2003–04_Football_League_First_Division

Football League First Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	Norwich City
Promoted	Norwich City; West Bromwich Albion; Crystal Palace
Relegated	Bradford City; Walsall; Wimbledon
UEFA Cup	Millwall (as FA Cup runners-up)
Matches played	552
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2003–04 Football League First Division

Football league season

The 2003–04 Football League First Division (referred to as the Nationwide First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth and final season of the league under the First Division name, and the twelfth season under its current league division format.

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[table_note_res_UC10.17311289216071-1] Since the FA Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bradford City	Bradford	Valley Parade	25,136
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Ninian Park	21,508
Coventry City	Coventry	Highfield Road	23,489
Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	Alexandra Stadium	10,153
Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Derby County	Derby	Pride Park Stadium	33,597
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,582
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Millwall	London	The Den	20,146
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	26,018
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,408
Reading	Reading	Madjeski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	Millmoor	8,300
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,702
Stoke City	Stoke	Britannia Stadium	27,740
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Walsall	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	17,504
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,484
West Ham United	London	Boleyn Ground	35,303
Wigan Athletic	Wigan	JJB Stadium	25,133
Wimbledon	Milton Keynes	National Hockey Stadium	9,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City (C, P)	46	28	10	8	79	39	+40	94	Promotion to the FA Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86	Promotion to the FA Premier League
3	Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	West Ham United	46	19	17	10	67	45	+22	74
5	Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73
6	Crystal Palace (O, P)	46	21	10	15	72	61	+11	73
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	20	10	16	55	57	−2	70
10	Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7	69	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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	Relegation to Football League One
23	Bradford City (R)	46	10	6	30	38	69	−31	36	Relegation to Football League One
24	Wimbledon (R)	46	8	5	33	41	89	−48	29	Renamed Milton Keynes Dons in Football League One

2003–04_Football_League_First_Division

2003–04 Football League First Division

Changes from last season

From First Division

To First Division

Team overview

Stadia and locations

League table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

External links

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