Season

2003-04

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

3rdleague finish

of 20 in the Premier League

+0.9
goal difference
1.8 scored · 0.9 conceded
55
Played
64%
Win rate

Season in brief

3rd of 20 in the Premier League, down from 1st the year before. Lifted the FA Cup, beating Millwall in the final. Ruud van Nistelrooy led the scoring with 30 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 98 United scored).

The Premier League table

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

  1. 1Arsenal38P · 26W 12D 0L · GD +4790
  2. 2Chelsea38P · 24W 7D 7L · GD +3779
  3. 3Manchester United38P · 23W 6D 9L · GD +2975
  4. 4Liverpool38P · 16W 12D 10L · GD +1860
  5. 5Newcastle United38P · 13W 17D 8L · GD +1256
  7. 19Leeds United38P · 8W 9D 21L · GD -3933
  8. 20Wolverhampton Wanderers38P · 7W 12D 19L · GD -3933

Slice: the final Premier League table for 2003-04, 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

55 matches
10 Aug 2003 n Arsenal: 1–116 Aug 2003 v Bolton Wanderers: 4–023 Aug 2003 @ Newcastle United: 2–127 Aug 2003 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1–031 Aug 2003 @ Southampton: 0–113 Sep 2003 @ Charlton Athletic: 2–016 Sep 2003 v Panathinaikos: 5–021 Sep 2003 v Arsenal: 0–027 Sep 2003 @ Leicester City: 4–11 Oct 2003 @ VfB Stuttgart: 1–24 Oct 2003 v Birmingham City: 3–018 Oct 2003 @ Leeds United: 1–022 Oct 2003 @ Rangers: 1–025 Oct 2003 v Fulham: 1–328 Oct 2003 @ Leeds United: 3–21 Nov 2003 v Portsmouth: 3–04 Nov 2003 v Rangers: 3–09 Nov 2003 @ Liverpool: 2–122 Nov 2003 v Blackburn Rovers: 2–126 Nov 2003 @ Panathinaikos: 1–030 Nov 2003 @ Chelsea: 0–13 Dec 2003 @ West Bromwich Albion: 0–26 Dec 2003 v Aston Villa: 4–09 Dec 2003 v VfB Stuttgart: 2–013 Dec 2003 v Manchester City: 3–121 Dec 2003 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–126 Dec 2003 v Everton: 3–228 Dec 2003 @ Middlesbrough: 1–04 Jan 2004 @ Aston Villa: 2–17 Jan 2004 @ Bolton Wanderers: 2–111 Jan 2004 v Newcastle United: 0–017 Jan 2004 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–125 Jan 2004 @ Northampton Town: 3–031 Jan 2004 v Southampton: 3–27 Feb 2004 @ Everton: 4–311 Feb 2004 v Middlesbrough: 2–314 Feb 2004 v Manchester City: 4–221 Feb 2004 v Leeds United: 1–125 Feb 2004 @ FC Porto: 1–228 Feb 2004 @ Fulham: 1–16 Mar 2004 v Fulham: 2–19 Mar 2004 v FC Porto: 1–114 Mar 2004 @ Manchester City: 1–420 Mar 2004 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–028 Mar 2004 @ Arsenal: 1–13 Apr 2004 n Arsenal: 1–010 Apr 2004 @ Birmingham City: 2–113 Apr 2004 v Leicester City: 1–017 Apr 2004 @ Portsmouth: 0–120 Apr 2004 v Charlton Athletic: 2–024 Apr 2004 v Liverpool: 0–11 May 2004 @ Blackburn Rovers: 0–18 May 2004 v Chelsea: 1–115 May 2004 @ Aston Villa: 2–022 May 2004 n Millwall: 3–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.