2002–03 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
2002–03 season
ChairmanPeter Ridsdale
(until 31 March)[1]
Professor John McKenzie
(from 31 March)
ManagerTerry Venables
(until 21 March)[2]
Peter Reid
(from 21 March)
StadiumElland Road
Premier League15th
FA CupSixth round
League CupThird round
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mark Viduka (20)
All:
Mark Viduka (22)
Highest home attendance40,205 vs Aston Villa
(11 May 2003, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance29,359 vs Gillingham
(4 February 2003, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance37,768

The 2002–03 season saw Leeds United competing in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons) and the UEFA Cup.

Competitions

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Main article: 2002–03 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Birmingham City 38 13 9 16 41 49 −8 48
14 Fulham 38 13 9 16 41 50 −9 48
15 Leeds United 38 14 5 19 58 57 +1 47
16 Aston Villa 38 12 9 17 42 47 −5 45
17 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 14 14 41 51 −10 44
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAH
ResultWWLLWWLLDLDLWLLLLWDWWWLDLLWLLLLWDLWLWW
Position3155335791012131010141616161614131213121314141415151614131615161615
Source: https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/leeds-united/2003/3/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Premier League

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17 August 2002 1 Leeds United 3–0 Manchester City Leeds
15:00 Barmby 15'
Viduka 45'
Keane 80'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,195
Referee: Graham Poll
24 August 2002 2 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Leeds United West Bromwich
Marshall 90' Report Kewell 39'
Bowyer 52'
Viduka 70'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,618
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 August 2002 3 Leeds United 0–1 Sunderland Leeds
Report McAteer 45' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,929
Referee: Mark Halsey
31 August 2002 4 Birmingham City 2–1 Leeds United Birmingham
Devlin 32'
D. Johnson 58'		 Report Bowyer 50' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 27,164
Referee: Paul Durkin
11 September 2002 5 Newcastle United 0–2 Leeds United Newcastle
Report Viduka 5'
Smith 67'		 Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 51,730
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
14 September 2002 6 Leeds United 1–0 Manchester United Leeds
Kewell 67' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,622
Referee: Jeff Winter
22 September 2002 7 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Leeds United Blackburn
Flitcroft 24' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 25,415
Referee: Graham Poll
28 September 2002 8 Leeds United 1–4 Arsenal Leeds
Kewell 84' Report Kanu 9', 86'
Touré 20'
Henry 47'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,199
Referee: Alan Wiley
6 October 2002 9 Aston Villa 0–0 Leeds United Birmingham
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,505
Referee: Mark Halsey
19 October 2002 10 Leeds United 0–1 Liverpool Leeds
Report Diao 66' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,187
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 October 2002 11 Middlesbrough 2–2 Leeds United Middlesbrough
Job 25'
Southgate 83'		 Report Viduka 11' (pen.)
Bowyer 56'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 34,723
Referee: Rob Styles
3 November 2002 12 Leeds United 0–1 Everton Leeds
Report Rooney 80' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,161
Referee: Neale Barry
10 November 2002 13 West Ham United 3–4 Leeds United Newham
Di Canio 21', 50' (pen.)
Sinclair 74'		 Report Barmby 11'
Kewell 28', 51'
Viduka 45'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 33,297
Referee: Steve Dunn
17 November 2002 14 Leeds United 2–4 Bolton Wanderers Leeds
16:00 Smith 4'
Kewell 84'		 Report Pedersen 3', 90'
Djorkaeff 80'
Ricketts 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,627
Referee: Alan Wiley
24 November 2002 15 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Leeds United Tottenham
Sheringham 12'
