Premier League 2003/04

Premier League 2003/04
master	Arsenal FC
Champions League	Arsenal FC Chelsea FC
Champions League qualification	Manchester United Liverpool FC
Uefa cup	Newcastle United FC Middlesbrough FC Millwall
Cup winners	Manchester United
Relegated	Leicester City Leeds United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,012  (ø 2.66 per game)
Top scorer	Thierry Henry ( Arsenal FC )
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Football League First Division 2003/04 ↓

The 2003/04 Premier League was the twelfth season of the Premier League hosted by the FA and the 105th first division season in English football. It started on August 16, 2003 and ended on May 15, 2004.

The champions were Arsenal FC , which won their 13th national title this season. Arsenal never lost a game, something that only Preston North End had previously achieved in the Football League's inaugural season in 1889 . In the second division, Leicester City , Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers relegated .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Arsenal FC (P)	38	26th	12	0	073:260	+47	90
2.	Chelsea FC	38	24	7th	7th	067:300	+37	79
3.	Manchester United (M)	38	23	6th	9	064:350	+29	75
4th	Liverpool FC (L)	38	16	12	10	055:370	+18	60
5.	Newcastle United	38	13	17th	8th	052:400	+12	56
6th	Aston Villa	38	15th	11	12	048:440	+4	56
7th	Charlton Athletic	38	14th	11	13	051:510	± 0	53
8th.	Bolton Wanderers	38	14th	11	13	048:560	−8	53
9.	Fulham FC	38	14th	10	14th	052:460	+6	52
10.	Birmingham City	38	12	14th	12	043:480	−5	50
11.	Middlesbrough FC	38	13	9	16	044:520	−8	48
12.	Southampton FC	38	12	11	15th	044:450	−1	47
13.	Portsmouth FC (N)	38	12	9	17th	047:540	−7	45
14th	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6th	19th	047:570	−10	45
15th	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	8th	18th	051:590	−8	44
16.	Manchester City	38	9	14th	15th	055:540	+1	41
17th	Everton FC	38	9	12	17th	045:570	−12	39
18th	Leicester City (N)	38	6th	15th	17th	048:650	−17	33
19th	Leeds United	38	8th	9	21st	040:790	−39	33
20th	Wolverhampton Wanderers (N)	38	7th	12	19th	038:770	−39	33

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

English champion and entered the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage

Participation in the group stage of the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup as a league cup winner

Relegation to the Football League Championship

(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	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	POR	SOT	DEAD	WOL
Arsenal FC		2-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	5-0	2: 1	4: 2	2: 1	1: 1	4: 1	3: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	3-0
Aston Villa	0: 2		2: 2	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0-0	3-0	2-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 2
Birmingham City	0: 3	0-0		0: 4	2-0	1: 2	0-0	3-0	2: 2	4: 1	0: 1	0: 3	2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 2
Blackburn Rovers	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1		3: 4	0: 1	2: 3	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 3	2: 3	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	5: 1
Bolton Wanderers	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	2: 2		0-0	0: 2	2-0	0: 2	4: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 3	1: 2	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1
Charlton Athletic	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 2	1: 2		4: 2	2: 2	3: 1	0: 1	2: 2	3: 2	0: 3	0: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 4	2-0
Chelsea FC	1: 2	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	1-0		0-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	5-0	3-0	4-0	4: 2	5: 2
Everton FC	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1		3: 1	4-0	3: 2	0: 3	0-0	3: 4	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	0-0	3: 1	2-0
Fulham FC	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	3: 4	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	2: 1		2-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2	2: 3	2-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0
Leeds United	1: 4	0-0	0: 2	2: 1	0: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2		3: 2	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	4: 1
Leicester City	1: 1	0: 5	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 4	1: 1	0: 2	4-0		0-0	1: 1	1: 4	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0-0
Liverpool FC	1: 2	1-0	3: 1	4-0	3: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 1		2: 1	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 2	0-0	1-0
Manchester City	1: 2	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	6: 2	1: 1	0: 1	5: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 3	2: 2		4: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	3: 3
Manchester United	0-0	4-0	3-0	2: 1	4-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 2	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	3: 1		2: 3	0-0	3-0	3: 2	3-0	1-0
Middlesbrough FC	0: 4	1: 2	5: 3	0: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 3	3: 3	0-0	2: 1	0: 1		0: 1	0-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0
Newcastle United	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 1	4: 2	3: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 2	2: 1		3-0	1-0	4-0	1: 1
Portsmouth FC	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	4-0	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	6: 1	0: 2	1-0	4: 2	1-0	5: 1	1: 1		1-0	2-0	0-0
Southampton FC	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	0: 1	3: 3	0-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	3: 3	3-0		1-0	2-0
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 2	2: 1	4: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	3-0	0: 3	2: 1	4: 4	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	1-0	4: 3	1: 3		5: 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 3	0: 4	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0: 4	0: 5	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	4: 3	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 4	0: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	30th
2	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	22nd
3	Louis Saha	Manchester United / Fulham FC	20th
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	20th
5	Mikael Forssell	Birmingham City	17th
6th	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Portsmouth FC	16
	Nicolas Anelka	Manchester City	16
	Juan Pablo Angel	Aston Villa	16
	Michael Owen	Liverpool FC	16
10	James Beattie	Southampton FC	14th
	Robbie Keane	Tottenham Hotspur	14th
	Robert Pires	Arsenal FC	14th

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2003	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Teddy Sheringham (Portsmouth FC)
September 2003	Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea FC)	Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC)
October 2003	Bobby Robson (Newcastle United)	Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
November 2003	Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers)	Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton Wanderers)
December 2003	Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)	Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
January 2004	Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers)	Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
February 2004	Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC)	Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal FC) Edu (Arsenal FC)
March 2004	Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea FC)	Mikael Forssell (Birmingham City)
April 2004	Harry Redknapp (Portsmouth FC)	Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)

The Arsenal FC 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. With this in mind, the following players count as English champions of the 2003/04 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Arsenal FC

Goal: Jens Lehmann (38 / -) Defense: Kolo Touré (37/1); Sol Campbell (35/1); Ashley Cole (32 / -); Lauren (32 / -); Pascal Cygan (18 / -); Gaël Clichy (12 / -); Martin Keown (10 / -) Midfield: Robert Pires (36/14); Gilberto Silva (32/4); Freddie Ljungberg (30/4); Edu (30/2); Patrick Vieira (29/3); Ray Parlor (25 / -) Storm: Thierry Henry (37/30); Dennis Bergkamp (28/4); José Antonio Reyes (13/2); Sylvain Wiltord (12/3); Nwankwo canoe (10/1); Jérémie Aliadière (10/0) Coach: Arsène Wenger

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Millwall FC played in the 2003/04 season in the second-rate Football League First Division.