2003 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world.

1 Events
2 Winners national club championship
3 International tournaments
4 Deaths

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 FC of Brazil in a 5-1 aggregate.
Recopa Sudamericana: Olimpia of Paraguay won 2-0 in the final against San Lorenzo of Argentina.
England - FA Cup: Arsenal win 1-0 over Southampton
English Premier League - Manchester United wins the English Premier League by 5 points over Arsenal.
Women's World Cup: Germany wins the final against Sweden 2-1 after extra time.
January 22 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Dolf Roks, who is replaced on February 7 by former player Chris Dekker.
January 28 – Head coach Robert Maaskant leaves Go Ahead Eagles and returns to RBC Roosendaal.
March 7 – Mexican club Club Deportivo Guadalajara appoints Hans Westerhof as their new technical director.
March 26 – Manager Mike Snoei is fired by Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem to Ajax Amsterdam, and replaced by former player Edward Sturing.
June 17 – Manchester United sells English soccer star David Beckham to Real Madrid for 35 million euros.
August 8 – Satellite TV's Rupert Murdoch British Sky Broadcasting pay 510 million euros for transmission England FA Premier League seasons 2004-2007.
August 10 – PSV Eindhoven wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 3-1 win over FC Utrecht in the Amsterdam ArenA.
September 25 – Dutch club FC Zwolle sacks manager Peter Boeve.
October 1 – Technical director Hans Westerhof is named head coach of Mexican club Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
November 20 – 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.
November 28 – 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.
December 14 – 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

Asia

Hong Kong – Sun Hei
Iran – Sepahan

Europe

Denmark – FC Copenhagen
England – Manchester United
France – Olympique Lyonnais
Germany – Bayern Munich
Iceland – KR
Ireland: Shelbourne
Italy – Juventus
Netherlands
- Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
- Eerste Divisie – ADO Den Haag
Portugal – FC Porto
Russia – PFC CSKA Moscow
Spain – Real Madrid
Sweden
- Allsvenskan – Djurgårdens IF
- Svenska Cupen – IF Elfsborg

North and Central America

Mexico:
- Clausura – Rayados de Monterrey
- Apertura – Pachuca

South America

Argentina
- 2002-03 Clausura – River Plate
- 2003-04 Apertura – Boca Juniors
Brazil – Cruzeiro
Paraguay – Club Libertad

International tournaments

UNCAF Nations Cup in Panama (February 9 – 23, 2003)

Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (August 2 – 15, 2003)
- Men's Tournament
1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
- Women's Tournament
1. Brazil
2. Canada
3. Mexico

FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland (August 13 – 30, 2003)
1. Brazil
2. Spain
3. Argentina

Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad, India (October 22 – 31, 2003)

Deaths

January 10 – Julinho (73), Brazilian footballer
February 28 – Albert Batteux (83), French footballer
April 17 – Jean-Pierre Dogliani (60), French footballer
June 26 – Marc-Vivien Foé (28), Cameroonian footballer
August 1 – Guy Thys (80), Belgian footballer and manager
August 8 – Jimmy Davis (21), English footballer
August 31 – Pierre Cahuzac (76), French footballer
November 21 – Emil Pažický (76), Slovak footballer

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