Keane 41'		 Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,718
Referee: Steve Bennett
1 December 2002 16 Leeds United 1–2 Charlton Athletic Leeds
16:00 Kewell 42' Report Lisbie 80'
Parker 90'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,537
Referee: Andy D'Urso
7 December 2002 17 Fulham 1–0 Leeds United Loftus Road
Djetou 10' Report Stadium: Fulham
Attendance: 17,494
Referee: Paul Durkin
16 December 2002 18 Bolton Wanderers 0–3 Leeds United Bolton
Report Mills 12'
Fowler 16'
Wilcox 75'		 Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 23,378
Referee: Graham Poll
21 December 2002 19 Leeds United 1–1 Southampton Leeds
15:00 Kewell 74' Report Fernandes 89' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,687
Referee: Chris Foy
26 December 2002 20 Sunderland 1–2 Leeds United Sunderland
Proctor 34' Report Milner 51'
Fowler 80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 44,029
Referee: Mike Dean
28 December 2002 21 Leeds United 2–0 Chelsea Leeds
15:00 Woodgate 30'
Milner 45'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,122
Referee: Graham Barber
1 January 2003 22 Leeds United 2–0 Birmingham City Leeds
Bakke 6'
Viduka 67'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,034
Referee: Phil Dowd
11 January 2003 23 Manchester City 2–1 Leeds United Manchester
15:00 Goater 29'
N. Jensen 50'		 Report Kewell 90' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,884
Referee: Rob Styles
18 January 2003 24 Leeds United 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Leeds
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,708
Referee: Uriah Rennie
28 January 2003 25 Chelsea 3–2 Leeds United Fulham
Guðjohnsen 57'
Lampard 80'
Matteo 83' (o.g.)		 Report Kewell 17'
Lučić 66'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,738
Referee: Jeff Winter
1 February 2003 26 Everton 2–0 Leeds United Liverpool
Unsworth 56' (pen.)
Radzinski 68'		 Report Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,153
Referee: Mark Halsey
8 February 2003 27 Leeds United 1–0 West Ham United Leeds
S. Johnson 20' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,126
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
22 February 2003 28 Leeds United 0–3 Newcastle United Leeds
Report Dyer 17', 48'
Shearer 54'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,025
Referee: Alan Wiley
5 March 2003 29 Manchester United 2–1 Leeds United Manchester
Radebe 20' (o.g.)
Silvestre 79'		 Report Viduka 64' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,135
Referee: Graham Poll
15 March 2003 30 Leeds United 2–3 Middlesbrough Leeds
Viduka 24', 76' Report Maccarone 36' (pen.)
Juninho 45'
Geremi 64'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,073
Referee: David Elleray
23 March 2003 31 Liverpool 3–1 Leeds United Liverpool
Owen 12'
Murphy 20'
Gerrard 73'		 Report Viduka 44' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,021
Referee: Andy D'Urso
5 April 2003 32 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: 26,274
Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme
12 April 2003 33 Leeds United 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
Viduka 31', 76' (pen.) Report Sheringham 37'
Keane 39'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,560
Referee: Rob Styles
19 April 2003 34 Southampton 3–2 Leeds United Hampshire
Ormerod 31'
Beattie 45'
Svensson 54'		 Report Kewell 80'
Barmby 90'		 Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 32,032
Referee: Mark Halsey
22 April 2003 35 Leeds United 2–0 Fulham Leeds
Viduka 4', 49' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 37,220
Referee: Neale Barry
26 April 2003 36 Leeds United 2–3 Blackburn Rovers Leeds
Viduka 21'
Smith 90'		 Report Dunn 38' (pen.)
Cole 69'
Todd 78'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 38,062
Referee: Paul Durkin
4 May 2003 37 Arsenal 2–3 Leeds United Highbury
Henry 31'
Bergkamp 53'		 Report Kewell 5'
Harte 48'
Viduka 88'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,127
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 May 2003 38 Leeds United 3–1 Aston Villa Leeds
Harte 8'
Barmby 81'
Viduka 90'		 Report Guðjónsson 40' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 40,205
Referee: Mark Halsey

