2003–04 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
2003–04 season
President Massimo Moratti
Giacinto Facchetti
Head coach Héctor Cúper
(until October 2003)
Alberto Zaccheroni
(from October 2003)
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League Group stage (3rd)
UEFA Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Christian Vieri (13)
All:
Christian Vieri (17)
Highest home attendance 75,831 vs Milan
(5 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance 49,805 vs Empoli
(18 January 2004)
Average home league attendance 58,352
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2003–04 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 95th in existence and 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Season overview

The 2003–04 season started with a lot of issues: despite expensive, Inter got poor results in the domestic league (two wins, three draws and a loss in derby) and Héctor Cúper was sacked. In order to replace him, Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed coach: eventually, Inter came to a bare fourth place. Inter's campaign in the Champions League, however, resulted in a failure: they didn't manage to pass the group stage, after a historical win over Arsenal (0-3 in Highbury).

In January 2004, Massimo Moratti decided to leave his position of chairman: former footballer Giacinto Facchetti substituted him, retaining the place until his death on 4 September 2006.

Players

Squad information

As of 16 May 2004[1]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Francesco Toldo Italy GK 2 December 1971 (aged 31)
12 Alberto Fontana Italy GK 23 January 1967 (aged 36)
Defenders
2 Iván Córdoba Colombia CB 11 August 1976 (aged 26)
4 Javier Zanetti (Captain) Argentina RB / CM / RM 10 August 1973 (aged 29)
13 Thomas Helveg Denmark RB / CB / RM 24 June 1971 (aged 32)
15 Daniele Adani Italy CB 10 July 1974 (aged 29)
17 Fabio Cannavaro Italy CB / RB 13 September 1973 (aged 29)
23 Marco Materazzi Italy CB 19 August 1973 (aged 29)
24 Carlos Gamarra Paraguay CB 17 February 1971 (aged 32)
26 Giovanni Pasquale Italy LB / LM 5 January 1982 (aged 21)
31 Jérémie Bréchet France CB / LB 14 August 1979 (aged 23)
77 Francesco Coco Italy LB / LM 8 January 1977 (aged 26)
Midfielders
5 Emre Belözoğlu Turkey CM / DM / AM 7 September 1980 (aged 22)
6 Cristiano Zanetti Italy DM / CM 10 April 1977 (aged 26)
7 Andy van der Meyde Netherlands RW / LW / AM 30 September 1979 (aged 23)
8 Sabri Lamouchi France CM / DM / AM 9 November 1971 (aged 31)
11 Dejan Stanković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia CM / AM 11 September 1978 (aged 24)
14 Javier Farinós Spain DM / CM 29 March 1978 (aged 25)
18 Kily González Argentina LW / LM 4 August 1974 (aged 28)
19 Giorgos Karagounis Greece CM / AM 6 March 1977 (aged 26)
22 Okan Buruk Turkey RM / CM 19 October 1973 (aged 29)
25 Matías Almeyda Argentina DM 21 December 1973 (aged 29)
Forwards
3 Mohamed Kallon Sierra Leone CF 6 October 1979 (aged 23)
9 Julio Cruz Argentina CF 10 October 1974 (aged 28)
10 Adriano Brazil CF 17 February 1982 (aged 21)
20 Álvaro Recoba Uruguay SS / LW / AM 17 March 1976 (aged 27)
30 Obafemi Martins Nigeria CF 28 October 1984 (aged 18)
32 Christian Vieri Italy CF 12 July 1973 (aged 29)

From youth squad

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

No. Position Player
27 Senegal MF Khalilou Fadiga
34 Italy DF Devis Nossa
51 Italy GK Giacomo Bindi
No. Position Player
71 Italy GK Alex Cordaz
84 Italy GK Simone Villanova (on loan from Cittadella)
Australia GK Nathan Coe

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 31 August 200316 May 2004 Matchday 1 4th 34 17 8 9 59 37 +22 050.00
Coppa Italia 4 December 200312 February 2004 Round of 16 Semi-finals 6 2 4 0 10 6 +4 033.33
Champions League 17 September 200310 December 2003 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 8 11 −3 033.33
UEFA Cup 26 February 200414 April 2004 Third round Quarter-finals 6 1 3 2 6 7 −1 016.67
Total 52 22 17 13 83 61 +22 042.31

Last updated: 16 May 2004
Source: Serie A statistics, Coppa Italia statistics, Champions League statistics, UEFA Cup statistics

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 17 8 9 59 37  +22 59 9 4 4 31 15  +16 8 4 5 28 22  +6

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA
ResultWWDDLDDWWWWWWLWLLDWDLLLLDWWWWWDLWW
Position3544689654444444444456677666544444

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2004. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 631296+310
Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 62227708
Italy Internazionale 6222811−38
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 62138807
 ARSDKINTLM
Arsenal – 1–0 0–3 2–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 – 1–1 2–0
Internazionale 1–5 2–1 – 1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 3–2 3–0 –

