2003–04 FC Barcelona season

During the 2003–04 Spanish football season, Barcelona competed in La Liga.

FC Barcelona

2003–04 season
President	Joan Laporta
Head Coach	Frank Rijkaard
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldinho (15) All: Ronaldinho (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

After the disappointment of the Joan Gaspart era, the combination of a new young president Joan Laporta and a new manager, former Dutch and Milan star Frank Rijkaard, saw Barcelona bounce back. Guided by new management off the pitch and the likes of future FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho on the pitch, Barça achieved second place behind Valencia in the league.

Barcelona competed in the UEFA Cup rather than the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 1995–96 season, given their sixth-place finish in 2002–03.

The BBC made a documentary, titled FC Barcelona Confidential,[1] based on the turn of events in the league after Joan Laporta's entry. With his arrival, the club experienced a new style of management that returned the club into a positive cycle, with an inherited massive financial debt crisis was resolved. The season saw Barcelona's spectacular return to form, finishing second after being at the bottom of the table.

Squad

Source[2][3] 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  TUR Rüştü Reçber 2 DF  NED Michael Reiziger 3 MF  NED Edgar Davids 4 DF  MEX Rafael Márquez 5 DF  ESP Carles Puyol 6 MF  ESP Xavi 7 FW  ARG Javier Saviola 8 MF  NED Phillip Cocu 9 FW  NED Patrick Kluivert 10 MF  BRA Ronaldinho 11 MF  NED Marc Overmars 12 DF  NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 14 MF  ESP Gerard 16 DF  ESP Mario

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ESP Gabri 20 MF  POR Ricardo Quaresma 21 MF  ESP Luis Enrique (captain) 22 MF  ESP Luis García 23 MF  BRA Thiago Motta 24 MF  ESP Andrés Iniesta 25 GK  ESP Víctor Valdés 26 MF  ESP Ramón Ros 27 DF  ESP Óscar López 28 GK  ESP Albert Jorquera 32 DF  ESP Oleguer 36 FW  ESP Sergio García 37 MF  ESP Sergio Santamaría

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
10	FW		Ronaldinho	23	Non-EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer Y	Summer	2008	€27M	[4]
20	MF		Ricardo Quaresma	18	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer Y	Summer	N/A	€16.25M	[5]
1	GK		Rüştü	30	Non-EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer Y	Summer	2007	Free	[6]
4	DF		Márquez	24	EU	Monaco	Transfer Y	Summer	2007	€5.25M	[7]
3	MF		Davids	30	EU	Juventus	Loan	Winter	2004	€2M	[8]
12	DF		V. Bronckhorst	28	EU	Arsenal	Loan	Summer	2004	N/A	[9]
16	DF		Mario	21	EU	Valladolid	Loan	Summer	2004	N/A	[10]
24	MF		Andrés Iniesta	19	EU	Youth system	Promote	Summer	N/A	Free
25	GK		Víctor Valdés	21	EU	Youth system	Promote	Summer	N/A	Free
32	DF		Oleguer	23	EU	Youth system	Promote	Winter	N/A	Free

Total spending: €50.5 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
34	MF		Fàbregas	16	EU	Arsenal	Transfer Y	Summer	€0.25M	[11]
3	DF		de Boer	33	EU	Galatasaray	Contract termination N	Summer	Free	[12]
1	GK		Bonano	33	EU	Murcia	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	[13]
12	DF		Christanval	24	EU	Marseille	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	[14]
	FW		Alfonso	30	EU	Betis	Contract termination N	Summer	Free	[15]
4	DF		Andersson	31	EU	Malmö FF	Contract termination N	Summer	Free	[16]
	FW		Geovanni	24	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer Y	Winter	Free	[17]
10	MF		Riquelme	25	Non-EU	Villarreal	Loan	Summer	N/A	[18]
15	MF		Rochemback	22	Non-EU	Sporting CP	Loan	Summer	€2.5M	[19]
	DF		Navarro	21	EU	Albacete	Loan	Winter	N/A	[20]
25	GK		Enke	25	EU	Fenerbahçe	Loan	Summer	€0.4M	[21]
	MF		Trashorras	22	EU	Real Madrid	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	[22]
	DF		Tortolero	21	EU	Elche	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	[23]

