2002 UEFA Champions League Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2002 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The show-piece event was contested between Bayer Leverkusen of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

and Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

of Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

at the Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...

in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, on Wednesday, 15 May 2002, to decide the winner of the Champions League. Leverkusen appeared in the final for the first time, whereas Real Madrid appeared in their 12th final.

Each club needed to progress through the group stages, second group stages, and the knockout rounds to reach the final, playing 24 matches in total. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, beating the likes of Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

and Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

to progress to the final. Real Madrid won their group stage and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

and Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

in the knockout stages.

Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.

Real Madrid were regarded as favorites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl

Raúl González

Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....

. However, it took only five minutes before Lúcio

Lúcio

Lucimar Ferreira da Silva , commonly known as Lúcio, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Inter and the Brazil national team. He is a strong defender with good aerial play, who adds presence in the attack.Lúcio began his professional career in 1997, in one...

could equalize to make it 1–1. This wasn't until the 45th minute, when Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...

scored the winning goal, a left-footed volley into the top corner, assisted by Roberto Carlos to make it 2–1, winning the Champions League trophy for Real Madrid.

Route to the final

Bayer Leverkusen entered the competition in the third qualifying round after finishing fourth in the 2000–01 Fußball-Bundesliga. They faced Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n side Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

, and drew 0–0 in the first leg at The Red Star Stadium. At BayArena

BayArena

The BayArena is a football stadium in Leverkusen, Germany, which has been the home ground of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen since 1958.-History:...

, Leverkusen won the second leg 3–0 after two goals from Oliver Neuville

Oliver Neuville

Oliver Patric Neuville is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.During an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach , amassing Bundesliga totals of 334 games and 91 goals.Neuville gained almost 70 caps for the German national...

and one goal from Ulf Kirsten, and progressed to the group stage by virtue of winning the tie 3–0 on aggregate. Real Madrid entered the competition in the group stage after winning La Liga.

Leverkusen

Round

Real Madrid

Opponent

Result

Legs

Qualifying phase

Opponent

Result

Legs

Red Star Belgrade

3–0

3–0 home; 0–0 away

Third qualifying round

7
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....	6	5	0	1	12	5
15
Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	0	2	10	9	+1	12
Lyon Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...	6	3	0	3	10	9
9
Fenerbahçe	6	0	0	6	3	12	−9	0

Group stage

1
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13
Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...	6	2	3	1	6	5
9
Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
Anderlecht R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...	6	0	3	3	4	13	−9	3

1
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10
Deportivo La Coruña Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...	6	3	1	2	7	6
10
Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
Juventus Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7

Second group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16
Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8
Sparta Prague	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6
Porto	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4	4

Opponent

Result

Legs

Knockout stage

Opponent

Result

Legs

Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

4–3

0–1 away; 4–2 home

Quarter-finals

Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

3–2

1–2 away; 2–0 home

Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

3–3 (a

Away goals rule

The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

)

2–2 away; 1–1 home

Semi-finals

Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

3–1

0–2 away; 1–1 home

Summary

The match pitted Leverkusen had beaten Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

in the semi-finals to deny Sir Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

a homecoming to Glasgow. Real Madrid won 2–1, clinching their ninth European Cup title, and their third in five years. However, the match is remembered as a very close one. Real Madrid's Spanish forward Raúl

Raúl González

Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....

opened the scoring in the eighth minute, but, five minutes later, Brazilian defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

Lúcio

levelled the scores with a header that beat goalkeeper César Sánchez

César Sánchez

César Sánchez Domínguez , known as César or Sánchez, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a goalkeeper.-Valladolid / Real Madrid:...

. But in the 45th minute, one of the greatest goals in UEFA Champions League history was scored; Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

received a high, arcing cross from Roberto Carlos on the edge of the penalty area

Penalty area

The penalty area , is an area of an association football pitch. It is rectangular and extends to each side of the goal and in front of it. Within the penalty area is the penalty spot , which is from the goal line, directly in-line with the centre of the goal...

, volleying a left-footed shot into the top corner. In the 68th minute, César was injured and had to be replaced by 21-year-old Iker Casillas

Íker Casillas

Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for the Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, being the captain of both...

. With the young Casillas between the posts, Real Madrid managed to hold their ground against a very attacking Leverkusen side, until the final whistle from referee Urs Meier

Urs Meier

Urs Meier is a retired, Swiss football referee, a grocer by trade who owns a brand of household appliances in Würenlos, Switzerland. From 1994 until 2004 he was an international FIFA referee...

