Manchester United F.C. season 2003–04

The 2003-04 season was Manchester United's 112th season in the Football League, and their 29th consecutive season in the top division of English football. [cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season2004.html |title=Manchester United Season 2003/04 |accessdate=2007-10-08 |publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk ]

United won the eleventh FA Cup of their history with a 3-0 win over Millwall at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, but surrendered the Premier League title to unbeaten champions Arsenal, with a second half dip in league form coinciding with Rio Ferdinand starting an eight-month ban from football due to a missed drugs test.

New to the United side were Portugese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, Brazilian midifelder Jose Kleberson, Cameroonian midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba and French striker David Bellion. Ronaldo, who scored one of United's goals in the FA Cup final, was the only one of these players to make much of an impact.

United's European Cup and League Cup dreams ended in the last 16, with the European exit being particularly painful as a last minute goal by FC Porto put them out of the competition and denied them an eighth successive European Cup quarter-final.

Pre-season and Friendlies

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

FA Cup

Transfers

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*Manchester United F.C. seasons

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