2003 UEFA Champions League Final

2003 UEFA Champions League Final

Match programme cover
Event	2002–03 UEFA Champions League
Juventus Milan 0 0
Milan won 3–2 on penalties
Date	28 May 2003
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester
Man of the Match	Paolo Maldini (Milan)[1]
Referee	Markus Merk (Germany)
Attendance	62,315
Weather	Clear 18 °C (64 °F)[2]

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 went into the Champions League final as champions of Italy for the 27th time. Milan came fourth in the league, finishing with sixteen fewer points than Juventus, and had to qualify for the third qualifying round. ln the Serie A games between the two sides in the 2001–02 season, Milan drew 1–1 at San Siro under Carlo Ancelotti on 9 December 2001,^[3] while Juventus won 1–0 at Stadio delle Alpi on 14 April 2002 under Marcello Lippi.^[4] They also met in the Coppa Italia games, where Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals.^[5][6]

Route to the final

Juventus				Round	Milan
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Third qualifying round	Slovan Liberec	2–2 (a)	1–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Opponent	Result			First group stage	Opponent	Result
Feyenoord	1–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Lens	2–1 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv	5–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Deportivo La Coruña	4–0 (A)
Newcastle United	2–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Bayern Munich	2–1 (A)
Newcastle United	0–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Bayern Munich	2–1 (H)
Feyenoord	2–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Lens	1–2 (A)
Dynamo Kyiv	2–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2 (H)
Group E winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5				Final standings	Group G winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12 Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2
Opponent	Result			Second group stage	Opponent	Result
Deportivo La Coruña	2–2 (A)			Matchday 1	Real Madrid	1–0 (H)
Basel	4–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Borussia Dortmund	1–0 (A)
Manchester United	1–2 (A)			Matchday 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0 (H)
Manchester United	0–3 (H)			Matchday 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0 (A)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–2 (H)			Matchday 5	Real Madrid	1–3 (A)
Basel	1–2 (A)			Matchday 6	Borussia Dortmund	0–1 (H)
Group D runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 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 Milan 6 4 0 2 5 4 +1 12 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–2	1–1 (H)	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Quarter-finals	Ajax	3–2	0–0 (A)	3–2 (H)
Real Madrid	4–3	1–2 (A)	3–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Internazionale	1–1 (a)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (A)

Milan

Milan won Group G of the first group round, a group that also included Bayern Munich, Lens and Deportivo La Coruña, advancing to the second group round where they won Group C. They defeated Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Lokomotiv Moscow. They lost only two matches (Dortmund 1–0, and Real Madrid 3–1), and advanced to the quarter-finals where they met Ajax. The first leg was a draw (0–0) so the decisive match was the one at the San Siro which Milan won (3–2). In the semi-finals, they met local rivals Internazionale. Both matches finished equal (0–0; 1–1), but Milan advanced on the away goals rule, despite both teams technically playing at home.

Juventus

Juventus won Group E of the first group round, in which the other teams were Newcastle United, Dynamo Kyiv and Feyenoord. They finished second in Group D of the second group round, after Manchester United, due to their losses against the English side (2–1; 3–0) and against Basel (2–1), but they qualified to the quarter-finals where they eliminated Barcelona in extra-time (1–1; 2–1). In the semi-final, Juventus met Real Madrid; they lost the first match (2–1), but they won the second (3–1), key midfielder Pavel Nedved picked up a second yellow card which meant he was suspended for the final.

Pre-match

Venue

Old Trafford was selected to host the final in December 2001.

Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, was selected to host the match in December 2001, following a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon, Switzerland, at the same time as Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville was selected to host the 2003 UEFA Cup Final.^[7] It was selected ahead of the likes of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, and the Amsterdam Arena.^[8]

It would be the first time the club had hosted a major European final,^[9] although it had been the venue for both the two-legged 1968 Intercontinental Cup between Manchester United and Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata, and the 1991 European Super Cup between Manchester United and Yugoslavian club Red Star Belgrade, which had been scheduled to be played over two legs, only for the Yugoslavian leg to be cancelled due to the wars in the country at the time.

The stadium had recently undergone a major expansion; following the mandatory conversion to an all-seater venue as a result of the Taylor Report and ahead of England hosting UEFA Euro 1996, the stadium's North Stand was expanded to three tiers, with a capacity of 25,500 spectators. This was followed by the addition of second tiers to the East and West Stands, which brought the overall capacity of the stadium to 68,217.

