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Overview of the events of 2003 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world.
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
North and Central America
International tournaments
9 January –
Ricardo Pepi , US international
[1]
18 January –
Devyne Rensch , Dutch international
[2]
19 January –
Ilaix Moriba , Guinean international
[3]
21 January –
Hannibal Mejbri , Tunisian international
[4]
23 January –
Arian Moreno , Venezuelan footballer
[5]
27 February –
Juan Ignacio Cabrera , Uruguayan footballer
[6]
16 March –
Killian Camélé , French professional footballer
[7]
23 March –
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson , Icelandic international
[8]
4 April –
Harvey Elliott , English footballer
12 April –
Simon Ngapandouetnbu , Cameroonian footballer
[9]
19 April –
Rareș Ilie , Romanian youth international
[10]
21 April –
Xavi Simons , Dutch footballer
27 April –
Zidane Iqbal , Iraqi international
[11]
1 May –
Charlie Savage , Welsh international
[12]
2 May –
Marcos Leonardo , Brazilian youth international
[13]
4 May –
Florian Wirtz , German international
[14]
7 May –
Kevin Paredes , US youth international
[15]
31 May –
Benjamin Šeško , Slovenian youth international
[16]
1 June –
Jan Kuźma , Polish professional footballer
[17]
2 June –
Yusuf Demir , Austrian-Turkish footballer
[18]
28 June –
Brandon Aguilera , Costa Rican international
29 June –
Jude Bellingham , English international
[19]
11 July –
Vishva Shinde , Indian professional footballer
[20]
12 August –
Martín Luciano , Argentine club footballer
[21]
28 October –
Antonio Miuțescu , Romanian professional footballer
[22]
5 November –
Shea Charles , Northern Irish footballer
[23]
7 November –
Milos Kerkez , Hungarian international
[24]
10 January –
Julinho (73), Brazilian footballer
10 May –
Pepillo (69), Spanish footballer
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