2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds decided 16 of the 32 teams which played in the group stage. All times are CEST (UTC+2).

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.
Italy Lazio 106.155
Spain Deportivo La Coruña 98.769
Spain Celta Vigo 86.769
Turkey Galatasaray 78.495
Germany Borussia Dortmund 70.566
England Chelsea 70.170
Greece AEK Athens 56.391
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 55.291
Netherlands Ajax 54.749
England Newcastle United 51.170
Scotland Rangers 50.187
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 49.975
France Marseille 49.734
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 49.520
Belgium Club Brugge 44.250
Switzerland Grasshopper 33.125
Portugal Benfica 30.791
Austria Austria Wien 13.687
Second qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Scotland Celtic 57.187
Belgium Anderlecht 49.250
Czech Republic Slavia Prague 48.975
Norway Rosenborg 42.787
Poland Wisła Kraków 33.812
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 32.312
Austria GAK 26.687
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 22.291
Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 20.915
Denmark Copenhagen 20.687
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 18.999
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 18.332
Hungary MTK Hungária 13.395
Russia CSKA Moscow 12.520
Sweden Djurgården 11.795
Romania Rapid București 11.478
Slovenia Maribor 8.666
Slovakia Žilina 6.832
First qualifying round
Team Coeff.
Finland HJK 10.604
Latvia Skonto 6.332
Cyprus Omonia 5.082
Republic of Ireland Bohemian 3.665
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2.916
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2.833
Bosnia and Herzegovina Leotar 2.166
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 1.999
Iceland KR Reykjavík 1.749
North Macedonia Vardar 1.748
Belarus BATE Borisov 1.708
Malta Sliema Wanderers 1.499
Armenia Pyunik 1.082
Wales Barry Town 1.082
Albania Tirana 0.915
Estonia Flora Tallinn 0.832
Northern Ireland Glentoran 0.749
Luxembourg Grevenmacher 0.666
Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn 0.582
Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 0.250

First qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 20 June 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Finland HJK Helsinki
Latvia Skonto
Cyprus Omonia
Republic of Ireland Bohemian
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi
Bosnia and Herzegovina Leotar
Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Iceland KR Reykjavík
North Macedonia Vardar

Belarus BATE Borisov
Malta Sliema Wanderers
Armenia Pyunik
Wales Barry Town
Albania Tirana
Estonia Flora Tallinn
Northern Ireland Glentoran
Luxembourg Grevenmacher
Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar

Summary

The first legs were played on 16 July, and the second legs were played on 23 July 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyunik Armenia 2–1 Iceland KR 1–0 1–1
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–1 Estonia Flora Tallinn 1–0 1–1
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–5 Lithuania FBK Kaunas 0–1 1–4
BATE Borisov Belarus 1–3 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–0 0–3
Vardar North Macedonia 4–2 Wales Barry Town 3–0 1–2
Grevenmacher Luxembourg 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Leotar 0–0 0–2
Glentoran Northern Ireland 0–1 Finland HJK 0–0 0–1
Sliema Wanderers Malta 3–3 (a) Latvia Skonto 2–0 1–3
Omonia Cyprus 2–1 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 0–0 2–1
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 3–3 (2–4 p) Albania Tirana 3–0 0–3 (aet)

Matches

Pyunik Armenia1–0Iceland KR Reykjavík
Pachajyan 61' Report
KR Reykjavík Iceland1–1Armenia Pyunik
Davíðsson 82' (pen.) Report Ag. Mkrtchyan 73'

Pyunik won 2–1 on aggregate.


Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova1–0Estonia Flora Tallinn
Tudor 88' Report
Flora Tallinn Estonia1–1Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Viikmäe 88' Report Nesteruk 80'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Sheriff Tiraspol won 2–1 on aggregate.


HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands0–1Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Report Opic 75'
FBK Kaunas Lithuania4–1Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
Beniušis 5', 77'
Kančelskis 36'
Opic 40'
Report Jacobsen 9'

FBK Kaunas won 5–1 on aggregate.


BATE Borisov Belarus1–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Lashankow 25' Report
Bohemians Republic of Ireland3–0Belarus BATE Borisov
Caffrey 38'
Ryan 45'
Crowe 58'
Report
Attendance: 5,300

Bohemians won 3–1 on aggregate.


Vardar North Macedonia3–0Wales Barry Town
Wandeir 38', 70'
Ristovski 49'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)
Barry Town Wales2–1North Macedonia Vardar
Jarman 1'
Moralee 63'
Report Rogério 60'

Vardar won 4–2 on aggregate.


