| Club: | Sheffield United |
| Season: | 2002–03 |
| Manager: | Neil Warnock |
| Chairman: | Derek Dooley |
| Stadium: | Bramall Lane |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 3rd (qualified for play-offs) |
| Cup1: | Play-offs |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | FA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup3: | League Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Brown (16) |
| Season Topscorer: | Brown (22)[1] |
| Average Attendance: | 18,113 |
| Prevseason: | 2001–02 |
| Nextseason: | 2003–04 |
During the 2002–03 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.
The season turned out to be one of the most successful in Sheffield United's history. United reached the semi-finals of both the FA and League Cups before being eliminated by Arsenal and Liverpool respectively; both sides went on to win the respective cups. United also managed to qualify for the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. United reached the play-off final after beating Nottingham Forest over two legs in the semi-final, but were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers.
See main article: 2002–03 Football League First Division.
| SF 1st leg | 10 May 2003 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 | 29,064 | Brown (pen) | |
| SF 2nd leg | 15 May 2003 | Nottingham Forest | H | 4–3 (won 5–4 on agg) | 30,212 | Brown, Kabba, Peschisolido, Walker (own goal) | |
| F | 26 May 2003 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | N | 0–3 | 69,473 |
See main article: 2002–03 FA Cup.
| R3 | 4 January 2003 | Cheltenham Town | H | 4–0 | 9,166 | Murphy, McGovern, Kabba (2) | |
| R4 | 25 January 2003 | Ipswich Town | H | 4–3 | 12,757 | Brown (2), Jagielka, Peschisolido | |
| R5 | 15 February 2003 | Walsall | H | 2–0 | 17,510 | Mooney, Ndlovu | |
| QF | 9 March 2003 | Leeds United | H | 1–0 | 24,633 | Kabba | |
| SF | 13 April 2003 | Arsenal | N | 0–1 | 59,170 |
See main article: 2002–03 Football League Cup.
| R1 | 10 September 2002 | York City | H | 1–0 | 4,675 | McGovern | |
| R2 | 1 October 2002 | Wycombe Wanderers | H | 4–1 | 4,389 | Boulding, Brown (2), Montgomery | |
| R3 | 6 November 2002 | Leeds United | H | 2–1 | 26,663 | Jagielka, Ndlovu | |
| R4 | 3 December 2002 | Sunderland | H | 2–0 | 27,068 | Murphy, Allison | |
| R5 | 17 December 2002 | Crystal Palace | H | 3–1 | 22,211 | Asaba, Peschisolido (2) | |
| SF 1st leg | 8 January 2003 | Liverpool | H | 2–1 | 30,095 | Tonge (2) | |
| SF 2nd leg | 21 January 2003 | Liverpool | A | 0–2 (lost 2–3 on agg) | 43,837 |