# 2002–03 UEFA Cup first round

The first round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup was contested between 17 September and 3 October 2002. A total of 96 teams participated in this round, with the 48 winners advancing to the second round.

## Format

In the first 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.

## Qualified teams

The first round involved 96 teams: 39 directly qualified for this round (including the three Intertoto Cup winners), 41 advancing from the qualifying round, and 16 losers from the Champions League third qualifying round.
* Key to colours
* Winners of first round advanced to second round
| Team | Coeff. |
| Lazio | 106.334 |
| Parma | 91.334 |
| Chelsea | 83.729 |
| Leeds United | 76.729 |
| Celta Vigo | 76.233 |
| Porto | 66.124 |
| Bordeaux | 63.176 |
| Panathinaikos | 57.058 |
| Alavés | 55.233 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 53.495 |
| Hertha BSC | 52.495 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 51.176 |
| Real Betis | 49.233 |
| Sparta Prague | 48.312 |
| Slavia Prague | 47.312 |
| Schalke 04 | 46.495 |
| Werder Bremen | 46.495 |
| Rangers | 46.062 |
| PAOK | 41.058 |
| Anderlecht | 38.762 |
| Sturm Graz | 37.625 |
| Boavista | 36.124 |
| Celtic | 36.062 |
| Ipswich Town | 35.729 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 35.520 |
| Málaga | 34.233 |
| Sporting CP | 34.124 |
| Vitesse | 30.082 |
| Chievo | 29.334 |
| Grasshopper | 29.312 |
| Slovan Liberec | 29.312 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 28.729 |
| Fulham | 27.729 |
| Heerenveen | 27.082 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26.666 |
| Beşiktaş | 26.362 |
| GAK | 25.625 |
| Copenhagen | 24.687 |
| Servette | 24.312 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 23.979 |
| Iraklis | 23.058 |
| Varteks | 22.520 |
| Wisła Kraków | 21.750 |
| Lorient | 21.176 |
| Utrecht | 21.082 |
| Brøndby | 20.687 |
| Fenerbahçe | 19.362 |
| Kocaelispor | 19.362 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Red Star Belgrade | 18.165 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 18.058 |
| Legia Warsaw | 17.750 |
| Viking | 17.737 |
| Ankaragücü | 16.362 |
| Amica Wronki | 15.750 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15.666 |
| CSKA Moscow | 14.645 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 14.645 |
| Litex Lovech | 14.582 |
| CSKA Sofia | 14.582 |
| Denizlispor | 14.362 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 14.312 |
| Partizan | 14.165 |
| Leixões | 14.124 |
| Hajduk Split | 13.520 |
| Aberdeen | 13.062 |
| Livingston | 13.062 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 12.979 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 12.979 |
| Mouscron | 12.762 |
| Stabæk | 12.737 |
| Kärnten | 12.625 |
| AIK | 12.620 |
| Team | Coeff. |
| Austria Wien | 11.625 |
| Levski Sofia | 11.582 |
| 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 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 7.666 |
| Național București | 6.958 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 6.874 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 6.499 |
| APOEL | 4.666 |
| Ventspils | 3.582 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3.582 |
| Gomel | 2.041 |
| Sūduva | 1.915 |
| Željezničar | 0.666 |
| Sarajevo | 0.666 |
| Široki Brijeg | 0.666 |
Notes
* $^{QR}$ Winners from the qualifying round
* $^{CL}$ Losers from the Champions League third qualifying round
* $^{IC}$ Teams qualified via the Intertoto Cup

## Seeding

The draw was held on 30 August 2002 in Monaco. Before the draw, the 96 teams were divided into 48 seeded and 48 unseeded teams, based on their 2002 UEFA club coefficients. For convenience of the draw and to avoid pairing of teams from the same association, the teams were distributed into six groups of sixteen 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 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Parma Paris Saint-Germain Real Betis Anderlecht Sporting CP Beşiktaş Utrecht Brøndby | Legia Warsaw CSKA Moscow Partizan Stabæk Levski Sofia Újpest Zimbru Chișinău Sarajevo | Lazio Hertha BSC Sparta Prague Boavista Ipswich Town Heerenveen Shakhtar Donetsk Fenerbahçe | Skoda Xanthi Maccabi Tel Aviv Aberdeen AIK Austria Wien Sartid Național București Široki Brijeg | Chelsea VfB Stuttgart Rangers Dinamo Zagreb Vitesse Hapoel Tel Aviv Copenhagen Lorient | Viking Denizlispor Viktoria Žižkov Kärnten Rapid București Djurgårdens IF Zalaegerszeg Ventspils |
| Group 4 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 6 |
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Leeds United Bordeaux PAOK Sturm Graz Málaga Slovan Liberec Servette Kocaelispor | Amica Wronki Leixões Livingston Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ferencváros Matador Púchov Dinamo Tbilisi Željezničar | Celta Vigo Panathinaikos Werder Bremen Celtic Chievo Fulham GAK Wisła Kraków | Red Star Belgrade Litex Lovech Hajduk Split Metalurh Donetsk Primorje Odense APOEL Sūduva | Porto Alavés Schalke 04 Slavia Prague Grasshopper Blackburn Rovers Iraklis Varteks | Ankaragücü Zenit Saint Petersburg CSKA Sofia Mouscron Polonia Warsaw Midtjylland Anorthosis Famagusta Gomel |

