspan=6 3 2 56.239 3 51.288 +1(CL)|-!4||align=right|48.632||-!5||align=right|42.352|+3(CL)|-!6||align=right|30.249||-!7||align=right|29.975|align=center rowspan=2|4|+1(CL) 8 28.366 +1(CL)|-!9||align=right|27.708|align=center rowspan=7|2||-!10||align=right|26.274|+2(CL)|-!11||align=right|24.791|+2(CL)|-!12||align=right|24.150|+1(CL)|-!13||align=right|23.833|+2(CL) 14 23.750 +2(CL)|-!15||align=right|23.600||-!16||align=right|22.625|align=center rowspan=2|3|+1(CL)|-!17||align=right|21.865||}| Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 18 19.999 align=center rowspan=4 3 19 18.208 20 17.500 +1(CL) 21 17.175 +1(CL)|-!22||align=right|15.791|align=center rowspan=13|2||-!23||align=right|15.415|+1(CL)|-!24||align=right|15.082|+1(CL) 25 14.665 26 14.124 +1(CL)|-!27||align=right|11.998||-!28||align=right|11.665|+1(CL) 29 10.832 +1(CL)|-!30||align=right|9.666||-!31||align=right|8.541||-!32||align=right|7.832||-!33||align=right|5.332||-!34||align=right|4.832||}| Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes 35 4.499 align=center rowspan=9 2 36 4.498 37 3.497 38 2.998 39 2.498 40 2.165 41 2.165 42 1.665 43 1.665 44 1.500 1 45 1.331 align=center rowspan=5 2 46 1.000 +1(CL)|-!47||align=right|0.665||-!48||align=right|0.665||-!49||align=right|0.499||-!50||align=right|0.000|align=center rowspan=2|1||-!51||align=right|0.000||}|} Distribution Since the title holders (Feyenoord) qualified for the Champions League through their domestic performance, the first round spot reserved for the title holders was vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system were made: The domestic cup winners of associations 17 (Switzerland) and 18 (Croatia) were promoted from the qualifying round to the first round. Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League Qualifying round (82 teams) 2 domestic league winners from associations 50 (Andorra) and 51 (San Marino) 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–49 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–48 (except Liechtenstein) 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking First round (96 teams) Title holders 18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 3 Intertoto Cup winners 41 winners from the qualifying round 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round Second round (48 teams) 48 winners from the first round Third round (32 teams) 24 winners from the second round 8 third-placed teams from the Champions League first group stage Redistribution rules A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualifies for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules: When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association with the latest starting round) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated. As a result, either of the following teams qualify for the UEFA Cup: The domestic cup runners-up, provided they have not yet qualified for European competitions, qualify for the UEFA Cup as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (with the earliest starting round), with the other UEFA Cup qualifiers moved up one "place". Otherwise, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the UEFA Cup, with the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish above them in the league, moved up one "place". When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated. As a result, the highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the UEFA Cup, with the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish above them in the league moved up one "place" if possible. For associations where a UEFA Cup place is reserved for the League Cup winners, they always qualify for the UEFA Cup as the "lowest-placed" qualifier (or as the second "lowest-placed" qualifier in cases where the cup runners-up qualify as stated above). If the League Cup winners have already qualified for European competitions through other methods, this reserved UEFA Cup place is taken by the highest-placed league team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions. A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which have not yet qualified for European competitions. Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up LC: League Cup winners 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position FP: Fair Play IC: UEFA Intertoto Cup winners CL: Transferred from the Champions League GS1: Third-placed teams from the first group stage Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round Notes Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).^[6] Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying round 21 June 2002 15 August 2002 29 August 2002 First round 30 August 2002 19 September 2002 3 October 2002 Second round 8 October 2002 31 October 2002 14 November 2002 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 Qualifying round See main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round. The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland. First round See main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup first round. The draw was held on 30 August 2002 in Monaco. Second round See main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup second round. The draw was held on 8 October 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland. Final phase See main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup final phase. In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the draws for 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. Third round The draw was held on 15 November 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.^[7] Fourth round The draw for the fourth round was held on 13 December 2002.^[8] Final Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played 1 Derlei Porto 12 1,159 2 Henrik Larsson Celtic 11 887 3 Maciej Żurawski Wisła Kraków 9 723 4 Nenad Jestrović Anderlecht 7 413 5 Mustafa Özkan Denizlispor 6 630 6 Stanko Svitlica Legia Warsaw 5 334 Jean-Claude Darcheville Bordeaux 460 Imre Szabics Sturm Graz 532 Alan Smith Leeds United 540 Štěpán Vachoušek Slavia Prague 687 Hélder Postiga Porto 736 Julio Dely Valdés Málaga 822 Source: ^[9] See also 2002–03 UEFA Champions League 2003 UEFA Super Cup External links 2002–03 UEFA Cup at UEFA 2002–03 UEFA Cup at RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2002/03: Mourinho makes his mark. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2014. 1 June 2003. 14 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614193452/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/overview/index.html#200203+mourinho+makes+mark. dead.
2. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2002/03. Union of European Football Associations. 20 August 2014. 26. PDF.
3. Web site: UEFA Country Ranking 2001. Bert Kassies. 20 August 2014.
4. Web site: Qualification for European Cup football 2002/03. Bert Kassies. 20 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212314/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/qual2002.html. 3 March 2016. dead.
5. Web site: UEFA Cup bonus for Ipswich and Sigma. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2002. 20 August 2014.
6. Web site: UEFA European Football Calendar 2002/2003. Bert Kassies. 20 August 2014. 2 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150302154721/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/history/dates2002.html. dead.
7. Web site: UEFA Cup – Lazio and Liverpool top seeds. Union of European Football Associations. 3 September 2014. 15 November 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20130915234556/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/news/021115a.html. 15 September 2013. dead.
8. Web site: UEFA Cup – Sixteen await UEFA Cup fate. Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2014. 13 December 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20130915234603/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/news/021213a.html. 15 September 2013. dead.
9. Web site: Season 2002/03 Player stats . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 25 May 2022 .