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MU outcome

winners

Premiership	38	25	8	5	74	34	Champions	MU
FA Cup	3	2	0	1	10	3	5th round	Arsenal
League Cup	6	4	1	1	9	4	Final	Liverpool
UEFA Champions League	16	11	1	4	37	20	Quarter-final	AC Milan
All matches	63	42	10	11	130	61

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1	Wed 14 Aug 2002	UEFA Champions League	Zalaegerszeg	1 - 0	MU	Ferenc Puskas Stadium
2	Sat 17 Aug 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford
3	Fri 23 Aug 2002	Premiership	Chelsea	2 - 2	MU	Stamford Bridge
4	Tue 27 Aug 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	5 - 0	Zalaegerszeg	Old Trafford
5	Sat 31 Aug 2002	Premiership	Sunderland	1 - 1	MU	Stadium of Light
6	Tue 3 Sep 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford
7	Wed 11 Sep 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford
8	Sat 14 Sep 2002	Premiership	Leeds United	1 - 0	MU	Elland Road
9	Wed 18 Sep 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	5 - 2	Maccabi Haifa	Old Trafford
10	Sat 21 Sep 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford
11	Tue 24 Sep 2002	UEFA Champions League	Bayer Leverkusen	1 - 2	MU	Bayarena
12	Sat 28 Sep 2002	Premiership	Charlton Athletic	1 - 3	MU	The Valley
13	Tue 1 Oct 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	4 - 0	Olympiakos Piraeus	Old Trafford
14	Mon 7 Oct 2002	Premiership	MU	3 - 0	Everton	Old Trafford
15	Sat 19 Oct 2002	Premiership	Fulham	1 - 1	MU	Craven Cottage
16	Wed 23 Oct 2002	UEFA Champions League	Olympiakos Piraeus	2 - 3	MU	Rizoupoli
17	Sat 26 Oct 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford
18	Tue 29 Oct 2002	UEFA Champions League	Maccabi Haifa	3 - 0	MU	Neo GSP Stadium
19	Sat 2 Nov 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Southampton	Old Trafford
20	Tue 5 Nov 2002	League Cup	MU	2 - 0	Leicester City	Old Trafford
21	Sat 9 Nov 2002	Premiership	Manchester City	3 - 1	MU	Maine Road
22	Wed 13 Nov 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	2 - 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Old Trafford
23	Sun 17 Nov 2002	Premiership	West Ham United	1 - 1	MU	Upton Park
24	Sat 23 Nov 2002	Premiership	MU	5 - 3	Newcastle United	Old Trafford
25	Tue 26 Nov 2002	UEFA Champions League	Basel	1 - 3	MU	St Jakob Park
26	Sun 1 Dec 2002	Premiership	Liverpool	1 - 2	MU	Anfield
27	Tue 3 Dec 2002	League Cup	Burnley	0 - 2	MU	Turf Moor
28	Sat 7 Dec 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 0	Arsenal	Old Trafford
29	Wed 11 Dec 2002	UEFA Champions League	MU	2 - 0	Deportivo La Coruna	Old Trafford
30	Sat 14 Dec 2002	Premiership	MU	3 - 0	West Ham United	Old Trafford
31	Tue 17 Dec 2002	League Cup	MU	1 - 0	Chelsea	Old Trafford
32	Sun 22 Dec 2002	Premiership	Blackburn Rovers	1 - 0	MU	Ewood Park
33	Thu 26 Dec 2002	Premiership	Middlesbrough	3 - 1	MU	Riverside Stadium
34	Sat 28 Dec 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford
35	Wed 1 Jan 2003	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Sunderland	Old Trafford
36	Sat 4 Jan 2003	FA Cup	MU	4 - 1	Portsmouth	Old Trafford
37	Tue 7 Jan 2003	League Cup	MU	1 - 1	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford
38	Sat 11 Jan 2003	Premiership	West Bromwich Albion	1 - 3	MU	The Hawthorns
39	Sat 18 Jan 2003	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Chelsea	Old Trafford
40	Wed 22 Jan 2003	League Cup	Blackburn Rovers	1 - 3	MU	Ewood Park
41	Sun 26 Jan 2003	FA Cup	MU	6 - 0	West Ham United	Old Trafford
42	Sat 1 Feb 2003	Premiership	Southampton	0 - 2	MU	St Mary's Stadium
43	Tue 4 Feb 2003	Premiership	Birmingham City	0 - 1	MU	St Andrews
44	Sun 9 Feb 2003	Premiership	MU	1 - 1	Manchester City	Old Trafford
45	Sat 15 Feb 2003	FA Cup	MU	0 - 2	Arsenal	Old Trafford
46	Wed 19 Feb 2003	UEFA Champions League	MU	2 - 1	Juventus	Old Trafford
47	Sat 22 Feb 2003	Premiership	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 1	MU	The Reebok Stadium
48	Tue 25 Feb 2003	UEFA Champions League	Juventus	0 - 3	MU	Stadio Delle Alpi
49	Sun 2 Mar 2003	League Cup	MU *	0 - 2	Liverpool	Millennium Stadium
50	Wed 5 Mar 2003	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Leeds United	Old Trafford
51	Wed 12 Mar 2003	UEFA Champions League	MU	1 - 1	Basel	Old Trafford
52	Sat 15 Mar 2003	Premiership	Aston Villa	0 - 1	MU	Villa Park
53	Tue 18 Mar 2003	UEFA Champions League	Deportivo La Coruna	2 - 0	MU	Estadio de Riazor
54	Sat 22 Mar 2003	Premiership	MU	3 - 0	Fulham	Old Trafford
55	Sat 5 Apr 2003	Premiership	MU	4 - 0	Liverpool	Old Trafford
56	Tue 8 Apr 2003	UEFA Champions League	Real Madrid	3 - 1	MU	Bernabeu Stadium
57	Sat 12 Apr 2003	Premiership	Newcastle United	2 - 6	MU	St James' Park
58	Wed 16 Apr 2003	Premiership	Arsenal	2 - 2	MU	Highbury
59	Sat 19 Apr 2003	Premiership	MU	3 - 1	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford
60	Wed 23 Apr 2003	UEFA Champions League	MU	4 - 3	Real Madrid	Old Trafford
61	Sun 27 Apr 2003	Premiership	Tottenham Hotspur	0 - 2	MU	White Hart Lane
62	Sat 3 May 2003	Premiership	MU	4 - 1	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford
63	Sun 11 May 2003	Premiership	Everton	1 - 2	MU	Goodison Park

