Manchester United F.C. season 2003-04

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The 2003-04 season was Manchester United's 112th season in the Football League, and their 29th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1]

Contents

[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
2003-07-22 Celtic Seahawks Stadium 4 – 0 van Nistelrooy, Giggs, Solskjær, Bellion
2003-07-27 Club América LA Coliseum 3 – 1 van Nistelrooy, Forlán (2) 58,000
2003-07-31 Juventus Giants Stadium 4 – 1 Giggs, Scholes, van Nistelrooy, Solskjær
2003-08-03 Barcelona Lincoln Financial Field 3 – 1 Forlán (2), van Nistelrooy
2003-08-07 Sporting CP A 1 – 3 Hugo
2003-08-10 Arsenal Millennium Stadium 1 – 1
(4 – 3p)		 Silvestre 15' 59,293
2003-08-13 Stoke City A 1 – 3 Forlán 68'

[edit] Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance League

position
16 August 2003 Bolton Wanderers H 4 – 0 Giggs (2) 35', 74', Scholes 77', van Nistelrooy 87' 67,647 2nd
23 August 2003 Newcastle United A 2 – 1 van Nistelrooy 51', Scholes 59' 52,165 3rd
27 August 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 0 O'Shea 10' 67,648 2nd
31 August 2003 Southampton A 0 – 1 32,066 2nd
13 September 2003 Charlton Athletic A 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 62', 82' 26,078 2nd
21 September 2003 Arsenal H 0 – 0 67,639 3rd
27 September 2003 Leicester City A 4 – 1 Keane 15', van Nistelrooy (3) 16', 45', 52' 32,044 3rd
4 October 2003 Birmingham City H 3 – 0 van Nistelrooy 36', Scholes 57', Giggs 82' 67,633 2nd
18 October 2003 Leeds United A 1 – 0 Keane 81' 40,153 2nd
25 October 2003 Fulham H 1 – 3 Forlán 45' 67,727 3rd
1 November 2003 Portsmouth H 3 – 0 Forlán 37', Ronaldo 80', Keane 82' 67,639 3rd
9 November 2003 Liverpool A 2 – 1 Giggs (2) 58', 70' 44,159 3rd
22 November 2003 Blackburn Rovers H 2 – 1 van Nistelrooy 24', Kléberson 38' 67,748 3rd
30 November 2003 Chelsea A 0 – 1 41,932 3rd
6 December 2003 Aston Villa H 4 – 0 van Nistelrooy (2) 16', 45', Forlán (2) 90', 90' 67,621 3rd
13 December 2003 Manchester City H 3 – 1 Scholes (2) 7', 73', van Nistelrooy 34' 67,645 2nd
21 December 2003 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 1 O'Shea 15', van Nistelrooy 26' 35,910 1st
26 December 2003 Everton H 3 – 2 Butt 9', Kléberson 44', Bellion 68' 67,642 1st
28 December 2003 Middlesbrough A 1 – 0 Fortune 14' 34,738 1st
7 January 2004 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 1 Scholes 24', van Nistelrooy 39' 27,668 1st
11 January 2004 Newcastle United H 0 – 0 67,622 1st
17 January 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 1 29,396 2nd
31 January 2004 Southampton H 3 – 2 Saha 18', Scholes 37', van Nistelrooy 61' 67,758 2nd
7 February 2004 Everton A 4 – 0 Saha (2) 9', 29', van Nistelrooy (2) 24', 89' 40,190 2nd
11 February 2004 Middlesbrough H 2 – 3 van Nistelrooy 45', Giggs 63' 67,346 2nd
21 February 2004 Leeds United H 1 – 1 Scholes 64' 67,744 2nd
28 February 2004 Fulham A 1 – 1 Saha 14' 18,306 3rd
14 March 2004 Manchester City A 1 – 4 Scholes 35' 47,284 3rd
20 March 2004 Tottenham Hotspur H 3 – 0 Giggs 30', Ronaldo 89', Bellion 90' 67,634 3rd
28 March 2004 Arsenal A 1 – 1 Saha 86' 38,184 3rd
10 April 2004 Birmingham City A 2 – 1 Ronaldo 60', Saha 78' 29,548 3rd
13 April 2004 Leicester City H 1 – 0 G. Neville 56' 67,749 3rd
17 April 2004 Portsmouth A 0 – 1 20,140 3rd
20 April 2004 Charlton Athletic H 2 – 0 Saha 28', G. Neville 65' 67,477 3rd
24 April 2004 Liverpool H 0 – 1 67,647 3rd
1 May 2004 Blackburn Rovers A 0 – 1 29,616 3rd
8 May 2004 Chelsea H 1 – 1 van Nistelrooy 76' 67,609 3rd
15 May 2004 Aston Villa A 2 – 0 Ronaldo 4', van Nistelrooy 10' 42,573 3rd


Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
2
 Chelsea
38
24
7
7
67
30
+37
79
3
 Manchester United
38
23
6
9
64
35
+29
75
4
 Liverpool
38
16
12
10
55
37
+18
60

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
4 January 2004 Round 3 Aston Villa A 2 – 1 Scholes (2) 64', 68' 40,371
25 January 2004 Round 4 Northampton Town A 3 – 0 Silvestre 34', Hargreaves 47' (o.g.), Forlán 68' 7,356
14 February 2004 Round 5 Manchester City H 4 – 2 Scholes 34', van Nistelrooy (2) 71', 80', Ronaldo 74' 67,228
6 March 2004 Round 6 Fulham H 2 – 1 van Nistelrooy (2) 25', 62' 67,614
3 April 2004 Semi-final Arsenal Villa Park 1 – 0 Scholes 32' 39,939
22 May 2004 Final Millwall Millennium Stadium 3 – 0 Ronaldo 44', van Nistelrooy (2) 65' (pen.), 81' 71,350

[edit] Carling Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
28 October 2003 Round 3 Leeds United A 3 – 2
(a.e.t.)		 Bellion 78', Forlán 108', Djemba-Djemba 117' 37,546
3 December 2003 Round 4 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 2 25,282

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
16 September 2003 Panathinaikos H 5 – 0 Silvestre 13', Fortune 15', Solskjær 33', Butt 40', Djemba-Djemba 83' 66,520 1st
1 October 2003 VfB Stuttgart A 1 – 2 van Nistelrooy 67' (pen.) 50,348 2nd
22 October 2003 Rangers A 1 – 0 P. Neville 5' 48,730 1st
4 November 2003 Rangers H 3 – 0 Forlán 6', van Nistelrooy (2) 43', 60' 66,707 1st
26 November 2003 Panathinaikos A 1 – 0 Forlán 85' 6,890 1st
9 December 2003 VfB Stuttgart H 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy 45', Giggs 58' 67,141 1st
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 15
2 Flag of Germany Stuttgart 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12
3 Flag of Greece Panathinaikos 6 1 1 4 5 13 -8 4
4 Flag of Scotland Rangers 6 1 1 4 4 10 -6 4

[edit] Knock-out stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
25 February 2004 First Knockout Round
First leg		 FC Porto A 1 – 2 Fortune 14' 49,977
9 March 2004 First Knockout Round
Second leg		 FC Porto H 1 – 1 Scholes 32' 67,029

