Serie A 2003/04

Serie A 2003/04
master	AC Milan
Champions League	AC Milan AS Roma
Champions League qualification	Juventus Turin Inter Milan
Uefa cup	AC Parma Lazio Udinese Calcio
Cup winners	Lazio Rome
Relegation ↓	AC Perugia
Relegated	AC Perugia FC Modena FC Empoli Ancona Calcio
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 2 relegation games
Gates	816  (ø 2.66 per game)
Top scorer	Andrij Shevchenko ( AC Milan )
← Serie A 2002/03 Series A 2004/05 →
Serie B 2003/04 ↓

The Serie A teams of the 2003/04 season

The 2003/04 Serie A was the 72nd season in the top Italian men's soccer division. It started on August 30, 2003 with the game Reggina Calcio against the newly promoted Sampdoria Genoa . The season ended on May 16, 2004 because of the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal . The Scudetto , the Italian championship title, was won by AC Milan . FC Modena , FC Empoli and Ancona Calcio had to relegate . The AC Perugia , who in the third round of the UEFA Cup was thwarted by the PSV Eindhoven, had in the relegation match against Fiorentina . Perugia lost against Fiorentina and followed the already established relegated to the Serie B . The top scorer was Andrij Shevchenko from AC Milan with 24 goals this season , followed by Alberto Gilardino from AC Parma .

League reform

For the 2004/05 season , the Serie A should start with 20 clubs.

Season course

The first league leader of the new season was Juventus Turin after a 5-1 opening win over FC Empoli . The AS Roma under coach Fabio Capello sat down early on to the table top. Until shortly after the winter break it was a three-way battle for Scudetto before Juventus Turin finally had to say goodbye to the championship fight with a 4-0 defeat on matchday 20 at direct rivals AS Roma. But AS Roma could not endanger the later title holder AC Milan , the gap was too big, which was nine points in the meantime. On matchday 32, the Milanese made their 17th championship title perfect with a 1-0 win in a direct duel against later runner-up AS Roma. In the end, the two clubs separated by more than eleven points. On the fifth day of the match, the first coach was dismissed after the Milan city derby. AC Milan won 3-1 and thus caused the dismissal of Inter Milan coach Héctor Cúper . His successor was Alberto Zaccheroni , who missed the top of the table with Inter Milan after a good start to the season and threatened to slip more and more into midfield. On the penultimate matchday there was a direct duel between Inter Milan and AC Parma for a qualifying place in the UEFA Champions League . Inter won 1-0 and moved up to fourth place, which they defended with a 3-2 away win in Empoli on the last day of the match. For coach Alberto Zaccheroni, however, this had no impact on a possible future at the traditional Milan club. Club boss Massimo Moratti ended his employment with the master coach from 1999 prematurely and signed Roberto Mancini as the new coach for the new season .

Italy's representatives in the UEFA Cup were AC Parma, Lazio Rome and Udinese Calcio . Of the newcomers, Sampdoria Genoa placed the best, US Lecce also remained first class, despite a false start of six defeats from seven games. The third promoted AC Siena also secured themselves early, on the 33rd match day with a 3-1 win in the relegation duel at FC Modena , the league, while the defeated competitor had to go into the second division. At the end of the season, AC Perugia was there again. Perugia, who had just lost to PSV Eindhoven in the third round of the UEFA Cup, had to wait until matchday 22 for a win. The newly promoted Ancona Calcio waited even longer for a win . It was only on the 29th match day that they defeated FC Bologna and secured their first "three". Ancona spent the entire season in a relegation zone and won the “Red Lantern” 29 times. In addition, with only two wins and 13 points, they were relegated as one of the worst clubs in Serie A history.

Incidents

Bankruptcy of a traditional club

The AC Parma had the food company even during the season, due to a debt mountain of € 309.5 million and the bankruptcy of Parmalat , who received the majority of the club to file for bankruptcy.