FA Cup

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Main article: 2002–03 FA Cup
4 January 2003 (2003-01-04) 3 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Leeds United Scunthorpe
Report Viduka 31' (pen.)
Bakke 68'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 8,329
Referee: Alan Wiley
25 January 2003 (2003-01-25) 4 Gillingham 1–1 Leeds United Gillingham
Sidibé 82' Report Smith 49' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 11,093
Referee: Neale Barry
4 February 2003 (2003-02-04) Replay Leeds United 2–1 Gillingham Leeds
Viduka 11'
Bakke 60'		 Report Ipoua 86' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 29,359
Referee: Mike Dean
16 February 2003 (2003-02-16) 5 Crystal Palace 1–2 Leeds United Selhurst
Gray 34' Report Kelly 32'
Kewell 72'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 24,512
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
9 March 2003 (2003-03-09) 6 Sheffield United 1–0 Leeds United Sheffield
11:30 Kabba 78' Report Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 24,633
Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

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Main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup
6 November 2002 (2002-11-06) 3 Sheffield United 2–1 Leeds United Sheffield
Jagielka 90'
Ndlovu 90'		 Report Yates 24' (o.g.) Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 26,633
Referee: Jeff Winter

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Cup

First round

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19 September 2002 (2002-09-19) First leg Leeds United 1–0 Metalurh Zaporizhya Leeds
Smith 79' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mikko Vuorela
3 October 2002 (2002-10-03) Second leg Metalurh Zaporizhya 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Leeds United Zaporizhzhia
Modebadze 24' Barmby 77' Stadium: Avto ZAZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Muhittin Bosat

Second round

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31 October 2002 First leg Leeds United 1–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv Leeds
21:00 Kewell 81' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 31,867
Referee: Jack Van Hulten (Netherlands)
14 November 2002 Second leg Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–4
(1–5 agg.)		 Leeds United Florence
17:00 Abukasis 2' Report Smith 30', 54', 63', 83' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Third round

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28 November 2002 First leg Málaga 0–0 Leeds United Málaga
22:00 Report Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
12 December 2002 Second leg Leeds United 1–2
(1–2 agg.)		 Málaga Leeds
21:00 Bakke 22' Report Dely Valdés 13', 79' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 34,123
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Statistics

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(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)[3][4]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Republic of Ireland Gary Kelly 24+1 0 4 1 0 0 6 0 35 1 0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Ian Harte 24+3 3 3 0 1 0 5 0 36 3 3 0
4 MF France Olivier Dacourt 4+3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9 0 2 0
5 DF South Africa Lucas Radebe 16+3 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 26 0 1 0
6 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 18 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 24 1 2 0
7 FW Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 0+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
8 FW England Michael Bridges 1+4 1 0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 9 0 0 0
9 FW Australia Mark Viduka 29+4 20 4 2 1 0 1 0 40 22 5 0
10 FW Australia Harry Kewell 31 14 4 1 1 0 5 1 41 16 3 0
11 MF England Lee Bowyer 15 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 22 3 7 0
11 DF Spain Raúl Bravo 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
12 MF England Nick Barmby 16+3 4 0+2 0 1 0 3 1 25 5 2 0
13 GK England Paul Robinson 38 0 5 0 1 0 6 0 50 0 0 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McPhail 7+6 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+3 0 19 0 1 0
15 DF Sweden Teddy Lučić 16+1 1 2+1 0 1 0 0 0 21 1 1 0
16 MF England Jason Wilcox 23+2 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 33 1 4 0
17 FW England Alan Smith 33 3 4 1 0 0 6 5 43 9 11 2
18 DF England Danny Mills 32+1 1 4 0 1 0 2+1 0 41 1 5 0
19 MF Norway Eirik Bakke 31+3 1 3+1 2 1 0 6 1 45 4 10 0
20 MF England Seth Johnson 3+6 1 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 1 0
21 DF Scotland Dominic Matteo 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 24 0 3 0
22 FW England Michael Duberry 11+3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 3+1 0 21 1 0 0
24 MF Australia Paul Okon 15 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 21 0 4 0
25 MF Australia Jacob Burns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 FW England Robbie Fowler 2+6 2 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 10 2 1 0
28 MF Australia Jamie McMaster 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
34 DF England Frazer Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
36 DF England Matthew Kilgallon 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
38 MF England James Milner 1+17 2 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 0 0
39 FW England Simon Johnson 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
8 August 2002 MF England Nick Barmby England Liverpool £2,750,000 [5]
12 August 2002 DF Australia Paul Okon England Middlesbrough Free [6]

