2002-03 Club Football

The completed 2002-03 season: the club power ranking and UEFA country coefficients, the European and continental competitions with qualifying, group, league-phase and knockout results, every final domestic table across the confederations, and every cup final.

687 clubs ranked · 78 leagues · 17 cup finals

Club power ranking

Score = 0.65 form + 0.35 five-year pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Filter by country (ordered by coefficient rank), or switch to the country coefficient table.

World #1 · Champion of the season
Spain · score 1.199 · form 0.96 · pedigree 1.00 · 34-19-9 in 62
★ La Liga★ Super Cup★ Intercontinental Cup
Ranked #1 in the season power ranking.
Overachiever
form 0.96 vs ped 0.11 · +0.85
Underachiever
form 0.53 vs ped 0.73 · -0.20
Biggest riser
▲ 74 places
Biggest faller
▼ 123 places
Best outside top 5
#7 · Portugal
Best outside the 8
Panathinaikos
#15 · Greece
Top 10 by league
Spain 3Italy 3England 2Portugal 1Germany 1
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1
Spain · 62 P · 34-19-9 · +0.13 trophy
1.199
score
2
England · 63 P · 42-10-11 · +0.07 trophy
1.112
score
3
Italy · 61 P · 32-15-14 · +0.14 trophy
1.101
score
4
Spain · 55 P · 28-13-14
1.038
score
5
Italy · 56 P · 31-13-12 · +0.07 trophy
0.997
score
6
England · 59 P · 34-15-10 · +0.03 trophy
0.958
score
7
Portugal · 53 P · 41-7-5 · +0.10 trophy
0.931
score
8
Italy · 54 P · 27-15-12
0.930
score
9
Germany · 49 P · 30-10-9 · +0.07 trophy
0.865
score
10
Spain · 60 P · 34-9-17 · +0.01 trophy
0.854
score
11
Spain · 56 P · 25-15-16
0.827
score
12
Lazio▲8
Italy · 52 P · 24-20-8
0.783
score
13
England · 60 P · 29-15-16 · +0.01 trophy
0.779
score
14
Italy · 54 P · 20-18-16 · +0.01 trophy
0.711
score
15
Panathinaikos
Greece · 40 P · 28-6-6
0.705
score
16
Spain · 46 P · 21-11-14
0.701
score
17
Parma▲5
Italy · 41 P · 18-12-11
0.695
score
18
Ajax▲16
Netherlands · 52 P · 32-13-7 · +0.01 trophy
0.695
score
19
Germany · 49 P · 22-15-12
0.688
score
20
Spain · 39 P · 22-10-7
0.666
score

2002-03 Elo race

Every club's Elo each Friday of the season, from the first league match to the Friday after the Champions League final. Drag the slider to see the table on any Friday.

End of the season, Fri, 30 May 2003

full season
Real MadridMan UnitedBayern MunichArsenalValenciaBarcelonaThe 20 highest peaks of the season, tap or drag any point

1
1830
0
2
1800
+8
3
1787
-8
4
England
1772
0
5
Europe only
1770
+6
6
1761
+3
7
1758
+7
8
1741
-14
9
1730
-4
10
1727
-8

Source: Citizen of Nowhere club Elo, one rating across leagues and Europe. A club's rating is its value after its last match on or before each Friday, through 2026-10-22.

