2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season

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Liverpool
2003–04 season
ChairmanDavid Moores
ManagerGérard Houllier (until 10 June 2004)
FA Premier League4th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Michael Owen (16)
All: Michael Owen (19)
Average home league attendance41,777[1]
Away colours
Third colours

The 2003–04 season was Liverpool's 112th 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 England Michael Owen, 16
UEFA Cup Fourth round Australia Harry Kewell, 3
FA Cup Fifth round France Bruno Cheyrou, 2
League Cup Fourth round England Emile Heskey, 2
England Danny Murphy, 2
Overall England Michael Owen, 19

Final league table[]

Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Chelsea 38 24 7 7 67 30 +37 79 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 64 35 +29 75 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]
4 Liverpool 38 16 12 10 55 37 +18 60
5 Newcastle United 38 13 17 8 52 40 +12 56 Qualification for the 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:
  1. ^ Since Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as 2003–04 FA Cup winners went to First Division club Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

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

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Jerzy Dudek
2 DF Switzerland  SUI Stéphane Henchoz
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Finnan
4 DF Finland FIN Sami Hyypiä
5 FW Czech Republic CZE Milan Baroš
6 DF Germany GER Markus Babbel
7 MF Australia AUS Harry Kewell
8 FW England ENG Emile Heskey
9 FW Senegal SEN El Hadji Diouf
10 FW England ENG Michael Owen
11 MF Czech Republic CZE Vladimír Šmicer
13 MF England ENG Danny Murphy
15 MF Senegal SEN Salif Diao
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Germany GER Dietmar Hamann
17 MF England ENG Steven Gerrard
18 DF Norway NOR John Arne Riise
20 MF France FRA Anthony Le Tallec
21 DF France FRA Djimi Traoré[notes 1]
22 GK England ENG Chris Kirkland
23 DF England ENG Jamie Carragher
24 FW France FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle
25 MF Croatia CRO Igor Bišćan
28 DF France FRA Bruno Cheyrou
29 GK France FRA Patrice Luzi
32 MF England ENG John Welsh
36 DF England ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW Finland FIN Daniel Sjölund (to Djurgårdens IF)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Wales WAL 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. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Partridge
27 DF France FRA Grégory Vignal
30 DF France FRA Carl Medjani[notes 2]
31 MF France FRA Alou Diarra
33 FW England ENG Neil Mellor
34 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Darren Potter[notes 3]
35 DF England ENG Stephen Warnock
37 DF United States USA Zak Whitbread
38 MF Republic of Ireland IRL
40 GK England ENG Paul Harrison
— DF England ENG Danny O'Donnell
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Lee Peltier
— DF England ENG James Smith
— DF England ENG Calum Woods
— MF Scotland SCO Robbie Foy
— MF England ENG Danny Guthrie
— MF England ENG David Mannix
— MF England ENG Jason Massie
— MF England ENG Mark Smyth
— FW England ENG Steven Gillespie
— FW England ENG Conal Platt

Transfers[]

In[]

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

Out[]

# Pos Player To Fee Date
15 MF Czech Republic Patrik Berger England Portsmouth Free 1 July 2003
24 MF France Bernard Diomède France Ajaccio Free 1 July 2003
14 DF Norway Vegard Heggem Unattached Free 1 July 2003
19 GK Guadeloupe Pegguy Arphexad England Coventry City Free 1 July 2003
34 FW Finland Daniel Sjölund Sweden Djurgårdens IF Free 15 January 2004
3 DF Portugal Abel Xavier[notes 4] Germany Hannover 96 Free 2 February 2004
8 FW England Emile Heskey England Birmingham City £6,250,000 18 May 2004
  • In: Increase £6,500,000
  • Out: Decrease £6,250,000
  • Total spending: Increase £250,000

Match results[]

Premier League[]

17 August 2003 1 Liverpool 1–2 Chelsea Liverpool
16:05 Owen Goal 79' (pen.) Report Verón Goal 25'
Hasselbaink Goal 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 Goal 39', 52'
Kewell Goal 80'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,200
Referee: Mike Riley
12 September 2003 5 Blackburn 1–3 Liverpool Blackburn
Jansen Goal 8'
Neill Red card 45'		 Report Owen Goal 12' (pen.), 68'
Kewell Goal 90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,074
Referee: Neale Barry
20 September 2003 6 Liverpool 2–1 Leicester City Liverpool
Owen Goal 20' (pen.)
Heskey Goal 75'		 Report Bent Goal 90' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,094
Referee: Mark Halsey
28 September 2003 7 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Liverpool London
Lisbie Goal 31', 43', 83' Report Šmicer Goal 15'
Owen Goal 52' (pen.)		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,508
Referee: Rob Styles
4 October 2003 8 Liverpool 1–2 Arsenal Liverpool
Kewell Goal 14' Report Hyypiä Goal 31' (o.g.)
Pires Goal 68'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,374
Referee: Graham Barber
18 October 2003 9 Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool Portsmouth
Berger Goal 4' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,123
Referee: Steve Dunn
25 October 2003 10 Liverpool 3–1 Leeds United Liverpool
Owen Goal 35'
Murphy Goal 57'
Sinama Pongolle Goal 84'		 Report Smith Goal 42' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,599
Referee: Jeff Winter
2 November 2003 11 Fulham 1–2 Liverpool London
Saha Goal 40'
Boa Morte Red card 90'		 Report Heskey Goal 17'
Murphy Goal 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,682
Referee: Rob Styles
9 November 2003 12 Liverpool 1–2 Manchester United Liverpool
Kewell Goal 76' Report Giggs Goal 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 Goal 35' (pen.)
Kewell Goal 69'
Heskey Goal 78'		 Report Forssell Goal 33' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,683
Referee: Neale Barry
6 December 2003 15 Newcastle United 1–1 Liverpool Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Shearer Goal 63' (pen.) Murphy Goal 6' Stadium: St. James' Park
13 December 2003 16 Liverpool 1–2 Southampton Liverpool
Heskey Goal 75' Report Ormerod Goal 2'
M. Svensson Goal 64'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,762
Referee: Paul Durkin
26 December 2003 17 Liverpool 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Liverpool
Hyypiä Goal 30'
Sinama Pongolle Goal 47'
Šmicer Goal 54'		 Report Pedersen Goal 85' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,987
Referee: Jeff Winter
28 December 2003 18 Manchester City 2–2 Liverpool Manchester
Anelka Goal 30' (pen.)
Fowler Goal 90'		 Report Šmicer Goal 66'
Hamann Goal 80'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,201
Referee: Mike Riley
7 January 2004 19 Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool London
Report Cheyrou Goal 38'
Diouf Red card		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,420
Referee: Steve Dunn
10 January 2004 20 Liverpool 1–0 Aston Villa Liverpool
Delaney Goal 36' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,771
Referee: Graham Barber
17 January 2004 21 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Liverpool London
Keane Goal 25' (pen.)
Postiga Goal 54'		 Report Kewell Goal 75' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Uriah Rennie
21 January 2004 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Liverpool Wolverhampton
Miller Goal 90' Report Cheyrou Goal 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 Goal 11'
Djorkaeff Goal 58'		 Report Hyypiä Goal 51'
Gerrard Goal 69'		 Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 27,552
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 February 2004 25 Liverpool 2–1 Manchester City Liverpool
Owen Goal 3'
Gerrard Goal 51'		 Report Wright-Phillips Goal 50' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,257
Referee: Mike Riley
29 February 2004 26 Leeds United 2–2 Liverpool Leeds
Bakke Goal 29'
Viduka Goal 34'		 Report Kewell Goal 21'
Baroš Goal 42'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,932
Referee: Paul Durkin
14 March 2004 27 Southampton 2–0 Liverpool Southampton
Beattie Goal 51'
Phillips Goal 85'		 Report Stadium: St. Mary's
Attendance: 32,056
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
17 March 2004 28 Liverpool 3–0 Portsmouth Liverpool
Hamann Goal 6'
Owen Goal 28', 55'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 34,663
Referee: Barry Knight
20 March 2004 29 Liverpool 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
Hyypiä Goal 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 Goal 7', 24'
Todd Goal 22' (o.g.)
Heskey Goal 79'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,559
Referee: Jeff Winter
9 April 2004 32 Arsenal 4–2 Liverpool London
Henry Goal 31', 50', 78'
Pires Goal 49'		 Report Hyypiä Goal 5'
Owen Goal 42'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,119
Referee: Alan Wiley
12 April 2004 33 Liverpool 0–1 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
Report Bartlett Goal 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 Goal 65' (pen.) Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,647
Referee: Mike Riley
2 May 2004 36 Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough Liverpool
Murphy Goal 50' (pen.)
Heskey Goal 52'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,031
Referee: Andy D'Urso
8 May 2004 37 Birmingham City 0–3 Liverpool Birmingham
Cunningham Red card Report Owen Goal 29'
Heskey Goal 51'
Gerrard Goal 86'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,553
Referee: Steve Dunn
15 May 2004 38 Liverpool 1–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
Owen Goal 67' Report Ameobi Goal 25' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,172
Referee: Mike Riley

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDDWWWLLLWWLDWDLWDWWLDDDWDLWWDWLLDWWWD
Position16171610877811108896599775555644454444555444
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup[]

4 January 2004 Third Round Yeovil Town 0–2 Liverpool Yeovil
0–2 Heskey Goal 70'
Murphy Goal 77' (pen.)		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 9,348
24 January 2004 Fourth Round Liverpool 2–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
Cheyrou Goal 2', 61' 2-1 Robert Goal 4' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,365
15 February 2004 Fifth Round Liverpool 1–1 Portsmouth Liverpool
Owen Goal 2' 1–1 Taylor Goal 77' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 34,669
22 February 2004 Fifth Round Replay Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool Portsmouth
Hughes Goal 72' 1–0 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,529

League Cup[]

29 October 2003 Third Round Blackburn Rovers 3–4 Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn
Yorke Goal 35'
Ferguson Goal 81'
Yorke Goal 90'		 Report Murphy Goal 39' (pen.)
Heskey Goal 49'
Heskey Goal 61'
Kewell Goal 79'		 Attendance: 16,918
Referee: Mike Riley
3 December 2003 Fourth Round Liverpool 2–3 Bolton Wanderers Anfield, Liverpool
Murphy Goal 66'
Šmicer Goal 88'		 Report Mário Jardel Goal 4'
Okacha Goal 79'
Djorkaeff Goal 90' (pen.)		 Attendance: 33,185
Referee: Mike Riley

UEFA Cup[]

24 September 2003 First Round
First Leg		 Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 1–1 England Liverpool Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
20:15 Žlogar Goal 66' Report Owen Goal 78' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain)
15 October 2003 First Round
Second Leg		 Liverpool England 3–0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana Anfield, Liverpool
21:00 Le Tallec Goal 30'
Heskey Goal 37'
Kewell Goal 47'		 Report Attendance: 42,880
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
6 November 2003 Second Round
First Leg		 Steaua București Romania 1–1 England Liverpool Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
20:00 Răducanu Goal 68' Report Traoré Goal 22' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
27 November 2003 Second Round
Second Leg		 Liverpool England 1–0 Romania Steaua București Anfield, Liverpool
21:00 Kewell Goal 50' Report Attendance: 42,837
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
26 February 2004 Third Round
First Leg		 Liverpool England 2–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Anfield, Liverpool
21:00 Gerrard Goal 67'
Kewell Goal 70'		 Report Attendance: 39,149
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
3 March 2004 Third Round
Second Leg		 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–4 England Liverpool Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:10 G. Ivanov Goal 27'
Simonović Goal 40'		 Report Gerrard Goal 7'
Owen Goal 11'
Hamann Goal 43'
Hyypiä Goal 68'		 Attendance: 40,281
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
11 March 2004 Fourth Round
First Leg		 Liverpool England 1–1 France Marseille Anfield, Liverpool
Baroš Goal 55' Report Drogba Goal 78' Attendance: 41,270
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
25 March 2004 Fourth Round
Second Leg		 Marseille France 2–1 England Liverpool Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Drogba Goal 38' (pen.)
Méïté Goal 58'		 Report Heskey Goal 15' Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Poland POL Jerzy Dudek 38 0 30 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
22 GK England ENG Chris Kirkland 12 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
29 GK France FRA Patrice Luzi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Switzerland  SUI Stéphane Henchoz 27 0 15+3 0 4 0 1 0 3+1 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Finnan 31 0 19+3 0 3 0 0 0 5+1 0
4 DF Finland FIN Sami Hyypiä 51 5 38 4 4 0 1 0 8 1
18 DF Norway NOR John Arne Riise 35 0 22+6 0 1 0 1+1 0 4 0
21 DF France FRA Djimi Traoré 11 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
23 DF England ENG Jamie Carragher 29 0 22 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
25 DF Croatia CRO Igor Bišćan 39 0 27+2 0 1 0 2 0 5+2 0
36 DF England ENG Jon Otsemobor 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Australia AUS Harry Kewell 49 11 36 7 3 0 0+2 1 8 3
9 MF Senegal SEN El Hadji Diouf 33 0 20+6 0 1 0 2 0 3+1 0
11 MF Czech Republic CZE Vladimír Šmicer 25 4 15+5 3 1 0 1 1 2+1 0
13 MF England ENG Danny Murphy 42 6 19+12 3 1+1 1 2 2 6+1 0
15 MF Senegal SEN Salif Diao 7 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 2+1 0
16 MF Germany GER Dietmar Hamann 35 3 25 2 4 0 0+1 0 5 1
17 MF England ENG Steven Gerrard 47 6 34 4 3 0 1+1 0 7+1 2
28 MF France FRA Bruno Cheyrou 19 4 9+3 2 3+1 2 0 0 1+2 0
32 MF England ENG John Welsh 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
5 FW Czech Republic CZE Milan Baroš 18 2 6+7 1 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 1
8 FW England ENG Emile Heskey 47 12 25+10 7 3+1 1 2 2 4+2 2
10 FW England ENG Michael Owen 38 19 29 16 3 1 0 0 6 2
20 FW France FRA Anthony Le Tallec 23 1 3+10 0 1+3 0 2 0 2+2 1
24 FW France FRA 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 Wales WAL Paul Jones 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: Competitions

Top scorers[]

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 10 FW England Michael Owen 16 1 0 2 19
2 8 FW England Emile Heskey 7 1 2 2 12
3 7 MF Australia Harry Kewell 7 0 1 3 11
4 7 MF England Danny Murphy 5 1 2 0 8
5 17 MF England Steven Gerrard 4 0 0 2 6
6 4 DF Finland Sami Hyypiä 4 0 0 1 5
7 11 MF Czech Republic Vladimír Šmicer 3 0 1 0 4
28 MF France Bruno Cheyrou 2 2 0 0 4
9 16 MF Germany Dietmar Hamann 2 0 0 1 3
10 5 FW Czech Republic Milan Baroš 1 0 0 1 2
24 FW France Florent Sinama Pongolle 2 0 0 0 2
12 20 FW France Anthony Le Tallec 0 0 0 1 1
25 DF France Djimi Traoré 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 55 5 6 14 80

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season". LFChistory.net. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
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