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

[edit] Events

• Confederations Cup: Host nation France wins a tournament marred by tragedy (see Deaths.)
• UEFA Champions League: Milan wins 3-2 on penalties over Juventus, after a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford. This was Milan's 6th European Cup.
• UEFA Cup: 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: Milan beats 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.
• 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 Guadalajara appoints Hans Westerhof as their new technical director.
• March 26 – Manager Mike Snoei is fired by Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem to Ajax, and replaced by former player Edward Sturing.
• June 17 – Manchester United sells English soccer star David Beckham to Real Madrid for €35 million.
• June 28 – Italy's Piedmont wins the third UEFA Regions' Cup, beating France's Maine 2–1 in Heidenheim an der Brenz.
• August 8 – Satellite TV's Rupert Murdoch British Sky Broadcasting pay €510 million for transmission England FA Premier League seasons 2004-2007.
• August 10 – 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.
• September 25 – Dutch club Zwolle sacks manager Peter Boeve.
• October 1 – Technical director Hans Westerhof is named head coach of Mexican club 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 Milan on penalties (3-1), after a 1-1 draw at the end of extra-time.

[edit] Winners national club championship

[edit] Africa

• Algeria – USM Alger
• Cameroun – Cottonsport Garoua
• Côte d'Ivoire – ASEC Mimosas
• Egypt – Zamalek
• Lybie – Al-Ittihad
• Mali – Stade Malien
• Morocco – Hassania Agadir
• Nigeria – Enyimba
• Tunisia – Espéance

[edit] Asia

• Hong Kong – Sun Hei
• Iran – Sepahan

[edit] Europe

• Denmark – Copenhagen
• England – Manchester United
• France – Lyon
• Germany – Bayern Munich
• Iceland – KR
• Ireland: Shelbourne
• Italy – Juventus
• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – PSV
  • Eerste Divisie – Den Haag
• Portugal – Porto
• Russia – CSKA Moscow
• Spain – Real Madrid
• Sweden
  • Allsvenskan – Djurgården
  • Svenska Cupen – Elfsborg

[edit] North and Central America

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

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • 2002-03 Clausura – River Plate
  • 2003-04 Apertura – Boca Juniors
• Bolivia – Bolívar
  • Torneo Apertura – The Strongest
  • Torneo Clausura – The Strongest
• Brazil – Cruzeiro
• Colombia – Once Caldas
• Ecuador – LDU Quito
• Paraguay – Club Libertad
• Uruguay – Peñarol

[edit] International tournaments

• UNCAF Nations Cup in Panama (February 9 – 23 2003)
  1.  Costa Rica
  2.  Guatemala
  3.  El Salvador

• Baltic Cup in Estonia (July 3 – 5 2003)

1.  Latvia
2.  Lithuania
3.  Estonia

• 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)
  1.  India
  2.  Uzbekistan
  3.  Zimbabwe

[edit] National team results

[edit] Europe

[edit]  Estonia

[edit]  Netherlands

[edit]  Sweden

[edit] South America

[edit]  Bolivia

[edit]  Ecuador

[edit] 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