2003 UEFA Cup Final

2003 UEFA Cup Final

Event	2002–03 UEFA Cup
Celtic Porto 2 3
After extra time
Date	21 May 2003
Venue	Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville
Man of the Match	Derlei (Porto)[1]
Referee	Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Attendance	52,972

The 2003 UEFA Cup Final was played on 21 May 2003 between Celtic of Scotland and Porto of Portugal. Porto won the match 3–2 in extra time thanks to a goal from Derlei. This was also the first game to use the silver goal rule, although it did not affect the outcome of the game as Porto scored in the second half of extra-time, thus meaning the game had to be played until the end of extra-time.^[2]

Prior to this game, no club from Scotland or Portugal had ever won the UEFA Cup.

The game had what UEFA described at the time as "the largest travelling support to have assembled for a single game"^[3] – around 80,000 Celtic fans travelled to Seville for the final.^[4][5][6] For this turnout and the manner with which they conducted themselves, Celtic fans received an award from FIFA and UEFA, winning the FIFA Fair Play Award that year and being presented with a formal recognition from UEFA at a home match the following season.^[7][8]

Date, venue and officials

The game was played at Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla on 21 May with kick-off at 20.45 local time. A team of officials was selected from Slovakia.

Route To Final

Porto	Round	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Result	Celtic	Round	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Result
Polonia Warszawa	First Round	6–0	0–2	6–2	Sūduva	First Round	8–1	2–0	10–1
Austria Wien	Second Round	1–0	2–0	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Second Round	1–0	2–0	3–0
Lens	Third Round	3–0	0–1	3–1	Celta Vigo	Third Round	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
Denizlispor	Fourth Round	6–1	2–2	8–3	Stuttgart	Fourth Round	3–1	2–3	5–4
Panathinaikos	Quarter-Finals	0–1	2–0	2–1(a.e.t.)	Liverpool	Quarter-Finals	1–1	2–0	3–1
Lazio	Semi-Finals	4–1	0–0	4–1	Boavista	Semi-Finals	1–1	1–0	2–1

Match summary

Celtic fans in the stadium

A rash challenge led to Joos Valgaeren of Celtic getting a yellow card in the eighth minute. After this it was a stoic affair, until 32 minutes into the first half when Nuno Capucho played in Deco, but he could do no more than fire his shot straight at Robert Douglas. Straight after this attack, Celtic broke on the counter with Henrik Larsson putting Didier Agathe through on the right but his cross was too high for Chris Sutton. Larsson had a chance to make it 1–0 in the 35th minute but was unable to get enough contact on the ball. Porto came close in the 41st minute when Deco moved past Bobo Baldé to go one on one with Douglas, who saved Deco's shot with his legs.

Porto found a way through on the stroke of half-time. After some great work from Deco, Dmitri Alenichev's shot was parried by Douglas and Derlei slotted the ball in to give Porto a 1–0 lead. It was his 11th goal of the competition. Porto's lead did not last long after the restart as Celtic equalised after 47 minutes when Larsson met Agathe's cross to direct a looping header in over the helpless Vítor Baía to get his tenth goal of the tournament and his 200th Celtic goal. Within five minutes, however, it was 2–1 when Deco evaded a tackle and slipped a through ball to Alenichev who converted the cross.^[9]

Three minutes later, Celtic levelled once again Larsson took advantage of poor marking when he powerfully headed in Alan Thompson's corner. With Deco remaining a consistent threat, Martin O'Neill brought on Jackie McNamara in 76 minutes to nullify Deco's threat. In the 80th minute, Bobo Baldé picked up a yellow card. A couple of minutes from time, McNamara's errant pass found Alenichev, but he could not find the target and shot over.

