European Cup · Quarter-Final - 2nd Leg (agg 5-6)
Manchester United v Real Madrid
4–3
Manchester United beat Real Madrid 4–3 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 23rd April 2003 in the European Cup. Ruud van Nistelrooy (43') and David Beckham (71', 85') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 12' Ronaldo 0–1
- 43' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–1
- Half Time
- 50' Ronaldo 1–2
- 52' Ivan Helguera OG 2–2
- 59' Ronaldo 2–3
- 63' David Beckham for Veron
- 71' David Beckham 3–3
- 78' Phillip Neville for Silvestre
- 81' Quinton Fortune for Keane
- 85' David Beckham 4–3
- Full Time 4–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
David Beckham
71', 85' 63' for Veron
Phillip Neville
78' for Silvestre
Quinton Fortune
81' for Keane
Real Madrid Lineup
Starting XI
1 Iker Casillas G
2 Míchel Salgado D
3 Roberto Carlos D
4 Fernando Hierro D
5 Zinedine Zidane M
6 Ivan Helguera M
8 Steve McManaman M
10 Luis Figo M
11 Ronaldo F
14 Gutí M
24 Claude Makelele M
Substitutes
9 Fernando Sanchez Morientes
13 Cesar Sanchez Dominguez
16 Flavio Conceicao
18 Javier Portillo on
19 Esteban Cambiasso
21 Santiago Solari on
22 Francisco Pavón on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Vicente Del Bosque
Real Madrid
United vs Real Madrid History
Meeting 8 of 11
11
Played
2
Won
4
Drawn
5
Lost
17
Goals For
22
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Thursday 11th April 1957. After this match United had played Real Madrid 8 times: 2W 3D 3L.
4 Apr 2000 D 0–0 EC 19 Apr 2000 L 2–3 EC 8 Apr 2003 L 1–3 EC
23 Apr 2003 W 4–3 This match
13 Feb 2013 D 1–1 EC 5 Mar 2013 L 1–2 EC 8 Aug 2017 L 1–2 ESC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 40.0 |
| Away | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →