2003–04 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

Bordeaux
2003–04 season
President	Jean-Louis Triaud
Head coach	Élie Baup; (until 24 October); Michel Pavon; (from 24 October)
Stadium	Stade Chaban-Delmas
Ligue 1	12th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Average home league attendance	23,491
	← 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 123rd season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

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^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	POR	Bruno Basto
20	MF	POR	Paulo Costa (on loan from Porto and Inter^{[notes 3]})
21	DF	FRA	Kodjo Afanou^{[notes 4]}
23	MF	BRA	Paulo Miranda
25	DF	FRA	Mathieu Béda
27	DF	FRA	Marc Planus
28	FW	RUS	Aleksei Kosonogov
29	FW	MAR	Marouane Chamakh^{[notes 5]}
30	GK	FRA	Mathieu Valverde
31	FW	ARG	Juan Pablo Francia
32	MF	FRA	Rio Mavuba^{[notes 6]}

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	ARG	Mauricio Pochettino (on loan to Espanyol)
8	MF	RUS	Alexei Smertin (to Chelsea)
10	MF	FRA	Camel Meriem (on loan to Marseille)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	FRA	Nicolas Sahnoun (to Almería)
26	MF	SCG	Ivan Vukomanović (to Alania Vladikavkaz)

Transfers[]

Out[]

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

Competitions[]

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Coupe de la Ligue[]

16 December 2003 Round of 16	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[]

First round[]

24 September 2003 First leg	Bordeaux	2–1	Artmedia Petržalka	Bordeaux, France
20:45	Riera 7' Darcheville 36'		de Vries 16'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 17,000 Referee: (Germany)

15 October 2003 Second leg	Artmedia Petržalka	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Bordeaux	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:45	Krejčí 90'		Darcheville 85'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 3,500 Referee: (Serbia and Montenegro)

Second round[]

6 November 2003 First leg	Bordeaux	0–1	Hearts	Bordeaux, France
18:30		Report	de Vries 79'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

27 November 2003 Second leg	Hearts	0–2 (1–2 agg.)	Bordeaux	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:45		Report	Riera 8' Feindouno 66'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 17,700 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Third round[]

26 February 2004 First leg	Groclin	0–1	Bordeaux	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
18:00		Report	Chamakh 90'	Stadium: Stadion Dyskobolia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: (Austria)

3 March 2004 Second leg	Bordeaux	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	Groclin	Bordeaux, France
18:45	Planus 41' Chamakh 42' Križanac 64' (o.g.) Riera 74' (pen.)	Report	Wieszczycki 90'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 9,197 Referee: (Portugal)

Fourth round[]

11 March 2004 First leg	Bordeaux	3–1	Club Brugge	Bordeaux, France
19:00	Celades 60', 71' Riera 87'	Report	Verheyen 58'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 14,398 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

25 March 2004 Second leg	Club Brugge	0–1 (1–4 agg.)	Bordeaux	Bruges, Belgium
19:30		Report	Chamakh 84'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Quarter-finals[]

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

14 April 2004 Second leg	Valencia	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Bordeaux	Valencia, Spain
21:45	Pellegrino 52' Rufete 60'	Report	Eduardo 71'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Notes and references[]

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.
^ Costa was co-owned by Porto and Inter.
^ 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.

References[]

^ "Ligue 1 2003/2004 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "FootballSquads - Bordeaux - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
^ Pauleta prize for PSG; UEFA.com, 10 July 2003

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

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

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

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2003/2004 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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

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

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