2003–04 AS Monaco FC season

Monaco were clear outsiders to progress in the Champions League, but defeated tournament favourites like Real Madrid and Chelsea to face another unfancied side, Porto, in the final. Monaco were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by Jose Mourinho's side, but that did not dampen Monaco's achievement of having defied their underdog status to come within 90 minutes of club football's greatest prize.

Spanish striker Fernando Morientes, signed on loan from Real Madrid, was Monaco's top goalscorer with 22 goals in all competitions.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Stéphane Porato
3	DF	Patrice Evra
4	DF	Hugo Ibarra (on loan from Porto)
6	MF	Jaroslav Plašil
7	MF	Lucas Bernardi
8	MF	Ludovic Giuly (captain)
9	FW	Dado Pršo
10	FW	Fernando Morientes (on loan from Real Madrid)
12	DF	Joseph Dayo Oshadogan
14	MF	Édouard Cissé (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
15	MF	Akis Zikos
16	GK	André Biancarelli
18	FW	Shabani Nonda
19	FW	Sebastien Squillaci

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Nicolas Hislen
24	FW	Emmanuel Adebayor
25	MF	Jérôme Rothen
27	DF	Julien Rodriguez
28	DF	Marco Ramos
29	GK	Tony Sylva
30	GK	Flavio Roma
31	FW	Sébastien Grax
32	DF	Gaël Givet
33	FW	Nicolas Raynier
34	MF	Jimmy Juan
35	MF	Hassan El Fakiri
38	MF	Laurent Mohellebi
39	DF	Jim Ablancourt

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Marcelo Gallardo (to River Plate)
11	FW	Marco Simone (to Nice)
20	FW	Mohamed Mazhar (on loan to Châteauroux)

No.		Position	Player
26		FW	Souleymane Camara (on loan to Gunigamp)
37		FW	Sébastien Carole (on loan to West Ham United)

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Name	From
2003	DF	Hugo Ibarra	Porto^[1]
2003	MF	Édouard Cissé	Paris Saint-Germain^[1]
2003	FW	Fernando Morientes	Real Madrid^[2]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
9 July 2003	DF	Rafael Márquez	Barcelona	£5m^[3]

Results

Ligue 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Monaco	38	24	7	7	64	26	16+	79

1 2 August 2003	Monaco	2 – 0	Bordeaux	Fontvieille, Monaco
17:15	Nonda 31', 56' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,448 Referee: Bertrand Layec (Vannes)

2 9 August 2003	Lyon	3 – 1	Monaco	Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
20:00	Squillaci 16' (o.g.) Essien 26' Rodriguez 44' (o.g.)	Report	Nonda 56'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 39,726 Referee: Damien Ledentu (Châlons-en-Champagne)

3 16 August 2003	Monaco	2 – 0	Bastia	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:00	Adebayor 38' Zikos 44'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 11,595 Referee: Pascal Viléo (Villeneuve-sur-Lot)

4 24 August 2003	Paris Saint-Germain	2 – 4	Monaco	Paris, Île-de-France
20:45	Pauleta 14' Reinaldo 49'	Report	Giuly 35', 90' Adebayor 37' Squillaci 56'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,527 Referee: Jean-Paul Chaudre (Nancy)

5 31 August 2003	Monaco	1 – 0	Metz	Fontvieille, Monaco
18:30	Squillaci 37'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Martigues)

6 13 September 2003	Lille	1 – 1	Monaco	Villeneuve d'Ascq, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
20:00	Manchev 75'	Report	Giuly 44'	Stadium: Stadium Nord de Villeneuve d'Ascq Attendance: 18,856 Referee: Bruno Derrien (Brest)

7 21 September 2003	Montpellier	1 – 2	Monaco	Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
18:30	Laigle 26'	Report	Adebayor 18' Giuly 74'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,870 Referee: Stéphane Bré (Saint-Brieuc)

8 27 September 2003	Monaco	3 – 0	Toulouse	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:00	Adebayor 11' Cissé 28' Pršo 49'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,903 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Boulogne-sur-Mer)

9 4 October 2003	Guingamp	1 – 2	Monaco	Guingamp, Brittany
20:00	Goussé 52'	Report	Giuly 16', 26'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,206 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Rouen)

10 18 October 2003	Monaco	1 – 1	Auxerre	Fontvieille, Monaco
17:30	Giuly 77'	Report	Kalou 6'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,804 Referee: Philippe Kalt (Colmar)

11 26 October 2003	Sochaux	1 – 1	Monaco	Montbéliard, Franche-Comté
20:45	Frau 67'	Report	Morientes 21'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,190 Referee: Thierry Auriac (Aubervilliers)

