# 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 (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 | Coeff. |
| Real Madrid | 147.223 |
| Bayern Munich | 133.495 |
| Barcelona | 116.233 |
| Manchester United | 111.899 |
| Valencia | 106.233 |
| Juventus | 91.334 |
| Arsenal | 90.729 |
| Internazionale | 88.334 |
Pot 2 :
| Team | 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 | 70.082 |
Pot 3 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Milan | 69.334 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 63.082 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 59.979 |
| Spartak Moscow | 59.645 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 57.645 |
| Olympiacos | 55.058 |
| AEK Athens | 52.058 |
| Ajax | 48.082 |
Pot 4 :
| Team | Coeff. |
| Rosenborg | 47.737 |
| Lens | 44.176 |
| Newcastle United | 43.729 |
| Club Brugge | 41.762 |
| Auxerre | 32.176 |
| Genk | 21.762 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 18.666 |
| Basel | 14.312 |
Notes
* $^{TH}$ Champions League title holders (automatic top seed of pot 1)
* $^{Q3}$ Winners of the third qualifying round

## 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:
* higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
* higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
* superior goal difference from all group matches played;
* higher number of goals scored;
* 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 (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group A

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group B

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group C

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group D

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group E

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group F

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group G

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |

### Group H

| 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 | Advance to second group stage | 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 | — |