2003 UEFA Cup final

2003 UEFA Cup Final
Event2002–03 UEFA Cup
Celtic Porto
Scotland Portugal
2 3
After silver goal extra time
Date21 May 2003
VenueEstadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville
Man of the MatchDerlei (Porto)[1]
RefereeĽuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Attendance52,140[2]
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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.[3]

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"[4] – around 80,000 Celtic fans travelled to Seville for the final.[5][6][7] For this turnout and the manner in 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.[8][9]

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  3. ^ "Match Report". ESPN. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Celtic in Seville: Observer Sport Monthly index Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 17 June 2009 Archived 20 June 2009
  6. ^ "ESPNsoccernet - Report: Celtic vs FC Porto - UEFA Cup". Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2007.
  7. ^ Celebrating Celtic pride in the heart of Andalusia Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine FIFA.com
  8. ^ "Fan Award". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 April 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  9. ^ "Celtic 2-3 Porto, UEFA Cup - Match Reports". thecelticwiki. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.