Football League First Division (1992-2004) 2003-04

==Promotion and relegation==
===Start of season===
Teams promoted to Premier League 2003-04
* Portsmouth (Champions)
* Leicester City (Runners-up)
* Wolverhampton Wanderers (Playoff winners)
Teams promoted from the Second Division 2002-03
* Wigan Athletic (Champions)
* Crewe Alexandra (Runners-up)
* Cardiff City (Playoff winners)
===End of season===
Teams relegated from Premier League 2003-04
* Leicester City
* Leeds United
* Wolverhampton Wanderers
Teams relegated to League One 2004-05
* Sheffield Wednesday
* Brighton & Hove Albion
* Grimsby Town
==Final league table==
Pos	Club 	P 	W 	D 	L 	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Comments
1 	Norwich City (C) (P) 	46	28	10	8 	79	39	+40	94 	Promotion to Premier League 2004-05
2 	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86 	Promotion to Premier League 2004-05
3 	Sunderland 	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4 	West Ham United 	46	19	17	10	72	61	+11	74 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
5 	Ipswich Town 	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
6 	Crystal Palace (P) 	46	21	10	15	72	61	+11	73 	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
7 	Wigan Athletic 	46	18	17	11	60	45	+15	71 	
8 	Sheffield United 	46	20	11	15	65	56	+9 	71 	
9 	Reading 	46	21	10	15	55	57	-2 	70 	
10 	Millwall 	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7 	69 	
11 	Stoke City 	46	18	12	16	58	55	+3 	66 	
12 	Coventry City 	46	17	14	15	67	54	+13	65 	
13 	Cardiff City 	46	17	14	15	68	58	+10	65 	
14 	Nottingham Forest 	46	15	15	16	61	58	+3 	60 	
15 	Preston North End 	46	15	14	17	69	71	-2 	59 	
16 	Watford 	46	15	12	19	54	68	-14	57 	
17 	Rotherham United 	46	13	15	18	53	61	-8 	54 	
18 	Crewe Alexandra 	46	14	11	21	57	66	-9 	53 	
19 	Burnley 	46	13	14	19	60	77	-17	53 	
20 	Derby County 	46	13	13	20	53	67	-14	52 	
21 	Gillingham 	46	14	9 	23	48	67	-19	51 	
22 	Walsall (R) 	46	13	12	21	45	65	-20	51 	Relegated to League One
23 	Bradford City (R) 	46	9 	17	20	38	69	-31	36 	Relegated to League One
24 	Wimbledon (R) 	46	8 	5 	33	41	89	-48	29 	Relegated to League One
Football League First Division 2003-04 Winners
Norwich City3th second tier English title
==Play-offs==
**After extra time and penalties.
==Top goalscorers==
Scorer 	Goals	Team
Andrew Johnson 	28 	Crystal Palace
Marlon Harewood 	25 	West Ham United
Robert Earnshaw 	21 	Cardiff City
Dean Ashton 	19 	Crewe Alexandra
Robbie Blake 	19 	Burnley
Nathan Ellington	18 	Wigan Athletic
Darren Bent 	17 	Ipswich Town
Ricardo Fuller 	17 	Preston North End
Marcus Stewart 	16 	Sunderland
David Healy 	15 	Preston North End
Martin Butler 	15 	Rotherham United
Steve Jones 	15 	Crewe Alexandra
==External links and references==
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