Dundee United F.C. season 2002-03

Infobox Football club season
club = Dundee United F.C.

season = 2002-03
manager = Alex Smith (until 07 Oct)
Paul Hegarty (until 30 Jan as caretaker)
Ian McCall (from 30 Jan)
chairman = Jim McLean (until 26 Sep)
Eddie Thompson (from 26 Sep)
league = Bank of Scotland Premierleague
league result = 11th
W:7 D:11 L:20 F:35 A:68 P:32
cup1 = Tennent's Scottish Cup | cup1 result = Third round
cup2 = CIS Insurance Cup | cup2 result = Semi-finals
league topscorer = Jim McIntyre (9)
season topscorer = Jim McIntyre, Steven Thompson (9)
highest attendance = 12,402 (vs Dundee, 31 Aug)
lowest attendance = 5,572 (vs Livingston, 19 Oct)
prevseason = 2001-02
nextseason = 2003-04The 2002-03 season was the 94th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 2002-07-01 to 2003-06-30. United finished the season in eighth place.

United were knocked out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup by Hibernian in the third round, and were beaten by Celtic in the CIS Insurance Cup semi-finals.

Review and events

Match results

Dundee United played a total of 43 competitive matches during the 2002-03 season.cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/results.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=132|title=Dundee Utd 2002/2003 player appearances|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=2008-01-06|format=HTML] The team finished eleventh in the Scottish Premier League.

In the cup competitions, United were knocked out of the Tennent's Scottish Cup in the third round, losing at home to Hibernian. Celtic knocked United out of the CIS Cup in the semi-finals.

Legend

CIS Insurance Cup

Transfers

In

Six players were signed during the 2002-03 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of around £150,000. Four players were also signed for the following season. In addition, two players were signed on loan.

The players that joined Dundee United during the 2001-02 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.

Loans out

Playing kit

The jerseys were sponsored by Telewest Broadband for the last time.

Awards

* Mark Wilson
** sport honours|Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month|1|November 2002

ee also

* Scottish Premier League 2002-03
* Scottish Cup 2002-03
* 2002-03 in Scottish football

References

External links

* [http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?tm=9&date=2002&submit1=List Official site: 2002/03 Results]
* Soccerbase
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=132 Results]
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=132 Squad stats]
** [http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=740&seasonid=132 Transfers]