The final phase of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup began on 26 February 2004 with the third round and concluded on 19 May 2004 with the final at the Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden. The final phase involved 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified from the second round, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.^[1]

Times up to 27 March 2004 (third and fourth rounds) were CET (UTC+1), and thereafter (quarter-finals to final) CEST (UTC+2).

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).^[2]

Apart from the final, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen-minute periods) was played. In the final phase the silver goal system was applied, whereby the team who leads the game at the half-time break during the extra time period would be declared the winner. If the scores were still level after the initial 15 minutes of extra time play would continue for a further 15 minutes. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.

In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played. If, on completion of the first period of extra time, one of the teams had scored more goals than the other, the silver goal rule was applied, i.e., the match ended and that team was declared the winner. If no decisive goal was scored, the second period of the extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.^[1]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:^[1]

• In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.

	Third round							Fourth round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Celtic		3	0	3
	Teplice		0	1	1			Celtic		1	0	1
	Brøndby		0	1	1			Barcelona		0	0	0
	Barcelona		1	2	3										Celtic		1	0	1
	Galatasaray		2	0	2										Villarreal		1	2	3
	Villarreal		2	3	5			Villarreal		2	1	3
	Gaziantepspor		1	0	1			Roma		0	2	2
	Roma		0	2	2																	Villarreal		0	0	0
	Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski		0	1	1																	Valencia		0	1	1
	Bordeaux		1	4	5			Bordeaux		3	1	4
	Club Brugge		1	0	1			Club Brugge		1	0	1
	Debrecen		0	0	0										Bordeaux		1	1	2
	Parma		0	0	0										Valencia		2	2	4
	Gençlerbirliği		1	3	4			Gençlerbirliği		1	0	1
	Valencia		3	2	5			Valencia (s.g.)		0	2	2																	19 May – Gothenburg
	Beşiktaş		2	0	2																								Valencia		2
	Auxerre		0	1	1																								Marseille		0
	Panathinaikos		0	0	0			Auxerre		1	0	1
	Perugia		0	1	1			PSV Eindhoven		1	3	4
	PSV Eindhoven		0	3	3										PSV Eindhoven		1	1	2
	Vålerenga		1	1	2										Newcastle United		1	2	3
	Newcastle United		1	3	4			Newcastle United		4	3	7
	Spartak Moscow		0	1	1			Mallorca		1	0	1
	Mallorca		3	0	3																	Newcastle United		0	0	0
	Liverpool		2	4	6																	Marseille		0	2	2
	Levski Sofia		0	2	2			Liverpool		1	1	2
	Marseille		1	0	1			Marseille		1	2	3
	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk		0	0	0										Marseille		1	1	2
	Benfica (a)		1	1	2										Internazionale		0	0	0
	Rosenborg		0	2	2			Benfica		0	3	3
	Sochaux		2	0	2			Internazionale		0	4	4
	Internazionale (a)		2	0	2

The draw for the third round was held on 12 December 2003, 13:00 CET.^[3]

The first legs were played on 26 February, and the second legs were played on 3 March 2004.^[4]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brøndby	1–3	Barcelona	0–1	1–2
Parma	0–4	Gençlerbirliği	0–1	0–3
Benfica	2–2 (a)	Rosenborg	1–0	1–2
Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0	0–0
Celtic	3–1	Teplice	3–0	0–1
Perugia	1–3	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	1–3
Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski	1–5	Bordeaux	0–1	1–4
Valencia	5–2	Beşiktaş	3–2	2–0
Galatasaray	2–5	Villarreal	2–2	0–3
Club Brugge	1–0	Debrecen	1–0	0–0
Sochaux	2–2 (a)	Internazionale	2–2	0–0
Liverpool	6–2	Levski Sofia	2–0	4–2
Spartak Moscow	1–3	Mallorca	0–3	1–0
Gaziantepspor	1–2	Roma	1–0	0–2
Auxerre	1–0	Panathinaikos	0–0	1–0
Vålerenga	2–4	Newcastle United	1–1	1–3

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

17:00

Spartak Moscow	0–3	Mallorca
	Report	Eto'o 67' Toni González 81' Jesús Perera 85'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

21:00

Mallorca	0–1	Spartak Moscow
	Report	Samedov 44'

Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca

Attendance: 6,664

Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

Mallorca won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

17:00

Vålerenga	1–1	Newcastle United
Normann 54'	Report	Bellamy 38'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 17,039

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

20:45

Newcastle United	3–1	Vålerenga
Shearer 20' Amoebi 47', 89'	Report	Hagen 25'

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance: 38,531

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Newcastle United won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

18:00

Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski	0–1	Bordeaux
	Report	Chamakh 90'

Stadion Dyskobolia, Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

18:45

Bordeaux	4–1	Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Planus 41' Chamakh 42' Križanac 64' (o.g.) Riera 74' (pen.)	Report	Wieszczycki 90'

Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Attendance: 9,197

Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

Bordeaux won 6–2 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

18:00

Gaziantepspor	1–0	Roma
Şimşek 19'	Report

Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep

Attendance: 12,765

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

17:30

Roma	2–0	Gaziantepspor
Emerson 23' Cassano 43'	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 11,191

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Roma won 2–1 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

19:00

Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Drogba 54' (pen.)	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 15,285

Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

17:00

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0	Marseille
	Report

Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk

Attendance: 22,100

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Marseille won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

19:30

Perugia	0–0	PSV Eindhoven
	Report

Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia

Attendance: 2,451

Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

20:30

PSV Eindhoven	3–1	Perugia
Hofland 22' Kežman 43', 48'	Report	Zé Maria 88'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

PSV Eindhoven won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

19:30

Galatasaray	2–2	Villarreal
Erdoğan 26' César Prates 51'	Report	Anderson 6' Riquelme 21'

Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 34,778

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

21:30

Villarreal	3–0	Galatasaray
Anderson 48' Roger García 52' Riquelme 88'	Report

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 8,397

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Villarreal won 5–2 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

19:45

Parma	0–1	Gençlerbirliği
	Report	Skoko 60'

Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

Attendance: 404

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

16:45

Gençlerbirliği	3–0	Parma
Daems 37' (pen.) Ferrari 81' (o.g.) Tandoğan 90+5'	Report

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 15,723

Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

Gençlerbirliği won 4–0 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

20:00

Auxerre	0–0	Panathinaikos
	Report

Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre

Attendance: 12,388

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

20:30

Panathinaikos	0–1	Auxerre
	Report	Kalou 71'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 12,262

Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Auxerre won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

20:30

Brøndby	0–1	Barcelona
	Report	Ronaldinho 63'

Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester

Attendance: 26,031

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

21:15

Barcelona	2–1	Brøndby
Luis García 31' Cocu 43'	Report	Nielsen 84'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 46,589

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

20:30

Club Brugge	1–0	Debrecen
Lange 40'	Report

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 20,538

Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

19:00

Debrecen	0–0	Club Brugge
	Report

Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen

Attendance: 6,900

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

20:45

Celtic	3–0	Teplice
Larsson 3', 90' Sutton 12'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 48,947

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

18:00

Teplice	1–0	Celtic
Mašek 35'	Report

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 16,258

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

21:00

Sochaux	2–2	Internazionale
Frau 59', 81'	Report	Vieri 8' Recoba 61'

Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard

Attendance: 19,561

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

20:45

Internazionale	0–0	Sochaux
	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 15,883

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

21:00

Liverpool	2–0	Levski Sofia
Gerrard 67' Kewell 70'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 39,149

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

20:10

Levski Sofia	2–4	Liverpool
G. Ivanov 27' Simonović 40'	Report	Gerrard 7' Owen 11' Hamann 43' Hyypiä 68'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 40,281

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Liverpool won 6–2 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

21:30

Valencia	3–2	Beşiktaş
Sissoko 25' Canobbio 43' Navarro 90+4'	Report	Pancu 17', 39'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

19:30

Beşiktaş	0–2	Valencia
	Report	Angulo 12' Juan Sánchez 57'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 18,600

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.

26 February 2004 (2004-02-26)

22:15

Benfica	1–0	Rosenborg
Zahovič 59'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,111

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

3 March 2004 (2004-03-03)

20:45

Rosenborg	2–1	Benfica
Berg 7' Karadas 15'	Report	Nuno Gomes 19'

Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim

Attendance: 18,238

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

2–2 on aggregate; Benfica won on away goals.