Riots in the Roman city derby

The Römer Stadtderby was canceled due to violent unrest in both fan camps on March 21, 2004 and rescheduled on April 14. More than 176 fans and 153 police officers were injured in the riots.

Performing in the European Cup

Unlike in the previous season, when Serie A provided three teams from the four semi-finalists, the performance of the Italian representatives was mixed. No Italian club reached the semi-finals. As the bottom of the group, Lazio left early in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League, Inter Milan was allowed to continue playing after being eliminated in the UEFA Cup. There came against Olympique Marseille (0: 1, 0: 1) in the quarter-finals. Udinese Calcio said goodbye in round one, AC Parma broke the sails in round three, when Gençlerbirliği Ankara sealed their elimination with a 3-0 defeat after a 1-0 first leg win. In the Champions League, the Italian defending champions AC Milan suffered a 4-1 defeat at Deportivo La Coruña in the quarter-finals, despite a 4-1 win in the first leg . The Spaniards had already thrown Juventus Turin out of the tournament a round earlier.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Milan (P)	34	25th	7th	2	065:240	+41	82
2.	AS Roma	34	21st	8th	5	068:190	+49	71
3.	Juventus Turin (M)	34	21st	6th	7th	067:420	+25	69
4th	Inter Milan	34	17th	8th	9	059:370	+22	59
5.	AC Parma	34	16	10	8th	057:460	+11	58
6th	Lazio Rome	34	16	8th	10	052:380	+14	56
7th	Udinese Calcio	34	13	11	10	044:400	+4	50
8th.	Sampdoria Genoa (N)	34	11	13	10	040:420	−2	46
9.	Chievo Verona	34	11	11	12	036:370	−1	44
10.	US Lecce (N)	34	11	8th	15th	043:560	−13	41
11.	Brescia Calcio	34	9	13	12	052:570	−5	40
12.	Bologna FC	34	10	9	15th	045:530	−8	39
13.	AC Siena (N)	34	8th	10	16	041:540	−13	34
14th	Reggina Calcio	34	6th	16	12	029:450	−16	34
15th	AC Perugia	34	6th	14th	14th	044:560	−12	32
16.	Modena FC	34	6th	12	16	027:460	−19	30th
17th	FC Empoli	34	7th	9	18th	026:540	−28	30th
18th	Ancona Calcio (N)	34	2	7th	25th	021:700	−49	13

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Italian champion and participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2004/05 Champions League qualification

Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup

Participation in the relegation games against the sixth place in Serie B in 2003/04

Relegated to Serie B in 2004/05

(M)	Italian champion 2002/03
(P)	Cup winner 2002/03
(N)	Newcomers from Serie B 2002/03

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2003/04
Juventus Turin		1: 3	1: 3	1-0	4-0	4: 1	1-0	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 1	5: 1	1-0	4: 2	2-0	3: 4	3-0
Inter Milan	3: 2		1: 3	0-0	1-0	1: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	4: 2	2-0	0: 1	6-0	4-0	0-0	3: 1	3-0
AC Milan	1: 1	3: 2		1-0	3: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	4: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3-0	5-0
Lazio Rome	2-0	2: 1	0: 1		2: 3	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	5: 2	1: 1	4: 1	4: 2
AC Parma	2: 2	1-0	0-0	0: 3		4: 3	3: 1	1: 4	2: 2	3-0	0-0	3-0	4-0	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	3: 1
Udinese Calcio	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 1		1: 1	1: 2	4: 3	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	3-0
Chievo Verona	1: 2	0: 2	0: 2	0-0	0: 2	0-0		0: 3	3: 1	4: 1	2: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1-0
AS Roma	4-0	4: 1	1: 2	2-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1		5-0	1: 3	1: 2	1-0	3-0	2-0	6-0	3: 1	3: 1	3-0
Brescia Calcio	2: 3	2: 2	0: 1	2: 1	2: 3	1: 2	1: 1	1-0		1: 1	0-0	0-0	2-0	4: 4	4: 2	1: 1	1: 2	5: 2
AC Perugia	1-0	2: 3	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	3: 3	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2		4: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	3: 3	2: 2	1-0
Bologna FC	0: 1	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	3: 1	0: 4	3-0	2: 2		1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 2
Modena FC	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	0: 3	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0		1: 1	1: 2	1: 3	1-0	2-0	2: 1
FC Empoli	3: 3	2: 3	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	2-0	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 3		1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0
Reggina Calcio	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	2-0		2: 1	2: 2	1: 3	0-0
AC Siena	1: 3	0: 1	1: 2	3-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	4-0	4-0	0-0		0-0	2: 1	3: 2
Sampdoria Genoa	1: 2	2: 2	0: 3	1: 2	1: 2	1: 3	1-0	0-0	2: 1	3: 2	3: 2	1: 1	2-0	2-0	2: 1		2: 2	2-0
US Lecce	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0: 3	1: 4	1: 2	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	0-0		3: 1
AC Ancona	2: 3	0: 2	0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	0: 3	0: 2	0-0	1: 1	0-0	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 2