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of France Fabien Barthez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Flag of England Gary Neville 30 2 4 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 42 2
3 DF Flag of England Phil Neville 29(2) 0 2(1) 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 40(3) 1
5 DF Flag of England Rio Ferdinand 20 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 27 0
6 DF Flag of England Wes Brown 15(2) 0 5(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22(3) 0
7 MF Flag of Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 15(14) 4 5 2 1 0 3(2) 0 0 0 24(16) 6
8 MF Flag of England Nicky Butt 12(9) 1 3(2) 0 2 0 4(1) 1 1 0 22(12) 2
9 FW Flag of France Louis Saha 9(3) 7 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 10(4) 7
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 31(1) 20 3(1) 6 0 0 7 4 1 0 42(2) 30
11 MF Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs 29(4) 7 5 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 43(4) 8
12 FW Flag of France David Bellion 4(10) 2 1(1) 0 2 1 0(4) 0 0 0 7(15) 3
13 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 6 0 2(1) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11(1) 0
14 GK Flag of the United States Tim Howard 32 0 4 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 44 0
15 MF Flag of Brazil José Kléberson 10(2) 2 1 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0 0 13(3) 2
16 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane (c) 25(3) 3 4(1) 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 34(4) 3
17 GK Flag of Spain Ricardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Flag of England Paul Scholes 24(4) 9 6 4 0 0 5 1 1 0 36(4) 14
19 MF Flag of Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba 10(5) 0 0(1) 0 1 1 1(3) 1 0(1) 0 12(10) 2
20 FW Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 7(6) 0 1(2) 0 0 0 1(1) 1 1 0 10(9) 1
21 FW Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán 10(14) 4 2 1 1 1 2(2) 2 0(1) 0 15(17) 8
22 DF Flag of Ireland John O'Shea 32(1) 2 6 0 2 0 6(1) 0 0(1) 0 46(3) 2
23 MF Flag of England Kieran Richardson 0 0 0(1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0
24 MF Flag of Scotland Darren Fletcher 17(5) 0 4(1) 0 2 0 3(3) 0 0 0 26(9) 0
25 MF Flag of South Africa Quinton Fortune 18(5) 1 3 0 1 0 6(1) 2 1 0 29(6) 3
26 MF Flag of England Danny Pugh 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
27 DF Flag of France Mikaël Silvestre 33(1) 0 5 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 45(1) 3
32 FW Flag of England Eddie Johnson 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
33 MF Flag of England Chris Eagles 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
34 DF Flag of England Phil Bardsley 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
36 FW Flag of England Daniel Nardiello 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
39 DF Flag of Ireland Paul Tierney 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2003-07-01 FW Flag of France David Bellion Sunderland £2m
2003-07-03 MF Flag of Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba Nantes £3.5m
2003-07-15 GK Flag of the United States Tim Howard NY/NJ MetroStars £2.3m
2003-08-12 MF Flag of Brazil Kléberson Paranaense £5.93m
2003-08-12 MF Flag of Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Sporting CP £12.24m
2004-01-23 FW Flag of France Louis Saha Fulham £12.82m
2004-05-26 FW Flag of England Alan Smith Leeds United £7m
2004-06-11 DF Flag of Argentina Gabriel Heinze PSG £6.9m

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2003-07-02 MF Flag of England David Beckham Real Madrid £17.25m
2003-07-07 FW Flag of England Danny Webber Watford
2003-08-07 MF Flag of Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón Chelsea £15m
2003-08-09 FW Flag of England Jimmy Davis Deceased n/a
2004-02-06 DF Flag of England Alan Tate Swansea City
2004-04-27 GK Flag of France Fabien Barthez Marseille £5m
2004-05-26 MF Flag of England Danny Pugh Leeds United Free

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
2003-07-08 2003-08-09 FW Flag of England Jimmy Davis Watford
2003-07-10 2004-06-30 MF Flag of England Luke Chadwick Burnley
2003-07-19 2004-06-30 MF Flag of Sweden Bojan Djordjic Red Star Belgrade
2003-07-27 2004-01-01 FW Flag of England Colin Heath Royal Antwerp
2003-07-27 2004-01-01 MF Flag of England David Fox Royal Antwerp
2003-07-29 2004-06-30 MF Flag of Scotland Michael Stewart Nottingham Forest
2003-08-24 2004-06-30 GK Flag of Spain Ricardo Racing Santander
2003-09-12 2003-10-12 FW Flag of England Neil Wood Peterborough United
2003-09-19 2003-10-18 GK Flag of England Ben Williams Altrincham
2003-10-24 2003-11-24 FW Flag of England Daniel Nardiello Swansea City
2003-10-24 2003-12-29 DF Flag of England Alan Tate Swansea City
2003-11-25 2003-12-25 FW Flag of England Danny Byrne Hartlepool United
2004-01-02 2004-04-26 GK Flag of France Fabien Barthez Marseille
2004-01-27 2004-06-30 FW Flag of England Daniel Nardiello Barnsley
2004-01-29 2004-04-30 FW Flag of England Neil Wood Burnley
2004-01-29 2004-02-29 DF Flag of Ireland Paul Tierney Colchester United
2004-01-30 2004-05-23 DF Flag of England Phil Bardsley Royal Antwerp
2004-01-30 2004-05-23 FW Flag of England Eddie Johnson Royal Antwerp
2004-03-19 2004-05-09 GK Flag of England Ben Williams Crewe Alexandra
2004-03-23 2004-06-30 DF Flag of England Lee Lawrence Shrewsbury Town
2004-03-24 2004-06-30 FW Flag of Denmark Mads Timm Viking Stavanger

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 2003/04. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

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