FA Cup 2003/04
| FA Cup 2003/04 | |
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| Cup winners | Manchester United (11th title) |
| ← FA Cup 2002/03 | |
The 2003/04 FA Cup was the 123rd staging of the world's oldest football cup tournament; The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup for short . This cup season started with 661 clubs. For the fourth consecutive year the final guest appearance in the Millennium Stadium in Wales Cardiff .
The cup competition started with the extra preliminary round on August 23, 2003 and ended with the final on May 22, 2004. The winner of this event was Manchester United .
calendar
| round | date | Games | societies | Bonuses |
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| Extra preliminary round | August 23, 2003 | 73 | 661 → 588 | £ 500 |
| Preliminary round | August 30, 2003 | 182 | 588 → 406 | £ 1,000 |
| First qualifying round | September 20, 2003 | 124 | 406 → 282 | £ 2,250 |
| Second qualifying round | September 27, 2003 | 84 | 282 → 198 | £ 3,750 |
| Third qualifying round | October 11, 2003 | 42 | 198 → 156 | £ 5,000 |
| Fourth qualifying round | October 25, 2003 | 32 | 156 → 124 | £ 10,000 |
| First main round | November 8, 2003 | 40 | 124 → 84 | £ 16,000 |
| Second main round | December 6, 2003 | 20th | 84 → 64 | £ 24,000 |
| Third main round | January 3, 2004 | 32 | 64 → 32 | £ 40,000 |
| Fourth main round | January 24, 2004 | 16 | 32 → 16 | £ 60,000 |
| Fifth main round | February 14, 2004 | 8th | 16 → 8 | £ 120,000 |
| Sixth main round (quarter-finals) | March 6, 2004 | 4th | 8 → 4 | £ 300,000 |
| Semifinals | April 3, 2004 | 2 | 4 → 2 | £ 900,000 |
| final | May 22, 2004 | 1 | 2 → 1 | £ 1,000,000 |
mode
Complete overview at: FA Cup
The FA Cup is played in rounds. Any team that has a certain level of performance and an appropriate playing field can take part. The game is played i. d. Usually only with a first leg. In the event of a tie, a second leg takes place. If the second leg also ends in a draw, the game goes into extra time or penalty shoot-out. This mode lasts until the sixth main round. From the semi-finals onwards there is only one game, possibly with extra time and penalty shoot-out. Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to the round.
Main round
First main round
The games were played on November 7th to 9th, 2003. The replay took place on November 18th and 19th.
Second main round
The games were played from December 5 to 7, 2003. The replays followed on December 15-17 of that year.
Third main round
The games were played on January 3rd and 4th, 2004. Necessary replay games have been scheduled for January 13th and 14th.
Fourth main round
The games took place on January 24th and 25th, 2004. The required repetitions were played between February 3rd and 11th of that year.
| Game no. | Home team | Result | Away team |
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| 1 | Burnley FC | 3: 1 | Gillingham FC |
| 2 | Liverpool FC | 2: 1 | Newcastle United |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 0: 3 | Sheffield United |
| 4th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1: 3 | West Ham United |
| 5 | Luton Town | 0: 1 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 6th | Everton FC | 1: 1 | Fulham FC |
| Replay | Fulham FC | 2: 1 | Everton FC |
| 7th | Scarborough FC | 0: 1 | Chelsea FC |
| 8th | Ipswich Town | 1: 2 | Sunderland AFC |
| 9 | Manchester City | 1: 1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 3: 4 | Manchester City |
| 10 | Northampton Town | 0: 3 | Manchester United |
| 11 | Coventry City | 1: 1 | Colchester United |
| Replay | Colchester United | 3: 1 | Coventry City |
| 12 | Portsmouth FC | 2: 1 | Scunthorpe United |
| 13 | Arsenal FC | 4: 1 | Middlesbrough FC |
| 14th | Birmingham City | 1-0 | Wimbledon FC |
| 15th | Telford United | 0: 2 | Millwall FC |
| 16 | Swansea City | 2: 1 | Preston North End |
Fifth main round
The matches were held on February 14th and 15th, 2004. The replays followed from February 22nd to 25th of that year.
| Game no. | Home team | Result | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 1-0 | Portsmouth FC |
| Replay | Portsmouth FC | 1-0 | Liverpool FC |
| 2 | Sunderland AFC | 1: 1 | Birmingham City |
| Replay | Birmingham City | 0: 2 | Sunderland AFC |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 1-0 | Colchester United |
| 4th | Tranmere Rovers | 2: 1 | Swansea City |
| 5 | Fulham FC | 0-0 | West Ham United |
| Replay | West Ham United | 0: 3 | Fulham FC |
| 6th | Manchester United | 4: 2 | Manchester City |
| 7th | Millwall FC | 1-0 | Burnley FC |
| 8th | Arsenal FC | 2: 1 | Chelsea FC |
Sixth main round
The games took place on March 6th and 7th, 2004. The replay took place on March 16.
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
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| 1 | Manchester United | 2: 1 | Fulham FC | 67,614 |
| 2 | Portsmouth FC | 1: 5 | Arsenal FC | 20,137 |
| 3 | Millwall FC | 0-0 | Tranmere Rovers | 16,404 |
| Replay | Tranmere Rovers | 1: 2 | Millwall FC | 15,510 |
| 4th | Sunderland AFC | 1-0 | Sheffield United | 37,115 |
Semifinals
The games were played on April 3 and 4, 2004. The games took place in a neutral place. The match between Arsenal and Manchester took place at Villa Park in Birmingham . The other semi-final kicked off at Old Trafford in Manchester .
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
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| 1 | Arsenal FC | 0: 1 | Manchester United | 39,939 |
| 2 | Sunderland AFC | 0: 1 | Millwall FC | 56,112 |
final
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Tim Howard (84th Roy Carroll ) - Gary Neville , Wes Brown , Mikaël Silvestre , John O'Shea - Cristiano Ronaldo (84th Ole Gunnar Solskjær ), Darren Fletcher (84th Nicky Butt ), Roy Keane , Ryan Giggs , Paul Scholes - Ruud van Nistelrooy Trainer: Alex Ferguson ( Scotland )
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Andy Marshall - Marvin Elliott , Matthew Lawrence , Darren Ward , Robbie Ryan (74th Barry Cogan ) - Paul Ifill , Dennis Wise (89th Curtis Weston ), David Livermore , Peter Sweeney - Tim Cahill , Neil Harris (75th Mark McCammon ) Trainer: Dennis Wise |
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 1: 0 Cristiano Ronaldo (44.) 2: 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy (65., penalty) 3: 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy (81.)
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 Dennis Wise (48th)
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Web links
- thefa.com: Official FA Cup page (English)
- thefa.com: FA Cup archive (English)
- soccerbase.com: The Games of the FA Cup 2003/04 (English)