Relegation matches

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Perugia	1: 2	AC Florence	0: 1	1: 1

spectator

	league	spectator	Games	cut
	Bundesliga	11,442,009	306	37,392
	Premier League	13,309,056	380	35,024
	Primera División	11,268,077	380	29,653
	Series A	7.902.291	306	25,842

space		society	spectator	Games	cut
1.		AC Milan	1,079,035	17th	63,473
2.		Inter Milan	952.883	17th	56.052
3.		AS Roma	838.656	17th	49,333
4th		Lazio Rome	776.855	17th	45,697
5.		Juventus Turin	588,378	17th	34,610
6th		Sampdoria Genoa	442.419	17th	26,025
7th		Bologna FC	415,000	17th	24,412
8th.		Reggina Calcio	360.239	17th	21,191
9.		AC Parma	332,888	17th	19,582
10.		Udinese Calcio	290,000	19th	17.059
11.		US Lecce	276.029	17th	16,237
12.		AC Chievo Verona	262.506	17th	15,442
13.		Brescia Calcio	260.029	17th	15,296
14th		Modena FC	254,887	17th	14,993
15th		Ancona Calcio	254,887	17th	13,351
16.		AC Perugia	214,000	17th	12,588
17th		AC Siena	192,000	17th	11,294
18th		FC Empoli	139,522	17th	8,207
-.		All in all:	7.902.291	306	25,824

List of goalscorers

Top scorer in Serie A for the second time after 1999/2000

The top scorer of the 2003/04 season, like in the 1999/2000 season, was Ukrainian Andrij Shevchenko from AC Milan . He was followed by a “newcomer”, 21-year-old Alberto Gilardino , who scored AC Parma in the UEFA Cup with 23 goals. Together with Adriano , who was signed by Inter Milan during the season, he formed the most dangerous striker duo with a total of 40 goals. The duo Shevchenko / Tomasson made it together to 36 goals this season. Filippo Inzaghi , who secured Milan the Champions League triumph with his goals last season , only made 14 appearances with three goals due to a sustained knee injury. Last season's top scorer, Christian Vieri , could not maintain the high level of the previous year and scored 13 goals this season. Roberto Baggio and Andrea Caracciolo secured early relegation with their 12 goals each season in Brescia Calcio .

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Andrij Shevchenko	AC Milan	24
2		Alberto Gilardino	AC Parma	23
3		Francesco Totti	AS Roma	20th
4th		Ernesto Chevantón	US Lecce	19th
5		Adriano Leite Ribeiro	AC Parma / Inter Milan	17th
6th		David Trezeguet	Juventus Turin	16
7th		Fabio Bazzani	Sampdoria Genoa	13
		Christian Vieri	Inter Milan
9		Roberto Baggio	Brescia Calcio	12
		Andrea Caracciolo	Brescia Calcio
		Dino Fava	Udinese Calcio
		Jon Dahl Tomasson	AC Milan