Total income: €3.15 million |} Last updated: 1 October

Statistics

Top scorers

Name	Nationality	Position	PD	Cup	CdC	UC	Total
Ronaldinho		Forward	15	3	0	4	22
Javier Saviola		Striker	14	2	2	3	21
Patrick Kluivert		Striker	8	0	0	2	10
Luis García		Winger	4	1	0	3	8
Phillip Cocu		Defensive Midfielder	5	0	1	1	7
Luis Enrique		Midfielder	3	0	1	2	6
Xavi		Midfielder	4	0	0	1	5
Marc Overmars		Winger	1	2	0	0	3
Thiago Motta		Defensive Midfielder	1	0	0	1	2
Andrés Iniesta		Midfielder	1	1	0	0	2
Ricardo Quaresma		Winger	1	0	1	0	2
Gerard		Midfielder	1	0	0	0	1
Gabri		Midfielder	1	0	0	0	1
Rafael Márquez		Defender	1	0	0	0	1
Giovanni van Bronckhorst		Left-back	1	0	0	0	1
Edgar Davids		Defensive Midfielder	1	0	0	0	1

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2003–04 La Liga

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia (C)	38	23	8	7	71	27	+44	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
3	Deportivo La Coruña	38	21	8	9	60	34	+26	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Real Madrid	38	21	7	10	72	54	+18	70
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	11	12	53	49	+4	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champion.

Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position	4	5	3	3	6	9	11	7	5	5	4	5	5	8	11	7	9	12	7	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Points	Position
30 August 2003	Athletic Bilbao	A	1 – 0	Cocu 11'	3	4
3 September 2003	Sevilla	H	1 – 1	Ronaldinho 58'	4	5
14 September 2003	Albacete	A	2 – 1	Cocu 2', Luis Enrique 67'	7	3
20 September 2003	Osasuna	H	1 – 1	Izquierdo 69' (o.g.)	8	3
28 September 2003	Atlético Madrid	A	0 – 0		9	6
5 October 2003	Valencia	H	0 – 1		9	9
18 October 2003	Deportivo	H	0 – 2		9	11
26 October 2003	Mallorca	A	3 – 1	Saviola 10', Ronaldinho 22', Cocu 50'	12	7
29 October 2003	Murcia	H	3 – 0	Saviola 38', Xavi 56', Ronaldinho 65'	15	5
2 November 2003	Real Sociedad	A	3 – 3	Motta 35', Overmars 71', Gabri 80'	16	5
9 November 2003	Betis	H	2 – 1	Kluivert 42', Márquez 82'	19	4
22 November 2003	Villarreal	A	1 – 2	Kluivert 71'	19	5
30 November 2003	Valladolid	H	0 – 0		20	5
3 December 2003	Málaga	A	1 – 5	Sanz 78' (o.g.)	20	8
6 December 2003	Real Madrid	H	1 – 2	Kluivert 83'	20	11
13 December 2003	Espanyol	A	3 – 1	Ronaldinho 10', Kluivert 80', 86'	23	7
21 December 2003	Celta Vigo	H	1 – 1	Phillip Cocu 69'	24	9
4 January 2004	Racing Santander	A	0 – 3		24	12
11 January 2004	Zaragoza	H	3 – 0	Saviola 24', Ronaldinho 45', Xavi 65'	27	7
17 January 2004	Athletic Bilbao	H	1 – 1	Kluivert 62'	28	7
25 January 2004	Sevilla	A	1 – 0	Kluivert 30'	31	7
1 February 2004	Albacete	H	5 – 0	Xavi 15', Saviola 49', Quaresma 52', Davids 53', Luis Enrique 90'	34	5
8 February 2003	Osasuna	A	2 – 1	Saviola 42', Ronaldinho 76'	37	4
15 February 2004	Atlético Madrid	H	3 – 1	Saviola 9', Ronaldinho 24', L. García 43'	40	4
21 February 2004	Valencia	A	1 – 0	Gerard 77'	43	4
29 February 2004	Deportivo	A	3 – 2	Ronaldinho 26', 48' Saviola 29'	46	4
7 March 2004	Mallorca	H	3 – 2	L. García 2', 57', Luis Enrique 15'	49	4
14 March 2004	Murcia	A	2 – 0	Saviola 4', Ronaldinho 61'	52	3
21 March 2004	Real Sociedad	H	1 – 0	Ronaldinho 88'	55	3
3 April 2004	Villarreal	H	0 – 0		56	4
10 April 2004	Valladolid	A	3 – 1	Saviola 2', Ronaldinho 30', Iniesta 84'	59	3
14 April 2004	Betis	A	1 – 1	Saviola 4'	60	4
18 April 2004	Málaga	H	3 – 0	Saviola 18', L. García 23', Cocu 34'	63	3
25 April 2004	Real Madrid	A	2 – 1	Kluivert 56', Xavi 86'	66	3
2 May 2004	Espanyol	H	4 – 1	Ronaldinho 34', Saviola 43', 57', Van Bronckhorst 54'	69	3
8 May 2004	Celta Vigo	A	0 – 1		69	3
16 May 2004	Racing Santander	H	1 – 0	Ronaldinho 15'	72	2
23 May 2004	Zaragoza	A	1 – 2	Saviola 9'	72	2

