| Squad cost: | 65.05M | 2002-03 fees: | 14.61M | |
| Total players: | 33 | Players in: | 8 | |
| Loaned out: | 5 | |||
| Available squad: | 28 |
| # | Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | David Weir | D | 33 | 1.91 | SCO | 1999 | 270K | |
| 9 | Kevin Campbell | F | 33 | 1.83 | ENG | 4.05M | ||
| 11 | Mark Pembridge | M | 32 | 1.72 | WAL | 900K | ||
| 17 | Scot Gemmill | M | 32 | 1.81 | SCO | 270K | ||
| 4 | Alan Stubbs | D | 31 | 1.88 | ENG | FREE | ||
| 7 | Niclas Alexandersson | M | 31 | 1.81 | SWE | 2000 | 3.42M | |
| 10 | Duncan Ferguson | F | 31 | 1.93 | SCO | 2000 | 4.86M | |
| Brian McBride | F | 31 | 1.83 | USA | Loan | |||
| 31 | Paul Gerrard | GK | 30 | 1.88 | ENG | FREE | ||
| 2 | Steve Watson | M | 29 | 1.85 | ENG | 3.38M | ||
| 6 | David Unsworth | D | 29 | 1.87 | ENG | 4.14M | ||
| 8 | Tomasz Radzinski | F | 29 | 1.74 | CAN | 6.08M | ||
| 21 | Alex Nyarko | D | 29 | GHA | 2000 | 5.67M | ||
| 26 | Lee Carsley | M | 29 | 1.78 | IRL | 2.57M | ||
| 2 | Alessandro Pistone | D | 27 | 1.80 | ITA | 2000 | 4.05M | |
| 16 | Thomas Gravesen | M | 27 | DEN | 2000 | 3.15M | ||
| 12 | Tie Li | M | 26 | 1.83 | CHN | FREE | ||
| 23 | Rodrigo Beckham | M | 26 | 1.74 | BRA | 2002 | Loan | |
| 1 | Richard Wright | GK | 25 | 1.90 | ENG | 4.95M | ||
| 25 | Espen Baardsen | GK | 25 | 1.96 | NOR | 1.69M | ||
| 13 | Steve Simonsen | GK | 24 | 1.87 | ENG | 4.46M | ||
| 15 | Gary Naysmith | D | 24 | 1.78 | SCO | 2.36M | ||
| 21 | Weifeng Li | D | 24 | 1.84 | CHN | 2002 | Loan | |
| 22 | Tobias Linderoth | M | 24 | 1.78 | SWE | 2002 | 3.38M | |
| 20 | Joseph Yobo | D | 22 | 1.88 | NGA | 5.4M Loan | ||
| 28 | Tony Hibbert | D | 22 | 1.73 | ENG | 2000 | ||
| 29 | Kevin McLeod | M | 22 | 1.80 | SCO | |||
| 31 | Leon Osman | M | 22 | 1.73 | ENG | 2002 | ||
| Ibrahim Said | D | 22 | 1.83 | EGY | ||||
| Peter Clarke | D | 21 | 1.88 | ENG | FREE | |||
| 30 | Nick Chadwick | F | 20 | 1.83 | ENG | |||
| David Carney | F | 19 | 1.83 | AUS | ||||
| 18 | Wayne Rooney | F | 17 | 1.76 | ENG | FREE |