The UEFA Cup 2002/03 - VfB Stuttgart (GER)

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The UEFA Cup 2002/03 - VfB Stuttgart (GER) - The Match Details:

The First Round - The First Leg:

19.2002, Stuttgart (GER) - Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion.
VfB Stuttgart (GER) - FK Ventspils (LAT)  4:1 (3:0).
VfB Stuttgart: Timo Hildebrand - Andreas Hinkel, RUI Manuel MARQUES, Marcelo José
Bordon, Bradley Carnell - Aleksandr Hleb (83. Michael Mutzel), Zvonimir Soldo -
Ioannis Amanatidis (73. Christian Tiffert), Krasimir Balakov (46. Silvio Meißner),
Jochen Seitz - Kevin Kuranyi - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: 1:0 Ioannis Amanatidis (22.), 2:0 Kevin Kuranyi (32.), 3:0 Kevin Kuranyi (40.),
       4:0 Aleksandr Hleb (59., Penalty) and 4:1 Vitas Rimkus (65.).
Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (ROM). Attendance: 6.000.

The First Round - The Second Leg:

3.10.2002, Riga (LAT) - Skonto Stadium.
FK Ventspils (LAT) - VfB Stuttgart (GER)  1:4 (1:1).
VfB Stuttgart: Thomas Ernst (75. Diego Benaglio) - Thomas Schneider, FERNANDO José
da Silva Freitas MEIRA, Timo Wenzel - Andreas Hinkel, Zvonimir Soldo, Bradley Carnell -
Michael Mutzel (61. Ioannis Amanatidis), Aleksandr Hleb - Christian Tiffert,
Kevin Kuranyi (46. Ioan Viorel Ganea) - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: 1:0 Yevgeny Landyrev (16.), 1:1 Christian Tiffert (22.), 1:2 Ioan Viorel Ganea (53.),
       1:3 Ioannis Amanatidis (88.) and 1:4 Christian Tiffert (90.).
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (FIN). Attendance: 2.000.

(VfB Stuttgart 8:2)

The Second Round - The First Leg:

31.10.2002, Budapest (HUN) - Üllöi út.
Ferencvárosi TC Budapest (HUN) - VfB Stuttgart (GER)  0:0 (0:0).
VfB Stuttgart: Thomas Ernst - Andreas Hinkel, FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA,
Marcelo José Bordon (54. Timo Wenzel), Heiko Gerber - Zvonimir Soldo, Silvio Meißner -
Christian Tiffert (89. Michael Mutzel), Krasimir Balakov, Jochen Seitz (60. Aleksandr
Hleb) - Kevin Kuranyi - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: None.
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (FIN). Attendance: 14.000.

The Second Round - The Second Leg:

12.11.2002, Stuttgart (GER) - Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion.
VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Ferencvárosi TC Budapest (HUN)  2:0 (0:0).
VfB Stuttgart: Thomas Ernst - Andreas Hinkel, FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA,
Marcelo José Bordon, Heiko Gerber - Zvonimir Soldo, Silvio Meißner (46. Ioannis Amanatidis) -
Aleksandr Hleb, Krasimir Balakov (84. Michael Mutzel), Jochen Seitz -
Ioan Viorel Ganea (46. Kevin Kuranyi) - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: 1:0 Ioannis Amanatidis (65.) and 2:0 FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA (90., Penalty).
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (CYP). Attendance: 15.000.

(VfB Stuttgart 2:0).

The Third Round - The First Leg:

28.11.2002, Brugge (BEL) - Jan Breydel Stadium.
Club Brugge KV (BEL) - VfB Stuttgart (GER) 1:2 (1:0).
VfB Stuttgart: Thomas Ernst - Andreas Hinkel, FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA,
Marcelo José Bordon, Heiko Gerber (90. Timo Wenzel) - Zvonimir Soldo, Silvio
Meißner (46. Ioannis Amanatidis) - Aleksandr Hleb, Krasimir Balakov, Jochen
Seitz (73. Ioan Viorel Ganea) - Kevin Kuranyi - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: 1:0 Peter Van der Heyden (42.), 1:1 Krasimir Balakov (72.) and 1:2 Kevin Kuranyi (90.).
Referee: Domenico Messina (ITA). Attendance: 18.000.

