- 2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 2002–03 season Chairman 
Martin EdwardsManager 
Sir Alex FergusonPremier League 1st FA Cup Fifth Round League Cup Runners-up UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals Top goalscorer League: Ruud van Nistelrooy (25)
All: Ruud van Nistelrooy (44)Highest home attendance 67,721 vs Charlton Athletic (3 May 2003) Lowest home attendance 47,848 vs Leicester City (5 November 2002) Average home attendance 66,220 
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Third colours← 2001–02 2003–04 → The 2002–03 season was Manchester United's 11th season in the Premier 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. In order to win the title, the team had to pull Arsenal back from an eight point lead at the beginning of March. 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 midfielder David Beckham decided to move to Real Madrid in a £25 million deal, having spent 12 years at United (eight of them as a first-team regular). Meanwhile, 37-year-old centre-back Laurent Blanc announced his retirement from playing. Fellow centre-back David May was finally given a free transfer after nine years at the club, the last five of which had seen his first team opportunities limited to a handful of appearances.
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Season review
After ending the previous season by surrendering the title to Arsenal at home and finishing third behind rejuvenated Liverpool, Alex Ferguson reiterated his desire to dominate English football by signing a three year contract in the late winter of 2002.[2] By the end of the season, Ferguson got his wish and bagged Manchester United their fifteenth domestic league title, thanks largely to the form of striker Ruud van Nistelrooy who scored an impressive 25 goals during the run in. The manager also assembled a new defence which included new signing Rio Ferdinand, who broke the transfer record for a defender and in English football.
The Red Devils started their quest to regain the Premier League title at home to newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion and won all three points thanks to a super-sub Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Results didn't flow as Ferguson hoped and as early autumn approached, Manchester United got off to their worst start since the inauguration of the Premier League, lying in tenth place.[3] Things didn't get better as losses to Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United were eclipsed by a derby day defeat to Manchester City in November which allowed a four point gap to open with leaders, Liverpool. Following an empathic win against Newcastle United, the team started a run of wins that included rivals Liverpool, struggling West Ham and champions Arsenal to help their Premier League challenge gather ominous momentum. Although losing at Boxing Day to Middlesbrough, the team finished a respectable third, five points behind Arsenal come the New Year. This, astonishingly was the last time they were on the losing side come the end of the season and remained unbeaten.[4]
A series of late home wins against Sunderland and Chelsea in January helped pile the pressure on runaway leaders Arsenal, who were struggling with a minor goalkeeping crisis. After drawing at Bolton in the late evening kick-off, Arsenal had the chance to open a five point gap at the top of the Premier League summit if they won at Maine Road. A five-star performance ensured this through a rampant display of attacking football that all but put one hand on the trophy. The title race went down to two after Blackburn completed a sensational double over the reigning champions at home. Rovers' win gave United a chance to steal a march on their rivals; their victory over Aston Villa thanks to a solo David Beckham goal, narrowed the gap at the top to just two points.
April began with a ruthless win at Old Trafford against Liverpool, which helped them reclaim top spot albeit temporarily. However, Kolo Touré's late own goal gifted Aston Villa a point when Arsenal perhaps should have taken three. By the end of the week, just goal difference separated the top two, favouring the Gunners.[5] A rout against Newcastle, led up to the game of the season: against Arsenal at Highbury. A stalemate draw didn't prove decisive, but it favoured Manchester United who maintained a three-point lead, although the Gunners had a game in hand. Despite more European disappointment – this time at the hands of Real Madrid through an impressive performance from Ronaldo – a comeback by Bolton Wanderers dented Arsenal's hopes of regaining the double and installed Manchester United as sole favourites to win the league. They didn't bluff, cruising to a home win against Charlton Athletic which virtually handed them title after Arsenal failed to better the result.
