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.

Draw

The 32 teams were divided into four pots.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the first knockout round

Third-placed teams entered the UEFA Cup at the third knockout round

Pot 1 Team Coeff. MilanTH 97.155 Real Madrd 151.769 Manchester United 136.170 Bayern Munich 124.566 Lazio 106.155 Arsenal 105.170 Juventus 100.155 Deportivo La Coruña 98.769

Pot 2 Team Coeff. Internazionale 93.155 Porto 86.791 Celta Vigo 86.769 Galatasaray 78.495 Lyon 76.734 Panathinaikos 72.391 Chelsea 70.170 PSV Eindhoven 60.749

Pot 3 Team Coeff. Celtic 57.187 AEK Athens 56.391 Dynamo Kyiv 55.291 Ajax 54.749 Olympiacos 54.391 Rangers 50.187 Sparta Prague 49.975 Marseille 49.734

Pot 4 Team Coeff. Stuttgart 49.566 Lokomotiv Moscow 49.520 Anderlecht 49.250 Real Sociedad 47.769 Monaco 45.734 Club Brugge 44.250 Beşiktaş 33.495 Partizan 20.915

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 2004.

Tiebreakers

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

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the first knockout round are indicated in bold type
Teams that progressed to the UEFA Cup are indicated in bold italics
Teams eliminated from European competitions for the season are indicated in plain italics

All kick-off times Central European Time (UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
Bayern Munich	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9
Celtic	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7
Anderlecht	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Lokomotiv Moscow	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
Internazionale	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	8
Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Monaco	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11
Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	12	12	0	10
PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
AEK Athens	6	0	2	4	1	11	−10	2

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13
Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	8	8	0	9
Galatasaray	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7
Olympiacos	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

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(*) originally scheduled for November 25, delayed for security reasons due to the Istanbul terrorist bombings of November 15 and November 20

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	15
Stuttgart	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
Panathinaikos	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4
Rangers	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
Porto	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11
Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	−2	4
Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

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Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13
Sparta Prague	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Beşiktaş	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
Lazio	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5

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Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Milan	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10
Celta Vigo	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
Ajax	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6

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References

See also

• 2003–04 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
• 2004 UEFA Champions League Final