2011-07-26

2003-04 UEFA Champions League group stage

2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage

The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took take place between 16 September and 10 December 2003. The group stage featured teams qualified by their league positions and others who had come through qualifying.

Seeding structure

The 32 teams were divided into four pots. Pot 1 comprised the previous year's title holders Milan and the top seven clubs in the team ranking. Pot 2 contained the following eight clubs in the rankings and likewise for Pots 3 and 4. Each group contained one team from each pot. A team's seeding was determined by the UEFA coefficients.

Clubs from the same association were paired up to split the matchdays between Tuesday and Wednesday. Clubs with the same pairing letter would play on different days, ensuring that teams from the same city (e.g. Milan and Internazionale, who also share a stadium) did not play on the same day.

Format

During the group stage, each team plays the other three teams in their group twice (home and away or at an alternative venue). The top two teams with the most points or who meet the tie-break criteria progress to the first knockout round. The third placed side entered the UEFA Cup in 2005.

Tie-breaking criteria

Based on paragraph 4.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Groups

Group A


17 September 2003
20:45
Bayern Munich Germany2 – 1Scotland Celtic
Makaay Goal 73', 86'Thompson Goal 56'

30 September 2003
20:45
Celtic Scotland2 – 0France Lyon
Miller Goal 70'
Sutton Goal 78'


30 September 2003
20:45
Anderlecht Belgium1 – 1Germany Bayern Munich
Mornar Goal 52'Santa Cruz Goal 73'

21 October 2003
20:45
Anderlecht Belgium1 – 0Scotland Celtic
Dindane Goal 72'


21 October 2003
20:45
Lyon France1 – 1Germany Bayern Munich
Luyindula Goal 88'Makaay Goal 25'

5 november 2003
20:45
Celtic Scotland3 – 1Belgium Anderlecht
Larsson Goal 12'
Miller Goal 17'
Sutton Goal 29'
Dindane Goal 77'


5 November 2003
20:45
Bayern Munich Germany1 – 2France Lyon
Makaay Goal 14'Juninho Goal 6'
Elber Giovane Goal 53'

25 November 2003
20:45
Anderlecht Belgium1 – 0France Lyon
Tihinen Goal 69'


25 November 2003
20:45
Celtic Scotland0 – 0Germany Bayern Munich

10 December 2003
20:45
Lyon France3 – 2Scotland Celtic
Elber Giovane Goal 6'
Juninho Goal 52', 86' (pen.)
Hartson Goal 24'
Sutton Goal 75'


10 December 2003
20:45
Bayern Munich Germany1 – 0Belgium Anderlecht
Makaay Goal 42' (pen.)

Group B


16 September 2003
20:45
Arsenal England0 – 3Italy InternazionaleHighbury, London
Attendance: 34,393
Cruz Goal 22'
van der Meyde Goal 24'
Martins Goal 41'

1 October 2003
20:45
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia0 – 0England ArsenalLokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 24,000


1 October 2003
20:45
Internazionale Italy2 – 1Ukraine Dynamo KyivSan Siro, Milan
Attendance: 70,882
Adani Goal 23'
Vieri Goal 90'
Fedorov Goal 34'

21 October 2003
20:45
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia3 – 0Italy InternazionaleLokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 25,000
Loskov Goal 2'
Ashvetia Goal 50'
Khokhlov Goal 57'


21 October 2003
20:45
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2 – 1England ArsenalOlimpiysky NSC, Kiev
Attendance: 80,000
Shatskikh Goal 27'
Belkevich Goal 64'
Henry Goal 80'

5 November 2003
20:45
Internazionale Italy1 – 1Russia Lokomotiv MoscowSan Siro, Milan
Attendance: 25,000
Recoba Goal 14'Loskov Goal 54'


5 November 2003
20:45
Arsenal England1 – 0Ukraine Dynamo KyivHighbury, London
Attendance: 34,419
A. Cole Goal 88'

25 November 2003
20:45
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia3 – 2Ukraine Dynamo KyivLokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 24,000
Buznikin Goal 28'
Ignashevitch Goal 45' (pen.)
Parks Goal 89'
Belkevich Goal 37'
Shatskikh Goal 65'


25 November 2003
20:45
Internazionale Italy1 – 5England ArsenalSan Siro, Milan
Attendance: 85,400
Vieri Goal 32'Henry Goal 25', 85'
Ljungberg Goal 49'
Edu Goal 87'
Pirès Goal 89'

10 December 2003
20:45
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1 – 1Italy InternazionaleOlimpiysky NSC, Kiev
Attendance: 30,000
Rincón Goal 85'Adani Goal 68'


10 December 2003
20:45
Arsenal England2 – 0Russia Lokomotiv MoscowHighbury, London
Attendance: 35,343
Pirès Goal 12'
Ljungberg Goal 67'

Group C

Group D

Group E

All times Central European Time (UTC+1)


16 September 2003
20:45
Rangers Scotland2 – 1Germany VfB StuttgartIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
Nerlinger Goal 74'
Løvenkrands Goal 78'
Kuranyi Goal 45'


16 September 2003
20:45
Manchester United England5 – 0Greece PanathinaikosOld Trafford, Manchester
Silvestre Goal 13'
Fortune Goal 14'
Solskjær Goal 33'
Butt Goal 40'
Djemba-Djemba Goal 83'

1 October 2003
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece1 – 1Scotland RangersApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Konstantinidis Goal 88'Emerson Goal 35'


1 October 2003
20:45
VfB Stuttgart Germany2 – 1England Manchester UnitedGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Szabics Goal 51'
Kuranyi Goal 52'
v. Nistelrooy Goal 67' (pen.)

22 October 2003
20:45
VfB Stuttgart Germany2 – 0Greece PanathinaikosGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Szabics Goal 13'
Soldo Goal 25'


22 October 2003
20:45
Rangers Scotland0 – 1England Manchester UnitedIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
P. Neville Goal 31'

4 November 2003
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece1 – 3Germany VfB StuttgartApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 6.000
Konstantinou Goal 60'Fyssas Goal 68' (o.g.)
Kuranyi Goal 75'
Hinkel Goal 77'


4 November 2003
20:45
Manchester United England3 – 0Scotland RangersOld Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 66.500
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Forlán Goal 6'
v. Nistelrooy Goal 43', 60'

26 November 2003
20:45
VfB Stuttgart Germany1 – 0Scotland RangersGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 50.350
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Wenzel Goal 45'


26 November 2003
20:45
Panathinaikos Greece0 – 1England Manchester UnitedApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 23.000
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Forlán Goal 85'



9 December 2003
20:45
Rangers Scotland1 – 3Greece PanathinaikosIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 52.000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Mols Goal 28'Žutautas Goal 32'
Basinas Goal 62'
Konstantinou Goal 80'


9 December 2003
20:45
Manchester United England2 – 0Germany VfB StuttgartOld Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 60.000
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
v. Nistelrooy Goal 45'
Giggs Goal 58'

Group F

Group G

Group H

See also






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