Grevenmacher Luxembourg0–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Leotar
Report
Leotar Bosnia and Herzegovina2–0Luxembourg Grevenmacher
Kerkez 23', 83' Report
Attendance: 3,100

Leotar won 2–0 on aggregate.


Glentoran Northern Ireland0–0Finland HJK Helsinki
Report
Attendance: 2,525
HJK Helsinki Finland1–0Northern Ireland Glentoran
Mäkelä 72' Report

HJK Helsinki won 1–0 on aggregate.


Skonto Latvia3–1Malta Sliema Wanderers
Buitkus 14'
Verpakovskis 64'
Dedura 70'
Report Brincat 90+2'
Attendance: 3,250

3–3 on aggregate. Sliema Wanderers won on away goals rule.


Omonia Cyprus0–0Kazakhstan Irtysh
Report
Irtysh Kazakhstan1–2Cyprus Omonia
Agaýew 21' Report Rauffmann 61'
Georgiou 90+5'
Attendance: 12,000

Omonia won 2–1 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate. Tirana won 4–2 on penalties.

Second qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 20 June 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Scotland Celtic
Belgium Anderlecht
Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Norway Rosenborg
Poland Wisła Kraków
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Austria GAK

Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Serbia and Montenegro Partizan
Denmark Copenhagen
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Hungary MTK Hungária
Russia CSKA Moscow

Sweden Djurgården
Romania Rapid București
Finland HJK Helsinki[†]
Slovenia Maribor
Slovakia Žilina
Malta Sliema Wanderers[†]
Cyprus Omonia[†]

Republic of Ireland Bohemian[†]
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol[†]
Albania Tirana[†]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Leotar[†]
Lithuania FBK Kaunas[†]
Armenia Pyunik[†]
North Macedonia Vardar[†]

Notes
  1. 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

The first legs were played on 30 July, and the second legs were played on 6 August 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MTK Hungária Hungary 3–2 Finland HJK 3–1 0–1
Pyunik Armenia 0–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–2 0–1
FBK Kaunas Lithuania 0–5 Scotland Celtic 0–4 0–1
Leotar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–4 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–2 0–2
Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 0–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 0–2
Žilina Slovakia 2–1 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 1–1
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 0–5 Norway Rosenborg 0–1 0–4
Maribor Slovenia 2–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 1–2
CSKA Moscow Russia 2–3 North Macedonia Vardar 1–2 1–1
Rapid București Romania 2–3 Belgium Anderlecht 0–0 2–3
Partizan Serbia and Montenegro 3–3 (a) Sweden Djurgården 1–1 2–2
Wisła Kraków Poland 7–4 Cyprus Omonia 5–2 2–2
Copenhagen Denmark 10–1 Malta Sliema Wanderers 4–1 6–0
Tirana Albania 2–7 Austria GAK 1–5 1–2

Matches

MTK Hungária Hungary3–1Finland HJK Helsinki
Welton 37', 42'
Rednic 90+3'
Report Kottila 53'

MTK Hungária won 3–2 on aggregate.


Pyunik Armenia0–2Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report Yanchev 20'
Mukasi 48'
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria1–0Armenia Pyunik
Léo Lima 90+1' Report

CSKA Sofia won 3–0 on aggregate.


FBK Kaunas Lithuania0–4Scotland Celtic
Report Larsson 12'
Sutton 28'
Maloney 54'
Miller 86'
Celtic Scotland1–0Lithuania FBK Kaunas
Gvildys 21' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 40,104
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.


Leotar Bosnia and Herzegovina1–2Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Delibašić 43' (pen.) Report Adauto 16'
Dostálek 49'
Attendance: 4,525
Slavia Prague Czech Republic2–0Bosnia and Herzegovina Leotar
Kuka 42'
Skácel 73'
Report

Slavia Prague won 4–1 on aggregate.


Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova0–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–0Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
Vukić 60'
Brandão 89'
Report
Attendance: 31,600

Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–0 on aggregate.


Žilina Slovakia1–0Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bažík 86' Report

Žilina won 2–1 on aggregate.


Bohemians Republic of Ireland0–1Norway Rosenborg
Report Karadas 35'
Attendance: 7,930
Rosenborg Norway4–0Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Karadas 43'
Brattbakk 51'
Strand 68'
Johnsen 76'
Report
Attendance: 15,911

Rosenborg won 5–0 on aggregate.


Maribor Slovenia1–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Pekič 36' Report Kranjčar 33'
Attendance: 6,443
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia2–1Slovenia Maribor
Mijatović 59'
Drpić 63'
Report Balajić 10'
Attendance: 8,790

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–2 on aggregate.