Normal time ended with the game at 2–2. Celtic were down to ten men in the 96th minute when Baldé was dismissed after collecting his second yellow card. O'Neill reconfigured his team by moving McNamara back to fill the gap in defence caused by Baldé's dismissal.^[10]

Celtic could not hold out for penalties, as Derlei reacted quickest to a Douglas block in the 115th minute and rounded McNamara to make it 3–2, a silver goal which won the game. Porto had Nuno Valente sent off in the last minute but no further goals meant that they had ended their 16-year wait for a further European trophy.

Match details

Celtic v Porto

21 May 2003 20:45 CEST

Celtic	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Porto
Larsson  47', 57'	Report Report (archive) Overview	Derlei  45+1'  115' Alenichev  54'

Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville Attendance: 52,972 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Celtic

Porto

GK 20 Robert Douglas CB 5 Joos Valgaeren  8'  64' CB 6 Bobo Baldé  80', 96' CB 35 Johan Mjällby RWB 17 Didier Agathe LWB 8 Alan Thompson CM 14 Paul Lambert (c)  76' CM 18 Neil Lennon  59' CM 19 Stiliyan Petrov  102'  105' CF 9 Chris Sutton CF 7 Henrik Larsson Substitutes: GK 21 Magnus Hedman DF 4 Jackie McNamara  76' DF 16 Ulrik Laursen  64' MF 3 Mohammed Sylla MF 39 Jamie Smith FW 12 David Fernández FW 29 Shaun Maloney  105' Manager: Martin O'Neill

GK 99 Vítor Baía RB 22 Paulo Ferreira CB 2 Jorge Costa (c)  71' CB 4 Ricardo Carvalho LB 8 Nuno Valente  63', 120+3' CM 15 Dmitri Alenichev CM 6 Costinha  9' CM 18 Maniche  120' AM 10 Deco CF 11 Derlei CF 21 Nuno Capucho  98' Substitutes: GK 13 Nuno DF 3 Pedro Emanuel  71' DF 5 Ricardo Costa  9' DF 14 César Peixoto MF 28 Clayton FW 66 Tiago FW 78 Marco Ferreira  120'  98' Manager: José Mourinho

Man of the Match: Derlei (Porto)[1] Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) Fourth official: Anton Stredák (Slovakia)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of silver goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

First half[11] Statistic Celtic Porto Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 2 7 Shots on target 1 7 Ball possession 43% 57% Corner kicks 1 3 Fouls committed 13 6 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half and extra time[12] Statistic Celtic Porto Goals scored 2 2 Total shots 4 8 Shots on target 2 4 Ball possession 44% 56% Corner kicks 4 2 Fouls committed 20 18 Offsides 4 2 Yellow cards 4 5 Red cards 1 1

Overall[12] Statistic Celtic Porto Goals scored 2 3 Total shots 6 15 Shots on target 3 11 Ball possession 44% 56% Corner kicks 5 5 Fouls committed 33 24 Offsides 4 2 Yellow cards 5 5 Red cards 1 1

See also

• 2002–03 UEFA Cup
• 2003 UEFA Super Cup
• History of Celtic F.C. (1994–present)
• The Bhoys from Seville

References

1. Hart, Simon (22 May 2003). "Derlei and Larsson dazzle Seville". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 14 September 2013.
2. "Match Report". ESPN. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
3. Paul Kelbie (22 May 2003). "A city divided: half in Glasgow, half in Seville for cup final". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.The Independent 22 May 2003
4. Celtic in Seville: Observer Sport Monthly index Accessed 17 June 2009 Archived 20 June 2009
5. ESPNsoccernet - Report: Celtic vs FC Porto - UEFA Cup
6. Celebrating Celtic pride in the heart of Andalusia FIFA.com
7. "Fan Award". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 April 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
8. "Celtic 2-3 Porto, UEFA Cup - Match Reports". thecelticwiki. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
9. "Porto end Celtic's Uefa dream". BBC Sport. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
10. "Celtic despair after cruel defeat". Daily Telegraph. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
11. "Half Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 21 May 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
12. "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 21 May 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

External links

• 2002–03 season at UEFA.com