2003–04 F.C. Internazionale Milano season

Internazionale

2003–2004 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti Giacinto Facchetti
Manager	Héctor Cúper Alberto Zaccheroni[1]
Serie A	4th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
Ch.League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Vieri (13) All: Vieri (17)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season

2003–04 season started with a lot of issues: despite the expensive and request signings, Inter got bad results in domestic league (two wins, three draws and a loss in derby) and Héctor Cúper was sacked. In order to replace him, Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed coach: eventually, Inter came to a bare goal of fourth place. His campaign in Champions League, however, resulted in a failure: it didn't manage to pass his group, after an historical win over Arsenal (0-3 in Highbury).

In January 2004, Massimo Moratti decided to leave his position of chairman: former footballer Giacinto Facchetti substited him, retaining the charge until his death (occurred on 4 September 2006).

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Francesco Toldo 2 DF Iván Córdoba 3 FW Mohamed Kallon 4 DF Javier Zanetti (captain) 5 MF Matías Almeyda 6 DF Fabio Cannavaro 7 MF Andy van der Meyde 8 MF Sabri Lamouchi 9 FW Adriano 10 MF Okan Buruk 11 MF Giorgos Karagounis 12 GK Giacomo Bindi 13 DF Thomas Helveg 14 MF Javier Farinós 15 DF Daniele Adani 17 FW Julio Ricardo Cruz

No. Position Player 18 MF Kily González 19 MF Dejan Stanković 20 FW Álvaro Recoba 22 MF Cristiano Zanetti 23 DF Marco Materazzi 24 DF Carlos Gamarra 25 MF Emre Belözoglu 26 DF Giovanni Pasquale 30 FW Obafemi Martins 31 DF Jérémie Bréchet 32 FW Christian Vieri 34 DF Devis Nossa 50 GK Alberto Fontana 52 GK Alex Cordaz 71 GK Simone Villanova 77 DF Francesco Coco

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 9 MF Hernán Crespo (to Chelsea) 11 MF Luciano (on loan from Chievo) 16 DF Gonzalo Sorondo (on loan to Standard Liège) 18 MF Stéphane Dalmat (on loan to Tottenham Hotspur) 21 MF Nicola Beati (on loan to Triestina)

No. Position Player 27 GK Mathieu Moreau (on loan to Spezia) 27 DF Alessandro Potenza (on loan to Parma) 28 MF Mario Rebecchi (on loan to Genoa) 33 FW Isah Eliakwu (on loan to Parma) 78 FW Nicola Ventola (on loan to Siena)

Serie A

Games

1	Inter	2–0	Modena
	Vieri  86' Materazzi  90 + 1'

2	Siena	0–1	Inter
			Materazzi  29'

3	Inter	0–0	Sampdoria

4	Udinese	0–0	Inter

5	Inter	1–3	Milan
	Martins  79'		F. Inzaghi  39' Kaká  45' Shevchenko  77'

6	Brescia	2–2	Inter
	R. Baggio  21' Caracciolo  49'		Cruz  62' Vieri  87' (pen.)

7	Inter	0–0	Roma

8	Chievo	0–2	Inter
			Vieri  64' Recoba  67'

9	Inter	3–0	Ancona
	Cruz  26' Materazzi  50' Vieri  80'

10	Inter	6–0	Reggina
	Cannavaro  33' Martins  43' van der Meyde  49' Farinós  60' Cruz  66' Vieri  75'

11	Juventus	1–3	Inter
	Montero  90'		Cruz  12, 70' Martins  76'

12	Inter	2–1	Perugia
	Vieri  25, 80'		Tedesco  85'

13	Bologna	0–2	Inter
			Martins  30' Recoba  39'

14	Lazio	2–1	Inter
	Corradi  42' Zauri  82'		Vieri  30'

15	Inter	3–1	Lecce
	Cruz  50' Córdoba  60' Vieri  85'		Bovo  3'

16	Parma	1–0	Inter
	E. Filippini  41'

17	Inter	0–1	Empoli
			Rocchi  90'

18	Modena	1–1	Inter
	Makinwa  41'		Recoba  11'

19	Inter	4–0	Siena
	Recoba  22', 67' (pen.) Adriano  49, 78'

20	Sampdoria	2–2	Inter
	Cipriani  56' Doni  85' (pen.)		Vieri  31, 79'

21	Inter	1–2	Udinese
	Cruz  71'		Pinzi  51' Fava Passaro  66'

22	Milan	3–2	Inter
	Tomasson  56' Kaká  57' Seedorf  85'		Stanković  15' C. Zanetti  40'

23	Inter	1–3	Brescia
	Stanković  48'		Caracciolo  68' Del Nero  73' Helveg  76' (o.g.)

24	Roma	4–1	Inter
	Cassano  45' Mancini  63, 90 + 4' Totti  89' (pen.)		Vieri  73'

25	Inter	0–0	Chievo

26	Ancona	0–2	Inter
			Recoba  61' Adani  70'

27	Reggina	0–2	Inter
			Bonazzoli  42' (o.g.) Adriano  90 + 3'

28	Inter	3–2	Juventus
	Martins  6' Vieri  45' (pen.) Stanković  47'		Kily González  25' (o.g.) Di Vaio  90 + 3'

29	Perugia	2–3	Inter
	Di Francesco  50' Hübner  56'		Adriano  24, 86' Martins  88'

30	Inter	4–2	Bologna
	Recoba  32' Cannavaro  53' Stanković  55' Martins  70'		Bellucci  67, 76'

31	Inter	0–0	Lazio

32	Lecce	2–1	Inter
	Tonetto  47' Bovo  70'		Adriano  36' (pen.)

33	Inter	1–0	Parma
	Adriano  62'

34	Empoli	2–3	Inter
	Lucchini  18' Rocchi  83'		Adriano  45 + 1, 69' Recoba  65'

Top Scorers

• Christian Vieri 13
• Álvaro Recoba 8
• Adriano 7
• Julio Cruz 7
• Obafemi Martins 7
• Dejan Stanković 4

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 2003/04

References

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