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Premiership matches(38)

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1	Sat 17 Aug 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford
2	Fri 23 Aug 2002	Premiership	Chelsea	2 - 2	MU	Stamford Bridge
3	Sat 31 Aug 2002	Premiership	Sunderland	1 - 1	MU	Stadium of Light
4	Tue 3 Sep 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford
5	Wed 11 Sep 2002	Premiership	MU	0 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford
6	Sat 14 Sep 2002	Premiership	Leeds United	1 - 0	MU	Elland Road
7	Sat 21 Sep 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford
8	Sat 28 Sep 2002	Premiership	Charlton Athletic	1 - 3	MU	The Valley
9	Mon 7 Oct 2002	Premiership	MU	3 - 0	Everton	Old Trafford
10	Sat 19 Oct 2002	Premiership	Fulham	1 - 1	MU	Craven Cottage
11	Sat 26 Oct 2002	Premiership	MU	1 - 1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford
12	Sat 2 Nov 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Southampton	Old Trafford
13	Sat 9 Nov 2002	Premiership	Manchester City	3 - 1	MU	Maine Road
14	Sun 17 Nov 2002	Premiership	West Ham United	1 - 1	MU	Upton Park
15	Sat 23 Nov 2002	Premiership	MU	5 - 3	Newcastle United	Old Trafford
16	Sun 1 Dec 2002	Premiership	Liverpool	1 - 2	MU	Anfield
17	Sat 7 Dec 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 0	Arsenal	Old Trafford
18	Sat 14 Dec 2002	Premiership	MU	3 - 0	West Ham United	Old Trafford
19	Sun 22 Dec 2002	Premiership	Blackburn Rovers	1 - 0	MU	Ewood Park
20	Thu 26 Dec 2002	Premiership	Middlesbrough	3 - 1	MU	Riverside Stadium
21	Sat 28 Dec 2002	Premiership	MU	2 - 0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford
22	Wed 1 Jan 2003	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Sunderland	Old Trafford
23	Sat 11 Jan 2003	Premiership	West Bromwich Albion	1 - 3	MU	The Hawthorns
24	Sat 18 Jan 2003	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Chelsea	Old Trafford
25	Sat 1 Feb 2003	Premiership	Southampton	0 - 2	MU	St Mary's Stadium
26	Tue 4 Feb 2003	Premiership	Birmingham City	0 - 1	MU	St Andrews
27	Sun 9 Feb 2003	Premiership	MU	1 - 1	Manchester City	Old Trafford
28	Sat 22 Feb 2003	Premiership	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 1	MU	The Reebok Stadium
29	Wed 5 Mar 2003	Premiership	MU	2 - 1	Leeds United	Old Trafford
30	Sat 15 Mar 2003	Premiership	Aston Villa	0 - 1	MU	Villa Park
31	Sat 22 Mar 2003	Premiership	MU	3 - 0	Fulham	Old Trafford
32	Sat 5 Apr 2003	Premiership	MU	4 - 0	Liverpool	Old Trafford
33	Sat 12 Apr 2003	Premiership	Newcastle United	2 - 6	MU	St James' Park
34	Wed 16 Apr 2003	Premiership	Arsenal	2 - 2	MU	Highbury
35	Sat 19 Apr 2003	Premiership	MU	3 - 1	Blackburn Rovers	Old Trafford
36	Sun 27 Apr 2003	Premiership	Tottenham Hotspur	0 - 2	MU	White Hart Lane
37	Sat 3 May 2003	Premiership	MU	4 - 1	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford
38	Sun 11 May 2003	Premiership	Everton	1 - 2	MU	Goodison Park

