yardımcı hakemler: claude gregoire (bel), peter hermans (bel)
4. hakem: eddie vermeirsch (bel)
hibernians: mario muscat (gk), kevin cassar (dk. 74 antoine zahra), branko nisević, silvio vella (c), adrian ciantar, essien mbong, adrian mifsud, ndvbisi chukunyere, peter pullicino, adrian pulis, roderick baldacchino (dk. 80 miguel mifsud)
yedekler: rainier farrugia (gk), aaron xuereb, wilfred spiteri, simon zerafa, andrew cohen
teknik direktör: robert gatt (mlt)
shelbourne: steven williams (gk), owen heary (c), david crawley, tony mccarthy, kevin doherty (dk. 61 barry prenderville), james gannon, ollie cahill, stuart byrne, trevor molloy, richard baker, mark roberts
yedekler: chris bennion (gk), jim crawford, pat fenlon, wesley hoolahan, clive ross, gavin o'brien
teknik direktör: john mcdonnell (irl)
goller: (0-1) dk. 7 stuart byrne (1-1) dk. 8 ndvbisi chukunyere (2-1) dk. 37 adrian pulis (2-2) dk. 66 james gannon
sarı kartlar: dk. 23 peter pullicino (hibernians) dk. 3 ollie cahill, dk. 71 mark roberts (shelbourne)
shelbourne have narrow advantage published: wednesday 17 july 2002, 22.30cet hibernians fc 2-2 shelbourne fc two crucial away goals put shelbourne in the driving seat.
hibernians fc 2-2 shelbourne fc shelbourne fc scored two crucial away goals against maltese hosts hibernians fc to put the irish champions in pole position to secure a uefa champions league second qualifying round meeting with portuguese side boavista fc.
jim gannon was the saviour for the visitors in the national stadium in ta'qali just as it looked like hibernians would record a valuable first-leg victory. the experienced english defender headed the final goal of the first leg in the 66th minute.
excellent cross shelbourne opened the scoring after just six minutes when stuart byrne headed past stranded hibernians goalkeeper mario muscat after an excellent cross from ollie cahill. the goal silenced the home crowd, who had had flocked to give their support to the maltese champions.
perfect pass nevertheless, within 60 seconds hibernians levelled as nigerian forward ndubisi chuckunyere received a perfect pass from adrian ciantar and beat shelbourne goalkeeper steve williams with an angled shot. buoyed by the goal, hibernians piled on the pressure and, on 37 minutes, lanky defender adrian pulis pushed home a rebound for the hosts, after an adrian ciantar free-kick hit the woodwork.
pressure piled on gannon, however, popped up midway through the second half to equalise from trevor molloy's cross and shift the advantage in shelbourne's favour ahead of the return at tolka park in dublin next wednesday. hibernians will be disappointed they failed to make pressure tell, particularly in the closing stages when nigerian midfielder chuckunyere ndubisi proved a constant threat.
