Overview of the events of 2003 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world.
Confederations Cup : Host nation France wins a tournament marred by tragedy (see Deaths.)
UEFA Champions League : AC Milan wins 3–2 on penalties over Juventus , after a 0–0 draw at Old Trafford . This was AC Milan's 6th European Cup.
UEFA Cup : FC Porto wins 3–2 in the final against Celtic , after extra time, with a silver goal by Derlei . This is Porto's first UEFA Cup title.
European Super Cup : AC Milan beats FC Porto 1–0, winning the cup for the 4th time.
Copa Libertadores : Boca Juniors of Argentina won the cup for the fifth time against Santos of Brazil in a 5–1 aggregate.
Recopa Sudamericana : Olimpia of Paraguay won 2–0 in the final against San Lorenzo of Argentina .
FA Cup : Arsenal win 1–0 over Southampton
FA Premier league – Manchester United wins the Premier League by 5 points over Arsenal.
Women's World Cup : Germany wins the final against Sweden 2–1 after extra time .
22 January – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Dolf Roks , who is replaced on 7 February by former player Chris Dekker .
28 January – Head coach Robert Maaskant leaves Go Ahead Eagles and returns to RBC Roosendaal .
7 March – Mexican club Guadalajara appoints Hans Westerhof as their new technical director.
26 March – Manager Mike Snoei is fired by Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem to Ajax , and replaced by former player Edward Sturing .
17 June – Manchester United sells English football star David Beckham to Real Madrid for €35 million.
28 June – Italy 's Piedmont wins the third UEFA Regions' Cup , beating France's Maine 2–1 in Heidenheim an der Brenz .
8 August – Satellite TV's Rupert Murdoch British Sky Broadcasting pay €510 million for transmission of FA Premier League seasons 2004–2007.
10 August – PSV wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal , the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie , by a 3–1 win over Utrecht in the Amsterdam ArenA .
25 September – Dutch club Zwolle sacks manager Peter Boeve .
1 October – Technical director Hans Westerhof is named head coach of Mexican club Guadalajara .
20 November – Manager Rinus Israël leaves ADO Den Haag and moves to Al Wahda in the United Arab Emirates . Lex Schoenmaker is his successor in The Hague .
28 November – In an Asian Cup qualifier between Iran and Lebanon , Ali Daei scores his 85th goal for the Iranian national team, breaking the record of Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskás .
14 December – Boca Juniors wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan for the third time, by defeating Italy 's AC Milan on penalties (3–1), after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra-time.
Winners national club championship [ edit ]
North and Central America [ edit ]
South America [ edit ]
International tournaments [ edit ]
National team results [ edit ]
South America [ edit ]
9 January – Ricardo Pepi , US international[1]
18 January – Devyne Rensch , Dutch international[2]
19 January – Ilaix Moriba , Guinean international[3]
21 January – Hannibal Mejbri , Tunisian international[4]
23 January – Arian Moreno , Venezuelan footballer[5]
27 February – Juan Ignacio Cabrera , Uruguayan footballer[6]
16 March – Killian Camélé , French professional footballer[7]
23 March – Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson , Icelandic international[8]
4 April – Harvey Elliott , English footballer
12 April – Simon Ngapandouetnbu , Cameroonian footballer[9]
19 April – Rareș Ilie , Romanian youth international[10]
21 April – Xavi Simons , Dutch footballer
27 April – Zidane Iqbal , Iraqi international[11]
1 May – Charlie Savage , Welsh international[12]
2 May – Marcos Leonardo , Brazilian youth international[13]
4 May – Florian Wirtz , German international[14]
7 May – Kevin Paredes , US youth international[15]
31 May – Benjamin Šeško , Slovenian youth international[16]
1 June – Jan Kuźma , Polish professional footballer[17]
2 June – Yusuf Demir , Austrian-Turkish footballer[18]
28 June – Brandon Aguilera , Costa Rican international
29 June – Jude Bellingham , English international[19]
11 July – Vishva Shinde , Indian professional footballer[20]
12 August – Martín Luciano , Argentine club footballer[21]
28 October – Antonio Miuțescu , Romanian professional footballer[22]
5 November – Shea Charles , Northern Irish footballer[23]
7 November – Milos Kerkez , Hungarian international[24]
January [ edit ]
10 January – Julinho (73), Brazilian footballer
February [ edit ]
10 May – Pepillo (69), Spanish footballer
October [ edit ]
November [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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