# 2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round

The qualifying round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup was contested from 13 to 29 August 2002. A total of 82 teams participated in this round, which decided 41 of the 96 places in the first round.

## Format

In the qualifying round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.

## Teams

A total of 82 teams from 44 national associations were involved in the qualifying round, including three teams that qualified via the Fair Play ranking (FP).
Below are the participating teams, sorted by their 2002 UEFA club coefficient (in parentheses).
* Key to colours
* Winners of qualifying round advanced to first round
| Team | Coeff. |
| Ipswich Town | 32.729 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26.666 |
| Copenhagen | 24.687 |
| Servette | 24.312 |
| Varteks | 22.520 |
| Wisła Kraków | 21.750 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 18.165 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 17.312 |
| IFK Göteborg | 16.620 |
| Amica Wronki | 15.750 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15.666 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 14.645 |
| Litex Lovech | 14.582 |
| CSKA Sofia | 14.582 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 14.312 |
| Leixões | 14.124 |
| Brann | 13.737 |
| Hajduk Split | 13.520 |
| Aberdeen | 13.062 |
| Livingston | 13.062 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 12.979 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Mouscron | 12.762 |
| Stabæk | 12.737 |
| Kärnten | 12.625 |
| AIK | 12.620 |
| Lugano | 11.312 |
| HJK | 11.020 |
| Rapid București | 10.958 |
| Ferencváros | 9.874 |
| Primorje | 8.916 |
| Matador Púchov | 8.832 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 8.750 |
| Midtjylland | 8.687 |
| Odense | 8.687 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 8.620 |
| Sartid | 8.165 |
| Újpest | 7.874 |
| Koba Senec | 7.832 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 7.666 |
| Național București | 6.958 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 6.499 |
| Gorica | 5.916 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| AEL Limassol | 4.666 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 4.582 |
| MYPA | 4.020 |
| Ventspils | 3.582 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3.582 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 3.499 |
| Nistru Otaci | 2.582 |
| Fylkir | 2.416 |
| ÍBV | 2.416 |
| Birkirkara | 2.249 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2.041 |
| Gomel | 2.041 |
| Atlantas | 1.915 |
| Sūduva | 1.915 |
| Dundalk | 1.665 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 1.665 |
| Pobeda | 1.498 |
| Belasica | 1.498 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 1.249 |
| Bangor City | 0.916 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Total Network Solutions | 0.916 |
| TVMK | 0.832 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 0.832 |
| Zvartnots Yerevan | 0.666 |
| Spartak Yerevan | 0.666 |
| Sarajevo | 0.666 |
| Široki Brijeg | 0.666 |
| Linfield | 0.665 |
| Glentoran | 0.665 |
| KÍ | 0.582 |
| GÍ | 0.582 |
| Tirana | 0.582 |
| Partizani | 0.582 |
| Vaduz | 0.500 |
| Avenir Beggen | 0.416 |
| Grevenmacher | 0.416 |
| Domagnano | 0.000 |
| Encamp | 0.000 |
| Kairat | 0.000 |
| Atyrau | 0.000 |
Notes
* $^{FP}$ Qualified via the Fair Play ranking

