2002–03 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
2002–03 season
Chairman	Peter Ridsdale; (until 31 March); Professor John McKenzie; (from 31 March)
Manager	Terry Venables; (until 21 March); Peter Reid; (from 21 March)
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 February 2003, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	37,768
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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

Competitions

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	3	1	5	5	3	3	5	7	9	10	12	13	10	10	14	16	16	16	16	14	13	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	14	13	16	15	16	16	15

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

Premier League

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

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

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

First round

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

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

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

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)^[3]^[4]

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Loan in

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

Loan out

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

References

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

[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.

[august-15] "Transfers – August 2002". BBC News. 5 September 2002.

[november-16] "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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