## Summary

The first legs were played on 17 and 19 September, and the second legs were played on 1 and 3 October 2002.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 4–0 | Újpest | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Sporting CP | 4–6 | Partizan | 1–3 | 3–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Legia Warsaw | 7–2 | Utrecht | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1–4 | Real Betis | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Beşiktaş | 7–2 | Sarajevo | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–4 | Parma | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Levski Sofia | 5–2 | Brøndby | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Anderlecht | 2–2 (a) | Stabæk | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Național București | 3–2 | Heerenveen | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Lazio | 4–0 | Skoda Xanthi | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Aberdeen | 0–1 | Hertha BSC | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 2–1 | Sartid | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–4 | Boavista | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| AIK | 4–6 | Fenerbahçe | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Sparta Prague | 4–0 | Široki Brijeg | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Austria Wien | 5–2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Denizlispor | 3–3 (a) | Lorient | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Chelsea | 4–5 | Viking | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Kärnten | 1–4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 8–2 | Ventspils | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 9–1 | Zalaegerszeg | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| Copenhagen | 1–3 | Djurgårdens IF | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 3–3 (a) | Rangers | 2–0 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Vitesse | 2–1 | Rapid București | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Leeds United | 2–1 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Servette | 4–4 (a) | Amica Wronki | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 8–6 | Livingston | 5–2 | 3–4 |
| Ferencváros | 5–0 | Kocaelispor | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Željezničar | 0–1 | Málaga | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Bordeaux | 10–1 | Matador Púchov | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| Slovan Liberec | 4–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Leixões | 3–5 | PAOK | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Litex Lovech | 1–3 | Panathinaikos | 0–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | Chievo | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hajduk Split | 2–3 | Fulham | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Primorje | 1–8 | Wisła Kraków | 0–2 | 1–6 |
| APOEL | 3–1 | GAK | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Celta Vigo | 2–1 | Odense | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 2–10 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | 0–8 |
| Celtic | 10–1 | Sūduva | 8–1 | 2–0 |
| Porto | 6–2 | Polonia Warsaw | 6–0 | 0–2 |
| Gomel | 1–8 | Schalke 04 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Grasshopper | 4–3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Ankaragücü | 1–5 | Alavés | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Iraklis | 5–5 (a) | Anorthosis Famagusta | 4–2 | 1–3 |
| Midtjylland | 2–1 | Varteks | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4–4 (a) | CSKA Sofia | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Mouscron | 3–7 | Slavia Prague | 2–2 | 1–5 |

## Matches

Paris Saint-Germain won 4–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 6–4 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 7–2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4–1 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 7–2 on aggregate.
Parma won 4–3 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 5–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Anderlecht won on away goals.
Național București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lazio won 4–0 on aggregate.
Hertha BSC won 1–0 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 2–1 on aggregate.
Boavista won 4–2 on aggregate.
Fenerbahçe won 6–4 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 5–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Denizlispor won on away goals.
Viking won 5–4 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 4–1 on aggregate.
VfB Stuttgart won 8–2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 9–1 on aggregate.
Djurgårdens IF won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate; Viktoria Žižkov won on away goals.
Vitesse won 2–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Amica Wronki won on away goals.
Sturm Graz won 8–6 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 5–0 on aggregate.
Málaga won 1–0 on aggregate.
Bordeaux won 10–1 on aggregate.
Slovan Liberec won 4–2 on aggregate.
PAOK won 5–3 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 2–0 on aggregate.
Fulham won 3–2 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 8–1 on aggregate.
APOEL won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celta Vigo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Werder Bremen won 10–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 10–1 on aggregate.
Porto won 6–2 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 8–1 on aggregate.
Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.
Alavés won 5–1 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate; Anorthosis Famagusta won on away goals.
Midtjylland won 2–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate; Blackburn Rovers won on away goals.
Slavia Prague won 7–3 on aggregate.