Details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BAYER LEVERKUSEN:
GK	1	Hans-Jörg Butt Hans-Jörg Butt Hans-Jörg Butt is a German footballer who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German League, as a goalkeeper.Known for taking penalty kicks, he netted nearly 30 goals in Germany's top flight...
RB	26	Zoltán Sebescen Zoltán Sebescen Zoltán Sebescen is a former German football player of Hungarian descent. He is now a football coach.-Club career:...
CB	6	Boris Živković Boris Živkovic Boris Živković is a former Croatian football player. He played as a defender and through career he played all defending positions. He played as right and left full back and centre back. At one point of his career he even played as defensive midfielder....
CB	19	Lúcio Lúcio Lucimar Ferreira da Silva , commonly known as Lúcio, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Inter and the Brazil national team. He is a strong defender with good aerial play, who adds presence in the attack.Lúcio began his professional career in 1997, in one...
LB	35	Diego Placente Diego Placente Diego Rodolfo Placente is an Argentine footballer who plays at left-back for Nacional.-Club:Placente started playing professionally in 1996 with Argentinos Juniors, before moving to Argentine giant River Plate in 1997. He transferred to Bayer Leverkusen in 2001, where he played until 2005 when his...
DM	28	Carsten Ramelow (c)
RM	25	Bernd Schneider
CM	13	Michael Ballack Michael Ballack Michael Ballack is a German professional footballer, who is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern...
LM	23	Thomas Brdarić
AM	10	Yıldıray Baştürk
CF	27	Oliver Neuville Oliver Neuville Oliver Patric Neuville is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.During an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach , amassing Bundesliga totals of 334 games and 91 goals.Neuville gained almost 70 caps for the German national...
Substitutes:
GK	20	Frank Jurić Frank Juric Frank Jurić is an Australian football goalkeeper of Croatian descent. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of A-League club Perth Glory.-Club career:...
DF	3	Marko Babić
DF	47	Thomas Kleine Thomas Kleine Thomas Kleine is a German footballer currently at SpVgg Greuther Fürth.-Career:Kleine began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club SV 09 Wermelskirchen where he remained until 1998, when he moved to Bayer Leverkusen's amateur ranks.He played regularly with the amateurs in the lower...
MF	32	Anel Dzaka Anel Džaka Anel Džaka is a Bosnian-born German footballer who plays as a midfielder.-Career:He began his career with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, where he made three Bundesliga appearances in three years as well as making it onto the bench for the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final...
MF	15	Jurica Vranješ
FW	9	Ulf Kirsten
FW	12	Dimitar Berbatov Dimitar Berbatov Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United. He captained the Bulgarian national team from 2006 to 2010, and is its all-time leading goalscorer and has also won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year a record seven times, surpassing the number of...
Manager:
Klaus Toppmöller Klaus Toppmöller Klaus Toppmöller is a former football player and the coach of Georgia national football team from 2006 to April 1, 2008.He earned 3 caps and scored 1 goal during his international career for Germany.-Coaching career:...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> REAL MADRID: | GK 13

César

César Sánchez

César Sánchez Domínguez , known as César or Sánchez, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a goalkeeper.-Valladolid / Real Madrid:...

RB 2

Míchel Salgado

Miguel Ángel "Míchel" Salgado Fernández is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a right defender.Nicknamed Il Due , he is known for his combative tackling and attacking play...

CB 4

Fernando Hierro

Fernando Ruiz Hierro is a retired Spanish footballer. He is mostly known for his spells with Real Madrid and Spain, appearing in more than 500 official games with the former and representing the latter on nearly 100 occasions, whilst appearing in four World Cups and two European...

Iván Helguera LB 3

Roberto Carlos DM 24

Claude Makélélé

Claude Makélelé Sinda is a retired football player who used to play as a defensive midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. Prior to joining Paris Saint-Germain, Makélélé played for Nantes, Olympique de Marseille, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid and Chelsea...

RM 10

Luís Figo

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH, is a Portuguese former international footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale, during a career which spanned over a period of 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...

LM 21

Santiago Solari

Santiago Hernán Solari Poggio is a retired Argentine professional football player.-Career:El Indiecito. Solari played for Newell's Old Boys, local amateur Renato Cesarini and attended Richard Stockton College playing one season before moving to Buenos Aires' CA River Plate in 1996...

AM 5

Zinedine Zidane

CF 7

Raúl

Raúl González

Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....

CF 9

Fernando Morientes

Fernando Morientes Sánchez is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.His main asset was his aerial and strong goalscoring abilities. He played for a number of clubs throughout his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool, and Valencia...

Substitutes: GK 1

Iker Casillas

Íker Casillas

Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for the Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, being the captain of both...

DF 18

Aitor Karanka DF 31

Francisco Pavón

Francisco "Paco" Pavón Barahona is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender.His name became associated with the Los Galácticos policy when Real Madrid – where he spent most of his professional career – president Florentino Pérez promised to build a team full of Zidanes and Pavones –...

MF 8

Steve McManaman

Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...

MF 14

Guti

José María Gutiérrez

José María Gutiérrez Hernández, commonly known as Guti , is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder....

MF 16

Flávio Conceição

Flávio da Conceição is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a central midfielder....

FW 23

Pedro Munitis

Pedro Munitis Álvarez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander usually as a forward, although he can also operate as winger....

Manager:

Vicente del Bosque

Vicente Del Bosque

Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquis of Del Bosque is a former Spanish footballer He is currently the manager of the Spanish national football team. After taking over from Luis Aragonés who had led Spain to European success in Euro 2008, Del Bosque went on to manage the national team to the...

Man of the Match:

Zinedine Zidane

(Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

)

Assistant referees:

Francesco Buragina (Switzerland

Swiss Football Association

The Swiss Football Association is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League, and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern....

)

Felix Züger (Switzerland

Swiss Football Association

)

Fourth official:

Massimo Busacca

Massimo Busacca is a Swiss former football referee. He lives in Monte Carasso, Ticino, near Bellinzona, and is also the proprietor of a business....

(Switzerland

Swiss Football Association

)

Post match

After the match, Leverkusen manager Klaus Toppmöller

Klaus Toppmöller

Klaus Toppmöller is a former football player and the coach of Georgia national football team from 2006 to April 1, 2008.He earned 3 caps and scored 1 goal during his international career for Germany.-Coaching career:...

expressed his disappointment, stating: "the disappointment is huge – you don't always get the rewards you deserve in football, and no-one knows that better than us after what we have been through. "We must seek consolation. Doing what we have done means we have had a very good season – but what has happened to us is difficult and makes us feel bitter."

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