2003 UEFA Cup Final

2003 UEFA Cup Final
Event 2002–03 UEFA Cup
Celtic Porto
Scotland Portugal
2 3
After silver goal extra time
Date 21 May 2003
Venue Estadio de La Cartuja, 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 — dubbed "the Bhoys from Seville" — 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 de La Cartuja on 21 May with kick-off at 20.45 local time. A team of officials was selected from Slovakia.

Route To final

Portugal Porto Round 1st leg 2nd leg Result Scotland Celtic Round 1st leg 2nd leg Result
Polonia Warszawa Poland First round 6–0 0–2 6–2 Sūduva Lithuania First round 8–1 2–0 10–1
Austria Wien Austria Second round 1–0 2–0 3–0 Blackburn Rovers England Second round 1–0 2–0 3–0
Lens France Third round 3–0 0–1 3–1 Celta Vigo Spain Third round 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Denizlispor Turkey Fourth round 6–1 2–2 8–3 Stuttgart Germany Fourth round 3–1 2–3 5–4
Panathinaikos Greece Quarter-finals 0–1 2–0 2–1 (a.e.t.) Liverpool England Quarter-finals 1–1 2–0 3–1
Lazio Italy Semi-finals 4–1 0–0 4–1 Boavista Portugal 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, 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 Scotland 2–3 (a.e.t.) Portugal Porto
Larsson  47', 57' Report

Report (archive) Overview

 Derlei  45+1'  115'
Alenichev  54'
Attendance: 52,972
Celtic
Porto
GK20Scotland Robert Douglas
CB5Belgium Joos ValgaerenYellow card 8' 64'
CB6Guinea Bobo BaldéYellow cardYellow cardRed card 80', 96'
CB35Sweden Johan Mjällby
RWB17France Didier Agathe
LWB8England Alan Thompson
CM14Scotland Paul Lambert (c) 76'
CM18Northern Ireland Neil LennonYellow card 59'
CM19Bulgaria Stiliyan PetrovYellow card 102' 105'
CF9England Chris Sutton
CF7Sweden Henrik Larsson
Substitutes:
GK21Sweden Magnus Hedman
DF4Scotland Jackie McNamara 76'
DF16Denmark Ulrik Laursen 64'
MF3Guinea Mohammed Sylla
MF39Scotland Jamie Smith
FW12Spain David Fernández
FW29Scotland Shaun Maloney 105'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
GK99Portugal Vítor Baía
RB22Portugal Paulo Ferreira
CB2Portugal Jorge Costa (c) 71'
CB4Portugal Ricardo Carvalho
LB8Portugal Nuno ValenteYellow cardYellow cardRed card 63', 120+3'
CM15Russia Dmitri Alenichev
CM6Portugal Costinha 9'
CM18Portugal ManicheYellow card 120'
AM10Portugal Deco
CF11Brazil Derlei
CF21Portugal Nuno Capucho 98'
Substitutes:
GK13Portugal Nuno
DF3Portugal Pedro Emanuel 71'
DF5Portugal Ricardo Costa 9'
DF14Portugal César Peixoto
MF28Brazil Clayton
FW66Portugal Tiago
FW78Portugal Marco FerreiraYellow card 120' 98'
Manager:
Portugal José Mourinho

Man of the Match:
Brazil Derlei (Porto)[1]

Assistant referees:
Slovakia Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Slovakia Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Slovakia Anton Stredák (Slovakia)

Match rules

Statistics

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 Porto 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. 1 2 "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 21 May 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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