Manchester United F.C. season 2002-03

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The 2002-03 season was Manchester United's 111th season in the Football League, and their 28th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1] This season saw the club finish at the top of the Premier League table, after their lowest finish in the history of the Premier League the previous season, when they came third. United also finished as runners-up in the Worthington Cup, with Liverpool eventually taking the prize. The club also broke the English transfer record for the third time in just over a year as they paid £29.1 million for Leeds United defender Rio Ferdinand.

At the end of the season, United winger of 12 years David Beckham decided to move to Real Madrid in a £25 million deal.

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[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
2002-07-20 Shelbourne A 5 – 0 van Nistelrooy (3) 17', 20', 63', Forlán, 22', Yorke 60' 8,000
2002-07-27 Bournemouth A 3 – 2 Verón 32', Muirhead 60', Stewart 71' 8,104
2002-07-27 Chesterfield A 5 – 0 Blanc 19', van Nistelrooy 54', Forlán 80', Keane 83', Richardson 90' 7,000
2002-07-30 Valerenga A 2 – 1 Solskjær 28', Keane 84' 25,572
2001-08-02 Ajax Amsterdam ArenA 1 – 2 Scholes 78' 30,000
2002-08-04 Parma Amsterdam ArenA 3 – 0 Giggs 23', Verón 50', Solskjær 55' 30,000
2002-08-06 Boca Juniors H 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 17', 44' 56,724
2002-08-10 Aarhus XI A 5 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) ?', 81', Solskjær ?', Forlán ?', Giggs 83' 4,500

[edit] Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance League

position
17 August 2002 West Bromwich Albion H 1 – 0 Solskjær 78' 67,645 7th
23 August 2002 Chelsea A 2 – 2 Beckham 26', Giggs 66' 41,541 7th
31 August 2002 Sunderland A 1 – 1 Giggs 7' 47,586 8th
3 September 2002 Middlesbrough H 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 28' (pen) 67,464 4th
11 September 2002 Bolton Wanderers H 0 – 1 67,623 7th
14 September 2002 Leeds United A 0 – 1 39,622 10th
21 September 2002 Tottenham Hotspur H 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 62' (pen) 67,611 8th
28 September 2002 Charlton Athletic A 3 – 1 Scholes 54', Giggs 82', van Nistelrooy 90' 26,630 4th
7 October 2002 Everton H 3 – 0 Scholes (2) 86', 90', van Nistelrooy 90' (pen) 67,629 4th
19 October 2002 Fulham A 1 – 1 Solskjær 62' 18,103 4th
26 October 2002 Aston Villa H 1 – 1 Forlán 77' 67,619 4th
2 November 2002 Southampton H 2 – 1 P. Neville 15', Forlán 85' 67,691 3rd
9 November 2002 Manchester City A 1 – 3 Solskjær 7' 34,649 5th
17 November 2002 West Ham United A 1 – 1 van Nistelrooy 38' 35,049 5th
23 November 2002 Newcastle United H 5 – 3 Scholes 25', van Nistelrooy (3) 38', 45', 53', Solskjær 55' 67,625 5th
1 December 2002 Liverpool A 2 – 1 Forlán (2) 63', 66' 44,250 4th
7 December 2002 Arsenal H 2 – 0 Verón 20', Scholes 72' 67, 650 3rd
14 December 2002 West Ham United H 3 – 0 Solskjær 15', Verón 17', Schemmel 61' (o.g.) 67,555 2nd
22 December 2002 Blackburn A 0 – 1 30,475 3rd
26 December 2002 Middlesbrough A 1 – 3 Giggs 60' 34,673 3rd
28 December 2002 Birmingham City H 2 – 0 Forlán 37', Beckham 73' 67,640 3rd
1 January 2003 Sunderland H 2 – 1 Beckham 81', Scholes 90' 67,609 2nd
11 January 2003 West Bromwich Albion A 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy 8', Scholes 22', Solskjær 55' 27,129 2nd
18 January 2003 Chelsea H 2 – 1 Scholes 39', Forlán 90' 67,606 2nd
1 February 2003 Southampton A 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy 15', Giggs 22' 32,085 2nd
4 February 2003 Birmingham City A 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 56' 29,475 2nd
9 February 2003 Manchester City H 1 – 1 van Nistelrooy 18' 67,646 2nd
22 February 2003 Bolton Wanderers A 1 – 1 Solskjær 90' 27,409 2nd
5 March 2003 Leeds United H 2 – 1 Radebe 20' (o.g.), Silvestre 79' 67,135 2nd
15 March 2003 Aston Villa A 1 – 0 Beckham 12' 42,602 2nd
22 March 2003 Fulham H 3 – 0 van Nistelrooy (3) 44', 68', 90' 67,706 2nd
5 April 2003 Liverpool H 4 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 5' (pen.), 65' (pen.), Giggs 78', Solskjær 90' 67,639 2nd
12 April 2003 Newcastle United A 6 – 2 Solskjær 32', Scholes (3) 34', 38', 52', Giggs 44', van Nistelrooy 58' 52,164 1st
15 April 2003 Arsenal A 2 – 2 van Nistelrooy 24', Giggs 63' 38,164 1st
19 April 2003 Blackburn Rovers H 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy 20', Scholes (2) 42', 61' 67,626 1st
26 April 2003 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 0 Scholes 69', van Nistelrooy 90' 36,073 1st
3 May 2003 Charlton Athletic H 4 – 1 Beckham 11', van Nistelrooy (3) 32', 37', 52' 67,721 1st
11 May 2003 Everton A 2 – 1 Beckham 45', van Nistelrooy 79' 40,168 1st


Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
 Manchester United
38
25
8
5
74
34
+40
83
2
 Arsenal
38
23
9
6
85
42
+43
78
3
 Newcastle United
38
21
6
11
63
48
+15
69

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
4 January 2003 Round 3 Portsmouth H 4 – 1 van Nistelrooy (2) 5' (pen.), 82' (pen.), Beckham 16', Scholes 89' 67,222
26 January 2003 Round 4 West Ham United H 6 – 0 Giggs (2) 8', 29', van Nistelrooy (2) 49', 58', P. Neville 50', Solskjær 69' 67,181
15 February 2003 Round 5 Arsenal H 0 – 2 67,209

[edit] Worthington Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
5 November 2002 Round 3 Leicester City H 2 – 0 Beckham 80' (pen.), Richardson 90' 47,848
3 December 2002 Round 4 Burnley A 2 – 0 Forlán 35', Solskjær 65' 22,034
17 December 2002 Round 5 Chelsea H 1 – 0 Forlán 80' 57,985
7 January 2003 Semi-final
First leg		 Blackburn Rovers H 1 – 1 Scholes 58' 62,740
22 January 2003 Semi-final
Second leg		 Blackburn Rovers A 3 – 1 Scholes (2) 30', 42', van Nistelrooy 77' (pen.) 29,048
2 March 2003 Final Liverpool Millennium Stadium 0 – 2 74,500

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Qualifying

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
14 August 2002 Third Qualifying Round
First leg		 Zalaegerszeg A 0 – 1 40,000
27 August 2002 Third Qualifying Round
Second leg		 Zalaegerszeg H 5 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 6', 76' (pen.), Beckham 15', Scholes 21', Solskjær 84' 66,814

[edit] Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
18 September 2002 Maccabi Haifa H 5 – 2 Giggs 10', Solskjær 35', Verón 46', van Nistelrooy 54', Forlán 89' 63,439 2nd
24 September 2002 Bayer 04 Leverkusen A 2 – 1 van Nistelrooy (2) 31', 44' 22,500 1st
7 October 2002 Olympiakos Piraeus FC H 4 – 0 Giggs (2) 19', 67', Verón 26', Solskjær 77' 66,902 1st
23 October 2002 Olympiakos Piraeus FC A 3 – 2 Blanc 20', Verón 58', Scholes 83' 13,220 1st
29 October 2002 Maccabi Haifa A 0 – 3 22,000 1st
31 October 2001 Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 2 – 0 Verón 42', van Nistelrooy 69' 66,185 1st
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15
2 Flag of Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 3 0 3 9 11 -2 9
3 Flag of Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7
4 Flag of Greece Olympiakos 6 1 1 4 11 17 -6 4

[edit] Second group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
26 November 2002 FC Basel A 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy (2) 62', 63', Solskjær 68' 29,501 1st
11 December 2002 Deportivo La Coruña H 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 7', 54' 67,014 1st
19 February 2003 Juventus H 2 – 1 Brown 4', van Nistelrooy 85' 66,703 1st
25 February 2003 Juventus A 3 – 0 Giggs (2) 15', 41', van Nistelrooy 63' 59,111 1st
12 March 2003 FC Basel H 1 – 1 G. Neville 53' 66,870 1st
18 March 2003 Deportivo La Coruña A 0 – 2 25,000 1st
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of England Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
2 Flag of Italy Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7
3 Flag of Switzerland FC Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 -5 7
4 Flag of Spain Deportivo La Coruna 6 2 1 3 7 8 -1 7

