2002–03 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United

2002–03 season
Chairman	Peter Ridsdale (until 31 March)[1] Professor John McKenzie
Manager	David O'Leary (until 27 June)[2] Terry Venables (until 21 March)[3] Peter Reid
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Viduka (20) All: Mark Viduka (22)
Highest home attendance	40,205 vs Aston Villa (11 May 2003, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	29,359 vs Gillingham (4 Feb 2003, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	37,768
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season saw Leeds United compete in the Premier League (known as the Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

As Leeds United's debts began racking up, the club began selling many first-team players to raise money, most notably defender and captain Rio Ferdinand, sold to arch-rivals Manchester United for around 25 million pounds - a world record for a defender at the time. Despite this mass exodus of players (which forced many youth players like James Milner and Matthew Kilgallon into the first team) Leeds managed to remain in the Premiership after finishing a safe 15th place, with no small thanks to striker Mark Viduka. Viduka struck 20 goals in the Premiership alone, making him the fourth highest scorer in the league that season. Harry Kewell was also influential, scoring 14 on his own and setting up several of Viduka's strikes, before departing to Liverpool in the summer.

Kit

Nike remained as Leeds United's kit sponsors, and introduced a new home kit for the season.

First-team squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Nigel Martyn 2 DF Gary Kelly 3 DF Ian Harte 4 MF Olivier Dacourt 5 DF Lucas Radebe 8 FW Michael Bridges 9 FW Mark Viduka 10 FW Harry Kewell 11 MF Raúl Bravo (on loan from Real Madrid) 12 MF Nick Barmby 13 GK Paul Robinson 14 MF Stephen McPhail 15 DF Teddy Lučić (on loan from AIK) 16 MF Jason Wilcox 17 FW Alan Smith

No. Position Player 18 DF Danny Mills 19 MF Eirik Bakke 20 MF Seth Johnson 21 DF Dominic Matteo (captain) 22 DF Michael Duberry 23 MF David Batty 24 MF Paul Okon 25 MF Jacob Burns 26 GK Danny Milosevic 28 MF Jamie McMaster 34 DF Frazer Richardson 36 DF Matthew Kilgallon 38 MF James Milner 39 FW Simon Johnson

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 6 DF Jonathan Woodgate (to Newcastle United) 7 FW Robbie Keane (to Tottenham Hotspur) 11 MF Lee Bowyer (to West Ham United)

No. Position Player 27 FW Robbie Fowler (to Manchester City) GK Shaun Allaway (on loan to Grimsby Town)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 32 MF Harpal Singh 35 DF Shane Cansdell-Sherriff

No. Position Player 37 MF Paul Keegan

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[5]

• GK: #13, Paul Robinson, 50
• RB: #18, Danny Mills, 39
• CB: #6, Jonathan Woodgate, 24
• CB: #21, Dominic Matteo, 24
• LB: #3, Ian Harte, 33
• RM: #2, Gary Kelly, 34
• CM: #16, Jason Wilcox, 31
• CM: #19, Eirik Bakke, 41
• LM: #10, Harry Kewell, 41
• CF: #17, Alan Smith, 43
• CF: #9, Mark Viduka, 36

Results

Premier League

1 17 August 2002	Leeds United	3–0	Manchester City	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Barmby  15' Viduka  45' Harte  80'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,195 Referee: Graham Poll

2 24 August 2002	West Bromwich Albion	1–3	Leeds United	West Bromwich, West Midlands
	Marshall  90'	Report	Kewell  39' Viduka  52', 70'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,618 Referee: Steve Dunn

3 28 August 2002	Leeds United	0–1	Sunderland	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report	McAteer  45'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,929 Referee: Mark Halsey

4 31 August 2002	Birmingham City	2–1	Leeds United	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Devlin  32' D. Johnson  58'	Report	Bowyer  50'	Stadium: St. Andrews Attendance: 27,164 Referee: P Durkin

