2003–04 Football League First Division (1992-2004)

Football League First Division 2003-04
Season information
Winners	Norwich City
Promoted	West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace
Relegated	Walsall Bradford City Wimbledon
Season statistics
← 2002-03	2004-05 →

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted to Premier League 2003-04

• Portsmouth (Champions)
• Leicester City (Runners-up)
• Wolverhampton Wanderers (Playoff winners)

Teams promoted from the Second Division 2002-03

• Wigan Athletic (Champions)
• Crewe Alexandra (Runners-up)
• Cardiff City (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated from Premier League 2003-04

• Leicester City
• Leeds United
• Wolverhampton Wanderers

Teams relegated to League One 2004-05

• Sheffield Wednesday
• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Grimsby Town

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Norwich City (C) (P)	46	28	10	8	79	39	+40	94	Promotion to Premier League 2004-05
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	25	11	10	64	42	+22	86
3	Sunderland	46	22	13	11	62	45	+17	79	Qualification to League Championship playoffs
4	West Ham United	46	19	17	10	72	61	+11	74
5	Ipswich Town	46	21	10	15	84	72	+12	73
6	Crystal Palace (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	21	10	15	55	57	-2	70
10	Millwall	46	18	15	13	55	48	+7	69
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	Relegated to League One
23	Bradford City (R)	46	9	17	20	38	69	-31	36
24	Wimbledon (R)	46	8	5	33	41	89	-48	29

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Football League First Division 2003-04 Winners
Norwich City 3th second tier English title

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Finals
	4	West Ham United	1 2 (3)
	5	Ipswich Town	0 0 (0)
						6	Crystal Palace	1
						4	West Ham United	0
	6	Crystal Palace	3 1 (4) (5)*
	3	Sunderland	2 2 (4) (4)*

• *After extra time and penalties.

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Andrew Johnson	28	Crystal Palace
Marlon Harewood	25	West Ham United
Robert Earnshaw	21	Cardiff City
Dean Ashton	19	Crewe Alexandra
Robbie Blake		Burnley
Nathan Ellington	18	Wigan Athletic
Darren Bent	17	Ipswich Town
Ricardo Fuller		Preston North End
Marcus Stewart	16	Sunderland
David Healy	15	Preston North End
Martin Butler		Rotherham United
Steve Jones		Crewe Alexandra