2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2003–04 season
Chairman	David Moores
Manager	Gérard Houllier (until 10 June 2004)
FA Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Michael Owen (16); All: ; Michael Owen (19)
Average home league attendance	41,777[1]

The 2003–04 season was Liverpool's 113th season in existence and their 42nd consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 May 2004. Liverpool finished the FA Premier League season in fourth place.

Season summary

Liverpool finished the season in fourth position in the Premier League in what was to be Gérard Houllier's last in charge of Liverpool. He was replaced by Rafael Benítez at the end of the season after six years in charge.

Competition	Result	Top Scorer
Premier League	4th	Michael Owen, 16
UEFA Cup	Fourth round	Harry Kewell, 3
FA Cup	Fifth round	Bruno Cheyrou, 2
League Cup	Fourth round	Emile Heskey, 2 Danny Murphy, 2
Overall		Michael Owen, 19

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Chelsea	38	24	7	7	67	30	+37	79	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Manchester United	38	23	6	9	64	35	+29	75	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	55	37	+18	60
5	Newcastle United	38	13	17	8	52	40	+12	56	2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	11	12	48	44	+4	56

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Since Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to First Division club Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

Players

First-team squad

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	Jerzy Dudek
2	DF	Stéphane Henchoz
3	DF	Steve Finnan
4	DF	Sami Hyypiä
5	FW	Milan Baroš
6	DF	Markus Babbel
7	MF	Harry Kewell
8	FW	Emile Heskey
9	FW	El Hadji Diouf
10	FW	Michael Owen
11	MF	Vladimír Šmicer
13	MF	Danny Murphy
15	MF	Salif Diao

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann
17	MF	Steven Gerrard
18	DF	John Arne Riise
20	MF	Anthony Le Tallec
21	DF	Djimi Traoré^{[notes 1]}
22	GK	Chris Kirkland
23	DF	Jamie Carragher
24	FW	Florent Sinama Pongolle
25	MF	Igor Bišćan
28	DF	Bruno Cheyrou
29	GK	Patrice Luzi
32	MF	John Welsh
36	DF	Jon Otsemobor

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		FW	Daniel Sjölund (to Djurgårdens IF)

No.		Position	Player
12		GK	Paul Jones (on loan from Southampton)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

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

No.	Position	Player
26	MF	Richie Partridge
27	DF	Grégory Vignal
30	DF	Carl Medjani^{[notes 2]}
31	MF	Alou Diarra
33	FW	Neil Mellor
34	MF	Darren Potter^{[notes 3]}
35	DF	Stephen Warnock
37	DF	Zak Whitbread
38	MF	Michael Foley-Sheridan

No.	Position	Player
40	GK	Paul Harrison
	DF	Lee Peltier
	DF	James Smith
	MF	Danny Guthrie
	MF	David Mannix
	FW	Conal Platt
		Mark Jones
		Nicky Platt
		Ralph Welch

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
20	MF	Anthony Le Tallec	Le Havre	£1,500,000	1 July 2003
24	FW	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	Le Havre	£1,500,000	1 July 2003
3	DF	Steve Finnan	Fulham	£3,500,000	1 July 2003
7	MF	Harry Kewell	Leeds United	£5,000,000	9 July 2003
30	DF	Carl Medjani	Saint-Étienne	Free	8 August 2003
12	GK	Paul Jones	Southampton	Loan	9 January 2004

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
15	MF	Patrik Berger	Portsmouth	Free	1 July 2003
24	MF	Bernard Diomède	Ajaccio	Free	1 July 2003
14	DF	Vegard Heggem	Unattached	Free	1 July 2003
19	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	Coventry City	Free	1 July 2003
34	FW	Daniel Sjölund	Djurgårdens IF	Free	15 January 2004
3	DF	Abel Xavier^{[notes 4]}	Hannover 96	Free	2 February 2004
8	FW	Emile Heskey	Birmingham City	£6,250,000	18 May 2004

In: £6,500,000
Out: £6,250,000
Total spending: £250,000

Match results

Premier League

17 August 2003 1	Liverpool	1–2	Chelsea	Liverpool
16:05	Owen 79' (pen.)	Report	Verón 25' Hasselbaink 87'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,082 Referee: Steve Bennett

24 August 2003 2	Aston Villa	0–0	Liverpool	Birmingham
		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,573 Referee: Paul Durkin

27 August 2003 3	Liverpool	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,778 Referee: Uriah Rennie

30 August 2003 4	Everton	0–3	Liverpool	Liverpool
		Report	Owen 39', 52' Kewell 80'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Mike Riley

12 September 2003 5	Blackburn	1–3	Liverpool	Blackburn
	Jansen 8' Neill 45'	Report	Owen 12' (pen.), 68' Kewell 90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 30,074 Referee: Neale Barry

20 September 2003 6	Liverpool	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
	Owen 20' (pen.) Heskey 75'	Report	Bent 90'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,094 Referee: Mark Halsey

