2003–04 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2003–04 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund

2003–04 season
Manager	Matthias Sammer
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Jan Koller (16) Ewerthon (16)
Home colours Away colours

Season summary

Dortmund failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, and followed that up with a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Bundesliga. The club's poor form was mainly a result of playmaker Tomáš Rosický's absence through virtually half of the season. The poor form led to the dismissal of coach Matthias Sammer, while the club's economy got ever more strained.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Roman Weidenfeller 2 DF  BRA Evanílson (on loan from Parma) 4 DF  GER Christian Wörns 5 MF  GER Sebastian Kehl 6 MF  BRA Flávio Conceição (on loan from Real Madrid) 7 DF  GER Stefan Reuter 8 MF  GER Torsten Frings 9 FW  CZE Jan Koller 10 MF  CZE Tomáš Rosický 11 FW  GER Heiko Herrlich 12 FW  BRA Ewerthon 14 DF  CIV Guy Demel 15 DF  DEN Niclas Jensen 16 MF  BRA Leandro 17 DF  BRA Dedê 18 MF  GER Lars Ricken

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  GHA Otto Addo[1] 20 DF  GER Malte Metzelder 21 DF  GER Christoph Metzelder 23 DF  ALG Ahmed Reda Madouni 24 MF  GER David Odonkor 25 FW  GER Sahr Senesie[2] 26 GK  FRA Guillaume Warmuz 27 DF  TUR Deniz Sahin 28 DF  NOR André Bergdølmo 30 FW  BRA Thiago 31 MF  GER Stefan Hoffmann 33 MF  GER Salvatore Gambino 34 MF  ISR Amos Sasy 35 DF  GER Markus Brzenska 39 DF  GER Benjamin Knoche

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  ARG Juan Ramón Fernández (on loan to River Plate) 13 FW  GER Giuseppe Reina (to Hertha BSC)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  BRA Márcio Amoroso (released)

