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)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

During the 2003–04 Spanish football season, Barcelona competed in La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup.

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


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

In[]

No.	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	^[4]
20	MF	Ricardo Quaresma	18	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer Y	Summer	N/A	€16.25M	^[5]
1	GK	Rüştü	30	Non-EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer Y	Summer	2007	Free	^[6]
4	DF	Márquez	24	EU	Monaco	Transfer Y	Summer	2007	€5.25M	^[7]
3	MF	Davids	30	EU	Juventus	Loan	Winter	2004	€2M	^[8]
16	DF	Mario	21	EU	Valladolid	Loan	Summer	2004	N/A	^[9]
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	Source
34	MF	Fàbregas	16	EU	Arsenal	Transfer Y	Summer	€0.25M	^[10]
3	DF	de Boer	33	EU	Şanlı Galatasaray	Contract termination N	Summer	Free	^[11]
1	GK	Bonano	33	EU	Murcia	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	^[12]
12	DF	Christanval	24	EU	Marseille	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	^[13]
	FW	Alfonso	30	EU	Betis	Contract termination N	Summer	Free	^[14]
4	DF	Andersson	31	EU	Malmö FF	Contract termination N	Summer	Free	^[15]
	FW	Geovanni	24	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer Y	Winter	Free	^[16]
10	MF	Riquelme	25	Non-EU	Villarreal	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[17]
15	MF	Rochemback	22	Non-EU	Sporting CP	Loan	Summer	€2.5M	^[18]
	DF	Navarro	21	EU	Albacete	Loan	Winter	N/A	^[19]
25	GK	Enke	25	EU	Fenerbahçe	Loan	Summer	€0.4M	^[20]
	MF	Trashorras	22	EU	Real Madrid	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	^[21]
	DF	Tortolero	21	EU	Elche	Transfer Y	Summer	Free	^[22]

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

Competitions[]

La Liga[]

League Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia (C)	38	23	8	7	71	27	+44	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Deportivo La Coruña	38	21	8	9	60	34	+26	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Real Madrid	38	21	7	10	72	54	+18	70
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	11	12	53	49	+4	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champion

Results by Round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position	4	5	3	3	6	9	11	7	5	5	4	5	5	8	11	7	9	12	7	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

30 August 2003 1	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 1	FC Barcelona	showBilbao
			Cocu 11'	Stadium: San Mames

3 September 2003 2	FC Barcelona	1 – 1	Sevilla	showBarcelona
	Ronaldinho 58'			Stadium: Camp Nou

14 September 2003 3	Albacete	1 – 2	FC Barcelona	show
			Cocu 2' Luis Enrique 67'

20 September 2003 4	FC Barcelona	1 – 1	Osasuna	showBarcelona
	Izquierdo 69' (o.g.)			Stadium: Camp Nou

28 September 2003 5

Atlético Madrid

0 – 0

FC Barcelona

5 October 2003 6	FC Barcelona	0 – 1	Valencia	showBarcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

18 October 2003 7	FC Barcelona	0 – 2	Deportivo	showBarcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

26 October 2003 8	Mallorca	1 – 3	FC Barcelona	show
			Saviola 10' Ronaldinho 22' Cocu 50'

29 October 2003 9	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	Murcia	showBarcelona
	Saviola 38' Xavi 56' Ronaldinho 65'			Stadium: Camp Nou

2 November 2003 10	Real Sociedad	3 – 3	FC Barcelona	show
			Motta 35' Overmars 71' Gabri 80'

9 November 2003 11	FC Barcelona	2 – 1	Betis	showBarcelona
	Kluivert 42' Márquez 82'			Stadium: Camp Nou

22 November 2003 12	Villarreal	2 – 1	FC Barcelona	show
			Kluivert 71'

30 November 2003 13	FC Barcelona	0 – 0	Valladolid	showBarcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

3 December 2003 14	Málaga	5 – 1	FC Barcelona	show
			Sanz 78' (own goal)

6 December 2003 15	FC Barcelona	1 – 2	Real Madrid	showBarcelona
	Kluivert 83'			Stadium: Camp Nou

13 December 2003 16	Espanyol	1 – 3	FC Barcelona	show
			Ronaldinho 10' Kluivert 80' Kluivert 86'

21 December 2003 17	FC Barcelona	1 – 1	Celta Vigo	showBarcelona
	Phillip Cocu 69'			Stadium: Camp Nou

4 January 2004 18

Racing Santander

3 – 0

FC Barcelona

11 January 2004 19	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	Zaragoza	showBarcelona
	Saviola 24' Ronaldinho 45' Xavi 65'			Stadium: Camp Nou

