2003–04 S.S. Lazio season

Lazio

2003–04 season

Manager

Roberto Mancini

Serie A

6th

Coppa Italia

Winners

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Top goalscorer

Bernardo Corradi (10)

Home colours

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S.S. Lazio was still a club in turmoil during the 2003–04 season, and it was the last year before the squad was almost completely depleted of quality.

Season

Lazio had qualified for the UEFA Champions League thanks to a great team spirit during the difficult 2002–03 season. The Capitalia bank still controlled the club, and it tried to enhance the sale value of the club by bringing in Udinese midfielders David Pizarro and Martin Jørgensen to the club. The deal fell through however, due to a couple of undisclosed Lazio players refusing to move to Udinese as exchange for the transfer-targets. The reasoning behind the deal from Capitalia was that a great Champions League result should help them find an investor, and therefore the departure of the club in the Group Phase nearly got to be end of the club.

Prior to the season had Capitalia released enough funds to sign Demetrio Albertini, Luciano Zauri and Roberto Muzzi to the club, but at the same time key midfielder Diego Simeone left for Atlético Madrid, which turned out to be a blow for the midfield play in the 2003–04 season.

Lazio started off greatly, fending off newcomers Lecce 4–1 and Sampdoria 2–1 away from home. Talk of a title challenge faded afterwards, when the play got really inconsistent, and the goalscoring was not at the same level as in the year before. Expected star striker Claudio López had his worst season with the club, while Bernardo Corradi scored his accustomary ten goals. Jaap Stam and Stefano Fiore were the players who got the most fanfare, especially Fiore, following a sensational display against Juventus, when Lazio won the Coppa Italia.

In the end, despite beating both Juventus and Internazionale at home in the league, Lazio came up short in taking a vital fourth place that would have enabled the club to receive income from Champions League play. It ended up sixth, following a defeat at the hans of Brescia and an inspired Roberto Baggio. Inter clinched the final Champions League spot, and Lazio was doomed to sell several key players during the summer, if the club would even make it through.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Matches

1	Lazio	4–1	Lecce	Rome
	Albertini 20' Corradi 25' Fiore 36' Oddo 84'		Konan 50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

2	Sampdoria	1–2	Lazio	Genoa
	Bazzani 73'		S. Inzaghi 9' Albertini 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

3	Lazio	2–3	Parma	Rome
	Stam 33' S. Inzaghi 79'		Bresciano 1, 89' Adriano 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

4	Empoli	2–2	Lazio	Empoli
	Di Natale 74' Tavano 78'		Stanković 37' Fiore 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

5	Lazio	1–0	Chievo	Rome
	Mihajlović 64'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

6	Milan	1–0	Lazio	Milan
	Pirlo 37'			Stadium: San Siro

7	Lazio	2–1	Bologna	Rome
	S. Inzaghi 83' Corradi 90 + 1'		Dabo 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

8	Udinese	1–2	Lazio	Udine
	Iaquinta 27'		Corradi 16' S. Inzaghi 33'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

9	Roma	2–0	Lazio	Rome
	Mancini 81' Emerson 86'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

10	Lazio	3–1	Perugia	Rome
	Stanković 45+2' Corradi 87' S. Inzaghi 90+4'		Grosso 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

11	Siena	3–0	Lazio	Siena
	Taddei 41, 43' Menegazzo 90+5'			Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

12	Lazio	2–0	Juventus	Rome
	Corradi 21' Fiore 45 + 3'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

13	Ancona	0–1	Lazio	Ancona
			Liverani 76'	Stadium: Stadio del Conero

14	Lazio	2–1	Inter	Rome
	Corradi 42' Zauri 82'		Vieri 30'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

15	Reggina	2–1	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
	Di Michele 60' Cozza 71'		Liverani 16'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo

16	Lazio	0–1	Brescia	Rome
			Di Biagio 5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

17	Modena	1–1	Lazio	Modena
	Campedelli 61'		C. López 24'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

18	Lecce	0–1	Lazio	Lecce
			César 55'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

19	Lazio	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
	Fiore 11'		Bazzani 50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

20	Parma	0–3	Lazio	Parma
			C. López 40' (pen.), 57' Corradi 65'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

21	Lazio	3–0	Empoli	Rome
	Couto 5' Zauri 45 + 2' Stam 71'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

22	Chievo	0–0	Lazio	Verona
				Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

23	Lazio	0–1	Milan	Rome
			Ambrosini 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

24	Bologna	2–1	Lazio	Bologna
	Signori 34' C. Amoroso 64'		Fiore 38'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

25	Lazio	2–2	Udinese	Rome
	Muzzi 5' S. Inzaghi 6'		Castromán 11' Iaquinta 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

26	Perugia	1–2	Lazio	Perugia
	Brienza 49'		Fiore 29' Giannichedda 58'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

27	Lazio	5–2	Siena	Rome
	César 4, 45 + 1, 49' Fiore 29' Corradi 78'		Guigou 9' Taddei 24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

28	Juventus	1–0	Lazio	Turin
	Trezeguet 88'			Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

29	Lazio	4–2	Ancona	Rome
	Couto 12, 81' Fiore 73' Zauri 89'		Bucchi 12' D. Andersson 64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

30	Lazio	1–1	Roma	Rome
	Corradi 35'		Totti 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

31	Inter	0–0	Lazio	Milano
				Stadium: San Siro

32	Lazio	1–1	Reggina	Rome
	C. López 23'		Cozza 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

33	Brescia	2–1	Lazio	Brescia
	Mauri 81' R. Baggio 89'		César 90 + 3'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

34	Lazio	2–1	Modena	Rome
	Corradi 17' César 49'		Amoruso 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Top Scorers

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	8	10	52	38	+14	56	10	4	3	35	19	+16	6	4	7	17	19	−2

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Lazio-Benfica 3-1
1-0 Bernardo Corradi (16)
2-0 Stefano Fiore (52)
2-1 Simão (63)
3-1 Siniša Mihajlović (83)

Benfica-Lazio 0-1
0-1 César (26)

Group stage

Beşiktaş-Lazio 0-2
0-1 Jaap Stam (37)
0-2 Stefano Fiore (77)

Lazio-Sparta Prague 2-2
0-1 Libor Sionko (27)
0-2 Karel Poborský (36)
1-2 Simone Inzaghi (46)
2-2 Simone Inzaghi (61 pen)

Chelsea-Lazio 2-1
0-1 Simone Inzaghi (39)
1-1 Frank Lampard (57)
2-1 Adrian Mutu (65)

Lazio-Chelsea 0-4
0-1 Hernán Crespo (14)
0-2 Eiður Guðjohnsen (70)
0-3 Damien Duff (75)
0-4 Frank Lampard (80)

Lazio-Beşiktaş 1-1
0-1 Daniel Pancu (45 pen)
1-1 Roberto Muzzi (55)

Sparta Prague-Lazio 1-0
1-0 Marek Kincl (90)

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