# 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

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 colours
* Qualify for the group stage
* Eliminated 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.
| Seeded | Unseeded |
| 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

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| F91 Dudelange | 1–4 | Vardar | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Hibernians | 3–2 | Shelbourne | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Portadown | 2–3 | Belshina Bobruisk | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Željezničar | 4–0 | ÍA | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Skonto | 6–0 | Barry Town | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Flora | 0–1 | APOEL | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 4–4 (a) | Zhenis | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Tampere United | 0–6 | Pyunik | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Kaunas | 2–3 | Dinamo Tirana | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 6–2 | B36 | 5–2 | 1–0 |

### 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.
| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| 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

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–6 | GAK | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 5–0 | Belshina Bobruisk | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 6–2 | Pyunik | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 2–2 (a) | Zagreb | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Boavista | 7–3 | Hibernians | 4–0 | 3–3 |
| Sparta Prague | 5–1 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Skonto | 0–2 | Levski Sofia | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Vardar | 2–4 | Legia Warsaw | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Hammarby IF | 1–5 | Partizan | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Žilina | 1–4 | Basel | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Maribor | 4–5 | APOEL | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Lillestrøm | 0–2 | Željezničar | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Club Brugge | 4–1 | Dinamo București | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Brøndby | 5–0 | Dinamo Tirana | 1–0 | 4–0 |

### 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.
| Seeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| 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

* $^†$ Winners of the previous qualifying round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw. Teams in italics defeated a team with a higher coefficient in the previous qualifying round, thus effectively taking the coefficient of their defeated opponent in the draw for this round.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Genk | 4–4 (a) | Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Feyenoord | 3–0 | Fenerbahçe | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 5–3 | Sturm Graz | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Boavista | 0–1 | Auxerre | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| APOEL | 2–4 | AEK Athens | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 1–5 | Manchester United | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Sporting CP | 0–2 | Internazionale | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Partizan | 1–6 | Bayern Munich | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–2 (1–4 p) | Club Brugge | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Željezničar | 0–5 | Newcastle United | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Celtic | 3–3 (a) | Basel | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| GAK | 3–5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Rosenborg | 4–2 | Brøndby | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Levski Sofia | 0–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Milan | 2–2 (a) | Slovan Liberec | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Barcelona | 4–0 | Legia Warsaw | 3–0 | 1–0 |

### 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.