2003–04 UEFA Cup

2003–04 UEFA Cup
Ullevi in Gothenburg hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates12 August 2003 – 19 May 2004
Teams145 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Valencia (1st title)
Runners-up Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played205
Goals scored464 (2.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sonny Anderson (Villarreal)
Mateja Kežman (PSV Eindhoven)
Didier Drogba (Marseille)
Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
6 goals

The 2003–04 UEFA Cup was won by Valencia in the final against Marseille. It wrapped up a league and UEFA Cup double for Valencia.

Porto could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and also went on to win the final for their second European Cup title.

Association team allocation

A total of 145 teams from 51 of 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup (the exception being Azerbaijan which was suspended). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]

  • Associations 1–6 and 16–21 each had three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–15 and 22–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino) each had two teams qualify.
  • Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), Andorra and San Marino had only one team that qualified.

Moreover, the following teams also qualified for the competition:

Association ranking

For the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2002 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1997–98 to 2001–02.[2]

Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:

  • (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
  • (IC) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • (FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking
Association ranking for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1  Spain 68.467 3 +1 (IC)
2  Italy 58.668 +1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
3  England 55.459 +1 (FP)
+1 (UCL)
4  Germany 52.990 +1 (IC)
+1 (UCL)
5  France 42.352 +1 (FP)
+1 (UCL)
6  Greece 36.116 +1 (UCL)
7  Netherlands 34.165 4 +1 (UCL)
8  Turkey 28.725 +2 (UCL)
9  Portugal 28.249 2 +1 (UCL)
10  Russia 27.291
11  Czech Republic 26.625 +1 (UCL)
12  Scotland 26.125 +1 (UCL)
13  Ukraine 25.958 +1 (UCL)
14  Belgium 25.525 +1 (UCL)
15  Austria 23.250 +2 (UCL)
16  Switzerland 22.625 3 +1 (UCL)
17  Norway 21.475 +1 (UCL)
18  Israel 21.332
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
19  Croatia 21.041 3 +1 (UCL)
20  Poland 17.500 +1 (UCL)
21  Denmark 17.375 +1 (FP)
+1 (UCL)
22  Sweden 17.241 2
23  Serbia and Montenegro 16.331
24  Slovakia 15.665 +1 (UCL)
25  Bulgaria 15.165 +1 (UCL)
26  Romania 13.916
27  Hungary 13.749 +1 (UCL)
28  Slovenia 11.832
29  Cyprus 9.332
30  Finland 8.041
31  Latvia 7.165
32  Georgia 6.999
33  Moldova 5.165
34  Iceland 4.832
35  Belarus 4.083
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
36  Lithuania 3.831 2
37  Republic of Ireland 3.331
38  Macedonia 2.997 +1 (UCL)
39  Malta 2.498
40  Wales 1.832
41  Estonia 1.665
42  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.333
43  Armenia 1.332
44  Northern Ireland 1.331
45  Albania 1.165
46  Faroe Islands 1.165
47  Azerbaijan 1.165 0 [Note AZE]
48  Liechtenstein 1.000 1
49  Luxembourg 0.832 2
50  Andorra 0.000 1
51  San Marino 0.000
52  Kazakhstan 0.000 2

Distribution

The following was the access list for this season.[3]

Access list for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
Round Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round Teams transferred from Champions League or Intertoto Cup
Qualifying round
(82 teams)
  • 2 domestic league champions from Andorra and San Marino
  • 31 domestic cup winners from associations 19–52 (except Azerbaijan, Andorra and San Marino)
  • 33 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino)
  • 13 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 9–21
  • 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play ranking
First round
(96 teams)
  • 18 domestic cup winners from associations 1–18
  • 2 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–8
  • 5 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–8
  • 8 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–8 (league cup winners for France)
  • 3 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (league cup winners for England)
  • 41 winners from qualifying round
  • 16 losers from Champions League third qualifying round
  • 3 winners from UEFA Intertoto Cup finals
Second round
(48 teams)
  • 48 winners from first round
Third round
(32 teams)
  • 24 winners from first round
  • 8 group third-placed teams from Champions League group stage

Due to the UEFA Cup title holder (Porto) qualifying for the Champions League via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 15 and 16 (Austria and Switzerland) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the qualifying round.