28 September 2003 7	Charlton Athletic	3–2	Liverpool	London
	Lisbie 31', 43', 83'	Report	Šmicer 15' Owen 52' (pen.)	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,508 Referee: Rob Styles

6 October 2003 8	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Kewell 14'	Report	Hyypiä 31' (o.g.) Pirès 68'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,374 Referee: Graham Barber

18 October 2003 9	Portsmouth	1–0	Liverpool	Portsmouth
	Berger 4'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,123 Referee: Steve Dunn

25 October 2003 10	Liverpool	3–1	Leeds United	Liverpool
	Owen 35' Murphy 57' Sinama Pongolle 84'	Report	Smith 42'	Stadium: Anfield Referee: Jeff Winter

2 November 2003 11	Fulham	1–2	Liverpool	London
	Saha 40' Boa Morte 90'	Report	Heskey 17' Murphy 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,682 Referee: Rob Styles

9 November 2003 12	Liverpool	1–2	Manchester United	Liverpool
	Kewell 76'	Report	Giggs 59', 70'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,159 Referee: Graham Poll

22 November 2003 13	Middlesbrough	0–0	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
		Report		Stadium: Riverside Attendance: 34,268 Referee: Phil Dowd

30 November 2003 14	Liverpool	3–1	Birmingham City	Liverpool
	Gerrard 35' (pen.) Kewell 69' Heskey 78'	Report	Forssell 33'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,683 Referee: Neale Barry

8 December 2003 15	Newcastle United	1–1	Liverpool	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	Shearer 63' (pen.)		Murphy 6'	Stadium: St. James' Park

13 December 2003 16	Liverpool	1–2	Southampton	Liverpool
	Heskey 75'	Report	Ormerod 2' M. Svensson 64'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,762 Referee: Paul Durkin

26 December 2003 17	Liverpool	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Hyypiä 30' Sinama Pongolle 47' Šmicer 54'	Report	Pedersen 85'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,987 Referee: Jeff Winter

28 December 2003 18	Manchester City	2–2	Liverpool	Manchester
	Anelka 30' (pen.) Fowler 90'	Report	Šmicer 66' Hamann 80'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,201 Referee: Mike Riley

7 January 2004 19	Chelsea	0–1	Liverpool	London
		Report	Cheyrou 38' Diouf , 87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,420 Referee: Steve Dunn

10 January 2004 20	Liverpool	1–0	Aston Villa	Liverpool
	Delaney 36' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,771 Referee: Graham Barber

17 January 2004 21	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Liverpool	London
	Keane 25' (pen.) Postiga 54'	Report	Kewell 75'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,104 Referee: Uriah Rennie

21 January 2004 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Liverpool	Wolverhampton
	Miller 90'	Report	Cheyrou 34'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 29,380 Referee: Barry Knight

31 January 2004 23	Liverpool	0–0	Everton	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,056 Referee: Steve Bennett

7 February 2004 24	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Liverpool	Bolton
	Hunt 11' Djorkaeff 58'	Report	Hyypiä 51' Gerrard 69'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,552 Referee: Alan Wiley

11 February 2004 25	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
	Owen 3' Gerrard 51'	Report	Wright-Phillips 50'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,257 Referee: Mike Riley

29 February 2004 26	Leeds United	2–2	Liverpool	Leeds
	Bakke 29' Viduka 34'	Report	Kewell 21' Baroš 42'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,932 Referee: Paul Durkin

14 March 2004 27	Southampton	2–0	Liverpool	Southampton
	Beattie 51' Phillips 85'	Report		Stadium: St. Mary's Attendance: 32,056 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

17 March 2004 28	Liverpool	3–0	Portsmouth	Liverpool
	Hamann 6' Owen 28', 55'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Referee: Barry Knight

20 March 2004 29	Liverpool	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
	Hyypiä 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,795 Referee: Rob Styles

28 March 2004 30	Leicester City	0–0	Liverpool	Leicester
		Report		Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 32,013 Referee: Phil Dowd

4 April 2004 31	Liverpool	4–0	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	Owen 7', 24' Todd 22' (o.g.) Heskey 79'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,559 Referee: Jeff Winter

9 April 2004 32	Arsenal	4–2	Liverpool	London
	Henry 31', 50', 78' Pirès 49'	Report	Hyypiä 5' Owen 42'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,119 Referee: Alan Wiley

12 April 2004 33	Liverpool	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Liverpool
		Report	Bartlett 63'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,003 Referee: Phil Dowd

17 April 2004 34	Liverpool	0–0	Fulham	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,042 Referee: Steve Bennett

24 April 2004 35	Manchester United	0–1	Liverpool	Manchester
		Report	Murphy 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,647 Referee: Mike Riley

2 May 2004 36	Liverpool	2–0	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
	Murphy 50' (pen.) Heskey 52'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,031 Referee: Andy D'Urso