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Copa del Rey

Main article: 2003–04 Copa del Rey

UDA Gramenet v Barcelona

07 October 2003 Round of 64	UDA Gramenet	0–1	Barcelona	Sant Adrià de Besòs
			Ronaldinho  83'	Stadium: Municipal de Sant Adrià Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira

Ciudad de Murcia v Barcelona

17 December 2003 Round of 32	Ciudad de Murcia	0–4	Barcelona	Murcia
			Saviola  24' Overmars  75', 86' Ronaldinho  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de La Condomina Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Levante v Barcelona

08 January 2004 Round of 16, First Leg	Levante	1–0	Barcelona	Valencia
	Rivera  10' (pen.)			Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 28,196 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

Barcelona v Levante

14 January 2004 Round of 16, Second Leg	Barcelona	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Levante	Barcelona
	Iniesta  3' Saviola  45' Ronaldinho  66' (pen.)		Congo  80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 41,427 Referee: José Losantos Omar

Barcelona v Real Zaragoza

22 January 2004 Quarter-finals, First Leg	Barcelona	0-1	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
		Report	Villa  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 46,506 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Real Zaragoza v Barcelona

29 January 2004 Quarter-finals, Second Leg	Real Zaragoza	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Barcelona	Zaragoza
	Yordi  85'	Report	L. García  12'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Matador Púchov v Barcelona

24 September 2003 First Round, First Leg	Matador Púchov	1–1	Barcelona	Trnava, Slovakia
	Jambor  90+3'	Report	Kluivert  49'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoğlu (Turkey)

Barcelona v Matador Púchov

15 October 2003 First Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	8–0 (9–1 agg.)	Matador Púchov	Barcelona, Spain
	Ronaldinho  7', 20', 57' Motta  41' Luis Enrique  64', 75' Saviola  73', 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Panionios v Barcelona

6 November 2003 Second Round, First leg	Panionios	0–3	Barcelona	Athens, Greece
		Report	Luis García  43' Kluivert  47' Xavi  90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Barcelona v Panionios

27 November 2003 Second Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Panionios	Barcelona, Spain
	Saviola  33' Luis García  44'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,324 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Brøndby v Barcelona

26 February 2004 Third Round, First Leg	Brøndby	0–1	Barcelona	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:30		Report	Ronaldinho  63'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium, Attendance: 26,031 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Barcelona v Brøndby

03 March 2004 Third Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Brøndby	Barcelona, Spain
	Luis García  31' Cocu  43'	Report	Nielsen  84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Celtic v Barcelona

11 March 2004 Fourth Round, First Leg	Celtic	1–0	Barcelona	Glasgow, Scotland
20:30	Thompson  59'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park, Attendance: 59,539 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Barcelona v Celtic

25 March 2004 Fourth Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Celtic	Barcelona, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 77,108 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Results

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Date	Competition	Opponent	H / A	Result
27 July 2003	Friendly	Juventus	N	2–2 (5–6p)
30 July 2003	Friendly	Milan	N	0–2
3 August 2003	Friendly	Manchester United	N	3–1
8 August 2003	Friendly	Leicester City	A	0–1
10 August 2003	Friendly	Manchester City	A	2–1
12 August 2003	Friendly	Derry City	A	0–5
16 August 2003	Festa d'Elx Trophy	Elx	A	0–0 (1–3p)
22 August 2003	Joan Gamper Trophy	Boca Juniors	H	1–1 (5–3p)
24 August 2003	Copa Catalunya (semi-final)	Girona	A	0–4
26 August 2003	Copa Catalunya (final)	Espanyol	N	0–1
1 October 2003	87th Anniversary of Club Amèrica	Club América	A	2–0
16 November 2003	Friendly	Porto	A	2–0
9 December 2003	Friendly	Sabadell	A	1–3
11 February 2004	Friendly	Figueres	A	1–1
18 February 2004	Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk	H	3–2
21 April 2004	Friendly	China	H	6–0

References

1. "FC Barcelona Confidential" – on IMDB
2. http://www.eufo.de/football/esp/2003/fc_blona.htm
3. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2003-2004/laliga/barce.htm
24. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• "FC Barcelona official website". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2009.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
• ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
• FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
• uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
• Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
• "FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
• "Federació Catalana de Futbol". Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.