2003–04 A.S. Bari season

During the 2003–04 Italian football season, A.S. Bari competed in the Serie B.

A.S. Bari

2003–04 season
Chairman	Vincenzo Matarrese
Manager	Marco Tardelli Giuseppe Pillon
Stadium	Stadio San Nicola
Serie B	21st
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	Nicolás Córdova (12) Gionatha Spinesi (12)

Season summary

Bari were expected to make a bid for an immediate return to the Serie A, but struggled all season. Manager Marco Tardelli was sacked and replaced by Giuseppe Pillon, who led the team to a secure but disappointing 21st place finish.

Kit

A.S. Bari's kit was manufactured by Italian sports retailer Lotto and sponsored by Pasta Ambra.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Graziano Battistini 2 DF Marco Candrina 3 DF Giuseppe Ingrosso 4 DF Gaetano De Rosa 7 MF Mattia Collauto 8 MF Antonio La Fortezza 10 MF Nicolás Córdova 11 MF Marcelo Lipatin 13 MF Carlo Cardascio 14 MF Lionel Pizzinat 15 DF Nicola Mora 16 MF Antonio Bellavista 18 DF Alex von Schwedler 19 FW Luigi Anaclerio 20 MF Jaime Valdés

No. Position Player 21 GK Vitangelo Spadavecchia 22 MF Diego Markic 23 DF Emanuele Brioschi 24 FW Gionatha Spinesi 26 MF Pasquale Berardi 27 DF Diaw Doudou 28 DF Domenico Creanza 29 FW Ugochukwu Enyinnaya 77 FW Simone Motta 79 MF Luca Brambilla

Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Hellas Verona	46	13	14	19	54	65	−11	53
20	Venezia	46	12	15	19	40	57	−17	51	Relegation play-off
21	Bari	46	13	11	22	50	63	−13	50[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation play-off
22	Pescara	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46[lower-alpha 2]	Relegation to Serie C1
23	Avellino (R)	46	8	13	25	51	69	−18	37	Relegation to Serie C1

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.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Relegated after relegation play-off and later readmitted in place of Napoli.
2. Relegated and later readmitted after newly relegated Ancona's bankruptcy.