UEFA Cup

Third round

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Squad statistics

League UCL CU Cup Total Stats
Games played3866656
Games won1721222
Games drawn823417
Games lost922013
Goals scored59861083
Goals conceded37117661
Goal difference22-3-1422
Clean sheets1512119
Goal by substitute–––––
Total shots–––––
Shots on target–––––
Corners–––––
Players used29222328
Offsides–––––
Fouls suffered–––––
Fouls committed–––––
Yellow cards5696071
Red cards40127

Last updated: 16 May 2004
Source: Serie A statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics, Coppa Italia statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 16 May 2004
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaChampions
League		UEFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy Francesco Toldo 450320206050
12 GK Italy Alberto Fontana 7020400010
71 GK Italy Alex Cordaz 10000+100000
Defenders
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 47130+11505060
4 DF Argentina Javier Zanetti 510340506060
14 DF Denmark Thomas Helveg 32013+100301+2030
15 DF Italy Daniele Adani 34420+31313250
17 DF Italy Fabio Cannavaro 342222306030
23 DF Italy Marco Materazzi 183143004000
24 DF Paraguay Carlos Gamarra 18010050002+10
26 DF Italy Giovanni Pasquale 21011+301+201+101+10
31 DF France Jérémie Bréchet 1402+7020200+10
77 DF Italy Francesco Coco 4030000+1000
Midfielders
5 MF Turkey Emre Belözoğlu 30015+601+203+100+20
6 MF Italy Cristiano Zanetti 291191005050
7 MF Netherlands Andy van der Meyde 25311+313+11412+10
8 MF France Sabri Lamouchi 2606+1002+101+302+10
10 MF Brazil Luciano 703+20200000
14 MF Spain Javier Farinós 24112+414+10002+10
18 MF Argentina Kily González 32017+40403040
21 MF Greece Giorgos Karagounis 1602+702+100+1030
22 MF Turkey Okan Buruk 900+300+20002+20
25 MF Argentina Matías Almeyda 2108+302+103+102+10
28 MF Italy Mario Rebecchi 1000100000
33 MF Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stanković 164144200000
Forwards
3 FW Sierra Leone Mohamed Kallon 704+10000+2000
9 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 351116+572+234+212+20
10 FW Brazil Adriano 181213+39230000
20 FW Uruguay Álvaro Recoba 291112+782+102+112+22
30 FW Nigeria Obafemi Martins 371111+147313+2142
32 FW Italy Christian Vieri 321718+413104+1242
33 FW Nigeria Isah Eliakwu 10000+100000

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Serie A Coppa Italia Champions League UEFA Cup Total
32 FW Italy Christian Vieri 13 0 2 2 17
10 FW Brazil Adriano 9 3 0 0 12
9 FW Argentina Julio Cruz 7 3 1 0 11
20 FW Uruguay Álvaro Recoba 8 0 1 2 11
30 FW Nigeria Obafemi Martins 7 1 1 2 11
15 DF Italy Daniele Adani 1 1 2 0 4
33 MF Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stanković 4 0 0 0 4
7 MF Netherlands Andy van der Meyde 1 1 1 0 3
23 DF Italy Marco Materazzi 3 0 0 0 3
17 DF Italy Fabio Cannavaro 2 0 0 0 2
2 DF Colombia Iván Córdoba 1 0 0 0 1
6 MF Italy Cristiano Zanetti 1 0 0 0 1
14 MF Spain Javier Farinós 1 0 0 0 1
# Own goals 1 1 0 0 2
TOTAL 59 10 8 6 83

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Notes

  1. ↑ Inter did not disclose the exact amount until they submitted an attached "Player identification table" into the 2008–09 statutory financial filing in CCIAA, which showed Adriano's value as €32.2 million and Dejan Stanković's as €6.165 million. According to old accounting standards, the €32.2 million consisted of €8.8 million the value of retained half, plus the bought back value actually paid to Parma, and other cost that could be capitalized (if any). Adriano plus Stanković matched the amount in Relazione sulla Gestione (Sports Report) of 2003–04 filing: €38,517,898, and the amount reported by La Repubblica for Adriano only (about €23 million).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Inter 2003/04". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Meyde for success". UEFA.com. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "JULIO CRUZ JOINS INTER". inter.it. 30 August 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "E alla fine è ufficiale Adriano torna all'Inter". La Repubblica (in Italian). January 21, 2004. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Adriano returns to Inter". inter.it. January 21, 2004. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Kily Gonzalez: "Sono felice e orgoglioso: Grazie alla gente dell'Inter"" [Kily Gonzalez: "I am happy and proud: Thanks to the people at Inter"] (in Italian). Inter's official website. 26 August 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. ↑ FC Internazionale Milano SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2004, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A. (in Italian)
  8. ↑ "Chelsea sign Crespo". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 August 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "LUCIANO SIGNS FOR INTER". inter.it. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  10. ↑ "LUCIANO RETURNS TO CHIEVO". inter.it. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
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