2002 UEFA Champions League final

2002 UEFA Champions League final

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 and Real Madrid of Spain at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on 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 two group stages, and two knockout rounds to reach the final. Real Madrid won their group and moved into the second group stage, which they also won, before facing the defending champions Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the knockout stage. Bayer Leverkusen finished second in their group behind Barcelona and progressed to the second group stage. There, they won their group, before beating the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United to progress to the final.

Before the match, a minute of silence was held in honour of Ukrainian manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who died two days earlier.

Real Madrid were regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead in the eighth minute through Raúl. Lúcio equalised five minutes later, before Zinedine Zidane scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time, a left-footed volley into the top corner that has since gone down as one of the greatest goals in the history of the competition, to secure Real Madrid's ninth European Cup.

Teams

2002 UEFA Champions League final

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

Teams	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayer Leverkusen	None
Real Madrid	11 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000)

Route to the final

2002 UEFA Champions League final

Bayer Leverkusen				Round	Real Madrid
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade	3–0	3–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Third qualifying round	Bye
Opponent	Result			First group stage	Opponent	Result
Lyon	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Roma	2–1 (A)
Barcelona	2–1 (H)			Matchday 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–0 (H)
Fenerbahçe	2–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Anderlecht	4–1 (H)
Barcelona	1–2 (A)			Matchday 4	Anderlecht	2–0 (A)
Fenerbahçe	2–1 (A)			Matchday 5	Roma	1–1 (H)
Lyon	2–4 (H)			Matchday 6	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2 (A)
Group F runners-up Source: RSSSF				Final standings	Group A winners Source: RSSSF
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Barcelona	6	15
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	12
3	Lyon	6	9
4	Fenerbahçe	6	0
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Real Madrid	6	13
2	Roma	6	9
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	7
4	Anderlecht	6	3
Opponent	Result			Second group stage	Opponent	Result
Juventus	0–4 (A)			Matchday 1	Sparta Prague	3–2 (A)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Panathinaikos	3–0 (H)
Arsenal	1–1 (H)			Matchday 3	Porto	1–0 (H)
Arsenal	1–4 (A)			Matchday 4	Porto	2–1 (A)
Juventus	3–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Sparta Prague	3–0 (H)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Panathinaikos	2–2 (A)
Group D winners Source: RSSSF				Final standings	Group C winners Source: RSSSF
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	10
2	Deportivo La Coruña	6	10
3	Arsenal	6	7
4	Juventus	6	7
Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Real Madrid	6	16
2	Panathinaikos	6	8
3	Sparta Prague	6	6
4	Porto	6	4
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	4–3	0–1 (A)	4–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich	3–2	1–2 (A)	2–0 (H)
Manchester United	3–3 (a)	2–2 (A)	1–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Barcelona	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)

Match

Details

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>1</td><td>Hans-Jörg Butt</td></tr><tr><td>RB</td><td>26</td><td>Zoltán Sebescen</td><td></td><td> 65'</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>6</td><td>Boris Živković</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>19</td><td>Lúcio</td><td></td><td> 90+1'</td></tr><tr><td>LB</td><td>35</td><td>Diego Placente</td></tr><tr><td>DM</td><td>28</td><td>Carsten Ramelow (c)</td></tr><tr><td>RM</td><td>25</td><td>Bernd Schneider</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>13</td><td>Michael Ballack</td></tr><tr><td>LM</td><td>23</td><td>Thomas Brdarić</td><td></td><td> 39'</td></tr><tr><td>AM</td><td>10</td><td>Yıldıray Baştürk</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>27</td><td>Oliver Neuville</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>20</td><td>Frank Juric</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>47</td><td>Thomas Kleine</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>3</td><td>Marko Babić</td><td></td><td> 90+1'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>15</td><td>Jurica Vranješ</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>33</td><td>Anel Džaka</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>9</td><td>Ulf Kirsten</td><td></td><td> 65'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>12</td><td>Dimitar Berbatov</td><td></td><td> 39'</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Manager:</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Klaus Toppmöller</td></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>13</td><td>César</td><td></td><td> 68'</td></tr><tr><td>RB</td><td>2</td><td>Míchel Salgado</td><td> 45+2'</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>4</td><td>Fernando Hierro (c)</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>6</td><td>Iván Helguera</td></tr><tr><td>LB</td><td>3</td><td>Roberto Carlos</td><td> 89'</td></tr><tr><td>DM</td><td>24</td><td>Claude Makélélé</td><td></td><td> 73'</td></tr><tr><td>RM</td><td>10</td><td>Luís Figo</td><td></td><td> 61'</td></tr><tr><td>LM</td><td>21</td><td>Santiago Solari</td></tr><tr><td>AM</td><td>5</td><td>Zinedine Zidane</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>7</td><td>Raúl</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>9</td><td>Fernando Morientes</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>1</td><td>Iker Casillas</td><td></td><td> 68'</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>18</td><td>Aitor Karanka</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>31</td><td>Francisco Pavón</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>8</td><td>Steve McManaman</td><td></td><td> 61'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>14</td><td>Guti</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>16</td><td>Flávio Conceição</td><td></td><td> 73'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>23</td><td>Pedro Munitis</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Manager:</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Vicente del Bosque</td></tr></tbody></table>

Post-match

2002 UEFA Champions League final

In the 2001–02 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga and lost in the 2002 DFB-Pokal Final. After the match, Leverkusen manager Klaus Toppmöller expressed his disappointment on finishing this strong season without a title, 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."

Five Leverkusen players, Michael Ballack, Hans-Jörg Butt, Oliver Neuville, Carsten Ramelow, and Bernd Schneider went on to add a fourth silver medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, the gold medal-winning Brazil squad also included a Leverkusen player in Lúcio.