Due to the suspension of Azerbaijan, the following changes to the access list were made:

  • The cup winners of association 17 and 18 (Norway and Israel) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the qualifying round.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]

  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • LC: League Cup winners
  • Nth: League position
  • PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
  • IC: Intertoto Cup
  • FP: Fair play
  • CL: Relegated from the Champions League
    • GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    • Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
Third round
Internazionale (CL GS) Panathinaikos (CL GS) Beşiktaş (CL GS) Celtic (CL GS)
Marseille (CL GS) PSV Eindhoven (CL GS) Galatasaray (CL GS) Club Brugge (CL GS)
First round
Mallorca (CW) Sochaux (5th) Teplice (CW) GAK (CL Q3)
Valencia (5th) PAOK (CW) Heart of Midlothian (3rd) Grasshopper (CL Q3)
Barcelona (6th) Panionios (5th) Metalurh Donetsk (3rd) Rosenborg (CL Q3)
Parma (5th) Aris (6th) La Louvière (CW) Dinamo Zagreb (CL Q3)
Udinese (6th) Utrecht (CW) Wüstenrot Salzburg (3rd) Wisła Kraków (CL Q3)
Roma (CR) Feyenoord (3rd) Basel (CW) Copenhagen (CL Q3)
Liverpool (5th) NAC Breda (4th) Vålerenga (CW) Žilina (CL Q3)
Blackburn Rovers (6th) NEC (5th) Hapoel Ramat Gan (CW) CSKA Sofia (CL Q3)
Southampton (CR) Trabzonspor (CW) Newcastle United (CL Q3) MTK Hungária (CL Q3)
Hamburger SV (4th) Gençlerbirliği (3rd) Borussia Dortmund (CL Q3) Vardar (CL Q3)
Hertha BSC (5th) Gaziantepspor (4th) Benfica (CL Q3) Villarreal (IC)
1. FC Kaiserslautern (CR) Malatyaspor (5th) Slavia Prague (CL Q3) Perugia (IC)
Auxerre (CW) Sporting CP (3rd) Shakhtar Donetsk (CL Q3) Schalke 04 (IC)
Bordeaux (4th) Spartak Moscow (CW) Austria Wien (CL Q3)
Qualifying round
União de Leiria (CR) Odense (3rd) Torpedo Kutaisi (2nd) Željezničar (CW)
Torpedo Moscow (4th) Malmö FF (2nd) Sioni Bolnisi (CR) Sarajevo (3rd)
Viktoria Žižkov (3rd) AIK (CR) Zimbru Chișinău (CW) Shirak (2nd)
Dundee (CR) Sartid (CW) Nistru Otaci (3rd) Banants (3rd)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Red Star Belgrade (2nd) Fylkir (CW) Coleraine (CW)
Lokeren (3rd) Matador Púchov (CW) Grindavík (3rd) Portadown (2nd)
Kärnten (CR) Artmedia Petržalka (2nd) Dinamo Minsk (CW) Dinamo Tirana (CW)
Neuchâtel Xamax (3rd) Levski Sofia (CW) Neman Grodno (2nd) Vllaznia (2nd)
Young Boys (4th) Litex Lovech (3rd) Atlantas (CW) NSÍ (CW)
Molde (2nd) Dinamo București (CW) Ekranas (3rd) (3rd)
Lyn (3rd) Steaua București (2nd) Derry City (CW) Vaduz (CW)
Maccabi Haifa (2nd) Ferencváros (CW) Shelbourne (2nd) F91 Dudelange (2nd)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (3rd) Debrecen (3rd) Cementarnica 55 (CW) Etzella Ettelbruck (CR)
Hajduk Split (CW) Olimpija Ljubljana (CW) Belasica (2nd) FC Santa Coloma (1st)
Varteks (3rd) Publikum (2nd) Birkirkara (CW) Domagnano (1st)
Kamen Ingrad (4th) Anorthosis Famagusta (CW) Valletta (3rd) Zhenis (CW)
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski (2nd) APOEL (3rd) Total Network Solutions (2nd) Atyrau (2nd)
GKS Katowice (3rd) Haka (CW) Cwmbrân Town (CR) Manchester City (FP)
Wisła Płock (CR) MYPA (2nd) TVMK (CW) Lens (FP)
Brøndby (CW) Ventspils (2nd) Levadia Maardu (2nd) Esbjerg (FP)
Nordsjælland (2nd) Liepājas Metalurgs (CR)
Notes
  1. ^
    Azerbaijan (AZE): Clubs from Azerbaijan were not admitted to UEFA competitions as no domestic competitions took place in 2002–03 season and AFFA was suspended by UEFA as a result of ongoing conflict between the clubs and federation.[5]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[6]