Dismissal / change of trainer

Marcello Lippi left Juventus Turin after missing the title defense and became Italian national coach

Fabio Capello left AS Roma and succeeded Marcello Lippi at Juve

Luigi Del Nieri left Chievo Verona and succeeded José Mourniho at Champions League winners FC Porto

Roberto Mancini terminated his contract with Lazio and became Inter Milan coach for the new season

After the lost Milan city derby (1: 3) on the fifth match day, Héctor Cúper was dismissed from Inter Milan . His successor was Alberto Zaccheroni , who won the title with Milan in 1999. After a good debut and a temporary fall from the European Cup, Zaccheroni managed to reach a final for qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. However, he was only authorized to give a short interlude and had to make way for Roberto Mancini for the new season. At the failed ex-champions Juventus Turin coach Marcello Lippi resigned after three years and inherited Giovanni Trapattoni , who drew a line after the qualifying round after the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal. Lippi's successor at Juve was Fabio Capello , who was defeated in the championship race with AS Roma against AC Milan.

14 of 18 teams changed their training team during or shortly after the end of the season. With the promoted AC Siena and US Lecce you had to look for a new trainer despite relegation for the new season. AC Chievo Verona lost their coach Luigi Delneri to Champions League winners FC Porto . Delneri led the team to Serie A in 2001 and made two European appearances. AC Parma dismissed coach Cesare Prandelli after failing to qualify for the Champions League and threatening bankruptcy .

Trainer		society	successor	Dismissal / resignation
Leonardo Menichini		Ancona Calcio	Nedo Sonetti
Nedo Sonetti		Ancona Calcio	Giovanni galleon
Daniele Baldini		FC Empoli	Attilio Perotti
Alberto Malesani		Modena FC	Gianfranco Bellotto
Franco Colomba		Reggina Calcio	Giancarlo Camolese
Héctor Cúper		Inter Milan	Alberto Zaccheroni	4th matchday
Alberto Zaccheroni		Inter Milan	End of season	34th matchday
Serse Cosmi		AC Perugia	End of season	34th matchday
Giuseppe Papadopulo		AC Siena	End of season	34th matchday
Cesare Prandelli		AC Parma	End of season	34th matchday
Luigi Delneri		AC Chievo Verona	End of season	34th matchday
Delio Rossi		US Lecce	End of season	34th matchday
Roberto Mancini		Lazio Rome	End of season	34th matchday
Fabio Capello		AS Roma	End of season	34th matchday
Marcello Lippi		Juventus Turin	End of season	34th matchday

Champions team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

AC Milan

Goal: Dida (32 / -); Christian Abbiati (2 / -) Defense: Paolo Maldini (30 / -); Cafu (28/1); Alessandro Nesta (26 / -); Alessandro Costacurta (22 / -); Giuseppe Pancaro (21/1); Serginho (20 / -); Martin Laursen (10 / -); Dario Simic (10 / -); Kacha Kaladze (6 / -) Midfield: Gennaro Gattuso (33/1); Andrea Pirlo (32/6); Kaka (30/10); Clarence Seedorf (29/3); Rui Costa (27/3); Massimo Ambrosini (20/1); Cristian Brocchi (11 / -); Fernando Redondo (8 / -) Storm: Andrij Shevchenko (32/24); Jon Dahl Tomasson (26/12); Filippo Inzaghi (14/3); Marco Borriello (4 / -); Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

See also

• Series B 2003/04
• Coppa Italia 2003/04

Web links

• Serie A 2003/04 on RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kicker-online: Insolvency at AC Parma . April 28, 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
2. ↑ weltfussball.de: Bundesliga 2003/04 spectators . Retrieved February 11, 2011.
3. ↑ weltfussball.de: Premiere League 2003/04 viewers . Retrieved February 11, 2011.
4. ↑ weltfussball.de: Primera Division 2003/04 spectators . Retrieved February 11, 2011.
5. ↑ weltfussball.de: Serie A 2003/04 viewers . Retrieved February 11, 2011.