2003–04 FC Porto season

FC Porto
200304 season
Manager José Mourinho
Primeira Liga 1st
Champions League Winners
Taça de Portugal Final
UEFA Super Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer Benni McCarthy (20)

FC Porto became the 12th club to win multiple European Cup/Champions League titles in a fairytale 2003–04 season. For the first time since 1993, a club outside the big four leagues won the trophy, and it was widely attributed to charismatic coach José Mourinho. The title was clinched in an emphatic 3-0 victory against AS Monaco in the Gelsenkirchen final.

Following the success, Mourinho departed the club for Chelsea, bringing key defenders Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho with him. Playmaker Deco also departed, in his case for Barcelona. Elsewhere, it got to keep midfield duo Maniche and Costinha intact, and strikers Derlei and Benni McCarthy stayed at the club.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Portugal GK Bruno Vale
2 Portugal DF Jorge Costa
3 Portugal DF Pedro Emanuel[2]
4 Portugal DF Ricardo Carvalho
5 Portugal DF Ricardo Costa
6 Portugal MF Costinha
7 Portugal DF Carlos Secretário
8 Portugal DF Nuno Valente
9 Lithuania FW Edgaras Jankauskas
10 Portugal MF Deco[3]
11 Brazil FW Derlei
13 Portugal GK Nuno
14 Portugal MF Sérgio Conceição
15 Russia MF Dmitri Alenichev
No. Position Player
16 Portugal FW César Peixoto
17 Portugal DF Bosingwa
18 Portugal MF Maniche
19 Brazil MF Carlos Alberto
20 Portugal MF Marco Ferreira
21 Brazil FW Maciel
22 Portugal DF Paulo Ferreira
23 Portugal MF Pedro Mendes
25 Portugal MF Ricardo Fernandes
28 Brazil FW Bruno Moraes
30 Portugal DF Mário Silva
39 Portugal MF André Vilas Boas (on loan from Rio Ave)
77 South Africa FW Benni McCarthy
99 Portugal GK Vítor Baía

Left club during the season

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

No. Position Player
29 Portugal FW Hugo Almeida (on loan to União Leiria)
66 Portugal MF Tiago (on loan to União Leiria)
No. Position Player
Brazil FW Serginho Baiano (on loan to Nacional)

Results

Primeira Liga

Champions League

First group stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

Primeira Liga

References

  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/portugal/2003-2004/superl/porto.htm
  2. Emanuel was born in Luanda, Angola, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented Portugal at U-21 level.
  3. Deco was born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, but gained Portuguese citizenship in 2002 and made his international debut for Portugal later that year.
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