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
[edit ]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.[1]
Teams
[edit ]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).[2] [3]
Below are the participating teams, sorted by their 2002 UEFA club coefficient (in parentheses).
| Key to colours |
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| Winners of qualifying round advanced to first round |
Notes
- FP Qualified via the Fair Play ranking
Seeding
[edit ]The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva.[4] Before the draw, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season.[3] 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.[2] 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.[1]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | ||||
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| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | ||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded |
| Group 9 | Group 10 | ||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||
Summary
[edit ]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 |
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| Litex Lovech Bulgaria | 8–1 | Lithuania Atlantas | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Encamp Andorra | 0–13 | Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–5 | 0–8 |
| Atyrau Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Slovakia Matador Púchov | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Glentoran Northern Ireland | 0–6 | Poland Wisła Kraków | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Pobeda North Macedonia | 2–3 | Denmark Midtjylland | 2–0 | 0–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Primorje Slovenia | 6–3 | Armenia Zvartnots Yerevan | 6–1 | 0–2 |
| Ventspils Latvia | 3–1 | Switzerland Lugano | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel | 5–1 | Albania Partizani | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Ferencváros Hungary | 5–2 | Cyprus AEL Limassol | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Hajduk Split Croatia | 11–0 | Faroe Islands GÍ | 3–0 | 8–0 |
| Brann Norway | 4–6 | Lithuania Sūduva | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Amica Wronki Poland | 12–2 | Wales Total Network Solutions | 5–0 | 7–2 |
| Copenhagen Denmark | 7–2 | Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia | 2–6 | Austria Kärnten | 0–2 | 2–4 |
| Vaduz Liechtenstein | 1–1 (a) | Scotland Livingston | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sliema Wanderers Malta | 1–5 | Poland Polonia Warsaw | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus | 3–2 | Luxembourg Grevenmacher | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Levadia Tallinn Estonia | 0–4 | Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Leixões Portugal | 4–3 | North Macedonia Belasica | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic | 3–3 (3–5 p) | Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Zimbru Chișinău Moldova | 5–3 | Sweden IFK Göteborg | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| KÍ Faroe Islands | 2–3 | Hungary Újpest | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| MYPA Finland | 1–2 | Denmark Odense | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Minsk Belarus | 1–5 | Bulgaria CSKA Sofia | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) | 5–1 | Estonia TVMK | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Yerevan Armenia | 0–5 | Switzerland Servette | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland | 1–5 | Sweden Djurgårdens IF | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Varteks Croatia | 9–0 | Republic of Ireland Dundalk | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| Gomel Belarus | 5–0 | Finland HJK | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Aberdeen Scotland | 1–0 | Moldova Nistru Otaci | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| AIK Sweden | 5–1 | Iceland ÍBV | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Rapid București Romania | 5–1 | Slovenia Gorica | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Domagnano San Marino | 0–5 | Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Kairat Kazakhstan | 0–5 | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine | 3–0 | Malta Birkirkara | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Bangor City Wales | 1–2 | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sartid | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Koba Senec Slovakia | 1–5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Tirana Albania | 2–3 | Romania Național București | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Avenir Beggen Luxembourg | 1–9 | England Ipswich Town | 0–1 | 1–8 |
| Fylkir Iceland | 2–4 | Belgium Mouscron | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Stabæk Norway | 5–1 | Northern Ireland Linfield | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Matches
[edit ]| Atlantas Lithuania | 1–3 | Bulgaria Litex Lovech |
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Litex Lovech won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia | 8–0 | Andorra Encamp |
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Zenit Saint Petersburg won 13–0 on aggregate.
Matador Púchov won 2–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Midtjylland Denmark | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | North Macedonia Pobeda |
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Midtjylland won 3–2 on aggregate.
Primorje won 6–3 on aggregate.
Ventspils won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel | 1–0 | Albania Partizani |
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Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.
| AEL Limassol Cyprus | 2–1 | Hungary Ferencváros |
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Ferencváros won 5–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 11–0 on aggregate.
Sūduva won 6–4 on aggregate.
| Amica Wronki Poland | 5–0 | Wales Total Network Solutions |
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| Total Network Solutions Wales | 2–7 | Poland Amica Wronki |
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Amica Wronki won 12–2 on aggregate.
| Locomotive Tbilisi Georgia (country) | 1–4 | Denmark Copenhagen |
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Copenhagen won 7–2 on aggregate.
Kärnten won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Vaduz Liechtenstein | 1–1 | Scotland Livingston |
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1–1 on aggregate; Livingston won on away goals.
Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus | 3–0 | Luxembourg Grevenmacher |
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Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel | 2–0 | Estonia Levadia Tallinn |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Leixões Portugal | 2–2 | North Macedonia Belasica |
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| Belasica North Macedonia | 1–2 | Portugal Leixões |
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Leixões won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc |
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2–2 on aggregate; Sarajevo won 5–3 on penalties.
| IFK Göteborg Sweden | 2–2 | Moldova Zimbru Chișinău |
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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 Georgia (country) | 4–1 | Estonia TVMK |
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Spartak Yerevan Armenia | 0–2 | Switzerland Servette |
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Servette won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland | 1–3 | Sweden Djurgårdens IF |
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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 Romania | 2–0 | Slovenia Gorica |
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| Gorica Slovenia | 1–3 | Romania Rapid București |
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Rapid București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Viktoria Žižkov won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Kairat Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade |
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| Red Star Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 3–0 | Kazakhstan Kairat |
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Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Sartid won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Koba Senec Slovakia | 1–2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg |
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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 Norway | 4–0 | Northern Ireland Linfield |
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| Linfield Northern Ireland | 1–1 | Norway Stabæk |
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Stabæk won 5–1 on aggregate.
Notes
[edit ]- ^ a b Due to security issues caused by the Second Intifada, Israeli teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[5]
- ^ Metalurh Zaporizhzhia played their home match at Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk, instead of their regular stadium Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhia, due to renovation.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2002/03" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations . Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Seeding groups announced". UEFA. 20 June 2002. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Seeding in the UEFA Cup 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2002/2003". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "UEFA reaffirms Israeli advice". UEFA. 27 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 March 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2025.