2003–04 Parma A.C. season

Parma
2003–04 season
President Stefano Tanzi
Manager Cesare Prandelli
Stadium Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A 5th
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Alberto Gilardino (23)
All:
Alberto Gilardino (26)
Average home league attendance 15,904[1]
Home colours
Away colours
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Parma Associazione Calcio endured a season of horror, in which the club formerly known as Parma A.C. went into bankruptcy in the middle of the season, seeing out the season in order to avoid the chaos it would cause to the league pyramid. The reason for the bankruptcy was the financial fraud of its owner Calisto Tanzi, who had embezzled money from his company Parmalat, which also went out of business. The club was reformed under its original name as Parma F.C., and finished fifth in the standings. Its glory days were over, however, and the club was forced to sell several key players in the summer of 2004, among them Hidetoshi Nakata, Matteo Ferrari and Matteo Brighi. However, its two most noted players, goalkeeper Sébastien Frey and top scorer and youngster Alberto Gilardino remained with the club, since it did not receive good enough offers to part with the two players.

The season was also the last in which Parma wore its distinctive blue and yellow colours at home, those being associated with Parmalat's ownership. From the 2004–05 season onwards the club reverted to its original white shirt with a black cross design. Club legend Antonio Benarrivo finished his career following the season, being the last player from the 1999 UEFA Cup winning team to leave.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
Squad at end of season[2]
1 France GK Sébastien Frey
2 Italy DF Sebastiano Girelli
3 Italy DF Antonio Benarrivo
4 Croatia DF Anthony Šerić (on loan from Hellas Verona[3])
5 Italy DF Daniele Bonera
6 Italy DF Giuseppe Cardone
7 Romania MF Ianis Zicu (on loan from Dinamo București)
8 Italy MF Simone Barone
10 Italy MF Domenico Morfeo
11 Italy FW Alberto Gilardino
13 Argentina DF Gabriel Oyola
14 Italy DF Marcello Castellini
15 Italy MF Marco Donadel
16 Italy DF Mirko Stefani
18 Italy FW Benito Carbone
19 Italy DF Alessandro Potenza (on loan from Internazionale)
No. Position Player
20 Italy MF Alessandro Rosina
21 Italy DF Matteo Ferrari
22 Italy GK Giordano Vanin
23 Australia MF Mark Bresciano
24 Italy GK Fabio Virgili
25 Italy FW Alex Gibbs
26 Guinea MF Ibrahima Camara
28 Italy DF Paolo Cannavaro
30 Italy MF Manuele Blasi (on loan from Juventus)
31 Italy MF Paolo Ruffini
32 Italy MF Marco Marchionni
33 Italy MF Lorenzo Carotti
34 Italy GK Marco Amelia (on loan from Lecce)
36 Italy MF Manuele Sorti
37 Italy FW Daniele Degano (on loan from Ancona)
38 Italy FW Fabrizio Cammarata (on loan from Cagliari)

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. Position Player
7 Japan MF Hidetoshi Nakata (to Bologna)
9 Brazil FW Adriano (to Internazionale)
10 Romania FW Adrian Mutu (to Chelsea)
16 Brazil MF Júnior (on loan to Siena)
17 Italy MF Emanuele Filippini (to Palermo)
18 Italy MF Emiliano Moretti (on loan to Bologna)
19 Italy FW Gaetano Grieco (to Genoa)
No. Position Player
24 Italy GK Alfonso De Lucia (on loan to Salernitana)
24 Italy GK Vincenzo Sicignano (on loan to Lecce)
26 Italy FW Matteo Brighi (on loan to Brescia)
27 Italy FW Tonino Sorrentino (to Avellino)
29 Colombia MF Jorge Bolaño (to Lecce)
35 Nigeria FW Isah Eliakwu (on loan to 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 42−2 46
9 Chievo 34 11 11 12 36 37−1 44
10 Lecce 34 11 8 15 43 56−13 41
11 Brescia 34 9 13 12 52 57−5 40
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 45 53−8 39
13 Reggina 34 6 16 12 29 45−16 34
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 54−13 34
15 Perugia (R) 34 6 14 14 44 56−12 32 Serie A qualification
16 Modena (R) 34 6 12 16 27 46−19 30 Relegation to Serie B
17 Empoli (R) 34 7 9 18 26 54−28 30
18 Ancona (R) 34 2 7 25 21 70−49 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 16 10 8 57 46 +11 58 9 5 3 32 20 +12 7 5 5 25 26 −1

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 23 0 3 26
2 9 FW Brazil Adriano 8 0 1 9
23 MF Australia Mark Bresciano 8 1 0 9
4 18 FW Italy Benito Carbone 4 0 2 6
32 MF Italy Marco Marchionni 5 0 1 6
6 10 MF Italy Domenico Morfeo 4 0 0 4
7 8 MF Italy Simone Barone 3 0 0 3
17 MF Italy Emanuele Filippini 1 0 2 3
9 20 MF Italy Alessandro Rosina 0 1 1 2
27 FW Italy Tonino Sorrentino 0 0 2 2
11 7 MF Japan Hidetoshi Nakata 0 0 1 1
19 FW Italy Gaetano Grieco 0 1 0 1
21 DF Italy Matteo Ferrari 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 3 13 73

Last updated: 16 May 2004

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stadiapostcards.com/A03-04.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/2003-2004/seriea/parma.htm
  3. ↑ Šerić was born in Sydney, Australia.
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