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Serie A
2003–04
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Season information
Winners Milan (17th title)
Relegated Perugia
Modena
Empoli
Ancona
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League Milan (1st group stage)
Roma (1st group stage)
Juventus (3rd qualifying round)
Internazionale (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Parma (first round)
Lazio (first round)
Udinese (first round)
Season statistics
Matches played 306
Goals scored 811
Average 2.65
Top goalscorer Flag of Ukraine 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)
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The 2003-2004 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 6th highest team from Serie B, with the winner playing in the Serie A in 2004-2005.

As usual, the top two teams would progress directly to the UEFA Champions League group stage, while 3rd and 4th place would have to begin in the 3rd qualifying round. The UEFA Cup places would be awarded to 5th and 6th place, and the winners of the Coppa Italia.

AC 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 Calcio's 12 points in Serie A 1994-95 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 2003-2004 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, with 205 career goals. It was also the last Serie A season for Baggio's former teammate Giuseppe Signori, who then moved to the Greek Super League. 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, 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 Flag of Italy Giovanni Galeone Le Coq Sportif Banca Marche
Bologna Flag of Italy Carlo Mazzone Macron Area Banca
Brescia Flag of Italy Gianni de Biasi Kappa Banca Lombarda
Chievo Flag of Italy Luigi Del Neri Lotto Paluani
Empoli Flag of Italy Attilio Perotti Erreà Sammontana
Inter Flag of Italy Alberto Zaccheroni Nike Pirelli
Juventus Flag of Italy Marcello Lippi Nike Fastweb
Lazio Flag of Italy Roberto Mancini Puma Parmacotto
Lecce Flag of Italy Delio Rossi Asics Salento
Milan Flag of Italy Carlo Ancelotti Adidas Opel
Modena Flag of Italy Gianfranco Bellotto Erreà Immergas
Parma Flag of Italy Cesare Prandelli Champion Parmalat · Cariparma
Perugia Flag of Italy Serse Cosmi Galex Toyota
Reggina Flag of Italy Giancarlo Camolese Asics Credit Suisse
Roma Flag of Italy Fabio Capello Diadora Mazda
Sampdoria Flag of Italy Walter Novellino Asics ERG
Siena Flag of Italy Giuseppe Papadopulo Lotto Monte Paschi Vita
Udinese Flag of Italy Luciano Spalletti Le Coq Sportif Bernardi

Managerial changes[]

  • Ancona appointed Leonardo Menichini as successor to Luigi Simoni, but he was sacked in early September and replaced him by Nedo Sonetti. Sonetti lasted 15 games before being replaced by Giovanni Galeone.
  • Bologna sacked Francesco Guidolin before start of season and replaced by former Brescia Calcio boss Carlo Mazzone.
  • Brescia appointed Gianni De Biasi as manager before start of season, following the departure of Carlo Mazzone to Bologna.
  • Empoli appointed Daniele Baldini as successor to Silvio Baldini, but he was sacked in early October and replaced him with Attilio Perotti.
  • Internazionale sacked Héctor Cúper in October and replaced him by Alberto Zaccheroni.
  • Modena appointed Alberto Malesani as successor to Gianni De Biasi, but he was sacked in early March and he was replaced by Gianfranco Bellotto.
  • Reggina appointed Franco Colomba as the new manager during pre-season, but he was sacked in early November and replaced him by Giancarlo Camolese.

Final classification[]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
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 42 −2 46
9 Chievo 34 11 11 12 36 37 −1 44
10 Lecce 34 11 8 15 43 56 −13 41
11 Brescia 34 9 13 12 52 57 −5 40
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 45 53 −8 39
13 Reggina 34 6 16 12 29 45 −16 34
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 54 −13 34
15 Perugia  (R) 34 6 14 14 44 56 −12 32
Serie A qualification
16 Modena  (R) 34 6 12 16 27 46 −19 30
Relegation to the  Serie B
17 Empoli  (R) 34 7 9 18 26 54 −28 30
18 Ancona  (R) 34 2 7 25 21 70 −49 13

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results[]

Home \ Away ANC BOL BRE CHV EMP INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL MOD PAR PER REG ROM SAM SIE UDI
Ancona 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–3
Bologna 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 3–1 2–0
Brescia 5–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 4–4 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–2
Chievo 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–0
Empoli 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Internazionale 3–0 4–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–2
Juventus 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–3 1–0 3–4 1–5 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 4–1
Lazio 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–4 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–2
Lecce 3–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1
Milan 5–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2
Modena 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1
Parma 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–4 1–0 1–1 4–3
Perugia 1–0 4–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 3–3 2–2 3–3
Reggina 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1
Roma 3–0 1–2 5–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 6–0 1–1
Sampdoria 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–3
Siena 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–4 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Udinese 3–0 1–3 4–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1

Source: lega-calcio.it
1The 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.

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Perugia 1-2 Fiorentina 0-1 1-1

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

Leading scorers[]

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

Season transfers[]

External links[]

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