Results

Bundesliga

• Schalke 04-Borussia Dortmund 2–2
• 1–0 Hamit Altıntop  40'
• 2–0 Hamit Altıntop  58'
• 2–1 Flávio Conceição  66'
• 2–2 Márcio Amoroso  90'
• Borussia Dortmund-Wolfsburg 4–0
• 1–0 Tomáš Rosický  25'
• 2–0 Tomáš Rosický  51'
• 3–0 Márcio Amoroso  74'
• 4–0 Jan Koller  87'
• Borussia Dortmund-1860 Munich 3–1
• 1–0 Márcio Amoroso  46'
• 2–0 Márcio Amoroso  56' (pen.)
• 3–0 Jan Koller  61'
• 3–1 Francis Kioyo  87'
• Köln-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Dirk Lottner  57'
• Borussia Dortmund-Werder Bremen 2–1
• 1–0 Ewerthon  17'
• 1–1 Krisztián Lisztes  41'
• 2–1 Valérien Ismaël  70' (o.g.)
• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  67'
• Borussia Dortmund-Freiburg 1–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon  68'
• Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund 0–1
• 0–1 Giuseppe Reina  10'
• Borussia Dortmund-Hannover 6–2
• 1–0 Ewerthon  35'
• 2–0 Lars Ricken  42'
• 3–0 Sebastian Kehl  56'
• 3–1 Vinícius  58'
• 4–1 Jan Koller  64'
• 5–1 Ewerthon  73'
• 6–1 Ewerthon  75'
• 6–2 Denis Wolf  85'
• Bochum-Borussia Dortmund 3–0
• 1–0 Vahid Hashemian  7'
• 2–0 Vahid Hashemian  57'
• 3–0 Sunday Oliseh  79'
• Borussia Dortmund-Hamburg 3–2
• 0–1 David Jarolím  14'
• 0–2 Bernardo Romeo  60'
• 1–2 Jan Koller  64'
• 2–2 Jan Koller  66' (pen.)
• 3–2 Ewerthon  69'
• Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund 4–1
• 1–0 Michael Ballack  27'
• 1–1 Jan Koller  49'
• 2–1 Willy Sagnol  50'
• 3–1 Hasan Salihamidžić  72'
• 4–1 Claudio Pizarro  90'
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayer Leverkusen 2–2
• 1–0 Salvatore Gambino  29'
• 2–0 Salvatore Gambino  32'
• 2–1 Oliver Neuville  35'
• 2–2 Marko Babić  77'
• Hansa Rostock-Borussia Dortmund 2–1
• 1–0 Martin Max  54'
• 1–1 Ewerthon  66'
• 2–1 Martin Max  87'
• Borussia Dortmund-Hertha Berlin 1–1
• 1–0 Leandro  69' (pen.)
• 1–1 Alexander Madlung  79'
• Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund 2–1
• 1–0 Igor Demo  11'
• 1–1 Jan Koller  12'
• 2–1 Slađan Ašanin  83'
• Borussia Dortmund-Kaiserslautern 1–1
• 1–0 Jan Koller  45'
• 1–1 Lincoln  76'
• Borussia Dortmund-Schalke 04 0–1
• 0–1 Ebbe Sand  89'
• Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund 2–4
• 1–0 Martin Petrov  36'
• 1–1 Niclas Jensen  42'
• 1–2 Jan Koller  45'
• 1–3 Torsten Frings  53'
• 1–4 Lars Ricken  78'
• 2–4 Fernando Baiano  88'
• 1860 Munich-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Ewerthon  41' (pen.)
• 0–2 Ewerthon  59'
• Borussia Dortmund-Köln 1–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon  26'
• Werder Bremen-Borussia Dortmund 2–0
• 1–0 Valérien Ismaël  56'
• 2–0 Aílton  85'
• Borussia Dortmund-Stuuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Alexander Hleb  6'
• 0–2 Horst Heldt  81' (pen.)
• Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund 2–2
• 1–0 Roda Antar  17'
• 1–1 Dedê  45'
• 1–2 Lars Hermel  58' (o.g.)
• 2–2 Levan Tskitishvili  67'
• Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon  24'
• 2–0 Jan Koller  80'
• Hannover-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 0–1 Torsten Frings  13'
• 1–1 Thomas Christiansen  83' (pen.)
• Borussia Dortmund-Bochum 4–1
• 1–0 Jan Koller  9'
• 1–1 Peter Madsen  14'
• 2–1 Salvatore Gambino  30'
• 3–1 Torsten Frings  45'
• 4–1 Ewerthon  53' (pen.)
• Hamburg-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Torsten Frings  8'
• 0–2 Jan Koller  28'
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayern Munich 2–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon  55'
• 2–0 Christian Wörns  61'
• Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund 3–0
• 1–0 Marko Babić  6'
• 2–0 França  22'
• 3–0 Dimitar Berbatov  54' (pen.)
• Borussia Dortmund-Hansa Rostock 4–1
• 1–0 Ahmed Reda Madouni  11'
• 2–0 Ewerthon  35'
• 3–0 Jan Koller  38'
• 3–1 Martin Max  66'
• 4–1 David Odonkor  75'
• Hertha Berlin-Borussia Dortmund 6–2
• 1–0 Sebastian Kehl  7' (o.g.)
• 2–0 Marcelinho  20'
• 3–0 Fredi Bobič  37'
• 3–1 Ewerthon  52'
• 4–1 Artur Wichniarek  58'
• 4–2 Ewerthon  80'
• 5–2 Andreas Neuendorf  86'
• 6–2 Nando Rafael  90'
• Borussia Dortmund-Mönchengladbach 3–1
• 0–1 Ivo Ulich  10'
• 1–1 Ewerthon  15'
• 2–1 Dedê  45'
• 3–1 Jan Koller  83'
• Kaiserslautern-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 1–0 Vratislav Lokvenc  6'
• 1–1 Jan Koller  71'

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund

13 August 2003	Club Brugge	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30	Čeh  33' Verheyen  44'	Report MatchCentre	Amoroso  53'	Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund v Club Brugge

27 August 2003	Borussia Dortmund	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Club Brugge	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30	Amoroso  3' Ewerthon  86'	Report MatchCentre	Mendoza  26'	Referee: Mike RIley (England)
	Penalties
	Amoroso Bergdølmo Koller Fernández		Simons Čeh De Cock Mendoza

Borussia Dortmund 3–3 Club Brugge on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–2 on penalties.

UEFA Cup

First round

• Dortmund 2-1 Austria Wien
• Austria Wein 0-1 Dortmund

Second round

• Dortmund 2-2 Sochaux
• Sochaux 4-0 Dortmund

Top scorers

Bundesliga

• Ewerthon 16
• Jan Koller 16
• Torsten Frings 4
• Márcio Amoroso 4
• Salvatore Gambino

References

1. Addo was born in Hamburg, Germany, but qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in 1999.
2. Senesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level.