17 January 2004 20	FC Barcelona	1 – 1	Athletic Bilbao	showBarcelona
	Kluivert 62'			Stadium: Camp Nou

25 January 2004 21	Sevilla	0 – 1	FC Barcelona	show
			Kluivert 30'

1 February 2004 22	FC Barcelona	5 – 0	Albacete	showBarcelona
	Xavi 15' Saviola 49' Quaresma 52' Davids 53' Luis Enrique 90'			Stadium: Camp Nou

8 February 2003 23	Osasuna	1 – 2	FC Barcelona	show
			Saviola 42' Ronaldinho 76'

15 February 2004 24	FC Barcelona	3 – 1	Atlético Madrid	showBarcelona
	Saviola 9' Ronaldinho 24' L. García 43'			Stadium: Camp Nou

21 February 2004 25	Valencia	0 – 1	FC Barcelona	show
			Gerard 77'

29 February 2004 26	Deportivo	2 – 3	FC Barcelona	show
			Ronaldinho 26' Ronaldinho 48' Saviola 29'

7 March 2004 27	FC Barcelona	3 – 2	Mallorca	showBarcelona
	L. García 2' L. García 57' Luis Enrique 15'			Stadium: Camp Nou

14 March 2004 28	Murcia	0 – 2	FC Barcelona	show
			Saviola 4' Ronaldinho 61'

21 March 2004 29	FC Barcelona	1 – 0	Real Sociedad	showBarcelona
	Ronaldinho 88'			Stadium: Camp Nou

3 April 2004 30	FC Barcelona	0 – 0	Villarreal	showBarcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

10 April 2004 31	Valladolid	1 – 3	FC Barcelona	show
			Saviola 2' Ronaldinho 30' Iniesta 84'

14 April 2004 32	Betis	1 – 1	FC Barcelona	show
			Saviola 4'

18 April 2004 33	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	Málaga	showBarcelona
	Saviola 18' L. García 23' Cocu 34'			Stadium: Camp Nou

25 April 2004 34	Real Madrid	1 – 2	FC Barcelona	show
			Kluivert 56' Xavi 86'

2 May 2004 35	FC Barcelona	4 – 1	Espanyol	showBarcelona
	Ronaldinho 34' Saviola 43' Saviola 57' Van Bronckhorst 54'			Stadium: Camp Nou

8 May 2004 36

Celta Vigo

1 – 0

FC Barcelona

16 May 2004 37	FC Barcelona	1 – 0	Racing Santander	showBarcelona
	Ronaldinho 15'			Stadium: Camp Nou

23 May 2004 38	Zaragoza	2 – 1	FC Barcelona	show
			9' Saviola

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Copa del Rey[]

7 October 2003 Round of 64	UDA Gramenet	0–1	Barcelona	showSant Adrià de Besòs
			Ronaldinho 83'	Stadium: Municipal de Sant Adrià Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira

17 December 2003 Round of 32	Ciudad de Murcia	0–4	Barcelona	showMurcia
			Saviola 24' Overmars 75', 86' Ronaldinho 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de La Condomina Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

8 January 2004 Round of 16, First Leg	Levante	1–0	Barcelona	showValencia
	Rivera 10' (pen.)			Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 28,196 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

14 January 2004 Round of 16, Second Leg	Barcelona	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Levante	showBarcelona
	Iniesta 3' Saviola 45' Ronaldinho 66' (pen.)		Congo 80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 41,427 Referee: José Losantos Omar

22 January 2004 Quarter-finals, First Leg	Barcelona	0-1	Real Zaragoza	showBarcelona
		Report	Villa 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 46,506 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

29 January 2004 Quarter-finals, Second Leg	Real Zaragoza	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Barcelona	showZaragoza
	Yordi 85'	Report	L. García 12'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Cup[]

24 September 2003 First Round, First Leg	Matador Púchov	1–1	Barcelona	showTrnava, Slovakia
	Jambor 90+3'	Report	Kluivert 49'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoğlu (Turkey)

