2003–04 A.S. Roma season

Roma

2003–04 season
Chairman	Franco Sensi
Manager	Fabio Capello
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Francesco Totti (20) All: Francesco Totti (20)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

A.S. Roma had a tremendous season in the league, scoring most goals and conceding the least goals of all teams, but despite this, A.C. Milan were able to run away with the title, due to a greater efficiency in winning their matches.

In Fabio Capello's last season as Roma's coach, the squad did not manage to win any titles whatsoever, even though the results showed a resurgence from the anticlimatic 2002–03 season, in which Roma dipped to eighth in the league standings.

Financial worries forced the club to sell Emerson to Juventus and Walter Samuel to Real Madrid following the season's end. Capello controversially signed for Juventus as well, but key players such as Francesco Totti, Antonio Cassano and Christian Chivu remained.

Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Cristiano Lupatelli		GK	(1978-06-21)June 21, 1978 (aged 25)	Fidelis Andria
12	Carlo Zotti		GK	(1982-09-03)September 3, 1982 (aged 21)	AS Roma Primavera
22	Ivan Pelizzoli		GK	(1980-11-18)November 18, 1980 (aged 23)	Atalanta
Defenders
2	Christian Panucci		RB/CB	(1973-04-12)April 12, 1973 (aged 31)	AS Monaco
4	Cristian Chivu		CB/LB	(1980-10-26)October 26, 1980 (aged 23)	Ajax
5	Jonathan Zebina		RB/CB	(1978-07-19)July 19, 1978 (aged 25)	Cagliari
19	Walter Samuel		CB	(1978-03-23)March 23, 1978 (aged 26)	Boca Juniors
7	Luigi Sartor		RB/LB	(1975-01-30)January 30, 1975 (aged 29)	Parma
31	Traianos Dellas		CB	(1976-01-31)January 31, 1976 (aged 28)	Perugia
32	Vincent Candela		LB	(1973-10-24)October 24, 1973 (aged 30)	Guingamp
29	Giuseppe Scurto		CB	(1984-01-05)January 5, 1984 (aged 20)	AS Roma Primavera
Midfielders
8	Lima		DM	(1971-10-17)October 17, 1971 (aged 32)	Bologna 1909
11	Emerson		DM	(1976-10-04)October 4, 1976 (aged 27)	Bayer Leverkusen
15	Olivier Dacourt		CM	(1974-09-25)September 25, 1974 (aged 29)	Leeds United
17	Damiano Tommasi		DM	(1974-05-17)May 17, 1974 (aged 30)	Verona
21	Gaetano D'Agostino		CM	(1982-06-03)June 3, 1982 (aged 21)	AS Roma Primavera
27	Daniele De Rossi		DM	(1983-07-24)July 24, 1983 (aged 20)	AS Roma Primavera
30	Mancini		AM	(1980-08-01)August 1, 1980 (aged 23)	Venezia
28	Valerio Virga		CM	(1986-06-06)June 6, 1986 (aged 17)	AS Roma Primavera
Forwards
9	Vincenzo Montella		CF	(1974-06-18)June 18, 1974 (aged 29)	Sampdoria
10	Francesco Totti (c)		FW	(1976-09-27)September 27, 1976 (aged 27)	AS Roma Primavera
18	Antonio Cassano		FW	(1982-07-12)July 12, 1982 (aged 21)	Bari
23	John Carew		CF	(1979-09-05)September 5, 1979 (aged 24)	Valencia
24	Marco Delvecchio		CF	(1973-04-07)April 7, 1973 (aged 31)	Internazionale

Serie A

Matches

1 31 August 2003	Udinese	1–2	Roma	Udine
15:00 CEST	Krøldrup  27'		Delvecchio  13' Montella  69'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

2 14 September 2003	Roma	5–0	Brescia	Rome
15:00 CEST	Montella  11' Chivu  16' Totti  23', 58' Carew  86' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

3 21 September 2003	Juventus	2–2	Roma	Turin
20:30 CEST	Di Vaio  21', 35'		Chivu  25' Zebina  86'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

4 28 September 2003	Roma	3–0	Ancona	Rome
15:00 CEST	Montella  48' Totti  78' Delvecchio  86'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

6 19 October 2003	Roma	2–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST	Samuel  28' Cassano  60'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

8 2 November 2003	Roma	2–0	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CET	Montella  17' Carew  81'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

9 9 November 2003	Roma	2–0	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CET	Mancini  81' Emerson  86'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

10 23 November 2003	Bologna	0–4	Roma	Bologna
15:00 CET			Totti  16' Montella  33' Panucci  38' Cassano  49'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

11 30 November 2003	Roma	3–1	Lecce	Rome
15:00 CET	Mancini  19' Carew  45' Totti  77'		Chevantón  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

12 7 December 2003	Chievo	0–3	Roma	Verona
20:30 CET			Totti  67' Mancini  70' Cassano  72'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

13 14 December 2003	Roma	1–0	Modena	Rome
20:30 CET	Totti  8' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

14 20 December 2003	Empoli	0–2	Roma	Empoli
20:30 CET			Totti  23' (pen.), 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

15 6 January 2004	Roma	1–2	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET	Cassano  45+4'		Shevchenko  25', 70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

16 11 January 2004	Perugia	0–1	Roma	Perugia
15:00 CET			Mancini  3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

17 18 January 2004	Roma	3–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET	Carew  10' Totti  61', 67'		Bazzani  6'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

18 25 January 2004	Roma	1–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CET	Panucci  15'		Jankulovski  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

19 31 January 2004	Brescia	1–0	Roma	Brescia
20:30 CET	Bachini  43' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

20 8 February 2004	Roma	4–0	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET	Dacourt  13' Totti  53' (pen.) Cassano  71', 75'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

22 22 February 2004	Roma	6–0	Siena	Rome
15:00 CET	Cassano  19', 24', 70' Mancini  30' Delvecchio  81' Totti  86'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

23 29 February 2004	Parma	1–4	Roma	Parma
15:00 CET	Gilardino  30'		Cassano  45' Emerson  52' Totti  70' Mancini  77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

24 7 March 2004	Roma	4–1	Inter	Rome
20:30 CET	Cassano  45' Mancini  63', 90+4' Totti  89' (pen.)		Vieri  73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

26 28 March 2004	Roma	1–2	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CEST	Cassano  33'		Pecchia  26' Tare  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

27 4 April 2004	Lecce	0–3	Roma	Lecce
15:00 CEST			Emerson  50' Bovo  52' (o.g.) Totti  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

28 10 April 2004	Roma	3–1	Chievo	Palermo
15:00 CEST	Carew  29' Cassano  60' Barzagli  78' (o.g.)		Cossato  32'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

29 18 April 2004	Modena	0–1	Roma	Modena
20:30 CEST			Totti  55'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

30 21 April 2004	Lazio	1–1	Roma	Rome
18:00 CEST	Corradi  39'		Totti  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

31 25 April 2004	Roma	3–0	Empoli	Palermo
15:00 CEST	Totti  41', 89' Carew  65'			Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

32 2 May 2004	Milan	1–0	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST	Shevchenko  2'			Stadium: San Siro

33 9 May 2004	Roma	1–3	Perugia	Palermo
15:00 CEST	Cassano  12'		Zé Maria  19', 24' Ravanelli  82'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

Topscorers

• Francesco Totti 20 (5)
• Antonio Cassano 14
• Mancini 8
• John Carew 6 (1)

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2003/04