5 11 September 2002	Newcastle United	0–2	Leeds United	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
		Report	Viduka  5' Smith  67'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,730 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

6 14 September 2002	Leeds United	1–0	Manchester United	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  67'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,622 Referee: Jeff Winter

7 22 September 2002	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Leeds United	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Flitcroft  24'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,415 Referee: Graham Poll

8 28 September 2002	Leeds United	1–4	Arsenal	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  84'	Report	Kanu  9', 86' Touré  20' Henry  47'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,199 Referee: Alan Wiley

9 6 October 2002	Aston Villa	0–0	Leeds United	Birmingham, West Midlands
		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,505 Referee: Mark Halsey

10 19 October 2002	Leeds United	0–1	Liverpool	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report	Diao  66'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,187 Referee: Steve Dunn

11 28 October 2002	Middlesbrough	2–2	Leeds United	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
	Job  25' Southgate  83'	Report	Viduka  11' (pen.) Bowyer  56' Smith , 76'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,723 Referee: Rob Styles

12 3 November 2002	Leeds United	0–1	Everton	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report	Rooney  80'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,161 Referee: Neale Barry

13 10 November 2002	West Ham United	3–4	Leeds United	Newham, London
	Di Canio  21', 50' (pen.) Sinclair  74'	Report	Barmby  11' Kewell  28', 51' Viduka  45'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 33,297 Referee: Steve Dunn

14 17 November 2002	Leeds United	2–4	Bolton Wanderers	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Smith  4' Kewell  84'	Report	Pedersen  3', 90' Djorkaeff  80' Ricketts  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,627 Referee: Alan Wiley

15 24 November 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Leeds United	Tottenham, London
	Sheringham  12' Keane  41'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,718 Referee: Steve Bennett

16 1 December 2002	Leeds United	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  42'	Report	Lisbie  80' Parker  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,537 Referee: Andy D'Urso

17 7 December 2002	Fulham	1–0	Leeds United	Loftus Road
	Djetou  10'	Report		Stadium: Fulham, London Attendance: 17,494 Referee: Paul Durkin

18 16 December 2003	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Leeds United	Bolton, Greater Manchester
		Report	Mills  12' Fowler  16' Wilcox  75'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,378 Referee: Graham Poll

19 21 December 2002	Leeds United	1–1	Southampton	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Kewell  74'	Report	Fernandes  89'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,687 Referee: Chris Foy

20 26 December 2002	Sunderland	1–2	Leeds United	Sunderland, Wearside
	Proctor  34'	Report	Milner  51' Fowler  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,029 Referee: Mike Dean

21 28 December 2002	Leeds United	2–0	Chelsea	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Woodgate  30' Milner  45'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,122 Referee: Graham Barber

22 1 January 2003	Leeds United	2–0	Birmingham City	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Bakke  6' Viduka  67'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,034 Referee: Phil Dowd

23 11 January 2003	Manchester City	2–1	Leeds United	Maine Road
	Goater  29' N. Jensen  50'	Report	Kewell  90'	Stadium: Manchester Attendance: 34,884 Referee: Rob Styles

24 18 January 2003	Leeds United	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Leeds, West Yorkshire
		Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,708 Referee: Uriah Rennie

25 28 January 2003	Chelsea	3–2	Leeds United
	Guðjohnsen  57' Lampard  80' Matteo  83' (o.g.)		Kewell  17' Lučić  66'

26 1 February 2003	Everton	2–0	Leeds United	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Unsworth  56' (pen.) Radzinski  68'	[ Report]		Stadium: Elland Road

27 11 February 2003	Leeds United	1–0	West Ham United	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	S. Johnson  20'	Report	Kanoute , 70'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,126 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

28 22 February 2003	Leeds United	0–3	Newcastle United	Leeds, Yorkshire
		Report	Dyer  17', 48' Shearer  54'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,025 Referee: Alan Wiley

29 5 March 2003	Manchester United	2–1	Leeds United	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Radebe  20' (o.g.) Silvestre  79'	Report	Viduka  64'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,135 Referee: Graham Poll