Schedule for 2003–04 UEFA Cup
Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 20 June 2003 14 August 2003 28 August 2003
First round 29 August 2003 24 September 2003 15 October 2003
Second round 17 October 2003 6 November 2003 27 November 2003
Third round 12 December 2003 26 February 2004 3 March 2004
Fourth round 4 March 2004 11 March 2004 25 March 2004
Quarter-finals 8 April 2004 14 April 2004
Semi-finals 22 April 2004 6 May 2004
Final 19 May 2004 at Ullevi, Gothenburg

Qualifying round

The first legs were played on 12, 13 and 14 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2003.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AIK 1–0 Fylkir1–00–0
Vllaznia 0–6 Dundee0–20–4
Levadia Maardu 3–6 Varteks1–32–3
Esbjerg 9–1 FC Santa Coloma5–04–1
Željezničar 4–1 Anorthosis Famagusta1–03–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–2 Banants1–12–1
Brøndby 5–0 Dinamo Minsk3–02–0
Malmö FF 6–0 Portadown4–02–0
Dinamo București 6–3 Liepājas Metalurgs5–21–1
Valletta 0–4 Neuchâtel Xamax0–20–2
Kärnten 3–2 Grindavík2–11–1
Viktoria Žižkov 6–1 Zhenis3–03–1
Sarajevo 1–4 Sartid1–10–3
APOEL 5–1 Derry City2–13–0
Litex Lovech 0–2 Zimbru Chișinău0–00–2
Neman Grodno 1–1 (a) Steaua București1–10–0
Etzella Ettelbruck 1–9 Kamen Ingrad1–20–7
Manchester City 7–0 Total Network Solutions5–02–0
Molde 6–0 2–04–0
Odense 4–1 TVMK1–13–0
Ventspils 3–3 (a) Wisła Płock1–12–2
MYPA 5–4 Young Boys3–22–2
Vaduz 0–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk0–10–1
Coleraine 2–6 União de Leiria2–10–5
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski 6–1 Atlantas2–04–1
Dinamo Tirana 1–7 Lokeren0–41–3
Cwmbrân Town 0–6 Maccabi Haifa0–30–3
Publikum 12–2 Belasica7–25–0
Cementarnica 55 1–1 (a) GKS Katowice0–01–1
Matador Púchov 6–0 Sioni Bolnisi3–03–0
Red Star Belgrade 8–2 Nistru Otaci5–03–2
Ekranas 2–3 Debrecen1–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Birkirkara 0–6 Ferencváros0–50–1
Haka 2–2 (a) Hajduk Split2–10–1
Torpedo Moscow 9–0 Domagnano5–04–0
Atyrau 1–6 Levski Sofia1–40–2
Olimpija Ljubljana 4–2 Shelbourne1–03–2
Lens 5–0 Torpedo Kutaisi3–02–0
Nordsjælland 6–0 Shirak4–02–0
Artmedia Petržalka 2–0 F91 Dudelange1–01–0
NSÍ 1–9 Lyn1–30–6