Pre-season and friendlies
Date Opponents Home/
AwayResult
F – AScorers Attendance 20 July 2002 Shelbourne A 5 – 0 Van Nistelrooy (3) 17', 20', 63', Forlán 22', Yorke 60' 10,000 27 July 2002 Chesterfield A 5 – 0 Blanc 19', Van Nistelrooy 54', Forlán 80', Keane 83', Richardson 86' 6,583 27 July 2002 Bournemouth A 3 – 2 Verón 33', Muirhead 61', Stewart 66' 8,104 30 July 2002 Valerenga A 2 – 1 Solskjær 26' (pen.), Keane 84' 25,572 2 August 2002 Ajax A 1 – 2 Scholes 78' 48,000 4 August 2002 Parma N 3 – 0 Giggs 23', Verón 50', Solskjær 55' 48,000 6 August 2002 Aarhus XI A 5 – 0 Van Nistelrooy (2) 44', 80', Solskjær 71', Giggs 81', Forlán 87' 20,500 10 August 2002 Boca Juniors H 2 – 0 Van Nistelrooy (2) 23', 40' 56,724 Premier League
Manchester United started their attempts to regain the Premier League title with a home match against newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion. Although the fans were confident of taking maximum points they had to wait until the 78th minute for Ole Gunnar Solskjær, the late-goal specialist, to give them the lead with his 100th goal for the club. They could not add to their one-goal advantage, despite West Brom having to play with ten men with Derek McInnes being sent off for two bookings, the second for a foul on Nicky Butt in the 64th minute, but held on to begin the season with victory.[6]
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance League
position17 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 16 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 GF GA 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; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers 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 Worthington Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers 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 legBlackburn Rovers H 1 – 1 Scholes 58' 62,740 22 January 2003 Semi-final
Second legBlackburn Rovers A 3 – 1 Scholes (2) 30', 42', Van Nistelrooy 77' (pen.) 29,048 2 March 2003 Final Liverpool N 0 – 2 74,500 Champions League
Qualifying rounds
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 14 August 2002 Third qualifying round
First legZalaegerszeg A 0 – 1 40,000 27 August 2002 Third qualifying round
Second legZalaegerszeg H 5 – 0 Van Nistelrooy (2) 6', 76' (pen.), Beckham 15', Scholes 21', Solskjær 84' 66,814 Group stage
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance Group
position18 September 2002 Maccabi Haifa H 5 – 2 Giggs 10', Solskjær 35', Verón 46', Van Nistelrooy 54', Forlán 89' (pen.) 63,439 2nd 24 September 2002 Bayer Leverkusen A 2 – 1 Van Nistelrooy (2) 31', 44' 22,500 1st 1 October 2002 Olympiacos H 4 – 0 Giggs 19', Verón 26', Anatolakis 66' (o.g.), Solskjær 77' 66,902 1st 23 October 2002 Olympiacos A 3 – 2 Blanc 21', Verón 59', Scholes 84' 13,220 1st 29 October 2002 Maccabi Haifa A 0 – 3 22,000 1st 13 November 2002 Bayer Leverkusen H 2 – 0 Verón 42', Van Nistelrooy 69' 66,185 1st Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester United6 5 0 1 16 8 +8 15 
Bayer Leverkusen6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9 
Maccabi Haifa6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 
Olympiacos6 1 1 4 11 17 −6 4 Second group stage
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance Group
position26 November 2002 Basel A 3 – 1 Van Nistelrooy (2) 62', 63', Solskjær 68' 29,501 1st 11 December 2002 Deportivo H 2 – 0 Van Nistelrooy (2) 7', 55' 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 Basel H 1 – 1 G. Neville 53' 66,870 1st 18 March 2003 Deportivo A 0 – 2 25,000 1st Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester United6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 
Juventus6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 
Basel6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 
Deportivo6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 Knock-out stage
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 8 April 2003 Quarter-final
First legReal Madrid A 1 – 3 Van Nistelrooy 52' 75,000 23 April 2003 Quarter-final