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In the matches table above, where MU * (or NH *) appears in the home team column, it indicates a match played at a neutral venue.

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Squad(31)

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sts

sbs

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gls

Ryan Giggs	52	7	59	14
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	40	17	57	15
Mikael Silvestre	54	0	54	1
Ruud van Nistelrooy	50	2	52	44
Paul Scholes	46	6	52	20
David Beckham	45	7	52	11
John O'Shea	42	10	52	0
Fabien Barthez	46	0	46	0
Rio Ferdinand	45	1	46	0
Diego Forlan	15	30	45	9
Gary Neville	35	9	44	1
Phil Neville	35	8	43	2
Juan Sebastian Veron	37	5	42	6
Wes Brown	34	1	35	1
Roy Keane	30	2	32	0
Laurent Blanc	25	4	29	1
Nicky Butt	22	7	29	0
Roy Carroll	14	2	16	0
Quinton Fortune	9	7	16	0
Kieran Richardson	3	6	9	1
Felipe Ricardo	3	2	5	0
Danny Pugh	2	3	5	0
Luke Chadwick	1	4	5	0
David May	2	2	4	0
Michael Stewart	1	3	4	0
Darren Fletcher	2	0	2	0
Daniel Nardiello	1	1	2	0
Lee Roche	1	1	2	0
Mark Lynch	1	0	1	0
Mads Timm	0	1	1	0
Danny Webber	0	1	1	0

Season profile

Few pundits picked Manchester United to win the Premiership in 2002-2003, but they did. It was their fourth title in five years, and their eighth in the eleven years since the Premiership began. Rio Ferdinand was bought from Leeds United for the start of the season, following impressive performances in the 2002 World Cup finals. Carlos Queiroz was appointed as the new assistant manager.

Manchester United’s Premiership success was aided by Arsenal’s collapse. Arsenal led the Premiership for much of the season and were still eight points ahead in March. But Manchester United caught them, going eighteen games unbeaten from the end of December to the end of the season. Arsenal knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup during this time, but their league form became erratic. A 2-2 draw at Highbury in April was a better result for Manchester United than Arsenal, and four further victories took Manchester United to the title. van Nistelrooy was outstanding, scoring forty-four goals in all competitions. Scholes also had an excellent season.

The UEFA Champions League once again saw Manchester United lose at the knock-out stage. They were beaten by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, with the Brazilian, Ronaldo, scoring a memorable hat-trick at Old Trafford. Manchester United won the game 4-3, but lost the tie on aggregate. The final took place at Old Trafford and was won on penalties by AC Milan.

The 2002-2003 season proved to be David Beckham’s final season with Manchester United. Beckham’s celebrity lifestyle seemed to irritate the manager and their relationship cooled. When the season was over, Beckham was sold to Real Madrid. For much of the season Alex Ferguson was also in dispute with Irishman John Magnier over the ownership of the racehorse Rock of Gibraltar. It wasn’t until the following spring that this matter was resolved.