First round

The first round featured the 41 winners of the qualifying round, joined by 36 directly qualified teams, the 16 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round and the 3 winners for the Intertoto Cup. The first legs were played on 24 and 25 September, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 October 2003.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AIK 0–2 Valencia0–10–1
Dinamo București 5–2 Shakhtar Donetsk2–03–2
Maccabi Haifa 4–3 Publikum2–12–2
Dundee 1–3 Perugia1–20–1
Cementarnica 55 0–6 Lens0–10–5
Newcastle United 6–0 NAC Breda5–01–0
Panionios 3–1 Nordsjælland2–11–0
Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Željezničar2–00–0
Gençlerbirliği 4–2 Blackburn Rovers3–11–1
Matador Púchov 1–9 Barcelona1–10–8
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 MTK Hungária3–10–0
Hapoel Ramat Gan 0–5 Levski Sofia0–10–4
Sartid 2–4 Slavia Prague1–21–2
Villarreal 3–2 Trabzonspor0–03–2
Grasshopper 1–1 (a) Hajduk Split1–10–0
Hertha BSC 0–1 Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski0–00–1
Vålerenga 1–1 (a) GAK0–01–1
Zimbru Chișinău 2–3 Aris1–11–2
Varteks 3–6 Debrecen1–32–3
União de Leiria 2–3 Molde1–01–3
Austria Wien 1–3 Borussia Dortmund1–20–1
Auxerre 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax1–01–0
Ventspils 1–10 Rosenborg1–40–6
Gaziantepspor 1–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv1–00–0
Odense 5–6 Red Star Belgrade2–23–4
Sporting CP 3–0 Malmö FF2–01–0
Utrecht 6–0 Žilina2–04–0
Metalurh Donetsk 1–4 Parma1–10–3
MYPA 0–3 Sochaux0–10–2
Southampton 1–2 Steaua București1–10–1
Roma 5–1 Vardar4–01–1
Manchester City 4–2 Lokeren3–21–0
Spartak Moscow 3–1 Esbjerg2–01–1
CSKA Sofia 2–2 (2–3 p) Torpedo Moscow1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Ferencváros 2–2 (2–3 p) Copenhagen1–11–1 (a.e.t.)
APOEL 3–6 Mallorca1–22–4
Olimpija Ljubljana 1–4 Liverpool1–10–3
PAOK 3–1 Lyn0–13–0
Malatyaspor 2–3 Basel0–22–1 (a.e.t.)
La Louvière 1–2 Benfica1–10–1
Wüstenrot Salzburg 2–2 (a) Udinese0–12–1
Brøndby 2–0 Viktoria Žižkov1–01–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–3 Teplice1–20–1
Hamburger SV 2–4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2–10–3
Bordeaux 3–2 Artmedia Petržalka2–11–1
Wisła Kraków 4–2 NEC2–12–1
Kamen Ingrad 0–1 Schalke 040–00–1
Feyenoord 3–1 Kärnten2–11–0

Second round

The second round featured the 41 winners of the first round. The first legs were played on 29 October and 6 November, and the second legs were played on 27 November and 11 December 2003.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Rosenborg 1–0 Red Star Belgrade0–01–0
Dinamo Zagreb 1–3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk0–21–1
Borussia Dortmund 2–6 Sochaux2–20–4
Manchester City 1–1 (a) Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski1–10–0
Benfica 5–1 Molde3–12–0
Slavia Prague 2–2 (a) Levski Sofia2–20–0
Spartak Moscow 5–3 Dinamo București4–01–3
Gaziantepspor 6–1 Lens3–03–1
Schalke 04 3–3 (1–3 p) Brøndby2–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Perugia 3–1 Aris2–01–1
Utrecht 0–4 Auxerre0–00–4
Steaua București 1–2 Liverpool1–10–1
Vålerenga 0–0 (4–3 p) Wisła Kraków0–00–0 (a.e.t.)
PAOK 1–1 (a) Debrecen1–10–0
Copenhagen 2–3 Mallorca1–21–1
Basel 2–4 Newcastle United2–30–1
Roma 2–1 Hajduk Split1–01–1
Gençlerbirliği 4–1 Sporting CP1–13–0
Villarreal 2–1 Torpedo Moscow2–00–1
Feyenoord 1–3 Teplice0–21–1
Bordeaux 2–1 Heart of Midlothian0–12–0
Panionios 0–5 Barcelona0–30–2
Wüstenrot Salzburg 0–9 Parma0–40–5
Valencia 4–0 Maccabi Haifa0–04–0

