2003–04 A.S. Roma season

Roma
2003–04 season
President Franco Sensi
Manager Fabio Capello
Stadium Stadio Olimpico
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League:
Francesco Totti (20)
All:
Francesco Totti (20)
Average home league attendance 55,413[1]
Home colours
Away colours

Associazione Sportiva Roma had a tremendous season in the league, scoring most goals and conceding the least goals of all teams, but despite this, A.C. Milan were able to run away with the title, due to a greater efficiency in winning their matches.

In Fabio Capello's last season as Roma's coach, the squad did not manage to win any titles whatsoever, even though the results showed a resurgence from the anticlimactic 2002–03 season, in which Roma dipped to eighth in the league standings.

Financial worries forced the club to sell Emerson to Juventus and Walter Samuel to Real Madrid following the season's end. Capello controversially signed for Juventus as well, but key players such as Francesco Totti, Antonio Cassano and Cristian Chivu remained.

Players

Squad information

Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Cristiano Lupatelli Italy GK June 21, 1978 (aged 25) Fidelis Andria
12 Carlo Zotti Italy GK September 3, 1982 (aged 21) Roma Primavera
22 Ivan Pelizzoli Italy GK November 18, 1980 (aged 23) Atalanta
Defenders
2 Christian Panucci Italy RB/CB April 12, 1973 (aged 31) Monaco
4 Cristian Chivu Romania CB/LB October 26, 1980 (aged 23) Ajax
5 Jonathan Zebina France RB/CB July 19, 1978 (aged 25) Cagliari
7 Luigi Sartor Italy RB/LB January 30, 1975 (aged 29) Parma
19 Walter Samuel Argentina CB March 23, 1978 (aged 26) Boca Juniors
29 Giuseppe Scurto Italy CB January 5, 1984 (aged 20) Roma Primavera
31 Traianos Dellas Greece CB January 31, 1976 (aged 28) Perugia
32 Vincent Candela France LB October 24, 1973 (aged 30) Guingamp
Midfielders
8 Francisco Lima Brazil DM October 17, 1971 (aged 32) Bologna
11 Emerson Brazil DM October 4, 1976 (aged 27) Bayer Leverkusen
15 Olivier Dacourt France CM September 25, 1974 (aged 29) Leeds United
17 Damiano Tommasi Italy DM May 17, 1974 (aged 30) Hellas Verona
21 Gaetano D'Agostino Italy CM June 3, 1982 (aged 21) Roma Primavera
27 Daniele De Rossi Italy DM July 24, 1983 (aged 20) Roma Primavera
28 Valerio Virga Italy CM June 6, 1986 (aged 17) Roma Primavera
30 Mancini Brazil AM August 1, 1980 (aged 23) Venezia
Forwards
9 Vincenzo Montella Italy CF June 18, 1974 (aged 29) Sampdoria
10 Francesco Totti (c) Italy FW September 27, 1976 (aged 27) Roma Primavera
18 Antonio Cassano Italy FW July 12, 1982 (aged 21) Bari
23 John Carew Norway CF September 5, 1979 (aged 24) Valencia
24 Marco Delvecchio Italy CF April 7, 1973 (aged 31) Internazionale

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2003–04 Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 40 422 46
9 Chievo 34 11 11 12 36 371 44
10 Lecce 34 11 8 15 43 5613 41
11 Brescia 34 9 13 12 52 575 40
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 45 538 39
13 Reggina 34 6 16 12 29 4516 34
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 5413 34
15 Perugia (R) 34 6 14 14 44 5612 32 Serie A qualification
16 Modena (R) 34 6 12 16 27 4619 30 Relegation to Serie B
17 Empoli (R) 34 7 9 18 26 5428 30
18 Ancona (R) 34 2 7 25 21 7049 13

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 21 8 5 68 19  +49 71 13 1 3 45 12  +33 8 7 2 23 7  +16

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
Result W W D W D W D W W W W W W W L W W D L W D W W W D D L W W W W L L D

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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