European & continental competitions

Champions League2003UEFAWinner: AC Milan
First group stage16
AEK AthensAJ AuxerreBayern MunichClub BruggeDynamo KyivFC Spartak MoscowFeyenoordGalatasaray SKLiverpoolMaccabi HaifaOlympiakos CFPOlympique LyonnaisPSV EindhovenRC LensRacing GenkRosenborg BK
Qualifying40▾
AC Sparta PrahaAPOEL FCBoavista FCBrøndby IFCelticFC Shakhtar DonetskFC Slovan LiberecFK PartizanFenerbahçe SKGrazer AKLegia WarszawaNK ŽeljeznicarPFC Levski SofiaSK Sturm GrazSporting Clube de PortugalZalaegerszegi TEDinamo BucureştiFC Belshyna BabruiskFC Dinamo CityFC Sheriff TiraspolFC Torpedo KutaisiFK VardarHammarby IFHibernians FCLillestrøm SKMŠK ŽilinaNK MariborNK ZagrebPyunik YerevanSkonto RigaB36 TórshavnBarry TownF91 DudelangeFBK KaunasFC Flora TallinnFC ZhenisPortadown FCShelbourne FCTampere UnitedÍA
UEFA Cup2003UEFAWinner: FC Porto
Semi-finals2
Quarter-finals4
Round of 168
AEK AthensAJ AuxerreDenizlisporHertha BSC BerlinRSC AnderlechtSK Slavia PrahaVfB StuttgartWisla Kraków
Group stage16
Qualifying113▾
AC Sparta PrahaAPOEL FCAmica WronkiAnorthosis FamagustaBlackburn RoversDeportivo AlavésDinamo ZagrebDjurgårdens IFFC MidtjyllandFC Progresul BucureştiFK Austria WienFK PartizanFK Viktoria ŽižkovFenerbahçe SKFerencvárosi TCGrasshopper-Club ZürichHapoel Tel-AvivIpswich TownLegia WarszawaPFC Levski SofiaParmaRed Star BelgradeViking FKWerder BremenAIK FotbollAberdeenAnkaragücüBrøndby IFCSKA MoscowCSKA SofiaChelseaChievoDinamo TbilisiFC GomelFC KärntenFC KøbenhavnFC LorientFC Metalurh DonetskFC Metalurh ZaporizhzhyaFC Shakhtar DonetskFC UtrechtFK PuchovFK SarajevoFK SmederevoFK SuduvaFK VentspilsGrazer AKHajduk SplitIraklisKocaelisporLeixoes SCLivingstonMaccabi Tel-AvivNK PrimorjeNK VaraždinNK Široki BrijegNK ŽeljeznicarOdense BKPFC Litex LovechPolonia WarszawaRE MouscronRangersRapid BucureştiSC HeerenveenServette FCSporting Clube de PortugalStabaek IFXanthiZalaegerszegi TEZenit St. PetersburgZimbru ChisinauÚjpest FCAC LuganoApollon Limassol FCArarat YerevanAtlantas KlaipedaAvenir BeggenBangor CityBirkirkara FCCS GrevenmacherDinamo MinskDundalk FCFC DomagnanoFC EncampFC Nistru OtaciFC SenecFC TVMK TallinnFC VaduzFC ZvartnotsFHK Liepajas MetalurgsFK AtyrauFK BelasicaFK PobedaFylkirGlentoran FCGÍ GøtaHJK HelsinkiIFK GöteborgKF PartizaniKF TiranaKairat AlmatyKÍ KlaksvíkLevadia TallinnLinfield FCLokomotivi TbilisiMyllykosken Pallo-47NK GoricaSK BrannSK Sigma OlomoucShamrock RoversSliema Wanderers FCThe New Saints FCÍBV
Copa Libertadores / Copa Sudamericana2 competitions
Other competitions4 competitions
CONCACAF Champions Cup2003CONCACAFWinner: CD Toluca
UEFA Super Cup2002UEFAWinner: Real Madrid
CAF Champions League2002CAFWinner: Zamalek SC
Intercontinental Cup2002FIFAWinner: Real Madrid

Final domestic tables

Against expectation

Match points earned minus expected, over the season.

How this is measured

Every match in these leagues is scored against a pre-game probability, and a club's surplus is the match points it took (a win 1, a draw 0.5) minus the points that model expected of it. Zero is a club that finished exactly where its results said it should.

Surplus is comparable within a league and only loosely across leagues, because league size and era differ.

2002-03 covers 6 leagues: Primera División (Spain), Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), English top flight (England). A club whose season the ledger does not carry has no figure here, and none is guessed.

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Beat expectation by most
Primera División · Spain
match points against expectation +6.55
pts vs exp
Fell short by most
English top flight · England
match points against expectation −7.43
pts vs exp

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Spain

La Liga2003Tier 1
Segunda Division2003Tier 2
Segunda División B Group 12003Tier 3

Italy

Serie A2003Tier 1
Serie B2003Tier 2
Serie C1 Girone A2003Tier 3

England

Premier League2003Tier 1
First Division2003Tier 2
Second Division2003Tier 3
Third Division2003Tier 4
Football Conference2003Tier 5

Germany

Bundesliga2003Tier 1
2.Bundesliga2003Tier 2

France

Ligue 12003Tier 1
Ligue 22003Tier 2
Championnat National2003Tier 3

Portugal

Portuguese Liga2003Tier 1
Segunda Liga2003Tier 2

Netherlands

Eredivisie2003Tier 1
Eerste Divisie2003Tier 2

Scotland

Scottish Premier2003Tier 1
Scottish First Division2003Tier 2
Scottish Second Division2003Tier 3
Scottish Third Division2003Tier 4

Cup competitions

FA Cup · England · v Southampton
League Cup · England · v Manchester United
Coupe de France · France · v Paris Saint-Germain
Coupe de la Ligue · France · v FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
DFB-Pokal · Germany · v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Coppa Italia · Italy · v AS Roma
KNVB Beker · Netherlands · v Feyenoord
Taca de Portugal · Portugal · v UD Leiria
Scottish Cup · Scotland · v Dundee FC
Scottish League Cup · Scotland · v Celtic
Copa del Rey · Spain · v Recreativo de Huelva
Community Shield · England · v Liverpool

Club power ranking: 0.65 opponent- & stage-weighted quality per match + 0.35 pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Country coefficients are the full 5-year UEFA window (the era's team-coefficient method).