Final phase

In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[1]

  • In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Third roundFourth roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Celtic303
Teplice011 Celtic101
Brøndby011 Barcelona000
Barcelona123 Celtic101
Galatasaray202 Villarreal123
Villarreal235 Villarreal213
Gaziantepspor101 Roma022
Roma022 Villarreal000
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski011 Valencia011
Bordeaux145 Bordeaux314
Club Brugge101 Club Brugge101
Debrecen000 Bordeaux112
Parma000 Valencia224
Gençlerbirliği134 Gençlerbirliği101
Valencia325 Valencia (s.g.)022 19 May – Gothenburg
Beşiktaş202 Valencia2
Auxerre011 Marseille0
Panathinaikos000 Auxerre101
Perugia011 PSV Eindhoven134
PSV Eindhoven033 PSV Eindhoven112
Vålerenga112 Newcastle United123
Newcastle United134 Newcastle United437
Spartak Moscow011 Mallorca101
Mallorca303 Newcastle United000
Liverpool246 Marseille022
Levski Sofia022 Liverpool112
Marseille101 Marseille123
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk000 Marseille112
Benfica (a)112 Internazionale000
Rosenborg022 Benfica033
Sochaux202 Internazionale044
Internazionale (a)202

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 12 December 2003, 13:00 CET.[7] The first legs were played on 26 February, and the second legs were played on 3 March 2004.[8]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Brøndby 1–3 Barcelona0–11–2
Parma 0–4 Gençlerbirliği0–10–3
Benfica 2–2 (a) Rosenborg1–01–2
Marseille 1–0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1–00–0
Celtic 3–1 Teplice3–00–1
Perugia 1–3 PSV Eindhoven0–01–3
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski 1–5 Bordeaux0–11–4
Valencia 5–2 Beşiktaş3–22–0
Galatasaray 2–5 Villarreal2–20–3
Club Brugge 1–0 Debrecen1–00–0
Sochaux 2–2 (a) Internazionale2–20–0
Liverpool 6–2 Levski Sofia2–04–2
Spartak Moscow 1–3 Mallorca0–31–0
Gaziantepspor 1–2 Roma1–00–2
Auxerre 1–0 Panathinaikos0–01–0
Vålerenga 2–4 Newcastle United1–11–3

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET.[9] The first legs were played on 11 March, and the second legs were played on 25 March 2004.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Celtic 1–0 Barcelona1–00–0
Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Valencia1–00–2 (a.e.t.)
Bordeaux 4–1 Club Brugge3–11–0
Newcastle United 7–1 Mallorca4–13–0
Auxerre 1–4 PSV Eindhoven1–10–3
Benfica 3–4 Internazionale0–03–4
Liverpool 2–3 Marseille1–11–2
Villarreal 3–2 Roma2–01–2

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET, immediately after the fourth round draw.[9] The first legs were played on 8 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2004.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bordeaux 2–4 Valencia1–21–2
Marseille 2–0 Internazionale1–01–0
Celtic 1–3 Villarreal1–10–2
PSV Eindhoven 2–3 Newcastle United1–11–2

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET, immediately after the fourth round and quarter-final draws.[9] The first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs were played on 6 May 2004.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Newcastle United 0–2 Marseille0–00–2
Villarreal 0–1 Valencia0–00–1

Final

The final was played on 19 May 2004 at the Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden. A draw was held on 4 March 2004 (after the fourth round, quarter-final and semi-final draws) to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[9]

Valencia 2–0 Marseille
  • Vicente 45+3' (pen.)
  • Mista 58'
Report
Attendance: 39,000[10][11]

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Minutes played
1 Sonny Anderson Villarreal 6 967
Mateja Kežman PSV Eindhoven 6 540
Didier Drogba Marseille 6 635
Alan Shearer Newcastle United 6 900
5 Nuno Gomes Benfica 5 379
Craig Bellamy Newcastle United 5 502
Mista Valencia 5 581
Albert Riera Bordeaux 5 769

See also

References

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