CSKA Moscow Russia1–2North Macedonia Vardar
Samodin 89' Report Grozdanoski 54'
Wandeir 64'
Attendance: 12,000
Vardar North Macedonia1–1Russia CSKA Moscow
Wandeir 64' Report Gogniyev 30'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Vardar won 3–2 on aggregate.


Rapid București Romania0–0Belgium Anderlecht
Report

Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.


Partizan Serbia and Montenegro1–1Sweden Djurgården
Ilić 59' Report Makondele 72'
Attendance: 23,400
Djurgården Sweden2–2Serbia and Montenegro Partizan
Johansson 10'
Wowoah 77'
Report Ilić 61'
Malbaša 66' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,287

3–3 on aggregate. Partizan won on away goals rule.


Wisła Kraków Poland5–2Cyprus Omonia
Żurawski 12', 49'
Frankowski 19'
Baszczyński 45+1'
Dubicki 70'
Report Rauffmann 76' (pen.), 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
Omonia Cyprus2–2Poland Wisła Kraków
Rauffmann 16'
Charalambous 51'
Report Żurawski 6', 72'
Attendance: 12,100

Wisła Kraków won 7–4 on aggregate.


Copenhagen Denmark4–1Malta Sliema Wanderers
Zuma 24'
Røll 28' (pen.), 65'
Jónsson 45'
Report Dončić 50'
Attendance: 14,197
Sliema Wanderers Malta0–6Denmark Copenhagen
Report Jónsson 17', 41'
Nørregaard 36'
Chetcuti 46' (o.g.)
Zuma 49'
Røll 68'

Copenhagen won 10–1 on aggregate.


Tirana Albania1–5Austria GAK
Xhafa 5' Report Bazina 14'
Aufhauser 32'
Naumoski 41', 82'
Standfest 56'
Attendance: 7,200
GAK Austria2–1Albania Tirana
Sick 16'
Kollmann 75'
Report Agolli 90+2'

GAK won 7–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

The draw for this round was performed on 25 July 2003 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Seeding

Seeded Unseeded

Italy Lazio
Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Spain Celta Vigo
Turkey Galatasaray
Germany Borussia Dortmund
England Chelsea
Scotland Celtic[†]
Greece AEK Athens

Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Netherlands Ajax
England Newcastle United
Scotland Rangers
Czech Republic Sparta Prague
France Marseille
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Belgium Anderlecht[†]

Czech Republic Slavia Prague[†]
Belgium Club Brugge
Norway Rosenborg[†]
Poland Wisła Kraków[†]
Switzerland Grasshopper
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb[†]
Portugal Benfica
Austria GAK[†]

Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[†]
Serbia and Montenegro Partizan[†]
Denmark Copenhagen[†]
Slovakia Žilina[†]
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia[†]
Austria Austria Wien
Hungary MTK Hungária[†]
North Macedonia Vardar[†]

Notes
  1. 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

The first legs were played on 12 and 13 August, and the second legs were played on 26 and 27 August 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vardar North Macedonia 4–5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–3 2–2
MTK Hungária Hungary 0–5 Scotland Celtic 0–4 0–1
Rangers Scotland 3–2 Denmark Copenhagen 1–1 2–1
Austria Wien Austria 0–1 France Marseille 0–1 0–0
Club Brugge Belgium 3–3 (4–2 p) Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–1 1–2 (aet)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–3 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 1–3
Lazio Italy 4–1 Portugal Benfica 3–1 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 5–1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 2–0
Rosenborg Norway 0–1 Spain Deportivo La Coruña 0–0 0–1
Grasshopper Switzerland 2–3 Greece AEK Athens 1–0 1–3
Žilina Slovakia 0–5 England Chelsea 0–2 0–3
Celta Vigo Spain 3–2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 3–0 0–2
Partizan Serbia and Montenegro 1–1 (4–3 p) England Newcastle United 0–1 1–0 (aet)
Galatasaray Turkey 6–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3–0 3–0
Anderlecht Belgium 4–1 Poland Wisła Kraków 3–1 1–0
GAK Austria 2–3 Netherlands Ajax 1–1 1–2 (aet)

Matches

Vardar North Macedonia2–3Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Rogério 61'
Georgievski 74'
Report Poborský 37', 89'
Gluščević 41'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sparta Prague Czech Republic2–2North Macedonia Vardar
Poborský 33'
Sionko 85'
Report Georgievski 31'
Chinedu 66'
Attendance: 12,345

Sparta Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.


MTK Hungária Hungary0–4Scotland Celtic
Report Larsson 17'
Agathe 36'
Petrov 70'
Sutton 90+1'
Celtic Scotland1–0Hungary MTK Hungária
Sutton 14' Report
Attendance: 41,720

Celtic won 5–0 on aggregate.


