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.^[1][2]

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.

Seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.^[3][4] 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 (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) 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

Pot 1

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Real Madrid	[TH]	147.223
Bayern Munich	[Q3]	133.495
Barcelona	[Q3]	116.233
Manchester United	[Q3]	111.899
Valencia		106.233
Juventus		91.334
Arsenal		90.729
Internazionale	[Q3]	88.334

Pot 2

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Deportivo La Coruña		82.233
Bayer Leverkusen		81.495
Liverpool		79.729
Galatasaray		78.362
Roma		77.334
Lyon		74.176
Borussia Dortmund		73.495
Feyenoord	[Q3]	70.082

Pot 3

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Milan	[Q3]	69.334
PSV Eindhoven		63.082
Dynamo Kyiv	[Q3]	59.979
Spartak Moscow		59.645
Lokomotiv Moscow	[Q3]	57.645
Olympiacos		55.058
AEK Athens	[Q3]	52.058
Ajax		48.082

Pot 4

Team	Notes	Coeff.
Rosenborg	[Q3]	47.737
Lens		44.176
Newcastle United	[Q3]	43.729
Club Brugge	[Q3]	41.762
Auxerre	[Q3]	32.176
Genk	[Q3]	21.762
Maccabi Haifa	[Q3]	18.666
Basel	[Q3]	14.312

Notes

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:^[5]

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.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	DOR	AUX	PSV
1	Arsenal	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	1–2	0–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–1	—	2–1	1–1
3	Auxerre	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	1–0	—	0–0
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6			0–4	1–3	3–0	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAL	BSL	LIV	SPM
1	Valencia	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16	Advance to second group stage		—	6–2	2–0	3–0
2	Basel	6	2	3	1	12	12	0	9			2–2	—	3–3	2–0
3	Liverpool	6	2	2	2	12	8	+4	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	1–1	—	5–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0			0–3	0–2	1–3	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	ROM	AEK	GNK
1	Real Madrid	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9	Advance to second group stage		—	0–1	2–2	6–0
2	Roma	6	2	3	1	3	4	−1	9			0–3	—	1–1	0–0
3	AEK Athens	6	0	6	0	7	7	0	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–3	0–0	—	1–1
4	Genk	6	0	4	2	2	9	−7	4			1–1	0–1	0–0	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	AJX	LYO	ROS
1	Internazionale	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	Advance to second group stage		—	1–0	1–2	3–0
2	Ajax	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8			1–2	—	2–1	1–1
3	Lyon	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–3	0–2	—	5–0
4	Rosenborg	6	0	4	2	4	12	−8	4			2–2	0–0	1–1	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	NEW	DKV	FEY
1	Juventus	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	5–0	2–0
2	Newcastle United	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9			1–0	—	2–1	0–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		1–2	2–0	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5			1–1	2–3	0–0	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUN	LEV	MHA	OLY
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	16	8	+8	15	Advance to second group stage		—	2–0	5–2	4–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			1–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup		3–0	0–2	—	3–0
4	Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	11	17	−6	4			2–3	6–2	3–3	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	DEP	LEN	BAY
1	Milan	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Advance to second group stage		—	1–2	2–1	2–1
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	4	0	2	11	12	−1	12			0–4	—	3–1	2–1
3	Lens	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup		2–1	3–1	—	1–1
4	Bayern Munich	6	0	2	4	9	13	−4	2			1–2	2–3	3–3	—

---

---

---

---

---

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	LMO	BRU	GAL
1	Barcelona	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18	Advance to second group stage		—	1–0	3–2	3–1
2	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7			1–3	—	2–0	0–2
3	Club Brugge	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	0–0	—	3–1
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–2	1–2	0–0	—

---

---

---

---

---