The 2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship was the second European Touring Car Championship season.
The season began at Barcelona on 6 April, and finished at Monza after twenty races over ten meetings.
| Race | Race Name | Date | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Circuit de Catalunya | 6 April |  Gabriele Tarquini | Antonio Garcia | Gabriele Tarquini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto |  Tom Coronel |
| 2 |  Dirk Müller | Dirk Müller | Team Schnitzer | Tom Coronel | |||
| 3 |  Magny-Cours | 27 April | Nicola Larini | Jörg Müller | Jörg Müller | Team Schnitzer | Duncan Huisman |
| 4 | Jörg Müller | Jörg Müller | Team Schnitzer | Duncan Huisman | |||
| 5 | Pergusa | 11 May | Roberto Colciago | Gabriele Tarquini | Roberto Colciago | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Fabio Francia |
| 6 | Roberto Colciago | Gabriele Tarquini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Alessandro Balzan | |||
| 7 |  Brno | 25 May | Antonio Garcia | Dirk Müller | Dirk Müller | Team Schnitzer | Duncan Huisman |
| 8 | Dirk Müller |  Andy Priaulx | BMW Team Great Britain |  Rickard Rydell | |||
| 9 | Donington Park | 29 June | Nicola Larini | Gabriele Tarquini | Gabriele Tarquini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Rickard Rydell |
| 10 | Jörg Müller | Jörg Müller | Team Schnitzer | Duncan Huisman | |||
| 11 |  Spa-Francorchamps | 26 July | Andy Priaulx | Andy Priaulx | Gabriele Tarquini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Duncan Huisman |
| 12 | Dirk Müller | Andy Priaulx | BMW Team Great Britain | Duncan Huisman | |||
| 13 | Anderstorp | 7 September | Nicola Larini | Roberto Colciago | Roberto Colciago | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Duncan Huisman |
| 14 | Nicola Larini | Nicola Larini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Rickard Rydell | |||
| 15 | Oschersleben | 21 September | Jörg Müller | Gabriele Tarquini | Jörg Müller | Team Schnitzer | Tom Coronel |
| 16 | Gabriele Tarquini | Andy Priaulx | BMW Team Great Britain | Duncan Huisman | |||
| 17 |  Estoril | 5 October | Nicola Larini | Dirk Müller | Gabriele Tarquini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Duncan Huisman |
| 18 | Nicola Larini | Gabriele Tarquini | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Duncan Huisman | |||
| 19 | Monza | 19 October | Jörg Müller | Andy Priaulx | James Thompson | GTA Racing Team Nordauto | Tom Coronel |
| 20 | Jörg Müller | Jörg Müller | Team Schnitzer | Tom Coronel |
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| 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
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