8 May 2004 37	Birmingham City	0–3	Liverpool	Birmingham
	Cunningham , 64'	Report	Owen 29' Heskey 51' Gerrard 86'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,553 Referee: Steve Dunn

15 May 2004 38	Liverpool	1–1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Owen 67'	Report	Ameobi 25'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,172 Referee: Mike Riley

UEFA Cup

Olimpija Ljubljana 1–1 Liverpool
Liverpool 3–0 Olimpija Ljubljana
Steaua București 1–1 Liverpool
Liverpool 1–0 Steaua București
Liverpool 2–0 Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia 2–4 Liverpool

11 March 2004	Liverpool	1–1	Marseille	Anfield, Liverpool
	Baroš 55'	Report	Drogba 78'

25 March 2004	Marseille	2–1	Liverpool	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Drogba 38' (pen.) Méïté 58'	Report	Heskey 15'

League Cup

29 October 2003	Blackburn Rovers	3–4	Liverpool	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Yorke 35' Ferguson 81' Yorke 90'	Report	Murphy 39' (pen.) Heskey 49' Heskey 61' Kewell 79'	Attendance: 16,918 Referee: Mike Riley

3 December 2003	Liverpool	2–3	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield, Liverpool
	Murphy 66' Šmicer 88'	Report	Mário Jardel 4' Okacha 79' Djorkaeff 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 33,185 Referee: Mike Riley

FA Cup

Yeovil Town 0–2 Liverpool (attendance 9,348)
Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle (attendance 41,365)
Liverpool 1–1 Portsmouth (attendance 34,669)
Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool (attendance 19,529)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Jerzy Dudek	38	0	30	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
22	GK		Chris Kirkland	12	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
29	GK		Patrice Luzi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Stéphane Henchoz	27	0	15+3	0	4	0	1	0	3+1	0
3	DF		Steve Finnan	31	0	19+3	0	3	0	0	0	5+1	0
4	DF		Sami Hyypiä	51	5	38	4	4	0	1	0	8	1
18	DF		John Arne Riise	35	0	22+6	0	1	0	1+1	0	4	0
21	DF		Djimi Traoré	11	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	1
23	DF		Jamie Carragher	29	0	22	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF		Igor Bišćan	39	0	27+2	0	1	0	2	0	5+2	0
36	DF		Jon Otsemobor	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Harry Kewell	49	11	36	7	3	0	0+2	1	8	3
9	MF		El Hadji Diouf	33	0	20+6	0	1	0	2	0	3+1	0
11	MF		Vladimír Šmicer	25	4	15+5	3	1	0	1	1	2+1	0
13	MF		Danny Murphy	42	6	19+12	3	1+1	1	2	2	6+1	0
15	MF		Salif Diao	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0
16	MF		Dietmar Hamann	35	3	25	2	4	0	0+1	0	5	1
17	MF		Steven Gerrard	47	6	34	4	3	0	1+1	0	7+1	2
28	MF		Bruno Cheyrou	19	4	9+3	2	3+1	2	0	0	1+2	0
32	MF		John Welsh	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
5	FW		Milan Baroš	18	2	6+7	1	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	1
8	FW		Emile Heskey	47	12	25+10	7	3+1	1	2	2	4+2	2
10	FW		Michael Owen	38	19	29	16	3	1	0	0	6	2
20	FW		Anthony Le Tallec	23	1	3+10	0	1+3	0	2	0	2+2	1
24	FW		Florent Sinama Pongolle	23	2	3+12	2	1+2	0	1+1	0	1+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	GK		Paul Jones	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	12	10	55	37	+18	60	10	4	5	29	15	+14	6	8	5	26	22	+4

Big Four games

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	6	0	0	3	3	6	−3	2	0	1	4	4	0

References

↑ "Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season". LFChistory.net. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

Notes

↑ Traoré was born in Saint-Ouen, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and would make his international debut for Mali in October 2004.
↑ Medjani was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Algeria in 2010.
↑ Potter was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007.
↑ Xavier was born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique), which was then an overseas territory of Portugal, and made his international debut for Portugal in March 1993.

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[table_note_res_CL30.17444348715918-2] Since Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as FA Cup winners went to First Division club Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

[1] "Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season". LFChistory.net. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

[3] Traoré was born in Saint-Ouen, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and would make his international debut for Mali in October 2004.

[4] Medjani was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Algeria in 2010.

[5] Potter was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007.

[6] Xavier was born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique), which was then an overseas territory of Portugal, and made his international debut for Portugal in March 1993.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	12	10	55	37	+18	60	10	4	5	29	15	+14	6	8	5	26	22	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	12	10	55	37	+18	60	10	4	5	29	15	+14	6	8	5	26	22	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	12	10	55	37	+18	60	10	4	5	29	15	+14	6	8	5	26	22	+4