2003–04 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

FC Girondins de Bordeaux
2003–04 season
Chairman	Jean-Louis Triaud
Manager	Élie Baup (until 24 October); Michel Pavon (from 24 October)
Stadium	Stade Chaban-Delmas
Ligue 1	12th
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Coupe de France	Unknown
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Average home league attendance	23,490 (league only)

Season summary

Without the goals of Pauleta, Bordeaux had a poor season and slipped to 12th in the league. Manager Élie Baup was sacked in October and replaced by former midfielder Michel Pavon, but results failed to improve. However, they did make an impressive run to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

First team 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	GK	Frédéric Roux
2	DF	David Jemmali[notes 1]
3	DF	Marco Caneira
4	DF	Hervé Alicarte
6	DF	Franck Jurietti
7	MF	Eduardo Costa
8	MF	Albert Celades (on loan from Real Madrid)
9	FW	Jean-Claude Darcheville[notes 2]
11	MF	Albert Riera
14	MF	Pascal Feindouno
16	GK	Ulrich Ramé
18	FW	Deivid

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Bruno Basto
20	MF	Paulo Costa (on loan from Porto and Inter[2])
21	DF	Kodjo Afanou[notes 3]
23	MF	Paulo Miranda
25	DF	Mathieu Béda
27	DF	Marc Planus
28	FW	Aleksei Kosonogov
29	FW	Marouane Chamakh[notes 4]
30	GK	Mathieu Valverde
31	FW	Juan Pablo Francia
32	MF	Rio Mavuba[notes 5]

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
5	DF	Mauricio Pochettino (on loan to Espanyol)
8	MF	Alexei Smertin (to Chelsea)
10	MF	Camel Meriem (on loan to Marseille)

No.		Position	Player
17		MF	Nicolas Sahnoun (to Almería)
26		MF	Ivan Vukomanović (to Alania Vladikavkaz)

Transfers

Out

Pauleta - PSG, 10 July, €12,000,000[3]

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Lille	38	14	9	15	41	41	0	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
11	Nice	38	11	17	10	42	39	+3	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
12	Bordeaux	38	13	11	14	40	43	−3	50
13	Strasbourg	38	10	13	15	43	50	−7	43
14	Metz	38	11	9	18	34	42	−8	42

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

Coupe de la Ligue

Round of 16

16 December 2003	Lens	2–0	Bordeaux	Lens
21:00 CET	Rool 44' Utaka 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 30,594 Referee: Gilles Veissière

UEFA Cup

Second round

6 November 2003	Bordeaux	0–1	Hearts	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
18:30		Report	de Vries 79'	Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

27 November 2003	Hearts	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	Bordeaux	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
20:45		Report	Riera 8' Feindouno 66'	Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Third round

26 February 2004	Groclin	0–1	Bordeaux	Stadion Dyskobolia, Grodzisk Wielkopolski
18:00		Report	Chamakh 90'	Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

3 March 2004	Bordeaux	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Groclin	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
18:45	Planus 41' Chamakh 42' Križanac 64' (o.g.) Riera 74' (pen.)	Report	Wieszczycki 90'	Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

Fourth round

11 March 2004	Bordeaux	3–1	Club Brugge	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
19:00	Celades 60', 71' Riera 87'	Report	Verheyen 58'	Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

25 March 2004	Club Brugge	0–1	Bordeaux	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
19:30		Report	Chamakh 84'	Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Bordeaux won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

8 April 2004	Bordeaux	1–2	Valencia	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
19:15	Riera 18'	Report	Baraja 75' Rufete 88'	Attendance: 29,108 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

14 April 2004	Valencia	2–1	Bordeaux	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
21:45	Pellegrino 52' Rufete 60'	Report	Eduardo 71'	Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Valencia won 4–2 on aggregate.

References

"FootballSquads - Bordeaux - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
Costa was co-owned by Porto and Inter.
Pauleta prize for PSG; UEFA.com, 10 July 2003

Notes

Jemmali was born in Toulouse, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in March 2006.
Darcheville was born in Sinnamary, French Guiana, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level; he would later make his international debut for French Guiana in 2012.
Afanou was born in Tabligbo, Togo, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Chamakh was born in Tonneins, France, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in June 2003.
Mavuba was born at sea to a Zairian father and Angolan mother, and did not hold nationality of any country until he obtained French citizenship in September 2004.

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[1] "FootballSquads - Bordeaux - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

[4] Costa was co-owned by Porto and Inter.

[8] Pauleta prize for PSG; UEFA.com, 10 July 2003

[2] Jemmali was born in Toulouse, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in March 2006.

[3] Darcheville was born in Sinnamary, French Guiana, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level; he would later make his international debut for French Guiana in 2012.

[5] Afanou was born in Tabligbo, Togo, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[6] Chamakh was born in Tonneins, France, and represented them at U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in June 2003.

[7] Mavuba was born at sea to a Zairian father and Angolan mother, and did not hold nationality of any country until he obtained French citizenship in September 2004.