As has taken place for every Champions League final since 1997, a ceremonial handover of the European Champion Clubs' Cup from the holders to the host city took place on 3 April 2003. After receiving the trophy from a representative of holders Real Madrid in the ceremony at the Manchester Town Hall, UEFA Chief Executive Gerhard Aigner presented it to the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Roy Walters. Former Real Madrid players Alfredo Di Stefano, Francisco Gento, Amancio Amaro and Emilio Butragueno, as were Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, members of the club's 1968 European Cup Final team, and members of Liverpool and Manchester City's past European trophy-winning teams.^[10]

Also in April 2003, a 24-hour football match – named the "Starball Match" in reference to the logo of the UEFA Champions League – was played in Manchester's Albert Square. It was the second Starball Match, after the inaugural match was held in Glasgow ahead of the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final at Hampden Park. Over 1,000 players participated in the match, playing for sides named "Internazionale Manchester" and "Real Mancunian", in reference to Italian club Internazionale and Spanish club Real Madrid. Internazionale Manchester won the match 252–162.^[11]

Match

Summary

Milan celebrate their sixth European Cup title.

After a brisk start, Milan had an Andriy Shevchenko goal ruled out after Rui Costa was deemed to have blocked Gianluigi Buffon's line of view from an offside position, although television replays showed that the Portuguese had moved out of Buffon's line of sight before the shot. Antonio Conte nearly scored for Juventus after coming on as a substitute in the second half, his header clattering against the post with Dida beaten. Andrea Pirlo also hit the bar for Milan. In the second half, both teams began to sit back and created few chances.

Both Juventus and Milan had injuries to defenders, Juventus' Igor Tudor leaving early in the first half after pulling a muscle in his right thigh. In extra time, Roque Júnior limped out due to fatigue and injury; as they had made all three of their allowed substitutions, they had to play the rest of the game with 10 men.

The penalty shoot-out has caused controversy among some fans as replays showed that Dida was in front of the goal line when saving penalties from David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta and Paolo Montero. Buffon was also off his line when saving penalties from Clarence Seedorf and Kakha Kaladze. Shevchenko put away the final penalty to win the European Cup for Milan for the sixth time. Shevchenko himself became the first Ukrainian footballer to win the European Cup.

Details

Juventus v Milan

28 May 2003 19:45 BST

Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Milan
	Report
	Penalties
Trezeguet Birindelli Zalayeta Montero Del Piero	2–3	Serginho Seedorf Kaladze Nesta Shevchenko

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 62,315 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Juventus

Milan

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 21 Lilian Thuram CB 2 Ciro Ferrara CB 5 Igor Tudor  42' LB 4 Paolo Montero RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi  46' CM 3 Alessio Tacchinardi  69' CM 26 Edgar Davids  65' LM 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CF 17 David Trezeguet CF 10 Alessandro Del Piero (c)  111' Substitutes: GK 12 Antonio Chimenti DF 7 Gianluca Pessotto DF 13 Mark Iuliano MF 8 Antonio Conte  46' MF 15 Alessandro Birindelli  42' FW 24 Marco Di Vaio FW 25 Marcelo Zalayeta  65' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 12 Dida RB 19 Alessandro Costacurta  18'  66' CB 13 Alessandro Nesta CB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) LB 4 Kakha Kaladze RM 8 Gennaro Gattuso CM 21 Andrea Pirlo  71' LM 20 Clarence Seedorf AM 10 Rui Costa  87' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko CF 9 Filippo Inzaghi Substitutes: GK 18 Christian Abbiati DF 24 Martin Laursen DF 25 Roque Júnior  66' MF 17 Cristian Brocchi MF 23 Massimo Ambrosini  87' MF 27 Serginho  71' FW 11 Rivaldo Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

Man of the Match: Paolo Maldini (Milan)[1] Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Heiner Müller (Germany) Fourth official: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Statistics

First half^[12]

Statistic	Juventus	Milan
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	4	5
Shots on target	1	3
Ball possession	46%	54%
Corner kicks	2	7
Fouls committed	12	13
Offsides	0	4
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Second half and extra time^[13]

Statistic	Juventus	Milan
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	7	9
Shots on target	1	3
Ball possession	51%	49%
Corner kicks	3	6
Fouls committed	22	10
Offsides	1	2
Yellow cards	2	0
Red cards	0	0

Overall^[13]

Statistic	Juventus	Milan
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	11	14
Shots on target	2	6
Ball possession	49%	51%
Corner kicks	5	13
Fouls committed	34	23
Offsides	1	6
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

References

1. "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2014/15. Union of European Football Associations. 2015. p. 10. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
2. http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGCC/2003/5/28/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
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4. "Serie A 2001/02: Juventus – Milan 1–0 04/14/2002". Myjuve.it. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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8. Ganguly, Aubrey, ed. (February 2002). "It's coming home". United. Manchester: Future Publishing under licence from Manchester United (112): 13.
9. UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2012/13. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 2012. p. 154.
10. "Manchester welcomes Champion Clubs' Cup". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
11. Hart, Patrick (3 April 2003). "Football for all in Manchester". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
12. "Half Time Summary" (PDF). UEFA. UEFA. 28 May 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
13. "Full Time Summary" (PDF). UEFA. UEFA. 28 May 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

External links

• Official Site (Archived)