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
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
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]
Below are the participating teams, sorted by their 2002 UEFA club coefficient (in parentheses).
 Ipswich TownFP (32.729)
 Hapoel Tel Aviv (26.666)
 Copenhagen (24.687)
 Servette (24.312)
 Varteks (22.520)
 Wisła Kraków (21.750)
 Red Star Belgrade (18.165)
 Sigma OlomoucFP (17.312)
 IFK Göteborg (16.620)
 Amica Wronki (15.750)
 Maccabi Tel Aviv (15.666)
 Zenit Saint Petersburg (14.645)
 Litex Lovech (14.582)
 CSKA Sofia (14.582)
 Viktoria Žižkov (14.312)
 Leixões (14.124)
 BrannFP (13.737)
 Hajduk Split (13.520)
 Aberdeen (13.062)
 Livingston (13.062)
 Metalurh Zaporizhya (12.979)
 Mouscron (12.762)
 Stabæk (12.737)
 Kärnten (12.625)
 AIK (12.620)
 Lugano (11.312)
 HJK Helsinki (11.020)
 Rapid București (10.958)
 Ferencváros (9.874)
 Primorje (8.916)
 Matador Púchov (8.832)
 Polonia Warsaw (8.750)
 Midtjylland (8.687)
 Odense (8.687)
 Djurgården (8.620)
 Sartid (8.165)
 Újpest (7.874)
 Koba Senec (7.832)
 Anorthosis Famagusta (7.666)
 Național București (6.958)
 Dinamo Tbilisi (6.499)
 Gorica (5.916)
 AEL Limassol (4.666)
 Liepājas Metalurgs (4.582)
 MyPa-47 (4.020)
 Ventspils (3.582)
 Zimbru Chișinău (3.582)
 Locomotive Tbilisi (3.499)
 Nistru Otaci (2.582)
 Fylkir (2.416)
 ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar (2.416)
 Birkirkara (2.249)
 Dinamo Minsk (2.041)
 Gomel (2.041)
 Atlantas (1.915)
 Sūduva Marijampolė (1.915)
 Dundalk (1.665)
 Shamrock Rovers (1.665)
 Pobeda (1.498)
 Belasica (1.498)
 Sliema Wanderers (1.249)
 Bangor City (0.916)
 Total Network Solutions (0.916)
 TVMK Tallinn (0.832)
 Levadia Tallinn (0.832)
 Zvartnots Yerevan (0.666)
 Spartak Yerevan (0.666)
 Sarajevo (0.666)
 Široki Brijeg (0.666)
 Linfield (0.665)
 Glentoran (0.665)
 KÍ Klaksvík (0.582)
 GÍ Gøta (0.582)
 Tirana (0.582)
 Partizani (0.582)
 Vaduz (0.500)
 Avenir Beggen (0.416)
 Grevenmacher (0.416)
 Domagnano (0.000)
 Encamp (0.000)
 Kairat Almaty (0.000)
 Atyrau (0.000)
Seeding
The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva.[3] Before the draw, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season.[2] 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.[4] 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 | 
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| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | ||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | 
| Group 9 | Group 10 | ||||||
| Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | ||||
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Summary
The first leg matches were played on 13 and 15 August, and the second leg matches were played on 29 August 2002.
Matches
| Atlantas  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tamošauskas  | 
Report | Rusev  Hdiouad Jelenković  | 
Litex Lovech won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Zenit Saint Petersburg  | 8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Osipov  Ranđelović Spivak Miceika Nikolayev  | 
Report | 
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 13–0 on aggregate.
| Matador Púchov  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Breška  Štrba  | 
Report | 
Matador Púchov won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Glentoran  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Żurawski  Dubicki  | 
| Wisła Kraków  | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuźba  Uche  | 
Report | 
Wisła Kraków won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Midtjylland  | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pimpong  Kristensen Jessen  | 
Report | 
Midtjylland won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Primorje  | 6–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gregorič  Zatkovič Ranić  | 
Report | Davityan  | 
| Zvartnots Yerevan  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nazaryan  Avanesyan  | 
Report | 
Primorje won 6–3 on aggregate.