## Seeding

The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva. Before the draw, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. For convenience of the draw and to avoid pairing of teams from the same association, the teams were further divided into 10 groups (nine groups of eight teams and one group of ten teams), each containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In the draw, a seeded team from each group was paired with an unseeded team from the same group. The first team to be drawn played the first leg at home.
| Group 1 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 4 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Wisła Kraków Zenit Saint Petersburg Litex Lovech Matador Púchov | Atlantas Glentoran Encamp Atyrau | Hapoel Tel Aviv Lugano Primorje Midtjylland | Ventspils Pobeda Zvartnots Yerevan Partizani | Amica Wronki Brann Hajduk Split Ferencváros | AEL Limassol Sūduva Total Network Solutions GÍ | Copenhagen Livingston Kärnten Polonia Warsaw | Liepājas Metalurgs Locomotive Tbilisi Sliema Wanderers Vaduz |
| Group 5 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 8 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv Leixões Stabæk Anorthosis Famagusta | Belasica Levadia Tallinn Linfield Grevenmacher | Sigma Olomouc IFK Göteborg Odense Újpest | MYPA Zimbru Chișinău Sarajevo KÍ | Servette CSKA Sofia Djurgårdens IF Dinamo Tbilisi | Dinamo Minsk Shamrock Rovers TVMK Spartak Yerevan | Varteks Aberdeen AIK HJK | Nistru Otaci ÍBV Gomel Dundalk |
| Group 9 | Group 9 | Group 10 | Group 10 | | | | |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | | | | |
| Red Star Belgrade Viktoria Žižkov Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Rapid București | Gorica Birkirkara Kairat Domagnano | Ipswich Town Mouscron Sartid Koba Senec Național București | Fylkir Bangor City Široki Brijeg Tirana Avenir Beggen | | | | |

## Summary

The first legs were played on 13 and 15 August, and the second legs were played on 29 August 2002.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Litex Lovech | 8–1 | Atlantas | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Encamp | 0–13 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–5 | 0–8 |
| Atyrau | 0–2 | Matador Púchov | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Glentoran | 0–6 | Wisła Kraków | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Pobeda | 2–3 | Midtjylland | 2–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Primorje | 6–3 | Zvartnots Yerevan | 6–1 | 0–2 |
| Ventspils | 3–1 | Lugano | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5–1 | Partizani | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Ferencváros | 5–2 | AEL Limassol | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Hajduk Split | 11–0 | GÍ | 3–0 | 8–0 |
| Brann | 4–6 | Sūduva | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Amica Wronki | 12–2 | Total Network Solutions | 5–0 | 7–2 |
| Copenhagen | 7–2 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 2–6 | Kärnten | 0–2 | 2–4 |
| Vaduz | 1–1 (a) | Livingston | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sliema Wanderers | 1–5 | Polonia Warsaw | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 3–2 | Grevenmacher | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Levadia Tallinn | 0–4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Leixões | 4–3 | Belasica | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 3–3 (3–5 p) | Sarajevo | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 5–3 | IFK Göteborg | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| KÍ | 2–3 | Újpest | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| MYPA | 1–2 | Odense | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–5 | CSKA Sofia | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 5–1 | TVMK | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Yerevan | 0–5 | Servette | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 1–5 | Djurgårdens IF | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Varteks | 9–0 | Dundalk | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| Gomel | 5–0 | HJK | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Aberdeen | 1–0 | Nistru Otaci | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| AIK | 5–1 | ÍBV | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Rapid București | 5–1 | Gorica | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Domagnano | 0–5 | Viktoria Žižkov | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Kairat | 0–5 | Red Star Belgrade | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 3–0 | Birkirkara | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Bangor City | 1–2 | Sartid | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Koba Senec | 1–5 | Široki Brijeg | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Tirana | 2–3 | Național București | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Avenir Beggen | 1–9 | Ipswich Town | 0–1 | 1–8 |
| Fylkir | 2–4 | Mouscron | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Stabæk | 5–1 | Linfield | 4–0 | 1–1 |

## Matches

Litex Lovech won 8–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 13–0 on aggregate.
Matador Púchov won 2–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 6–0 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 3–2 on aggregate.
Primorje won 6–3 on aggregate.
Ventspils won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 5–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 11–0 on aggregate.
Sūduva won 6–4 on aggregate.
Amica Wronki won 12–2 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 7–2 on aggregate.
Kärnten won 6–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Livingston won on away goals.
Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Leixões won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sarajevo won 5–3 on penalties.
Zimbru Chișinău won 5–3 on aggregate.
Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Odense won 2–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 5–0 on aggregate.
Djurgårdens IF won 5–1 on aggregate.
Varteks won 9–0 on aggregate.
Gomel won 5–0 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
AIK won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Viktoria Žižkov won 5–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Sartid won 2–1 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Național București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 9–1 on aggregate.
Mouscron won 4–2 on aggregate.
Stabæk won 5–1 on aggregate.