The qualifying rounds for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League began on 17 July 2002. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.
Teams Key to coloursQualify for the group stageEliminated in the Third qualifying round; Advanced to the UEFA Cup first round
Third qualifying round Team Coeff. Bayern Munich 133.495 Manchester United 125.729 Barcelona 116.233 Internazionale 88.334 Feyenoord 70.082 Milan 69.334 Lokomotiv Moscow 57.645 AEK Athens 52.058 Rosenborg 47.737 Newcastle United 43.729 Sturm Graz 37.625 Celtic 36.062 Sporting CP 34.124 Auxerre 32.176 Slovan Liberec 29.312 Shakhtar Donetsk 23.979 Genk 21.762 Fenerbahçe 19.362 Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Dynamo Kyiv 59.979 Sparta Prague 48.312 Club Brugge 41.762 Boavista 36.124 GAK 25.625 Brøndby 20.687 Maccabi Haifa 18.666 Legia Warsaw 17.750 Lillestrøm 15.737 Basel 14.312 Partizan 14.165 Zagreb 12.520 Levski Sofia 11.582 Maribor 10.916 Dinamo București 8.958 Hammarby IF 8.620 Žilina 7.832 Zalaegerszeg 6.874 First qualifying round Team Coeff. Skonto 8.582 APOEL 4.666 Tampere United 4.020 Torpedo Kutaisi 3.499 Sheriff Tiraspol 2.582 ÍA 2.416 Belshina Bobruisk 2.041 Kaunas 1.915 Shelbourne 1.665 Vardar 1.498 Hibernians 1.249 Barry Town 0.916 Flora 0.832 Pyunik 0.666 Željezničar 0.666 Portadown 0.665 B36 0.582 Dinamo Tirana 0.582 F91 Dudelange 0.416 Zhenis 0.000
First qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Seeding Teams with a coefficient of at least 1.498 were seeded.
SeededUnseeded Skonto APOEL Tampere United Torpedo Kutaisi Sheriff Tiraspol ÍA Belshina Bobruisk Kaunas Shelbourne Vardar Hibernians Barry Town Flora Pyunik Željezničar Portadown B36 Dinamo Tirana F91 Dudelange Zhenis
Summary
Matches
Vardar won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hibernians won 3–2 on aggregate.
Belshina Bobruisk won 3–2 on aggregate.
Željezničar won 4–0 on aggregate.
Skonto won 6–0 on aggregate.
APOEL won 1–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Sheriff Tiraspol won on away goals.
Pyunik won 6–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tirana won 3–2 on aggregate.
Torpedo Kutaisi won 6–2 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 21 June 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Seeding Teams with a coefficient of at least 10.916 were seeded.
SeededUnseeded Dynamo Kyiv Sparta Prague Club Brugge Boavista GAK Brøndby Maccabi Haifa Legia Warsaw Lillestrøm Basel Partizan Zagreb Levski Sofia Maribor Dinamo București Hammarby IF Skonto Žilina Zalaegerszeg APOEL Pyunik Torpedo Kutaisi Sheriff Tiraspol Željezničar Belshina Bobruisk Dinamo Tirana Hibernians Vardar Notes
Summary
Matches
GAK won 6–1 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 5–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 6–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Zalaegerszeg won on away goals.
Boavista won 7–3 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 2–0 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 4–2 on aggregate.
Partizan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Basel won 4–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 5–4 on aggregate.
Željezničar won 2–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 4–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 5–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 26 July 2002 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding Teams with a coefficient of at least 36.062 were seeded.
SeededUnseeded Bayern Munich Manchester United Barcelona Internazionale Feyenoord Milan Dynamo Kyiv Lokomotiv Moscow AEK Athens Sparta Prague Rosenborg Newcastle United Club Brugge Sturm Graz Boavista Celtic Sporting CP Auxerre Slovan Liberec GAK Shakhtar Donetsk Genk Brøndby Fenerbahçe Maccabi Haifa Legia Warsaw Željezničar Basel Partizan Zalaegerszeg Levski Sofia APOEL Notes
Summary
Matches
4–4 on aggregate; Genk won on away goals.
Feyenoord won 3–0 on aggregate.
Maccabi Haifa won 5–3 on aggregate.
Auxerre won 1–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 2–0 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 6–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Club Brugge won 4–1 on penalties.
Newcastle United won 5–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–3 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Milan won on away goals.
Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation