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	2 – 1	Celtic
	Makaay 73', 86'		Thompson 56'

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30 September 2003 20:45	Celtic	2 – 0	Lyon
	Miller 70' Sutton 78'

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

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21 October 2003 20:45	Anderlecht	1 – 0	Celtic
	Dindane 72'

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

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5 november 2003 20:45	Celtic	3 – 1	Anderlecht
	Larsson 12' Miller 17' Sutton 29'		Dindane 77'

5 November 2003 20:45	Bayern Munich	1 – 2	Lyon
	Makaay 14'		Juninho 6' Elber Giovane 53'

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25 November 2003 20:45	Anderlecht	1 – 0	Lyon
	Tihinen 69'

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

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10 December 2003 20:45	Lyon	3 – 2	Celtic
	Elber Giovane 6' Juninho 52', 86' (pen.)		Hartson 24' Sutton 75'

10 December 2003 20:45	Bayern Munich	1 – 0	Anderlecht
	Makaay 42' (pen.)

Group B

16 September 2003 20:45	Arsenal	0 – 3	Internazionale	Highbury, London Attendance: 34,393
			Cruz 22' van der Meyde 24' Martins 41'

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1 October 2003 20:45	Lokomotiv Moscow	0 – 0	Arsenal	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 24,000

1 October 2003 20:45	Internazionale	2 – 1	Dynamo Kyiv	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 70,882
	Adani 23' Vieri 90'		Fedorov 34'

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21 October 2003 20:45	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 0	Internazionale	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 25,000
	Loskov 2' Ashvetia 50' Khokhlov 57'

21 October 2003 20:45	Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 1	Arsenal	Olimpiysky NSC, Kiev Attendance: 80,000
	Shatskikh 27' Belkevich 64'		Henry 80'

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5 November 2003 20:45	Internazionale	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 25,000
	Recoba 14'		Loskov 54'

5 November 2003 20:45	Arsenal	1 – 0	Dynamo Kyiv	Highbury, London Attendance: 34,419
	A. Cole 88'

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25 November 2003 20:45	Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 24,000
	Buznikin 28' Ignashevitch 45' (pen.) Parks 89'		Belkevich 37' Shatskikh 65'

25 November 2003 20:45	Internazionale	1 – 5	Arsenal	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 85,400
	Vieri 32'		Henry 25', 85' Ljungberg 49' Edu 87' Pirès 89'

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10 December 2003 20:45	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 1	Internazionale	Olimpiysky NSC, Kiev Attendance: 30,000
	Rincón 85'		Adani 68'

10 December 2003 20:45	Arsenal	2 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Highbury, London Attendance: 35,343
	Pirès 12' Ljungberg 67'

Group C

Group D

Group E

All times Central European Time (UTC+1)

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16 September 2003 20:45	Rangers	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Nerlinger 74' Løvenkrands 78'		Kuranyi 45'

16 September 2003 20:45	Manchester United	5 – 0	Panathinaikos	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Silvestre 13' Fortune 14' Solskjær 33' Butt 40' Djemba-Djemba 83'

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1 October 2003 20:45	Panathinaikos	1 – 1	Rangers	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
	Konstantinidis 88'		Emerson 35'

1 October 2003 20:45	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	Manchester United	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
	Szabics 51' Kuranyi 52'		v. Nistelrooy 67' (pen.)

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22 October 2003 20:45	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	Panathinaikos	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
	Szabics 13' Soldo 25'

22 October 2003 20:45	Rangers	0 – 1	Manchester United	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
			P. Neville 31'

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4 November 2003 20:45	Panathinaikos	1 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 6.000
	Konstantinou 60'		Fyssas 68' (o.g.) Kuranyi 75' Hinkel 77'

4 November 2003 20:45	Manchester United	3 – 0	Rangers	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 66.500 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Forlán 6' v. Nistelrooy 43', 60'

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26 November 2003 20:45	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 0	Rangers	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 50.350 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Wenzel 45'

26 November 2003 20:45	Panathinaikos	0 – 1	Manchester United	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
			Forlán 85'

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9 December 2003 20:45	Rangers	1 – 3	Panathinaikos	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 52.000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
	Mols 28'		Žutautas 32' Basinas 62' Konstantinou 80'

9 December 2003 20:45	Manchester United	2 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
	v. Nistelrooy 45' Giggs 58'

Group F

Group G

Group H

See also

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