At the end of the season it was announced that a Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, had bought Chelsea and was ready to invest large sums of money. One of his early ‘signings’ was Manchester United Chief Executive, Peter Kenyon; another was Manchester United player, Juan Sebastian Veron. The arrival of Abramovich, and his money, signalled the beginning of the end of the recent Manchester United - Arsenal duopoly.

Largest victories

	6 - 0	26/01/03 vs West Ham
	5 - 0	27/08/02 vs Zalaegerszeg
	6 - 2	12/04/03 vs Newcastle U
	4 - 0	05/04/03 vs Liverpool
	4 - 0	01/10/02 vs Olym Piraeus

Largest defeats

	0 - 3	29/10/02 vs Maccabi Haifa
	0 - 2	15/02/03 vs Arsenal
	0 - 2	18/03/03 vs Dep La Coruna
	0 - 2	02/03/03 vs Liverpool
	1 - 3	09/11/02 vs Man City

Largest crowds

	75,000	08/04/03 vs Real Madrid
	74,500	02/03/03 vs Liverpool
	67,721	03/05/03 vs Charlton A
	67,706	22/03/03 vs Fulham
	67,691	02/11/02 vs S'mpton

League table

Pts

1	Man Utd	38	25	8	5	74	34	83
2	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	85	42	78
3	Newcastle U	38	21	6	11	63	48	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	64
6	Blackburn R	38	16	12	10	52	43	60
7	Everton	38	17	8	13	48	49	59
8	S'mpton	38	13	13	12	43	46	52
9	Man City	38	15	6	17	47	54	51
10	Spurs	38	14	8	16	51	62	50
11	M'boro	38	13	10	15	48	44	49
12	Charlton A	38	14	7	17	45	56	49
13	Birmingham C	38	13	9	16	41	49	48
14	Fulham	38	13	9	16	41	50	48
15	Leeds Utd	38	14	5	19	58	57	47
16	Aston Villa	38	12	9	17	42	47	45
17	Bolton Wan	38	10	14	14	41	51	44
18	West Ham	38	10	12	16	42	59	42
19	West Brom	38	6	8	24	29	65	26
20	Sunderland	38	4	7	27	21	65	19

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Premiership matches(38)

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League Cup matches(6)

UEFA Champions League matches(16)

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1	Sat 4 Jan 2003	3rd Round	MU	4 - 1	Portsmouth	Old Trafford
2	Sun 26 Jan 2003	4th Round	MU	6 - 0	West Ham United	Old Trafford
3	Sat 15 Feb 2003	5th Round	MU	0 - 2	Arsenal	Old Trafford

1	Wed 14 Aug 2002	Qualifying Round - 1st leg	Zalaegerszeg	1 - 0	MU	Ferenc Puskas Stadium
2	Tue 27 Aug 2002	Qualifying Round - 2nd leg	MU	5 - 0	Zalaegerszeg	Old Trafford
3	Wed 18 Sep 2002	Group phase	MU	5 - 2	Maccabi Haifa	Old Trafford
4	Tue 24 Sep 2002	Group phase	Bayer Leverkusen	1 - 2	MU	Bayarena
5	Tue 1 Oct 2002	Group phase	MU	4 - 0	Olympiakos Piraeus	Old Trafford
6	Wed 23 Oct 2002	Group phase	Olympiakos Piraeus	2 - 3	MU	Rizoupoli
7	Tue 29 Oct 2002	Group phase	Maccabi Haifa	3 - 0	MU	Neo GSP Stadium
8	Wed 13 Nov 2002	Group phase	MU	2 - 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Old Trafford
9	Tue 26 Nov 2002	Group phase	Basel	1 - 3	MU	St Jakob Park
10	Wed 11 Dec 2002	Group phase	MU	2 - 0	Deportivo La Coruna	Old Trafford
11	Wed 19 Feb 2003	Group phase	MU	2 - 1	Juventus	Old Trafford
12	Tue 25 Feb 2003	Group phase	Juventus	0 - 3	MU	Stadio Delle Alpi
13	Wed 12 Mar 2003	Group phase	MU	1 - 1	Basel	Old Trafford
14	Tue 18 Mar 2003	Group phase	Deportivo La Coruna	2 - 0	MU	Estadio de Riazor
15	Tue 8 Apr 2003	Quarter-Final - 1st leg	Real Madrid	3 - 1	MU	Bernabeu Stadium
16	Wed 23 Apr 2003	Quarter-Final - 2nd leg	MU	4 - 3	Real Madrid	Old Trafford