2003–04 FC Barcelona season

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)

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

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rüştü Reçber
2	DF	Michael Reiziger
3	MF	Edgar Davids
4	DF	Rafael Márquez
5	DF	Carles Puyol
6	MF	Xavi
7	FW	Javier Saviola
8	MF	Phillip Cocu
9	FW	Patrick Kluivert
10	MF	Ronaldinho
11	MF	Marc Overmars
12	DF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst
14	MF	Gerard
16	DF	Mario

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

In

N	Pos.	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
20	MF	Ricardo Quaresma	18	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer Y	Summer	N/A	€16.25M	ronaldo
1	GK	Rüştü	30	Non-EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer Y	Summer	2007	Free
4	DF	Márquez	24	EU	Monaco	Transfer Y	Summer	2007	€5.25M
3	MF	Davids	30	EU	Juventus	Loan	Winter	2004	€2M
12	DF	V. Bronckhorst	28	EU	Arsenal	Loan	Summer	2004	N/A
16	DF	Mario	21	EU	Valladolid	Loan	Summer	2004	N/A
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.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
34	MF	Fàbregas	16	EU	Arsenal	Transfer Y	Summer	€0.25M
3	DF	de Boer	33	EU	Galatasaray	Contract termination N	Summer	Free
1	GK	Bonano	33	EU	Murcia	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
12	DF	Christanval	24	EU	Marseille	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
	FW	Alfonso	30	EU	Betis	Contract termination N	Summer	Free
4	DF	Andersson	31	EU	Malmö FF	Contract termination N	Summer	Free
	FW	Geovanni	24	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer Y	Winter	Free
10	MF	Riquelme	25	Non-EU	Villarreal	Loan	Summer	N/A
15	MF	Rochemback	22	Non-EU	Sporting CP	Loan	Summer	€2.5M
	DF	Navarro	21	EU	Albacete	Loan	Winter	N/A
25	GK	Enke	25	EU	Fenerbahçe	Loan	Summer	€0.4M
	MF	Trashorras	22	EU	Real Madrid	Transfer Y	Summer	Free
	DF	Tortolero	21	EU	Elche	Transfer Y	Summer	Free

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

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

League results^[4]

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

Results

GAMES 2003-2004
27-07-2003 FRIENDLY. JUVENTUS-BARCELONA 2-2 (5-6) PENALTYS. 30-07-2003 FRIENDLY. MILAN-BARCELONA 0-2 03-08-2003 FRIENDLY. MANCHESTER UNITED-BARCELONA 3-1 08-08-2003 FRIENDLY. LEICESTER CITY-BARCELONA 0-1 10-08-2003 FRIENDLY. MANCHESTER CITY-BARCELONA 2-1 12-08-2003 FRIENDLY. DERRY CITY-BARCELONA 0-5 16-08-2003 Festa d'Elx Trophy. ELX-BARCELONA 0-0 (1-3) PENALTY. 22-08-2003 Joan Gamper Trophy. BARCELONA-BOCA JUNIORS 1-1 (5-3) PENALTY. 24-08-2003 Copa Catalunya (Semifinal). GIRONA-BARCELONA 0-4 26-08-2003 Copa Catalunya (Final). ESPANYOL-BARCELONA 0-1 24-09-2003 UEFA Cup. MATADOR PUCHOV-BARCELONA 1-1 01-10-2003 87th Anniversary of Club Amèrica. CLUB AMÈRICA-BARCELONA 2-0 07-10-2003 Copa (1/32). GRAMENET-BARCELONA 0-1 15-10-2003 UEFA Cup. BARCELONA-MATADOR PUCHOV 8-0 06-11-2003 UEFA Cup (1/32). PANIONIOS-BARCELONA 0-3 16-11-2003 FRIENDLY. PORTO-BARCELONA 2-0 27-11-2003 UEFA Cup (1/32). BARCELONA-PANIONIOS 2-0 09-12-2003 FRIENDLY. SABADELL-BARCELONA 1-3 17-12-2003 Copa (1/16). CIUTAT DE MÚRCIA-BARCELONA 0-4 08-01-2004 Copa (1/8). LLEVANT-BARCELONA 1-0 14-01-2004 Copa (1/8). BARCELONA-LLEVANT 3-1 22-01-2004 Copa (1/4). BARCELONA-SARAGOSSA 0-1 29-01-2004 Copa ( 1/4). SARAGOSSA-BARCELONA 1-1 11-02-2004 FRIENDLY. FIGUERES-BARCELONA 1-1 18-02-2004 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-SHAKHTAR DONETSK 3-2 26-02-2004 UEFA Cup (1/16). BRÓNDBY-BARCELONA 0-1 03-03-2004 UEFA Cup (1/16). BARCELONA-BRÓNDBY 2-1 11-03-2004 UEFA Cup (1/8). CELTIC-BARCELONA 1-0 25-03-2004 UEFA Cup (1/8). BARCELONA-CELTIC 0-0 21-04-2004 FRIENDLY. BARCELONA-CHINA 6-0

References

↑ "FC Barcelona Confidential" – on IMDB
↑ http://www.eufo.de/football/esp/2003/fc_blona.htm
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2003-2004/laliga/barce.htm
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-30.

External links

FC Barcelona official website at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2010-08-23)
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
FIFA.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-12-25)
Federació Catalana de Futbol at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-12-23)

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[1] "FC Barcelona Confidential" – on IMDB

[2] ttp://www.eufo.de/football/esp/2003/fc_blona.htm

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2003-2004/laliga/barce.htm

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-30.

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