Ventspils won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Hapoel Tel Aviv  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abukasis  | 
Report | 
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Ferencváros  | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tököli  Gera Szkukalek  | 
Report | 
| AEL Limassol  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kyriacou  Sebők  | 
Report | Lipcsei  | 
Ferencváros won 5–2 on aggregate.
| GÍ Gøta  | 0–8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Erceg  Andrić Pletikosa Carević  | 
Hajduk Split won 11–0 on aggregate.
| Brann  | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Knudsen  Furuseth  | 
Report | Zitinskas  Radzinevičius  | 
| Sūduva Marijampolė  | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Radzinevičius  | 
Report | Nhleko  | 
Sūduva Marijampolė won 6–4 on aggregate.
| Amica Wronki  | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bieniuk  Dembiński Król Dawidowski  | 
Report | 
| Total Network Solutions  | 2–7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Anthrobus  Toner  | 
Report | Król  Burkhardt Sobociński Łudziński  | 
Amica Wronki won 12–2 on aggregate.
| Copenhagen  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jónsson  Røll  | 
Report | Janashia  | 
| Locomotive Tbilisi  | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Janashia  | 
Report | Zuma  Pettersson Jónsson  | 
Copenhagen won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Liepājas Metalurgs  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Marić  Bubalo  | 
Kärnten won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Vaduz  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Burgmeier  | 
Report | Rubio  | 
| Livingston  | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
1–1 on aggregate. Livingston won on away goals.
| Sliema Wanderers  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bizu  | 
Report | Bartczak  Bąk Udenkwor  | 
| Polonia Warsaw  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bąk  Bartczak  | 
Report | 
Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Anorthosis Famagusta  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Piekarski  Kowalczyk Xiourouppas  | 
Report | 
| Grevenmacher  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Manzangala  Albrecht  | 
Report | 
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Levadia Tallinn  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Prohorenkovs  Strool  | 
| Maccabi Tel Aviv  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pasins  Prohorenkovs  | 
Report | 
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Belasica  | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baldovaliev  | 
Report | Carlos Brito  Nenê  | 
Leixões won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Sigma Olomouc  | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Putík  Ekwueme  | 
Report | Osmanhodžić  | 
| Sarajevo  | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Obuća  Osmanhodžić  | 
Report | Putík  | 
| Penalties | ||
| Pelak  Osmanhodžić Kurto Ihtijarević Krupinac  | 
5–3 | |
2–2 on aggregate. Sarajevo won 5–3 on penalties.
| Zimbru Chișinău  | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Frunză  Gvazava  | 
Report | Henriksson  | 
| IFK Göteborg  | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rosenkvist  | 
Report | Gvazava  Cebotari  | 
Zimbru Chișinău won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Újpest  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Horváth  | 
Report | 
Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Odense won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Minsk  | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tsyhalka  | 
Report | Mukasi  Dimitrov Brito  | 
| CSKA Sofia  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Šakiri  | 
Report | 
CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Tbilisi  | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pinha  Daraselia Shashiashvili  | 
Report | Leetma  | 
| TVMK Tallinn  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Akhalaia  | 
Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Spartak Yerevan  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kader  | 
| Servette  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Diogo  Frei  | 
Report | 
Servette won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Shamrock Rovers  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| McGuinnes  | 
Report | Wowoah  Stefanidis Källström  | 
| Djurgården  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wowoah  Chanko  | 
Report | 
Djurgårdens won 5–1 on aggregate.
Varteks won 9–0 on aggregate.
| Gomel  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Borel  | 
Report | 
| HJK Helsinki  | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nazarov  Bliznyuk Razumaw  | 
Gomel won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Aberdeen  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mackie  | 
Report | 
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
| AIK  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hoch  Nordin  | 
Report | 
| ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Þorvaldsson  | 
Report | Rubarth  Hoch  | 
AIK won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Rapid București  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Schumacher  | 
Report | 
| Gorica  | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Perjă  | 
Report | Godfoid  Schumacher  | 
Rapid București won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Domagnano  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sabou  Stracený  | 
| Viktoria Žižkov  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chihuri  Janoušek Krutý  | 
Report | 
Viktoria Žižkov won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Kairat Almaty  | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bogdanović  Mrđa  | 
| Red Star Belgrade  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gvozdenović  Pjanović Krivokapić  | 
Report | 
Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Metalurh Zaporizhya  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Akopyan  Iliev Brđanin  | 
Report | 
Metalurh Zaporizhya won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Bangor City  | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Roberts  | 
Report | 
| Sartid  | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zečević  Mirosavljević  | 
Report | 
Sartid won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Koba Senec  | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Juška  | 
Report | Katić  | 
| Široki Brijeg  | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Erceg  Hrgović  | 
Report | 
Široki Brijeg won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Tirana  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Radu  | 
National București won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Avenir Beggen  | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Stewart  | 
| Ipswich Town  | 8–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Miller  Couñago Ney Brown McGreal Ambrose  | 
Report | Molitor  | 
Ipswich Town won 9–1 on aggregate.
Mouscron won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Stabæk  | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Finstad  Gudmundsson Baldvinsson  | 
Report | 
| Linfield  | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ferguson  | 
Report | Gudmundsson  | 
Stabæk won 5–1 on aggregate.
Notes
- ↑ Metalurh Zaporizhya played their home match at Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk, instead of their regular stadium Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhia, due to renovation.
 
References
- 1 2 "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2002/03" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
 - 1 2 "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 Cup – Geographical groups announced". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2002. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.