2002 UEFA Champions League Final

2002 UEFA Champions League Final

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Bayer Leverkusen Real Madrid 1 2
Event	2001–02 UEFA Champions League
Date	15 May 2002
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Player of the Match	Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Referee	Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Attendance	50,499
Weather	Mostly cloudy, rain showers 15 °C (59 °F)
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The 2002 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday, 15 May 2002, to decide the winner of the Champions League. Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final.

Each club needed to progress through two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final.

Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.

Real Madrid were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl. Lúcio equalised five minutes later, before Zinedine Zidane scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time, a left-footed volley into the top corner that has since gone down as one of the greatest goals in the history of the competition, to secure Real Madrid's ninth European Cup.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Teams	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayer Leverkusen	None
Real Madrid	11 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000)

Route to the final

For more details on this topic, see 2001–02 UEFA Champions League.

Bayer Leverkusen				Round	Real Madrid
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade	3–0	3–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Third qualifying round	Bye
Opponent	Result			First group stage	Opponent	Result
Lyon	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Roma	2–1 (A)
Barcelona	2–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–0 (H)
Fenerbahçe	2–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Anderlecht	4–1 (H)
Barcelona	1–2 (A)			Matchday 4	Anderlecht	2–0 (A)
Fenerbahçe	2–1 (A)			Matchday 5	Roma	1–1 (H)
Lyon	2–4 (H)			Matchday 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2 (A)
Group F runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barcelona 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12 Lyon 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 9 Fenerbahçe 6 0 0 6 3 12 −9 0				Final standings	Group A winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Roma 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 7 Anderlecht 6 0 3 3 4 13 −6 3
Opponent	Result			Second group stage	Opponent	Result
Juventus	0–4 (A)			Matchday 1	Sparta Prague	3–2 (A)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Panathinaikos	3–0 (H)
Arsenal	1–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Porto	1–0 (H)
Arsenal	1–4 (A)			Matchday 4	Porto	2–1 (A)
Juventus	3–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Sparta Prague	3–0 (H)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Panathinaikos	2–2 (A)
Group D winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10 Deportivo La Coruña 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 Arsenal 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7 Juventus 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7				Final standings	Group C winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Real Madrid 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 16 Panathinaikos 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 Sparta Prague 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 Porto 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	4–3	0–1 (A)	4–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)
Manchester United	3–3 (a)	2–2 (A)	1–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Barcelona	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)

Match

Summary

The match pitted Leverkusen, who had beaten Manchester United in the semi-finals to deny Sir Alex Ferguson a homecoming to Glasgow, against Real Madrid. Real Madrid won 2–1, clinching their ninth European Cup title, and their third in five years. However, the match is remembered as a very close one. Real Madrid's Spanish forward Raúl opened the scoring in the eighth minute, but, five minutes later, Brazilian defender Lúcio levelled the scores with a header that beat goalkeeper César. But in the 45th minute, one of the greatest goals in UEFA Champions League history was scored; Zinedine Zidane received a high, arcing cross from Roberto Carlos on the edge of the penalty area, volleying a left-footed shot into the top corner. In the 68th minute, César was injured and had to be replaced by 20-year-old Iker Casillas. With the young Casillas between the posts, Real Madrid managed to hold their ground against a very attacking Leverkusen side, until the final whistle from referee Urs Meier.

Details

15 May 2002 19:45 BST	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Real Madrid	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,499 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Lúcio  13'	Report	Raúl  8' Zidane  45'

Bayer Leverkusen

Real Madrid

GK 1 Hans-Jörg Butt RB 26 Zoltán Sebescen 65' CB 6 Boris Živković CB 19 Lúcio 90+1' LB 35 Diego Placente DM 28 Carsten Ramelow (c) RM 25 Bernd Schneider CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 23 Thomas Brdarić 39' AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk CF 27 Oliver Neuville Substitutes: GK 20 Frank Juric DF 3 Marko Babić 90+1' DF 47 Thomas Kleine MF 15 Jurica Vranješ MF 33 Anel Džaka FW 9 Ulf Kirsten 65' FW 12 Dimitar Berbatov 39' Manager: Klaus Toppmöller

GK 13 César 68' RB 2 Míchel Salgado 45+2' CB 4 Fernando Hierro (c) CB 6 Iván Helguera LB 3 Roberto Carlos 89' DM 24 Claude Makelele 73' RM 10 Luís Figo 61' LM 21 Santiago Solari AM 5 Zinedine Zidane CF 7 Raúl CF 9 Fernando Morientes Substitutes: GK 1 Iker Casillas 68' DF 18 Aitor Karanka DF 31 Francisco Pavón MF 8 Steve McManaman 61' MF 14 Guti MF 16 Flávio Conceição 73' FW 23 Pedro Munitis Manager: Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) Assistant referees: Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Felix Züger (Switzerland) Fourth official: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutes.

Statistics

First half Statistic Bayer Leverkusen Real Madrid Goals scored 1 2 Total shots 5 6 Shots on target 3 3 Ball possession 42% 58% Corner kicks 3 1 Fouls committed 8 19 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Bayer Leverkusen Real Madrid Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 8 6 Shots on target 3 4 Ball possession 54% 46% Corner kicks 3 4 Fouls committed 9 25 Offsides 0 1 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Bayer Leverkusen Real Madrid Goals scored 1 2 Total shots 13 12 Shots on target 6 9 Ball possession 48% 52% Corner kicks 6 5 Fouls committed 17 44 Offsides 3 3 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Post match

In the 2001-02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final. After the match, Leverkusen manager Klaus Toppmöller expressed his disappointment on finishing this strong season without a title, stating: "the disappointment is huge – you don't always get the rewards you deserve in football, and no-one knows that better than us after what we have been through. "We must seek consolation. Doing what we have done means we have had a very good season – but what has happened to us is difficult and makes us feel bitter."

Five Leverkusen players, Michael Ballack, Hans-Jörg Butt, Oliver Neuville, Carsten Ramelow, and Bernd Schneider went on to add a fourth silver medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, the gold medal winning Brazil squad also included a Leverkusen player in Lúcio.

See also

• 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

External links

• 2001–02 UEFA Champions League season at UEFA.com

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