The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds decided 16 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage. All times are CEST (UTC+2).
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. Lazio 106.155 Deportivo La Coruña 98.769 Celta Vigo 86.769 Galatasaray 78.495 Borussia Dortmund 70.566 Chelsea 70.170 AEK Athens 56.391 Dynamo Kyiv 55.291 Ajax 54.749 Newcastle United 51.170 Rangers 50.187 Sparta Prague 49.975 Marseille 49.734 Lokomotiv Moscow 49.520 Club Brugge 44.250 Grasshopper 33.125 Benfica 30.791 Austria Wien 13.687 Second qualifying round Team Coeff. Celtic 57.187 Anderlecht 49.250 Slavia Prague 48.975 Rosenborg 42.787 Wisła Kraków 33.812 Dinamo Zagreb 32.312 GAK 26.687 Shakhtar Donetsk 22.291 Partizan 20.915 Copenhagen 20.687 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.999 CSKA Sofia 18.332 MTK Hungária 13.395 CSKA Moscow 12.520 Djurgårdens IF 11.795 Rapid București 11.478 Maribor 8.666 Žilina 6.832 First qualifying round Team Coeff. HJK 10.604 Skonto 6.332 Omonia 5.082 Bohemians 3.665 Sheriff Tiraspol 2.916 Dinamo Tbilisi 2.833 Leotar 2.166 Kaunas 1.999 KR 1.749 Vardar 1.748 BATE Borisov 1.708 Sliema Wanderers 1.499 Pyunik 1.082 Barry Town 1.082 Tirana 0.915 Flora 0.832 Glentoran 0.749 Grevenmacher 0.666 HB 0.582 Irtysh 0.250
First qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 20 June 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded HJK Skonto Omonia Bohemians Sheriff Tiraspol Dinamo Tbilisi Leotar Kaunas KR Vardar BATE Borisov Sliema Wanderers Pyunik Barry Town Tirana Flora Glentoran Grevenmacher HB Irtysh
Summary
The first legs were played on 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2003.
Matches
Pyunik won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kaunas won 5–1 on aggregate.
Bohemians won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vardar won 4–2 on aggregate.
Leotar won 2–0 on aggregate.
HJK won 1–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Sliema Wanderers won on away goals.
Omonia won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Tirana won 4–2 on penalties.
Second qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 20 June 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Celtic Anderlecht Slavia Prague Rosenborg Wisła Kraków Dinamo Zagreb GAK Shakhtar Donetsk Partizan Copenhagen Maccabi Tel Aviv CSKA Sofia MTK Hungária CSKA Moscow Djurgårdens IF Rapid București HJK Maribor Žilina Sliema Wanderers Omonia Bohemians Sheriff Tiraspol Tirana Leotar Kaunas Pyunik Vardar Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 30 July, and the second legs were played on 6 August 2003.
Matches
MTK Hungária won 3–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–0 on aggregate.
Žilina won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 5–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–2 on aggregate.
Vardar won 3–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Partizan won on away goals.
Wisła Kraków won 7–4 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 10–1 on aggregate.
GAK won 7–2 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round The draw for this round was performed on 25 July 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland.
Seeding SeededUnseeded Lazio Deportivo La Coruña Celta Vigo Galatasaray Borussia Dortmund Chelsea Celtic AEK Athens Dynamo Kyiv Ajax Newcastle United Rangers Sparta Prague Marseille Lokomotiv Moscow Anderlecht Slavia Prague Club Brugge Rosenborg Wisła Kraków Grasshopper Dinamo Zagreb Benfica GAK Shakhtar Donetsk Partizan Copenhagen Žilina CSKA Sofia Austria Wien MTK Hungária Vardar Notes
Summary
The first legs were played on 12 and 13 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2003.
Matches
Sparta Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Club Brugge won 4–2 on penalties.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lazio won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 5–1 on aggregate.
Deportivo La Coruña won 1–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.
Chelsea won 5–0 on aggregate.
Celta Vigo won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Partizan won 4–3 on penalties.
Galatasaray won 6–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links 2003-04 season at UEFA website