The draw for the fourth round was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET.^[5]

The first legs were played on 11 March, and the second legs were played on 25 March 2004.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celtic	1–0	Barcelona	1–0	0–0
Gençlerbirliği	1–2	Valencia	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Bordeaux	4–1	Club Brugge	3–1	1–0
Newcastle United	7–1	Mallorca	4–1	3–0
Auxerre	1–4	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	0–3
Benfica	3–4	Internazionale	0–0	3–4
Liverpool	2–3	Marseille	1–1	1–2
Villarreal	3–2	Roma	2–0	1–2

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

19:00

Bordeaux	3–1	Club Brugge
Celades 60', 71' Riera 87'	Report	Verheyen 58'

Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Attendance: 14,398

Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

19:30

Club Brugge	0–1	Bordeaux
	Report	Chamakh 84'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 23,713

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Bordeaux won 4–1 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

19:30

Gençlerbirliği	1–0	Valencia
Daems 12' (pen.)	Report

Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 17,214

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

21:30

Valencia	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Gençlerbirliği
Mista 63' Vicente 94'	Report

Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 20,700

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Valencia won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

20:00

Celtic	1–0	Barcelona
Thompson 59'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 59,539

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

21:00

Barcelona	0–0	Celtic
	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 77,108

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

20:30

Auxerre	1–1	PSV Eindhoven
Tainio 36'	Report	Lucius 71'

Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre

Attendance: 8,557

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

20:30

PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Auxerre
Kežman 4', 27' Van Bommel 73'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

20:45

Newcastle United	4–1	Mallorca
Bellamy 67' Shearer 71' Robert 74' Bramble 84'	Report	Correa 58'

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance: 38,012

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

21:00

Mallorca	0–3	Newcastle United
	Report	Shearer 46', 89' Bellamy 78'

Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca

Attendance: 7,612

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Newcastle United won 7–1 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

21:00

Benfica	0–0	Internazionale
	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 64,569

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

21:00

Internazionale	4–3	Benfica
Martins 45+1', 70' Recoba 60' Vieri 64'	Report	Nuno Gomes 36', 67' Tiago 77'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 27,640

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

21:00

Liverpool	1–1	Marseille
Baroš 55'	Report	Drogba 79'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 41,270

Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

21:00

Marseille	2–1	Liverpool
Drogba 38' (pen.) Méïté 58'	Report	Heskey 15'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 54,160

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

21:30

Villarreal	2–0	Roma
Anderson 29' José Mari 35'	Report

Estadio El Madrigal, Vilarreal

Attendance: 13,654

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

20:45

Roma	2–1	Villarreal
Emerson 10' Cassano 50'	Report	Anderson 66'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 29,088

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Villarreal won 3–2 on aggregate.

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET, immediately after the fourth round draw.^[5]

The first legs were played on 8 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2004.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bordeaux	2–4	Valencia	1–2	1–2
Marseille	2–0	Internazionale	1–0	1–0
Celtic	1–3	Villarreal	1–1	0–2
PSV Eindhoven	2–3	Newcastle United	1–1	1–2

8 April 2004 (2004-04-08)

19:15

Bordeaux	1–2	Valencia
Riera 18'	Report	Baraja 75' Rufete 88'

Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux

Attendance: 29,108

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)

21:45

Valencia	2–1	Bordeaux
Pellegrino 52' Rufete 60'	Report	Eduardo 71'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 24,537

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Valencia won 4–2 on aggregate.

8 April 2004 (2004-04-08)

20:45

PSV Eindhoven	1–1	Newcastle United
Kežman 15'	Report	Jenas 45+4'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)

20:45

Newcastle United	2–1	PSV Eindhoven
Shearer 9' Speed 66'	Report	Kežman 52' (pen.)

St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Attendance: 50,083

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Newcastle United won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 April 2004 (2004-04-08)

21:00

Marseille	1–0	Internazionale
Drogba 46'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 56,277

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)

20:45

Internazionale	0–1	Marseille
	Report	Meriem 74'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 36,044

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Marseille won 2–0 on aggregate.

8 April 2004 (2004-04-08)

21:00

Celtic	1–1	Villarreal
Larsson 64'	Report	Josico 9'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 58,493

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)

20:00

Villarreal	2–0	Celtic
Anderson 6' Roger 68'	Report

Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal

Attendance: 15,964

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)