Season

2002-03

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

1stleague finish

Champions of the Premier League

+1.1
goal difference
2.1 scored · 1.0 conceded
63
Played
67%
Win rate

Season in brief

Won the Premier League — the club's 17th league title on record. Home form carried the season — 82% of home matches won against 52% away. Lost the League Cup final to Liverpool. Ruud van Nistelrooy led the scoring with 44 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 130 United scored).

The Premier League table

Final standings · 20 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Manchester United38P · 25W 8D 5L · GD +4083
  2. 2Arsenal38P · 23W 9D 6L · GD +4378
  3. 3Newcastle United38P · 21W 6D 11L · GD +1569
  5. 19West Bromwich Albion38P · 6W 8D 24L · GD -3626
  6. 20Sunderland38P · 4W 7D 27L · GD -4419

Slice: the final Premier League table for 2002-03, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

63 matches
14 Aug 2002 @ Zalaegerszegi TE: 0–117 Aug 2002 v West Bromwich Albion: 1–023 Aug 2002 @ Chelsea: 2–227 Aug 2002 v Zalaegerszegi TE: 5–031 Aug 2002 @ Sunderland: 1–13 Sep 2002 v Middlesbrough: 1–011 Sep 2002 v Bolton Wanderers: 0–114 Sep 2002 @ Leeds United: 0–118 Sep 2002 v Maccabi Haifa: 5–221 Sep 2002 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–024 Sep 2002 @ Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 2–128 Sep 2002 @ Charlton Athletic: 3–11 Oct 2002 v Olympiacos: 4–07 Oct 2002 v Everton: 3–019 Oct 2002 @ Fulham: 1–123 Oct 2002 @ Olympiacos: 3–226 Oct 2002 v Aston Villa: 1–129 Oct 2002 @ Maccabi Haifa: 0–32 Nov 2002 v Southampton: 2–15 Nov 2002 v Leicester City: 2–09 Nov 2002 @ Manchester City: 1–313 Nov 2002 v Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 2–017 Nov 2002 @ West Ham United: 1–123 Nov 2002 v Newcastle United: 5–326 Nov 2002 @ FC Basel: 3–11 Dec 2002 @ Liverpool: 2–13 Dec 2002 @ Burnley: 2–07 Dec 2002 v Arsenal: 2–011 Dec 2002 v Deportivo de La Coruña: 2–014 Dec 2002 v West Ham United: 3–017 Dec 2002 v Chelsea: 1–022 Dec 2002 @ Blackburn Rovers: 0–126 Dec 2002 @ Middlesbrough: 1–328 Dec 2002 v Birmingham City: 2–01 Jan 2003 v Sunderland: 2–14 Jan 2003 v Portsmouth: 4–17 Jan 2003 v Blackburn Rovers: 1–111 Jan 2003 @ West Bromwich Albion: 3–118 Jan 2003 v Chelsea: 2–122 Jan 2003 @ Blackburn Rovers: 3–126 Jan 2003 v West Ham United: 6–01 Feb 2003 @ Southampton: 2–04 Feb 2003 @ Birmingham City: 1–09 Feb 2003 v Manchester City: 1–115 Feb 2003 v Arsenal: 0–219 Feb 2003 v Juventus: 2–122 Feb 2003 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–125 Feb 2003 @ Juventus: 3–02 Mar 2003 n Liverpool: 0–25 Mar 2003 v Leeds United: 2–112 Mar 2003 v FC Basel: 1–115 Mar 2003 @ Aston Villa: 1–018 Mar 2003 @ Deportivo de La Coruña: 0–222 Mar 2003 v Fulham: 3–05 Apr 2003 v Liverpool: 4–08 Apr 2003 @ Real Madrid C.F.: 1–312 Apr 2003 @ Newcastle United: 6–216 Apr 2003 @ Arsenal: 2–219 Apr 2003 v Blackburn Rovers: 3–123 Apr 2003 v Real Madrid C.F.: 4–327 Apr 2003 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–03 May 2003 v Charlton Athletic: 4–111 May 2003 @ Everton: 2–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.