30 15 March 2003	Leeds United	2–3	Middlesbrough
	Viduka  24', 76'		Maccarone  36' (pen.) Juninho  45' Geremi  64'

31 23 March 2003	Liverpool	3–1	Leeds United
	Owen  12' Murphy  20' Gerrard  73'		Viduka  44'

32 5 April 2003	Charlton Athletic	1–6	Leeds United	London
	Euell  45'	Report	Kewell  12', 76' Harte  34' (pen.) Viduka  42', 53', 56' (pen.)	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,24 Referee: E Wolstenholme

33 12 April 2003	Leeds United	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur
	Viduka  31', 76' (pen.)		Sheringham  37' Keane  39'

34 19 April 2003	Southampton	3–2	Leeds United
	Ormerod  31' Beattie  45' Svensson  54'		Kewell  80' Barmby  90'

35 22 April 2003	Leeds United	2–0	Fulham	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Viduka  4', 49'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 37,220 Referee: Neale Barry

36 26 April 2003	Leeds United	2–3	Blackburn Rovers
	Viduka  21' Smith  90'		Dunn  38' (pen.) A. Cole  69' Todd  78'

37 4 May 2003	Arsenal	2–3	Leeds United	Highbury, London
	Henry  31' Bergkamp  53'	Report	Kewell  5' Harte  48' Viduka  88'	Stadium: Highbury Referee: Alan Wiley

38 11 May 2003	Leeds United	3–1	Aston Villa	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Harte  8' Barmby  81' Viduka  90'	Report	Guðjónsson  40'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,205 Referee: Mark Halsey

Top scorers

• Mark Viduka, 21
• Harry Kewell, 14
• Nick Barmby, 4
• Ian Harte, 4
• Alan Smith 3
• Lee Bowyer 2
• Robbie Fowler 2
• James Milner 2
• Danny Mills 1
• Jason Wilcox 1
• Jonathan Woodgate 1
• Eirik Bakke 1
• Teddy Lucic 1
• Seth Johnson 1

Transfers

In

• Nick Barmby - Liverpool, 8 August 2002, £2,750,000^[6]
• Paul Okon - Middlesbrough, 12 August 2002, free^[7]

Out

• Rio Ferdinand - Manchester United, 22 July 2002, £30,000,000^±[8]
• Robbie Keane - Tottenham Hotspur, 31 August 2002, £7,000,000^[9]
• Lee Bowyer - West Ham United, 11 January 2003, £300,000^[10]
• Jonathan Woodgate - Newcastle United, 31 January 2003, £9,000,000^[11]
• Robbie Fowler - Manchester City, 13 February 2003, £6,000,000^[12]
• Caleb Folan - Chesterfield, 14 February 2003, free^[13]

^±Current club record transfer fee received.

Transfers in: £2,750,000

Transfers out: £52,300,000

Total spending: £49,550,000

Loaned in

• Teddy Lucic - AIK Solna, 31 August 2002^[14]
• Raúl Bravo - Real Madrid, 31 January 2003^[15]

Loaned out

• Simon Johnson - Hull City, 11 August 2002^[16]
• Shaun Allaway - Grimsby Town, 20 August 2002^[16]
• Danny Milosevic - Plymouth Argyle, 5 November 2002^[17]
• Steven Ferguson - Hyde United, 5 November 2002^[17]
• Harpal Singh - Bradford City, 7 November 2002^[17]
• Shane Cansdell-Sherriff - Rochdale, 8 November 2002^[17]
• Jamie McMaster - Coventry City, 19 November 2002^[17]
• Craig Stiens - Swansea City, 13 December 2002^[18]
• Olivier Dacourt - Roma, 8 January 2003^[19]
• Frazer Richardson - Stoke City, 10 January 2003^[20]
• Danny Milosevic - Crewe Alexandra, 20 January 2003^[21]
• Tom Newey - Darlington, 29 March 2003^[22]

References

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