[edit] Knock-out stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
8 April 2003 Quarter-final
First leg		 Real Madrid A 1 – 3 van Nistelrooy 52' 75,000
23 April 2003 Quarter-final
Second leg		 Real Marid H 4 – 3 van Nistelrooy 43', Helguera 52' (o.g.), Beckham (2) 71', 85' 66,708

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Worthington Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of France Fabien Barthez 30 0 2 0 4 0 10 0 46 0
2 DF Flag of England Gary Neville 19(7) 0 3 0 5 0 8(2) 1 35(9) 1
3 DF Flag of England Phil Neville 19(6) 1 2 1 4 0 10(2) 0 35(8) 2
4 MF Flag of Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón 21(4) 2 1 0 4(1) 0 11 4 37(5) 6
5 DF Flag of France Laurent Blanc 15(4) 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 25(4) 1
6 DF Flag of England Rio Ferdinand 27(1) 0 3 0 4 0 11 0 45(1) 0
7 MF Flag of England David Beckham 27(4) 6 3 1 5 1 10(3) 3 45(7) 11
8 MF Flag of England Nicky Butt 14(4) 0 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 8 0 22(7) 0
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 33(1) 25 3 4 4 1 10(1) 14 50(2) 44
11 MF Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs (vc) 32(4) 8 3 2 4(1) 0 13(2) 4 52(7) 14
13 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 8(2) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 14(2) 0
14 DF Flag of England David May 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 2(2) 0
15 MF Flag of England Luke Chadwick 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0(3) 0 1(4) 0
16 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane (c) 19(2) 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 30(2) 0
17 MF Flag of Scotland Michael Stewart 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 1(3) 0
18 MF Flag of England Paul Scholes 31(2) 14 2(1) 1 4(2) 3 9(1) 2 46(6) 20
19 GK Flag of Spain Ricardo 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 3(2) 0
20 FW Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 29(8) 9 1(1) 1 1(3) 1 9(5) 4 40(17) 15
21 FW Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán 7(18) 6 0(2) 0 3(2) 2 5(8) 1 15(30) 9
22 DF Flag of Ireland John O'Shea 26(6) 0 1 0 3 0 12(4) 0 42(10) 0
24 DF Flag of England Wes Brown 22 0 1(1) 0 5 0 6 1 34(1) 1
25 MF Flag of South Africa Quinton Fortune 5(4) 0 0 0 1 0 3(3) 0 9(7) 0
26 MF Flag of England Danny Pugh 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 2(3) 0
27 DF Flag of France Mikaël Silvestre 34 1 2 0 5 0 13 0 54 1
31 MF Flag of Scotland Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
34 DF Flag of England Lee Roche 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0
37 FW Flag of England Danny Webber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0
38 DF Flag of England Mark Lynch 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
40 FW Flag of Wales Daniel Nardiello 0 0 0 0 1 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0
42 MF Flag of England Kieran Richardson 0(2) 0 1 0 0(1) 1 2(3) 0 3(6) 1
43 FW Flag of Denmark Mads Timm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2002-07-22 DF Flag of England Rio Ferdinand Leeds United £29.1m
2002-08-30 GK Flag of Spain Ricardo Real Valladolid £1.5m

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2002-07-07 GK Flag of England Nick Culkin Unattached Free
2002-07-26 FW Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Blackburn Rovers £2m
2003-06-30 DF Flag of France Laurent Blanc Unattached Free
2003-06-30 DF Flag of England David May Unattached Free
2003-06-26 DF Flag of England Lee Roche Unattached Free

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
2002-08-09 2002-11-14 MF Flag of England Jimmy Davis Swindon Town
2002-08-12 2002-10-27 FW Flag of England Danny Webber Watford
2002-08-30 2003-05-25 MF Flag of England Kirk Hilton Livingston
2002-09-01 2003-06-01 MF Flag of Sweden Bojan Djordjic Aarhus Fremad
2002-10-11 2002-12-11 FW Flag of England Ben Muirhead Doncaster Rovers
2002-11-07 2003-03-23 DF Flag of England Paul Tierney Crewe Alexandra
2002-11-18 2003-05-04 DF Flag of England Alan Tate Swansea City
2002-11-29 2002-12-17 GK Flag of England Ben Williams Coventry City
2003-01-01 2003-05-04 GK Flag of England Ben Williams Chesterfield
2003-02-07 2003-03-19 MF Flag of England Luke Chadwick Reading
2003-03-27 2003-05-15 MF Flag of England Luke Chadwick Reading

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 2002/03. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

[edit] See also

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