Premier League 2002/03 – Football Research Archive

League table

Premier League 2002/03. Calculated from the results below: 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, ordered by points, goal difference and goals scored.
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	25	8	5	74	34	+40	83
2	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	85	42	+43	78
3	Newcastle United	38	21	6	11	63	48	+15	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	68	38	+30	67
5	Liverpool	38	18	10	10	61	41	+20	64
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	12	10	52	43	+9	60
7	Everton	38	17	8	13	48	49	−1	59
8	Southampton	38	13	13	12	43	46	−3	52
9	Manchester City	38	15	6	17	47	54	−7	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	8	16	51	62	−11	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	10	15	48	44	+4	49
12	Charlton Athletic	38	14	7	17	45	56	−11	49
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
18	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	42	59	−17	42
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	6	8	24	29	65	−36	26
20	Sunderland	38	4	7	27	21	65	−44	19

ChampionsEuropean qualificationRelegationOutcome notes and sources

Source OpenFootball; English WikipediaUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 07:29 BSTCalculation standings-v1Table changed 15 Oct 2026, 07:29 BSTResults to 11 May 2003

League table

Season outcomes

Premier League 2002/03: champions, qualification and relegation recorded by the cited source. Cup results can also determine qualification.
Club	Outcome
Manchester United	Champions Qualification for the Champions League group stage
Arsenal	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
Newcastle United	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
Chelsea	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
Liverpool	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [1]
Blackburn Rovers	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [1]
Southampton	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round [2]
Manchester City	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round [3]
West Ham United	Relegation to Football League First Division
West Bromwich Albion	Relegation to Football League First Division
Sunderland	Relegation to Football League First Division

Since Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup via the league, their place in the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners reverted to the league and was awarded to Blackburn Rovers as the highest-placed team not already qualified for European competitions.
Since Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to Southampton, who were the FA Cup runners-up.
Manchester City qualified as the highest-ranked team not already qualified for European competitions of Premiership Fair Play League by The Football Association, the top association among UEFA Fair Play ranking winners.

Labels and notes adapted from English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Club names and formatting are normalized.

2002–03 FA Premier League · Fetched 22 Oct 2026

Results

Matchday 6: 10 matches. Kickoff times are UK time; a date alone means the time is not recorded.

14 Sept, 12:00Leeds United

1 – 0

Manchester United 14 Sept, 15:00Sunderland

0 – 3

Fulham 14 Sept, 15:00Bolton Wanderers

2 – 3

Liverpool 14 Sept, 15:00West Bromwich Albion

1 – 0

Southampton 14 Sept, 15:00Chelsea

3 – 0

Newcastle United 14 Sept, 15:00Everton

2 – 1

Middlesbrough 14 Sept, 15:00Charlton Athletic

0 – 3

Arsenal 15 Sept, 14:00Manchester City

2 – 2

Blackburn Rovers 15 Sept, 16:05Tottenham Hotspur

3 – 2

West Ham United 16 Sept, 20:00Birmingham City

3 – 0

Aston Villa

Grounds

Premier League 2002/03: each club's home ground that season.
Club	Ground
Arsenal	Highbury
Aston Villa	Villa Park
Birmingham City	St Andrew's
Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park
Bolton Wanderers	Toughsheet Community Stadium
Charlton Athletic	The Valley
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge
Everton	Goodison Park
Fulham	Loftus Road
Leeds United	Elland Road
Liverpool	Anfield
Manchester City	Maine Road
Manchester United	Old Trafford
Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium
Newcastle United	St James' Park
Southampton	St Mary's Stadium
Sunderland	Stadium of Light
Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane
West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns
West Ham United	Boleyn Ground

From each club's ground history, dated from Wikidata and the club's Wikipedia article; the sources are on each club's page. The archive holds the venue of each match only for 2025/26.