15 October 2003 First Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	8–0 (9–1 agg.)	Matador Púchov	showBarcelona, Spain
	Ronaldinho 7', 20', 57' Motta 41' Luis Enrique 64', 75' Saviola 73', 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

6 November 2003 Second Round, First leg	Panionios	0–3	Barcelona	showAthens, Greece
		Report	Luis García 43' Kluivert 47' Xavi 90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

27 November 2003 Second Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Panionios	showBarcelona, Spain
	Saviola 33' Luis García 44'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,324 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

26 February 2004 Third Round, First Leg	Brøndby	0–1	Barcelona	showCopenhagen, Denmark
20:30		Report	Ronaldinho 63'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium, Attendance: 26,031 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

3 March 2004 Third Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Brøndby	showBarcelona, Spain
	Luis García 31' Cocu 43'	Report	Nielsen 84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

11 March 2004 Fourth Round, First Leg	Celtic	1–0	Barcelona	showGlasgow, Scotland
20:30	Thompson 59'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park, Attendance: 59,539 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

25 March 2004 Fourth Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Celtic	showBarcelona, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 77,108 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Statistics[]

Players statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
25	GK		Valdes	44	-38	33	-31	6	-4	5	-3
2	DF		Reiziger	40	0	29+1	0	4	0	6	0
5	DF		Puyol	38	0	27	0	4	0	7	0
4	DF		Marquez	31	1	17+5	1	5+1	0	2+1	0
12	DF		van Bronckhorst	44	1	34	1	5	0	5	0
8	MF		Cocu	48	6	36	5	5	0	7	1
6	MF		Xavi	49	5	34+2	4	5+1	0	7	1
3	MF		Davids	20	1	18	1	2	0	0	0
22	FW		Luis García	38	8	23+2	4	5+1	1	7	3
7	FW		Saviola	46	19	28+5	14	5+1	2	6+1	3
10	FW		Ronaldinho	45	21	32	14	5+1	3	7	4
1	GK		Recber	7	-6	3+1	-6	0	0	3	0
9	FW		Kluivert	26	10	11+10	8	2	0	1+2	2
11	MF		Overmars	31	3	5+15	1	1+2	2	1+7	0
14	MF		Gerard	28	1	11+8	1	2+2	0	2+3	0
16	DF		Mario	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Gabri	22	1	12+4	1	1	0	4+1	0
20	MF		Quaresma	28	1	10+12	1	1+1	0	3+1	0
21	MF		Luis Enrique	30	5	10+14	3	0+1	0	4+1	2
23	MF		Motta	26	2	13+7	1	1	0	5	1
24	MF		Iniesta	17	2	5+6	1	3	1	0+3	0
26	MF		Ros	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	DF		Óscar López	11	0	2+4	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
28	GK		Jorquera	2	-2	2	-2	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Oleguer	24	0	17+1	0	2	0	4	0
36	FW		Sergio García	7	0	2+2	0	2	0	0+1	0
37	MF		Santamaria	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

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Date	Competition	Opponent	H / A	Result
27 July 2003	Friendly	Juventus	N	2–2 (5–6p)
30 July 2003	Friendly	Milan	N	0–2
3 August 2003	Friendly	Manchester United	N	3–1
8 August 2003	Friendly	Leicester City	A	0–1
10 August 2003	Friendly	Manchester City	A	2–1
12 August 2003	Friendly	Derry City	A	0–5
16 August 2003	Festa d'Elx Trophy	Elx	A	0–0 (1–3p)
22 August 2003	Joan Gamper Trophy	Boca Juniors	H	1–1 (5–3p)
24 August 2003	Copa Catalunya (semi-final)	Girona	A	0–4
26 August 2003	Copa Catalunya (final)	Espanyol	N	0–1
1 October 2003	87th Anniversary of Club Amèrica	Club América	A	2–0
16 November 2003	Friendly	Porto	A	2–0
9 December 2003	Friendly	Sabadell	A	1–3
11 February 2004	Friendly	Figueres	A	1–1
18 February 2004	Friendly	Shakhtar Donetsk	H	3–2
21 April 2004	Friendly	China	H	6–0

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External links[]

"FC Barcelona official website". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2009.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
"FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2009.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Federació Catalana de Futbol". Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

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