The Third Round - The Second Leg:

12.12.2002, Stuttgart (GER) - Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion.
VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Club Brugge KV (BEL)  1:0 (0:0).
VfB Stuttgart: Timo Hildebrand - Andreas Hinkel, FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA,
Marcelo José Bordon, Heiko Gerber - Zvonimir Soldo, Silvio Meißner - Ioannis Amanatidis
(46. Aleksandr Hleb), Krasimir Balakov, Jochen Seitz (76. Thomas Schneider) -
Kevin Kuranyi (87. Sean Dundee) - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goal: 1:0 Aleksandr Hleb (90.).
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (ESP). Attendance: 34.000.

(VfB Stuttgart 3:1)

The Fourth Round - The First Leg:

20.2.2003, Glasgow (SCO) - Celtic Park.
Glasgow Celtic FC (SCO) - VfB Stuttgart (GER)  3:1 (2:1).
VfB Stuttgart: Timo Hildebrand - Andreas Hinkel, FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA,
Marcelo José Bordon, Heiko Gerber - Zvonimir Soldo - Silvio Meißner (77. Michael Rundio),
Aleksandr Hleb (51. Bradley Carnell) - Krasimir Balakov - Ioannis Amanatidis (19. Steffen
Dangelmayr), Kevin Kuranyi - Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: 0:1 Kevin Kuranyi (27.), 1:1 Paul Lambert (37.), 2:1 Shaun Maloney (45.) and
       3:1 Stilian Petrov (68.).
Referee: Dr. Pierluigi Collina (ITA). Attendance: 60.800.

The Fourth Round - The Second Leg:

27.2.2003, Stuttgart (GER) - Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion.
VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Glasgow Celtic FC (SCO)  3:2 (1:2).
VfB Stuttgart: Timo Hildebrand - Andreas Hinkel, Steffen Dangelmayer (46. Ioan Viorel Ganea),
Timo Wenzel, Heiko Gerber (80. Jochen Seitz) - Zvonimir Soldo - Aleksandr Hleb -
Christian Tiffert (65. Michael Mutzel), Krasimir Balakov - Kevin Kuranyi, Ioannis Amanatidis -
Coach: Felix Wolfgang Magath.
Goals: 0:1 Alan Thompson (13.), 0:2 Chris Sutton (15.), 1:2 Christian Tiffert (38.),
       2:2 Aleksandr Hleb (75.) and 3:2 Michael Mutzel (87.).
Referee: Jan Willem Wegereef (HOL). Attendance: 50.300.

(Glasgow Celtic FC 5:4)

The UEFA Cup 2002/03 - VfB Stuttgart (GER) - The Appearances:

8 Matches: Andreas Hinkel (4 - 4), Aleksandr Hleb (4 - 4), Kevin Kuranyi (4 - 4) and
Zvonimir Soldo (4 - 4) - 7 Matches: Krasimir Balakov (4 - 3) and Ioannis Amanatidis (4 - 3) -
6 Matches: Marcelo José Bordon (3 - 3), FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas MEIRA (2 - 4),
Heiko Gerber (3 - 3) Stefan Meißner (3 - 3) and Jochen Seitz (4 - 2) - 5 Matches: Michael
Mutzel (3 - 2) - 4 Matches: Thomas Ernst (1 - 3), Ioan Viorel Ganea (2 - 2), Timo Hildebrand (3 - 1),
Christian Tiffert (2 - 2) and Timo Wenzel (1 - 3) - 3 Matches: Bradley Carnell (1 - 2) -
2 Matches: Steffen Dangelmayr (1 - 1) and Thomas Schneider (1 - 1) - 1 Match: Diego Benaglio (0 - 1),
Sean Dundee (1 - 0), RUI Manuel MARQUES (1 - 0) and Michael Rundio (0 - 1).

The UEFA Cup 2002/03 - VfB Stuttgart (GER) - The Scorers:

4 Goals: Kevin Kuranyi (2 - 2) - 3 Goals: Ioannis Amanatidis (2 - 1), Aleksandr Hleb (3 - 0) and
Christian Tiffert (1 - 2) - 1 Goal: Krasimir Balakov (0 - 1), FERNANDO José da Silva Freitas
MEIRA (1 - 0), Ioan Viorel Ganea (0 - 1) and Michael Mutzel (1 - 0).
Overview of German Clubs in European Cups since 1985/86
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Last updated: 16 Dec 2003