2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage


The 2002–03 UEFA Champions League first group stage matches took place between 17 September and 13 November 2002. The draw for the group stage was made on 29 August 2002 in Monaco.
The group stage featured the 16 automatic qualifiers and the 16 winners of the third qualifying round. Each team was drawn into one of eight groups but avoided teams from their own country. 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 group stage, the top two teams in each group advanced to play in a second group stage, while the third-placed teams dropped down to the UEFA Cup.

Teams

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients. Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city did not play on the same day.
Key to colors
Teams advance to the second group stage
Teams enter the UEFA Cup round of 32

TeamNotes
Real Madrid147.223
Bayern Munich133.495
Barcelona116.233
Manchester United111.899
Valencia106.233
Juventus91.334
Arsenal90.729
Internazionale88.334

TeamNotes
Deportivo La Coruña82.233
Bayer Leverkusen81.495
Liverpool79.729
Galatasaray78.362
Roma77.334
Lyon74.176
Borussia Dortmund73.495
Feyenoord70.082

TeamNotes
Milan69.334
PSV Eindhoven63.082
Dynamo Kyiv59.979
Spartak Moscow59.645
Lokomotiv Moscow57.645
Olympiacos55.058
AEK Athens52.058
Ajax48.082

TeamNotes
Rosenborg47.737
Lens44.176
Newcastle United43.729
Club Brugge41.762
Auxerre32.176
Genk21.762
Maccabi Haifa18.666
Basel14.312

'''Notes'''

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;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored;
  6. 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/CEST, as listed by UEFA.

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Group E


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Group F


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Group G


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Group H


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