2003 in association football

none March 2020 December 2009 2003 association football sports The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world. yes center 3 Events 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 Africa – USM Alger – Cottonsport Garoua – ASEC Mimosas – Zamalek Libya 1977 – Al-Ittihad – Stade Malien – Hassania Agadir – Enyimba – Espéance Asia – Sun Hei – Sepahan – Yokohama F. Marinos – Al-Sadd KOR 1997 – Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma – BEC Tero Sasana Europe Croatia – Dinamo Zagreb Denmark – Copenhagen England – Manchester United France – Lyon Germany – Bayern Munich Iceland – KR Republic of Ireland: Shelbourne Italy – Juventus Netherlands – PSV Portugal – Porto Russia – CSKA Moscow Scotland – Rangers Serbia and Montenegro – Partizan Spain – Real Madrid Sweden – Djurgården Turkey – Beşiktaş North and Central America – Brampton Hitmen (CPSL) Clausura – Monterrey Apertura – Pachuca – San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) South America ARG Argentina 2002–03 Clausura – River Plate 2003–04 Apertura – Boca Juniors BOL Bolivia – Bolívar Torneo Apertura – The Strongest Torneo Clausura – The Strongest BRA Brazil – Cruzeiro COL Colombia – Once Caldas ECU 1900 Ecuador – LDU Quito PAR 1990 Paraguay – Club Libertad PER Club Alianza Lima URY Uruguay – Peñarol International tournaments UNCAF Nations Cup in Panama (9–23 February 2003) CRC GUA SLV Baltic Cup in Estonia (3–5 July 2003) LAT LTU EST Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2–15 August 2003) Men's Tournament ARG BRA MEX Women's Tournament BRA Brazil CAN Canada MEX Mexico FIFA U-20 World Cup in United Arab Emirates (27 November – 19 December 2003) BRA ESP COL FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland (13–30 August 2003) BRA ESP ARG Afro–Asian Games in Hyderabad, India (22–31 October 2003) IND UZB ZIM National team results Europe EST Estonia national football team 2003 SWE Sweden men's national football team 2003 South America BOL Bolivia national football team 2003 ECU Ecuador national football team 2003 Births 9 January – Ricardo Pepi, US international"FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: USA" https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf soccerway.com Soccer way 1 January 2023 27 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191227222540/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf bot: unknown 18 January – Devyne Rensch, Dutch international"FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Netherlands" https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf fifadata.com Fifa 1 January 2023 27 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191227222540/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf bot: unknown 19 January – Ilaix Moriba, Guinean internationalIlaix Moriba https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/571782/ soccerway.com Soccer way 21 January – Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian internationalH. Mejbri https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/632278/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 23 January – Arian Moreno, Venezuelan footballerArian Moreno https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe597619/arian-moreno/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 1 July 2024 en 27 February – Juan Ignacio Cabrera, Uruguayan footballerJuan Cabrera https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe598477/juan-cabrera/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 11 January 2024 en 16 March – Killian Camélé, French professional footballerKillian Camélé https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe613271/killian-camele/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 17 February 2024 en 23 March – Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson, Icelandic internationalÍ. Bergmann Jóhannesson https://int.soccerway.com/players/isak-bergmann-johannesson/573279/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 4 April – Harvey Elliott, English footballer 12 April – Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Cameroonian footballerSimon Ngapandouetnbu https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/football/player/simon-ngapandouetnbu-PxpLOMEpihimYC82/ 2022-12-12 The Athletic en 19 April – Rareș Ilie, Romanian youth internationalR. Ilie https://int.soccerway.com/players/rare-ilie/666214/ soccerway.com Soccer way 21 April – Xavi Simons, Dutch footballer 27 April – Zidane Iqbal, Iraqi internationalZidane Iqbal https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/325549 global.espn.com ESPN 1 May – Charlie Savage, Welsh internationalCharlie Savage https://www.manutd.com/en/players-and-staff/detail/charlie-savage manutd.com Manchester United 2 May – Marcos Leonardo, Brazilian youth internationalMARCOS LEONARDO https://www.santosfc.com.br/marcos-leonardo/ santosfc.com.br Santos FC 4 May – Florian Wirtz, German internationalFlorian Wirtz https://datencenter.dfb.de/en/profile/378835 datacenter.dfb.de Data Center 7 May – Kevin Paredes, US youth internationalK. Paredes https://int.soccerway.com/players/kevin-paredes/578354/ soccerway.com Soccer way 31 May – Benjamin Šeško, Slovenian youth internationalB. Šeško https://int.soccerway.com/players/benjamin-eko/578376/ soccerway.com Soccer WAY 1 June – Jan Kuźma, Polish professional footballerJan Kuźma https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe684491/jan-kuzma/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 12 June 2024 en 2 June – Yusuf Demir, Austrian-Turkish footballerY. Demir https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/567057/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 11 June – Antonio Bokanovic, Austrian footballerAntonio Bokanovic https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe612555/antonio-bokanovic/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 21 August 2024 en 28 June – Brandon Aguilera, Costa Rican international 29 June – Jude Bellingham, English internationalProfile at the Football Association website 11 July – Vishva Shinde, Indian professional footballerVishva Shinde https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe722538/vishva-shinde/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 21 June 2024 en 12 August – Martín Luciano, Argentine club footballerM. Luciano https://int.soccerway.com/players/martin-luciano/697833/ soccerway.com Soccer Way 2 September – Kauã (Kauã Jesus Tenório), Brazilian footballerKauã https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe639052/kaua/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 8 August 2024 en 28 October – Antonio Miuțescu, Romanian professional footballerAntonio Miuțescu https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe778981/antonio-miutescu/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 26 September 2023 5 November – Shea Charles, Northern Irish footballerShea Charles 7 November – Milos Kerkez, Hungarian internationalM. Kerkez https://int.soccerway.com/players/kerkez-milos/646880/ soccerway.com Soccer way Deaths August 2022 January 10 January – Julinho (73), Brazilian footballer February 26 February – Antoni Torres (59), Spanish footballer and manager 28 February – Albert Batteux (83), French footballer April 17 April – Jean-Pierre Dogliani (60), French footballer 24 April – Gino Orlando (73), Brazilian forward, 9 times capped for the Brazil national football team. May 10 May – Pepillo (69), Spanish footballer 31 May – Karol Miklosz (87), Polish-Soviet footballer, referee and football administrator June 26 June – Marc-Vivien Foé (28), Cameroonian footballer July 31 July – John Aston, Sr., English defender, England squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (81) 31 July – Bigode, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (81) August 1 August – Guy Thys (80), Belgian footballer and manager 8 August – Jimmy Davis (21), English footballer 13 August – Lothar Emmerich (61), German footballer 14 August – Helmut Rahn (73), German footballer 31 August – Pierre Cahuzac (76), French footballer October 1 October – Cheung Yiu Lun (25), Hong Kong footballer November 21 November – Emil Pažický (76), Slovak footballer References Category:Association football by year