# 2002–03 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### 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 |

#### Results
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Third round
## Statistics

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | 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 | |
| 12 August 2002 | DF | Paul Okon | Middlesbrough | Free | |

### Out

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

### Loan in

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

### Loan out

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