2003–04 Serie A

Serie A
Season 2003–04
Champions Milan
17th title
Relegated Perugia
Modena
Empoli
Ancona
Champions League Milan
Roma
Juventus
Internazionale
UEFA Cup Parma
Lazio
Udinese
Matches played 306
Goals scored 811 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer Andriy Shevchenko (24)
Biggest home win Internazionale 6–0 Reggina
(22 November 2003)
Roma 6–0 Siena
(22 February 2004)
Biggest away win Bologna 0–4 Roma
(23 November 2003)
Highest scoring Brescia 4–4 Reggina
(21 September 2003)
Longest unbeaten run Milan
19 games
Highest attendance 78,334
Milan v Internazionale
Lowest attendance 3,774
Empoli v Udinese

The 2003–04 season in Italian Serie A football contained 18 teams for the 16th and last time from the 1988–89 season. With the bottom three being relegated, the 15th placed side would face the sixth-highest team from Serie B, with the winner playing in the Serie A in the subsequent 2004–05 season.

As usual, the top two teams would progress directly to the UEFA Champions League group stage, while third and fourth place would have to begin in the third qualifying round. The UEFA Cup places would be awarded to fifth and sixth place, and the winners of the Coppa Italia.

A.C. Milan won their 17th scudetto; Roma impressed and were pushing for the title until the last few weeks of the season; Internazionale only made it to the Champions League ahead of Parma and Lazio on the last day thanks to Adriano, who had been signed from Parma earlier in the season; Lazio won the Coppa Italia against Juventus, handing Udinese the UEFA Cup spot; Ancona were relegated with only two wins, the joint lowest tally ever (Brescia's 12 points in 1994–95 Serie A is still the lowest ever); Empoli and Modena were also relegated; Perugia lost their play-off with Fiorentina, who returned to Serie A after a two-year absence.

Ukrainian forward Andriy Shevchenko of Milan was the top scorer, with 24 goals. The 2003–04 league was the last professional season in the career of former European Footballer of the Year and Italian international Roberto Baggio, who finished among the tournament's top ten scorers with 12 goals, and among the all-time top five scorers in Serie A, with 205 career goals. It was also the last Serie A season for Baggio's former teammate Giuseppe Signori, who then moved to the Superleague Greece. Signori ended his career in Italy as the seventh highest scorer ever in Serie A.

Rule changes

Unlike La Liga, which imposed a quota on the number of non-EU players on each club, Serie A clubs could sign as many non-EU players as available on domestic transfer. But for the 2003–04 season a quota was imposed on each of the clubs limiting the number of non-EU, non-EFTA and non-Swiss players who may be signed from abroad each season,[1] following provisional measures[2] introduced in the 2002–03 season, which allowed Serie A & B clubs to sign only one non-EU player in the 2002 summer transfer window.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ancona Italy Giovanni Galeone Le Coq Sportif Banca Marche
Bologna Italy Carlo Mazzone Macron Area Banca
Brescia Italy Gianni De Biasi Kappa Banca Lombarda
Chievo Italy Luigi Del Neri Lotto Paluani
Empoli Italy Attilio Perotti Erreà Sammontana
Inter Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Marcello Lippi Nike Fastweb
Lazio Italy Roberto Mancini Puma Parmacotto
Lecce Italy Delio Rossi Asics Salento
Milan Italy Carlo Ancelotti Adidas Opel
Modena Italy Alberto Malesani Erreà Immergas
Parma Italy Cesare Prandelli Champion Parmalat · Cariparma
Perugia Italy Serse Cosmi Galex Toyota
Reggina Italy Giancarlo Camolese Asics Credit Suisse
Roma Italy Fabio Capello Diadora Mazda
Sampdoria Italy Walter Novellino Asics ERG
Siena Italy Giuseppe Papadopulo Lotto Monte Paschi Vita
Udinese Italy Luciano Spalletti Le Coq Sportif Bernardi