12 1 November 2003	Monaco	4 – 2	Le Mans	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:00	Morientes 5' Cousin 21' (o.g.) Squillaci 68' Molefe 84' (o.g.)	Report	Cousin 8' Peyrelade 10'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Jean-Marc Bonnin (Paris)

13 9 November 2003	Ajaccio	0 – 1	Monaco	Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud
18:00		Report	Pršo 81'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 3,886 Referee: Bruno Derrien (Brest)

14 22 November 2003	Monaco	2 – 0	Lens	Fontvieille, Monaco
17:15	Giuly 58' Morientes 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 9,042 Referee: Stéphane Bré (Saint-Brieuc)

15 29 November 2003	Nantes	0 – 1	Monaco	Nantes, Pays de la Loire
20:00		Report	Bernardi 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 36,465 Referee: Philippe Kalt (Colmar)

16 14 December 2003	Monaco	2 – 0	Strasbourg	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:45	Pršo 42', 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,549 Referee: Bruno Ruffray (Bayeux)

17 20 December 2003	Rennes	1 – 0	Monaco	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine
20:00	Barbosa 47'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 18,633 Referee: Damien Ledentu (Châlons-en-Champagne)

18 9 January 2004	Monaco	3 – 0	Lyon	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:00	Giuly 33', 89' (pen.) Morientes 47'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 15,674 Referee: René Temmink (Deventer)

19 17 January 2004	Bastia	0 – 0	Monaco	Furiani, Haute-Corse
17:15		Report		Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 6,068 Referee: Éric Poulat (Bron)

20 21 January 2004	Monaco	1 – 1	Nice	Fontvieille, Monaco
18:00	Morientes 40'	Report	Meslin 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 14,391 Referee: Stéphane Bré (Saint-Brieuc)

21 30 January 2004	Monaco	1 – 1	Paris Saint-Germain	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:00	Squillaci 26'	Report	Heinze 31'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,022 Referee: Bertrand Layec (Vannes)

22 7 February 2004	Metz	0 – 2	Monaco	Metz, Lorraine
20:00		Report	Plašil 38' Givet 51'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,891 Referee: Pascal Garibian (Bourg-en-Bresse)

23 14 February 2004	Monaco	0 – 1	Lille	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:00		Report	Tafforeau 76'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,181 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (Martigues)

24 20 February 2004	Monaco	4 – 0	Montpellier	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:00	Adebayor 47', 56', 71' Morientes 48'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,553 Referee: Stéphane Moulin (Rennes)

25 28 February 2004	Toulouse	1 – 1	Monaco	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne
20:00	Didot 47'	Report	Givet 72'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 30,211 Referee: Stéphane Bré (Saint-Brieuc)

26 5 March 2004	Monaco	3 – 1	Guingamp	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:00	Morientes 25', 38' Pršo 28' (pen.)	Report	Dagano 19'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 7,173 Referee: Pascal Viléo (Villeneuve-sur-Lot)

27 14 March 2004	Auxerre	0 – 0	Monaco	Auxerre, Yonne
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,215 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Rouen)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Monaco	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11
Deportivo La Coruña	6	3	1	2	12	12	0	10
PSV	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
AEK Athens	6	0	2	4	1	11	-10	2


Matchday One
PSV	1–2	Monaco
Matchday Two
Monaco	4–0	AEK Athens
Matchday Three
Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	Monaco
Matchday Four
Monaco	8–3	Deportivo La Coruña
Matchday Five
Monaco	1–1	PSV
Matchday Six
AEK Athens	0–0	Monaco

Last 16

First leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Monaco
16:30 CET			Morientes	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

First leg	Monaco	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Stade Louis II
20:45 CET	Prso			Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista Portugal

Quarter final

First leg	Real Madrid	4 – 2	Monaco	Santiago Bernabéu
20:45 CET			Squilaci Morientes	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ

Second leg	Monaco	3 – 1	Real Madrid	Stade Louis II
20:45 CET				Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Urs Meier

Semi-final

First leg	Monaco	3 – 1	Chelsea	Stade Louis II
20:45 CET				Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Urs Meier

Second leg	Chelsea	2 – 2	Monaco	Stamford Bridge
16:30 CET				Attendance: 37,132 Referee: Anders Frisk

Final

Main article: 2004 UEFA Champions League Final

2004-05-26 20:45	Monaco	0 – 3	Porto	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
		(Report)	Carlos Alberto 27' Deco 56' Alenichev 89'

References

^ ^a ^b "Monaco move for Cissé". Union of European Football Associations. 25 July 2003. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=85115.html. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Morientes loaned to Monaco". Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2003. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=96678.html. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Márquez bolsters Barça back line". Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2003. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=80030.html. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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