Out

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Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
22 July 2002 DF England Rio Ferdinand England Manchester United £30,000,000 [7]
31 August 2002 FW Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane England Tottenham Hotspur £7,000,000 [8]
11 January 2003 MF England Lee Bowyer England West Ham United £300,000 [9]
31 January 2003 DF England Jonathan Woodgate England Newcastle United £9,000,000 [10]
13 February 2003 FW England Robbie Fowler England Manchester City £6,000,000 [11]
14 February 2003 FW Republic of Ireland Caleb Folan England Chesterfield Free [12]

Loan in

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Date from Date to Pos. Name From Ref.
31 August 2002 30 June 2003 DF Sweden Teddy Lučić Sweden AIK [13]
1 January 2003 30 June 2003 DF Spain Raúl Bravo Spain Real Madrid [14]

Loan out

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Date from Date to Pos. Name To Ref.
11 August 2002 12 October 2002 FW England Simon Johnson England Hull City [15]
1 July 2002 30 June 2003 GK England Shaun Allaway England Grimsby Town
1 November 2002 1 December 2002 GK Australia Danny Milosevic England Plymouth Argyle [16]
1 November 2002 1 December 2002 MF England Harpal Singh England Bradford City [16]
1 November 2002 1 December 2002 DF Australia Shane Cansdell-Sherriff England Rochdale [16]
13 December 2002 30 June 2003 FW Wales Craig Stiens Wales Swansea City [17]
9 January 2003 30 June 2003 MF France Olivier Dacourt Italy Roma [18]
10 January 2003 10 March 2003 DF England Frazer Richardson England Stoke City [19]
1 January 2003 1 May 2003 GK Australia Danny Milosevic England Crewe Alexandra [20]
15 February 2003 17 March 2003 DF England Tom Newey England Darlington [21]

References

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  1. ^ "Ridsdale resigns from struggling Leeds". Citywire. 31 March 2003.
  2. ^ "Venables leaves Leeds". BBC News. 21 March 2003.
  3. ^ "Leeds United players: Premier League 2003". www.11v11.com.
  4. ^ "Leeds United players: FA Cup 2003". www.11v11.com.
  5. ^ "Nick checks in at Leeds". The Guardian. 8 August 2002.
  6. ^ "Sunderland target Piper in £13m spending spree". The Telegraph. 13 August 2002.
  7. ^ "Man Utd seal Rio deal". BBC News. 22 July 2002.
  8. ^ "Robbie Keane joins Spurs". BBC News. 31 August 2002.
  9. ^ "Bowyer signs for Hammers". BBC News. 11 January 2003.
  10. ^ "Woodgate 'thrilled' to be at Toon". The Guardian. 31 January 2003.
  11. ^ "Fowler joins Man City". BBC News. 13 February 2003.
  12. ^ "Chesterfield sign Folan". BBC News. 14 February 2003.
  13. ^ "Leeds land Lucic". BBC News. 31 August 2002.
  14. ^ "Leeds sign Real defender". BBC News. 31 January 2003.
  15. ^ "Transfers – August 2002". BBC News. 5 September 2002.
  16. ^ a b c "Transfers – November 2002". BBC News. 2 December 2002.
  17. ^ "Swans strengthen squad". BBC News. 31 March 2003.
  18. ^ "Dacourt joins Leeds exodus". The Guardian. 9 January 2003.
  19. ^ "Richardson loan extended". BBC News. 6 February 2003.
  20. ^ "Milosevic goes to Crewe". BBC News. 20 January 2003.
  21. ^ "Transfers – March 2003". BBC News. 14 April 2003.
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