Managerial changes

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Milan (C) 34 25 7 2 65 24+41 82 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Roma 34 21 8 5 68 19+49 71
3 Juventus 34 21 6 7 67 42+25 69 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Internazionale 34 17 8 9 59 37+22 59
5 Parma 34 16 10 8 57 46+11 58 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 52 38+14 56
7 Udinese 34 13 11 10 44 40+4 0501
8 Sampdoria 34 11 13 10 40 422 46
9 Chievo 34 11 11 12 36 371 44
10 Lecce 34 11 8 15 43 5613 41
11 Brescia 34 9 13 12 52 575 40
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 45 538 39
13 Reggina 34 6 16 12 29 4516 34 REG 2–1 SIE
SIE 0–0 REG
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 5413 34
15 Perugia (R) 34 6 14 14 44 5612 32 Serie A qualification
16 Modena (R) 34 6 12 16 27 4619 30 Relegation to Serie B EMP 0–3 MOD
MOD 1–1 EMP
17 Empoli (R) 34 7 9 18 26 5428 30
18 Ancona (R) 34 2 7 25 21 7049 13

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1 Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away ANC BOL BRECHVEMPINTJUVLAZLCEMILMODPARPERREGROMSAMSIEUDI
Ancona 32 11 02 21 02 23 01 02 02 11 02 00 11 00 01 00 03
Bologna 32 30 31 21 02 01 21 11 03 11 22 22 22 04 01 31 20
Brescia 52 00 11 20 22 23 21 12 01 00 23 11 44 10 11 42 12
Chievo 10 21 31 00 02 12 00 23 02 20 02 41 00 03 11 11 00
Empoli 20 20 11 01 23 33 22 00 01 03 10 10 11 02 11 10 20
Internazionale 30 42 13 00 01 32 00 31 13 20 10 21 60 00 00 40 12
Juventus 30 21 20 10 51 13 10 34 13 31 40 10 10 22 20 42 41
Lazio 42 21 01 10 30 21 20 41 01 21 23 31 11 11 11 52 22
Lecce 31 12 14 12 21 21 11 01 11 10 12 12 21 03 00 00 21
Milan 50 21 42 22 10 32 11 10 30 20 31 21 31 10 31 21 12
Modena 21 20 11 03 11 11 02 11 20 11 22 10 12 01 10 13 01
Parma 31 00 22 31 40 10 22 03 31 00 30 30 12 14 10 11 43
Perugia 10 42 22 02 11 23 10 12 22 11 11 22 00 01 33 22 33
Reggina 00 00 00 00 20 02 02 21 13 21 11 11 12 00 22 21 01
Roma 30 12 50 31 30 41 40 20 31 12 10 20 13 20 31 60 11
Sampdoria 20 32 21 10 20 22 12 12 22 04 11 12 32 20 00 21 13
Siena 32 00 01 12 40 01 13 30 21 14 40 12 21 00 00 00 10
Udinese 30 13 43 11 20 00 00 12 10 00 10 11 11 10 12 01 11

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Serie A qualification

Perugia had to play a qualification match with 6th-placed team of Serie B, Fiorentina.

16 June 2004
Perugia 0–1 Fiorentina
Fantini  10'
Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia
Attendance: 23,500

20 June 2004
Fiorentina 1–1 Perugia
Fantini  47' do Prado  82'
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 43,000

A.C. Perugia relegated to Serie B, while ACF Fiorentina was promoted to Serie A.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Milan 24
2 Italy Alberto Gilardino Parma 23
3 Italy Francesco Totti Roma 20
4 Uruguay Javier Chevantón Lecce 19
5 Brazil Adriano Inter/Parma 17
6 France David Trezeguet Juventus 16
7 Italy Antonio Cassano Roma 14
8 Italy Fabio Bazzani Sampdoria 13
Italy Christian Vieri Inter
10 Italy Roberto Baggio Brescia 12
Italy Andrea Caracciolo Brescia
Italy Dino Fava Udinese
Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson Milan

Season transfers

References

Footnotes

  1. "Italy blocks non-EU players". UEFA.com. 2003-03-05. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  2. "Italians bar non-EU imports". UEFA.com. 2002-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
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