Rangers Scotland1–1Denmark Copenhagen
Løvenkrands 8' Report Jónsson 50'
Attendance: 47,401
Copenhagen Denmark1–2Scotland Rangers
Álvaro 83' Report Arteta 52' (pen.)
Arveladze 87'
Attendance: 35,519

Rangers won 3–2 on aggregate.


Austria Wien Austria0–1France Marseille
Report Sychev 4'
Marseille France0–0Austria Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 41,253
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.


Club Brugge Belgium2–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
Čeh 33'
Verheyen 44'
Report Amoroso 53'
Attendance: 19,364

3–3 on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–2 on penalties.


Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–0Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Vukić 56' (pen.) Report
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia3–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Ashvetia 28', 45'
Ignashevich 85' (pen.)
Report Lewandowski 71'
Attendance: 29,000

Lokomotiv Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.


Lazio Italy3–1Portugal Benfica
Corradi 16'
Fiore 54'
Mihajlović 80'
Report Simão 65'
Attendance: 57,996
Benfica Portugal0–1Italy Lazio
Report César 28'

Lazio won 4–1 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine3–1Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
Fedorov 32'
Leko 39'
Husyev 82'
Report Kranjčar 42'
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia0–2Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Shatskikh 47'
Diogo Rincón 70'
Attendance: 22,000

Dynamo Kyiv won 5–1 on aggregate.


Rosenborg Norway0–0Spain Deportivo La Coruña
Report
Attendance: 21,166
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Deportivo La Coruña Spain1–0Norway Rosenborg
Luque 16' Report
Attendance: 22,153

Deportivo La Coruña won 1–0 on aggregate.


Grasshopper Switzerland1–0Greece AEK Athens
Núñez 83' Report
Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
AEK Athens Greece3–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Katsouranis 20'
Liberopoulos 25'
Castillo 39' (o.g.)
Report Núñez 68'

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.


Žilina Slovakia0–2England Chelsea
Report Guðjohnsen 42'
Drahno 76' (o.g.)
Chelsea England3–0Slovakia Žilina
Johnson 32'
Huth 67'
Hasselbaink 79'
Report
Attendance: 23,408

Chelsea won 5–0 on aggregate.


Celta Vigo Spain3–0Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Mostovoi 17'
Jesuli 49'
Edu 55'
Report
Attendance: 13,500
Slavia Prague Czech Republic2–0Spain Celta Vigo
Skácel 18'
Hrdlička 30'
Report

Celta Vigo won 3–2 on aggregate.


Partizan Serbia and Montenegro0–1England Newcastle United
Report Solano 39'

1–1 on aggregate. Partizan won 4–3 on penalties.


Galatasaray Turkey3–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Hasan Şaş 3'
Hakan Şükür 6'
Arif 37'
Report
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–3Turkey Galatasaray
Report César Prates 28'
Sabri 53'
Arif 86'

Galatasaray won 6–0 on aggregate.


Wisła Kraków Poland0–1Belgium Anderlecht
Report Dindane 85'
Attendance: 8,200

Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.


GAK Austria1–1Netherlands Ajax
Pogatetz 56' Report Sneijder 76'
Attendance: 12,382
Ajax Netherlands2–1 (a.e.t./s.g.)Austria GAK
Ibrahimović 15'
Galásek silver-colored soccer ball 103' (pen.)
Report Kollmann 40'
Attendance: 47,870

Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate. Ajax won on silver goal after extra time.

Notes

  1. ^ KR Reykjavík played their home match at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík, instead of their regular venue KR-völlur in Reykjavík.
  2. ^ HB Tórshavn played their home match at Tórsvøllur stadium, instead of their regular home venue Gundadalur stadium.
  3. ^ Grevenmacher played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg, instead of their regular home venue Op Flohr Stadion in Grevenmacher.
  4. ^ a b HJK Helsinki played their home matches at ISS Stadion in Vantaa, instead of their regular venue Finnair Stadium in Helsinki.
  5. ^ Dinamo Tbilisi played behind closed doors as UEFA prohibiting any spectrators cause in previous season in Tbilisi was riots in match against Slovan.
  6. ^ Maccabi Tel Aviv played their home match at Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest, Hungary instead of their regular venue Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv for security reasons.[1]
  7. ^ Rapid București played their home match at Stadionul Național, instead of their regular venue Stadionul Giulești.
  8. ^ Djurgården played their home match at Råsunda Stadium in Solna, as their regular home venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
  9. ^ Benfica played their home match at Estádio do Bessa in Porto, as their temporary home venue Estádio Nacional in Lisbon did not meet UEFA criteria.

References