Second legReal Madrid H 4 – 3 Van Nistelrooy 43', Helguera 52' (o.g.), Beckham (2) 71', 85' 66,708 Squad statistics
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK 
Fabien Barthez30 0 2 0 4 0 10 0 46 0 2 DF Gary Neville19(7) 0 3 0 5 0 8(2) 1 35(9) 1 3 DF Phil Neville19(6) 1 2 1 4 0 10(2) 0 35(8) 2 4 MF 
Juan Sebastián Verón21(4) 2 1 0 4(1) 0 11 4 37(5) 6 5 DF Laurent Blanc15(4) 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 25(4) 1 6 DF Rio Ferdinand27(1) 0 3 0 4 0 11 0 45(1) 0 7 MF David Beckham27(4) 6 3 1 5 1 10(3) 3 45(7) 11 8 MF Nicky Butt14(4) 0 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 8 0 22(7) 0 10 FW 
Ruud van Nistelrooy33(1) 25 3 4 4 1 10(1) 14 50(2) 44 11 MF 
Ryan Giggs (vc)32(4) 8 3 2 4(1) 0 13(2) 4 52(7) 14 13 GK 
Roy Carroll8(2) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 14(2) 0 14 DF David May0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 2(2) 0 15 MF Luke Chadwick0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0(3) 0 1(4) 0 16 MF 
Roy Keane (c)19(2) 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 30(2) 0 17 MF Michael Stewart0(1) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 1(3) 0 18 MF Paul Scholes31(2) 14 2(1) 1 4(2) 3 9(1) 2 46(6) 20 19 GK Ricardo0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 3(2) 0 20 FW 
Ole Gunnar Solskjær29(8) 9 1(1) 1 1(3) 1 9(5) 4 40(17) 15 21 FW 
Diego Forlán7(18) 6 0(2) 0 3(2) 2 5(8) 1 15(30) 9 22 DF John O'Shea26(6) 0 1 0 3 0 12(4) 0 42(10) 0 24 DF Wes Brown22 0 1(1) 0 5 0 6 1 34(1) 1 25 MF 
Quinton Fortune5(4) 0 0 0 1 0 3(3) 0 9(7) 0 26 MF Danny Pugh0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 2(3) 0 27 DF Mikaël Silvestre34 1 2 0 5 0 13 0 54 1 31 MF Darren Fletcher0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 34 DF Lee Roche0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 37 FW Danny Webber0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 38 DF Mark Lynch0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40 FW Daniel Nardiello0 0 0 0 1 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 42 MF Kieran Richardson0(2) 0 1 0 0(1) 1 2(3) 0 3(6) 1 43 FW 
Mads Timm0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 Transfers
United's first departure of the 2002–03 season was Nick Culkin, who was released on 7 July. Trinidad and Tobago forward Dwight Yorke left United for Blackburn Rovers on 26 July for £2 million. Culkin and Yorke were United's only summer departures, but they were not United's only departures of the 2002–03 season.
United's only arrivals of the 2002–03 season were Rio Ferdinand, who joined from United's fierce rivals Leeds United, and Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo, who signed for just £1.5 million.
On 26 June, Lee Roche was released from United on a free transfer. On 30 June, defender Laurent Blanc announced his retirement from football. Also on 30 June, David May was released.
In
Date Pos. Name From Fee 22 July 2002 DF Rio Ferdinand Leeds United£29.1m 30 August 2002 GK Ricardo Real Valladolid£1.5m Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee 7 July 2002 GK Nick CulkinUnattached Free 26 July 2002 FW 
Dwight Yorke Blackburn Rovers£2m 26 June 2003 DF Lee RocheUnattached Free 30 June 2003 DF Laurent BlancUnattached Free 30 June 2003 DF David MayUnattached Free Loan out
Date From Date To Position Name To 9 August 2002 14 November 2002 MF Jimmy Davis Swindon Town12 August 2002 27 October 2002 FW Danny Webber Watford30 August 2002 25 May 2003 MF Kirk Hilton Livingston1 September 2002 1 June 2003 MF 
Bojan Djordjic Aarhus Fremad11 October 2002 11 December 2002 FW Ben Muirhead Doncaster Rovers7 November 2002 23 March 2003 DF Paul Tierney Crewe Alexandra18 November 2002 4 May 2003 DF Alan Tate Swansea City29 November 2002 17 December 2002 GK Ben Williams Coventry City1 January 2003 4 May 2003 GK Ben Williams Chesterfield7 February 2003 19 March 2003 MF Luke Chadwick Reading27 March 2003 15 May 2003 MF Luke Chadwick ReadingSee also
References
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