Premier League 2002/03

Premier League 2002/03
master	Manchester United
Champions League	Manchester United Arsenal FC
Champions League qualification	Newcastle United Chelsea FC
Uefa cup	Liverpool FC , Blackburn Rovers Southampton FC
UEFA Cup qualification	Manchester City
Cup winners	Arsenal FC
Relegated	West Ham United West Bromwich Albion Sunderland AFC
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,000  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
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Football League First Division 2002/03 ↓

The Premier League 2002/03 was the eleventh season of the Premier League , which was hosted by the FA , and at the same time the 104th first division season in English football. It started on August 17, 2002 and ended on May 11, 2003.

Champion was Manchester United , which won the Premiership title and the 15th championship trophy for the eighth time. West Ham United , West Bromwich Albion and AFC Sunderland had to relegate to the second division .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	38	25th	8th	5	074:340	+40	83
2.	Arsenal FC (M, P)	38	23	9	6th	085:420	+43	78
3.	Newcastle United	38	21st	6th	11	063:480	+15	69
4th	Chelsea FC	38	19th	10	9	068:380	+30	67
5.	Liverpool FC (L)	38	18th	10	10	061:410	+20	64
6th	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	12	10	052:430	+9	60
7th	Everton FC	38	17th	8th	13	048:490	−1	59
8th.	Southampton FC	38	13	13	12	043:460	−3	52
9.	Manchester City (N)	38	15th	6th	17th	047:540	−7	51
10.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14th	8th	16	051:620	−11	50
11.	Middlesbrough FC	38	13	10	15th	048:440	+4	49
12.	Charlton Athletic	38	14th	7th	17th	045:560	−11	49
13.	Birmingham City (N)	38	13	9	16	041:490	−8	48
14th	Fulham FC	38	13	9	16	041:500	−9	48
15th	Leeds United	38	14th	5	19th	058:570	+1	47
16.	Aston Villa	38	12	9	17th	042:470	−5	45
17th	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	14th	14th	041:510	−10	44
18th	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	042:590	−17	42
19th	West Bromwich Albion (N)	38	6th	8th	24	029:650	−36	26th
20th	Sunderland AFC	38	4th	7th	27	021:650	−44	19th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

English champion and participation in the group stage of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup as an FA Cup finalist

Participation in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup via fair play

Relegation to the Football League First Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

-	ARS	AST	BIR	BLA	BOL	CHA	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEE	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	SOT	SUN	DEAD	WBA	WHU
Arsenal FC		3-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 3	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	1-0	6: 1	3: 2	3-0	5: 2	3: 1
Aston Villa	1: 1		0: 2	3-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	3: 2	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	3-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	4: 1
Birmingham City	0: 4	3-0		0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	0: 1	3-0	0: 2	3: 2	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	4: 1
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	0-0	1: 1		0-0	1-0	2: 3	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	1-0	5: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2
Bolton Wanderers	2: 2	1-0	4: 2	1: 1		1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 3	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	4: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0
Charlton Athletic	0: 3	3-0	0: 2	3: 1	1: 1		2: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1: 6	2-0	2: 2	1: 3	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	4: 2
Chelsea FC	1: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 2	1-0	4: 1		4: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	5-0	2: 2	1-0	3-0	0-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 3
Everton FC	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 3		2-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	0-0
Fulham FC	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 4	4: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0		1-0	3: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	3-0	0: 1
Leeds United	1: 4	3: 1	2-0	2: 3	2: 4	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	2-0		0: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 3	0: 3	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	1-0
Liverpool FC	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	3: 1		1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3-0	0-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0
Manchester City	1: 5	3: 1	1-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	0: 3	3: 1	4: 1	2: 1	0: 3		3: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	3-0	2: 3	1: 2	0: 1
Manchester United	2-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	3-0	3-0	2: 1	4-0	1: 1		1-0	5: 3	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	3-0
Middlesbrough FC	0: 2	2: 5	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	3: 1	3: 1		1-0	2: 2	3-0	5: 1	3-0	2: 2
Newcastle United	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	5: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	1-0	2-0	2: 6	2-0		2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	4-0
Southampton FC	3: 2	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	4: 2	3: 2	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	0-0	1: 1		2: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1
Sunderland AFC	0: 4	1-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 3	1: 2	0: 1	0: 3	1: 2	2: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 3	0: 1	0: 1		2-0	1: 2	0: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 4	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	4: 3	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	0: 2	0: 2	0: 3	0: 1	2: 1	4: 1		3: 1	3: 2
West Bromwich Albion	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 3	0: 6	1: 2	1: 3	1-0	2: 2	1-0	2: 2	2: 3		1: 2
West Ham United	2: 2	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 4	0: 3	0-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	0: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	25th
2	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	24
3	James Beattie	Southampton FC	23
4th	Mark Viduka	Leeds United	20th
5	Michael Owen	Liverpool FC	19th
6th	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	17th
7th	Nicolas Anelka	Manchester City	14th
=	Harry Kewell	Leeds United	=
=	Robert Pires	Arsenal FC	=
=	Paul Scholes	Manchester United	=
=	Gianfranco Zola	Chelsea FC	=

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2002	Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur)	Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal FC)
September 2002	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
October 2002	Gérard Houllier (Liverpool FC)	Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea FC)
November 2002	David Moyes (Everton FC)	James Beattie (Southampton FC)
December 2002	Gordon Strachan (Southampton FC)	Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
January 2003	Bobby Robson (Newcastle United)	Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
February 2003	Alan Curbishley (Charlton Athletic)	Robert Pires (Arsenal FC)
March 2003	Glenn Roeder (West Ham United)	Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
April 2003	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)

The Manchester United championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least 10 Premier League games for the master club (in addition, a medal was awarded to the nine-time Quinton Fortune). With this in mind, the following players count as English champions of the 2002/03 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester United

Goal: Fabien Barthez (30 / -); Roy Carroll (10 / -) Defense: Mikaël Silvestre (34/1); John O'Shea (32 / -); Rio Ferdinand (28 / -); Gary Neville (26 / -); Phil Neville (25/1); Wes Brown (22 / -); Laurent Blanc (19 / -) Midfield: Ryan Giggs (36/8); Paul Scholes (33/14); David Beckham (31/6); Juan Sebastian Verón (25/2); Roy Keane (21 / -); Nicky Butt (18 / -); Quinton Fortune (9 / -) Forward: Ole Gunnar Solskjær (37/9); Ruud van Nistelrooy (34/25); Diego Forlan (25/6) Coach: Alex Ferguson