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2003 UEFA Champions League Final
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Milan won 3-2 on penalties
Event2002–03 UEFA Champions League
Date28 May 2003
VenueOld Trafford, Manchester
Player of the MatchPaolo Maldini (Milan)
RefereeMarkus Merk (Germany)
Attendance62,315
WeatherClear
18 °C (64 °F)
2002
2004

The 2003 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams: Juventus and Milan. The match made history as it was the first time two clubs from Italy had faced each other in the final. It was also the second intra-national final of the competition, following the all-Spanish 2000 UEFA Champions League Final three years earlier. Milan won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 0–0 after extra time. It gave Milan their sixth success in the European Cup.

Background[]

Juventus entered the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as Serie A champions and so qualified for the group phase, Milan finished fourth so started off in the third qualifying round.

Juventus went into the Champions League final as champions of Italy for the 27th time. Milan came third in the league, finishing with eleven fewer points than Juventus, but won the Coppa Italia. In the Serie A games between the two sides in 2002–03, Juventus won 2–1 on 10 November at the Stadio delle Alpi while Milan won the reverse fixture by the same scoreline at the San Siro.

Route to the final[]

Flag of Italy Juventus Round Flag of Italy Milan
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Third qualifying round Flag of Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 2–2 (a) 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Opponent Result First group stage Opponent Result
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 1–1 (A) Matchday 1 Flag of France Lens 2–1 (H)
Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 5–0 (H) Matchday 2 Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña 4–0 (A)
Flag of England Newcastle United 2–0 (H) Matchday 3 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 2–1 (A)
Flag of England Newcastle United 0–1 (A) Matchday 4 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 2–1 (H)
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 2–0 (H) Matchday 5 Flag of France Lens 1–2 (A)
Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 (A) Matchday 6 Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña 1–2 (H)
Group E winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Italy Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13
Flag of England Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9
Flag of Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Final standings Group G winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Italy Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12
Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12
Flag of France Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8
Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2
Opponent Result Second group stage Opponent Result
Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña 2–2 (A) Matchday 1 Flag of Spain Real Madrid 1–0 (H)
Flag of Switzerland Basel 4–0 (H) Matchday 2 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–0 (A)
Flag of England Manchester United 1–2 (A) Matchday 3 Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 (H)
Flag of England Manchester United 0–3 (H) Matchday 4 Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 (A)
Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña 3–2 (H) Matchday 5 Flag of Spain Real Madrid 1–3 (A)
Flag of Switzerland Basel 1–2 (A) Matchday 6 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund 0–1 (H)
Group D runners-up
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of England Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
Flag of Italy Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7
Flag of Switzerland Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7
Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruña 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
Final standings Group C winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Italy Milan 6 4 0 2 5 4 +1 12
Flag of Spain Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10
Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Flag of Spain Barcelona 3–2 1–1 (H) 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Quarter-finals Flag of Netherlands Ajax 3–2 [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League knockout stage#Ajax v Milan|0–0] (A) 3–2 (H)
Flag of Spain Real Madrid 4–3 1–2 (A) 3–1 (H) Semi-finals Flag of Italy Internazionale 1–1 (a) 0–0 (H) 1–1 (A)

Details[]

28 May 2003
19:45 BST
Juventus Flag of Italy 0–0
(a.e.t.)
Flag of Italy Milan Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 62,315
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Report
  Penalties  
Trezeguet Missed
Birindelli Soccerball shad check
Zalayeta Missed
Montero Missed
Del Piero Soccerball shad check
2–3 Soccerball shad check Serginho
Missed Seedorf
Missed Kaladze
Soccerball shad check Nesta
Soccerball shad check Shevchenko
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Juventus
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Milan
GK 1 Flag of Italy Gianluigi Buffon
RB 21 Flag of France Lilian Thuram
CB 2 Flag of Italy Ciro Ferrara
CB 5 Flag of Croatia Igor Tudor Substituted off in the 42nd minute 42'
LB 4 Flag of Uruguay Paolo Montero
RM 16 Flag of Italy Mauro Camoranesi Substituted off in the 46th minute 46'
CM 3 Flag of Italy Alessio Tacchinardi Booked in the 69th minute 69'
CM 26 Flag of Netherlands Edgar Davids Substituted off in the 65th minute 65'
LM 19 Flag of Italy Gianluca Zambrotta
CF 17 Flag of France David Trezeguet
CF 10 Flag of Italy Alessandro Del Piero (c) Booked in the 111th minute 111'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Flag of Italy Antonio Chimenti
DF 7 Flag of Italy Gianluca Pessotto
DF 13 Flag of Italy Mark Iuliano
DF 15 Flag of Italy Alessandro Birindelli Substituted on in the 42nd minute 42'
MF 8 Flag of Italy Antonio Conte Substituted on in the 46th minute 46'
FW 24 Flag of Italy Marco Di Vaio
FW 25 Flag of Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta Substituted on in the 65th minute 65'
Manager:
Flag of Italy Marcello Lippi
GK 12 Flag of Brazil Dida
RB 19 Flag of Italy Alessandro Costacurta Booked in the 18th minute 18' Substituted off in the 66th minute 66'
CB 13 Flag of Italy Alessandro Nesta
CB 3 Flag of Italy Paolo Maldini (c)
LB 4 Flag of Georgia Kakha Kaladze
RM 8 Flag of Italy Gennaro Gattuso
CM 21 Flag of Italy Andrea Pirlo Substituted off in the 71st minute 71'
LM 20 Flag of Netherlands Clarence Seedorf
AM 10 Flag of Portugal Rui Costa Substituted off in the 87th minute 87'
CF 7 Flag of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
CF 9 Flag of Italy Filippo Inzaghi
Substitutes:
GK 18 Flag of Italy Christian Abbiati
DF 24 Flag of Denmark Martin Laursen
DF 25 Flag of Brazil Roque Júnior Substituted on in the 66th minute 66'
MF 23 Flag of Italy Massimo Ambrosini Substituted on in the 87th minute 87'
MF 27 Flag of Brazil Serginho Substituted on in the 71st minute 71'
MF 32 Flag of Italy Cristian Brocchi
FW 11 Flag of Brazil Rivaldo
Manager:
Flag of Italy Carlo Ancelotti
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