European Cup · Quarter-Final - 1st Leg (agg 1-3)
Real Madrid v Manchester United
3–1
Manchester United lost 1–3 to Real Madrid at Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday 8th April 2003 in the European Cup. Ruud van Nistelrooy (52') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 12' Luis Figo 1–0
- 28' Raul Gonzalez 2–0
- Half Time
- 49' Raul Gonzalez 3–0
- 52' Ruud van Nistelrooy 3–1
- 57' John O'Shea for Silvestre
- 86' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for G.Neville
- Full Time 3–1
Starting XI
Player
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
7 Raúl F
10 Luis Figo M
11 Ronaldo F
16 Flavio Conceicao M
24 Claude Makelele M
Substitutes
8 Steve McManaman
9 Fernando Sanchez Morientes
13 Cesar Sanchez Dominguez
14 Gutí on
18 Javier Portillo
21 Santiago Solari
22 Francisco Pavón
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 7 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 7 times: 1W 3D 3L.
15 May 1968 D 3–3 EC 4 Apr 2000 D 0–0 EC 19 Apr 2000 L 2–3 EC
8 Apr 2003 L 1–3 This match
23 Apr 2003 W 4–3 EC 13 Feb 2013 D 1–1 EC 5 Mar 2013 L 1–2 EC | 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 →